Seven days later.
An autumn rain.
A funeral.
The rain started to fall quietly in the wee hours of the morning.
Just like every autumn in Konoha,
After that, the weather cooled even faster. Uchiha Fugaku's funeral was no different from other people's funerals.
Everyone is here. Hand over the money.
They lined up to listen to his life story.
Then they took a few glances around the coffin.
After they buried the body,
Those who were free went to chat with the family members.
Those who were not free went their separate ways.
And this was just the beginning of his life story.
The rain kept falling. We were not very free, but Naruto, the leader of the Four Generations, had already left the main gate of Uchiha's residence. He walked down the steps with a straight face.
Stepping on the wet stone slabs at the entrance, Kakashi and Naruto, who followed him out, were much more relaxed. After all, it was not their father or their teacher who died.
"Konoha's summer is really over." Our Naruto stood still.
Feeling the rain and fog, his gaze was a little distant.
"Yes, it's cold. It's time to put on more clothes." Kakashi saw that his teacher did not seem to want to open the umbrella, so he immediately raised the big black umbrella in his hand and covered Naruto.
Naruto ignored Kakashi and continued to look into the distance.
Kakashi sighed and did not move again.
But Naruto was not going to let it happen.
He stared at Kakashi.
He passed the information code.
"My father is in a daze again. Kakashi.
Go and poke him. "
"You do it, I can't." Kakashi finished deciphering the password and also looked over. His teacher had just dug Uchiha's grave with his own hands. As far as Kakashi knew, it was the first time in Konoha that he had done so. This was enough to see … His Sensei's face was really dark, and with Kakashi's many years of experience, usually at this time, there was a high chance that Hokage would find trouble at any time to vent his anger, so he didn't want to get into trouble.
"Then what should we do? Don't poke him and let him be in a daze." Naruto continued to glare at him. "He looks very sad this time."
"Being sad is better than hurting someone." Kakashi silently glanced at her again. At the same time, he reflexively clamped his thighs together. Although the wounds caused by Sensei's slaps had quickly healed, he still felt pain just thinking about it.
"Kakashi, what's with that expression?" However, Naruto clearly sensed Kakashi's perfunctory attitude. He continued to stare at him. "I don't like my father's expression. Hurry up and solve it for me."
"I can't solve it."
"Kakashi ~ I knew that Brother Kakashi is the best." Naruto changed his strategy.
"Don't. Who do you think I am?" Kakashi blinked. "Hey, it's useless no matter what you call me."
"Bah, heartless. Aren't you worried about your teacher's father!" Naruto felt that he was angered. He ground his teeth. "Don't forget, you still owe me a debt."
"When did I owe you a debt?"
"I helped you hide the illegal publications, and you helped me arrange a mission that I like." Naruto glared at Kakashi with hatred. "But look, what kind of mission did you arrange for me this time? Our team didn't even reach the border and we were already caught. My heroic words were all in vain. My blood boiled, but they were all turned into volcanic ash. "
"I'm really not a prophet. I really don't know how Sasuke's father really died of illness! And this mission is real. It just so happens that I need two Genin! Moreover, when I agreed to your damn condition, you were only five years old! Five years old! You haven't even gone to school yet. I was just joking to make you happy. It doesn't count! " Kakashi also ground his teeth. He felt that the hand holding the umbrella for Naruto was cold. "Well, you should think about how to comfort your father who just sent his friend to heaven!"
Naruto didn't speak. He looked suspiciously at Kakashi. "Kakashi, you seem to be hiding something from me."
"What nonsense are you thinking all day long! You're so suspicious at such a young age. "Kakashi picked his ear.
"You didn't just arrange some prank at Sasuke's house, did you? Everyone knows that you and Uncle Fugaku don't like each other. "Naruto rolled his eyes and pursed his lips." That's too rude. "
"Do you think I'm you!" Kakashi steadied the umbrella and blew his hair. "Don't swear. Your father is in a bad mood. Be careful not to be scolded if he hears you."
"When did you hear me swear? I used my eyes as a password. He didn't even look at me. How would he know what I said? Besides, my father wouldn't scold me. "Naruto bared his teeth." If I get scolded, I'll say it was Kakashi who taught me. "
"Don't try to anger an adult who is stronger than you." Kakashi was a little angry. "Don't be unreasonable. We're in front of his house. The funeral isn't over yet. Don't be a little brat! "
"You're the one who isn't a little brat." Naruto tiptoed. "Sasuke is your student, his brother is your colleague, and his father is your senior. But what about you? You didn't even prepare a gift for your senior's funeral. "
"Your dad prepared two servings."
"One of them is mine. That's the reward I earned by doing Genin tasks." Naruto snorted and turned to walk into the main house of Uchiha. "Forget it. I won't argue with you. I'm going to find Sasuke."
…
"Uh." Kakashi snorted. It turned out that he was waiting for him.
"What's wrong, Kakashi?" His voice startled Naruto who was thinking.
Kakashi didn't dare to answer.
Naruto moved his ears and heard a faint mournful music coming from afar. "It's time to say goodbye to the body."
"Do you want to go back and see it?" Kakashi secretly looked at his teacher's face. He was as serious as when the funeral began. "I don't have anything urgent to do today."
"Forget it." Naruto looked back at his disciple, gave the umbrella in his hand to Kakashi, and grabbed the big black umbrella. "Naruto, go back and see it."
"Ah." Kakashi scratched his face. "Strictly speaking, Sasuke only has one friend, Naruto. Let the two children stay together for a while."
"Okay." Naruto opened the umbrella. "Then I'll go back to the office first. Since you said that you're not busy today, then wait here. When Naruto and Sasuke finish talking, help me ask Naruto what he wants to eat for lunch."
"…" Kakashi almost blurted out, "Hey, Sensei, it's a funeral. Why do you care about recipes?" And today's Naruto's office is not busy. Your disciple's Anbu is so busy every day that he can drill wood to make fire. Otherwise, he can just use some laborers. " But looking at his teacher's still serious face, he finally acquiesced to the fate of working overtime for a long time tonight.
"You don't want to?"
"No, Sensei." Kakashi heard the impatience in his teacher's voice and quickly answered.
"Okay." Naruto opened the umbrella again, and a golden light flashed.
Kakashi could only wait. He opened Naruto's small black umbrella and shrunk into the porch. Today's rain was not heavy, but it was windy. Of course, as the Anbu Minister, he didn't need to take Naruto's nonessential or teasing orders completely seriously. As long as Naruto asked about it, the Anbu on duty was willing to play dumb.
In fact, Kakashi often did this. After all, his Sensei rarely cared about these things. But now, Kakashi didn't dare to do it casually. Kakashi closed his eyes and sensed the surroundings. Chakra was familiar with some of the Anbu hidden in the dark, but some were completely unfamiliar. Kakashi knew very well that those strangers mixed in the team were the root. The root that once belonged to Shimura Danzo.
Kakashi clenched his teeth and clenched his fists. He couldn't help but remember seven days ago. Seven days ago in the morning, before he was ready to go to the regular meeting, his Sensei finally had a "serious talk" with him.
But Kakashi never thought that what they talked about was not about Naruto's education and future, nor was it about the aftermath of the Uchiha family issue, nor was it about the division of the Anbu's responsibility for Uchiha Fugaku's death.
Instead, "After all, the Anbu is a special assassination unit. According to the current division of authority, it's the field department. This is my fault. It's okay to let the field department part-time internal security, but when there's an accident, it's really difficult. But the root, you can't deny that their strength is not worse than the Anbu, and their talent pool is very diverse. They can find any kind of ninja. Most importantly, they are the purest. Kakashi, don't deny it. In the eyes of Konoha, the one who doesn't care about sand the most is Danzō. But since you and the Anbu don't want them to go out and steal business. Don't deny it. Otherwise, they wouldn't go to the mission hall all day. So I decided to reorganize the Anbu. The original Anbu will still do the fieldwork. The internal security of the Anbu will be taken care of by the people in the Anbu who aren't suitable for fieldwork. As for Naruto's guards, that's internal security. I plan to let the Shisui try to manage the internal security and the guards together. That's it, do you understand? "
Yes, that's what Naruto said that day. It wasn't "What do you think", but "Do you understand?"
Kakashi remembered that the only feeling he had at that time was anger and humiliation. Of course, he also tried to argue. But how could he win against his Sensei who was blessed by Naruto's skills? And he was really short of breath. Naruto didn't want to pursue the mistakes that the Anbu made in the internal security mission. If he wanted to pursue … before, he couldn't stop Orochimaru, and now he couldn't stop Uchiha from dying. But could it stop him if he changed it to a root? Kakashi didn't believe it. Not to mention, Gen was once an enemy.
But unfortunately, Naruto just casually let him choose the mask – "The guards have already chosen the dog face. Does your fieldwork like a fox or a cat?"
Every time Kakashi thought of this, he couldn't help but want to use Chakra. At the very least, he would need to use Chakra to calm down a bit!
But Kakashi, according to the latest internal security regulations of the Anbu by Uchiha Shisui -sama, anyone who uses Chakra in the residential area will be invited to the interrogation unit for tea ~ So you should just wait for our cute young master Naruto to order lunch. After all, your only way out is to rely on my young master's pillow talk. (Friendly reminder, this dungeon has a chance to open a side quest to please the author. The grand prize of life is waiting for you ~)
There's still a long way to go.
On the other side, our young master Naruto wasn't in a good mood either. The one who died was Naruto's subordinate, a colleague of the head of the Anbu Department, but he was also the father of Naruto Uzumaki's best friend. Just like how his father often picked up Sasuke when he was young, Naruto also climbed on the shoulders of the uncle called Fugaku, freeloaded at his house, broke his family's bowl, received a thick red envelope from the rich uncle, was patted on the back and praised, was taught how to use Shuriken, and so on. So when such a person died, Naruto, who was already a Genin, should express his gratitude. But the gift money was already written in Kakashi's name. He looked at his grandfather, Pyloritis's grandfather, Xiaochun's grandmother, and his father's friends. It seems that his grandfather and uncles didn't bring their own juniors today? This made Naruto, who was left here alone, feel awkward and even more regretful. Perhaps he should have gone back with his father instead of rushing in when he heard the sad music. After all, even if he came in, he wouldn't be able to see the scene of Sasuke hugging the coffin and crying.
Naruto sighed quietly, his gaze passed through the falling layers of the back of the round fan and quietly looked at Aunt Mikoto, Brother Itachi, and the expressionless Sasuke beside the coffin. Sasuke lowered his head slightly. It was rare for him to wear a traditional black formal suit today. When he first saw him, he looked a little funny like a child wearing a coat, but when he turned around, he really had the aura of a young master from a big family in Konoha. Naruto couldn't help but tug at the black suit that was a little too short. This made him suddenly realize that he didn't know what kind of expression to use to deal with the seemingly new Sasuke. Perhaps he should pretend to be ignorant and whisper in Sasuke's ear — Hey, bro, when you encounter problems, think positively. At least your father won't yell at you like a grandson for small things in the future. Or he could pretend to be a mature and sensible adult and say "please restrain your grief" with a straight face and then turn around and leave. Or perhaps, Naruto should choose the same as Sasuke? Wouldn't it be fine as long as he quietly stood beside his parents and left everything to the adults? In this way, even if he didn't have the experience of those familiar people passing away, he shouldn't make too big of a mistake.
But even if he made a mistake, Naruto felt that he might not know where he went wrong.
"Everyone, please observe a moment of silence."
Along with the rise and fall of the mourning music, the dazed Naruto followed the crowd into the final line to bid farewell to the corpse. Right now, there were round fans in front of and behind him, but the third-generation grandfather and the others couldn't see him. Naruto was a bit uncomfortable, but he still insisted on slowly moving along with the line without being rude. Finally, Naruto could clearly see Uncle Fugaku in the black coffin. The uncle's mouth was curled down as usual, and his facial paralysis didn't change much. But at this time, Naruto really realized that it was already a corpse.
Naruto didn't know whether he liked or hated this uncle, but Naruto definitely didn't like this person becoming a corpse. Or in other words, Naruto believed that no one should casually become a corpse. Naruto once said this to his father, but his father said that some people would be happier if they died for a reason. Then, did Uchiha Fugaku die for a reason?
Naruto continued to slowly move along with the crowd, he remembered that it was just seven days ago. At noon on that day, their team was brought by Yamato -sensei to a small roadside restaurant to boost the Fire Nation's economy. But before they could eat a few mouthfuls, Kakashi suddenly ran out of the restaurant's kitchen. It was simply … Yamato -sensei and the unfamiliar Black Ops team member calmly asked Kakashi if he wanted to eat together. But he and Sasuke were so scared that they almost peed their pants! Naruto remembered that his first reaction at that time was, "Oh no, could it be that my father is sick and hospitalized and was assassinated!" But fortunately, Kakashi opened his mouth and said to Sasuke, "Sasuke, something happened to your family, I, Thor, will bring you back." Then, he and Sasuke were carried back to Konoha by Kakashi.
To be honest, Naruto really felt that Kakashi's Thor was far worse than his father's. He fell to the ground and fainted for a while before he realized what happened. Kakashi said that the reason he and Sasuke received this urgent mission in the middle of the night was actually because Sasuke's father asked Naruto to do it. He just didn't want his son to see him in such a sorry state, that's all.
More specifically? Because that night, the old man saw that the moon was very big, round, and beautiful. He suddenly felt that life needed to be full, so he wanted to drink. So he really took advantage of the situation and drank to his heart's content. Drinking wasn't a crime, but the problem was that Sasuke's father's old injury damaged his nerves, so he couldn't drink at all. If he drank too much, he would become paralyzed, his mouth would become crooked, his eyes would become slanted, and he would lose control of his bowels. So after drinking, Sasuke's father really couldn't move at all except for his eyes. The hospital said that he could either lie in bed and wait for his last breath, or he could try new medical ninjutsu to reshape his nerves. In the end, Uncle Fugaku chose to give it a try. If he recovered, he wouldn't need his sons to serve him. If he didn't, drinking himself to death was not too shameful for a ninja.
But was he really dying a worthy death?
"Everyone, please observe a moment of silence."
The long line finally gradually moved away from the coffin. Naruto moved closer to Sasuke. He heard someone say to Sasuke, "Come, take another look, it's time to close the coffin." That seemed to be Brother Itachi's voice. Then, Naruto vaguely heard an "Okay."
Can the coffin be closed?
… … …
September 26, 1961, Konoha
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