[Hokage] Sasuke-kun's Melancholy

The sky was gradually getting dark, and the faint moonlight could not penetrate the towering dense forest. The forest was plunged into darkness. Sasuke pulled out the firewood. Although the flame was much smaller than before, it was enough to illuminate the surrounding area. .

Hitomi fell asleep on his lap, wondering if it was because of the fever, his brows kept furrowing slightly, Sasuke glanced at her, and unconsciously recalled in Konoha two years ago, Itachi easily The ones beat him, and the ones he was weak had no power to fight back.

It has been two years now, Sasuke is very clear that his strength is not what it used to be, but compared with Itachi?There is only one goal of his efforts, and that is to kill that man, but he still doesn't know how strong that man is.

"This kid has a fever."

The sudden sound from beside him made Sasuke stiff, but his body had already reacted quickly, he took out his kunai and shot at the source of the sound, the figure disappeared instantly, and Sasuke's attack was in vain.

"Don't get excited, I mean no harm."

The gentle female voice came from directly opposite him again. Through the flickering flames, he finally saw the girl squatting on the opposite side and smilingly looking at him with her chin resting on her shoulders. Her silver-gray hair was playfully rolled up at the end of her hair. There is a faint smile in the big blue eyes, and a wide black cloak is wrapped around his body, which blends with the night behind him.

"Who are you?" Sasuke asked, frowning.

"It's just a passing traveler," the girl waved her hand indifferently, "I happened to see the child next to you, she has a fever, right?"

Sasuke put his hand on Hitomi's waist subconsciously, stared coldly at the girl in front of him, pursed his lips and did not respond.

"Don't be so nervous," the girl said helplessly, "My name is Haruka, and I really don't mean any harm, so don't stare at me like this, okay..."

"..." Even though she said that, Sasuke still maintained a defensive state, looking at her with a sullen face, "Your speed is not what ordinary people have."

"Really?" Haruka chuckled indifferently, and looked at the sleeping Tong, "That kind of thing is fine anyway, I am more concerned about the child's condition now, how long has she been asleep?"

"...About three hours." Sasuke hesitated for a few seconds before answering her.

Haruka's face changed subtly, and then she stood up and walked towards Hitomi. Sasuke realized that Haruka's figure was also a little thin, and she looked a bit like a child, but her way of speaking was old-fashioned. It's a bit out of place.

Squatting beside Hitomi, she looked at Hitomi complicatedly, then reached out her hand as if wanting to touch Hitomi's forehead, Sasuke frowned and stared at her outstretched hand, all the muscles in his body tensed subconsciously, and put it on The fingers on the Kusanagi sword moved slightly, but in the end there was still no gun.

Yao's hand just covered Hitomi's forehead, her eyes were focused as if she was trying to feel something, after a moment of silence, she breathed a sigh of relief and withdrew her hand: "Fortunately, it's fine, after a while The temperature will drop."

Sasuke glanced at her half-believingly, his eyes still full of vigilance: "Who the hell are you?"

"... Huh?" Haruka looked at him with a look of disgust, "I introduced myself, didn't you hear?"

"..." Sasuke was speechless for a moment, and after a few seconds of silence, he lowered his eyes, "Forget it, whatever you want."

Haruka seemed to really care about Hitomi, and came to check on her situation after a while, Sasuke fiddled with the firewood whose flames were getting smaller and smaller, looked up at Haruka who was staring at him in a daze, and couldn't help frowning Asked: "Look at what?"

"...No," Haruka blinked and sighed a little lonely, "I just thought of someone who is very similar to you."

Her expression looked both happy and helpless, she patted her cheek suddenly to wake herself up, she raised the corner of her mouth and asked, "How long have you known this child?"

"It has nothing to do with you." Sasuke threw the wooden stick into the fire with a blank expression, and looked at the re-ignited flame silently.

"... You guy, why do you have a personality..." Yao rolled his eyes, "It's really not likable."

Hitomi, who had been sleeping all this time, suddenly snorted softly at this moment, then rubbed against Sasuke's thigh twice, with a contented expression on his face, and fell silent again.

Yao was stunned, and couldn't help but burst out laughing: "This child likes you so much, I just said a bad word about you, and there was a movement."

"..." Sasuke was stunned, and subconsciously lowered his head to look at Hitomi lying quietly on his lap, and touched her forehead with his hand, and sure enough, it wasn't so hot anymore, and it should be able to recover by dawn .

"Hey, let me say, aren't you sleepy?" Yao tilted his head and asked, "Would you like to take a break? Let me help you take care of this child."

"No need." Sasuke refused bluntly. Although his legs were really uncomfortable after being pressed by Hitomi for so long, it was not enough for him to trust a stranger with confidence.

"I said you... How about trusting others once in a while? If I wanted to sneak attack you, I would have already succeeded. Do I need to talk to you so much?" Yao puffed up his cheeks and gave him an unhappy look, " Forget it, since you don't want to sleep on your own initiative, I'll go to sleep, remember to call me when it's dawn."

After finishing speaking, without waiting for Sasuke's answer, she found a thick tree trunk and sat down, then closed her eyes, looking defenseless, Sasuke silently looked away, and continued to add firewood to the flame that was about to extinguish.

Although it is still dark in the forest, it is probably the sky is about to dawn, and the faint light penetrates through the gaps in the leaves. Sasuke, who has not slept all night, does not seem to be tired, and calmly looks up at the tree covered by the leaves. In the sky, there is a little bit of light in the black eyes, as gentle as it can accommodate everything.

Hitomi lying on his lap moved again, Sasuke lowered his head to see her fingers tightly clutching his clothes, and then slowly opened his eyes, probably because he hadn't fully woken up yet, his eyes were full of At a loss.

"Are you still sleepy?" Sasuke stretched out his hand and shook it in front of her eyes. Hitomi's eyes moved slowly with her fingers. She blinked and struggled to sit up: "Is it dark?"

"...No, it was the next morning." Sasuke stood up and stretched his stiff legs, and touched her forehead, confirming that her temperature was indeed normal, and then secretly heaved a sigh of relief.

The flames hadn't been completely extinguished yet, and after packing up his things, Sasuke glanced at Haruka who was sleeping on the tree trunk, and said, "Let's go."

After walking two steps, Sasuke didn't hear the footsteps following him, he stopped and turned his head, Hitomi still stood there blankly, staring at Haruka motionlessly.

"..." Sasuke followed her gaze, Haruka was still leaning against the tree and fell asleep, he suddenly remembered Haruka's extraordinary concern for Hitomi last night, could it be that... Hitomi knew her?

Before he approached, Tong turned his head and asked suspiciously: "Who is she?"

Sasuke: "..."

And Haruka over there seemed to have woken up because of the movement here, she rubbed her eyes and looked at the two people who were looking at her together over there: "You... what's wrong?"

Saying that, Yao suddenly opened his eyes wide, with a joyful expression on his face: "Ah, you're awake!"

Hitomi was taken aback, nodded subconsciously, and his eyes became subtle again: "You, you are..."

She had some difficulty organizing her vocabulary, and her expression was very tangled, as if it was difficult to express what she thought in her heart, and she couldn't say a complete sentence for a long time.

But Yao showed a clear smile at this time, she walked slowly in front of Tong, and gently touched her head: "Do you think I'm very kind?"

Hitomi nodded blankly.

"You want to know me, you want to chat with me, right?"

Hitomi hesitated for a few seconds, then nodded.

"Compared with the boys over there, you want to be with me more, don't you?"

Hitomi shook her head decisively this time: "No! Hitomi only wants to be with Sasuke!"

"Pfft..." Haruka covered her mouth and stood up gently, "Hitomi, Sasuke, I finally know your names, you are much more straightforward than that guy, so cute."

Sasuke frowned silently, but said nothing.

"Well, if I like the boy over there more than I do, I'll know who he is." Haruka glanced at Sasuke, who was expressionless with his arms folded in front of his chest, and hugged him Looking at the stunned pupil, he rubbed her face vigorously, and said happily, "Why are you so cute, how can there be such a cute Qiongqi!"

As soon as the word Qiongqi was uttered, Sasuke's eyes froze for a moment, and he quickly took out a Kunai with his right hand and shot it at them, forcing Haruka who was stuck in his pupils to take a few steps back, and asked in a low voice: "What are you doing?" Who is it?"

"Hey, you're so long-winded, I already told you that my name is Haruka..."

The words came to an abrupt end, and Haruka squinted at the Kusanagi sword shining coldly on her chest, with a smile still on her lips: "Sasuke, you are a little impulsive," she said, grinning again, " But since you are impulsive for Tong, I will be generous and ignore it."

Sasuke pursed his lips tightly and stared at her, but Hitomi suddenly hugged his wrist: "Wait! Sasuke, she, she's not a bad person..."

"Haruka, she is..." Not knowing what to say, Hitomi subconsciously looked up at Sasuke, not knowing what to say, and quickly lowered her head after noticing his gloomy expression, and unconsciously let go of the hand that was holding his wrist. opened.

"This child doesn't know about me, so I don't know what to say, let me say it," Haruka said without paying attention to the sword in front of her, spreading her hands, "I am the same existence as Hitomi, if you say that, you You should understand, right?"