Naruto: Fox and Cat

Konoha Orphanage is located in a remote suburb, and few people usually pass by outside. Many of the children in the orphanage are orphans whose parents died in the Fourth Ninja War. Many of them were taken back by Kabuto Yakushi from various villages. , basically all under twelve or thirteen years old.When he reaches school age, he will be sent to a ninja school to attend classes. During class, he will stay in the dormitory. Occasionally, he will be picked up by Yakushi Kabuto to live in the orphanage for a period of time.Occasionally, families who want to adopt children come here to see if there are any suitable children.

There are usually only three adults helping in the orphanage. In addition to Kabuto the pharmacist and Jugo, one of the directors, there is also Kabuto's childhood friend Urushi.Kabuto and Jugo are basically responsible for taking care of the children, while Urushi is mainly responsible for the preparation of food funds.Itachi usually comes over once a month to check on the children and see what help they need.Sasuke would occasionally come with him, but he didn't seem to get along with the noisy children. On the contrary, Itachi was the most popular among the children.

Taking a rare day off, Naruto and Sakura Luofeng decided to come over to the orphanage to visit the children.Ying Luofeng, who was rarely in high spirits, resumed her baking skills that she hadn't used in more than ten years, and carefully prepared a basket of small pastries. In the process, she also covered the golden fox's face with flour.

Hearing that they were coming, Kabuto Yakushi was waiting at the door to greet them when he felt Naruto's chakra approaching.Kabuto, who was still in Ryūchidō Sage mode, was wrapped in a long crimson cannon. Under the loose hat was a strangely pale face with round-rimmed glasses, and the horns in the white hair could be vaguely seen.A long white snake stretched out from the hem of his clothes, straightened up spiritually behind his back, and spit out snake bites from time to time.

"I haven't seen you for such a long time, and you still look sinister..." Naruto looked at the white snake swaying behind him, and was very suspicious of how the higher-ups in Konoha allowed him to open an orphanage here in the first place.This guy was obviously one of the key criminals in the Fourth War. Although Itachi had successfully brainwashed him and found himself, those guys agreed too easily and didn't even put him on trial.

[Obviously afraid of Brother Itachi's Sharingan, he even wanted to persecute his only brother.But they still have no doubts about his abilities. They are really contradictory guys. ], Naruto's eyes darkened, and the way he looked at Kabuto became incomprehensible.

"!" Kabuto in sage mode could feel the cold danger more clearly, and even subconsciously took a few steps back to avoid Naruto's scrutiny.Obviously the blond boy in front of him still smiled cheerfully and warmly, but Kabuto only felt the fear that went straight into his heart, and even lost the courage to escape in front of his absolute strength.

"What’s wrong with you?"

The soft voice with doubts suddenly woke up the shivering Kabuto like thunder, and he suddenly woke up. At the same time, he also felt that the inexplicable sense of targeting disappeared.

"My hair just turned white, why do you look like you've seen a ghost? That's so rude." Ying Luofeng curled her lips, thinking that he just acted so panicked because he was overly surprised.

"Even the wind looks super beautiful now!" Naruto retorted angrily, not seeing anything unusual just now.

"Hahaha, no, I haven't seen Miss Feng for a long time. I'm a little surprised..." Kabuto wiped his cold sweat, then looked at the three-layer lunch box in Naruto's hand, and naturally changed the topic, "You guys are still ready. A gift? That’s so polite~"

"This is for the children~", Ying Luofeng blinked her left eye, then walked past him and walked inside, "Naruto, walk faster, hurry up."

"Coming, coming." Naruto hurriedly followed Kabuto with the lunch box. When he passed Kabuto, his lips moved slightly, as if he said something but he just smiled.

Kabuto nodded slightly, turned to follow and said with a smile, "Itachi-sama is also here today. He is studying with the children in the inner courtyard."

"Is Sasuke still out on a mission?" Ying Luofeng took the time to turn around and ask, and then said hello to Chonggo who came over with two children in his arms, "Long time no see, Chonggo."

"Long time no see, Miss Feng." Jugo stopped and nodded politely to greet her, and motioned to the two five-year-old boys he was holding to also greet the guests, "This is Miss Feng, and that is Uzumaki Naruto. That's the Naruto brother you all admire so much."

"Really??", the two boys who were still a little sleepy suddenly became energetic. They jumped off him on hands and feet and ran towards Naruto, "You are the other one who saved the world. A big hero? Wow!! Super handsome!!”

Naruto, who was suddenly hugged by two children each with one leg, could only lift the lunch box in his hand high. After standing firm, he said funnyly, "Be careful not to fall. And you haven't said hello to this beautiful sister yet. She is my girlfriend~"

"Hello, beautiful sister!", the two little beans immediately turned their heads and greeted her obediently.

"Hello everyone, play with Brother Naruto," Ying Luofeng smiled, reached out to take the food box from his hand and continued walking inside, "I'll go inside first."

"They have a little cold today, Jugo was going to take them to take medicine." Kabuto bent down and touched the heads of the two little ones, and then said to Naruto with a smile, "The troublesome hero took them to the medical room. .”

"But on the other side of the wind..." Naruto still wanted to follow, but he was pulled away by two little ones.Jugo also followed. After all, Naruto didn't know where the two children's medicine was kept.

After a while, Kabuto introduced today's two guests to the children in the orphanage. Unexpectedly, he saw the unprecedented excitement on the children's expressions. Within a few seconds, Naruto was beaten by the children who came up from the pupae. They were overwhelmed, clamoring for him to tell those magical heroic stories.

Ying Luofeng, who was completely ignored by the children, was not surprised. After finding a place to sit down, she looked at the large group of children with a smile.

"Ever since they heard Naruto's story, these children have always admired him. It's rare to see him today. It's not surprising that he was so excited that he ignored the others," Itachi, wearing black casual clothes, handed her a cup of buckwheat tea. , and then sat nearby and looked at the children playing with Naruto not far away, "They were full of fear and pain when they first arrived here, and now they seem to have begun to accept the fact that they no longer have their parents. In Before the war started, they all had a happy and warm family. But after the war, they suddenly became orphans..."

As Itachi was speaking, he suddenly choked on his words, pursed his lips tightly and did not continue.Similar to these children, Sasuke also had a complete family when he was young, but he was still an orphan.And it was his most respected brother who destroyed everything.At that time, he was still a little child, a child who was carefully protected by him. However, he lost everything overnight and had to grow up in carefully woven lies.How did he spend so many years when he was young? Did he just rely on that hatred?When he was on the verge of collapse, what made that little child survive? Was it still hatred...

Sakura Luofeng, who was still looking straight ahead, picked up the warm tea cup and took a sip of tea before calmly saying, "Itachi, think about what Sasuke looks like now."

Itachi's dark pupils shrank slightly, and his originally chaotic thoughts almost calmed down when he recalled the now energetic black-haired boy.

"He has grown up now and can share those responsibilities with you. And no matter what, he is your most precious brother, isn't he?" Ying Luofeng's tone was still calm, as if she was just chatting. "No one can change what happened in the past. The choice you made at that time may have been the only way out when you were pushed to the end. Besides, you won't regret the choice you made at that time, right?"

Sakura Luofeng turned her head sideways, shook the tea cup in her hand and said, "You stopped the Uchiha rebellion, and the most important thing is that you saved Uchiha Sasuke, your brother. You are not responsible for those things in the past alone. Now Sasuke can face it with you."

Itachi looked at her, and then just looked forward, but did not see anything in his dark pupils, "I have been thinking, if I could persuade the family members to leave Konoha, just like the Sakura clan now, If I find a place to live in seclusion, the Uchiha clan will not be buried in my hands."

"The Uchiha clan has always been the best in the ninja world. You have a pride that you cannot shrink from. We don't have so much love for the ninja village. We can survive wherever we go. Moreover, in this ninja world, our clan is still We belong to a different species, and leaving the Ninja Village might be more suitable for us." Ying Luofeng lowered her eyes and looked at the light-colored tea, her pale face a little nostalgic, "And don't forget one thing, Itachi, I am just the young master's weapon. If his decision at that time was to cause a rebellion in Kirigakure Village, we would have acted according to his plan without hesitation. The Sakura clan and the Uchiha clan have nothing in common, so don’t blame yourself for this. .”

Itachi did not speak. In the urgent situation of the Uchiha clan at that time, before he even had time to think of a solution, they had already decided to rebel against Konoha.His important confidant and friend Uchiha Shisui also had a Sharingan taken away by Danzo in order to prevent this.In desperation, he could only entrust the other Sharingan to himself, and jumped from the Nanga River in front of him to commit suicide, stimulating Itachi at the time to activate the Mangekyō Sharingan.

Ying Luofeng looked at his heavy expression, frowned slightly and asked casually, "Speaking of where Sasuke went? I just asked Kabuto, but he didn't have time to answer."

When Sasuke was mentioned, Itachi's expression relaxed a lot and he said with a smile, "I'm on a mission. I received his letter in the morning. He won't come back until evening."

"It's rare that everyone is here. How about having a meal at my place tomorrow at noon? It just so happens that it's your turn to teach Naruto tomorrow."

"Then it's better to be respectful than to obey." Itachi nodded and continued to look at the children who were pestering Naruto to tell stories.

"You like children very much?" Sakura Luofeng looked at the children, chuckled and raised her hand to wave to Naruto who was almost overwhelmed by the children.

"No, I just think of Sasuke when he was a child." Itachi looked at the children and rarely mentioned the past with a little pride, "But Sasuke was much cuter than them when he was a child, white, tender and soft. He has never been He has been the cutest child in the world since he was born. At that time, the Third Ninja World War was not over yet. Even if you were only a four or five-year-old child on the battlefield, the enemy would not be soft-hearted. It was at that time that Sasuke came to this world. , when that little baby held my finger, I truly felt life, and from that moment on I decided to protect him."

Ying Luofeng lowered her head to look at the tea in her hand, smiled and listened quietly.

"In the end, I was the one who brought him the most harm, pain, and hatred..." Itachi changed his words, pursed his lips and looked at his hands.When he was a child, he shouldered the hope and trust of his father and the whole clan. He was always very busy. Almost every time, he could only refuse Sasuke's request to play or practice. Every time, he could only say apologetically, "Forgive me." "Sasuke, maybe next time", the disappointment in the child's eyes that he tried hard to cover up with understanding and sensibleness hurt his heart.

Thinking of the broken promises and lies he had made when he was a child, Itachi knew that he had no choice but still couldn't forget the sad look in his young brother's eyes. Even now, when Sasuke hears the words "Forgive me, Sasuke", he reacts conditionedly. The earth thought that he was leaving him again.

"But Sasuke's character now seems to be much more arrogant than before," Sakura Luofeng suddenly said, and continued to correct herself without changing a look under Itachi's incredulous look, "I mean he is much more proud."

"Really?" Itachi frowned slightly and didn't think so. "I think it's the same as when I was a child. It's just that I'm occasionally a bit duplicitous when I grow up."

"I found that after you talked to Sasuke, your filter became more and more magical. I guess in your eyes, he was still a cute, cute, soft and weak kid when he was two or three years old, and he only had eyes for you. Let's make some dumplings..." Sakura Luofeng looked at him with some humor. The only person in the world who dared to regard Uchiha Sasuke as a child who needed protection was Itachi in front of her.

Itachi didn't think so much and analyzed it carefully, "It is impossible to go back at every stage of human growth. Now Sasuke has gradually matured in body, mind and thinking, and he has seen more valuable things in his eyes. You also have the power to change the world. However, sometimes in the eyes of others, due to the occasional uncontrollable emotions and thinking, it may indeed cause people to have illusions that are inconsistent with the actual facts, and they may subconsciously take actions that are consistent with the facts."

Ying Luofeng raised her eyebrows and looked at him, shaking her tea cup with a half-smile, "Speaking in human language?"

Itachi had a serious face and finally looked away silently.

"Then I guessed it right. Remember to bring me a portion of Ganli Gan's new dessert tomorrow~" Ying Luofeng smiled proudly and reminded him not to have too much sugar in his portion.

"I know." Itachi smiled and nodded. After the two chatted for a while, Itachi looked at the time and stood up and said, "Miss Feng, it's time for me to go to the ANBU."

"See you tomorrow," Ying Luofeng waved her hand and watched him say goodbye to the children and leave.

When the children who were gathering around Naruto saw him preparing to leave, most of them immediately swarmed him and said they wanted to send him out, leaving the great hero aside.

After Naruto asked the remaining children who were still clinging to him to see him off, he quickly ran to Ying Luofeng, "These children are so lively. They all clamored for me to tell stories and wanted me to show them. Some ninjutsu or something.”

"It's very similar to when you were a child," Ying Luofeng reached out and hugged the golden-haired fox who was pretending to be aggrieved. After letting go, she smiled and rubbed his face, "You are now a great hero that these children admire, and these children also They have lost too much, and it is also a hero's task to satisfy their small demands. And if it is Naruto, he will definitely help them recover from the pain of losing their parents, and he will definitely become a ninja like you. for the goal.”

"They will definitely become outstanding people, because they are very different from me," Naruto sat aside and touched her tea cup. After feeling that the tea had cooled down, he warmed the tea with chakra.

"You are the only one who knows how to use chakra to do such a thing~" Ying Luofeng smiled and poked the lines on his face, then took a sip of the warm tea, "But the temperature is just right~"

"Of course~" Naruto looked at his empty hand unaccustomedly, and the next second Sakura Luofeng's left hand was handed over, and the instantly happy golden-haired fox played with her hand contentedly.

Ying Luofeng turned her head to look at him, smiled and moved her fingers, "Curious about the conversation I had with Itachi just now?"

"No, I feel that Brother Itachi's expression just now seemed to let go of the pain. That's good." Naruto looked down at her fingers, took off the glove on his right hand and held it with the fingers of her left hand before he was satisfied. "Feng, I feel that Brother Itachi is still in pain now, but I don't know what to do. And I also feel that he won't tell me and Sasuke what's on his mind..."

"Because this is Konoha, how can Itachi not be in pain..." Ying Luofeng squeezed his hand and frowned slightly.

"Now that we are back, he and Sasuke don't have to work so hard," Naruto stretched out his left hand and rubbed her forehead, touching her cold face with some worry.

Ying Luofeng took a deep breath, then suddenly smiled and leaned on his shoulder and said, "Then I will trouble the future Hokage to study hard~"

"Those things I'm not good at will trouble the future Mrs. Hokage. You can do whatever you want. You know I will always be by your side." Naruto smiled and touched her face. Just when he was about to get closer, he suddenly His body stiffened, and he shifted his gaze to the front with a cold sweat on his face.

Dozens of pairs of innocent eyes stared directly at the two of them with curiosity.There is teasing.There were also many younger children who had their eyes covered by the older ones.

With a blush on her pale cheeks, Ying Luofeng let go of his hand and held his shoulder with her other hand. The next second, Naruto's entire body sank into the floor.

After patting the sawdust on her skirt, Ying Luofeng nodded to the ignorant children, quickly stood up and left.

The children looked at Sakura Luofeng who was leaving, and then at Naruto who had climbed out of the pit. For a moment, they didn't know what to say.Finally, a five-year-old girl looked at the smashed board and asked innocently, "Isn't Brother Naruto a great hero? Why did he get hit by his girlfriend?"

"I know, I know, this is flirting! My parents used to do this all the time!" A little boy suddenly jumped out, but as soon as he finished speaking, he felt uncomfortable thinking of his parents.

Naruto reached out to touch his little head and said softly, "Don't be sad, your parents are heroes, and Konoha will take good care of you."

The little boy sniffed to hold back from crying, and then asked, "Was Brother Naruto an orphan before?"

"Well, I didn't know who my parents were and what they looked like until I grew up." Naruto looked at the children in front of him and said with emotion, "You are much luckier than me. You have all been happy before. Family. There are also parents who love you. So no matter what happens when you grow up, don’t forget these memories..."

Feeling his sadness, the little boy didn't know how to comfort him. In the end, the five-year-old girl said seriously, "But Brother Naruto has a beautiful sister with him now, so he won't be alone anymore."

"Thank you~" Naruto smiled happily, looked at the children surrounding him and asked with a smile, "Do you want to hear a story?"

"think!"

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