[Naruto] The Disaster of the Red Sand Scorpion

Sakura returned home after talking to Ino. She came to the room, opened the notebook she used to communicate with Scorpion, and stared at what he wrote.

Next to the notebook were the tasks he had assigned during this period. When she opened it, she was asked to find materials to create a puppet.

There is also a note below: No use of my image is allowed.

What, it's so pretentious, she won't use his face as a puppet.

Sakura found the materials for making puppets based on the contents of the notes. She looked in the mirror, drew a portrait of herself, and decided to make a puppet in her own likeness.

During the day, Kakashi-sensei and the others went out to do missions, and at night Sakura worked on her own puppets.

During this period, Xie came a few times, but he just took a look and did not give any opinions. He just left a message to her: [Same painting, why is mine so rough? I thought you didn't understand art. 】

Xie thought about the portrait that Sakura painted for him, which was very perfunctory and didn't even draw the eyes. It looked weird.

【You don’t understand art! ] Sakura replied angrily, [I have never seen you, how do I know what kind of expression you will have! 】

[You are right, I don’t want your stupid innocence to appear on my face at all. 】

If Scorpion appears in front of her, she will beat him severely!

One advantage of delaying chatting is that even if you get angry again, after a certain period of time, you will be replaced by other emotions. Although she thought about beating him up, she wrote: [When I see you and you still remember my words, you will be my model and I will draw a complete painting for you. 】

【I don’t like waiting for others. 】

【Then I'll wait for you. 】

[I don’t like people waiting for me either. 】

[...] Sakura was too lazy to reply to him.

Scorpion didn't care, he closed his notebook and arrived at the meeting point as the calendar said.

When he arrived, he found that there were people from other classes except Class 7. He frowned dissatisfiedly. He hated places with many people.

"What's going on?" he asked the extremely excited Naruto.

Naruto answered excitedly: "Kakashi-sensei said there will be a fireworks display tonight!" He was gearing up. He originally wanted to invite Sakura-chan to go on a date with him, but his eyes touched the girl's lackluster eyes, and he didn't know why. Can't speak,

So there are no tasks today. After understanding, Xie turned around and left. He was not interested in fireworks or anything else. This kind of momentary splendor was not in line with his art at all.

Then he was stopped by Kakashi.

"Sakura needs to learn to be gregarious." Kakashi narrowed his eyes, "If you are always alone, it is easy to have random thoughts like last time."

Xie Li ignored him, he didn't like Hatake at all.

"Sakura Sakura, won't you come with us?" Ino noticed what was going on here. She walked over, her eyes full of misgivings, "If you don't go, it will be a date between me and Sasuke."

Xie remembered Ino as the gentle and reliable good friend often mentioned in the little girl's diary, and also her love rival.

He was not interested in things between girls, "It's up to you."

Scorpio's performance surprised Ino, "No way, have you really decided that you don't like Sasuke anymore?" Even if it was because of her words, he couldn't give up so quickly. At least he should struggle internally first.

"Decide?"

Ino looked like "I can't stand you anymore" and said, "You have a really bad memory."

Through clichés, Xia learned about the conversation between them from Inoguchi - he had to admit that the little girl was really very happy.

But at the same time, a subtle feeling arose in his heart.

"But even if you don't care about Sasuke..." Ino looked at him suspiciously, "Don't you like fireworks the most? It's a rare opportunity to see them."

That little girl actually likes this kind of thing? Really have no vision.

Scorpion replied indifferently: "Not interested."

>>>

"Where have you been?"

Sakura wanted to find the scorpion puppet she had made casually before. It was the first time she made it, and it was relatively crude. She wanted to make another one for Mr. Scorpion, otherwise he would always say that she did not understand art.

But she searched the whole house and couldn't find it, so she decided to go out and have a look.

She had gradually adapted to the wind and sand in Sand Hidden Village. She didn't take a few steps before she met Yashamaru and the others. The latter greeted her, and Sakura thought for a moment and went up to him. Then she was surprised to find that Yashamaru and the others were a little different from before.

"Because envoys from other countries will arrive in a few days, fireworks will be set off at that time." Yashamaru, who was wearing casual clothes, smiled. Sunagakure Village has no entertainment all year round, so it is rare to set off fireworks - even if it is for the purpose of welcoming, everyone wants to Go and see.

fireworks? Sakura's eyes lit up. She had seen enough of the wind and sand, and now she couldn't wait to see the beautiful fireworks.

Unexpectedly, Yashamaru changed the topic, "But Scorpion may be called to protect the Kazekage-sama and the messenger, because Rasa has already gone."

Sakura: "..." Ah, she doesn't want to be a guard, she just wants to watch the fireworks.

Apparently Master Kazekage didn't give her this chance, so he sent someone to call her away, and then gave her the task of escorting her.

Unlike Rasa, who is responsible for protecting the envoy, Sakura is responsible for protecting the Third Kazekage. She is also responsible for leading other guarding ninjas, most of whom are members of the puppet army.

This is the first time in a long time that Sakura has met Xia's army. Their faces were all painted with strange paint, they carried puppets on their backs, and they spoke little.

Oops, doesn’t she need that oil paint too? But they didn't object to her refreshing attitude. Maybe Mr. Scorpion was an exception, well, it was an exception due to his personality.

The entire reception process went very smoothly, probably because no one dared to break into the village to cause trouble. After all, as one of the five major countries, no one would be so blind.

In the process, she also got to know the senior officials of Sand Hidden Village, and Grandma Chiyo was one of them. The latter is located on the right hand side of the Third Kazekage, which is very close.

While they were talking, Sakura kept wandering. She couldn't understand what these adults were talking about. What wars, developments, and futures were not things she could understand at all.

This conversation continued into the afternoon. In the evening, Sunagakure Village set off fireworks as scheduled. Brilliant fireworks bloomed in the sky, and finally merged with the wind and sand.

As the captain, Sakura couldn't show excitement or joy, nor could she stare all the time. She could only look up occasionally and let the fireworks flash across her eyes briefly.

it's beautiful.

"Scorpion, have you changed your mind?"

Grandma Chiyo didn't know when she came to Sakura's side, looked directly at the night sky, and said in a nostalgic tone: "The moment is also beautiful."

Just as Sakura was about to nod, she suddenly remembered what Grandma Chiyo said that day about "eternal beauty". She forgot to ask Mr. Scorpion what it meant. When Grandma Chiyo was asked, she didn't know how to answer, so she simply said nothing.

Grandma Chiyo did not continue.

As soon as the shift time came, Sakura returned home and couldn't wait to ask Scorpion about the topic of eternity. She wrote a lot in her notebook, including the escort missions in the past few days - hoping that he would not forget this.

As a result, as soon as she changed back, she saw a paragraph written by Xie in her notebook.

——[In your opinion, which one is art, the short moment or the eternal beauty? 】