[Naruto] The Disaster of the Red Sand Scorpion

"cherry?"

Xie, who was immersed in his own thoughts, came back to his senses and looked up at Haruno's parents who were talking to him.

"Are you worried about the Chuunin exams these days?" Meabuki, who had been paying attention to him, asked worriedly. She had specifically talked to Kakashi-sensei before. Although Kakashi-sensei said to leave it to him, Sakura's situation really worried her.

"No."

Meabuki didn't believe it. She just thought her daughter was being arrogant. She comforted and said, "It doesn't matter even if you fail. Just participate a few more times." Seven

fail? Scorpio, who had extracted the keywords, retorted to this sentence: "If nothing else happens, I will pass the exam this time."

Putting aside the possibility that he was the one taking the exam, that little girl already had the strength of a chuunin, so this kind of exam was no problem. However, in his opinion, such a Chunin exam is simple enough. Has the ninja world actually fallen to this level many years later? I wonder if Sunagakure Village has become like Konoha.

Yes, Scorpio already knew what he had overlooked.

——There were twenty years between him and Sakura.

In other words, at his point in time, Sakura did not exist. So why did they switch bodies? There is obviously no connection. And why didn't they switch bodies in the same timeline?

This is also a problem that has been plaguing Scorpio.

Hearing his "bragging", Meabuki laughed, "Since you are so confident, then when you pass the chuunin exam, I will take you to the hot spring hotel you have always wanted to go to."

"I don't like waiting."

Xie thought of his parents. His father said that he would teach him puppetry when he grew up, and his mother said that she would take him to see the cherry blossoms when she came back next time - but he did not wait for any of them. He thought about Sakura again and the distance between them.

"The wait is too long."

Xie's head was knocked, and Sakura's father, Haruno Zhao, crossed his arms and shook his head at him: "You say such old-fashioned things at a young age."

"And this is a reward. The waiting process is a kind of expectation and satisfaction." Haruno Zhao put away his usual nonsense and showed a serious expression, "Just like when you watched the fireworks that day, did you see what they looked like after they bloomed in the sky? ? No, what you are watching is the whole process of the fireworks from rising to blooming, especially the moment when they bloom, the unparalleled sense of anticipation."

But expectations will be dashed.

Just like his parents.

He didn't say this to Haruno's parents because they couldn't understand it.

Xie returned to the room. The books he took out before were still on the table. At the top of the book was the notebook they used to communicate.

There are new words written by the little girl on it: [I will come to you after I become a chuunin! 】

Come to him? Xia was thinking about a question. Since he didn't see himself in the future, it meant that they had no intersection in the future - this was also the reason why he didn't tell Sakura about the time difference. But he probably knows the reason. After all, after he returns to his own body, his memory here will be very vague.

Unless Sakura comes to him on her own initiative.

But as he said before, if you wait blindly, your expectations will be in vain.

but--

If it were her, she would definitely keep her promise.

Until that day, he would wait for her.

Xia opened the window, took out the remaining materials for Sakura's puppet, and started making something else.

Halfway through, he put down what he was holding and looked up at someone squatting at the window.

Before he could speak, the man spoke: "Well, this is a test before the Chunin Exam. It was originally tested by Iruka-sensei, but I took over the task."

"So what are you doing here?" Even after talking so much nonsense, Xia still felt that the person who came here was evil, "Hatake Kakashi."

Kakashi glanced back quickly and asked, "Would you like to talk somewhere else?"

Xie agreed, he wanted to see what Hatake wanted to do.

Kakashi led Scorpion to the old place where they grabbed the bell. He leaned his back against the pillar where Sakura was tied, put his hands in his pockets and looked at the sky.

Scorpion urged impatiently: "I don't have enough patience to wait for you to formulate your words."

Kakashi moved, he straightened up, patted the pillar, and said, "It shouldn't have been you at that time."

Scorpion immediately grimaced.

Even though he knew that what he said might break the balance, Kakashi continued to speak. He opened his eyes that were always half-closed and said in a positive tone: "You are not Sakura."

A strong murderous aura enveloped Kakashi, and he met Scorpion's murderous eyes.

>>>

"Five Shadows Conference."

Sakura watched Scorpion rarely write down relevant matters about this mission, and began to recall in her mind which five shadows it was.

Hokage must be the third generation grandpa. She seems to be unable to remember the Kage from the other three countries clearly. After all, she had not been able to come into contact with such big figures in the past, so she did not remember them carefully.

It seems she also needs to read A Brief History of the Ninja World.

According to Scorpion's request, Sakura took all the scrolls and put them in her backpack, plus the universal antidote and the notebook they used to communicate.

After doing all this, Sakura was ready to go to Luo Sha and ask about the situation. As soon as she walked out of the bedroom, she saw Grandma Chiyo sitting in the living room, seemingly waiting for her.

"Are you going to the Five Shadows Conference?" Chiyo asked, but she didn't expect to get Sakura's answer, and continued, "Be careful on the way, the war is not completely over."

war? Sakura didn't know why, but she nodded anyway. Just when her hand closed on the doorknob, she heard Chiyo say——

"You are not Scorpion."

>>>

Sakura woke up with a start.

When she found that she was still at home, she breathed a sigh of relief. She had just had a terrible nightmare.

She looked at the calendar and saw that there were still two days until the Chuunin exams, so she had to go to training quickly.

She took care of everything and walked out. As soon as she arrived at the training ground, she saw Sasuke who was training and Kakashi who was reading a book.

Damn it, Sasuke-kun is actually more diligent than her!

Sakura took out the puppet she made and began to get more emotional with it.

Two Sakura?

Sasuke's pupils are shaking during training.

Kakashi, who was still watching, sighed. He did not continue reading. Instead, he jumped in front of Sakura. After sizing her up, he nodded and said, "This time it's Sakura."

Sakura was confused, "Kakashi-sensei, what do you mean it's me this time?"

"Huh? Didn't that kid tell you? He's the one who occasionally appears in your body." Kakashi looked surprised.

This time it was Sakura's turn to be shocked, "No, um, how could Kakashi-sensei know?"

It's unreasonable for him not to know. The child showed it so obviously. He had to help dispel other people's suspicions before. Kakashi covered his face that was not exposed with the book in distress, "Don't worry, Sakura, since he was there when Class 7 was founded, then he is also my student."

Sakura, who was originally nervous, slowly became calmer under Kakashi's comfort. She thought Kakashi-sensei would investigate, but she didn't expect Kakashi-sensei to be so kind.

"This is the puppet technique he taught me, but I made this puppet myself." Now that Kakashi-sensei knew her secret, Sakura told him something without reservation, "How is it?" She looked at Kakashi-sensei expectantly, she had been wanting feedback since she had done it well.

Kakashi was not stingy with his praise at all: "He is indeed the smartest student in our class."

After getting the desired comment, Sakura smiled sheepishly.

"But as for a puppet master, I'm afraid only one puppet is not enough." Kakashi changed the subject. He had come into contact with a puppet master. The red-haired puppet master of the Sand Ninja Village had so many puppets. "And he can control more than ten. The puppet."

"Eh——?" Sakura was shocked again. She looked down at her only puppet and suddenly felt a sense of oppression. "Everyone is so awesome."

Kakashi patted Sakura on the head and said, "Well, Sakura has only been studying for a long time. It's great to be able to achieve such results."

"Kakashi-sensei, please stop comforting me." Sakura made up her mind and went back to being a puppet. She must be ready before the exam.

"I'm leaving first, Kakashi-sensei."

"One last question."

Sakura put away the puppet and heard Kakashi ask——

"What kind of person is he?"

Sakura stopped and thought seriously, then stretched out her hand and said with a smile, "A little taller than me."

>>>

Scorpion stood in front of Chiyo.

"I thought you wouldn't tell her." Scorpion, who already knew about this from Sakura, said to Chiyo calmly.

They are grandparents and grandchildren, and Chiyo is the one who knows him best. So he was not surprised that Chiyo would see that Sakura was not him, he was just wondering when Chiyo would reveal this.

"The Five Shadows Conference is full of crises." Chiyo looked at his grandson, "That child's eyes are very clear, she can't handle it."

Although the Second Ninja War ended several years ago, she had a hunch that the war would start again. It was just a matter of time. There will definitely be problems in this Five Shadows Talk, and it may even become a trigger for war.

As for the girl who occasionally appears in Scorpion's body, her eyes are very clean. She is a child who grew up under the sun, without any trace of darkness.

If something goes wrong in the Five Shadows Conference, something might happen to the child.

Xie smiled softly, "It's really a question that only boring adults would consider."

"Scorpion!" Chiyo was talking to him seriously, "Since you like that child, you should be a little more interested in her."

"Like? This word doesn't suit me." Scorpion didn't think he liked the little girl. He just happened to find a way to have fun when he was bored. It's just that he invested a lot of time and energy and needed corresponding feedback.

"Besides, she is not a weakling who needs protection." He believed this more than anyone else.

Chiyo was silent for a moment. When Xia turned around and left, she asked, "What kind of person is she?"

Xie's steps did not stop, and Chiyo sighed. Sure enough, his grandson still had not changed. He would never answer such questions.

Chiyo closed her eyes, but her grandson's smiling voice came to her ears.

"A wonderful little girl."