[Naruto] The Legend of Xuan Ying (Sakura Sakura)

[We are born broken, and we live to repair them. -Eugene O'Neill

Stay alive. Only by living can we recover. 】

"Haah... 196, 197, 198... Haah... Sakura, don't you think your weighted rock technique... is a bit too much?"

In the guest room of the client's house, Hatake Kakashi was doing push-ups with one finger. Haruno Sakura sat cross-legged on his back, using Earth Release to act as a weight for him.

Konoha's ninjas have repeatedly refreshed Tazuna's imagination of human beings, and standing up with one finger is nothing anymore.

A second ago, he saw Haruno Sakura with her eyes closed, and a reddish-purple color suddenly appeared at the end of her eyes, like an actor's red makeup.

The next second, Haruno Sakura opened her eyes and returned to her original state.

"Really? Then let me adjust it. Kakashi-sensei, are you neglecting your training? You will be surpassed by Tenzo."

"Do you know Tenzo? Ah, yes, he should be your senior." The Jonin's aura was obviously much more stable, and his movements of standing up were smoother. He admitted without any baggage: "Leaving ANBU does have some influence. .Where's Sakura? How's your practice these days?"

"My practice has not been successful." Haruno Sakura sighed: "This practice has been carried out on and off for many years, but I have never succeeded."

"If it doesn't succeed, what about the mission...? Can I ask what kind of practice it is?"

"It's okay. It's the sage mode, but it's not the one Kakashi-sensei thought. It's the sage mode of Shiggou Forest."

"Moist Bone Forest...Tsunade-sama's slug? No, is it okay to practice celestial arts in a place like this?"

It won't turn into a □□... No, a slug?

"Unlike the immortal arts of Mount Miaomu, which emphasizes unity with nature, there is a prerequisite for practicing the immortal arts of Shigu Forest, which is that your physique can already resonate with nature."

So there is no danger of turning into an animal... Hatake Kakashi is worthy of the name of a genius ninja, and he understands the secret without saying anything.

"Then where is Sakura's training stuck?"

Haruno Sakura was silent for a few seconds before answering: "The heart is blocked and the soul is not peaceful."

Uncle Tatsuna looked at the two Konoha ninjas dumbfounded. The male ninja had almost reached 300 push-ups with one finger, but his breath and limbs were quite stable, and there was no obstacle to conversation; The red makeup appears and disappears continuously, not unlike neon lights with poor contact.

The conversation between the two stopped here, and the only sound left in the room was Kakashi's faint breathing. After 400 blows, Haruno Sakura finally got off the Jonin's back.

As the ninjas stretched and soothed their muscles, Dazuna couldn't help but ask the question he had been asking for several days: "I wanted to ask you before, why are you still willing to stay and help since I lied about the content of the mission?" And me?"

"'It is not brave to do what is right. A strong general has no weak soldiers.' This is the instruction of the previous Hokage."

"That's right, although Sarutobi-sensei said it to a beautiful woman at the time."

"Ahem, in short, this is the way of life of ninjas. Ninjas don't just work for money."

"Haha, no matter what it is for, it is true that you have to sacrifice your life...ah, but I have to admit that in the country of waves, I still have some personal gains."

"cherry?"

"And as I said before, I try not to experience war personally. As long as the interests of each village can be linked together, there will be more considerations behind the conflict, and at least it will be reduced. "

The two ninjas sang in harmony, making Dazna feel like she was listening to a cross talk show.

-

On top of the light-free ocean country, even the new moon is extremely dazzling.

The ocean shines warmly under the moonlight, and the waves gently touch the earth, like the embrace of the womb in the mother's body, making the soul sleep peacefully.

After the sun rose, it was the day that Haruno Sakura predicted that Zabuza would attack.

After Naruto and Inari had an argument just now, the Jonin followed the boy's footsteps and came under the moonlight.

After a simple conversation, Hatake Kakashi was left alone outside the house by Inari, admiring the boundless sea in front of him. I thought to myself that I was really getting old, and my role as a teacher had changed. Why did I still come to educate people randomly?

At this time, Haruno Sakura walked out of the house holding two ninja swords and a small bag of luggage.

"'He has cried enough, so he knows what true strength is'... you are really good at talking."

The person being ridiculed did not say hello, but watched quietly as Haruno Sakura took out rice paper, maintenance oil and a whetstone, and began to maintain the two ninja swords - Zhuliu and Shisui.

"It's tomorrow."

Kakashi Hatake's tone was calm.

Haruno Sakura did not answer, and the topic jumped away as usual: "Kakashi-sensei, why are you all so strong? They say ninjas are people who can endure, but I am the worst at enduring."

Haruno Sakura began to sharpen the knife while continuing: "I really hope that it is not life that makes me breathless, but you."

The girl's voice was a little depressed, and it didn't match her words. A straightforward flirtation was ignored by Kakashi.

He replied: "Sakura, the teacher doesn't know what kind of experiences you have had, and I don't know who the person you want to kill is. But if it is revenge, give up. I have seen too many people like this, and the final outcome is It’s just endless emptiness.”

The jounin stared at the only female student in the team with rare serious eyes, waiting for her reaction.

"Why, in such a process of growing up, in such a background of the times, you and Naruto can still shine undiminished, why can't they become extreme? Why, why is it that I am the only one trapped there forever, trapped by those major events of life and death? , even those trivial things?”

Kakashi Hatake was speechless. The girl's voice was not loud, but she was suppressing strong emotions.

The female ninja has always been close to him, but in her seemingly frank words, there is always a hint of real alienation. It seemed like it was the first time he saw this student reveal the truth deep in his heart.

He didn't know how to respond for a moment. Could these questions be the reason why his head turned over and over again during the long night? Maybe Minato-sensei's son is really as dazzling as Sakura said, but what virtue and ability does he actually have?

"Just kidding, I have long passed the age of questioning the injustice of the world. Life is always accompanied by some regrets and helplessness. My shouting now is just my spare hypocrisy. Besides, there are too many tragedies in this world. I The experience was insignificant.”

Haruno Sakura seemed to be confiding to the teacher or mumbling to herself. She was bathed in the moonlight, as if she wanted to let everything out into the ocean.

The Jonin became even more silent. He originally wanted to fulfill his responsibility as a teacher and educate the students, but it seemed that he could only remain silent.

Yes, there are too many tragedies in this world. We are not lucky, but we are not the most unlucky either. In this devastated world, who doesn’t have a little bit of pity?

But how can pain be something that can be compared quantitatively?

Listening to these words, I suddenly felt that maybe I had just temporarily ignored the bleeding wound in order to heal myself, but still struggled to wake up in pain late at night, and I was just one of the same heights as Haruno Sakura.

We are all fallen people at the end of the world. We are all trapped beasts who cannot even convince ourselves. How can we enlighten them?

Perhaps we are not past that age when we look up to the sky angrily, but we have lost that strength and have accepted the reality of the world where there is no way back.

"Revenge or something like that, I won't give such a self-deceptive name to what I want to do. After all, no matter how many murders I commit, it will be too late to undo it, and the people I miss will not Therefore, he was returned. I wanted to kill him, but it was just to vent my anger. Just like his actions, they were just to satisfy his own selfish desires."

Haruno Sakura sneered and snorted: "Actually, the culprit of everything is this deformed ninja era. Unfortunately, I don't have such a big heart to change the current situation, let alone such a tenacious spirit. I can only uphold selfish and extreme individualism, Willfully filling the emptiness in the soul. But letting go is impossible. How can you be willing to let go of such a good person? Let the memories in your mind hurt you, let the blood on your palms poison you, and sink into the darkness hypocritically. On the contrary, it makes me feel more relaxed. Kakashi-sensei, if it were you, you should be able to understand my thoughts, right? Those pains are also a kind of sweet torture."

"Ah... it can be used as inspiration for the next book." Haruno Sakura polished the blade until it was sharp and deadly. There was a cold light in the night, and it fell back into the sheath neatly.

"It is a suffocating pleasure to be attached to the sunshine while condemning the darkness one is immersed in; to enjoy one's sins while one's heart is good is an immoral stimulation."

The girl's green eyes flashed across the slumped figure of the silver-haired Jonin. The fragility in those blue eyes seemed to contain all kinds of charm, heartbreaking, but also glowing with cold blood. She gave a faint smile that seemed to be self-deprecating.

Hatake Kakashi looked at Haruno Sakura with eyes that could not see his emotions clearly, and did not smile like a crescent moon as usual.

Perhaps deep down in his heart, he vaguely agrees with this idea, which is why he earned the title of "cold-blooded Kakashi" during his ten years in ANBU, and why he often stops in front of commemorative monuments and tombs.

That's why I didn't leave any room in my dealings with Team 7, but retained the last line of defense, which was across the empty space in my heart.

Just like Haruno Sakura did.

"Alas..." The two people looking at each other suddenly sighed at the same time, and spoke at the same time: "Sasuke, teenagers will not grow taller if they go to bed too late!"

A surprised smile appeared in the eyes that were still intersecting, and Uchiha Sasuke, who was leaning at the corner, paused, but remained in place.

"Ah, surprisingly we have a tacit understanding, Kakashi-sensei and I."

Haruno Sakura narrowed her eyes and returned to her usual frivolous tone: "Why don't we share a room with Naruto and Sasuke? How about we go to a tavern on the street for a drink? Don't pollute two broken, cold-blooded ninjas. How about two sunny boys coming to lick each other's wounds?"

Sasuke, who was about to leave, stumbled and quickly entered the house.

"Didn't you say you are really 12 years old?" Hatake Kakashi felt Sasuke's breath disappear before he asked this question.

"Yes, I am indeed 12-year-old Haruno Sakura, but this does not affect whether Kakashi-sensei is willing to spend the night with me. Ninjas cannot use common sense to judge."

Haruno Sakura turned back to face the sea, and the waves kissed the shore crazily. Only then did Kakashi suddenly recall the girl's unreasonable secret technique.

"Really? How should I put it? You are amazing in every aspect, Sakura."

What exactly is the principle? The genius mind who successfully developed advanced ninjutsu in his youth could not help but be aroused by curiosity, but rationality could not completely cover up the human side.

Unfortunately, Haruno Sakura had already turned back to look at the sea and could not see Hatake, whose face was so hot that even the part not covered by the mask turned red under the moonlight. A jonin who is nearly 30 years old. Watch "Making Love in Paradise" in front of a large audience. But in fact, I don’t have much experience. Kakashi.