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

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The bright red is blood and the moon, and the gray and white are bones. The eye sockets are empty, I will lick your neck and bite you to pieces. You turned into bones, and I was the one you forgot to take away. Rebellion, so desecrate your relics. I still like it, sound asleep. In the dream, there is your death and tears, the blade of the wine glass, the punishment and sin. It is your blessing, you give me new life. I gave you the indulgence of your posthumous judgment in return, before we even had a chance to kiss goodbye.

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---<I will carve you on the memorial tablet with my own hands>Xuan Ye's "The Cherry Blossom Tree Under Xuan Ye"

Bizarre and chaotic dreams.

Black boy and white boy.

Red tears and green words.

Neither the divine music nor the funeral dirge will sound until it is too late.

"I don't want to forget!"

Some people's eyes were filled with tears.

The girl lay flat on her back, raised her arms high, and stretched her fingertips, but she couldn't catch anything. She put down her hands and said to herself: "I didn't dream about you, but I dreamed about something strange, ugh, I can't remember."

On the double bed in the apartment, Haruno Sakura looked nothing like a ninja, lying in a large sleeping position. After several hours of sleep, she opened her eyes. Next to her lay two sabers.

"Oh, I never would have thought that I could have such a thing as a biological clock. Now I am so energetic that I can't sleep until tomorrow morning."

□□, she got up and washed herself, thinking about how to spend the long night. Fortunately, this body will not affect tomorrow's survival trial due to this subtle time difference. The physique that makes people love and hate it is like a body destined to be a ninja from birth.

If you use ordinary transformation techniques to go shopping in Flower Street, you won't be discovered by Sarutobi-sensei, right?

Haruno Sakura thought to herself, laughing at herself for thinking about exploiting loopholes on the first day.

She raised her hand to condense chakra, paused before performing the technique, smiled and then put her hand down.

"Forget it, let's go out and enjoy the moon."

I should try my best to do the next work. I am still a very responsible person.

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The moon is high in the sky, which is the busiest time of night.

A ninja who met for a drink noticed two figures leaping away from the door of the izakaya, wondering which childish jounin was causing mischief.

From the busiest street in the village to the remote bridge on the upper reaches of the Nanga River, it was not too far for a ninja.

The metal chain clanked, and Haruno Sakura hung several bottles of warm sake around her waist. She walked to the bridge, stretched out in the moonlight, and said casually:

"I've been following you all this way. Although I said I would say hello to you as a neighbor, there's no need to be in such a hurry."

"Kakashi-sensei?"

"Oh, I didn't expect this." The silver-haired Jonin appeared from the shadows. The seemingly dull black pupils clearly showed the cold vigilance of the ANBU. He added, "How could he be noticed by a Genin? It seems that I have also neglected to exercise."

Sensing the other party's suspicion, Sakura smiled and said, "Because I really like the taste of Kakashi-sensei's chakra."

"A sentient ninja?"

Haruno Sakura revealed her own information and took the initiative to show her kindness: "Well, for now, the blood of the Uzumaki clan flows."

"Uzumaki, did you do the graduation exam this morning on purpose?" Hearing the familiar last name, Hatake Kakashi's tension melted away, and he secretly cursed the Third Hokage.

"Haha, I've been discovered. After all, teacher, it's not an aboveboard thing for you to peek in the dark. It's a little prank on my part. Will you forgive me?"

"Now that you know I'm following you, why did you bring me here? You're a girl, so you're not afraid that I'll do something bad to you?" The Jonin said threateningly, "Or, you're not afraid that I might suspect you of doing something bad?"

Well, let’s not consider it a bad thing for a minor to use transformation to buy alcohol.

"Oh? I didn't do anything questionable, right? Could it be that Kakashi-sensei wants to sue me for abusing the transformation technique to buy alcohol?" Ignoring the momentary warning movement of the Jonin in front of him, Sakura answered. The man who opened the bottle of warm sake handed the other person a bottle and said with a smile: "Let's take this bottle as a bribe. I assume you just showed up at the tavern to buy wine? Otherwise, Hatake Jounin would never admit it. Are you following an underage female student all the way?"

"If you take it, you will be an accomplice. You are not allowed to report me." Haruno Sakura smiled slyly. She looked at the hand that took the bottle with satisfaction and said, "As for doing anything bad to me?"

The green eyes looked at the slender Jonin from head to toe, nodded, and said matter-of-factly: "If you die under peonies, you can be a ghost. Please make sure that my body sinks into the Nanga River, which happens to be here." It's the upper reaches of the river, so it would be easy to fake suicide with a Jonin's abilities."

Hatake Kakashi stared at the girl, not knowing what was hidden in his dark pupils.

"Haha, you're just kidding!" Haruno Sakura raised her head and took a sip of wine before speaking again: "I heard that this place has become a date spot in the past two years. It was considered elegant to have a drink under the moon on the first day we met."

She jumped onto a protruding wooden couch on the Nanhe River Bridge and sat down. The wood was very strange, almost suspended above the river. It clearly looked like it was added later, but it was integrated with the bridge body.

"Well, it is said that a few years ago, this wooden couch at Minagawa Bridge suddenly appeared overnight, and later became a legend about lovers. I'm just a teacher, so I won't care about it for now, but Sakura can't bring random men here in the future, causing embarrassment. The misunderstanding is not good."

Kakashi, the man who brought Hatake indiscriminately, said again: "Children can't drink. I won't pursue the bottle you are drinking. Let me confiscate the others. It's too late and it's not safe. After all, it's Neighbor, I will take you home later."

"Eh? That's too much. At least let me drink two bottles, right?"

"No." The adult held up the dignity of a teacher.

"" Haruno Sakura stared at Kakashi with aggrieved and sad eyes, and suddenly said with relief: "Forget it, I still have to get up early tomorrow, and Kakashi-sensei is there to serve as food and drink, that's enough."

"You, do you think I am being unscrupulous by calling myself a teacher?" Hatake Kakashi sighed, a little helpless. Suddenly he felt like a teacher, and he was worried about the education of Konoha Hidden Village.

"How do I have the unscrupulous capital? Kakashi-sensei, you haven't even touched a sip of your wine." This sentence had a hint. Haruno Sakura raised her head and drank heavily. After swallowing, she said: "Well, but this is... It’s understandable.”

""The other party has no intention of defending.

The drinker shook the bottle and looked up at the silver jade plate in the night sky, wondering what he was thinking. She whispered: "Hey Kakashi-sensei, do you think your friend's last wish must be obeyed?"

"" Kakashi frowned secretly and replied, "I think so."

"But it's me"

Haruno Sakura swallowed these words together with the spicy wine, then stuck out her tongue regretfully and rolled the last drop of wine in the bottle into her mouth.

She stood up in silence, turned to face the silver-haired man, put the empty bottle into her ninja bag, and immediately said: "Sometimes I want to experience what it feels like to jump off the Nanga River from here. Kakashi-sensei , don’t you feel that living is tiring, do you want to die for me?”

Sakura looked at Kakashi with no expression and spoke calmly.

Silence is like the death of youth, and undercurrent is like the freshness of the deceased.

The air stopped vibrating within a few breaths, making Haruno Sakura almost think that the other party was about to agree to her.

"Children, don't read some strange novels. The word "martyrdom for love" is not used in this way." Hatake Kakashi's tone was calm, but Haruno Sakura suspected that there was impatience in it. He continued: "If Sakura has any troubles, you can talk to the Sandaime-sama. Don't harm your body with alcohol, let alone do stupid things. It's time to go home and have a good sleep. There is nothing that you can't get over or let go of." "

"There's nothing I can't let go of, it's just that there's nothing I'm willing to let go of, don't you think so, Mr. Kakashi?" Haruno Sakura sneered: "Don't worry, I won't really ask for death, although I don't have any obsession with living. Because I don't have the courage to kill myself, and I don't dare to bet on the possibility of the existence of the afterlife. This panic is higher than my fear of living. Maybe you should worry more about Sasuke-san, after all, he is the real one. People at that impulsive age."

Haruno Sakura secretly cursed: Teacher Sarutobi, it seems that this is your plan. Should I say that you are a good Hokage, a good elder, or a good politician.

As if a lifetime had passed, she recalled the past by the Nanhe River.

She lamented: "Life is joyful, how miserable is death? I am neither sad enough to be a poet nor indifferent enough to be a philosopher, but I am sober enough to become a useless person." (Note 1)

Ninety thousand miles away, Yunpeng has regretted his humble flight. (Note 2)

I still can't learn from your bravery.

The moon is sparse, and its light shines on the long cherry blossom-colored hair. The girl turned her back to the man, looked up at the moon, opened her arms to the void, and the long metal chain connected by the black gloves moved her waist and swayed her sword slightly. Haori's wide sleeves were blown up by the wind, and dark patterns of silver light flowed on the cloth, like a crow spreading its wings and about to fly, but its feathers were wetted by the running water.

She half chanted and half sang: "The knife cuts off the water, and the lone wild goose sets in the setting sun. Sighing at the extreme wisdom will inevitably hurt. I was disappointed in the past, and the moon is as bright as before. Life has been endless from generation to generation, and the river and moon are only similar every year. A hundred years of time, a thousand years of worry, you can ask about the sorrow. A few glasses of wine are filled, just like a rushing stream, blissfully heading towards the west.” (Note 3)

Perhaps due to Dukang's burning, the female voice that should have been clear was a little hoarse. Seeing this scene, Hatake Kakashi suddenly remembered for some reason the scene when he was a boy, wandering on the battlefield, bleeding and floating in the starry wilderness, and when he raised his head, the vast Milky Way was so colorful and bright that it stung his eyes.

"If he wasn't born with silver hair, he might have turned gray in his youth."

The last note trembled slightly, and Haruno Sakura suddenly turned back to look at the silver-haired adult man, looking at each other with three eyes, their eyes dark, deep and meaningful.

Sighing that extreme wisdom will inevitably lead to injury, I was disappointed back then, and the moon was as bright as before.

The genius Jonin who became famous on the battlefield chewed these words secretly, just like he peeled off every ninja's disguise during the ANBU period.

Then he said calmly: "You are drunk, go home."

"Drunk? Maybe. Instead of being arrogant and thinking deeply, why not wake up and get drunk alone, and be a happy madman. I sing to the wine."

Haruno Sakura took off the remaining two bottles of sake from her belt and poured a bottle of fine wine into the river.

"A bottle of unknown ninja, a bottle of country wind and moon."

Haruno Sakura turned around and smiled at Kakashi: "Kakashi-sensei, just drink one bottle like me. If you drink too much, you will feel uncomfortable when you start to move tomorrow."

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Kakashi walked home slowly with Haruno Sakura.

On the bustling street, based on various considerations, the adult man walked a little farther away from Sakura.

After all, Haruno Sakura's figure looks more like a 28-year-old than a child. He didn't want to find out tomorrow that there were rumors circulating in the village about the love life of Konoha's number one technician, and he had no interest in being rumored to be a bad jounin who attacked students.

The life of a ninja has always been irregular, and the more promising a ninja is, the more uncertain his safety is.

Most of the people who got married had secretly promised to be married when they were young. Furthermore, there was a family marriage contract, and most of the other ninjas were single. However, everyone is full of energy when they are involved in the field of life and death. So on this bar and entertainment street, there are many ninjas looking for a night of love, and a very small number of people who want to find true love in the entertainment venue.

It is precisely because of this coincidence that the "alone" Haruno Sakura has attracted many eager eyes, although her ninja costume has deterred many civilians.

"Hey, I really like your beautiful long hair, which is as gorgeous as cherry blossoms. Do you want to have a drink with me, my brother?"

Civilians have scruples, but ninjas don't have this problem. A vulgar pick-up line reached Sakura's ears.

Oh? Can you meet old acquaintances?

Haruno Sakura pondered in her heart, looking at the man in front of her who had just said goodbye this morning.

"Ah, me" I thought I was the only ANBU who could be so relaxed? --- Haruno Sakura really wanted to complain like this.

She really wanted to just drink and be happy like this. Anyway, the body could still use the transformation technique to evade it, but it was a pity that Kakashi Hatake's chakra was still behind him and had a strong sense of presence.

Kakashi Hatake, who was not far away, sighed and stepped forward.

"Sakura, what are you doing in a place like this?" He patted the shoulder wrapped in a black robe, intending to pretend to be a chance encounter, but he never fooled the active ANBU members.

"Isn't this Kakashi-senpai? I didn't expect him to be senior's companion. I was the one who offended him."

"Hey, she's not mine. Forget it, Sakura, it's time to go back." When did ANBU members become so easy to meet? Anyway, at least the ANBU members were tight-lipped. Kakashi sighed in his heart, and discovered by the way that the white fur collar on the girl's haori felt quite good.

Haruno Sakura felt the thick palms on her shoulders and seemed to be obediently listening to the conversation between the two. However, Chunliang's expression could not suppress her romantic nature that loved making trouble. She shrugged at the person who was chatting with her and said with a smile: "Well, I'm sorry. Well, as you can see, I now have a beloved whom I love deeply."

"?" The man who had begun to use his peripheral vision to search for the next hunting target didn't know why he felt strangely familiar with this sentence, but the ANBU's habits prevented him from showing any wavering.

He winked and smiled politely: "Haha, the beautiful lady said so. I didn't expect Kakashi-senpai to be such a shy person, so I won't disturb you two and leave first."

That sense of familiarity made the man who had been in the darkness for a long time feel uncomfortable, and he left without hesitation.

"Kakashi-sensei, your shoulder hurts a little."

Haruno Sakura blinked her eyes innocently, turning a blind eye to Hatake Kakashi's almost murderous eyesight, and said alone: ​​"Why, I love my teacher and the truth, is there anything wrong? I have always been a hero of the Three Wars. , I’m a fan of Konoha’s number one technician, I’ve liked you for a long time.”

Her smile was calm, and there was barely a glint of admiration in her eyes, which made her words completely unconvincing.

"Forget it, go back." Hatake Kakashi turned around and walked away.

Perhaps because of the faint longing, or perhaps just because of the similarities between the other two genin teammates, he actually saw the figure of the girl penetrated by Raikiri in Haruno Sakura for a moment.

Haruno Sakura didn't notice the jounin's perfectly concealed momentary wavering. She just copied his back skillfully in her mind, and then followed with a smile.

If love is a gorgeous robe, like is that fresh white shirt in the closet; love is a gamble, and like is a subconscious preference. It's not "like is a shallow love" or "love is a deep liking". Like is not a second-rate product of love, but a pure and pure nobleness.

I will no longer love you like I did in my previous life across dimensions. Fortunately, I can still spend the rest of my life loving you.

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The east was white and the night was dim. Kakashi Hatake was lying on his bed. He couldn't help but sigh when he remembered that he hadn't had time to ask Haruno Sakura why he stayed in the Jonin's apartment.