[Naruto] It turns out you are the tail end of the crane

The next morning, Nakajima Dai did not wait for Yuzuha at the gathering place.

Years of companionship have made him very clear that Yuzuha is definitely not the kind of person who likes to be late.

On the contrary, to a certain extent, she quite likes to stick to the rules.

For example - never be late.

Could something have happened?

With this thought in mind, Nakashimayo hurried to the gate of the Uchiha clan.

A blue flag hangs on the door frame, and the huge fan clan emblem depicted on it is constantly fluttering in the wind.

Just like when he first came here, Nakashimayo couldn't help but take a few more glances.

Teacher Nakajima: ...

He is truly worthy of being an Uchiha from a prestigious family. No matter how many times he comes here, he still feels so flamboyant.

"Hey, what about you? Come quickly and register. What are you doing here?"

There was another familiar voice, and Nakashimayo turned his head to look at the arrogant police officer.

After a moment of silence, a cross danced on his forehead.

Without thinking, he shouted back without wanting to be outdone: "I know! But didn't I just register a few days ago?"

The other party also yelled: "Then you have to register too!"

……

The rapid water rolled away to the east, carrying fine blades of grass and root.

Yuzuha's eyes fell on the undulating water.

After the torrential rain last night, the sludge surged up, making the river water turbid.

Raging waves hit the stone walls on both sides of the bank, splashing cold water.

The warm sun falling from the sky shrouded Yuye's body through the dancing shadows of the trees, and her black hair was slightly blown past her ears by the wind.

In the warm spring day, she felt that her limbs were running cold.

She looked down at the photo again, and after a while she murmured: "...Are you really dead?"

No one answered.

Yu Ye asked again unwillingly: "Could it be said that you...have all abandoned me?"

The wind was like a gentle hand, slowly ruffling her black hair.

The surroundings were so quiet that only the sound of the river flowed by.

She waited quietly for a while, unable to tell how much loss and regret filled her heart.

"The familiar river may carry a familiar soul."

In distant memory, on the last night before the wedding, the princess who engraved her lover's name on the pearl said such unrealistic words.

At that time, she never imagined that she would also have such absurd expectations.

"Do you have anyone you like?" She once asked her brother this.

She touched the photo with her fingertips again and forced herself to curl the corners of her mouth into a smile.

If it is true, can you really see the person you want to see in the river?

After death, does the soul really drift in the river?

Will the river really deliver itself to him?

The cold and biting river water slowly swallowed her up with her unwavering movements.

Across a vast wave of water, the mulberry tree on the shore became twisted and deformed in the field of vision.

The light and shadow are mottled, and the wind blows randomly through the broad leaves, making a reassuring "rustle" sound.

Above the Forgotten River, below the Sangzi.

The ruthlessly closing water flow slowly annihilated the last breath of light above the head.

In the aimless ups and downs, Yu Ye choked twice in pain.

She endured the stinging pain and tried her best to open her eyes.

——There is nothing under the cold, dark water.

Perhaps after a moment, little white lights suddenly appeared all around, and they surrounded them, emitting a soft and warm halo.

Yuzu tremblingly stretched out her hand towards the halo, carefully holding them in her palm.

Whose soul could this be?

As soon as she touched it, the dazzling sunlight suddenly engulfed her.

Dimly, a rather familiar voice came to her ears.

"Yu Ye."

She was so familiar that even if she didn't see anyone, she would have the urge to cry.

Is it him?

Her whole body began to tremble uncontrollably, and she hurriedly opened her eyes.

White light penetrated her eyes, and the first thing she saw when she opened her eyes was exactly what she imagined.

It was indeed Mingshu's smiling face.

The way he smiled was very similar to Yuzuha's, even the upward curve of the corners of his mouth was very similar.

Different from when he was alive, here his hair was tied high into a ponytail and tied behind his head, his eyebrows were bright and his expression was high.

He was living a good life, not suffering from illness or in a depressing environment.

There is no sister named "Youye" who is dragging him down all the time.

But for Yuzuha, she hasn't seen his smile for many years, and she hasn't heard his voice for many years.

At this moment when they suddenly reunited, Youye tried her best to endure the sourness in her heart, just looked at him and murmured: "Brother..."

The moment the words fell, Mingshu poked her forehead with two fingers mercilessly, and said with a hint of annoyance: "Don't you remember what I said? We clearly agreed before."

It's not like that.

Yuye raised her head to look at him, opened her mouth, but couldn't say anything she wanted to defend.

However, how can you use it to quarrel with your brother at this time?

"I want you to live well." Mingshu said with lowered eyes.

When their eyes met, she could only see his eyes full of attachment and tenderness.

"You want me to live well..." Yu Ye lowered her head slowly and agreed word by word.

Mingshu sighed: "Yuye, please don't forget our agreement no matter what."

But Yuye closed her eyes and slowly curled up, "But brother, why am I the only one left..."

"Really? But I think there is still someone who cares about you." Ming Shu bent his eyes, and large swaths of warm sunlight illuminated his face.

"Yuzuha has always been a strong kid, hasn't she?"

"elder brother……"

He laughed again: "Go back, and listen to the teacher carefully in the future."

But once we go back, it will be difficult to see each other again.

"Please wait a moment!" Thinking this, Yuye suddenly grabbed his hand tightly and looked at him with pleading eyes, "Please stay a little longer, I haven't talked to my brother properly yet."

Her pleading voice made Akiki's heart soften slightly.

"Then tell me."

Just like when he was a child, Yuzu and he recounted all the experiences they had had over the years.

"There's a war in Konoha again, brother."

Hearing this, Mingshu showed a sad expression, "Ah, really? But war is always cruel."

"Brother, I also have the Mangekyō Sharingan."

——The companion died.

"Yuye has grown up." He pursed his lips and smiled, his eyes gentle.

"I have a boy I like."

——He died too.

"Well, he must be a very good boy, right?"

"He's a boy who wants to be Hokage." Yuzuha raised her chin and answered quite proudly.

This sentence was very familiar, and a look of reminiscence appeared on Mingshu's face.

Before he could speak, Yuuye talked about something else uncontrollably.

"I listened to my brother and ate well every day."

"The teacher taught me sword skills, and I practice them every day."

"Now, I no longer weed every day, nor do I pick up trash every day..."

When it came to the next part, Mingshu stopped responding and just listened quietly to her ramble.

Many years ago, many years later.

"And ah, and ah, I'm already a ninja in my own right."

After saying the last word, the corners of Yuye's mouth turned up softly, and unstoppable tears flowed freely on her face.

Mingshu reached out his hand and wiped it gently for her.

Yuye put her hand on his and asked softly: "Brother, am I... am I very powerful?"

"Well, Yuzuha has always been my pride."

Mingshu sighed and touched her soft hair, and finally couldn't help but hug her in his arms.

His embrace is warm.

There were cold drops of water dripping on her face. Yuye seemed to sense something, and she raised her head in confusion.

In the blur of tears, Mingshu smiled apologetically, and there was a trace of indifferent relief in his sad eyes.

"It's time, Yuye, go back quickly."

The next second, Mingshu reached out and pushed her away hard.

Before Yuzuye could react, she escaped from the gap between life and death.

She fell back into the cold river water again, and Mingshu's smile and embrace disappeared.

The photos drifted away from her fingers along the current.

Her arms floated limply upward in the water.

The next moment, a pair of hands came from her water and held her tightly, pulling her upwards with force.

……

A pale and strange hand fell heavily on the young man's broken body with a loud "snap".

The broken arm happened to press against his wound, and the bone-eroding pain reappeared densely.

The young man frowned in pain in his deep sleep and murmured vaguely.

"Ah, no, I went too far," a strange voice suddenly sounded in the dark cave, and asked cautiously: "Is he okay?"

"How can he be so fragile, hee hee."

Another sound of the same tone sounded, echoing in the deep cave.

A drop of water fell from an unknown stone.

The sound of "click" was very faint, but it unexpectedly woke up the unconscious young man on the bed.

He frowned and slowly opened his eyes in pain - instead of a white room filled with disinfectant, all he could see was the rough rocks hanging above his head, pieced together one after another.

After finally adapting to the darkness, Obito moved the other half of his fingers with great difficulty.

However, the pain that penetrated his chest was about to tear him apart.

"Ahem..." He couldn't help coughing, and his rusty thoughts began to slowly turn around.

where is this……

Aren't you already dead? Why do I still feel pain?

"Ah, look, look, wake up, wake up!"

"A Fei, you must have woken him up."

The noisy and chaotic sounds made Obito gradually wake up from a trance.

He tried to open his eyes wide and looked towards the source of the sound.

——It was two strange white humanoid creatures without clothes talking to each other.

One has a swirly face and the other has white spines on his body.

Obito looked at them blankly.

……what is this?

Immediately after reacting, he showed an expression of extreme horror.

Obito: What on earth is this! !

Seeing his frightened look, the "man" with the weird long thorns tilted his head, spread his hands and grinned: "Ah, are you so energetic just after you woke up?"

"No, wait a minute...where is this place?"

Seeing them talking, Obito only felt more and more creepy.

He stretched out a hand tremblingly, trying to cover his eyes.

"here it is……"

However, it was not the two humanoid creatures that answered him, but another voice from the abyss.

The hoarse voice coming from the darkness had a strange sense of temptation: "...the gap between this world and the underworld."

After being stunned for a moment, Obito turned his head and looked over in confusion.

Relying on Uchiha's excellent eyesight, he could clearly see an aging white-haired man hiding in the thick darkness.

Noticing Obito's eyes, he raised the corners of his wrinkled mouth with satisfaction, "Welcome."

……

With his watery vision, he could only vaguely see the boy's slightly curly hair.

With just one glance, the heavy pain in his chest caused by drowning and suffocation hit him again.

Staggering, Youye fell to her knees on the edge of the rugged stone beach as if she couldn't hold on anymore.

She put her hands on the ground and coughed violently.

Her long black hair was wet and stuck to her pale face, covering her slightly painful expression well as she moved.

The warm sunshine still shines generously on the cold water.

The surroundings were calm as if nothing had happened.

The current of Nanga River is as fast as ever, and it is not even possible to tell that it almost swallowed up a life just now.

"Let me tell you, you are too messy." The young man broke the calm of the other party.

He frowned and complained, while wringing the water stains on the corners of his clothes with his hands, "I knew it had just rained, and the water level of the Nanga River would rise. If I hadn't happened to pass by here..."

In fact, I just happened to notice someone passing by while practicing shuriken——

Of course, Uchiha Shisui didn't expect this guy to fall straight into the water without hesitation.

The feeling of suffocation resurfaced.

Yuzu gasped for a moment and then slowly stopped coughing.

She listened blankly to the boy's series of complaints, frowned and argued in a low voice: "But, I don't want to do that kind of thing."

The boy wearing a Konoha forehead protector answered her: "But no matter what, this is a very dangerous behavior and will make people very worried."

Yu Ye stared blankly into his dark eyes, and suddenly turned her head away in confusion.

He was right, she was too impulsive.

She lowered her eyes and said solemnly: "Thank you...you."

The boy's preaching words rang in his ears again.

"No matter what happens, please don't treat your life so casually."

After choking on the words, Yuye slowly raised her head.

He should be smiling when he said this.

Just as she thought, he showed a gentle smile and his eyes curved into a beautiful arc.

Water droplets dripped down the tips of her hair, which was a little annoying.

Just when he was about to say something, the other party suddenly stopped smiling and pointed not far away, "Look, someone seems to be looking for you."

She looked in the direction he pointed -

The furious face of her teacher appeared in front of her.

"I said!"

"Yuzuha, are you okay!!"

His deafening voice rushed directly into the eardrums, making Yuzu tremble in shock.

Before she could react, a cloak slammed down from her head.

Her vision was blocked, and darkness enveloped her again.

But this time it was different. Through a layer of fabric, she could clearly hear Nakashimayo roaring outside.

"what on earth is it!"

She was dazed for a moment, and seemed to recall her brother's words.

The voices of Shisui and Nakashimayo were mixed in her ears, but she could no longer hear what they were saying clearly.

She gripped the fabric tightly, tears bursting from her eyes and falling down.

——"I think there are still people who care about you."