Naruto You

"Peace? Peace can be achieved by blindly seeking perfection?"

Sasuke was dressed in Anbu's clothes, but without a mask, leaning against the closed mahogany door of the conference room with his hands folded, staring at Naruto who was sitting in the main seat, "My Hokage-sama, you have been in office for the past two years. Over the years, the Kingdom of Water has had constant friction with us, and there have been too many big and small things to count, so it's ridiculous that you are still so naive."

After Uchiha Sasuke finished speaking, most of the high-ranking Konohas on both sides of the long table remained silent, and a small number of people responded.

"Master Uchiha is right. The repeated killing of the envoy is definitely a provocation from the country of water. Since the daimyo sent someone to ask Konoha what he meant, he must have hoped that Konoha agreed to send troops to the country of water. I also think that Hokage My lord should not blindly avoid the battle, this will make Konoha appear weak, as the strongest Fire Nation of the Five Great Nations, we should gather our troops immediately and take the attitude of facing the battle, instead of just putting up with it."

"However, Hokage-sama's scruples are not without reason. Once the troops are assembled to face the stance, the conflict between the two countries that have been in constant friction will inevitably become fierce, and the war will really be inevitable."

"Everyone here wants to avoid war, but that shouldn't be caused by the Kingdom of Fire's blind obedience. During this period of time, due to the increasing friction and riots, and the mission of Hokage-sama before he took office, , Konoha has sent envoys three times to show friendship, but the country of water has never sent an envoy to Konoha to express sincerity, so I thought..."

……

Everyone at the meeting fell into a heated discussion, and generally speaking, there were more people on Uchiha's side.

In the past two years, although Sasuke Uchiha has been serving as the Anbu guard of Hokage and has not accepted any high-level positions, his influence in Konoha has grown.

That kind of secret power change is a gradual process in time, it is the skill of Uchiha Sasuke, and it is also the trust of Uzumaki Naruto.

Uzumaki Naruto is not unaware of that change, inseparable but has never hidden any high-level secrets from Sasuke.

He hopes that Sasuke will participate in his dream, and that he will gradually walk out of his lonely attitude during his participation.

After all, in his cognition, Sasuke is a close friend, a partner who fights side by side, and exists along the way to realize his dreams.

And in the past two years, Sasuke has indeed given him the most effective help in many things, and has not had a big difference of opinion with him——

Except this time.

Naruto frowned and looked at the expressionless Sasuke, listening to the gradually heated debate, but finally made the decision to not take the lead in the battle.

Shikamaru also stood on Naruto's side, "I support the Seventh Generation's decision, and I don't agree with large-scale mobilization of troops at this sensitive time. Didn't everyone notice one thing? Although we sent two envoys to the country of water , but did not bring back the results once. Maybe you will say that it was because they were killed by the people of the country of water, but what evidence is there to prove that they were killed by the military of the country of water? After all, the people of the two countries are now hostile to each other, and the messenger may Died at the hands of wandering ninjas, it does not represent a provocation by the military of the Land of Water."

"Oh, dare the chief of staff say it wasn't the military's provocation?"

Sasuke spoke again, the words were to Shikamaru, but he looked straight at Naruto, his black hole-like pupils couldn't show a gleam of light.

Naruto frowned fiercely, uncompromising, and Shikamaru's opinion was exactly the same, "If the military of the country of water moved our envoys, it would never be the current quiet state-they didn't mobilize their troops, did they? If it is true Actively hoping to start a war, shouldn't they have assembled their forces before provoking? Why wait until we are provoked to assemble our forces and put ourselves in a passive state?"

"Then my Hokage-sama, what are you going to do?" He asked.

"At least until the whole story is determined, never send troops!" He replied.

After Naruto finished speaking, Sasuke took a deep look at Naruto, opened the door and left without saying anything.

"Stand still for the time being, the meeting will be adjourned."

Naruto who came to a conclusion lowered his head and waved his hands, motioning for those who wanted to say something to leave.

After everyone left, he slowed down the determination and seriousness on his face, and put on a tired one.

He wasn't used to this kind of argument, especially when Sasuke was standing across from him.

For the past two years, Sasuke has always stood by his side in matters big and small, only this time, he suddenly changed his attitude.

This incident is actually a continuation of Mr. Kakashi's death. Although the riots two years ago became peaceful after he and Sasuke went to Wuyin Village to express their friendship, the intermittent friction on the border has never stopped in the past two years. The two countries People have been missing all along the border, and mutual distrust and hatred have grown. Finally, another large-scale riot occurred two months ago.

□□After that, Konoha sent envoys to the Land of Water twice, but the envoys all died in the Land of Water.

After the news came back, people in the Land of Fire reacted greatly, and the daimyo vaguely wanted to go to war, but Naruto Uzumaki, who is the core power of the battle force, has always opposed the gathering of troops to prepare for the battle in the border waters.

And this time, Sasuke was completely contrary to his opinion.

He resolutely took the lead and stood on the opposite side of him.

Naruto rubbed the tangled brows, and pushed back the blond hair hanging in front of his eyes. He was too busy to fix his hair for the past two months. He was really, really annoyed...

It was late at night, Naruto got up and left after staying in the meeting room for a while, but he didn't go to the place where he lived, but went out of Hokage Tower and went to Shikamaru's house.

He and Sasuke have been in a cold war for almost two months.

He didn't even want to go home this month, he didn't want to argue with Sasuke anymore, he really didn't like Sasuke's expressionless face every time he argued, that expressionless expression almost made him feel a terrifying chill in the illusion, It will make him feel that Sasuke is far away like a person from another world.

He thought it would be better to wait for the situation to ease before meeting Sasuke, because neither of them would compromise, he couldn't convince Sasuke to agree with him, and he would never compromise with Sasuke on this matter.

So, there is no point in arguing.

Shikamaru probably expected that he would still go to his own house to spend the night, and had been standing in front of the gate of the Hokage Tower waiting for him.

Naruto didn't say why he didn't live in his own residence in the Hokage Tower, and Shikamaru didn't ask why.

"Hey, Shikamaru, I will continue to bother you tonight."

"Well, I know, let's go."

Without too many words, they left the Hokage Tower together with a faint smile.

Uchiha Sasuke stood on the Hokage Rock and watched the two leave together, his calm face was smeared, and he walked slowly back to the Hokage Tower, and returned to the residence where he had been staying for the past two years without turning on the lights. Lying on the bed, the empty space on the right made him get up angrily, and almost smashed everything in the room in the darkness.

Uzumaki Naruto, you are always like this, repeatedly disobeying me...

He walked outside the door and said heavily, "Come out."

Suddenly, a person wearing Anbu's clothes appeared from a dark corner.

"Master Sasuke."

"What happened to the country of water?"

"The envoys they sent before and after were all intercepted and killed by our people."

"Yeah. Kill another person tomorrow... Konoha's chief of staff."

"Yes!"

"Also, blame his death on the Kingdom of Water."

"Yes!"

At dawn, Naruto was awakened by a nightmare. He didn't remember what he dreamed about, but he vaguely remembered the thick blood all over the world.

He could even smell a bloody smell from the tip of his nose, his heart was still beating fast, he got up and walked out of the Japanese room, Shikamaru was already sitting on the side playing chess, seeing him get up, he lazily urged him to wash up.

The two went out together after breakfast to Hokage's office, and then Naruto ordered a ninja to go to Hyuga's house to find Hinata Hinata.

Last night, he and Shikamaru discussed a plan, intending to quietly send a sentient ninja to the country of water to inquire about the situation. Naruto originally planned to send Anbu there, but Shikamaru didn't want to explain too much to Naruto although he thought it was troublesome. But it seems that he has some kind of intuitive wariness towards Sasuke - Anbu is now relatively snobbish with Sasuke, and in Shikamaru's view, he is not suitable for this mission.

At the end of the discussion between the two, they decided to ask Hinata to pick a suitable ninja from Hinata's house to carry out this mission.

Before Hinata came, an unexpected person appeared first.

"Report to Master Hokage, there is an envoy from the Land of Water asking to see you."

"Envoy of the Land of Water!" Naruto stood up suddenly, "Please come in!"

"Yes!"

Naruto turned his head and looked happily at Shikamaru who was standing behind Hokage's desk, his exhausted expression became excited all of a sudden, "Shikamaru, the water country sent an envoy!"

Shikamaru frowned slightly, vaguely feeling that the timing of this messenger's appearance was too ingenious, opened his mouth to speak but paused when he saw Naruto's smiling face, and finally said, "Well, it would be best to say yes."

The visitor was a thin man, about 30 years old, and looked ordinary. After entering Hokage's office, he bent down and saluted, and raised a letter in his hand to the level of his head.

"Master Hokage, I am under the order of Mizukage to deliver this letter to you in person to express my water country's wishes for the peaceful coexistence of the two countries. I also ask Master Hokage to accept the letter."

"Ah, sorry to trouble you!"

Naruto stepped forward happily, took the envelope, and immediately opened the letter, eager to verify the reason for peace between the two countries.

The letter was blank.

"what?"

After being stunned for a moment, Naruto realized that something was wrong, and when he looked down at the messenger, he suddenly felt dizzy.

His hands started to go numb, and the envelope he couldn't hold fell to the ground—there was something wrong with the letter!

He staggered back a step, the messenger suddenly hit him like a gust of wind, he narrowly avoided, the man didn't stop his movement, and hit straight towards the direction where Shikamaru was standing like inertia, After Shikamaru dodged the blow, he saw Naruto's figure leaning against the wall suddenly and feebly.

"Naruto, what's wrong with you!"

Anxiously, he didn't even pay attention to the title. He was eager to check on Naruto's condition, but he couldn't avoid the oncoming attack——

Naruto is not the only target of this person!

wrong!This person's target is him!

Thinking of this, Shikamaru suddenly felt a chill, but it wasn't just for the sudden kill.

Looking up and seeing Naruto who seemed to be just dizzy shaking his head, a hypothesis emerged in Shikamaru's mind - this assassin said that he was an envoy from the Land of Water, and even if the envoy from the Land of Water really came to assassinate, the target would definitely be Naruto , if Naruto is only dizzy but not fatal, then the person who intentionally missed the best time to assassinate was just coming to kill himself, then he is not a ninja from the Kingdom of Water—he pretended to be an envoy of the Kingdom of Water for To provoke the already severe relationship between the two countries, then, this person wants the two countries to go to war-who just wants to kill him and leave Naruto behind?Is he standing in someone's way?Or... he's Naruto's Chief of Staff - who wants to keep Naruto without having him around for tips and advice?This person is definitely not far from Naruto - there are not a few people who want to fight by Naruto's side, but he has an intuition -

This person is-

Consciousness is dark.

The man's ninjutsu was unpredictable, and Shikamaru, who was not good at close combat, was hit on the head by a heavy blow and fell to the ground with a bang.

The dizzy Naruto heard the sound of a heavy object falling to the ground, and saw someone falling down in a daze. He shook his head, and saw Shikamaru's fallen figure with a slightly clearer vision, and the assassin was holding a kunai in his hand. , was about to deal the final blow to the fallen Shikamaru.

Naruto was anxious, he slammed his head back against the wall, blood dripped down the blond hair at the back of his head instantly, and he woke up from the pain, and rushed towards the assassin with all his strength, causing Shikamaru to avoid it fatal blow.

The assassin subconsciously fought back against the sudden appearance of Naruto.

Hinata Hinata, who rushed over after receiving the notice, happened to encounter these when she came.

Seeing the injured Naruto, she rushed up without even thinking about it. She didn't care about the tricks, but just blocked Naruto head-on, and a sharp air flow rushed toward her face——

"Hinata..."

Naruto wanted her to avoid it, but it was too late, Hinata hurriedly turned her face away, felt a sting in her eyes, couldn't help but let out a cry of pain, which alarmed the Hinata family attendants who came with her outside Hokage's office.

When the man saw the situation in the house with his head, he shouted, which alarmed the nearby ninjas to quickly come over to check, and the assassin left in a hurry.

And the Anbu, who should have appeared in the first place, also came late...

Everything seems a little out of order.

When Naruto woke up, Sakura was sitting by his hospital bed checking on his condition.

"Naruto, are you awake? How do you feel?"

"Sakura..." Naruto's voice was very soft, and his body had no strength.

"You have been poisoned by a special drug. I have researched it and haven't found any results. It may take a month for it to dissipate automatically, which means that during this period of time, you will always be unable to use it like this. What strength."

Naruto didn't pay too much attention to what Sakura said, but asked, "How is Shikamaru? And Hinata..."

The movements in Sakura's hands paused, and she didn't answer Naruto's question, but continued, "You'd better stay here during this time, in view of the previous assassination, you have to find a reliable person to protect at any time, for other things, You have to put it down for a while, and you have to let it go."

"Sakura...how are they doing?"

Sakura saw the anxiety on Naruto's face, she didn't intend to hide it after all, after all, she would know everything, so why make him feel uneasy before knowing——

"Shikamaru is in a coma and hasn't woken up yet."

"Where's Hinata?"

"Eyes, are you blind?"

Eyes full of blood red, it seemed that he was the only one isolated in a world full of blood.

When Naruto was awakened from the nightmare again, his heart was beating violently with a slight pain.

It was not yet clear, he slowly sat up and took a drink from the glass on the side. He seemed to be indulging in some deep emotion just now, but his spirit hadn't fully returned from the dream, so he emptied the glass in a daze. As soon as it landed, an Anbu suddenly stepped in.

"Lord Hokage!"

Anbu... Anbu...

Naruto looked at the person in front of him and gradually regained his sanity, "It's okay, let's go down."

He waved his hand, and Anbu became invisible again.

Four days later, Shikamaru still hasn't woken up, and Hinata's eyes... Naruto slowly got up and walked to the door.

He walked to the window of Shikamaru's ward, and looked at the silent figure on the bed through the transparent glass.

Lazy, you slept for a long time, but it’s not okay to go on like this, Shikamaru, you still have to marry a woman who is neither beautiful nor ugly, and have two children, it’s not finished yet...

Naruto doesn't like depression, and now such a person looks at his companion who can't speak but can't help but grin. He walks through Shikamaru's room and walks slowly towards a ward at the end of the corridor. The sound of footsteps in the empty Konoha Hospital in the early morning carries a heavy sense of depression.

Annoyed, he tore off the bandage on his head, threw it into the trash can beside him, and came to Hinata's ward.

The people in the house had already got up, sitting in front of the window facing outside, with white bandages covering their eyes, she reached out and touched the glass, but she retracted her hand as if frozen by the early morning chill.

Naruto pushed the door and walked in, she turned her head, her voice was always soft, "Naruto-kun..."

"Ah, it's me, Hinata, you can tell."

"Naruto-kun came to see me these days, the sound of footsteps is different from other people..." Hinata said, and suddenly made a joke uncharacteristically, "It looks like a soft-legged shrimp."

She said and laughed, looking in a good mood.

Naruto couldn't laugh when he saw Hinata like this, he knew that the person in front of him would not be in a really good mood, "You don't need to comfort me like this, you are obviously the one who got hurt."

"No, Naruto-kun, I didn't..." Hinata turned around in a hurry, waved her hands hurriedly, wanted to explain something, but was interrupted by Naruto again.

"Hinata." He said, walking slowly to stand beside Hinata, "Are you going to tell me that you're still happy that you won't be able to see me anymore?"

"me……"

"Hinata, I'm sorry, Neji already—"

As Naruto spoke, he lightly touched the bandage on Hinata's eyes, but Hinata backed away.

"The injury is my own business."

Hinata turned her head away as she said, "If Naruto-kun blames himself, it will only make me feel more stupid. There are many ways to protect you, but I choose the worst way. Brother Neji's death is also... ...he's still alive if I think of a better way to protect you."

But Hinata, I know, the kind of mood that is so eager to protect someone that she doesn't choose what to eat.

You just love me.

"We are not children anymore, Hinata, after the matter of the country of water is over—"

"Naruto-kun, you're bothering me like this."

She said this with a serious expression on her face.

Naruto knew what she was thinking, he smiled, his blue eyes stained with melancholy gradually became firm, half-jokingly, he made a serious decision.

"You don't want to reject me—you see, the one Sakura I've been thinking about for so many years is Sasuke, I just won't keep taking advantage of this bullshit no matter what...Hinata, I will like you, That's seriousness for both of us."

When Naruto left Hinata's ward, he felt an inexplicable pain in his heart.

He walked slowly along the wall, and his numb hand scratched hard along the white wall with a burning dull pain. He didn't pay attention to it. When he returned to his ward, he saw his skinned hand, which was almost dripping. Blood red.

Sakura was already standing at the door waiting for him, he smiled and suddenly hugged Sakura tightly.

"Naruto?"

"Hey, Sakura, let me commemorate my hopeless first love."

The person who was hugging him suddenly said something like this, according to the usual practice, Sakura should have punched him, but this time Sakura didn't move, she just hugged Naruto back and pushed him away, facing him With seriousness in his eyes, he opened his mouth to confirm, "Have you decided?"

"Well, it's decided."

"Then do you like her?"

"Ah, you like Sasuke, and Hinata has always paid for me, so that's fine...Although I don't think I like you that much anymore, just thinking about it now, I still feel very blocked...But I will Responsibility to Hinata and myself, I will love her."

"Ah."

"Sakura, talk to me today, talk about those things when we were three children."

"it is good."

That day Naruto got rid of his carefree personality and showed a lot of sensibility, and the two chatted about a lot of things from the past.

Naruto said that the first time he began to feel that Sasuke was not bad in his heart was a sneak peek on the broken bridge...

Sakura talked about the mixed feelings of hate and love when she first knew the specific people in the group...

It was only later that Sakura gradually realized that the idiot who dragged her to pay homage to her first love at that time had nothing to do with her...

No matter what the result is, Naruto has never just talked about what he said.

From that day on, Naruto gradually increased the chances of getting close to Hinata. During his recuperation, except for the documents that had to be resolved, he would visit Shikamaru and Hinata when he had spare time.

At the same time, after the assassination incident, Konoha's high-level main combat faction's attitude towards the country of water has also undergone greater deviations.

Because of being drugged, Naruto didn't remember clearly the details of the assassination that day, but he still didn't advocate taking a confrontational stance.

Regarding these matters, Naruto, who was still recuperating, was forced to leave the hospital and returned to the Hokage Tower to preside over the overall situation. A meeting ended in a stalemate.

Naruto Uzumaki finally decided that half a month later, he would personally go to the Land of Water to confirm the facts.

Although many people think that it is unreasonable for Hokage to go there in person, Naruto insists that he should not stick to those rules at special times. After all, if he is not in the main battle, he cannot use too many people to go there at once. Back—so he will go there in person, and if the fact is true as the main combat faction insists, he will immediately order preparations for the war.

This decision of Hokage also blocked the mouth of the main combat faction for a while.

After the meeting ended, Naruto rested on the table for a while, exhaustion and loneliness suddenly made him feel sad.

At this time...

If, you are by my side...

"Naruto."

A cold voice sounded behind him, and Naruto turned his head. The person leaned against the wall and looked at him. The sense of existence was so strong that it suddenly blocked his heart, making him feel a little more at ease, and also a little crowded.

If, you come to my side...

"You will absolutely fail."

He spoke with a calm expression and dark abyss eyes.

I really felt a sense of loss at that time...

"You might as well agree with my decision."

But I will never compromise on this...

A lot of things can't be changed even after exhausting words.

Naruto met Sasuke's eyes, feeling a little cool in that calmness.He missed it, flustered, and really hoped that this confrontation would pass right away.

You stood in front of me for too long, and I was deeply disturbed by the long-term exhaustion.

I don't want to talk to you about this anymore.

"Sasuke, after this incident is over, I'm about to get married."

Naruto suddenly changed the topic, and grinned at Sasuke. This is the expression he hasn't made to you in the annoying cold war for a long time.

Shall we talk about the future?

Those more hopeful things...

"Then it won't end."

It's just that I'm angry and turning your future into a nightmare.