[Naruto] A date in the future

Seeing the three children leading the way to their secret base, Mirai and Jiraiya followed behind them. At this time, Mirai was five years older than Nagato and the others.

After walking for a short distance relatively silently, Future still couldn't hold back and suddenly said lightly, "Why did you suddenly let me stay together?"

"Huh? I thought you would be very happy to stay together." Ji Laiya raised his eyebrows and smiled half-jokingly. "Considering whether I will be lonely if you leave me, just kidding haha."

"Things have come to this..." Future stopped, and Zilai also stopped and looked back at the past, "Obviously he never took me with him before, so why pretend to be good for me now!"

Future's yelling made the three children in front of them also stop, and looked to this side in puzzlement.

Yuyin Village has been raining heavily all year round. The transparent water droplets drenched the clothes of all of them, and felt the liquid continuously slipping from their cheeks. They couldn't even tell which were rain and which were tears.

"In the future, it seems that we need to sit down and have a good talk."

"Talk? What else is there to talk about..." Mirai stepped forward and passed by Jiraiya. No amount of talking can make up for the time that has passed.

Yahiko blinked his eyes, and Konan and Nagato also had doubts on their faces, not understanding why the two suddenly quarreled.

"Sorry for scaring you." Future looked at the three people who were at a loss and smiled apologetically, "Lead the way quickly."

"Oh..." Future's smile seemed to have a very good effect. Although the three of them still didn't understand why, they took steps to lead the way normally.

Jiraiya looked at Mirai's back, then sighed, he scratched the hair on the back of his head, but was helpless.

The secret base is a small house in an inconspicuous corner of Yuyin Village. Although it occupies a small area, it has all internal organs.

Just entering the room, Xiao Nan pushed Future into the bathroom just in case it got wet, and took off the completely soaked clothes. The two of them took a comfortable hot bath.

"Hey~, I can't tell, I didn't expect Xiao Nan's skin to be so good, it's slippery." Future poked Xiao Nan's arm and sighed in surprise.

"!!" The slightly shy Xiaonan blushed, and when she saw that Future was washing her hair, she reached out and poked her back maliciously.

The future was startled, and even subconsciously thought it was Kunai, until she turned her head and saw Xiao Nan's fingers, she was relieved in her heart, but in order to take revenge on Xiao Nan, Future stretched out her claws and began to scratch Xiao Nan's body. itch.

"Yeah~!"

The sound of the two laughing and squabbling even spread to the living room, and Jiraai thought it was just two children playing, but Yahiko and Nagato sat up straight with flushed faces.

Pfft, it really is just a child.Seeing their reactions, Jiraiya also smiled.

But thinking about it, although I promised to take care of the food and daily life of the three children until they can support themselves, in fact, I really don't know where to start in this regard.

"Oh right, are Yahiko and Nagato hungry? I'll go catch a big fish in the river for you to eat!"

"Hey? Can Mr. Jiraiya teach me how to fish?" Yahiko immediately stood up with great interest.

"Oh! Of course!" Zilai also agreed.

So when the future and Xiao Nan came out, there was no one in the living room. Seeing that Xiao Nan was a little worried that something would happen to them after they went out, Future dug out his own scroll from his backpack and unsealed it.

With a "bang", when the white smoke dissipated, Xiao Nan looked at the bento that suddenly appeared on the table in surprise, whether it was the delicious aroma or color, it made people drool.

Keeping bento at its original temperature and keeping it fresh is something we will often do in the future.

Xiao Nan's eyes widened in surprise when he saw so many delicious dishes for the first time, and he couldn't help casting admiring gazes at the future.

"It's amazing, how did my future sister do it?!"

However, this sentence did not come from Xiaonan's mouth. Yahiko and Nagato, who saw such a scene just after arriving home, were also full of curiosity about the future, "Could it be possible that future sister is a magician?"

"Huh?" Future stared blankly at the three people who suddenly surrounded him, noticed those bento boxes, and then realized that this was the case.Being admired by the three of them, even the future is a little overwhelmed, "Ahem, what...do you want to see something even more powerful?"

"Think!!"*4

The sudden voice startled Mirai slightly, and at some point Zilai also joined in, laughing like those three people.The future was suddenly in a bad mood, seeing the face of the future collapsed in an instant, Zilai urged her indifferently.

"Hurry up and show us, future sister, right, Yahiko, Nagato, Xiaonan?"

"Yeah!"*3

You are an old man, can you stop being so childish like a child?Those who are speechless in the future are too lazy to complain.In front of the three children, he couldn't really show his face in the future, so he could only unseal the seal with depressed hands, arrange all the rice, oil, salt, sauce and vinegar on the table, and then began to teach them how to make rice balls.

Only the fruits of labor made by oneself are the most delicious to eat.

"Yahiko, what are you doing?" Looking at the rice balls that Yahiko made out of a rice ball that doesn't look like a square, and the triangle doesn't look like a triangle, it can be described as horrible.

"It's rice balls!"

Future covered his face, "Then look at what Xiaonan made, that's called rice balls, Nagato's pinches are better than yours, and yours is at best called a rice ball."

"It's not as bad as future sister you said, what I did is much better than Teacher Jiraiya!" Yahiko pointed at Jiraiya angrily.

This is unbelievable, future twitches the corners of his mouth and looks at the three silver... iron balls that Jiraiya has made in front of him. When Jiraiya proudly puts them on the plate, he even makes a loud noise, Mirai no longer wanted to think about why making a rice ball would make it into something so textured, and when Jiraiya looked at him expectantly, Mirai chose to ignore him.

"Okay, now we will exchange the prepared rice balls."

"The rice balls made by my sister in the future are super delicious!" Xiao Nan said pleasantly while eating the rice balls with relish.

"Xiao Nan did a good job." Future touched her purple head.

"It's so spicy! It's so spicy, water, I want water! Nagato, you actually put wasabi in it..." Yahiko fell to the ground, his whole body twitching.

"Yahiko's cooking is so salty..." Nagato commented flatly.

You ask yourself?After stern warnings not to waste food in the future, I can only cover my face and eat the iron ball I made, almost breaking my teeth, it's so hard——!Zilai also looked pitifully at Xiaonan with envy, he really wanted to eat the rice balls made in the future...

Xiao Nan was embarrassed by being stared at, she looked hesitantly at the rice ball in her hand, "Does Teacher Zi Lai Ye want to eat it?"

"Is it possible?!" Jiraiya's eyes lit up, and he reached out to grab it.

"Sure! Of course! No! Yes! Yes!" Mirai slapped Ziraiya's hand away with a palm, and completely destroyed Ziraiya's tiny wish word by word.

He also wanted to cry without tears.

At night, Mirai slowly opened his eyes, looked at Konan who was sleeping soundly in his arms, Yahiko next to him was already sound asleep, and when her eyes fell on Jiraiya's back, she still sighed in her heart With one breath, he stood up cautiously without disturbing Xiaonan.

After covering Xiao Nan with the quilt, she tiptoed to the living room, looked at the untouched silver iron ball on the table, and laughed inwardly.

She picked up a water glass and poured it on it until it became completely soft, then poured out the water, picked up a plate and sat outside the house, looked up at the gray sky with heavy rain, picked up one of the rice balls and ate it.

The taste was unexpectedly good... Mirai stared at the rice ball in his hand, and then continued to eat.

However, I still couldn't sleep.

The scene of Naoki's death has been lingering in her mind. Every time she closes her eyes, she can feel his unwillingness to convey. She even thinks that it is really okay to enjoy the present peacefully like this alone?

Future finished eating one and wanted to take another, but the plate next to her was taken away first. She looked back in surprise at Jiraiya who suddenly appeared behind her, but she didn't notice it at all.

"Little Future eats alone here secretly, and he may become fat in the future." Zilai also raised the corners of his lips, then sat down next to Future, picked up a rice ball and took a bite, "As expected of our little girl The magic of the future will suddenly become much tastier."

"None of your business." The future snorted, got up and was about to leave.

"Wait, little Future, just stay with me for a while." Ji Lai also grabbed her wrist with such strength that she couldn't break free. Future had no choice but to sit back reluctantly. It's just that he turned his head away and didn't want to look at him.

"Hey, little future." Looking at her who was still arguing, Zilai also said in a calm tone, "After all these years, you should be more frank, right?"

"For example? What aspect are you referring to?"

"I was wrong for leaving for so long, but I also left for the sake of traveling and broadening my horizons. I have also seen a lot outside in the past few years."

"So?" She must understand and consider him, right?So, who will understand and consider yourself?

In the ninja world, she has already reached the age at which she can stand on her own without the care of adults. Even if she lives alone, there is nothing wrong with it. Zirai can travel outside with peace of mind because of her trust in her.

Facing the empty house every day, facing the empty Sakai house, I said to myself, "I'm back", "I'm going out", "I'm starting", "I'm done eating", and so on. The warmth is no longer there, but only sadness is left in vain.

She pretended to be strong and never showed her vulnerable side in front of her companions. Even if his name was mentioned inadvertently, she just laughed it off, and then half-jokingly said something that had nothing to do with her.

When she got home, she silently shut all her loneliness and grievances inside the door, locked her silent sobs in this small, dark room, it seemed that only here could she vent completely.

Frankly, how else could she not lie to herself?She yearns for the warmth of home and for companionship, but she can't say it out because it will worry her partner. Gradually, she has subconsciously used to cover up. No more willful coquettishness.

Because of the prophecy, Jirai is constantly looking for inspiration to write a book during the journey in order to make himself able to guide the son of prophecy to change peace. This is his destiny.

"Sorry for leaving you alone for so long."

He saw so many cold and warm people during his travels, and he was even afraid that everything would be unrecognizable when he went back. When he knew that Sakai Mirai would still guard the Sakai House alone, cleaning the house every day and night just to keep it as it was before he left , she was trying to maintain the taste of home, and the moment Jiraiya returned home, she finally realized what a mistake she had overlooked.

"..." There is no turning back in the future, but her trembling body has already exposed her actions. When the unbearable tears burst out of her eyes because of hearing his words, she realized her persistence Seems like it's finally coming to an end.

"I'm back, future."

He took the crying girl into his arms. This time, the girl didn't resist, but tightly held onto the clothes on his chest. So far, all the grievances he had suffered so far had no longer to be endured, and all vented out.

"Is it time to say this now, idiot!" She complained while beating his chest with her fist, even though the force was very small, Zilai still said "pain" in cooperation.

Welcome back, Zilaiye.She silently added a sentence in her heart.

"Little Mirai, you really don't know how to read the atmosphere." Zilai also showed a pretended sad expression, "Fortunately, I still wanted to be sensational."

"It's not bad if I didn't beat you."

"No, you beat me, right? You really beat me just now, right? Although the strength is as weak as a cat tickling."

"Oh, then how about I beat you up right now?"

"Little future, I'm joking, ahem. I know you are reluctant to hit me, who made our little future miss me so much."

Looking at Jiraiya who had returned to normal, Mirai laughed out loud, what, where did he get the confidence that she would be reluctant to fight?But the latter sentence...

"Who misses you! Stop being narcissistic!" With a flushed face, she suddenly pushed away the shameless Jiraiya in front of her, and stood up with a snort of disgust in the future, "I'm sleepy, I'm going to sleep first."

Ji Lai also looked at the back of the future as if he was running away, and spread his hands helplessly. This arrogant character really hasn't changed a bit over the years.

Tonight, she should be able to sleep well.Zilai also thought about it.