Hokage - Mirror Love

What makes Eri feel strange is that after that, Ayumi never troubled her again, and even felt like avoiding her. Although I don't know why, life at school is much easier.

The house at home was finally repaired two months later. Although I really wanted to complain about the speed of the father, there were too many people whose houses were destroyed, and many people were still homeless.

The first thing Eri did when she moved back was to go to the small forest to play with Itachi after eating, after all, she hadn't been there for two months, and she hardly spoke to him when she was in school.

Walking on the familiar path, when he was about to reach the clearing, Eri jumped onto the tree lightly, made a half-circle to the opposite side of the clearing, then hid his breath, and poked his head out of the tree quietly.

Itachi seemed to be practicing the mudra, and didn't look at her and didn't respond, Eri snickered inwardly, she seemed to have improved a little bit compared to before.

"Even if you're stalking the enemy, you have to be on your back, Eri."

The familiar voice behind made Eri froze, looked at Itachi, who was still practicing seal seals there, had turned into a bunch of crows and scattered, then turned back to look at Itachi standing behind who didn't know when, "Illusion? "

"Well, I just learned it." Itachi nodded lightly.

This guy is indeed a genius... Their school doesn't teach illusion at all!

"Itachi is really amazing." Eri couldn't help sighing.

"Really." Itachi said nonchalantly, "Eri, I will probably graduate early."

"In advance?" Eri tilted her head, "When?"

Graduating early is not uncommon. I just experienced the third Ninja World War and was attacked by the Kyuubi. Konoha's current backbone is extremely weak and needs a lot of people to fill it. Anyone with a little talent in the ninja school They all graduated ahead of schedule. For a genius like Itachi, graduating early is a certainty.

"This school year is over, if I can pass the assessment, I can graduate." Itachi's tone was very calm, but Eri's eyes widened suddenly.

"This year? One year?!" Her tone was full of shock. Graduating early is indeed not uncommon, but there are very few Konohas who graduate from Ninja School in just one year.

Seeing Itachi nodded, Eri was stunned, and murmured, "Itachi, although I knew you were a genius a long time ago, it turns out that you are already so good!"

Itachi was silent for a while and said, "I haven't passed it yet, I just have this plan."

"No, no, it will definitely pass!" Eri looked at him with bright eyes, "Although I can't help you, I will definitely support you!"

"...You don't have to support him." Itachi twitched the corners of his mouth, not wanting to see Eri cheering behind him, "If you become a genin, you will often have missions, so I might not be able to come every day."

"It's okay, it's okay," Eri paused, looked at Itachi and said, "When Itachi is not around, I will train hard, so I can't be left too far behind."

Itachi sighed softly, stretched out his hand and patted her head, "Eri... Actually, you can also try to make some new friends."

"……I do not want it."

Eri denied his suggestion almost without thinking, Itachi was stunned for a moment, "Why?"

Because it is impossible to have a friend who is as good to her as Itachi, she is afraid that she will unconsciously compare her new friend with Itachi, and the gap in her heart is not so easy to fill.

Thinking this way in her heart, but unable to speak out, Eri lowered her head silently, looking at the ground with some awkwardness, "Anyway, Itachi is enough."

Itachi showed a helpless expression, "I can't be here forever, maybe some mission..."

The words came to an abrupt end, Itachi looked away and whispered, "Sorry."

As a result, the two fell into an awkward silence. After that, Itachi also practiced not saying anything in silence. The long-lost meeting turned into this, and Eri couldn't help but reflect on whether she relied too much on Itachi.

Or, should I meet some new friends as Itachi said.

Time passed so silently, and before she could figure out the result, the news that Itachi had passed the graduation test had already spread in the class.

Everyone praised him as a rare genius in Konoha.

After Itachi showed her the ninja's forehead protector, the number of times he appeared in the small forest was greatly reduced. If Itachi has a long-term mission to leave the village, there will be times when he won't see anyone for a month.

Although he doesn't come often anymore, Eri still maintains the habit of going to the small forest, although most of the time she is practicing alone.

After two years like this, Eri's grades in Ninja School are gradually improving. Although she is still not excellent, she can barely pass.

However, Eri was not happy because of this incident, it should be said that she was even more troubled, because another sudden incident disrupted her originally peaceful life.

Just yesterday, a person who claimed to be her mother's younger brother appeared at her door.

"...You mean, my mother's younger brother?" Eri looked at him with some doubts. When Wang was still alive, she never said that her mother had a younger brother.

"That's right, it's me." The man who claimed to be Dagutong looked at her with a smile.

"But I've never seen you..."

"After my sister passed away, I didn't have much contact with your father, and you were so young at that time, I guess I don't have much impression. I have been performing missions in other villages for the past few years, and it was only when I returned to Konoha that I realized that Wang was gone. "Speaking, Tong squatted down and touched her head very gently, "Don't be afraid, I will take care of you in the future."

Although Eri still had doubts in her heart, it wouldn't do any good for this man to lie to her, and he had nothing worth lying to.

But the fact that she still has family members also made her a little happy, and she was finally no longer alone.

Tong insisted on bringing Eri to live in his own home, but Eri also insisted on living in his own home. As a result, due to a dispute between the two, Tong moved over and lived in Eri's home.

Eri, who was already used to living alone, suddenly had a new person in the family, and she was not familiar with it, so she felt very uncomfortable and felt a little bit at a loss in everything she did.

Moreover, although Eri doesn't know this person, everyone in Konoha seems to know him. When Tong took her to the street, everyone enthusiastically asked about Tong's situation in the past few years, and lamented that he was so young but wanted to It's hard work to live with his sister's children.

Eri curled her lips, in fact, it's fine to live alone, and she doesn't need him to take care of herself.

Tong said that he was from Anbu, because he was on a mission that lasted five years, and all the companions who went with him died. In this mission, he was the only one left to come back alive, so Konoha not only gave him a generous reward , and generously let him take a month off to let him have a good rest.

As a result, Tong basically followed her all the time these days, he followed Eri wherever she went, she was embarrassed and didn't know how to refuse.Because Tong followed her, she hadn't even been to the grove during this time, and it had been a long time since the last time she saw Itachi.

"Speaking of which, I heard that Eri's grades in school... are not outstanding?" Tong asked very tactfully, as if afraid of hurting Eri's self-esteem.

Eri twitched the corners of her eyes and was a little speechless. Her own affairs spread to his ears as quickly as if she had grown legs. In just a few days, Tong had figured out her situation clearly, including the fact that she had been bullied at school. exclusion thing.

"That's right, my grades are indeed not good." Regarding this established fact, Eri didn't want to hide anything.

"Which Eri is not good at, I can help you with tutoring."

"If you really want to say something," Eri tilted her head and thought for a while, "I'm probably not good at it."

"..." Tong choked for a moment, then laughed, "No way, my sister was amazing when she was young."

…Even good parents have dumb kids.

Eri rolled her eyes, not wanting to continue this topic, went to the kitchen to dig out the vegetables she bought in the morning, put them in the sink to wash, and now she has to cook meals for two.

Tong's cooking skills are much worse than hers, and she still pursued a way to improve the taste. Tong's dishes are simply dark dishes, or the kind of dishes where the raw materials cannot be seen. I can't understand how Tong can live alone. Will he really not be poisoned to death by his own cooking?

Tong held his face and looked at Eri who was busy in the kitchen, and asked her as if he suddenly remembered, "I heard that Eri goes out every night."

I heard, I heard again, where did I hear all this news? She didn't think that many people were paying attention to her before, so everyone knew what she was usually doing.

"It's just practicing in the forest." Feeling slightly agitated in her heart, Eri subconsciously concealed that she went to see Itachi.

"Then why didn't you go out these few days? Could it be because of me?" Tong said, rubbing the back of his head and laughing.

...Because you are right.

Eri suddenly felt a deep sense of powerlessness. She always felt that Kiri's appearance brought her more troubles than the peace of mind with Itachi. As a child who was not too old, she didn't want to challenge Taking on the heavy responsibility of taking care of Kiri who has grown up.

It's simply squeezing her surplus value, and it's agreed to take care of her.

"By the way, will Eri go to practice today?" Tong's tone was casual, as if he didn't care about the answer, but Eri frowned. She didn't want others to know where she met Itachi, even if Tong didn't count outsider.

"I'm probably reading scrolls at home recently." Eri replied.

Tong only has one month's leave, and he will go after he goes to work in Anbu. Anyway, Itachi is out on a mission in the village. When he left, he said it would take about a month, so he probably hasn't come back yet.

"Ah, this big bear is so cute, who gave it as a gift?"

The voice from behind stunned Eri, who ignored the egg that had just been thrown into the pot, turned her head and shouted in a panic, "Don't touch it!"

Tong picked up the big bear as if he didn't hear it, but the line connecting the right arm of the big bear to the body broke the moment it left the ground, and the white cotton scrambled out of the cracked mouth.

Tong looked at Eri at a loss, the atmosphere was awkward and heavy, even the air seemed to be frozen and suffocating, and the eggs in the pot were still sizzling, giving off an unpleasant burnt smell. ?