Chapter 31: Chapter 27
[ Naruto POV ]
It was a sad morning for Konoha... Well not for me.
Today was the day, the village held a funeral for the ninjas who died in Kumo. An infiltration unit were killed in action, the most depressing part was that the Hokage's own son and his daughter-in-law were part of the unit. Well that was a bummer.
Frankly, I don't want to go to some funeral, I was quite comfortable at the pit in the middle of a forest I call home. But Hinami-san told me to atleast pay respect to thr people who lost his life for the greater good. So I went along with them.
" Oi! Neji do I really have to wear these clothes? They are too dark for my taste." I really don't like these black funeral clothing. Why can't I just go with my regular comfortable clothes.
" Aniki it's tradion." Neji replied.
" Tradion my ass ! I prefer to be dry and warm rather than standing in the rain."
Today the sky was darkened with clouds that could shower a heavy rain at any moment. I should bring an umbrella along with me.
" If Hinata-chan were to stand in that rain, she could get a fever!"
" Aniki you're being unreasonable. Besides she is not as fragile as you think she is. "
I know Hinata-chan is a strong girl, but I don't like to see her getting hurt.
Well they don't allow animals ( referring to Kuromaru ) during the funeral which is stupid, but Kuromaru decided it was best for him to stay back at the pit, so as to not cause any trouble.
Now, we arrived at the funeral of the five ninjas who died like heroes, that was what the announcer said. Then the rain came and damn it was a heavy one. I took out the umbrella I brought along and opened it and I brought Hinata-chan inside my umbrella and I wrapped my arm around her so as to keep her close. Like hell I she is going to get drenched in this heavy rain.
I can see that she is blushing due to how close we were, I was feeling quite good actually.
Neji was acting tough, standing in the rain like all the adults present here. He gonna regret it later on.
Well it was time to give the final respect to the deceased ninjas. Many placed flowers infront of their photos, their bodies were never recovered so this was what they could do the most.
When my turn came, I placed a wild flower I found in the forest infront of their photos. May you people find peace in the afterlife. I respect people like you protecting your loved ones by sacrificing your lives, I turned my head towards Hinata-chan, I would have done the same thing for her. As long as she's happy, I'm happy as well.
But suddenly something caught my attention.
I saw a young boy, he could be at the same age or if not, older than Hanabi-chan. He wore a stupid looking helmet. It looked practical but still looked stupid. Wrapped around his neck was a ridiculous long scarf. I'm sure he trips every time he walks.
But what disturbed me the most was the look on his face. It was not something a kid like him should have.
His eyes were red due to not enough sleep and his face was pale, I mean really pale. He looked very creepy. If I recall correctly, he is the only grandson of the Hokage.
Damn! This was depressing. This kid just lost his parents. And by the look on his face, I sure he's mentally scared.
This place is too depressing for me I getting back home.
[ Two days later ]
ACHOOOOOO!!!
I let out o low whistle. " That's one high fever Neji."
Yeah, Neji caught a cold, accompanied by high fever. I told him that day not to stand in the rain for too long, but he didn't listen so he kinda deserved it.
" Are you feeling alright Neji-niisan ?" Hinata asked. Me and Hinata were taking care of Neji, since his dad and Hinata's dad were attending a council meeting among the clan members.
" This sucks." Neji groaned.
" Well, if you had listened to me that day, you wouldn't be lying on this futon."
" Naruto-kun is right Neji-niisan. You should have taken more care about your health. Even Tenten-chan is quite worried about you."
I swore I saw Neji blushed, or maybe it was due to the by fever. Who knows.
" Neji-niisan it's time to change the ice pack." Hinata gently change the ice pack that was kept on Neji's forehead, and replaced it with a new one.
I'll be very frank, I'm very jealous of this lucky bastard. I also want Hinata to take care of me when I'm sick. But that won't happen, because a certain fox inside my gut told me the other day that every Jinchuriki are blessed with high immunity, now I won't have to deal with getting sick... Yeah right.
High immunity my ass. Currently, it was more of a curse than a blessing.
Suddenly we heard running footsteps comming towards our room. A loud batle cry was heard. Oh man, it is going to get noisy.
The door was slammed open. Revealing a boy with extra large eyebrows. It was none other than Rock Lee.
" NEJI-KUN !!! I HAVE ARRIVED MY RIVAL!!! YOUR FLAMES OF YOUTH SHALL NOT BE EXTINGUISHED BY THIS MERE SICKNESS, FOR I HAVE THE VERY MEDICINES GUY-SENSEI TOLD ME TO GIVE YOU."
He reached for his pocket to find that he dropped the medicine, some where.
Lee immediately came down on his knees, slamming his head on the floor. With each slam, he screamed sorry over and over again. It was getting too wierd.
But luckily, Tenten came to the rescue by slamming wooden Katana on Lee's head silencing him.
"Quit making the noise, can't you see Neji is trying to rest."
Today was a normal day. I left the Hyuga compound along with Kuromaru, who was enjoying his time playing with the other Hyuga kids. They were all taking turns riding on Kuromaru's back, given him lots fruits when he is hungry. Overall, the kids loved him, it's refreshing to see kids from both branches playing together without care, even Hanabi would play with the other Hyuga kids, even when she is from the main branch.
" First brother, what is for dinner?" Kuromaru asked.
" You know, the usual. "
" You know what, I want to eat some beef ramen."
" Second brother, I know this is like the thousand time I told you this, but isn't that Cannibalism? "
"Well it's not Cannibalism if-"
Kuromaru stopped before he could finish it. It was because we were alerted with a dark presence.
For years we survived in the streets of Konoha, all by ourselves. To avoid any attacks directed to us, we kinda developed a kind of sixth sense, which could alert us of any dark presence that was trying to harm us. It saved our asses many times than we could count and it had never failed us.
But this presence was a bit strange as it belonged to a kid. We inspected the source of the presence, to see Konohamaru, the Hokage's only grandson being surrounded by three boys much older than him in an alley. Tension was in the air, which gave the feeling that a possible fight could take place.
It looked like a unfair fight of three vs one, but Konohamaru's facial expressions was disturbing.
He was grinning and that froze the three older boys who seemed were trying t pick a fight. It should be know that I have a creepy to a down right scary grin, even Hinata-chan said that it was kinda scary.
But this kid was grinning like a psychopath going for a kill. And not moments later the fight began, and it was no ordinary fight.
Konohamaru delivered a swift punch to one of the older kids crotch, the said kid fell to the ground, his body curled up and he was groaning in pain. This was sure that the fight was going get dirty.
Seeing their leader on the ground, the other two quickly tackled Konohamaru to the ground. One of the older boys pinned him to ground and held him in place with a strong bear hug.
" Quickly take him out!" The one that was pinning Kuromaru, shouted at his friend, who with a nod, searched for any item that could be used as a weapon.
Konohamaru was desperately trying to pry off the vice like grip from the kid who was pinning him to the ground. He turned to the kid who was searching for a weapon to attack him and he realises that he had to act fast.
Since he was way shorter than his aggressors, he was able to bring his mouth to the boy's head and bit it as hard as he could till blood was flowing from the boy's head. The said boys, was screaming in pain, but choses to ignore.
Konohamaru then went to the next level of brutality. He was tilting his head, pulling it back so he can tear off the scalp from the boy's head.
It boy couldn't bear too much pain and had to release the grip from his bear hug. But Konohamaru had other plans, he kept biting harder and harder, as if he was trying to peel off the scalp on the boy's head.
Suddenly a trashcan struck Konohamaru on the side of his face. That sent him crashing to a trashcan .
Konohamaru quickly got back to his feet and that psychotic grin was still plastered on his face.
His mouth was dripping with blood, adding that with his psychotic grin, it scared the living hell of the kid who hit him.
The kid then raised the trashcan and was going to hit Konohamaru again.
But Konohamaru simply threw dirt into his eyes. That caused the kid to dropped the trashcan and he was desperately trying to clean his eyes.
Konohamaru immediate tackled him to the ground and was raining punches after punches on his face.
A wooden chair suddenly struck Konohamaru on his head, sending him to the ground and he made no movement. The chair attack was delivered by the kid he punched in the crotch. It looked like he was knocked out.
But Konohamaru proved us wrong. He slowly got back up, his face was facing the ground. He just silently stood in that position, blood flowed from his head falling to the ground.
Suddenly, he faced the kids who had already got back to their feet. His face was a complete mess, drenched in blood and that psychotic grin was making it more worse. What was more worse was that he was releasing an absurd amount of bloodlust towards his attackers.
I felt a tug on my sleeves, it was from Kuromaru.
" First brother shouldn't you help him. He is the Hokage's grandson."
Frankly this ain't my buisness to poke into, but I had two debts to pay to the Hokage, so why not clear one right now.
We immediately went into the scene, suddenly appearing behind Konohamaru. When the three kids saw us, they were horrified.
Kuromaru glared at them and I stood in a menacing pose, with Despair placed on my shoulders and plus my scary grin.
I could have just scared them off with my grin but I choose the other way around. I released my bloodlust at them and they immediately ran away from the scene screaming like a bitch about a demon.
Now that was over, I looked at Konohamaru's eyes and looked at mine. I must say, he is one tenacious bastard, he is bleeding like crazy and was still standing.
" Go home and clean that blood on your face kid. " I said and walked away from him.
" Kuromaru let's go home." I signalled Kuromaru.
[ Two hours later ]
We were walking towards our home and now arrived at the entrance to the Forest of death
"First brother, I think you should really take care of that." Kuromaru said point to the kid that was following is.
It was Konohamaru, he was still bleeding and all, but instead of that psychotic grin he showed at the alley, he now was showing us a cheeky grin.
" What do you want Konohamaru?" I asked.
His grin got even bigger.
" I want you to make me strong, just like you."
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