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The white space starts to crack, and it breaks like it’s bursting.
Sasuke shouted in shock at the sudden change.
“Naruto!!!”
Kakashi arrives at the Valley of the End and looks around.
And when they find the fallen children, they quickly approach them and examine their condition.
“Fortunately, you seem to be unharmed, but…”
Kakashi looked at Sasuke, who passed out while holding Naruto’s circlet tightly, and muttered while sighing.
“Is it too late… ”
“…”
“Are you awake?”
“here is…?”
“It’s my hideout. Well…for now, get some rest. I’ve been unconscious for a week… I’ve been treated, but I’m far from fully recovering.”
“…”
At Madara’s words, Naruto returned to his comfortable bed.
Then, he suddenly thinks of Sasuke and asks Madara a question.
“…What about Sasuke?”
“He’s alive, but… do you regret not following him?”
“…No, it’s already out anyway, so it doesn’t matter anyway”
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Madara looked at Naruto’s sad expression and sighed inwardly. Then, he left the prepared food next to Naruto and got up.
“I’ll leave the food here. Recover your health first.”
“…Where are you going?
“For now, I have work to do.”
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Madara turns around and tries to leave the room, but Naruto grabs Madara by the sleeve.
“Wait a minute…just a moment…would you mind staying by my side…”
“…”
“Because it only takes a moment…”
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Madara sits on the chair next to the bed without saying anything.
Naruto started to weep silently while holding Madara’s hand.
“…!”
Sasuke gently opens his eyes, stares blankly at the ceiling for a moment, then jumps up in a panic when he thinks of Naruto. At the same time, I felt pain all over my body and collapsed.
“Keugh…!”
“Sasuke..!”
Sakura, who just came to visit the hospital, approaches Sasuke in surprise.
Sasuke breaks into a cold sweat and asks Sakura a question.
“Sakura, Naruto… What about Naruto?”
“Sasuke, calm down first!”
Sakura puts Sasuke back on the bed and sighs.
Then, with a knocking sound, Shikamaru enters.
“Hey… are you awake…”
“Shikamaru… Naruto…?”
Shikamaru scratches the back of his head, sighs, takes out something and hands it to Sasuke. Sasuke somehow receives it and looks at it. It belonged to Naruto, a circlet he had seen somewhere.
What does Shikamaru’s circlet mean to him…
“Mission failed…he left”
“…”
Sasuke’s expression darkened at Shikamaru’s words.
Sakura opened her mouth while breaking out in a cold sweat at the sudden heavy atmosphere.
“Well… but the reason why it happened like this is because the monster disappeared!
We think positively..!
Wow Jangchang!
“Naruto is…!”
Sasuke is momentarily enraged by Sakura’s words and hits a vase next to him. The vase flies away and collides with the wall, breaking it. Sakura looks at Sasuke in confusion.
“Naruto…isn’t a monster…!”
“Sa…Sasuke…”
“You’re quite full of energy, I heard you were seriously injured.”
As Tsunade and Kakashi enter the hospital room, they talk.
Seeing that, Sasuke averted his gaze through the window. Then, through the window, I saw Jiraiya riding a large toad. Jiraiya enters and opens his mouth while saying hello calmly.
“That child… Naruto chose to go out on his own. Don’t beat yourself up too much, Sasuke.”
“…”
“Rather, because I, the godfather, couldn’t properly take care of the child’s pain…”
“no…”
“…?”
“Wrong, Naruto didn’t go by himself”
“Well… even though Orochimaru tried to seduce him…”
“Not even that”
At Sasuke’s words, everyone there looked at Sasuke.
Sasuke closes his eyes once and recalls the scene he saw at that time.
And as if determined, I open my eyes and open my mouth.
“I must… I have something to tell you.”
Seeing Sasuke’s serious expression, Tsunade nodded.
“You found something.”
“…yes”
“Okay, tell me”
Sasuke first started talking about Naruto’s past that he had seen. It was really brutal and dark, so the expressions of the people there darkened. Even Sakura felt sympathy for Naruto.
“I don’t even know that…I’m…a godfather…what the hell is a godfather…I’m…”
“…”
“Whoa…”
“To Iruka… that kind of thing…”
“First of all… this is all I saw in fragments. But… for several years… every day… Naruto must have gone through something similar.
“…?”
“Naruto didn’t leave town on his own”
Tsunade tilts her head as if she can’t understand Sasuke’s words.
“After the final blow to each other, I held out my hand to Naruto to go back. Naruto tried to take my hand, but at that moment someone appeared and interfered.”
“someone?”
“Orochimaru… am I his subordinate?”
“I don’t know, but he disappeared with Naruto. And I guess, Orochimaru…I don’t think so. Naruto hates Orochimaru.”
“Akatsuki… is it…”
Jiraiya muttered quietly.
Then get up and ride on the toad’s head.
“Sasuke, so what are you going to do?”
“Of course I will become stronger and bring Naruto back.”
“Hmph, so I’ll suggest one. Would you like to go training with me? While I’m going to gather information about Naruto.”
At Jiraiya’s suggestion, Sasuke nodded.
“It’s what I hoped for… but before that I have somewhere to go”
Sasuke remembers someone giving him strength during math and when he fought Naruto.
– “Later… I want you to come here”
“Take care, Itachi’s little brother” –
‘If my prediction is correct, that person… ‘
“… Are you asleep?”
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Madara let go of Naruto’s hand that was holding his hand.
Then Zetsu comes out from the ground and talks to him.
“I don’t know if he’ll be okay / That’s right, he’s missing that Uchiha kid, maybe…”
“No, there will be no problem”
“Are you trying to tame it? / Isn’t that a bit dangerous? If it goes out of control…”
“This guy has already made his decision. He will never return to the leaves again.”
“Well… / I don’t know, but you better be careful.”
“Leave 5 spores of Zetsu on Naruto”
“Okay / What are you going to do now?”
“I plan to work under the name Toby for the time being. Before that, I’ll have to get in touch with Payne.”
When Madara or Toby leaves the room, Zetsu also goes into the ground.
A few hours passed, and Naruto slowly opened his eyes.
“…I feel like I really slept soundly for the first time.”
“Are you awake?”
“Kurama…”
“Eat something first, it’s okay to relax…”
“yes…”
Naruto slowly began to eat the food that was placed next to him.
It tasted really good because it was completely empty. After eating all the food, which was quite a lot, Naruto threw himself back into the cozy bed.
“Like this… I can spend a leisurely time…”
“…”
“I…really…came out…”
“Regret… don’t you?”
“Regret? Why?”
“…At that time, you tried to hold that Uchiha’s hand.”
“…”
At Kurama’s words, Naruto was silent for a moment, lost in thought.
Kurama also looked at Naruto in silence.
“I don’t know why I tried to hold your hand…”
“…”
– I… your friend… Colleagues..because they will become family..! –
“Family… is it…”
“…?”
“Kurama is my family… are you?”
“Heh…don’t ask me for obvious things”
“Yes…yes…yes…enough…if Kurama is there…”
Naruto answered with a wry smile. But Kurama sees Naruto like that and sighs.
“Naruto…Now that you’re out of town, wouldn’t it be nice to make some real human friends and colleagues besides me?”
“…I’ll think about it”
Naruto skips Kurama’s words, closes his eyes, and goes back to sleep.
Kurama thinks with a little surprise when he sees Naruto sleeping again.
‘Naruto guy… Aren’t you sleeping too well… No, it’s better than suffering from insomnia every day… ‘
After that, Naruto took a leisurely break for a few days.
Tobi would occasionally appear to look after Naruto, and Zetsu, the white man, would bring him food. As the days passed, the number and duration of Naruto’s sleep steadily increased.
“Naruto…Aren’t you sleeping too much?”
“…Sorry, but it’s the first time I’ve been able to sleep this comfortably…”
“Haa… Sleeping in moderation will be good for your health.”
“Yeah… try… see… go… cool…”
“Are you sleeping right now?”
Kurama sighs and looks at Naruto who is sleeping peacefully.
Then, I suddenly think of Naruto, who suffers from nightmares every night or wakes up from being pressed by scissors, and laughs.
“But… it’s good that you don’t suffer.”
Several months have passed since Naruto escaped the village.
When Toby opens the door and enters, Naruto closes the book he was reading and opens his mouth while looking at Tobi.
“Madara-san… why don’t you at least knock?”
“Why are you keeping your eyes open? Do you have something to say to me?”
Tobi naturally passes over Naruto’s complaints and asks questions.
Naruto nodded, not caring.
“There is a place I want to go”
“Hoo?”