"You have very pretty red hair" he pointed at her hair and she looked away. But in no time he noticed her reddish earlobes as he chuckled. But he soon noticed her demonic look on her eyes so he stopped teasing her.
"It is true that there are many red head that wasn't Uzumaki but you have a huge chakra reserve to pull of two nature transformations. Only Jonin can do something like that. May be there are some genins but not a little child who wasn't even older than me. And last you know fuinjutsu. Even it is D rank, they are really hard to master." He explained.
"My parents used to tell me about the stories of second great ninja war" he said as the look in his eyes got intense.
At the next moment she understood the fate of his parents and what happened to him. She looked at him with a complicated look without saying anything.
"My mom is an Uzumaki." After few minutes of silence she sat beside him near the lake. Though there were some battle traces like mud on the ground, it didn't reduce the beauty of the place.
"I never heard someone in the clan married an Uzumaki." He raised an eyebrow.
"My grandma and father is on a long term mission. So it is natural that you didn't hear about them. It is not like you know everything" she rolled her eyes.
"As for my mom...." she looked at the moon as she lay down on the clean ground. "She can't leave her home"
"Why? It is not like she is the last Uzumaki." The boy touched his knees. "There is another one in our village too. Morever I heard elders were calling her Uzumaki princess"
"Yeah, I know. She is my aunt and was sent here by my mom. She don't want her only cousin to get hurt." She smiled weakly. "But seems like she still getting hurt. Not physically but mentally"
"I don't think she thought like that." He threw a rock to water. "She is very kind person. Though sometimes she is very scary." He smiled. "Hey you didn't say that you are also an Uzumaki princess?"
"It....is not that important." She rolled her eyes. "And it is more like another red light of danger in a time like this."
"I guess you are correct. So are you staying in land of Whirlpools?"
She didn't deny it. "Yeah"
"So your mom is also an Uzumaki princess. No, it should be more like a clan leader. Because of her identity she can't leave the country?" He came to a conclusion.
"There are more and less parts of that. But most of parts are correct. Seems like you are more intelligent than I thought." She smirked.
The boy's eyebrows twitched. "Wha....why you little brat" he bit out through clenched teeth. The next moment the boy's head dropped and sighed dramatically.
Seeing the boy's reaction, Tsukiho sweat dropped. "Ok calm down, I didn't say you are stupid or whatever. I just said you are intelligent than I thought. That's mean you are still very smart. Otherwise how can you almost guess about my mom?"
Then the boy hummed as he is in a good mood."So Princess little apple, what are you doing in here? At this late night?" He asked. There is a hint of tease in his voice.
"Was in a bad mood so came here to take some air. And don't call me little apple, it is really annoying" she snorted.
"Why isn't apple better than cherry? Then what about....."
"No apple is fine" she interrupted. She really shivered by the boy's enthusiasm to give a new nickname.
"Anyway what are you doing here?"
"Ah....it is complicated" the boy sighed.
"Can't sleep because having so many nightmares after getting those eyes?" She asked with slight hesitation.
He looked at her carefully. He didn't saw hostility or any negative emotions but instead that he saw worry and concerned look from her.
"Why are you looking at me like this?" The boy's voice became hoarse as he is suppressing something.
"It is just that I don't like the look in your eyes. I know it is very hard to see the death of your loved ones. No, it is more than hard" she closed her eyes to hide the sadness she let go of since the day she was reborn.
"They died to protect you. That mean they want you to live well. Knowing that they love you more than their lives is very hard to accept when remembering how did they have gone from your life. It is like a feeling that we still living with them, living with dead people. But we are still alive, living with death mean we're dishonouring their sacrifice. I never saying you should let go of their memories, You should keep them in your heart. And step forward without any hesitation. Keep going and thriving hard for your future and living a happy life while cherishing happy memories that you had with them and also making new memories with the people now you have."
At first he looked at her with a hard gaze. But seeing through her hidden surging emotions he bitterly smiled. "I understand that." He sighed and thought for sometimes to digest what she had said as he stood up then punch the air before him.
"Yes you are correct. I shouldn't dishonour the sacrifice they had done for me. So I shall thriving forward to be a ninja that I want to be. I will be a ninja that will protect and maintain the peace in my village and my clan from the shadows" after saying that he looked at Tsukiho.
She was looking at him with a stunned look. She never thought her talk with boy change him that much. Seeing that gaze almost melted away, she smiled brightly at him and sat properly beside him. "You will definitely become one. I am sure of it ya know" In no time she found herself in the black haired boy's embrace, she went rigid. The faint smell of grass on his shirt brought the feeling of warmth, she slowly relaxed. She closed her eyes at the feelings that he is stroking her hair.
"Thanks a lot little apple. Though I never knew you before, thank you saying those words to me. Thank you very much." He hugged her tightly.
"If you want to thank me then go forward and achieve your dreams. At that time I'll looking at you from the from the light and assisting you. How about that ya know?" A goofy grin appeared on her face.