"Yu?!"
Looking at the white-haired young man standing under the tree, gazing at her, Kurenai's enchanting red eyes widened. She hadn't expected that he would suddenly appear just as she was thinking about him.
"You've become even more beautiful... already a stunning beauty..."
Ignoring the three nuisances nearby, Yu stepped forward to Kurenai, his hand brushing past her slightly wavy black hair to gently caress her face. As he said, at her age, Kurenai was like a fully bloomed sunflower under the setting sun, so beautiful that it was hard to look away, even he couldn't help but be deeply attracted.
"How... how did you suddenly come back here?!"
Feeling the real touch of Yu's hand and fingers, Kurenai finally realized she wasn't dreaming. Overjoyed, like a little girl, she excitedly stood on tiptoe and tightly embraced Yu in front of her.
"I missed you, so I came back to see you... and to take care of some things..."
Faced with the tight embrace and excited gaze of the beauty before him, Yu didn't waste words on unnecessary chatter. He simply reached out, wrapped his arm around Kurenai's slender waist, and placed his other hand on her back. If it weren't for the three kids watching nearby, he probably would have already kissed Kurenai.
At this moment, both had waited too long and had too many feelings to pour out to each other.
"Is that... is that the guy that Kurenai-sensei likes?"
Seeing Yu suddenly appear and tightly embrace Kurenai, the three kids from Konoha's Team 8 were all stunned.
After coming to their senses and carefully examining the young, handsome face and impeccable physique, Kiba Inuzuka couldn't help but shrug and mutter, "Tch... just by looks alone, he indeed beats Asuma-sensei by a mile..."
"He looks so familiar... I've definitely seen him somewhere, but why can't I remember..."
Shino Aburame, wearing black sunglasses, looked at the white-haired and handsome Yu and suddenly felt as if he had seen this face somewhere before, but he couldn't recall where.
"Yu... Yu-nii?!"
At this moment, Kiba Inuzuka and Shino Aburame hadn't noticed that Hyuga Hinata, who was sitting between them, had already been stunned upon seeing Yu appear. Her small mouth slightly opened as she murmured.
Seeing Yu, who had once saved her life, helped the Hyuga Clan, and frequently appeared in her dreams, now tightly embracing her sensei, Kurenai, Hinata's pure white eyes widened, her gaze filled with an indescribable emotion.
"Hinata, do you know him?!"
Noticing Hinata's unusual reaction, Kiba Inuzuka and Shino Aburame turned their heads curiously to look at her.
"Hinata, you've grown up..."
Just as the introverted Hinata was about to speak, Yu noticed her. He released his embrace of Kurenai and gradually walked towards Hinata, saying, "And you've become one of Kurenai's students..."
With short, dark hair tinged with blue and bangs framing her face, Hinata wore a simple outfit of long clothes and pants. Her fair, cute face was adorned with a pair of the Hyuga Clan's signature white eyes.
At this time, although Hinata wasn't as beautiful and captivating as she would be at eighteen or nineteen after the Fourth Ninja War in the anime, she was still a very pure and charming girl. Her introverted and shy, gentle personality added a unique charm to her character.
Clang!!
Yu was just about to reach out and pat Hinata's cute head when a sharp sound of something cutting through the air suddenly came. A sharp chakra blade, imbued with powerful Wind Release chakra, struck the ground forcefully between him and Hinata.
"Don't approach the heiress of the Hyuga clan!!"
Accompanied by a deep, thunderous shout, a tall and burly Konoha ninja appeared nearby with a Body Flicker technique. With dark skin, a beard, a cigarette in his mouth, and eyes full of intense vigilance, he stared at Yu.
"A... Asuma-sensei?!"
Seeing the sudden appearance of this tall ninja, Kiba Inuzuka and Shino Aburame opened their mouths in surprise.
"Heh, long time no see, Asuma..."
Using his Observation Haki to clearly sense the ninja suddenly appearing behind him, Yu didn't turn around. He simply withdrew his hand that had reached out to Hinata, a playful smile curling on his lips. "Quite an unfriendly way to say hello..."
"Asuma? Why did you suddenly..."
Seeing Sarutobi Asuma appear, Kurenai, standing beside Yu, also showed a look of surprise, not understanding why he suddenly appeared here.
"Kurenai, why are you still standing with this guy?!"
"This guy is too dangerous; he'll hurt you!!"
Gripping a sharp chakra blade tightly in his hand and assuming a combat-ready stance, Sarutobi Asuma was no longer the rebellious and unruly youth from a few years ago. Since the disbandment of the Twelve Guardian Ninja of the Land of Fire, the prodigal son had returned and was now a calm and reliable elite Jonin of Konoha.
But seeing Kurenai standing with Yu, Sarutobi Asuma felt an indescribable pain in his heart. He had actually witnessed the earlier scene of Kurenai and Yu tightly embracing. He hadn't expected that despite his efforts, he still couldn't compare to Yu in Kurenai's heart.
"Asuma, this has nothing to do with you!!"
Seeing Asuma, who had been persistently pursuing her, show hostility towards Yu, Kurenai's enchanting eyes turned cold.
"Fine, even if your relationship with him is none of my business..."
Feeling the increasing sharpness in Kurenai's gaze, Asuma felt bitter inside. He tightened his grip on his sharp chakra blade, which suddenly glowed with a burst of blue Wind Release chakra. "But Scarlet Yu is such a dangerous person, and now he's suddenly back in Konoha. Until I figure out his purpose, I won't let him easily get close to any of you!!"
Sizzle!!
However, just as Asuma finished speaking, he saw a flash before his eyes. Yu, who was standing beside Kurenai, transformed into a dazzling lightning bolt and disappeared.
Bang!!
As Asuma reflexively reacted, he felt a sharp pain in his wrist. The chakra blade infused with powerful Wind Release was kicked out of his hand by Yu, transforming into a beam of light that pierced through a nearby tree!
This is bad... really bad!!
Facing Yu, who had appeared in front of him in an instant, Asuma's heart pounded wildly. Just as he was about to form hand seals to perform a jutsu, a black wooden sandal was already pressing against his face, and he was kicked away like a cannonball!
"What are you so confidently babbling about?!"
Amid the shocked gazes of Kurenai and the three kids from Konoha's Team 8, Yu, who had just used his Lightning Body Flicker to send Asuma flying, stood there with a look of impatience. "You haven't improved at all. Do you think anyone in all of Konoha can stop me from doing what I want?"
"For Sarutobi-sensei's sake, I'll let you keep quiet!!"
As Asuma was sent flying and crashed into a tree, Yu casually unleashed the vast and powerful Lightning Release chakra within him, causing a dazzling arc of lightning to leap from his palm.
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