Even though Kushina was a senior and had become their homeroom teacher and was Naruto's mother, none of them were willing to back down. Especially Sakura wasn't willing to back down at all.
Sakura said in a very calm tone. "In the Ninja Academy, you two are nothing but teacher and student. You, yourself said these words in the morning." Hearing this Kushina was left stunned. She was left speechless. After all, it was true that in the morning she did say something similar to Naruto. She did not expect anyone to use her words against her.
"That's right. For once, I agree with the Billboard Brow'." Ino stood next to Sakura and supported Sakura.
"I have to agree with Sakura on this. You're not playing it fair, Lady Kushina." Commented Hanabi as she stood next to Sakura as well. Meanwhile, Hinata was nervously looking back and forth between Kushina and her sister.
Kushina stood her ground confidently, unfazed by the three girls who were vying for Naruto's attention. To her, they were just young girls, not quite mature yet. She knew her bond with Naruto was special; she wasn't just a part of his life, she was central to it.
"Alright then," Kushina said, her voice calm but firm, a cool smile on her face. "Let's ask Naruto who he wants to be fed by."
At her suggestion, all the girls turned their heads, looking towards where Naruto had been sitting. But to their surprise, Naruto was nowhere to be seen. Hinata, who had been right next to him, blinked in confusion, realizing she hadn't even noticed him leave.
"Where did he go?" Hinata murmured, her voice filled with surprise. The other girls began searching the classroom, their eyes scanning every corner, but Naruto was simply not there. His sudden and mysterious disappearance left them all puzzled and looking around in bewilderment.
Naruto's lunch was still on the table. While looking for Naruto, Kushina, Hinata, Sakura, Ino, and Hanabi, all wondered if they had done too much. Because of them, Naruto couldn't even eat in peace.
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Meanwhile, Naruto had escaped to the rooftop. The rooftop was closed to all the students. The door was locked so there was no way that anyone would be on the roof. Or At least, that's what Naruto had thought when he came to the roof.
Unexpectedly, he found Sarada Uchiha sitting on the roof.
For years this place had been Sarada's secret place where she had lunch her alone. Since Sarada did not have any friends, instead of eating in the class, she felt more comfortable having her food alone on the roof.
It wouldn't be wrong to say that Sarada was pretty much isolated in the whole class. This has nothing to do with others. This was purely her fault. Ever since that night, Sarada had completely changed. She pushed everyone around her away.
Even the shy Hinata had friends like Sakura and Ino, but Sarada was completely alone.
Just like any other day, Sarada was having her lunch alone on the rooftop. But unexpectedly the blond-haired ninja who defeated her in a taijutsu battle yesterday appeared on the roof as well. Seeing Naruto, Sarada who was eating bread froze.
Naruto also started at Sarada. Both of them stared at each other for a few seconds before Naruto sat down and looked at the sky.
"Don't worry, I am not here to disturb you. I came here to escape." Hearing this without even needing to ask Sarada knew what Naruto was talking about. Yesterday, Sarada had seen a glimpse of the chaos that was happening around Naruto.
"Hmph!!!!! I don't care." Sarada gave her usual cold snort and continued eating while ignoring Naruto.
Seeing her like this, Naruto wryly smiled. The Current Sarada reminded him so much of Sasuke. Remembering Sasuke, Naruto became sad. Even if he had come to a new world, the fact cannot change that he killed his best friend with his own hand. Naruto always has felt guilty about doing this.
While Naruto was in a daze, suddenly a milk bread was thrown at him. Naruto was able to catch the bread in time with his left hand.
He looked at Sarada in confusion while holding the bread.
"I am not feeding you." Sarada then focused on eating her own bread. She had no interest in feeding Naruto. Since he still had one arm, that meant he could eat on his own. She simply did not understand why these other girls were fighting each other just to feed him.
"Thanks!!!" Naruto simply said before he started eating. He was feeling hungry since he didn't have that much food this morning.
'I should have brought my lunch with me when I escaped.' Naruto felt a little bit regret for leaving his lunch in the class. He knew that if he went to bring his lunch back then he won't be able to leave.
Naruto and Sarada quietly ate milk bread. While eating, Naruto realized something before he looked at Sarada.
"Hey!!!" Naruto called her out.
"What?" Sarada asked in a grumpy tone.
"Do you always eat this kind of bread?" Naruto asked.
Sarada misunderstood Naruto thinking that he did not like this bread. "If you don't like this bread then return it back. Hmph!!!" In the end, she snorted in dissatisfaction. She felt shouldn't have offered her milk bread to him in the first place.
"I wasn't complaining about the taste of this milk bread. In fact, I really love the taste of this milk bread. I asked if you always eat this kind of food." Naruto calmly explained as he continued eating the milk bread.
Hearing this Sarada calmed down realizing that she had misunderstood him. "Well, some.....!!!"
'Hold on.....!!! Now that I think about it, when was the last time I brought homemade lunch to school?' Sarada asked herself. Sarada realized that ever since that night, she never really has cooked.
It was mostly Kushina who would come to her house every few days and cook a bunch of different dishes for her. Most of the food would be stored in the refrigerator. Sarada would then eat the cooked food until a few days passed and then the cycle would repeat again.
"I guess, I always buy food from the canteen," Sarada said in an unsure tone while looking at the blue sky.
"I see." Naruto did not give her any sympathetic gazes or tell her any sympathetic words. Naruto felt that Sarada was a very strong woman. She did not need his sympathy.
Once again, silence descended on the rooftop which lasted for a few minutes, until Sarada broke the silence this time.
"Tell me, where have you been all this time?" Sarada asked Naruto. She was 100 and 10% sure that Naruto wasn't raised in this village. If he was, then she would have seen him at least once. But she couldn't remember meeting him or anyone who closely resembled him in this Naruto.
Naruto kept quiet for a few seconds before he answered. "The short answer to your question would be that I was raised outside of this village for as long as I could remember. I never met my mom. It wasn't until recently that I met her."
"So Aunty Kushina wasn't aware that her son was alive?" She asked another question. This time Sarada was staring at his face.
"No. She was so shocked after seeing me that she fainted." In the end, Naruto chuckled remembering his Mother's reaction after seeing him for the first time.
"I see."
Once again the whole rooftop fell into a long silence. Neither of them spoke. Naruto knew that Sarada wasn't the talkative time. So he refrained from asking her any questions. As he felt that doing this would annoy her.
After today's event, it could be said that he has taken a few steps towards becoming her friend.
'That's nice for now. I will make sure that you don't walk in that dark path like Sasuke did.' Naruto thought in his mind as he gazed at the blue.
Thump!!! Thump!!!!
Suddenly Naruto's heartbeat quickened. Sarada noticed that the color of his face had somewhat changed.
"Hey!! Are you okay?" Sarada asked.
"I am fin....fine." Naruto gave a forced smile and replied.
'What is happening?' Naruto thought to himself as he held his lower stomach. All of a sudden he was having intense stomach pain. The pain wasn't just coming from his lower stomach but also coming from his testicles as well. He felt that all of a sudden his testicles had gotten heavier.
Naruto was able to bear this pain since he had experienced even more severe pain in his other world so this pain was nothing to him. Naruto felt that he could endure this pain for now.
'Was there any poison in the food that Sarada gave me?' For a second Naruto wondered. But he quickly shook his head as the possibility of that happening was 00000.1% or maybe even lower.
『Notice!!! The Great Sage has detected that the host is experiencing Pain due to the Host's Ultimate Skill.』
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