Chapter 63
Mother said that on the night of the Nine-Tailed Demon Foxs Attack, her older brother protected her.
When she was learning to speak, her older brother also raised and cared for her a great deal.
Even the various Ninja skills were taught by her older brother.
As someone who considered her older brother the most important person, Sako would absolutely not go against his wishes.
But... what exactly was this feeling of vexation in her heart?!
Creak.
The swing in the park swayed.
Sako sat on it, feeling free and easy.
Today, the small park was empty; perhaps that group of peers had agreed to play somewhere else.
So.
"You fellow!"
Sako turned, gazing at another visitor in the small park.
Naruto was wrestling with the horizontal bar.
However, his occasional peeks were still noticed by Sako.
"I already told you! I'm not playing with you anymore!"
Sako got off the swing, clenched her small fists, and said loudly.
"Oh~~, good afternoon. What a coincidence to run into you here."
Naruto spread his hands and shrugged.
Only then did Sako remember that she had never told Uzumaki Naruto her name.
Oh... this guy never knew my name.
Sako remembered that she had called Uzumaki Naruto dozens of times at least.
But the other party knew nothing about her... wasn't that very unfair?
Sako thought of this, but her older brother's instructions were like a cursed seal, directly overriding Sako's thoughts.
"Uzumaki Naruto, aren't you annoying!"
"You were the one who spoke to me first, so your words are incomprehensible," Naruto calmly argued.
"Ugh... stop nagging! That's not the point, is it!"
Sako felt like she was trapped in a strange loop.
Naruto: "That is the point."
Sako: "..."
A brief silence.
"Go away! Stop following me!" Sako, annoyed, could only tell him to leave.
Naruto scratched his head, his eyes narrowed into a slit: "Does Konoha belong to your family?"
I, Uzumaki Naruto, can go wherever I want.
"Ahhh~~! You're making me so angry...!"
Sako realized she had never been this angry in her life.
"Alright, alright, haha..."
Sako, laughing in anger, decided to get serious.
"Since you insist on saying that..."
Whoosh!
Sako leaped up, directly jumping onto the wall at the edge of the small park.
It was a high wall that even ordinary adults couldn't overcome. With her Ninja qualities, Sakodid it with ease.
The next moment, Naruto also leaped up and jumped onto it.
Then, Sako jumped onto a higher branch. At this point, she was already 6 or 7 meters off the ground. For a child, this was a considerably dangerous height.
Naruto, however, showed no fear and also leaped up.
The two chased each other, starting a dangerous parkour exercise at the edge of Konoha... Time passed.
From noon to afternoon.
The two continued their parkour until dusk.
During this time, they traversed various trees and buildings of different heights and shapes.
For children, their vitality was quite astonishing.
Even Sako was surprised that she had surpassed her limits, reaching an impossible height.
And what surprised her even more was the blonde boy behind her.
He had been following closely the entire time.
Is it true that idiots just have well-developed muscles?
"In that case..."
Sako rummaged in her pocket, preparing to use a major weapon.
The Uchiha Clan's Ninja tool throwing technique was second to none in the Ninja World.
And Ninja tools could be used for more than just attacking others.
To others, the various techniques, like showing off, were also a manifestation of the Uchiha's strength.
Gurgle gurgle... the river rushed.
"Hmph!"
Sako threw a shuriken towards the opposite bank of the river.
A steel wire trailed behind the shuriken.
The flying shuriken quickly passed over a tree trunk, then wrapped around it several times.
Sako grabbed the end of the steel wire and leaped up.
Relying on this extremely brilliant technique, she successfully leaped to a place that was impossible to reach by normal means.
"Goodbye, nyah nyah nyah~~!"
Sako, having swung across the river, turned back and taunted Naruto.
Now she could finally shake off this guy, right?
As Sako's heart lightened, seeing Naruto's visibly anxious face, a strange melancholy arose within her.
He finally showed his weakness, didn't he?
However, what Naruto did next was even more unexpected, even causing Sako's breathing to freeze.
Like a landlubber marveling at a river, Narutosuddenly leaped up.
He actually intended to jump directly to the opposite bank, which required Ninja tools to reach, using only the power of his body.
"Hey! Wait... huh?! No way..."
Sako's emotions went through multiple shifts: disbelief, surprise, how could it be...
As if with special effects, Uzumaki Naruto actually leaped a distance of more than ten meters!
"Is this a movie?!"
Sako was completely flustered.
It was too fake, wasn't it?!
Naruto, using his Nine-Tails Power, directly stomped on a pile of pebbles by the river.
He shot towards Sako like a rocket.
Then... Sako reached the other side.
Naruto was a little further back, standing on that tree trunk.
But the next moment, before the two could continue their interaction, an accident happened.
The tree trunk wrapped with the steel wire, the one Naruto was standing on, was cut by the sharp steel wire, thus weakening its load-bearing capacity.
Crack!
As the tree broke, Naruto fell from the height.
Thud!
A loud noise, dust flying.
"No way!"
As the smoke and dust began to drift, Sako looked at the figure lying motionless in the pit and couldn't help but panic.
Chapter 6: We Are Friends
"Hey! Uzumaki Naruto, are you alright! Cough cough cough..."
Sako walked to the edge of the large pit where dust was rising.
Then Naruto stood up as if nothing had happened.
"I'm fine."
He casually brushed off the dust from his body, as if he had just taken a casual fall.
But the next second, blood began to gush from Naruto's forehead and flowed down, staining his face.
"You're like this, and you still say you're fine..."
Sako's unease and guilt grew, and this emotion began to contend with her older brother's instructions.
The army of sensibility gradually overwhelmed reason.
A restraint, like a cursed seal and like an oath, was gradually being undone.
"..."
Naruto stared straight ahead, surveying his surroundings.
He was pretending to look at the scenery again, which made Sako lose the strength to retort.
"Sigh..."
Walking to a nearby tree stump and sitting down, Sako stared blankly at the rushing river before her.
This river was the dividing line between Konohaand the back mountains.
Few people usually came here.
The last time she came, it was with her older brother to hunt wild boars, using that opportunity to hone their Ninja skills and team strategy.
"It's getting late..."
Sako looked up at the setting sun.