"But we do have a lot of cats here, and next time you come, I'll take you around if I have time."

That's what water stops saying.

He was relieved that he didn't have to apologize to his seniors...... Uh, after all, this kid seems to be super important to Senpai, and if he loses it, he thinks that Kakashi-senpai is super likely to shark himself, and there is a forty percent chance that he will be sharked before then.

The probability is less than half because Kakashi's predecessors are actually quite good, but they can only guess, because such a thing can't be tried.

Even if this kid unites himself to deceive his seniors, he can't try, in case it causes irreparable consequences, it's not good.

- "Don't run around, I'm scared to death." ”

After being relieved, Shisui took him to meet Itachi, complaining as he went.

"I'm sorry."

Naruto clutched his fingers but didn't look at him.

The child is very weak now.

He was worried that Fugaku would take his words seriously in some sense, but he really wanted to see that kind of scene...

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Itachi really believes in stopping the water, so there is no surprise about stopping the water and bringing the child back.

- "Can I stay at Itachi's brother's house tonight?" ”

Naruto let go of the water and ran over to hug Itachi's arm, blinking his face.

"It shouldn't be a problem, but I'm going to ask my father for some advice."

Itachi rubbed the child's hair.

Naruto is cute, but his younger brother is even cuter.

"Hmm!"

The child grinned.

His face looks much better when he grins than when he laughs.

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The big cat himself is very satisfied, although it is not completely full, but it is already good to have fish.

Fish, that's a fish!

Satisfied, it pushed out the bucket of fish that had been reserved for the person who caught the fish for itself and the child who brought it to eat the fish, and squinted and snooze.

Shisui handled the fish carefully according to Naruto's needs, and Itachi learned it when he saw his movements, thinking that it was also a kind of exercise.

The fish treated with the water stop treated cleaner than the weasel because he had already helped once - the weasel really thought the water stop was very powerful.

Even preparing grilled fish is so careful and serious, worthy of him.

"Give."

Shisui gave the first round of two sticks of grilled fish to Itachi and Naruto, and then went on to roast the ones that were still undercooked.

"Delicious!"

The child boasted before he could bite.

The water stop was facing away from him, so he didn't find out.

"Hmm!"

Itachi took a small bite and nodded in agreement.

"Thanks."

Zhishui turned around and smiled at them, and continued to work.

He also roasted one for the cat, and the cat ate it so happily that he was allowed to rub the back of his head, and the water only symbolically gave him a few strokes before continuing to roast.

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"Then I'll take this Mr. Cat to talk to Kakashi-senpai."

Shisui says goodbye to Itachi and Naruto at the door of Itachi's house.

"Okay—"

Naruto raised his hand in response, and then pulled Itachi's hand and shook it.

Shisui waved to the two of them and left, taking the reluctant big cat with him.

"Ah!!!!h

Sasuke heard a movement at the door and ran out, and when he ran out, he saw his brother holding someone else's child, and for a while the howl was so shocking that the whole courtyard poked their heads out to see the situation.

Fu Yue, who walked to the side with a straight face, glared at him, and he was quiet.

Not only did Fugaku feel complicated when he saw Naruto now, but he also had a similar feeling when he saw Itachi.

“…… This is? ”

Fuyue pondered for a while before asking Itachi.

He was referring to Naruto who wasn't supposed to be here at this time.

"Father, can you let Naruto stay at home tonight......?"

Itachi was a little nervous.

He barely took the initiative to ask his father what to do, and although it wasn't his request but Naruto, he was still nervous.

“……”

Fugaku's steady breathing paused, and he glanced at Naruto several times, "...... OK. ”

He wondered if there was something wrong with the kid.

I had forcibly abducted him before, although strictly speaking it didn't quite meet the criteria for 'kidnapping'.

"Great! Thank you uncle! ”

Naruto raised his hands in cheer with an innocent look on his face.

“…… Itachi, come over here. ”

Fugaku glanced at Naruto a few more times, said with a complicated voice, and turned around and walked into the house.

"Mother, he's going to ask you first—" "I'm going with Brother Itachi!" ”

Naruto hurriedly took it back after Itachi let go of his hand, holding on tightly.

"But..."

The ferret got stuck in the shell.

He didn't know how to persuade this child who wasn't his brother.

'Next time' like Sasuke?

He thought he could try, but less than halfway through his hand his brother cried.

"Wow-my brother doesn't love me anymore-"

Sasuke threw himself into Maikoto's arms and cried.

"It's not like that, my brother's favorite is still you.、"

Mikoto helplessly coaxed Sasuke.

[Troublesome ......]

Naruto pursed his lips and decided to sacrifice himself: "Sasuke... Brother, let's sleep with Brother Itachi tonight! ”

"Woo, woo, good, woo,"

Sasuke's crying is really crying, so even if he is suddenly excited, he can't stop it suddenly, so he can only respond quickly while crying, so as not to let things be settled like that.

I can sleep with my brother! Nothing else matters!

And this guy still calls himself brother, which feels good.

After that, I made an exception and read my own storybook with him.

Sasuke thought as he twitched.

"Let's go."

Naruto pushed Itachi into the house.

Itachi could only nod and walk inside.

The younger brother is easy to coax, but the crying younger brother is not easy to coax.

Itachi can't do anything about him.

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"Why did you bring him here?"

Fugaku saw the child behind him after welcoming Itachi into the hospitality room he was talking to.

“…… Isn't it possible? ”

Naruto blinked.

This cute expression seemed to Fugaku to be a threat.

“… Never mind. ”

Then he relented and regretted that he had not been able to think of the kidnapping.

…… That's why I did that!

He was angry with himself.

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"It's not an important thing, you've been very close to Zhishui recently, of course I don't have a problem with him, he's a genius, I would have hoped you could get along well......"

Fuyue first pulled a bunch of things to make Itachi feel that this was not a big deal.

- "I just wanted to ask you, what do you think...... What kind of person is Zhishui? ”

Fuyue asked with a straight face.

He really didn't know what to do to make an expression.

"Stop the water? He's a nice guy... Taught me a lot. ”

Itachi was stunned for a moment before answering him.

"What did he teach you?"

Fugaku asked.

“……”

Itachi hesitated.

He did not ask his father, who was the head of the family, but asked his contemporaries who were not more than ten years older than him, and told that person that he was hiding things from his family.

I guess I can't tell my father......

So he was silent and did not answer.

“………… You've been with him every day before you go home these days, right? ”

Fugaku took a deep breath.

“…… Yes. ”

Itachi didn't think there was anything to hide.

“…… Well, it's nothing, you... Take this little imp to rest, and call Zhishui tomorrow, I have something to say to him. ”

Fu Yue now feels a lot of pain in his head, not only in his head, but also in his stomach.