Chapter 51: Lunar and Solar Eclipse
There are always so many choices in life.
Some choices are chosen by oneself, and some are given by others.
Giving Tanuma demon power, Kakashi also has his own considerations.
Among Natsume's human friends, Tanuma should be the one who knows Natsume's mind the most.
Perhaps, after he leaves this world, Tanuma will be able to take his place.
The silver-white magatama condensed for Tanuma will help Tanuma grow stronger.
Although it won't be as strong as a kitten, it won't be too different from Natori.
Such strength, to gain a foothold in this world, is enough.
Kakashi also thought about teaching Natsume something, but Natsume's temperament may not be willing to learn this.
Besides, with a kitten by Natsume's side, Kakashi is also relieved.
The kitten was out of tune, but it was quite reliable.
In the days that followed, Kakashi would come to Tanuma's house from time to time to teach him some Onmyoji.
Although these Kakashi are also new to learning, with his strength, they have naturally already been integrated.
Tanuma's talent is not very high, but it is also above the level of normal people.
At least it's a little more comfortable than teaching Naruto.
Days like these are passing day by day.
Natsume is still in charge of the youkai's affairs, whether he wants to or not, he will eventually get involved.
Because he's Natsume, he doesn't sit idly by with a gentle appearance.
Tanuma's strength is also slowly growing, and Kakashi is very satisfied with the progress of his studies.
On this day, Kakashi had nothing to do, so he came to Hachihara for a walk.
The little youkai I saw occasionally greeted Kakashi respectfully.
Unconsciously, Kakashi also has a certain status in the Yahara Yokai Circle.
These kind youkai, Kakashi naturally won't embarrass them.
After walking for a while, Kakashi came to a bridge.
"The body hasn't fully recovered, and I'm still a little uncomfortable."
Kakashi looked at his right hand, and he shook it in the void, with a faint sense of powerlessness.
"Well, it should be about the same in a few days."
Yasaka's shadow is now clearer and clearer, and his memory has basically recovered, and in a few days, he will be able to officially transform into a youkai.
As Kakashi thought, a man was running in the distance.
And behind the man, a chubby mass followed.
It looks like a rice cake with legs.
"Stupid Natsume, slow down, this post-meal exercise is too big."
"You also said that if you hadn't eaten all the pastries that Aunt Tazi bought, and now the guests have to come over and have no food, would we need to run out in such a hurry?"
"What kind of guests, isn't it just those two little ghosts Tian Nua and Duo Rail, wouldn't it be nice to give them something to eat."
"You still say."
A man and a cat are fighting while running in the morning sun.
Natsume was suddenly stunned, and a familiar figure appeared in front of him.
"Kakashi-sensei."
Natsume hurriedly stopped his steps and said respectfully.
The cat teacher didn't react in time, and slammed into Natsume's body.
"Stupid Natsume! Say it ahead of time when you brake next time! ”
Kakashi looked at the two with a smile, the two guys got along really harmoniously.
But for some reason, Kakashi always felt that Tanuki was becoming more and more like cats.
It's not the look, it's the character.
Could it be that the cat-close is tsundere?
"Natsume, kitten, what are you doing in such a hurry?"
"That's right, Tanuma and Duo Rail said they were going to come to the house as guests, but the pastries that were originally intended to be used to entertain them were eaten by the cat teacher, and I'm busy buying them now."
The cat teacher snorted arrogantly when she heard this.
Seeing this, Kakashi smiled, "This is very much in line with the kitten's personality." ”
"Stupid! What do you think of Ben-sama as someone! ”
Teacher Cat protested solemnly.
"Huh."
"Bastard! I'm fighting with you! ”
The cat teacher yelled angrily and pounced on Kakashi.
But the end is predestined.
Even if Kakashi hasn't recovered now, the cat teacher is no match for him.
I saw Kakashi lift his right hand slightly, and grabbed the large rice cake in his hand.
"Kitten, don't make a fuss."
"Damn it, let me go!"
Looking at the frolic of one person and one cat, Natsume was a little helpless.
These two guys are really at odds with each other.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
There was a knocking sound, and both men and a cat stopped moving.
"This voice is ......"
Natsume looked curiously under the bridge, where the voice was coming from.
Kakashi let go of the cat teacher and said, "Go over and have a look." ”
"Hmm."
The two of them walked over together with a cat.
Under the bridge, next to the stream.
It was a humanoid youkai whose head was covered by a jar and was constantly tapping on the pier, as if trying to break the jar.
"What's that?" Natsume wondered.
"It seems to be a youkai, and it looks like it's trying to smash the jar that covers its head."
"It can't be a seal, right?" Natsume worried.
Kakashi shook his head.
"No, there is no breath of sealing, it should be just an ordinary jar."
"Shall we help him, then?"
"Judging from the breath, it shouldn't be a bad monster, but it's nothing to help."
Kakashi said, stepping out from the side.
"I'll help you take the jar off."
Hearing this, the youkai stopped.
"Thank you so much. I just got my head in out of curiosity, but I didn't expect to be able to get out. ”
Kakashi didn't talk nonsense either, put his hands on the jar, and with a slight force, he took it off.
The jar was removed, revealing the head of the youkai.
An oval-shaped wood grain head that looks rather weird.
"Thank you so much, my name is Lunar Eclipse and I'm traveling, and this time it really helped me a lot."
Teacher Cat was stunned when she heard this.
"Lunar eclipse?"
Teacher Cat seems to have thought of something.
Lunar Eclipse ignored the cat sensei, but looked at Kakashi and said.
"I will definitely repay this kindness."
"Return? No, it's just a gesture. ”
Kakashi said casually, but the lunar eclipse didn't give up so easily.
"As a thank you, I'll let you rejuvenate."
In an instant, Kakashi only felt a strange power enter his body.
He subconsciously wanted to resist, but his unrecovered body hesitated at this moment.
By the time he could react, the power had melted inside him.
"What's going on?"
Kakashi was a little confused.
After the lunar eclipse was finished, he left.
At this time, the cat teacher suddenly remembered what kind of monster this lunar eclipse was.
"Not good!"
Teacher Cat whispered.
"What's wrong? Teacher Cat? ”
Natsume had a bad feeling when he saw that the cat teacher suddenly said this.
"This lunar eclipse is no ordinary monster. It is said that if he rests in a human house while he is performing, and when he leaves, in return for his kindness, he will turn something in the house into something new. ”
"Becoming new?"
"More precisely, he has the ability to rejuvenate objects, even people."
Teacher Cat whispered, his eyes full of solemnity.
"Rejuvenation?"
Natsume was shocked, he didn't expect to have such an ability.
At this time, a strange sound suddenly came from behind the two.
One person and one cat hurriedly looked back.
I saw that Kakashi, who was originally standing behind the two of them, had disappeared and was replaced by a teenager.
The boy looked to be thirteen or fourteen years old, with silver-white hair.
There was a slightly confused expression on his face.
Looking at the boy's appearance, he was actually seven or eight years old like Kakashi.
It's like a miniature version of Kakashi.
"This ......"
Natsume's pupils shrank, unable to comprehend what was happening in front of her.
Teacher Cat had a twinkle in his eyes and thought of a possibility.
"Teacher Cat, what's going on?"
"It seems that the lunar eclipse used the power of rejuvenation on Kakashi, and Kakashi's strength has not fully recovered, so he should have been hit."
"You mean, that's what Kakashi-sensei was like when he was a kid?"
"Not bad."
Natsume looked at the silver-haired boy in front of him in disbelief.
"Kakashi-sensei?"
Natsume shouted softly, catching the boy's attention.
The young man's confused eyes stared at Natsume in front of him, with a hint of caution in his eyes.
That kind of look was something Natsume had never seen in Kakashi's eyes.
"Kakashi-sensei, what's wrong with you?"
Natsume asked anxiously, trying to understand what was going on.
"Who are you?"
The young man's cold words sounded, and Natsume was directly stunned.
"It seems that the power of the lunar eclipse not only turned Kakashi into a teenager, but also brought his memory back to that time. He doesn't remember you at all. ”
Teacher Cat said playfully.
"What? How could there be such a thing. ”
Natsume was shocked, did this wash away all the memories between him and Kakashi?
No, this is something that Natsume will never accept.
Looking at the cold and vigilant gaze of the young man in front of him, Natsume had an indescribable feeling in his heart.
Kakashi-sensei, who was as gentle as jade, seems to have disappeared.
The boy looked at Natsume in front of him, and seemed to have a sense of familiarity, but he couldn't remember it.
His memory is still stuck at the end of World War III.
He killed Rin with his own hands, fainted, and when he woke up, he was in Konoha Hospital.
It is said that he was rescued by Mr. Watergate.
Why is it here today.
The boy subconsciously touched his ninja bag, but his waist was empty, and there was nothing.
Missing the ninja bag?
No, it's not just that the ninja bag is gone, but even my own clothes have changed.
This is definitely not their own clothes.
The boy looked at the clothes on his body, loose and casual, it was definitely not the attire that a ninja should have.
Rather, it's the laid-back people who live in the towns.
The power of the lunar eclipse not only shrunk Kakashi's entire person, but also his clothes.
"Am I not in Konoha?"
Kakashi looked around, and the quiet and peaceful scenery didn't have the slightest impression of Konoha as he had seen it.
This is another place.
Not Konoha?
Where is that?
Kakashi suddenly thought of something and ran to the side of the stream.
"Kakashi-sensei!"
Natsume was shocked when he saw this, and hurriedly followed.
Although he didn't know what Kakashi was going to do, in this situation, Kakashi must not be allowed to act alone.
Otherwise, it's easy to get into trouble.
Fortunately, Kakashi didn't leave after staying by the stream.
In the stream, Kakashi's face is reflected.
Kakashi's pupils shrank, and his mask was gone?
What's going on?
And the forehead guard is not there, and the clothes have been changed.
So, someone changed all their outfits?
Who will it be?
Kakashi's first thought was the boy beside him.
"Kakashi-sensei, are you alright?"
Natsume asked with great concern, and that gentle gaze made Kakashi feel like he was seeing Mizuto-sensei.
No, why does he call himself a teacher?
Kakashi wondered if it wasn't that simple.
Kakashi struggled to recall his previous memories, but it was blank.
A little harder, and I felt a splitting headache.
Kakashi hugged his head with a pained expression.
"Kakashi-sensei!"
Natsume held Kakashi worriedly.
The cat sensei looked at Kakashi with straight eyes and whispered, "It seems that the power in your body is fighting against the power of the lunar eclipse, which is why the pain appears." ”
The head of what the cat teacher said was the Tao, but Kakashi couldn't listen to it at all now.
And Kakashi doesn't understand it now.
"Cat-sensei, you have to think of a way, Kakashi-sensei can't go on like this."
Natsume said as he comforted Kakashi.
"Hey, that's a nuisance. I didn't expect Kakashi to need my help at times, but it's okay, I owe him a favor before, and now I just pay it back. ”
"Teacher Cat, do you have a way?"
"Naturally, there is a way, as long as you find the lunar eclipse and let it cancel this technique. Natsume, you're here looking at Kakashi, I'll come as soon as I go. ”
After the cat teacher finished speaking, he staggered on his little short legs and left.
Seeing that the cat teacher had an idea, Natsume breathed a sigh of relief.
At this time, the sharp pain in Kakashi's mind slowly subsided.
"That cat ......"
"Are you talking about the cat teacher? What's wrong? ”
"Is that cat from the Uchiha clan?"
A cat that can speak human language, it seems that in Kakashi's memory, only the Uchiha clan has such psychic beasts.
"The Uchiha?"
Natsume's face was full of confusion, unable to comprehend what Kakashi was saying at this time.
Kakashi frowned, the guy in front of him seemed to be very unfamiliar with the Uchiha clan.
No, I guess I've never heard of the Uchiha clan at all.
The Uchiha clan is famous, and as long as they are in the ninja world, there is no reason not to know.
Even civilians, there are very few who don't know about the Uchiha clan.
The lack of memory did not make Kakashi unable to think, and in a short contact, Kakashi had already thought of many things.
The guy in front of him, who calls himself a teacher, seems to have an unusual relationship with himself.
The tenderness and kindness that emanated from his eyes told Kakashi that the teenager was worthy of trust.
But where is this exactly?