Arc 4: A Chance Meeting Part 3

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto, Mr Kishimoto Does.



Arc 4: A Chance Meeting Part 3

The day had reached had eventually reached its peak as the sun, with its full power gave the hottest temperature in recent days. However, the cold wind still remained as it breeze through the atmosphere and the through the whole village.

A certain figure stood on top of a roof of a certain building as the monitoring continued on the man and his friend. The signature white cloaked waved along with the strong wind as the figure proceeded to follow the man everywhere he went so far.

Every street and corner, it was already an obligation and it was a task assigned to the latter for a very long time. It was only one task, which was probably the most easiest of all tasks assigned unlike the other members, who had the main bounties.

Although For her, this was a highly considered task, based on the general information and according to what she had learned from fellow members, the man was a highly regarded piece of the game, and she certainly had a big responsibility all along.

"Where are you going?"

It was a question going around recently, that this day was quite strange, at least for a number of times already. The man was desperate yet determined, the Uchiha was looking for someone, yet the raven haired teen had yet return from the mission. Who was he searching for?

There was something amiss and it needed to be solved immediately. One mistake could lead to any consequences. The white cloaked figure then stood up to continue following the man. Vanishing from her current position.

Whatever happens the flow of the plan should not be broken.

(LATER ON)

Thirty minutes wasn't that kind of a big deal for everyone. Although, rarely there would be an exception and the unfortunate guy in the form of Neji Hyuuga was that exception. He seriously over believed himself that he could handle this stuff, the shopping kind.

The every ready Hyuuga had been already used to the atmosphere of a department store. Heck, He couldn't even count or his Byakugan couldn't even number the countless department stores that he had entered, the different scents of the perfumes, lotions, and other products.

Seeing girl's clothing, accessories, and other related fashion was already a common site for him. Luckily, during those times there was the usual free empty small couch which was reserved for exhausted customers and also guys, who just can't handle the pressure of standing up while carrying multiple shopping bags at the same time.

The young man sat down at those couches many times during the thirty minutes, he started just with himself and a lone shopping bag, he was able to sit properly in a certain preferred space and the bag just right on the floor while other guys like him would sat there and wait.

Although, as time passed by the shopping bag would multiply into nightmarish numbers and the last couches were left begging for mercy as the Hyuuga had no choice but to stack up those bags beside him taking away much of the space thus making other guys like him to forcely stand up and wait which was a torture.

He felt sorry for them, he was also a victim many times in a row. A fashion victim and he wanted to improve things for himself since. He was eager to wait this out but excited for this to finally finish once and for all. After all, he had his own simple shopping to do.

(INTERVIEW)

"In the end, there were about fourteen shopping bags, one including mine, so I guess it's alright, I carried worst and that's not something new you know."

-Neji



Now sitting down on different seat, the older Hyuga stared and observed the only thing that he bought during those shopping sessions.

He knew that people would looked or see it as a weird thing since the only thing that he bought was a box of Knitting kit. Now, what the heck was he planning on? As far as everyone know, He doesn't do knittings, in fact he was a guy and guys don't do knits except if the occasion calls for it.

Neji gave a sigh, in truth, he bought the knitting kit as per requested by his one and only cousin, the Hyuuga Heiress, Hinata herself.

His cousin had been in a knitting session for quite some time now. Neji knew that certain hobby of his cousin, which dates back to the time when they were still kids. He didn't exactly knew what made his cousin to start knitting but he thought it was a good idea in someway.

The old red scarf, it was main one thing that Hinata had started to knit. The old scarf, which was kept stored for many years has now resurface and being knitted back to its original form.



Neji would always wonder on what the red scarf was for or who was it for? The obvious answer would be that of Naruto, but he couldn't see the connection to that. Did the blonde had a red scarf before, identical to the current one right now?

Neji's thoughts were shifting as he turned up his gaze to focus on the cafe that he was currently at.

The place was revealed to be that of a small cafe which served delicious and sweet milk teas drinks and also Ice cream bars. The establishment was along a certain street on the commercial district and there were a number of customers, inside the small cafe. The long lines were not a strange thing to see.

He moved his eyes around more in search of the two girls amongst the crowd of customers and soon caught them in the middle of it all.

A smile then went across up his lips as he watched the two girls, who were currently chatting with each other. He had to admit that he would often feel this way ever since. He felt like a proud uncle to be honest.

He then brought his eyes towards his watch and saw that the last half the hour had finally begun.

(INTERVIEW)

"Well, another thirty minutes passed but this time it's going be lots of milk teas."

-Neji

"Oh boy, when you think this line is going to end?

As Himawari thought, being in the line for almost a long time now even though she was falling in line for about ten minutes. It was crazy to think that the people still had a craze for milk teas even in this era. But seriously, who the heck invented milk teas?

Along the while, the young lady stayed quiet for most of the time while her young Aunt, had to go to the restroom and it was also unfortunate enough that the latter was also stuck along the long lines towards the toilet.

It just goes to show that this cafe seriously needed to expand itself to accomodate more customers. Although, in fact this certain cafe really did changed and transformed into a more bigger one twenty years into the future.

Besides that, what Himawari loved about this cafe is the milk teas and the recipe did remained the same which was a good thing. The only problem is that she needed add ons besides the drinks.

As she finally reach the counter, a smile went across her lips as she was finally ready to order the milk teas. She greeted the cashier girl and said.

"May I order three milk teas and one of them has pearl on it." The Uzumaki teen said, as she continued to observed the big menu which was displayed on the wall.

"And also..." She suddenly trailed off, this was the part where she was having a hard time deciding for the small additional orders." Uhmm, Sorry about that, I'm still deciding." She added as an apologetic nervous grin swept across her face.

The cashier girl nodded in understanding as she was willing to wait.

"Uhmm, are here any Ice cream bars available?" Himawari asked, finally deciding the small additions.

"Yes, we have but the only flavour we have so far is..." The Cashier girl then narrowed her eyes as she looked through a certain list." Sea Salt Flavour."



Himawari blinked a couple of times, she had no idea what Sea Salt flavour tasted like, because she hadn't try that particular flavour yet. Mostly, when she was going to eat Ice cream, she would often choose the popular flavours such as Chocolate, Vanilla or Cookies and Cream.

However as of now, she had no options to choose from but only that certain flavour, and she wanted to get at least a feedback from the cashier, who too unfortunately had no idea what Sea salt tasted like.

"Well, I think they are good." In that moment in time, a unfamiliar voice had entered the scene.

Himawari's attention shifted to the main source of the voice and her eyes came face to face with a young man. He had a spiky light brown goldish hair. His hair style deals as the front concentrates the spikes on the right side of his head as if windswept, and the back is smoother and more feathered.

The moment the Uzumaki girl lifted her eyes towards the young man, she found herself staring at those blue eyes, which were very charming and somehow hypnotic. Going down to the waist, she finally saw the outfit that this person was wearing.

He wore a black, high-collared jacket, and a black t shirt, over this, he wore another jacket, this one unzipped and white, with several black block designs and a gray hem on the end of each sleeve. This jacket's collar was red and pleated and folded back.

He also wore two-coloured colored pants; the legs of his pants were beige with several of what looked like buttons on the hem that appeared to attach the legs to the rest of the cloth, which were dark-colored and he wore a pair of black sandals.

Aside from that, the young man had a friendly and warm smile which brought lit up the mood overall.

Himawari slightly shook her head and brought herself back to reality." Oh really?" She responded with a surprise curious look." Have you tasted it before?" She asked.

The young man nodded." Yeah, and I won't spoil you everything rather than it'll make your day complete." He explained and smiled.

"Oh." Himawari muttered in surprised, before turning to the cashier girl." I'll take three Sea Salt Ice cream bars." She smiled, while the other nodded and prepared orders.

"Thank you so much!" Himawari then said, turning to the young man." Uhmmm..." She trailed off along the way, since she had no idea what the young man's name is.

"You can call me Soutla" He simply replied.

Himawari smiled." It's nice to meet you!" She said while the other smiled back in return." Are you with someone?" She then followed up a question.

"Well yeah, I just came here to get the Ice cream sea salts which I ordered awhile ago." He explained, hinting that he was already here before the lavender haired girl had arrived.

Beckoning the girl to looked at the her left, there was a certain red haired person sitting on one of the other sections outside of the cafe. She didn't quite see the overall appearance but she had an idea that it was a guy.

"Oh I see."

At the same time, the cashier girl came back, with the young man's orders." Sir, here are your Sea Salt Ice cream bars!" She announced, presenting the bars which were inside a plastic bag.

Souta smiled." Thank you miss!." He said to the clerk girl, before turning to the lavender haired teen." I guess I better be going now." He said, before continuing." It was nice to meet you again Miss..." He then trailed off, also not knowing the young lady's name.

"Himawari." The lavender haired teen smiled, officially introducing herself to the young man.

"Miss Himawari." He finished his setence, in a more gentleman like manner, before nodding and leaving the scene.

Himawari continued to stare at the mysterious young man, there was something about him that she couldn't figure out, aside from that fact that he was really but simply good looking or just handsome.

"Hima!"

It was this time that Hanabi had finally returned from the restroom. Passing by the long queue towards her niece.

"I'm sorry for being late, the queue to the rest room is just ridicuolously long." She explained with a little hint of annoyance about the said restroom queue, while still catching up to her breath, while waiting for a response.

Yet, there was no response, just the girl staring at a certain person.

"Hima, are you okay." Hanabi asked." Is there something the matter?"

Himawari shook her head and gave her young aunt a smile." It's nothing Auntie, It's just that I met this kind person and-"

"Here's your order Ma'am!"

Her sentence was cut as the cashier girl finally arrived with the three milk teas and Sea salt Ice cream bars on a two separate plastic bags.

"Thank you so much!" Hanabi was quick to respond and took charge on the matter, while the other continued to wonder.

For the last of the moments, Himawari gave one last observation of the young man before he fully left the area. She felt her heart skip a beat when the guy smiled, it was not connected to any kind of love but more of something curious and different.

(INTERVIEW)

"I really don't know, I mean it's just a feeling that I occasionally get, yet there's something really mysterious about him.

-Himawari

(MEANWHILE)



It was probably the worst time that it could get.

Amongst the sea of crowd, Miyuki was not in the mood to smile. She had been wearing an unreadabled expression of annoyance as she walked towards a number streets en route towards her destination.

The main reason was not because of the noisy and chaotic atmosphere but a certain person, who was trying hard just to follow her around. In fact, she knew all along that it waa definitely the Uchiha, who was following her.

The way he stared and observed at her, back at the shop was obvious that it gained much enough curiosity for the man. Yet, she could be complaining all she want about the current situation, she had no choice but to let it be since she was going try the plan out.

She also knew of the Uchiha, the man, who single-handedly orchestrated an effort which led to a chain reaction ending the Fourth Shinobi War. He was also one of the likely souls, who received a small heroes welcome by his whole clan, who he killed off, during his arrival in the Pure Land.

It was crazy to believe that kind of story but it was all true.

(INTERVIEW)

"What also weirded me out is that he had this very awkward determined looking expression."

-Miyuki

It had been an hour passed since and the spying was still ongoing.

Itachi didn't bother the sweat that covered him all throughout, Even though, he was in the midst of all of this crowd. His determination never failed him and he continued on following the girl slowly but surely.

His Sharingan was a big contributor to the search, he was able to locate the girl's chakra or was it really chakra to begin with? It looked like one from further beyond yet as he got closer the its appearance and aura began to change.

This furher elevated his curiousity about the girl and a good reason to continue on his agenda.

As for his blue skinned friend, Kisame was struggling to go along. He wasn't used to this kind of situation. He felt like playing tag which was unsuitable for a grown man like him yet for some reason he was still here doing it.

He couldn't really deduced the reason on why they were spying on a little girl, and he wanted question his Uchiha friend regarding this. This was trying to make looked like weird pedophiles and, Yes he was worried that fact that they might get arrested for this kind of action.

He was still behind the Uchiha, walking faster as he can to catch up. As far he can remember, they've already gone through ten different streets and this was still counting.

The shark man was sweating hard, he could barely feel his legs, it was too much walking and sneaking already, he couldn't take it anymore unless something happened eventually.

(LATER ON)

As time passed by, the two find themselves taking another street and with them still in toe with the girl, they didn't know that they were in for a surprised.

From a certain alleyway, The two men hid in a spot behind a wall, where they could still take a peek of the girl, who was now canvassing some clothes, which were displayed along the streets in a small shop.

"Itachi, how long do we have to stay here?" Kisame, with little annoyance in his voice asked." We looked like a bunch of perverts here!" He added, with an exclamation point.

Itachi paid no heed to the man's ramblings. He was too focused on the subject." Don't worry Kisame-san, This will be soon over." He explained, assuring the man that they'll finally get to the bottom of this.

"I hope."

Although, in that moment in time where he glanced at his blue skinned friend and back towards his original view, he was then immediately greeted by the site of the girl, who was now gone in just a matter of moments.

"What the?" Itachi immediately got out of the hiding spot to investigate the sudden disappearance of the girl.

"Hey what the heck happened!?" A very confused Kisame asked.

A stunned Itachi began to wonder." She was just there!" He said, trying to figure out a new mystery as he began to complfy with his Sharingan.

Kisame then sighed. "Come on man, maybe she got carried away and headed off to another shop?" He said, trying his best to be logical.

Silence then followed thereafter, instead of getting a proper response from the Uchiha, he instead got...

"I located her energy! Let's go Kisame-san!" The Uchiha exclaimed, taking off in a matter of seconds, having the determination emerging once again.

A slightly dumbfounded Kisame blinked a couple of times before realizing what had just happened, he then shook his head as the man gave another tired sigh and took off on his own once more.

"Dammit, Itachi!"

(INTERVIEW)

"itachi is Itachi, whenever he has this crazy goal, he'll do no matter what it takes to achieve it."

-Kisame

(MEANWHILE)



"Can't believed they still taste like even back home!"

It was pretty much a nice drink for the lavender haired teen. This was the first time that the young lady had a Milk tea ever since. This was also a surprised for her since the taste and flavour had remained the same even in the future and past.

"So you mean, this shop still existed in your time?" Neji asked, while taking a sip of his own milk tea.

"Yeah." Himawari simply nodded." It's actually much bigger than what it is right now." She explained, meaning the shop and the business had expanded and grown since.

Hanabi then entered the conversation." Well, I can't wait to see it..." She paused." In 20 something years." She then gave a grin causing the other two give off their laughs.

"That means you'll be in your 30's and Neji-niisan in his early 40's." Himawari commented causing even more laughter amongst them.

Neji gave a little frown." Hey, I'm not that old Hima." He said, releasing a little of his defensive side.

Both girl just gave their laughs off, while the older teen could only sigh. Although, the thought of being a virgin was still hanging around his mind until now.

"By the way Hima, who was that guy you talked to just now?" Hanabi asked, recalling that certain scene back at the counter.

This also raised Neji's awareness as he paid more attention to the topic. In his mind, there was this sudden judgeful thought of some random guy trying to flirt with his niece. Slowly, his overprotective side is emerging out.

Himawari raised both eyebrows while taking a sip of her milk tea." Oh you mean Souta?" She asked.

Hanabi nodded." Yeah, the guy with the light brown hair." She clarified." What did you guys talked about?" She asked, curious to know what their conversation was.

"I think he's kind of hot though." The Hyuga girl added a thought.

"Well, it's pretty much short." Himawari explained." Other than, he recommended me these Sea Salt Ice cream bars." She said, pointing at the three ice cream bars, which were yet to be opened.

At this time, Neji secretly took a deep breath and relaxed himself since the supposed guy was no jerk.

"Oh you mean this?" Hanabi asked, as she picked up her own ice cream bar." Have you tasted it already? She said.

Himawari smiled as she raised her empty stick, which formerly housed her ice cream." Yeah, It's actually good to be honest and-"

"You're right Hima! It's pretty cool!" Hanabi commented, as fast as lightning that she opened her ice cream bar and started eating it." Taste like Vanilla but with a more salty flavour to it." She gave an approval.

Himawari shrugged." Well, thanks to Souta." She smiled, before recalling something." Say, I should buy more for Grandpa Hiashi and Mom too." She said.

"Yeah, I think they would loved it!" Hanabi grinned, before turning to her big cousin, who was now observing and examining a certain sewing kit.

The younger Hyuuga sighed." You've been staring at that sewing kit for minutes now, Neji." She commented, getting the attention of the latter." Are you learning how to knit something now?"

"Knitting?" Himawari thought as she then turned towards her teen uncle.

Neji was quick to react and explain." N-No, of course." He said." The knitting kit is actually for Hinata-sama." He added." If you don't recall, she had this hobby of knitting scarfs.

Hanabi then gave a surprised look." Oh, now why I didn't knew about that?" She wondered aloud.

Neji sighed." Because you were busy with your training all the time." He explained." And for me...Well you know how I was before." He said, having that guilty tone in his voice.

Hanabi quickly understood what her cousin mean't and she too gave that little sad guilty expression." Yeah, It hurts a bit." She said before returning to a more positive mood." But, to be honest, I think big sis has already forgiven us." She added.

Neji didn't said a word but only nodded in response.

"You know, I think mom is a wonderful person." Himawari then said, catching both of their attention." Even though, she would be treated like that, she won't hold any bad things to any people." She explained." Even me."

"What do you mean Hima?" Hanabi asked.

Well..." The lavender haired teen stayed silent for a few moments. It was a bit tough to explain but she was going to try her best." It's because she's always been like that." She paused." I know in my time, she met a lot of rude people and she didn't any hold any grudges towards them." She then added." Of course, there was a little bit of anger but eventually she would forgive them."

"So that means...?"

So basically, she still loves you guys." She smiled at the end of her statement." No matter what!"

Both of the cousins were surprised. They both glanced at each other and wonder if all that feelings of guiltyness was mean't for nothing. All of their own thoughts of Hinata thinking that they were still the jerks of before could possibly just their imagination.

"I guess you're right Hima." Hanabi, with a sudden realization, spoke." I mean, what's all the dinner plans for if she did held resent towards us?"

Neji simply nodded." Now, that you mentioned that, When I talk to Hinata-sama nowadays, she would often hug me as if she hadn't seen me for a long time." He shared with a curious and fascinated tone of voice.

"Really?" Himawari raises both eyebrows." Why would she missed you even though she sees you everyday?"

Neji shook his head." I honestly don't know." He commented. Even he was already confused and dumbfounded about it

"Maybe, that's her way of reconnecting with you." Hanabi tried to guessed. She was also surprised about that." I mean considering her newly found confidence, She isn't that shy anymore ya know?"

The older Hyuga could only shrugged." I guess so."

As their conversation shifted towards that certain topic, Himawari couldn't help but wonder if something strange was already happening in the past. Besides all the things surrounding the truth behind their journey, she couldn't stop thinking about certain people here, especially her teenage mom.

What she was getting from both of her young Aunt and Uncle, it seemed that the latter was undergoing a personality change or at least that what the general idea was or was it something more than meets the eye?

(INTERVIEW)

"Well, I'm no expert on these kind of things and the only way that I could get an explanation is by talking directly to Miyuki-san."

-Himawari

(LATER ON)

This way!

No, I think she went that way!

Her Chakra is going North and then South!

That's impossible! you know that?"

"It's going back north!"

Dammit! Itachi where the heck are we going!?"

It seemed like a marathon chase already in a big maze of a village.

The two men suddenly found themselves chasing a certain person, who the Uchiha thinks is an importance on his goal on getting to know his niece.

At this point in time, the two men were already running along the streets, following the chakra trails that Itachi could sense. Through his Sharingan, he was seeing everything but also getting himself with all these thoughts and questions on what was currently happening.

"Her energy it's going everywhere."

A baffled Itachi thought inside his mind, he wasn't talking about the Kage bunshins, but a small problem, which was giving him a hard time to properly locate the exact location of the girl.

The energy which he was talking about, kept disappearing and popping from different spots around and that kept them circling around the village for a good of amount time. Another thing was that this wasn't even Genjutsu, this was reality, but it felt like they were being toyed.

Meanwhile behind his back, Kisame had lost a hundred pounds already due to the consistent running, at least that's what was happening inside his head. It felt like he was unknowingly placed into this hundred marathon regimen.

"Please stop! I don't wanna run anymore!"

The guy pleaded inside his mind, how he wished he was fast like that guy with a bowl haircut, so he could finall end this torture once and for all. Yet, the Uchiha was the only one who had the closest track on the mystery girl through his Sharingan.

(INTERVIEW)

"If this keeps on going, I might literally do something!"

-Kisame

(MEANWHILE)

It was apparent that the girl that they were chasing was not actually on the streets but rather on a certain rooftop, witnessing everything.

Miyuki was having good time, laughing the matter off. This was first time that she had fun in awhile and she was using a part of her ability to an extent just to see what these two will become of right now. She promised it will be very brief.

It was an ability that she had since the beginning, at least from her world. Compare to the humans in this world, she could hide her aura or energy from detection and then could just reveal anywhere. The current one, that the two men were chasing was a duplicate, however it wasn't no clone or whatsoever but just an essence. The real one was with her and had been hiding from their detection ever since.

Along the way, she began to scout or observed the two, especially the Uchiha himself.

"He'll good be a piece for the team." She thought, as she was really considering recruiting him to be part of the plan.

She could sense that there was something special in that young man. She could also sense that certain great pain inside of him, and what would be a better way for him to be redeem once he joined.

As she continued observing, there was this sudden small energy that immediately sensed from a nearby distance. The woman shifted her focus to a spot on a random roof where a white cloaked figure could be seen standing and also watching the two men.

Miyuki was surprised, in a sense that she was expecting that there would be at least someone monitoring the Uchiha, and the suprise was that there was an actual someone literally doing what she had expected.

"You've got to be kidding me."

The cloaked figure would soon vanished as the Uchiha finally headed further into the village.

A sigh escape from her as the young thousand year old lady thought of a good

place for them to properly meet. She then turned her attention towards a certain direction where a local park was located.

"Hmmm, seems good to me."

(INTERVIEW)

"I'm just trusting whatever my gut tells me, I hope Kami-sama is really here in someway."

-Miyuki

(MEANWHILE)

The chase had finally led them further to the ends of the village. Itachi was still confused whether this was leading them to nowhere. He was feeling sorry for his blue-skinned friend, who was apparently silent all throughout.

They found themselves on a certain crowded street and surprisingly this was where the energy had finally halted as if it were waiting for them. Itachi stopped his tracks much to the surprised of the shark man from behind him.

"The energy stops here, Kisame-san." Itachi announced." She's right there." He added, pointing at a certain spot where the girl was located, apparently canvassing some clothes displayed out of a shop.

"De Ja Vu."

Itachi let out a mutter, taking a deep breath, as he then proceeded to approach her. His eyes stayed intact just to not let her get away this time, he won't allow any distractions and he'll do this smoothly this time by asking her.

"Is this the girl? Itachi?"

Just then Kisame walked passed by him as the man had apparently had enough of this. He was going to take this upon himself as he headed towards the girl without hesitation.

It was also this time that Itachi widened his eyes in suprised as a sudden realization had come up to him. The girl had the exact same clothes, but she was taller and different.

"Kisame-san."

"Don't worry, I'll handle this for you!"

'Kisame-san wait! She's not..."

It was however too late as the shark man had finally approached the girl and was about to touch the her, meaning it was already too late for the Uchiha to stop him.

"Hey little missy! Will ya talk my friend over there?" Kisame asked, as he touched the girl on the back." We've been looking for you everywhere and you gave us a bad run! So please give us a break...Oh."

"CREEP!

By the time he had finished his sentence, the girl or should I say a lady, who didn't quite exactly look like the mystery girl finally immediately turned around, shocking the man, whom he realized that this was the wrong person.

The man's reaction immediately turned from full blowm confidence into "What the heck I just did?" At the same time, Itachi just closed his eyes in wait for the big beatdown.

As for Kisame, before he could even speak, his face was suddenly met by a punch stronger than any person that he met in his life so far, right after than he got kicked right his balls and collapsed on the ground as if he had lost everything on a card game.

"Sorry."

The only word that he could let out, before letting it go.

(INTERVIEW)

"Seriously, I don't really wanna talk about it."

-Kisame

(LATER ON)

"I guess I'll be coming back to this restaurant anytime soon!"

Konohamaru exclaimed out loud once the group got out of the restaurant. He really did enjoy his time there, especially the delicious food. Moegi and Udon, could agree more, they too had a wonderful time.

Kurama had no comments, as the fox quietly rested on the girl's arms, who was also cuddling him, had been recapping what had transpired awhile ago and also thinking of a way on how he could relocate the girl again after so much effort.

How was he going to do it again really?

"Oh come on Kuu-chan! Tell me what's wrong and we'll talk about it." Moegi on the other hand, was trying get fox's main issue to emerge, she was quite curious and interested regarding the problem.

She also wanted to sort it out eventually.

They currently found themselves walking along a certain street en route towards a certain destination, which was still a mystery.

"So where are we going again?" Udon asked, unaware of the next stage of the day." We've got like a lot of places to go Konohamaru." He added.

"Yeah, I know that Udon." The brown haired boy casually replied, while looking for that certain area around." We'll find a place." He added.

Konohamaru, who was apparently still thinking of places to go, stopped his tracks as he surveyed his surroundings. This time, he was looking for something more quiet and peaceful to spend the rest of the time.

Not too long enough, he spotted an open gate, which was revealed to be the entrance to the local park. A small smile then slipped across his face as the boy then turned to his teammates.

"Just wait and see!"

(CHAPTER END)

Well that's wrap for this chapter, which is quite really short just like the last one. Although, I'm still not sure regarding what the true ideal length for a chapter is. Would readers be dismayed if a chapter is short?

Aside from that, there will be OC characters, who are going to be introduced in the story, but most of them would be just extras just for the plot to keep on going and some will have importance for the future arcs.

I also want to know your thoughts if I should add some filler arcs in the future just to expand the plot of the story. Do you think fillers have an important factor?

I am also getting somewhat a good feedback about the headaches and all the memory flashes. What do you think that certain idea?

Thank you once again for reading the story! I appreciate your support :)