friend zone

"Kushina, we need to talk. What's wrong with you and Sora?" Teuchi asked as he closed the store with Kushina hesitated slightly before explaining how Minato asked her out.

"so, are you?" Teuchi asked slightly stunned, Kushina lowered her head slightly

"I don't know." She said softly, Teuchi smiled slightly hearing her words.

"think over it, do you like him. are you happy around him? does he make it worth living every day? I believe those are questions someone should ask before answering a question like that. so ask yourself it. I have to go speak with Sora. see you tomorrow." He said with a smile, Kushina nodded as she watched Teuchi leave before the thing of those questions

Did she like Minato, that she didn't know she barely knew him. but when Minato said she had beautiful air, her feelings towards him couldn't help but grow.

as for if she was happy around him, or if he made it worth living every day... Sora was the person to pop up in her mind with those questions. Sora although annoying had been a huge support for her time within the hidden leaf, she would be lying if she said she didn't look forward to spending time with Sora.

but Sora was not interested in her. Sora didn't seem to be interested in anyone. he stayed in his world doing his own thing, not bothered by anything else. She was only friends with Sora, but to her, Sora was her best friend.

thinking of Minato, she should first get to know him, before saying anything... right? since there was no training, she went to go see him

"Hey Sora, did you know Minato asked Kushina out?" Teuchi asked with a smile as he stood at the door, looking at Sora who was painting the sunset.

"why would I care?" Sora asked with a shrug, Teuchi smiled slightly, he knew Sora long enough to know when he was off.

"It seems someone is jealous," Teuchi said teasingly

"you're jealous," Sora said annoyedly, why would he be jealous of a little kid he was thousands of times stronger than.

"I don't even know him, why would I be jealous. Sora and Kushina sitting in a tree" Teuchi said with a smile, but he quickly turned to run as Sora threw the thing he was drawing on at him.

"K-I-S-S-I-N-G." Teuchi dodged the stuff Sora was throwing at him while happily singing, but Sora's shoe slammed into his face knocking him down.

"you got an arm..." Teuchi said as he hugged his nose in pain, Sora just snorted, he does the teasing around.

"I understand the changes happening to your body can be strange and confusing. both mentally and physically, come on." Teuchi said with a smile, Sora frowned while looking at Teuchi. was he jealous? but of what,

Teuchi went on to give Sora the talk, SOra was of course disgusted hearing how children are made. to think there was a bird out there stealing them from heaven and into this world was unforgivable. It turned out that everyone should be in heaven, but some are stolen by birds. which is how humans ended up on earth

Sora thought it had something to do with a woman and male coming together, but Teuchi explained the bird picked pairs of two that best match how the baby looks. Sora didn't have any reason to not believe him, although he one day wished to see a bird from heaven. he wondered what abilities it might have

Sora got to think long and deep about the strange feelings he had about Kushina and Minato thing. he may or may not like her, which may be why he teased her more than others. it was like how a 5th-grade student would annoy the girl they like to get their attention.

Sora was amazed at how childish he was, he always acted far above his age. but he didn't expect to become so childish over a girl,

anyways, Sora planned to ask out Kushina tomorrow before Minato could get to her first. So, the next day quickly came and the shop was opened

"Kushina, you have plans today?" Sora asked calmly, Kushina froze as she looked at Sora in confusion. when did Sora become so caring

"Yes, I was going to tell you. I can't train today, i'm going to hang out with Minato today." Kushina said calmly, Sora's eyebrows raised slightly but he nodded slightly. he was a step too late,

"what are you two doing?" Teuchi asked seeing Sora who was disappeared hearing this but was too prideful to show he cared.

"Haha, thats the funny thing, we are coming here. don't embarrass me in front of him." Kushina said as she looked at Sora, Sora just shrugged, Teuchi sighed softly seeing this.

soon Minato entered and Teuchi personly took their order, Kushina and Minato sat together as they had their little thing which seemed like data. but as they spoke, Kushina began to realize one thing.

Minato made her happy, it was not enough for her to fall for him. Minato was also too gentle, unlike Sora he was always wimpy. Sora although annoying could match her energy, and go higher. it was less boring with Sora, but when she looked at Sora, she was disappointed as Sora was not even bothered to pay attention to what was going around.

Minato and Kushina ended up being friends, but he became one of her 3 friends. She was slightly annoyed as she had only guy friends, no girlfriends at all.

the next day, Kushina gained the basics to walk on air. Sora copied air walking as well, allowing him to be 10 times better at air walking than before. this meant... flight. Sora could fly, and it was not a normal flight. Sora could freely travel through physique space, he could push off anything to create his own leverage.

with this Sora mastered movement through space, Sora couldn't help but wonder what would happen if he copied someone who can also freely move through space. while he gains the ability to freely move through time or something?

But Sora didn't have time to think about anything, starting last night he felt like he was coming down with a cold or something. his nose has been all stuffy and watery. He truly just wanted to lay in bed and do nothing, but he was a man who worked hard

"you will force on air walking on your own free time. the next thing I think I should teach is... I guess chakra control. to go back to the basic and add chakra to everything I taught, and so on," Sora said calmly Kushina who fell head first into the ground slowly picked herself up before nodding slightly

"...tomorrow is the New Year. what are you doing?" Kushina asked softly, Sora sighed helplessly as he thought about tomorrow

"i'm releasing my second book tomorrow. but I was told to yell one to an auction house early for around 10 million Ryo, so I have of course to be there to make sure everything is alright. Teuchi already left with his girlfriend, so I will have to run the shop on my own for a while, and I feel like i'm coming down with a cold. all of this for one day is annoying." Sora said softly

"no wonder you spent sniffing your nose, I thought you were trying to smell the moss on your head," Kushina said making veins pop on Sora's head, but he was too sick to come up with a comeback or anything

"... wow, you're sick," Kushina said seeing how Sora didn't have anything to say back, walking over to Sora she placed her palm against his forehead.

"you're hot " Kushina asked in shock,

"Thanks," Sora said with a nod, Kushina rolled her eyes slightly, but Sora was burning up. burning hot.

"it will go away by tomorrow hopefully. and since i'm done with this, I have done everything I had to do today. well, see... I mean let's go." Sora said calmly as he remembered he didn't know his way home from here.

Kushina sighed as she took Sora out of the forest, but Sora quickly got light-headed, Kushina had to help Sora home. helping Sora to his room, she was speechless to see even the house had arrows and labs so Sora couldn't get lost

"Thanks," Sora said softly as Kushina laid him down, Kushina nodded slightly as she looked around Sora's room, Sora's room was filled with Sora's artworks, books, and rewards he got from doing stuff. She was stunned slightly, she expected a boy's room to be dirty, but Sora's room was clean.

"you need anything before I go?" Kushina asked calmly, Sora shook his head as he went to sleep. Kushina nodded slightly as she left, Sora didn't know but this sickness had something to do with his genetics. it was the reason his mother died and those before her, but they died late into their 20s, meanwhile, Sora's fast growth led to this sickness showing itself early.

Sora also didn't have any masterly as a doctor or something, even if he was he would have to be a master type of doctor that would specialize in his condition.

for the first time in a long time, Sora got a full 12 hours of sleep, he only woke up when he sensed someone opened the door to his senses. sensing closely, he sensed it was Kushina. a night's rest didn't do anything to help, Sora only felt more stuff popping up.

He felt tried even though he was asleep for so long, his throat hurt like hell, his eyes burned, his head hurt when he tried to think too much, and so on.

"you look worse than yesterday," Kushina said looking at Sora who was pale as pale could be.

"Yeah, this is no normal cool. I might end up dying... it wasn't a bad life" Sora said softly, it was a good short life. only like 4 years. better than everything he did in his past. although he will not be able to see this anime world to its fullest, he was not complaining

"Don't say stuff like that, I will go get Tsunade, she is still in the village," Kushina said as she turned and leaf,

at the hokage office, Tsunade was hearing a report from the 3rd hokage on the war. she could enter the war, thanks to Sora she no longer was traumatized, but she will not return to fight but to heal others.

at this moment, Kushina entered the office, Kushina was special. she of course had some level of special treatment, allowing her to pretty much meet with the 3rd hokage if he was not too busy.

"Kushina, is something wrong?" The 3rd hokage asked with a smile, he knew Kushina and Sora's relationship was good, it seemed like Sora had taken Kushina as a disciple where he began personally teaching her. he of course had sometimes been spying in on their training, Sora was too lazy to care so he did it when he was free

"Sora is sick. can you come to look at him?" Kushina asked softly, Tsunade frowned slightly and nodded, the 3rd hokage was curious and also tagged along. a sickness that caught someone of Sora's capability was something not simple.

as they all arrived at Sora's house, they found Sora was taking a nice bath. Sora seeing them enter the bathroom while he was taking a bath, frowned slightly

"3 perverts," Sora said with disgust, just because he was sick didn't mean they can eye him as they wish. Kushina blushed as she quickly looked away, but Tsunade didn't care. Sora was just a kid.

walking over, she felt Sora's forehead and was stunned slightly, this was no normal cold. sending chakra into Sora's body, she was able to find the problem

"This seems to be an illness passed through your blood, it's deadly... i'm unable to help you. its current progress, you have 1 or 2 weeks. I should be able to extend it for an extra week or so." She said softly, Sora smiled slightly. he already knew this.

Kushina and the 3rd hokage were stunned, the fact Sora was not shocked made them believe Tsunade's words. Kushina was not ready to say goodbye to Sora, annoying he was. He was her best friend, she already had tears thinking about how she will be standing over his grave soon.

Tsunade placed her palm in front of Sora's chest and began using a healing jutsu, Sora calmly looked at this and instantly mastered this. it was called Mystical Palm Technique

The user applies their hand to a wounded part of the body and sends chakra into it, accelerating the body's natural healing abilities. Although its most obvious use is as a way of treating external injuries, it can also be used for internal illnesses. Users must be careful to only use as much chakra as is needed for the specific injury. If too much chakra is sent into the body, this can disrupt the body's circulation, putting it into a comatose state.

Because of the level of chakra control required to safely use this technique, few medical-nin can perform it. Sora's illness was suppressed with this, but even with Tsunade's capabilities, she will only be able to do this for a few days or so until the Illness becomes too strong

Sora mastered this, but he didn't simply accelerate the body's natural healing abilities. Sora can outright strengthen the cells within a body, allowing them to split past their limits. this could lead to Sora helping one regrow missing body parts, and the best part no lifespan is going to drop using this

"trying do a thing," Sora said calmly as he taught Tsunade to better use this jutsu, Tsunade was stunned as she did as Sora said. the 3rd hokage who was listening in was shocked, Sora's field of knowledge was truly profound, in a few minutes, Sora was no longer effect by the illness.

"I have to thank you, I actually thought I was going to die," Sora said as he thanked Tsunade, but Tsunade shook her head, what Sora taught her today was could help countless hidden leaf shinobi.

Sora covered himself with a tower and got out of the bath, Tsunade and the 3rd quickly left as what they just got was truly important. meanwhile, Kushina was standing there in silence as she looked at Sora

"what?" Sora asked softly, now that he thought about it, Kushina was worried about him. she even began tearing up at the thought of his death

"sigh, I was just so scared. I don't know the ending to One Piece," She said softly, veins popped on Sora's head he almost kicked her out of his house.

"i'm happy you're aright. you're my friend after all." She said with a smile, Sora felt like he was stabbed by an arrow, he was friend-zoned.

"yeah, we're friends." Sora said with a nodde as he left, Kushina left his was stabbed with a arrow, she was truly friend zoned.