Chapter 6: The Great Outing Adventure!

"Sasuke, come out and play!" Naruto stood at Sasuke's doorstep, cupping his hands around his mouth and shouting loudly.

"Stop calling me! I don't really feel like playing." Soon, Sasuke opened the door and came out, with Itachi beside him.

"Naruto, I'm counting on you to take care of Sasuke. Although he says he doesn't care, you can see it too." Itachi smiled, and Sasuke was currently wearing a straw hat on his head, holding a bug-catching net in his hand, and a bug-catching box hanging from his waist. It was an image that didn't match what he said.

"By the way, Sasuke, look, Transformation Jutsu!" Naruto formed hand seals, and with a 'pop,' the small figure disappeared, replaced by a beautiful girl with golden twin tails, around 16 years old, similar in height to Itachi. She was wearing an orange three-piece swimsuit, and the deep cleavage on her chest made both boys blush.

"Naruto!! What are you doing..." Itachi was almost scared into activating his Sharingan and quickly covered Sasuke's eyes, asking urgently.

"Hey, a few days ago, Sasuke told me to become a woman, so I practiced Transformation Jutsu. By the way, Sasuke, did you become shorter?" Naruto said happily. He named this ninjutsu the Seduction Technique and learned it from a magazine he found in the neighborhood. The reason for the swimsuit was that he hadn't come across any R18 magazines yet and didn't know what was underneath.

"It's you who became taller, you idiot!" Although Sasuke's eyes were covered, he had firmly imprinted that glimpse in his mind. His entire face turned red as he shouted loudly.

"Sasuke, um, although Transformation Jutsu is a good technique, Naruto is fundamentally a boy. How should I put it...?" Itachi anxiously explained, feeling that his little brother had somehow strayed down the wrong path.

He hurriedly tried to explain but didn't know how to say it. "Big brother, did you misunderstand something? It's not what you think! Hurry up and change back!" Although Sasuke didn't understand, he felt that he had lost something important in Itachi's eyes. He immediately asked Naruto to release the Transformation Jutsu and then pulled him outside, running away.

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Naruto was in front, and Sasuke was behind. The two of them walked leisurely. Sasuke didn't usually go out much, so he looked around curiously. They walked for a while and arrived at a riverside, where Naruto finally stopped.

"Wait, what are you doing?" Sasuke saw Naruto taking off his shoes and preparing to walk into the muddy area along the bank, and asked unhappily.

"Catching loaches."

"Didn't you say we were going to catch cicadas today?"

"Huh, did I say that?"

"You, you..." Sasuke clenched his fist. How could Naruto think that he prepared for today and researched so much information? Why did he ask his brother to buy insect-catching tools? It was uncomfortable to hold back these words.

"Well, let's do that next time. Since the river just receded, today is a good opportunity to catch loaches. We'll go catch cicadas next time."

"Next time..." Sasuke repeated the word once. So there's still a next time. Subconsciously, he treated this outing as a one-time event, unrepeatable, without a second chance. Only when Naruto mentioned, it did he remember that Naruto had never said there was only one time.

"What are you doing? Come down quickly."

"No, this is a bit..." Sasuke looked at the muck on the ground and swallowed his saliva. As the second young master of the Uchiha clan, how could he have come into contact with such dirty things? Especially seeing Naruto's hands turning black, he refused to go down.

"Come on, come on." Naruto came to the shore with a cheerful smile and forcefully dragged Sasuke down.

"Ah!!! The mud got into my shoes. It's so dirty! Help!" Feeling the sticky sensation on the soles of his feet and the sudden chill, Sasuke immediately screamed in agony.

"Is it really that bad?" Looking at Sasuke's miserable appearance, Naruto tilted his head in confusion. "Sasuke, look. Loaches usually hide in holes like this. Just reach your hand in and see." Naruto reached into the muddy ground and felt around. It didn't take long for him to pull out a dark loach. "It's fresh and alive..." Sasuke looked at the lively loach with a large mouth. It was the first time he had seen a live loach. "Okay, it's your turn."

The inner unwillingness made Sasuke not want to lose to Naruto. After finding a cave that seemed to hide loaches, he hesitated for a while but still reached his hand in. After enduring the initial disgust, he became accustomed to it. "Hey!" His hands seemed to have touched something, and Sasuke immediately grabbed it and pulled it out. He had caught a larger loach than the one Naruto caught.

"Not bad, Sasuke."

"That's obvious!" Both of them were earnestly catching loaches, and soon the fish basket brought by Naruto was filled. "A great harvest, we can eat and sell them."

"Hmm!" While Naruto was exclaiming about the bountiful harvest, he suddenly heard Sasuke grunt. He quickly ran to his side and asked worriedly.

"What's wrong, Sasuke?"

"It's nothing. I think I touched a sharp piece of wood." Sasuke furrowed his brow. There was a small cut on his index finger, and fresh blood was continuously flowing out.

"Give me your hand."

"Wait..." Before Sasuke could react, Naruto put his finger into his mouth, sucking away the flowing blood, and then spat it out. "If you don't suck it, it's easy to get infected. Be careful."

"It's so dirty..." Sasuke's face blushed uncomfortably. His hands were still covered in mud, and having his finger sucked into Naruto's mouth felt too embarrassing.

"Oh, come on, your whole body is covered in mud."

"So is yours." On the way back home, Naruto looked at Sasuke, who was completely covered in black muck, and said with a smile. Sasuke retaliated, and both of them laughed.

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"Naruto, just stop here." After returning home, Sasuke originally wanted to invite Naruto inside to take a bath before leaving. However, he saw his father's shoes and could only say so.

"Oh, then see you next time."

"Sasuke, did you go out to play?" Just as Naruto was about to leave, a stern middle-aged man with an imposing presence walked out. He looked at Sasuke and asked, although there was no hint of concern in his tone.

"Um..." Sasuke was still quite afraid of his strict father from the bottom of his heart. Subconsciously, he leaned towards Naruto behind him, and Uchiha Fugaku's gaze also fell on Naruto.

"Oh, you must be Sasuke's dad. I'm Uzumaki Naruto, nice to meet you, Uncle Fugaku."

"U-Uncle?" A crack appeared in the stern expression on Fugaku's face. It seemed that he hadn't expected to be addressed as "uncle."

"That's right, I always saw your name at the boss's place. These are the loaches we caught today, me and Sasuke. Take half of them, they taste great." Naruto took out half of the loaches from the fish basket and handed them to Uchiha Fugaku. His clothes, which could have covered several months' worth of wages, were now stained with sticky substances.

"Half?"

"You want more? Sorry, the remaining half is for Hinata, and I'll give Neji a portion too." After saying that, Naruto walked away with the fish basket, leaving Sasuke bewildered.

"Haha, how long has it been since someone dared to underestimate me like this, and even called me uncle? Am I that old?" Fugaku, holding a bunch of loaches in his hands, suddenly burst into a loud laughter. Since he assumed the position of Uchiha clan head, he had been accustomed to flattery and fear. Today, he was actually looked down upon by a little brat, and these non-flattering gifts made him feel quite comfortable.

"Sasuke, your friend, is not bad." Fugaku entered the house, and soon his wife's surprised voice could be heard.

"Oh my, dear, why are you holding so many loaches?" "They were given to me. We'll have them for dinner tonight."

"Does Dad also eat this kind of stuff?" After finishing dinner, Sasuke quietly asked while watching his father, who was enjoying the taste of the loaches.

"Don't underestimate ninjas. Being able to eat this kind of food while on missions is already a feast. Your dad is also an experienced ninja." It had been a long time since Itachi had seen his father in such a good mood. While amazed by Naruto's actions, he also felt happy for Sasuke. With a friend like that, Sasuke would surely grow up well.

"Mmm, it's delicious!" Although the appearance wasn't great, the taste was good. Next time, he thought, he would go with that guy to catch something better. Eating the food, he caught himself, Sasuke thought so.