Naruto: Uchiha Youngjo's Konoha Spring

Chapter 36 Sasuke and Naruto (Part )
"Come, Shisui, sit down." Uchiha Douhuan motioned Shisui to sit down, then poured him a cup of tea.

Although Shisui has returned to work in the Security Department, Fugaku naturally cannot trust him completely, so he only arranges him in a logistics position.

"Dou Hwan, it's not a good idea to have such a high complaint rate for the Security Department." Uchiha Shisui looked a little anxious.

"Shisui, I'm also having a hard time dealing with this," Uchiha Dohwan said, feigning worry and rubbing his brow. "When the Uchiha were in charge of the Security Department, the villagers were dissatisfied with it. Even after recruiting so many civilian ninjas, they're still dissatisfied with us. I really don't know what to do."

Shisui sighed deeply. He couldn't understand why his family had been trying so hard to integrate into the village, but had achieved so little success.

"Forget it, let's at least use the red envelopes to calm the rest of the people in the security department. As for the rest, we'll leave it to time." Uchiha Douhuan looked at Shisui and said, "When the village sees the sincerity of the security department, we will definitely reach a mutual understanding with the village."

"Well, Douhuan-kun, I believe you." Uchiha Shisui said.

"Take the red envelope. Everyone in the Security Department gets one, so of course you can't be left out. You're also a part of the Security Department." Uchiha Douhuan said after pushing the red envelope to Shisui.

"I understand." Shisui didn't want to accept the red envelope, but he couldn't refuse the reason given by Uchiha Dohuan.

After Shisui left, Uchiha Dohuan also relaxed, leaning back in his chair and flipping through the copied documents of the evidence he got from Orochimaru, while thinking to himself.

[I wonder if you will side with the Will of Fire or the village when you see this.]

……

Time passed unknowingly and it was time to get off work. Uchiha Douhuan, who had been sitting for the whole afternoon, stretched his body, tidied up his desk a little, and prepared to go home. There would be a little kid coming to his house in the evening.

At the same time, Kakashi, who had spent a day in the old house of the Hatake clan to help Naruto clean up a room, also walked out of the house and headed towards the ninja school.

It was the time for the Ninja School to be dismissed, and this was also the saddest moment of Naruto's day.

Other children in the ninja school were either picked up by their families or went home with their friends, but Naruto had neither family nor friends to walk with. Before this time, he could only sit alone on the swing in the school and wait until everyone left before he would set out on the way home alone. At least this way, he would face fewer malicious glances on the way back.

For Sasuke, the time after school every day is the time he looks forward to the most. He will be the first one to rush out of the school to see if his beloved brother has come to pick him up. If he can see his brother after school, he will spend the rest of the day happily.

However, today, after rushing out of the school gate, Sasuke saw not his gentle brother, but his serious-faced father.

"Dad?" Sasuke was a little surprised when Fugaku appeared at the school gate.

"Let's go, Sasuke." Uchiha Fugaku had a cold face and signaled Sasuke to follow him with his eyes. The two of them walked one after the other towards the Uchiha clan's territory.

"Um, Dad, why didn't my brother come to pick me up today?" After a while, Sasuke couldn't help but ask.

"Itachi has a mission during this period." Uchiha Fugaku said.

"Okay." Sasuke looked a little depressed after hearing his father's words.

"Also, I've hired a teacher for you. After school, you can go there by yourself."

"Teacher?" Sasuke raised his head curiously. "Who is it?"

"You have a pretty good talent in Lightning Release, so I've asked Chief Dou Huan, who is the best at Lightning Release in the clan, to teach you. Sasuke, follow your teacher and learn well, and don't bring shame to our family," said Uchiha Fugaku.

"Chief Dou Huan?" Little Sasuke was stunned when he heard this. Although family affairs in peacetime had basically nothing to do with children of his age, Sasuke also learned from some words around him that his father used to be the chief of the clan, but not now. The person who replaced his father as the chief of the clan was the Chief Dou Huan that his father was talking about.

"Yes, Sasuke, your teacher, although not much older than you, is a very wise man and the strongest in the clan." Uchiha Fugaku said patiently.

"I understand, father. I will study hard with the teacher," said Sasuke.

...On the swing of the ninja school, Naruto watched his classmates walk away one by one. The sun was about to set, and under the orange sunset, he was the only one left in the huge ninja school.

Just when he had packed up his sadness and was about to go home alone, a slender shadow appeared before his eyes.

Naruto looked up and saw a white-haired man wearing a mask and a forehead protector covering one eye standing in front of him. The eye that was exposed was full of a complicated expression.

"Uncle, who are you looking for?" Naruto asked.

"Looking for you." Kakashi said.

"Me?" Naruto was stunned when he heard that.

"If your name is Uzumaki Naruto, then I didn't find the wrong person."

……

Because Uchiha Touhan had already made arrangements in advance, when Fugaku and Sasuke arrived at Uchiha Touhan's house, the housekeeper Keiko was already waiting at the door and welcomed them in directly.

"Lord Doo Hwan is waiting for you two in the study."

When the two were brought to the study by Keiko, Uchiha Dohuan, who had changed into a haori, was writing something at the desk.

"Elder Fugaku, this must be Sasuke." Uchiha Dohuan stopped what he was doing and looked at the two of them with a smile.

"Sasuke, why don't you say hello to your teacher?" Uchiha Fugaku said.

"Hello, teacher. My name is Uchiha Sasuke." Little Sasuke bowed timidly, then looked at Uchiha Dohuan with curious eyes.

"Dou Huan, I'll leave Sasuke to you." Uchiha Fugaku said.

……

Ichiraku Ramen.

"I'm starting to eat!" Little Naruto held the chopsticks, clasped his hands together, prayed, and began to eat voraciously, while Kakashi watched quietly from the side.

"Uncle with white hair, aren't you going to eat by yourself?" Naruto, who was halfway through eating, suddenly raised his head from the ramen bowl and asked curiously.

"I won't eat it. Also, according to seniority, you have to call me Brother Kakashi." Kakashi said.

At this time, Ichiraku poked his head out from behind the counter: "Kakashi, you haven't been here for a long time. But, what's your relationship with Naruto? Why did you suddenly come over to treat him to ramen?"

"This child's father has a certain connection with me," Kakashi said.

Kakashi's words made Naruto, who was eating noodles, stop.

"Naruto's father?" Uncle Ichiraku, who had run a shop in the village for over a decade, was no stranger to Kakashi, a former regular customer. Kakashi's words startled him. Then, he looked at Naruto's blond hair, and some of his previous speculations surfaced in his mind. "Could it be..."

But at this moment, Uncle Ichiraku noticed Kakashi's eyes and his gently shaking head.

……

(End of this chapter)