Brother, you are my jade - Asma of Hokage

"Ayi...I'm back." Asma turned her head, staring at the old friend in front of her, tears were about to come out of her eyes.

"Brother Asma, brother Asma!" Ayi ran towards Asma's direction, crying heartily, and threw himself into Asma's arms.Asma also hugged Ayi tightly in her arms, the tears of the two of them had already flowed unstoppably, although the bandages on Ayi's eyes had been soaked, they couldn't stop the tears that flowed down.

"You're finally back, finally back! Woo... woo..." Ah Yi hugged Asma tightly with all his strength, and wept heartily in his arms. He was afraid that Asma would leave again, afraid that Asma would leave again. Back to life alone and alone.

"Brother, do you know? When I heard the news of the civil strife in the 'Twelve Guardians of Ninja Warriors', I was almost..." A Yi recalled the state of his own distraught and almost mental breakdown when the news reached Konoha not long ago. That feeling is really terrible.

"Fortunately, a few days later, news came that you were safe..." Ah Yi shuddered with lingering fear, and immediately hugged Asma even tighter, afraid that he would really lose him.

Hearing these words, Asma, who was already in tears, was shocked first, and thought to herself: "I didn't expect this news to reach Konoha so quickly. Is it because of the turbulent situation that the news leaked? Sigh, this is terrible. I’m sorry for Ayi and Hong.” Feeling the uneasiness of the person in her arms again, Asma responded to Ayi, letting go of her emotions and sobbing.

The two of them embraced and wept like this, perhaps to vent all the pain they had accumulated in the past six years.

After a long time, the two gradually calmed down, and then Ah Yi let go of Asma, and half-jokingly complained:

"Why did Brother Asma grow so much beard, I was not sure if it was you at first."

"Alas..." Why even Ah Yi—wait a minute, he can already determine that I have a beard from a distance with his perception ability!It's really amazing.

Asma was very pleased with A Yi's performance, knelt down and patted A Yi's head: "Then A Yi doesn't like brother's beard?"

Ah Yi, who hadn’t been touched by Asma for a long time, obviously enjoyed the process very much. He blushed and replied: "No...I like it very much. Brother Asma must have grown a beard. He will definitely become more handsome... I will keep it in the future oh!"

"Hehe, of course! However, Ah Yi is still the same kid as before." Asma laughed and continued to rub A Yi's head.

However, an "uninvited guest" who came suddenly made them stop fighting.

"If you think he's a brat based on this alone... Asma, you will suffer." Kakashi walked over lazily, "Well, anyway-welcome back, Asma .”

The news of Asma's return to Konoha quickly spread throughout the village, and Hong was the first to hear the news.

Hong, like A Yi, threw herself into Asma's arms and wept heartily. They waited for Asma together for six years, and finally met again.

After crying, Hong and Asma looked at each other affectionately, and a thousand words could not compare to this look.

However, Ah Yi, who was at the side, saw his brother Asma and sister Hong hugging each other and crying, and felt a little uncomfortable in his heart for no reason.

"This feeling... what is it... why do I have a feeling that I don't want brother Asma and sister Hong to hug each other..."

A Yi was thinking in confusion, he didn't understand why he thought so, he just moved forward slightly——

"I really want to be hugged by brother Asma more..."

After exchanging greetings with a few acquaintances, and making an appointment with Hong and A Yi for an evening get-together, Asma came to Hokage's office.

"Asuma... welcome back." The Third Hokage said these words unhurriedly.

"Uh, yes."

"You're tired after driving such a long distance. Go back to rest today, and report back tomorrow in detail about the past few years."

"Yes..." That's it?Asma was puzzled, why didn't his father ask him about "jade"?

On the way back, Asma met Kakashi again.

"Well, I didn't expect you to grow so much beard... Besides, it's rare to see you without a forehead guard or a ninja vest. It's very fresh, hehehe." Kakashi teased Asma's current state modeling.

"Hearing what you said, why do I feel a little uncomfortable." Asma also responded jokingly.

"Kakashi, these years, A Yi and Hong, are things going well?"

"Yeah. It's okay, but you made them wait for too long. You didn't come back after 6 years. I don't need to say more about Hong, but Ayi, before you left, he was just a kid who just entered school. Now, everyone I have become a Chunin who is alone—an excellent Chunin with the strength of a Jonin."

"Junin strength? Is what you said true?" Although Asma always thought that A Yi would have a great future, she never thought that he was only 12 years old, and he was evaluated as having Jnin strength.

"Yes, in view of his young age and lack of experience, we Jnin haven't recommended him to Hokage-sama to become Jnin yet, but judging from his performance in the mission, he is completely worthy of Jnin level."

"That's it, alas, I'm not used to it, the little guy who used to play like a baby in my arms, is he so good now? Hahaha." Asma felt a little embarrassed.

"Yeah, judging from this, he will surpass us soon...Actually, we don't recommend him as Jonin now, there is another reason..."

"Another reason? What is it?"

"When I mentioned the promotion to him earlier, he refused on the spot. Hehe, he said, I must let Brother Asma personally recommend him to become a jonin when he comes back!"

"Really. He is so outstanding, but he still has such a childish nature, hehehe, this brat."

"Your status in his heart does not seem to have diminished in the slightest because of the past six years, but has become more and more noble," Kakashi continued to talk about A Yi's situation, "He has worked very hard these years, asking To him, he always replied that he could not let Brother Asma down, he must be the pride of Brother Asma.”

Asma suddenly felt something was wrong: "But Kakashi, is it really a good thing for A Yi to be like this?"

"...I also know that he has such a strong attachment to you. Too strong a feeling is not necessarily a good thing for a ninja. Although it can give people goals and motivate them to grow quickly, if there is a 'then In this situation'..."

Kakashi didn't continue, but what he meant was that Asma understood that if something happened to him, it would be a mentally devastating blow to Ayi—when he met Ayi yesterday, he mentioned When he encountered the civil strife of the "Twelve Guardian Ninja Warriors", Asuma's trembling body made Asma think so.

"I think this kind of thing can't be forced. We can only teach him slowly to make him mature." Asma felt a little helpless.

"I think so too, I only hope that Ah Yi can overcome his weakness as soon as possible."

When Asma returned home, he was greeted by A Yi who had not seen him for a long time.

"Welcome home, Brother Asma!"

Although he has grown so much taller, A Yi's movements have not changed at all. Asma also misses this feeling, and even planned to hold him up like A Yi when he was a child, but he immediately looked at A Yi With his current height, he touched his head and felt that it was better... and being hung up by A Yi all the time, it seemed a bit too heavy, so he had to pat A Yi on the back and let A Yi get down by himself.

"Oh, I really admire you, Ah Yi, you are so old, you still throw yourself on your brother, how embarrassing..."

"Well, let's just take it down." After speaking, A Yi buried his head in Asma's chest, his cheeks were slightly flushed, and he seemed to be enjoying himself.

"Oh..." Asma had no choice but to let him go.

"By the way, I haven't asked that yet? Brother Asma, the pendant I gave you earlier..." Ayi temporarily let go of Asma, and asked with a blushing face, looking forward to Asma's answer.

"Oh, my brother likes it very much. He has been wearing it all these years, you see." Asma said, she picked up the pendant and put it in A Yi's palm.

"Really? Ah Yi is so happy." As he said that, Ah Yi threw himself on Asma again, and the two brothers continued to fight...

That night, Asma, A Yi, and Hong had dinner together after a long absence, and went for a walk by the river and a park together...the three of them were so happy.It’s just that along the way, Ayi has been pestering Asma, exhausting him, Hong just snickered aside, as if mocking the two brothers who are so grown up and so ugly, and wanted to stop it, but Ayi put Asma's entanglement became tighter, as if the Red Society had snatched Asma's brother away from him.Hong felt a little embarrassed, but Asma couldn't help it. Considering A Yi's hard work in the past six years, she decided to let A Yi make a fuss and just ask him to be happy.

The next morning, Asma put on the Konoha forehead guard and jonin vest that she hadn't worn in 6 years, and went out with A Tsubasa to report to the Hokage office.

Asma reported her own situation in the past six years to the third Hokage, and Ayi listened very carefully.

"Is that so... Did the Guardian Ninja Twelve break out in civil strife and disband?" Sandai Hokage sighed.

"Asma, you should know the reason and purpose of your departure, right?" Third Hokage continued to ask.

"I know," I still have to ask this question in the end, Asma thought, and continued, "I left the village to find out the correct meaning of 'jade'."

"So do you have an answer now?"

"I... used to think that 'jade' refers to daimyo or hokage, but now I understand that it is not just daimyo or hokage that really determines the fate of this country, 'jade' is the key to victory or defeat in a war..."

"Understood, you should step back first." The Third Hokage interrupted Asma's words.

"What..." Asma suddenly felt very indignant, and she was interrupted before she could finish her sentence. Could it be that she was so unworthy of mentioning in her father's eyes after she went out for six years? !Asma's heart was full of anger, and she clenched her fists.

A Yi on the side felt very uneasy, why is the relationship between brother Asma and Grandpa Hokage still like this?And about "Jade", he himself had an idea, and he was going to tell brother Asma according to the original agreement, but like this...

The two backed out together, Ayi was about to say something, but Asma didn't wait for him, and left without looking back.

"Brother...are you angry?" Ah Yi looked at Asma's back and muttered to himself, not knowing what to do.

The author has something to say: Ah Yi has finally "opened up", and the emotional drama will gradually unfold in the future.

Father-son relationship, alas...