At night, a full moon hung high in the sky.
Kaze was in his small courtyard, enjoying a hot pot and singing.
Suddenly, two people flipped over the courtyard wall. Without saying a word, they grabbed him and started to drag him outside.
"Mmm (Minato)? Mmm-mmm (Kushina)? Mmm-mmm-mmm (What are you doing)?"
Kaze still had a slice of meat in his mouth. Looking utterly confused, he was dragged out of his home by the two.
As they left the house, Minato gave a look to the secret guards at the door.
Before carrying out the kidnapping, he told the secret guards that he wanted to take Kaze out to play and give him a surprise, and at that time, the secret guards were still skeptical.
But now, hey, wasn't this just the kind of game his young master liked to play?
It's just that in the past, they used to kidnap Haruna Ayako, and now it was Kaze himself... This kid Minato really didn't lie.
Yes, since Minato had switched to Shimura's camp, he was now considered half one of their own, and everyone knew him.
After being dragged out for half a block, Kaze finally managed to swallow the meat in his mouth. He asked crossly,
"Hey, you two. What on earth do you want by dragging me out of my house?"
Facing Kaze's question, Minato gave an embarrassed smile and said somewhat guiltily, "You tell him, Kushina."
Kaze rolled his eyes and teased, "Minato, with your personality, you're definitely going to be bullied all the time after you get married."
Minato furtively glanced at Kushina. Suddenly, he sadly realized that what Kaze said seemed to be completely right.
Damn it!
Kushina put Kaze down and said with a big smile, "Kaze, Minato and I are taking you out to play."
"Who said I wanted to go out and play?" Kaze said crossly.
"Huh?" Kushina's face darkened. She punched a street lamp beside her.
With a "bang," the lamp post, as thick as a thigh, visibly caved in.
"Gulp." Kaze swallowed his saliva and forced a smile, saying, "You guys... You really know me well!"
"You even guessed that I wanted to go out and play."
Kaze quickly changed his tune because he was sure that with his defense of only 17 points, he couldn't withstand one of Kushina's punches.
"Humph." Kushina waved her small fist and showed a proud look to Minato. See, it was so easy.
Minato looked at Kaze contemptuously, and the two communicated with each other with their eyes.
"You were saying about me. I think you're also going to be bullied every day after you get married."
"Bullshit. It's you who's going to marry Kushina, not me. I'll never marry such a violent woman!"
Snap!
Kushina clenched her fist. A "#" appeared on her forehead, and her red hair fluttered up.
"Kaze, who are you calling a violent woman, Databane?!"
(((;Д))) Wait!
Both Kaze and Minato showed terrified looks.
"You can understand the looks between me and Minato? Since when?!"
"I've been able to understand them from the very beginning. Take this punch, ya!"
Kaze, his face bruised and swollen, walked with two friends. He voluntarily went with them to a small forest in the village for a friendly bonfire night chat.
Come to think of it, though...
Kaze glanced at the full moon in the sky and suddenly recalled a classic plot from the Hokage story.
It can't be, right?
How could he just happen to run into such a thing when he went out casually?
Kaze shook his head and, quickly, forgot about this thought.
The small forest was quiet. It seemed that only Kaze and his two friends were there.
Kushina plopped down on the soft ground and excitedly told Kaze and Minato to go gather firewood.
"Hey, so this is what you guys meant by taking me out for fun. You're just making me do manual labor!"
Kaze hugged a bundle of branches and whispered to Minato, worried that Kushina behind him might hear.
This was so similar to that 'dumb activity in his past life where he paid to experience wheat - harvesting but couldn't even take the wheat home' (a silly activity where one pays to experience a rural task without getting the end - product).
Seeing that Minato didn't say a word, Kaze started whispering devilishly in his ear.
"Minato, you can't spoil her like this. You've got to stand up for yourself!"
"If you keep spoiling her like this now, then after you two get married, won't you have to do all the housework by yourself?"
Minato thought for a moment and smiled, "That'd be great. Just the thought makes me happy."
Kaze: (-_-`)...
"Why on earth did I come out with you two to have fun?
Not only is the moon shining tonight, but I'm also... One shining thing is enough, dammit!"
After a lot of busy work, the three of them finally got the bonfire ready and sat in a circle beside it.
Right in front of her two friends, Kushina chattered on and on, sharing the trivialities of her life.
"Kaze, you have no idea. That Cloud Ninja was so scary at that time. Who would have thought that with just one punch from me, he was gone for good!"
Kaze: (-_-`)...
"By the way, I also made a new friend on the battlefield. She's really nice. She's from the Uchiha clan."
"..." Kaze fell silent again. He suspected that Kushina had brought him out just to annoy him.
Minato sighed helplessly. "Kushina, you..."
"Big Databane, what am I doing wrong?" Kushina blinked her big eyes and asked.
"You... I..."
Minato was melted by Kushina's cuteness and instantly lost his train of thought. He went speechless.
Kaze got a bit peeved. "Kushina, don't you know that our Shimura clan and the Uchiha clan have always been at odds?"
"Oh, really?" Kushina realized it later. "But she's really nice. She's so gentle and pretty..."
"Is she a pretty girl?"
"But personally, I'm strongly against these family prejudices," Kaze said righteously. "How about you bring her out next time so that Minato and I can get to know her?"
"Pfft!" Kushina instantly saw through Kaze's little plan and gave him the finger.
She learned this gesture from Kaze. It was said to be an international friendly exchange gesture, which was excellent for mocking people.
"She's already engaged to the young clan leader within the Uchiha clan. Stop having any ideas about her and stay away!"
Kaze curled his lips contemptuously. "Oh, who isn't a young clan leader? Please!"
He also knew who Kushina was talking about. It was Mikoto Uchiha. Who cares... Damned arranged marriage!
While the three of them were chatting excitedly, three figures quietly sneaked over and stared at them with ill intent.
Amid the rustling of the swaying branches, the three whispered to each other.
"What should we do? Attack now or wait until the goal is alone before capturing them?"
"This is a rare opportunity. I suggest attacking now. Konoha is no safe place. The longer we stay, the more dangerous it gets."
"Huh, they're just three kids. What can they do to us? I can take them down easily on my own."
"Don't be careless. Quickly take care of those two kids and then capture the goal and retreat!"
"Okay, let's count to three and act together. Three... two..."
"One!"
The moment they heard "one", the three were about to rush out, but at the last moment, their bodies suddenly froze in place.
The voice that shouted "one" just now didn't come from their group...
It came from the front!
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