Naruto: First Love

Chapter 160 Make up your mind
When Kakashi came back, Huo Wu was sitting between two corpses in a daze. Her usually bright eyes now held a fragility that was difficult to read.

Kakashi's heart trembled. He had never experienced the death of a companion, right?
Huo Wu's expression now is the same as when he first lost his companion.

There were faint ripples in Huo Wu's eyes. Sensing Kakashi's arrival, she raised her head with sadness in her eyes. Kakashi felt his heart trembling.

Such a fire dance is heartbreaking!

But Huo Wu clearly wanted to cry, but she refused to do so. She looked at Kakashi stubbornly, which made Kakashi feel as uncomfortable as if he was being scratched by a cat.

He walked forward, hugged Huo Wu gently, and said in a rare soft voice, "Cry if you want to."

Huo Wu did not resist, hugged Kakashi's waist tightly, and buried her whole face in his arms. When she heard Kakashi's words, she said in a muffled voice: "Ninja, shouldn't you hide your emotions?"

Kakashi's heart tightened: "You are not a ninja anymore, don't worry about it."

When Huo Wu heard this, her nose felt sore and she could no longer hold back her tears.

"Kakashi, this is the first time I've seen someone I know die in front of me... I'm scared..."

"Afraid? What?" Kakashi was stunned and asked involuntarily.

Huo Wu took a breath: "Third generation grandfather..."

She didn't have any deep feelings for Taki, but it was indeed the first time she saw someone familiar die in front of her, and died for her.

Fortunately, the original Huo Wu had seen the life and death of her relatives, although not with her own eyes, but she had seen it, and later the shock was too great to cause her to selectively forget. Last time in the Land of Waves, she remembered it and opened the double magatama Sharingan.

She blamed herself, thinking that Taki died to protect her.

She wanted to cry because she felt bad, not because someone from Konoha died.

Huo Wu was afraid, if there was a first one, there would be a second one, because this is the world of ninja.

Taki’s last words were what made Huo Wu sad.

It was obvious that she gave nothing to Taki and had no feelings for him. She just felt that he was a familiar classmate, but he died just because he liked her. He said that before he died. How could she not be sad?
In fact, it is because you like it that you protect it with your life, right?

Kakashi said at that time that he would use his life to protect someone. Will he do the same to her in the future? What was his reason at that time? Responsibility or love?
The third generation used his life to protect Konoha. Was it because of responsibility or love?
Huo Wu, who had been very confused before, began to find her goal clear.

She was afraid that one day Kakashi would become like this, lying on the ground covered in blood in order to protect someone. She was afraid that her third-generation grandfather would also be covered in blood and lie in front of Orochimaru...

As a ninja, you shouldn't be afraid, you shouldn't have such emotions. What Kakashi said, that you are not a ninja now, is just a self-deception.

I want to become strong, I want to protect Kakashi, I want to protect the Third Hokage, I don't want anyone to sacrifice for me anymore, I want to be the master of my own destiny, how can I not become a ninja?
Ninja is the path she must take now.

The Anbu can join, hide everything about themselves, and then guard in the dark!

Thinking of this, Huo Wu's eyes became determined, but she still did not get up from Kakashi's arms. If you don't take advantage of the opportunity, you'd be a bastard. If you don't take more, you'd be a fool too!

Kakashi had no idea that Huo Wu had recovered. Seeing that Huo Wu gradually became motionless, he thought that Huo Wu was fast asleep, and picked her up.

Her body suddenly flew into the air, which scared Huo Wu to death. Fortunately, she still had her arms around Kakashi's waist, otherwise she would have been exposed.

In fact, at that minute, Kakashi already knew that Huo Wu was not asleep.

However, Huo Wu did not react, probably because she had not recovered yet. Thinking that it was the first time, she should be more tolerant.

However, Kakashi frowned as he held Huo Wu's body. Why was Huo Wu so thin? Too light! She didn't weigh a thing at all! Was it a sequelae of wandering outside when she was a child?
It seems that I have to make some delicious food for Huo Wu in the future.

What to eat? Saury, maybe? It's delicious and good for your health.

Kakashi had unconsciously begun to share his favorite things with Huo Wu, and even began to worry about Huo Wu's health.

When Moonlight Gale came back, there were only two corpses and Kakashi's back left. He couldn't help but twitch the corners of his mouth.

You said you were a person with nothing to do, and you just carried a little girl and left, and you didn’t say anything about how you dealt with the two bodies?
The Anbu lost a person, so they won't blame him, right? It's time for Xi Yan to come back, right?
……

With the second round of the Chunin Exam just a few days away, Huo Wu finally became busy. She stopped practicing with Sasuke and went to find Jiraiya.

After searching for a long time without finding him, Huo Wu had no choice but to go to the place where Sasuke was practicing and asked Kakashi to find Jiraiya.

Sasuke has made rapid progress in the past few days. He has become proficient in Chidori, Dream Magic, and some simple illusions.

According to Kakashi, Chidori can be used twice a day, and a third time can be used if chakra is sufficient. However, Sasuke is young and his body is not that strong yet. He is also in the developmental period. Using it a third time will have some effects on his body and will be detrimental to his future development.

But it was obvious that Sasuke did not take the warning seriously. He ignored it and continued practicing Chidori.

As Huo Wu kept running to find people, she became more and more proficient in the art of teleportation, even more proficient than Huan Meng.

Flickering Technique is a C-level ninjutsu. It is not very strong, cannot cross a long space, and is not very fast. Sometimes it is of no use.

But for Huo Wu, having many skills is always a plus.

Kakashi came back quickly and said that he had contacted Jiraiya and would arrive on time on the day of the third round of the Chunin Exam.

Huo Wu heard this and realized that Jiraiya was no longer in Konoha. No wonder she couldn't find him anywhere, even going to places like hot springs to look for him.

But later Kakashi explained that it was not Jiraiya who left Konoha, but wanted to track down the news of Orochimaru.

He didn't know where Orochimaru went after the second round of exams, but he got some clues and suspected that he left Konoha and was searching around.

Kakashi's message came at a very timely moment. Jiraiya hadn't gone far, so he naturally came back.

After all, Sarutobi Hiruzen was the teacher he cared about the most, and Orochimaru was the smartest of the three ninjas of Konoha. He had never expected that he would defect from Konoha, and over the years, he had also been paying attention to news about Orochimaru.

Jiraiya also thought that one day he would be able to fight with Orochimaru again, defeat him, fulfill his long-cherished wish, and eliminate the scourge for Konoha.

However, it has never been successful.

(End of this chapter)