Chapter 85: Fire Shadow Extra Edition - Picture Book

  One day, Naruto happened to see Haruno Sakura on his way home. As everyone knows that Naruto likes Haruno Sakura, he naturally ran to ask her out with a thud. (What a devoted kid, knowing that Haruno Sakura liked Sasuke, but still pining for her and getting hurt the most himself)

  Haruno Sakura naturally wouldn't agree to go on a date with Naruto, what if Sasuke saw them and misunderstood. Looking at Naruto's dejected expression, Haruno Sakura suggested that the two of them, along with Sasuke and Hinata, go eat barbecue together. However, thinking about seeing Sasuke and Hinata being intimate made her extremely uncomfortable.

  Naruto and Haruno Sakura walked up to the Uchiha mansion, but unexpectedly, none of the surrounding houses seemed to be inhabited. What was going on? After knocking on the door many times without getting a response, Haruno Sakura felt a bit disheartened, wondering if Sasuke might not be home?

  Before Haruno Sakura could react, Naruto had already pushed open the door and walked in. She muttered a complaint about Naruto's lack of manners but followed him inside anyway. Both Naruto and Haruno Sakura were surprised to find that Uchiha Sasuke's house was even bigger than it looked from outside, with a large courtyard and a big pond beside it where several koi fish swam. After walking down the long corridor, they arrived at the main hall, but there was no one there. Haruno Sakura said to Naruto, "It looks like Sasuke is not home, let's go back."

  As they were about to leave, they heard a commotion in another room and followed the sound to a door. Haruno Sakura was about to knock when Naruto pushed it open instead. Haruno Sakura struggled to suppress her anger, she really wanted to punch this rude and rough guy in the face.

  "Knock on the door before entering, you super big idiot." Sasuke said with a sidelong glance at Naruto. He knew it was them as soon as he heard the sound, and when he heard Naruto's loud voice calling out his name, even an idiot would know who it was.

  "Haha... Sorry, Sasuke. I've already warned this guy before, but he's still like that." Haruno Sakura looked at Sasuke with a hint of shyness, then turned her face away, blushing. But as soon as she saw Naruto, her expression changed instantly, and she punched him in the face with a furious look.

  Because Haruno Sakura's punching power, although not as strong as Tsunade's, still made Naruto retreat a few steps, and then unfortunately bumped into the corner of a nearby desk, hurting so much that he couldn't straighten his waist.

  "Don't break anything here, you super big idiot. If she finds out that her favorite things are broken, she'll definitely take it out on me." Sasuke warned with a glare at Naruto, then looked around to see if anything was broken.

  "So this isn't your room after all, Sasuke? Hmm? Then whose room is this?" Naruto looked at Sasuke with wide eyes, showing his puzzlement.

  "Kurenai's room." Sasuke glared at Naruto.

  Haruno Sakura looked around the room, the azure wallpaper, the sky blue bedspread that could sleep two adults had some small blue flowers printed on the edges. A milky white desk with some manga and magazines and some exquisite handicrafts on it. Next to it was a white circular wooden table with prohibited tea sets on it, but they didn't look like the rough tea they drank, white plates filled with what looked like cookies, indeed it looked like Sasuke's room, this kind of room was too unfamiliar, whether it was furniture or feeling...

  "Hey, Sasuke, why are you in Akane's room?" Haruno Sakura asked with some hesitation.

  "I came to her room to look at the scrolls, she had many different kinds of scrolls that I had never seen before." Sasuke raised his hand and showed Haruno Sakura the scroll in his hand. "What do you want from me?"

  "Sasuke, we came to find you and Akane Sakura to go eat barbecue together, why didn't I see Akane Sakura?" Naruto covered the swollen face of Old High with his hand, who was punched by Haruno Sakura.

  "She dragged Iruka and that killer, Kirigakure, out." Sasuke furrowed his brow, a strong sense of displeasure flashing in his eyes.

  "Sasuke, that book looks really special." Haruno Sakura looked at the book placed beside the pillow, which was many times larger than an ordinary book. The white book had blue lines like wisteria vines printed on it, and in the lower right corner, a flower that resembled a sunflower and cherry blossom connected together was printed, but it was blood red, as if it were about to drip with blood.

  "...I've never seen it before either." Sasuke took over the special book.

  "Let's open it and take a look," Naruto said excitedly, his eyes shining with curiosity.

  "En." Sasaki nodded and froze when he saw the first page.

  There were four people in the painting, all of whom looked eerily alike. A boy who appeared to be around twelve years old was gazing lovingly at a girl in his arms, with a gentle smile playing on his lips. The girl looked extremely familiar to Sasuke - it was Akane Sakura when she was five years old. She was smiling blissfully with her eyes closed, as if the only person in the world was the boy embracing her. Sitting next to them was a woman who looked like an older version of Akane, dressed in a white, intricately designed dress, with a maternal smile and a beauty that was almost otherworldly, like a goddess. Standing beside the woman was a man who looked like an older version of the boy holding Akane, with a face that inspired envy. Due to the coloring, Sasuke noticed that Akane and the woman had the same brown hair color and reddish-brown eye color, while the boy and the man both had dark brown hair and dark red eyes...

  "They're all so beautiful." Haru Sakura gazed at the painting in admiration, a flush rising to her cheeks.

  "They seem to be Akane's parents and brother." Sasuke's face was gloomy, his eyes fixed intently on the youth embracing the child.

  "No wonder Akane Sakura is so cute, it turns out her parents and brother are all so good-looking." Naruto said with a sudden realization. Haruno Sakura gave Naruto a white eye, has he ever seen parents who are both ugly, but their child is super beautiful? Unless it's genetic mutation.

  "Sasuke, there are a few small words written below the painting." Haruno Sakura's sharp eyes had noticed.

  Yuuki's family

  "......It was like that." Sasuke said, stroking the few small words, his mother had told him that she lost her memory in that incident, and what he had said about Yuko was actually referring to herself, it turned out that this was her true name...

  "What did you just say, Sasaki?"

  "It's none of your business."

  The second one is also an extremely beautiful woman, with silver-white long hair, crimson eyes, and a smiling expression, but in her eyes there is sadness and loneliness. She wears a snow-white kimono, with a light purple large bow tied at her waist, cherry blossoms and snow fluttering behind her.

  "So beautiful......" Haruno Sakura

  "Why do cherry blossoms still bloom in snowy seasons?" Sasuke

  "It's definitely a variant of the tree too!" Naruto

  The third one is a very strange painting, with orange hair tied up with a ribbon, and a line drawn in the middle. One half is wearing an ordinary shirt, with a gentle smile like an older sister, and warm light flowing from her eyes. The other half has a ferocious expression, with a sinister curve at the corner of her mouth, and her eyes filled with madness and jealousy. Thick smoky makeup and bright red lipstick make it impossible to recognize that this is the same person.

  I don't regret not killing you back then, because I met the most important person in my life. If we meet again, you'll pay the price. Kurenai Sakura has never had friends and doesn't want any; female friendships are too fragile, just like human life, fleeting.

  "...this sentence reminded Haruno Sakura of her and Yamato's situation, the one who proposed to break off their friendship was herself, because she fell in love with the same person..."

  "...She was betrayed." His eyelashes covered his eyes, and he finally knew why there were only men around her. It turned out that she didn't want to get in touch with this so-called friendship between women.

  "This person looks very ordinary." Naru isn't a woman, so he doesn't know what women's friendship is like. He looked at Sasuke and Sakura, but our friendship is absolutely forever!

  The fourth, a handsome young man with deep brown hair held a blood-red rose in his hand. The young man slightly lowered his head to gaze at the rose in his hand, his dense eyelashes covering the emotions in his eyes, yet giving off an intense regal feeling, and a melancholic, gentle feeling...

  The rose wrapped in resin, I haven't forgotten. Ten years later, even if you are still that dark emperor, I will still show the childhood smile you are familiar with, holding your hand, taking me to that sea of flowers, is the unforgettable appointment between us ten years ago...

  "Sasuke, this person looks like the one holding Akane in the first picture!" Haruno Sakura exclaimed in surprise, pointing at Kurenai's face in the painting.

  "...It must be the same person." Sasuke lowered his head, deep in thought, with a puzzled emotion flashing in his obsidian-like eyes. Kurenai was left alone at the age of five when the Mizuki clan was annihilated, so why is this person still alive?

  "Sasuke, Sasuke, turn the page quickly!"

  "Shut up! You super big idiot."

  The fifth one, a silver-haired young man with a face as cold as frost, held a silver blood rose gun in his hand, and his silver eyes flashed with an aura that rejected people thousands of miles away.

  I'm always grateful that I'm no longer Yūki, but now I'm Tsuru-ka. Because of this, I can break free from the shackles of fate and won't hurt you anymore.

  "This person's expression is so scary......" Haruno Sakura shrunk her neck, as if a single glance from him could kill her.

  "Hmph!" Sasuke, who was already in a bad mood, let out a cold snort and quickly flipped the page.

  "Ah! His expression is even more infuriating than Sasuke's!" Naruto exclaimed, his eyes wide with realization as he pointed at the sketchbook in Sasuke's hand.

  "What did you say?!" Sasuke glared at Naruto fiercely

  The sixth is a pretty girl with orange pigtails, standing next to her is a boy with burgundy hair. The girl has a cool expression on her face as she feeds the chocolate in her hand into the boy's mouth, while the boy lazily opens his mouth waiting for the girl to feed him.

  Lily, especially since you said we are friends and not just acquaintances but family, I wish you and Zhui Kui a fulfilling and happy life.

  "Are they lovers? It seems so......" Haruno Sakura stared at the painting of Rima and Tsukasa, then sneaked a peek at Sasuke.

  “... a long life?” Sasuke stared at the small characters on the painting, then flipped to the third page, which wrote that human life is fleeting. These two sentences were full of discord, why did it say human?

  Naruto turned his head and narrowed his eyes as he looked at Haruno Sakura, thinking to himself that it would be great if they could also be like the two people in the painting.

  Seventh, two handsome boys sat together, the blond-haired blue-eyed boy was enjoying eating chocolate with a pleased expression, while the blond-haired green-eyed boy had a mysterious and profound smile on his face as he gazed at the book in his hand, but what book he was looking at was unknown.

  Brother said they were pawns in his hands, useless and should be discarded. But we all know that he had already regarded them as his companions in his heart.

  "What is that person reading?" Haruno Sakura's mouth corners twitched slightly as she said.

  "I don't know." Sasuke replied nonchalantly.

  "It can't be one of those publications written by a hermit, right?!" Naruto exclaimed.

  "Die!!" Haruno Sakura struck Naruto's head with her iron fist once again, creating another bump.

  …………

  Sasuke's face turned darker and darker as he flipped through the pages, his complexion becoming as black as a pot bottom. The bright red cross-shaped markings on his forehead added to his intimidating appearance. As it turned out, all of the people in the photos were men, and every single one of them was incredibly handsome! Sasuke's dark expression and the killing intent emanating from his body scared Haruno Sakura half to death. Meanwhile, Naruto threw a sideways glance at Sasuke, thinking to himself: Who is this guy trying to intimidate with that ugly face?!

  Sasuke suddenly stopped turning the pages, and Haruno Sakura and Naruto looked at Sasuke's strange expression curiously. They found a picture of a young man with black hair tied back, squatting down to poke a boy who was much shorter than him, his eyes filled with deep affection and love that couldn't be expressed in words, smiling gently with the corners of his mouth upturned. The boy being poked had a sulky face, his big dark eyes looking up at the young man with some resentment.

  This is a very warm painting, but below it is written in small letters: "The once beautiful memories were ruthlessly shattered, and the helpless lies and cold, unfeeling hypocrisy. The eyes blinded by the hatred of being exterminated, the former innocence and that simple smile were erased overnight, leaving only a proud and arrogant little devil who practices ninjutsu day and night. Actually, I wanted to say it before, Sasuke, you actually disliked me from the very beginning.

  Snap!

  The picture book fell to the ground, and one page was opened by the rebound force. On it, a boy and girl who looked like they were seven-tenths alike were lying on a warm-looking big bed. The boy's hand was stroking the girl's face, and his dark red eyes had an expression that was no less than the boy in the painting earlier, who looked like an older brother, but with a gaze that only took less than ten seconds to change. There was pampering, fondness, pity, and love in his eyes, which the black-haired boy did not have, as if she was his entire world...

  Sasuke glared at the album with a fierce gaze, gritted his teeth and quickly walked out of the room without caring if there was anyone else inside. With a loud "bang", he slammed the door shut as if he wanted to smash it before he could calm down. When had he ever disliked her?! She, on the other hand, not only blamed him but also went out and found a bunch of men, didn't she know she was his fiancée?!

  However, even if she knew that with her memory and occasional absent-mindedness, she had probably forgotten long ago. I still remember my mother telling him that the girl who would be with him day and night in the future would either be that man's wife or mine. At that time, he was still very naive and asked what a wife was, only remembering that his mother had mysteriously winked at him and said that he would know later.

  After that man left, she naturally became his fiancée. Looking at her clueless expression, he didn't feel like saying anything either. Indeed, a foolish woman. (Arrogant and proud) That man, he will definitely kill him!!

  "What's wrong with Sasuke? He just threw this down and left us, isn't he afraid of burglars at home?" Naruto picked up the painting that Sasuke had slammed to the ground in Sakura's room, his face scrunched up in confusion.

  "Sasuke is fine, right... Let's go back." Haruno Sakura looked out the window with some concern, then put down the drawing book in her hand and stood up to head home.

  "Wait! Sakura, since Sasuke isn't going, how about the two of us go on a date instead?" Naruto gazed at Haruno Sakura with tears in his eyes and a pleading expression.

  "Alright, let's go eat ramen then, but it's not a date or anything." Haruno Sakura said with a smile, but he just nodded in agreement. To avoid Sasuke getting the wrong idea, he reminded Naruto, who was grinning from ear to ear and didn't seem to mind at all.

  "......That's great! Let's go, Sakura!" Naruto's face flashed with a hint of hurt, but in an instant it turned into a silly grin, and he shouted happily.