Chapter 67: Love?

  "Over here!"

  "Over here! Over here!"

  In the village, children of the same age as Iro were happily kicking a ball not far from Iro. Because of Aoi's outing, Iro was alone again, but he didn't get angry or sad. He knew that the girl who was different from other kids would come back. Iro lowered his head with one hand holding a teddy bear and the other hand pulling the rope of the swing, which was swaying weakly and making a "squeak-squeak" sound. As he watched the children playing, a hint of envy and loneliness appeared in his eyes.

  "Shoot!" A boy lifted his foot and kicked the ball with force towards the goal, only to have it bounce back before reaching the goal.

  "Ah." Iro looked up at the rubber ball in surprise as it had been bounced to a height that an ordinary child couldn't reach, all the way to the rooftop.

  "What's going on?" Boy A looked up at the leather ball on the roof.

  "We won't be able to climb walls either." Boy B said with some disappointment.

  "Ah." The children looked at the leather ball that was originally quietly on the roof, suddenly being held by something and floated down. The ball landed in someone's hand.

  "You are..." The children took a unanimous step back, as if they had seen something terrifying, and even their tone was trembling.

  I love Luo looked at those children who were looking down with a dejected expression, as if they were monsters, but then seemed to have some courage, picked up the ball in his hand and was about to return it to these children. "This..."

  "I love Luo." Boy A's eyes widened in horror.

  "Sands... I love you." Boy B stammered out these words from his mouth, like a child who had been frightened into tears.

  "Quickly, run away!!" It was unclear who shouted it, but the children immediately turned around and ran as if there was a ferocious beast behind them.

  Iruka's pupils constricted in an instant, staring blankly at the children who were running away with terrified faces. Iruka raised his hand to call out to them, but since Akane wasn't by his side, he still felt lonely "Wait! Don't leave me behind!"

  It may be because of Iro's emotional excitement that the sand flew towards the children, grabbing all the children who wanted to escape and forcibly pulling them towards Iro. The children desperately shouted for help, wanting to escape this life-threatening fear. "Save us!"

  I don't want to be alone anymore, I already... The green eyes were suddenly filled with bloodshot, and the sand also began to attack the children because of my emotional loss of control. Just as the sand touched one of the boys, a figure blocked the sand's attack.

  "Lord Gaara, calm down!" Deidara had blocked the attack from Sasuke and was covered in wounds, showing just how strong his attack power was.

  "Yasha...maru..." Iruka's out-of-control emotions were suppressed, and he hung his head in shame like a child who had done something wrong. He didn't dare look at Yasha's face; he didn't want to disappoint him...

  A gust of wind blew by with fine sand, and the leather ball that had fallen beside Luo's feet rolled a few times.

  Because of Akane's return, Naruto is extremely delighted and his dependence on Akane increases day by day. For some reason, as long as Akane is by his side, he is always very calm, and most amazingly, he can finally sleep. He really likes this girl who is the same age as him, and when he is with her, he feels like he is just like ordinary kids...

  Iruka saw the knife on the table, picked it up and stabbed it towards his arm. Just as the blade was about to touch his skin, Gaara blocked the knife with sand. Iruka looked at the sand blocking the blade with some disappointment "As expected, sand would get in the way."

  I love Luo Shao Ye

  "Yasha Maru" Yasha Maru's voice suddenly rang out and made Iro jump in fright.

  Yasha Maru walked into Iro, his tone somewhat reproachful "Although my body is like this, I am also the Wind Shadow Lord's special envoy to take care of and protect you as a medical team at all times. Don't do something like that in front of me."

  Yasha Maru stretched out his hand and touched his own head, with a warm smile mixed with a hint of helplessness. "Although I said so, the sand will protect you."

  Ira looked up at the bandages on Yaksha's body and then lowered his head again. "Yaksha... I'm sorry."

  Yasha Maru lifted his hand and touched the bandage on his forehead "This is just a scratch."

  "I love Luo raised his head and asked with some worry 'Will it... hurt?'"

  "There is a bit, but it will be fine soon."

  I gazed quietly at Yasha for a while "Hey, Yasha."

  "What?"

  "What does it feel like to be in pain? Because I've never been hurt, I always wonder what that would feel like." Iro raised his hand with a smile on his face, but the smile looked more like he was crying.

  "Ah... how to put it, it's painful, it's unbearable, in short, after being injured or cut, you can't tolerate the normal state, do you understand? I'm not very good at saying it, in short, it's not a good state." Yakimaru was stumped by Aro's question, this question sounds easy but is actually hard to answer, probably only those who have experienced injury would understand.

  Ira looked at the wounds on Yakamaru's body, frowning non-stop to the extent that he could pinch a fly to death. He then shifted his eyes to the other side, not daring to look at Yakamaru in front of him. "Yakamaru... do you... hate me?"

  Yasha Maru seemed somewhat surprised by Iro's question, but it turned into a gentle smile. "People grow in the process of getting hurt and hurting others, but people also don't easily dislike other people."

  Actually, Pain was a good teacher, he taught me many things and made it easy for me to understand. I smiled very cutely, with an innocent smile like that of a child "Thank you, Pain, I think I finally understand what pain is."

  "Is it?"

  "I might be hurt too, just like everyone else. It always hurts so much. Although there's no bleeding, it still hurts here." Gaara clutched at his chest, the expression on his face revealing the pain in his heart.

  Yasha Maru walked up to Iruka and took the knife out of his hand, then used it to make a small cut on his middle finger. As Iruka's pupils constricted in shock, blood began to flow from Yasha Maru's injured finger, dripping onto the floor one drop at a time. "Perhaps physical wounds may look like they're bleeding, but as time passes, the pain will naturally disappear. And if you use medicine, it'll heal even faster. But the wound in your heart is troublesome, there's no injury that's harder to heal than this."

  "Hurt in the heart?"

  "Physical wounds and emotional wounds are a bit different. Emotional wounds don't have ointments that can be applied, and they may never heal in one's lifetime. However, there is something that can cure emotional wounds, but this medicine has some numbness to it, and it can only be obtained from others."

  "What is it? How can I..."

  "The best medicine to heal the wounds of the heart is... love." Yakimaru looked at a photo frame placed on a nearby cabinet, with a face that was no different from his own, an androgynous face. The person in the photo was Kagiro, Iro's mother.

  "Love?"

  "Yes."

  "How can I get it? What should I do to heal the wound in my heart?" Iruka looked at Yakamaru with some tension.

  "Iroh-sama has already understood, love is to sacrifice and devote oneself for the important people around them, and to protect their thoughts with a compassionate heart, just like an older sister. I think my sister has always loved you, Iroh-sama. The sand guardians were originally aggressive spirits. The fact that they automatically protected you, Iroh-sama, is like a mother's love, I think the sand contains our mother's love for you. Even after her death, my sister wanted to protect you, Iroh-sama." Gaara looked at his sister's photo with eyes that instantly became gentle, as if tears were about to fall, and then turned towards Iroh, although not as gentle as he was towards his sister, but it could be seen that he also loved Iroh.

  Yasha Maru.

  "What?"

  "Thanks for stopping me just now."

  "No need to be polite, because Luo Shaoye is an important person by my side." Yasha Maru sucked on the finger he had injured earlier.

  I love Luo walked into the night demon pill and pulled up his hand, then held his injured fingers in his mouth.

  Yasha Maru looked at Iruka licking his wound and his eyes gradually sank 'Can you understand my pain......'

  I love Luo put down the Yasha Dan's hand and muttered "like the taste of iron."

  …………

  I love Luo sat on the bed with a puzzled expression, his eyebrows furrowed into a deep crease. Finally giving up thinking, he shifted his gaze to the person sitting beside him reading a book and asked in a seemingly perplexed tone, "Hey, Kurenai, what is love?"

  I put down the book and looked at Iro, who was frowning, and said softly while looking up at the ceiling with infinite gentleness in my tone "Once, brother told me that 'Love is the emotional connection between people, mutual trust, dependence, respect, care. Love isn't chasing after some beautiful fantasy, it's guarding the happiness you already have.'"

  "Does Akane have an older brother?" Iro seemed surprised that I had an older brother.

  "Thanks"

  "What kind of person is Akane's brother?" Iro's eyes had a strange look, his mother had left the world when he was just born, his sister and brother were distant and fearful of him, and his father only used him with murderous intent. Iro had never felt the warmth of family love.

  I lowered my eyes, and the dense eyelashes covered up the warm feelings in my eyes, but the tone was full of dependence and pride. "…Brother is a very gentle person, no matter what I do, he will tolerate me. Brother is very powerful, no matter who it is, they will surrender at his feet. Brother is extremely intelligent, every person is just a pawn in his hands, but brother is still clumsy about some things. Brother's elegance and beauty are innate, the nobility and elegance of pure blood cannot be doubted, if compared to flowers, brother is like a blood-red rose..."

  "Does Aoi Sakura love your older brother? Is it a romance between Aoi Sakura and your older brother?"

  "I don't know."

  "What are you reading?" Iroh's home didn't have many books, at most there were only scrolls, so he felt infinitely curious about the book in the person's hand.

  "Hot Paradise." I've always been curious about the little yellow book that Kakashi has been holding onto in the anime. On my way back, I found a bookstore that sold this book, and since it said "prohibited for sale to those under 18", I used transformation jutsu to successfully buy it. But after buying it, I regretted it because I couldn't understand the content inside at all.

  "May I look?"

  "No way, tomorrow I'll teach you how to control the sand."