- I apologized for the intrusion," I announced my arrival from the doorway, kicking off my shoes and walking into the living room.
A few moments later, there was the sound of quick footsteps, and Kushina came into the room from the kitchen, dressed in a homemade light-colored dress that left her shoulders open and a kitchen apron thrown on top-she was obviously preparing her own food.
She was no longer hiding her head - her hair had already grown back an inch and a half and the kunoichi was sporting a cute hedgehog, but her eyebrows were still missing, making her look a bit odd.
- You! - her friend snarled.
- Hi, Kushi-chan," I waved at her, smiling, and the next moment I was forced to dodge a punch to the face, 'Well, no sooner do we say hello than we're fighting,' I commented on her attempts to stuff her face, dodging the next punch and breaking the distance with a light bounce.
- Deserved it! - The girl snorted indignantly, and with a fist in her palm, rushed after me.
But I could sense that Ba-chan had already cooled down and was showing hostility more out of her famous stubbornness than anger - she wasn't using chakra to strengthen her body and was moving slower than she could have.
- Oh young people, go flirt in your room and don't jump around the living room," came the voice of Mito's clone that had snuck up unnoticed by the kunoichi, causing her to jump in surprise and turn around to face the speaker.
- Ba-chan, we're not flirting, Datebane! - The younger Uzumaki exclaimed indignantly, splashing her hands.
- Then, the training ground is behind the house, there's no need to smash the living room, - coldly dismissed the girl kage bunshin, but then added, making her ward blush, - I chased Hashi-kun too, and in the end, everything ended in bed mutual reconciliation, - then nodded to me, - hello Ryo-kun.
- Hello Mito-chan," I smiled at her affably, "do you mind if I steal Kushi-chan for a while?
- Take it," the older Uzumaki waved the older Uzumaki away, "anything is better than pouting and sitting at home.
- Hey, I didn't agree," the young kunoichi exclaimed indignantly and jabbed her finger towards the kitchen, "Besides, I've got dinner cooking in there!
- I'll see to it, and you two sort it out among yourselves," the older Uzumaki sniggered and regally left the living room, leaving behind an awkward silence.
However, I did not think long and using shunshin, was behind the kunoichi, grabbed the surprised squeaked girl in a hug and used the technique again, in passing glad that I had thoughtfully left the door to retreat open.
A moment later, I appeared in the back of one of Senju's clan parks, the most deserted of course, and took a seat on a nearby bench, sidling Kushina into my lap and wrapping my arm around her waist. I got a solid elbow under my breath for that, but luckily that was all it took - she didn't rush out.
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