Tenten, surprised by what I said, grabs my arm and says to me.
"Hey, Yuu, let's go find another one."
"Why?"
"The adults in the village say we shouldn't go near that girl, and the other kids don't either."
"And why should I listen to what adults tell me and respect the opinions of others?" I decide who to associate with." Moreover, those children are complete enough to look for someone there."
"But... hey."
Before she can say another word, I start walking faster and soon catch up to her.
Upon hearing my footsteps, she looks in my direction, where I am walking with Tenten, and it caught her attention, and she looks at me with a confused expression, with a bit of uncertainty.
Before I can say a single word, I tell him.
"Hey you, I'm short a player, come play with me." Almost stating the facts, I give the word.
She looks at me with more doubts and quickly starts looking around as if to check that I didn't tell someone else. She finishes checking that there is no one else, raises her finger pointing to herself, and asks with a tone of uncertainty.
"Are you talking to me?"
"Yes, you."
—Before he can say another word, I raise my hand to grab his hand and pull him, ignoring his surprise and a bit of panic—Naraku says.
"Wait a moment, I didn't even say anything..."
Before he can say anything else, I quicken my pace, ignoring whatever he has to say to me.
To tell the truth, I don't want to have a conversation with her right now; we'll talk more calmly later.
And so three young people are seen walking, a boy holding a girl's hand and another one chasing them from behind.
We arrived at the place where I always come, I give him a baseball bat that I carved myself; yes, I have learned to carve wood and I must say that I have talent in that area.
She looks at me confused and I say to her.
"Just try to hit the ball that I'm going to throw to you."
After that, I go to Tenten to tell her to take the shooter position, and although a bit reluctant, she still accepts my request, gets into position, stares intently at Naruto, and throws him with considerable force towards Naraku.
By how I throw, you can see that I'm not very happy with Naraku.
But even so, Naraku hits it and sends the ball flying.
And so the fire was ignited between two people.
After several rounds, I'm going to stop them because this is starting to get out of control.
He took out a ball that I got because the baseball game was getting boring.
"Hey, time out." "Time out, let's go play with the ball."
At this rate, they're going to break my bat.
Naraku looks at me and says, pointing at Tenten.
She started first.
"Liar."
"Okay, stop already, let's go with the ball."
He spoke before they start fighting; I can see it coming.
I had almost forgotten that Naruto in the anime had a competitive nature for almost everything.
So, as expected, they start competing again to see who has the highest scores.
And you wonder where I got the goals from. Well, why bother getting soccer goals when you can use two stones to make a soccer goal?
After playing for a while, it gets late.
He called the girls and told them it's time to go.
I can see the disappointment on Naraku's face after hearing my words, but I can't do anything; we have to leave early, otherwise, Tenten's mom might worry.
"Well, see you next week; make sure to come."
Upon hearing my words, Naraku's face changes to one of excitement and says:
"Really, I can come."
"Yes, I don't see the problem, right, Tenten?"
I can tell that Tenten wants to say something, but I stare at her intently and, feeling my gaze, she holds back what she was going to say and speaks.
"Yes, I don't see the problem."
"You heard it right; now we all must go home to rest."
Then Naraku tells me with a suppressed smile.
"So, bye, I'll be waiting for next week."
I can see that he is leaving happy, as everything should be.
I'm about to leave with Tenten.
On the way, Tenten asks me.
"Hey, why did you invite her?"
Well, I was expecting that question, and I really don't know how I should answer you.
I think for a moment and say:
She looked sad, I couldn't see her like that and, even though she might cheer up, if she saw you in a similar situation, she would also come to you, wouldn't you like it to be that way?
Thinking about herself in the situation where I don't approach her, she quickly says.
"No, no, it's fine, I like you like this, don't change."
It seems that putting her in the same situation made her change her mind.
"Then let's not talk about it anymore, go home before your mom gets worried."
"Um"
I see her nod and go in another direction.
Well, when I was already at my front door, I saw that the door next door opened and a girl with a slender body and a very pretty face came out; she was casually dressed and also had purple hair.
I searched my memories, but I had no impression; she might just be an ordinary person. By the way, she is my neighbor.
"Hello, neighbor."
I don't know their name.
She nods in response.
As always, not very communicative, but I'm used to it.
After greeting the neighbor, I go to the door of my house, open it, and head straight to bed. As I go, I see my house a bit messy, but I'm used to it and I go to sleep in my bed; I lie down looking at the ceiling and, after a while, I start to close my eyes.
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Ugh, my fingers hurt from writing.
I am trying to be more descriptive in the novel to have a better overview.
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