To intervene or not to intervene?; maybe a little.

We're cleaning up all the paint we put on the Hokages' faces.

"This is disgusting" I nod as a sign of 'I think so too'.

"They won't leave until they finish cleaning up all their mess"

"So what, not like someone is waiting for us at home anyway," she says.

My hands stopped for a second as her words reminded me of something.

'*sigh* Indeed'

Then Iruka frowns a bit as she is momentarily lost in thought of her.

"hey y'all"

"What do you want now master Iruka?"

"Well, I was thinking that finishing this we could go for some ramen"

Then like a furnace that remembers the fuel from him, Naruko gets excited.

"Buahhh, now I feel motivated to finish this, don't forget your promise master Iruka!"

For my part, I don't feel motivated since I don't like ramen but internally I feel like laughing.

'I think the teacher will learn a hard lesson from 'don't invite Naruko to eat' (The same thing I learned at the time)'

Then time passes quickly.

...

After finishing cleaning the faces we went to Ichiraku.

"*eat eat eat*"

"Eat slowly, no one is going to take it from you" I say when I see her gluttony.

"Mnn*chew*mh-hfnmn*chewing*"

'I didn't understand anything' Seeing that she wasn't going to listen to me, she simply turned her head to ignore her.

"Why did they paint the face of the Hokages? Don't they know who they are?"

"Naruko told me" I say quickly directing attention to Naruko.

The teacher is a little speechless with my answer so he sighs internally.

"Of course we know, they are the best ninjas that existed in ancient times, the best of the best, the Hokages, especially the 4th who was the most surprising"

"Then?-"

"Because I'll be better than them!" Naruko exclaims excitedly.

"It will be the next legend, the great Hokage Naruko! Everyone will look at me with admiration" she says with a smile on her face.

We were both frozen and a little stunned by her words.

While the teacher is a little shocked by those big words, I somehow feel embarrassed, since I feel that she is like a girl with 8th grade syndrome who can't tell reality from anime.

I clutch my face to hide my embarrassed red cheeks.

'Is this a handicap of transmigres?'

*sigh*

"By the way, teacher, could you lend me your band for a moment? I want to try it"

"This *points to his band*? How do you think? Only when you pass your exam tomorrow will you have your own"

"That is unfair"

"Hahaha *light laugh*" Iruka chuckled seeing Naruko's aggrieved face.

"I want another bowl!" She says angrily.

"Jajaja it's OK"

That day Iruka's wallet suffered a hard blow (I ate a little so as not to give more burden to his wallet), even I was not surprised at what she could eat, somehow I was thinking what would happen if I were in her place to pay the bill, that gives me chills.

...

She looked ahead with a serious face.

Cloning!" I give a small cry.

*explosion of smoke*

A clone just like me comes out.

"Very good" says teacher Iruka.

I see his face a little discouraged.

'It seems like in the anime, Naruko disapproved'

...

I'm in the courtyard looking at the band they gave me.

I didn't wear it.

I look forward to the children talking to each other while being congratulated by their parents.

Seeing that interaction my face turns a little gloomy.

*sigh*

Then I see Ino in the crowd looking around.

'He's probably looking for me'

Then she looks in my direction and then she keeps looking around.

'Luckily there was a tree next to me'

I say sticking my head out of her side a bit.

'I don't want to interrupt Ino's interaction with her parents, it's a happy time after all…'

Then I turn my gaze to the swing that was at the other end.

There I see Naruko's silhouette.

I see an expression that I very rarely see.

He's sad.

'*sigh*, I thought I would be more indifferent when this was going to happen'

To tell the truth, this scene had been waiting for me a long time ago.

With the thought of not interfering in major plot events like this currently, I thought that I would be very indifferent but the current situation tells me otherwise.

Just seeing his expression makes a bit of resonance in my heart.

I look at the logo of the metal band.

'Is she sad not to carry this badge?'

I plunge momentarily into my memories.

'If only there was a way to make them understand the burden she bears with this badge without them contradicting me with the will of fire...'

*sigh*

I keep the band in my pocket.

He looked back at the swing.

'I know that in the past I swore that I would never directly or indirectly get involved in this scene because what follows is a risky problem for a third party like me but...I can't just see his expression wanting to cry, I think I would feel guilty later if I somehow didn't intervene'

Then I quickly move through the trees and get to Naruko's side.

...

*look*

"!?" Naruko is surprised to see me next to him.

"-ah it's you Yuu...you failed?"

"No, I passed with honors" I say smiling.

"Oh-, great then." She turns her head to continue to face forward.

"What's up, why the long face?"

"I failed"

"Oh, is that a reason to be sad?"

"Yes..."

"Mm, why?"

"It means that everyone is one step ahead of me, while I can never be a ninja" she says with great regret.

"Mnn, well, I still believe that this is not a reason to be sad"

Then she looks at me with a fixed look.

"You wouldn't understand, after all, you did graduate..."

Then she turns her head again, but this time looking down.

*sigh*

The scene is silent for a moment.

"You know, I think that being a hokage is not about rising in rank"

"Mn?"

"But to have recognition from friends and people, that is something that not everyone can achieve and for which I believe that having the band a year before or after will not affect anything, after all you are destined for this there either with a band or without a band, right?"

I say with a big smile.

Then she lifts her head slightly to meet my eyes.

"Do you really believe me?"

"Yes"

I see her eyes lighten up a bit but she seems to remember something and she becomes discouraged again.

(PS: I may not understand Naraku's personality but I have to say that since she is a woman, Naraku tends to be more emotional in certain cases, so you shouldn't rely too much on the original Naruto)

"But I don't have any friends and besides people hate me" She says as she remembers her failed attempts to befriend Sakura.

(PDA: If you are perceptive then you will have noticed in this paragraph that Naruko has told someone his true thoughts in everything he has been living (so far))

I wince.

'She's dumb?' I think as I shake those thoughts from my mind

"But what are you talking about, if you already have the first, right?"

"Who?" She says her as she looks at me for a bit.

Then I put my arm around her neck (up to her shoulder).

"Silly, wasn't I always your friend or did you think I was just a stranger?"

Then she is a bit perplexed since since she met him, she never told him that she was her friend with the seriousness with which she is saying it at this moment, she doesn't know what to say about him.

"Right, you were always my friend..." she says as her eyes look down with some happiness in them.

"I don't care if you're a ninja or not, I'll always be a good friend to you" I say in a low but serious tone.

"So you support me?" She says seriously as he looks at me.

"I have always supported you, from the beginning I trusted that you would be a Hokage (those words came from the heart)"

"I..." Her eyes get a little shiny.

From the beginning, whenever she told someone about her dream, they always made fun of her or put obstacles in her way, telling her that a useless person like her could never do something and things like that.

But today for the first time someone told him that they supported him directly.

This is quite a sensitive place of her heart.

Then with my arms around her I pull her in a little more.

"Come on, don't cry, Hokages don't cry" I say because it would make me very uncomfortable if that happened.

Then she wipes away the little teardrops that had protruded a bit.

"*sniff*- you're right"

She wipes her face and shows me her life look again.

I froze because this time I noticed something different in her expression.

A change to which I was instantly drawn. (PDA: Maybe it's the appeal of the evangelizing protagonists?)

I felt that strange sensation that I don't know how to identify but I'm unable to get out of it.

While I was looking at her, she seemed to notice my gaze and she was amazed because she seemed to have released a blindfold that did not allow her to see certain things that she had never seen in her good friend.

She doesn't know how to explain it but it's a feeling of peace in which he seems more attractive than she does.

She hadn't felt as much desire to be with him as she does right now.

I can see her crosshairs reflected in mine.

'She is beautiful...'

I think as I get a little closer to her to see her face closer to her.

She doesn't move away from her when she sees my face closer to hers.

I see how her lips are slightly open and unconsciously mine open a little too.

The situation is evident, I feel the desire to kiss her from the depths of me.

I don't care if all the parents and peers are watching me right now.

Our faces from her are inches away.

"Oh my, I came at a bad time"

I hear someone talking behind me.

I startle.

"Ah!-" "Ah!-" Naruko and I exclaimed at the same time as we were surprised by the sudden interruption.

We unconsciously pull apart and jump to opposite sides separating ourselves in the process.

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If you want you can see the new novel I'm writing.

is named:

Transmigrated to a world upside down. (Spanish).

Transmigrated into a world turned upside down.