Helpless Reality

Uchiha Itachi had just finished a day's work in the Anbu and walked to his front door.

Immediately, he saw his younger brother Sasuke walking over from another direction with a pensive look on his face.

His face was covered with bruises, clearly from being beaten.

Seeing this, Itachi narrowed his eyes slightly, a murderous intent brewing in his heart.

But in an instant, he regained his smile and greeted his approaching brother with a gentle voice, "Sasuke, you're back. Where did you go to play today?"

Seeing his favorite brother, Sasuke instantly put aside the questions he had been pondering and greeted him with a smile.

"Brother, listen to me, I met a new friend yesterday, and today I went to train with him. His taijutsu is really amazing. I want to beat him, but I keep losing..."

While chatting, Sasuke pulled Itachi into the house together.

"I'm back." The two brothers' voices rang out in unison.

Their mother, Mikoto Uchiha, poked her head out from the kitchen, a gentle smile on her beautiful face, and said, "Welcome home, Itachi, Sasuke. Go wash up first, dinner will be ready soon."

"I've already eaten."

"Brother, Naruto's cooking is so delicious..."

After responding, Sasuke continued to chat with his brother about Naruto until dinner started, and Fugaku, Mikoto, Itachi, and Sasuke sat together to eat, without stopping.

Listening to Sasuke's description of Naruto, everyone listened quietly, even the always serious Fugaku did not interrupt.

Listening to Sasuke's description, Itachi understood that his younger brother had met a friend named Naruto Uzumaki.

This friend was not only very strong and would train with Sasuke, but also cooked very well, admired Itachi quite a bit, and even taught Sasuke a cultivation trick today.

"Naruto Uzumaki? Is he Aunt Kushina's child?" Itachi thought to himself, then cast an inquiring look at his mother.

He had seen Naruto as a baby in the hospital when he was a child and knew that he was the child of his mother's best friend. Unfortunately, she and her husband, the Fourth Hokage Minato Namikaze, had sacrificed themselves in the Nine-Tailed Fox incident.

Mikoto understood her eldest son's meaning and nodded affirmatively.

Fugaku couldn't help but sigh secretly. Their family had a good relationship with the Fourth Hokage's family, but it was a pity that the Fourth Hokage died young. Otherwise, their Uchiha clan would not have been excluded to this extent.

Sasuke did not notice the secret exchange between his family members. After recounting the cultivation trick that Naruto had told him, he asked his brother with a smile, "Brother, do you also rely on thinking and summarizing to quickly learn ninjutsu?"

Faced with Sasuke's expectant gaze, Itachi smiled dumbly and said, "That's right, but I used to do it subconsciously. I didn't have such a comprehensive theory as Naruto summarized."

Receiving his brother's affirmation, Sasuke couldn't help but smile happily.

The next day, Sasuke was stopped by his mother Mikoto before he left the house after breakfast.

Mikoto handed him a large bento box, then smiled gently and said, "Sasuke, take this to eat with Naruto. You can't always be taken care of by your friend, be careful on the road."

Sasuke didn't think much, responded, took the bento box, and ran out of the house to find Naruto.

When the two trained until noon and had lunch, they opened the bento box that Mikoto had given them and were surprised to find that it contained a high-class bento made of luxurious ingredients such as sushi, beef, salmon, and other seafood.

Moreover, the portion was very large, enough for the two of them for lunch, dinner, and even a midnight snack.

"Wow, it's so rich, Sasuke, your mother is so nice."

Naruto looked at the high-class ingredients that he had never eaten before and couldn't help but sigh.

"That's right, my mom is the best in the world, come on, eat quickly, don't say I'm always freeloading from now on." Sasuke didn't think much, just assuming it was a thank-you gift from his mom for Naruto taking care of him.

He called out to Naruto, and the two of them began to feast.

Naruto also didn't think much, just feeling that Sasuke's family was really nice.

However, what Sasuke didn't know was that just after he left.

Fugaku Uchiha walked out from behind his wife, Mikoto Uchiha, looked at Sasuke's back and sighed, whispering, "Now our clan's relationship with the village is getting more and more tense, we can't casually approach the Jinchuriki and cause misunderstandings from the village's higher-ups.

Otherwise, we should have adopted that child Naruto, at least to prevent him from living such a hard life."

If his son Sasuke wasn't still young and hadn't awakened his Sharingan.

And Naruto, as a Jinchuriki, also needed some bonds in the village to make him feel enough belonging to the village, Sasuke might not have been allowed to approach Naruto.

Mikoto didn't speak, just silently shed tears.

She and Aunt Kushina were very good friends, and now her child was in this situation, she should have lent a helping hand, and now that he had become good friends with her child, there was even less reason to stand idly by.

But in reality, there are often many helplessness.

She could only use this method to help that child, at least to let him have a good meal occasionally.

...

After this day, Naruto often practiced with Sasuke.

Occasionally, when Sasuke was learning new ninjutsu, or when Itachi was resting, he wouldn't come, and would stay with his favorite brother.

From Sasuke's mouth, Naruto heard countless stories about Itachi.

Occasionally, he would also receive small gifts from Itachi, given by Sasuke.

Unconsciously, Naruto would also develop some curiosity and longing for this brother-like figure.

However, Itachi was always busy, so Naruto never had the chance to meet him.

With a new friend besides Kurama, Naruto felt that there was more sunshine in his life.

Although he was still ostracized by the people in the village, Naruto wasn't so sad anymore. No matter how excellent or powerful a person was, they would never be liked by everyone.

In a lifetime, it was enough to have one or two confidants.

This was the principle Naruto had learned from books, and it was also his true feeling.

Unconsciously, Naruto had passed his sixth birthday.

This was the first birthday where he had friends to accompany him, and someone to give him birthday gifts and birthday wishes.

On an ordinary night in spring, Naruto, who had just finished his training and returned home, unexpectedly saw the Third Hokage sitting at the table, silently smoking his pipe and waiting for him.

Seeing Naruto return, he extinguished his pipe and handed Naruto a letter.

Then, he smiled and said, "Naruto, you've reached the age to enter school, this is the admission notice for the Ninja Academy, go to the school to register on time according to the time on the notice.

There, you will meet new friends and start a new life!"

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