After finishing the grilled fish, the three of them lay on the grass again, quietly enjoying the summer night sky for a while.
Afterward, Senya and Hikari returned to their home in the Uchiha Clan Compound, while Konan left alone, preparing to return to the inn.
She wondered whether Ajisai, that little girl, was asleep yet. If the girl discovered that she had returned so late, Konan felt inexplicably guilty.
A white paper dove slowly glided beneath the starry sky. Looking down from above at the peaceful, tranquil Konoha below, Konan could not help but feel a sense of longing.
In a few more years, she hoped the people of Amegakure could live like this too...
The paper dove flew in through the inn window. Its body came apart, turning into sheets of paper that folded together again, restoring Konan to her original form.
Konan walked over to the coffee table and saw Ajisai asleep with her head resting on it. One hand lay atop a sheet of paper, while three rice balls sat beside her.
Konan gently pulled out the paper and held it before her, looking at the handwriting on it.
Lord Angel, I went out and bought you some rice balls. Remember to eat, and don't wear yourself out--?( ′???` )
Looking at the note Ajisai had left behind, Konan felt warmth fill her heart.
She glanced at the three rice balls beside her, picked one up, took a bite, and slowly chewed it.
Though the rice ball was no longer warm, Konan could still feel the warmth within it.
Was that... grilled fish?
Breaking it open, she saw that, sure enough, grilled fish was tucked inside the rice ball.
It seemed that not only Senya and Hikari remembered—this little girl remembered too that fish was her