It... didn't hurt at all anymore?
It worked even better than Hinata's ointment...
Startled by the little girl suddenly standing on tiptoe to touch his face, Uzumaki Naruto instinctively leaned back. His eyes had been tightly shut, his expression screaming "That hurts," but now, with some hesitation and surprise, he cautiously opened them. His blue eyes lowered slightly, his heart full of astonishment.
He clearly hadn't expected the searing waves of pain from moments ago to vanish so quickly.
When the girl suddenly walked up to him and touched his face without a word, he had expected it to hurt even worse than before. Almost instinctively, he shut his eyes and made the expression and posture of someone bracing himself for pain.
But he hadn't expected her hand on his face to bring not pain, but a cool, soothing sensation. It was somewhat like the ointment Hinata had given him, but it worked far better.
The moment that cool sensation surfaced, the pain disappeared. Not only was the pain gone, even the swelling was subsiding at a speed he could clearly feel.
Now, he could not feel anything at all. The swollen pressure around his left eye that had kept it shut was gone. There was no pain or swelling left, only a warm sensation spreading across the left side of his face.
Amazing! That thought flashed through his mind almost immediately.
"All better now, you stupid blond big brother!"
At that moment, a crisp voice, even more exhausted than before, rang out.
The tiny hand slowly slid down from his face. Her already pale little face seemed to carry several more traces of fatigue.
Yet the smile on her lips had not changed at all.
It held a little purity, a little warmth, and a cuteness that even a