I Declare Naruto Is the Fourth's Son! (Part 2) / I Declare Naruto Is the Fourth's Son! (Part 3)

"..." Hinata glanced at Naruto Uzumaki.

Then she prepared to leave.

But just as she was about to turn around, she discovered that Kaede's door had opened.

Using the Byakugan, she could see that she had left the desk and come over to the door.

Naruto Uzumaki's dazed expression seemed to melt away like winter snow meeting spring.

"Yo!"

Naruto raised his hand. "Morning!"

"Seems a little too early, doesn't it?"

Naruto said.

Naruto was rather familiar with strangers, but she and Kaede really were quite familiar. ...

"..." Hinata silently watched this scene.

"..." Hinata.

How humble did someone have to be...

Yes.

She had reached that conclusion from Naruto's behavior, because she had realized that Naruto had not come yesterday—he had been standing outside Kaede's door since last night.

Yet he had not taken the initiative to knock, as if he were waiting for Kaede to open the door and "happen" to encounter him.

It seemed he was hoping Kaede would do something, but worried about causing her trouble.

And perhaps Hinata had experienced this kind of feeling before.

Sigh...

Hinata let out a soft sigh. It seemed Uzumaki was even more concerned about Kaede than she had imagined...

Wait!?

Hinata hurriedly came to her senses.

"I'll be on Naruto's team."

"After all, I exist to be with him."

"..." Kaede had said all of this when everyone was being assigned teams after graduating from the Ninja Academy.

And now...

Naruto Uzumaki's attitude was quite similar to hers...

Then...

She liked Kaede... and Naruto Uzumaki was...

Hinata hurriedly hugged her head and crouched down.

Upstairs, Kaede looked outside and spotted Hinata.

But Naruto's yearning was far too obvious right now.

"Since you're already here," Kaede said. "Then let's not waste any time."

"Let's head to the back mountain."