Brother, You Abandoned Me After Playing With My Feelings?

Early the next morning, Narak was still sleeping in a daze when Hinata and Hanabi burst into his room.

"Brother, wake up!"

Hinata leaned over the head of Narak's bed and called softly.

"Brother, hurry and wake up, wake up! We have guests. They came to see you, and Father told us to bring you over!"

Meanwhile, Hanabi had climbed onto Narak's bed. She pounded on the quilt covering him as she spoke.

Narak had been sleeping soundly, but his two younger sisters had disturbed his pleasant dream. He could only pull the quilt over his head with an utterly hopeless expression, pretending he hadn't heard them.

Yes, I'm an ostrich. As long as I bury my head deep enough, no one will be able to find me! Narak consoled himself.

Little Hanabi watched Narak cover his head and continue sleeping. Her eyes rolled, and an idea came to her.

She stood up on the bed, bent her legs slightly, then suddenly pushed off and leaped high into the air.

"Poof..."

After jumping, Hanabi came down and kicked Narak hard in the stomach, producing a dull thud.

"Urgh..."

Narak had still been half-asleep, but the kick jolted him fully awake. His whole body nearly bounced off the bed.

"Little Hanabi... You're getting naughtier and naughtier..." [○･｀Д´･ ○]

Narak's face darkened as he looked at Hanabi, who was still standing on top of him.

That kick had nearly knocked Narak's soul out of his body. Fortunately, Hanabi was only three years old and didn't weigh much. The quilt had also cushioned the blow. Otherwise, Narak might have thrown up last night's dinner.

"Heehee, lazy brother, do you know what time it is? Who told you not to get up? Hmph..."

Facing Narak's darkened expression, Hanabi was not flustered in the slightest. She even looked down on him righteously!

"Tsk... Honestly, I shouldn't have spoiled you two so much!"

Narak rubbed his forehead, feeling somewhat melancholy.

Narak and his sisters' mother had suffered complications while giving birth to little Hanabi. She was left with a chronic illness and passed away not long afterward.

Before her death, she called Narak to her bedside and repeatedly urged him to take good care of his two younger sisters. At his mother's bedside, Narak swore that he would care for them for the rest of his life and never let them suffer the slightest grievance.

After that, Narak doted on his two younger sisters even more. As long as they wanted something, he would do his best to satisfy them.

Sometimes, even their father, Hyuga Hiashi, felt that Narak spoiled his two younger sisters a little too much.

This had caused little Hanabi to become more and more lively. She was completely different from the original story. The Hanabi of this world was more similar to Ino.

Hinata, on the other hand, had changed less. She was still quiet and refined, though she was no longer quite so timid.

In fact, at some point, Hinata had even begun taking Narak as the target she wanted to catch up to and started training hard.

This greatly comforted Hyuga Hiashi. Although the Hyuga Clan now had Hyuga Naraku to shoulder its future, Hiashi did not want his daughter to become nothing more than a decorative vase.

Narak rubbed his stomach, which still ached faintly from Hanabi's kick. He picked her up in one motion, ignored her struggles, and rubbed her head vigorously until her smooth hair was mussed into something resembling a bird's nest before setting her down.

Nearby, Hinata covered her small mouth and secretly giggled as she watched Narak ravage Hanabi's little head.

After letting Hanabi go, Narak turned to Hinata and pinched her cheek. "Tell me, why did you two wake me up so early? Where do you want to go play this time?"

Hinata: "No, Brother. Father sent us to wake you up. Apparently, a big sister named Kurenai Yuhi came to see you!"

"Kurenai Yuhi?" Narak froze for a moment before suddenly realizing that the Third Hokage must have agreed to his proposal to eliminate Ido. Kurenai Yuhi had come today specifically to take him to Satomi Hill Manor.

"Damn it. I was so groggy that I nearly forgot about the important matter!"

Narak raised both hands, yawned, and stretched before getting out of bed to wash up.

"Brother, that big sister is quite pretty. Since she came to see you first thing in the morning, you didn't abandon her after playing with her feelings, did you?"

Hanabi came over again and suddenly said this to Narak.

"Poof..."

Narak had just been about to brush his teeth. Upon hearing Hanabi's words, he couldn't help spraying the mouthwash from his mouth.

"I'm asking you, what exactly is in that little head of yours? What are you thinking about all day long?" Narak's mouth twitched.

"Hmph hmph! Brother, don't think that I'm young and don't know anything. I know exactly how charming you are."

"Sakura and Ino are always clinging to you because they both like you. And it's not just them—there are plenty of other girls in the village who worship you too!"

Hanabi planted her little hands on her hips and spoke like a seasoned adult.

Narak was completely speechless at his little sister. She was so young and already knew so much. What would happen when she grew up?

"Hinata, take Hanabi to the study first. Teach her more reading and writing. Don't let her spend all day thinking about such random things." Head aching, Narak began shooing them away.

Hinata: "Mm-hmm, all right, Brother. We'll be going now. Take us out to play when you have time!"

Hinata obediently led Hanabi away, and Narak finally regained some peace and quiet!

Fortunately, Hinata is still as well-behaved and sensible as ever! Narak finally found a little comfort.

In the main hall of the Hyuga Clan, Hyuga Hiashi was currently entertaining Kurenai Yuhi.

Strictly speaking, although Kurenai Yuhi possessed an exceptionally strong talent for genjutsu, she was still only a Chunin at this point and was not yet important enough for the head of the Hyuga Clan to personally receive her.

However, after learning from Kurenai Yuhi that she had been acting under the Third Hokage's orders and would be heading out with Narak to carry out a mission, Hyuga Hiashi had remained out of curiosity, intending to find out what kind of mission it was.

Although this was somewhat against a shinobi's taboo, it concerned his son, so Hiashi could not worry about such things.

After all, his son had only just become a Jonin. Although he had defeated the veteran Jonin Kakashi and Kai when they joined forces, suggesting that his strength was formidable, what if the Third Hokage had lost his mind and assigned him a mission from which he had only a one-in-ten chance of returning?

"Ahem, Miss Kurenai, may I ask what mission the Hokage has assigned Narak? Would it be convenient for you to tell me?"

Hyuga Hiashi cleared his throat and asked.

"Lord Hiashi, I'm sorry, but this matter is classified. I can't reveal too much."

Kurenai immediately extinguished Hyuga Hiashi's hopes of prying for information.

Hiashi: "Ah, hahaha, if it's classified, then forget it. I was only asking casually."

Kurenai: "Actually, Lord Hiashi, there's no need to worry. Although this mission carries a certain degree of danger, Narak himself requested to carry it out yesterday. So presumably, he must be confident in his ability to handle it."

Hyuga Hiashi froze. "What? That brat requested the mission himself?"

Hyuga Hiashi found it utterly unbelievable. Volunteering to take on a mission? Was this really his son?

After all, he knew his son's personality perfectly well after all these years. If he could sit, he absolutely would not stand; if he could lie down, he absolutely would not sit.

"Yo, Miss Kurenai, good morning!"

Just then, Narak arrived in the main hall after washing up. He was holding a steamed bun in one hand as he greeted Kurenai Yuhi.