Bond ≠ Love, You Know

Seeing this, Aoba's throat tightened, a sour feeling surging in her chest.

Just as she was about to thank him, Mina, curled up in the bedding, suddenly let out a soft hum, her voice still thick with sleepiness.

"Izuna, what's for breakfast today~"

Her soft question mixed with a long yawn, Mina rubbed her reddened eyes and slowly crawled out of the covers, her pouting lips still sticky with drool.

"Mina, today I brought you your favorite fish balls, and for Little Kosuke, I brought a new flavor of milk."

As he spoke, Izuna reached into the food box and handed a bowl of milk to the senior Aoba beside him.

Then, he carefully took out the fish balls that Mina loved to eat.

"See, they're still steaming."

Following Izuna's earlier movements, Mina also noticed her mother kneeling beside her.

Looking at her mother, who was holding her awake younger brother and watching her with a knowing smile, Mina's face, which was slightly red from sleeping, instantly turned as red as a ripe apple.

Even the joy of her mother's return was briefly overshadowed by shyness.

Seeing this, Kosuke couldn't help but mutter to himself.

Those who knew about early romance in the Naruto world in my previous life... I didn't expect it to be this early!

This is simply a crime!!

Damn Uchiha Madara! Your sweet and tender younger brother is about to stop loving you!!

"Achoo~"

A five-year-old child was training in a training ground and suddenly sneezed inexplicably.

No way!

Is my sister destined to be a widow??

Thinking this, Kosuke helplessly opened his mouth and began to babble, flailing his limbs to express his hunger to his mother.

"Oh~ my dear Little Kosuke, I'm so sorry, Mom saw that your sister forgot about the cute Kosuke. Phew~ Here, Little Kosuke~ Careful, it's hot~"

Kosuke looked at the approaching ceramic bowl, smelled the different milk, and mechanically opened his small mouth.

Here we go again!

Izuna, just you wait, you little brat. Milk with a different flavor every day, right?!

Uchiha Madara!

Uchiha Izuna!

Time flew by, and three years passed in the blink of an eye.

Three years ago, the Great Elder of the Uchiha led his troops in a surprise attack on a Senju Clan stronghold and achieved great success.

On the subsequent main battlefield, the Uchiha Clan Head, Uchiha Tajima, personally took to the field and led his clansmen to defeat Senju Butsuma's forces.

They pursued their victory, killing three elders of the Senju Clan who were fleeing in disarray.

After this battle, the Senju Clan was severely weakened, and the Uchiha completely established their position as the number one clan in the ninja world.

The victorious Uchiha clansmen received a warm welcome from within the clan.

They raised their clan flag, and cheers echoed throughout the clan grounds, the entire clan immersed in the joy of victory.

In the following two years, the ninja world strangely fell into a state of peace.

And all the clans in the ninja world seemed to have a tacit understanding; for any mission involving the Uchiha clan, no one, no clan, would accept it, leaving it hanging.

"Little Kosuke, you're drawing and scribbling again. For the past three years, whenever you had free time, you'd be alone, doodling."

"By the way, what exactly are you drawing? Ninjutsu hand seals? It doesn't look like it either?"

Uchiha Kosuke pushed away the approaching head, a look of annoyance appearing on his face.

"If you don't know, don't bother me. Do you think everyone is like you, starting to pester other people's doors at the age of three?"

"Uh~" Uchiha Izuna retracted his head speechlessly. "What do you mean 'pester'?! I was clearly bringing food for you and your sister!"

"Okay, okay, okay! Does bringing food require pestering my door? Are the door rings, which are bigger than your head, just for decoration?"

Kosuke put down his brush and looked teasingly at Izuna, who was three years older than him.

He was ready to see how he would explain.

"I was afraid of waking you and Mina. Last time, just because I was a little loud, she didn't talk to me for days."

Kosuke, who wanted to watch a drama but ended up getting caught in it himself, suddenly had black lines all over his forehead.

"You... You little brat, you've been thinking about my sister since you were three years old??!!"

"Uchiha Madara!! Don't think you're so cool just because you're standing on my courtyard wall! Take your sleep-talking brother and disappear from my sight!"

Honestly! Can't the Clan Head's family have just one person with a normal mind?

One always showed off from a young age, the other always poked around other people's doors.

Kosuke slammed his hand on the table in front of him, glaring angrily at Uchiha Madara, who stood with his arms crossed at the head of the courtyard.

Uchiha Madara, however, acted as if he hadn't noticed. His calm and composed demeanor only made Kosuke's teeth itch with frustration.

At eight years old, Uchiha Madara was already showing the potential to be a show-off.

He wondered if the later title of "Dance King" was related to the taijutsu he started practicing from such a young age.

In any case, Kosuke found both brothers increasingly annoying the more he looked at them.

This didn't feel like the deep bond between brothers described in his past life at all, did it?

He was speechless!

As for Kosuke's grumbling below, Madara slightly opened his previously closed eyes, his faint gaze falling on his younger brother, Izuna.

He too was quite confused.

His once clingy brother, who used to beg him to train together, his adorable brother, had completely changed in such a short time.

Could it be that because he trained alone too many times when he was five, his adorable brother developed the strange habit of poking around other people's doors?

Suddenly, Kosuke seemed to sense something, his small head tilting sharply.

But he couldn't dodge it in the end, as a fair, small hand gently landed on his head.

"Little Kosuke, what nonsense are you spouting all day?"

A slightly chiding voice sounded in his ear.

Kosuke turned to look at his older sister, Uchiha Mina, his eyes nearly rolling out of his head.

"Sister, look at you now. Mom just taught you how to refine Chakra this morning. Shouldn't you be in your room practicing Chakra refinement instead of running out here?"

Sensing her brother's scrutinizing gaze, Mina, who had finally mustered the courage to assert her authority as an older sister, instantly lost all her resolve.

After waiting for a while and seeing her sister shrink her neck and remain silent, Kosuke's scrutinizing gaze shifted back to Izuna.

It was better not to look, but looking made Kosuke's temples throb.

The urge to grab a knife surged through him instantly.

"Uchiha Izuna!!!" Kosuke roared, veins bulging on his neck, "Where are you looking with those little eyes of yours! No, can you please put away that perverted grin?!"

The few crows perched on the eaves instantly scattered with a flurry of wings, a few black feathers spiraling down to land gently in the courtyard.

"Hahahaha~"

Izuna, jolted by Kosuke's shout, nervously reached up to touch his forehead, a fawning smile on his face.

"It's just that I was taught the Chakra refinement method this morning, and I figured Mina would have some questions for you today, so I brought my big brother to your place."