Facing Sakura Haruno's fierce kick, Ino Yamanaka's expression changed drastically. No longer caring about staying down, she rolled aside, swiftly got to her feet, and snapped angrily, "You violent bitch, you'll definitely never get married in the future."
"What did you say?" Fire seemed to blaze in Sakura's eyes.
"I said you'll never get married." Ino refused to back down, fire flaring in her eyes as well. The two looked ready to start fighting right there.
"Women... truly troublesome creatures." Shikamaru Nara shook his head with a sigh and turned toward his seat. He had no intention of getting caught up in the vortex of those two women.
In the end, Sakura and Ino did not fight, because Iruka entered the classroom.
What followed was naturally the usual long-winded talk, with nothing particularly useful in it. By this point, all the courses had already ended, and because the exam was tomorrow, school was dismissed early.
"Naruto-kun, wait for me." Seeing Naruto get up, Hinata hurriedly followed him.
Going home together after school had become routine for them. It had remained unchanged for all these years, and Naruto had completely accepted this fiancée who blushed at the slightest thing.
After all, time had allowed her to grow. The little girl from back then had begun to blossom, and in a few more years, she would become the great beauty he remembered.
They parted in front of Naruto's house. Hinata did not intend to stay for dinner today and impatiently ran home.
"Father!" The moment she arrived home, she headed for Hyuga Hiashi's room.
"Hinata, do you need something?" Seeing Hinata come looking for him, Hiashi asked in puzzlement. As he remembered, his eldest daughter rarely came to him of her own accord.
"It's about the graduation team assignments. Father should have