The corner of Mirai Uzumaki's mouth curled up. "Because Naori is also a very kawaii girl!"
Izumi Uchiha's face instantly turned Kurenai, even her neck and the roots of her ears turning Kurenai. It made one want to find out whether the skin beneath her thin clothes was just as soft and pink.
She forcefully turned her head away, leaving behind only one sentence. "Urusai! Baka Mirai, what are you talking about?!"
Then she ran off.
She, Izumi Uchiha, was supposed to be a cool, aloof goddess, okay? That huge idiot Mirai actually described her as kawaii. It was too much!
But why did the corners of her lips keep wanting to rise?
No matter how hard she tried, she could not press them down.
Mirai watched Naori run away, smiled, then turned and left as well.
After that, the two met by the river every night.
Naori had run away in embarrassment on the first night, but she still came obediently after that.
When she saw the faint teasing in Mirai's gaze, she stiffly explained, "Hmph! I only want to learn Chidori Stream and become stronger!"
"Don't get any weird ideas, understand?!"
"Yeah, yeah!" Mirai naturally nodded, his smile carrying a trace of warmth.
After seeing Naori instantly awaken her Three-Tomoe because of him, how could Mirai not know how she felt?
After all, in the original story, Uchiha Sasuke had personally witnessed his entire clan get wiped out before he angrily awakened just One-Tomoe.
Compared to that, Izumi Uchiha's instant awakening of the Three-Tomoe made her feelings all the more precious.
He did not want to let her down.
In other words, since he was already here, why should he choose?
Even if he was still just a child, he wanted them all!
"Mirai, why do your