My Mom Called Me Home for Dinner

My mom's calling me home for dinner!

The shuriken struck a tree trunk a few meters away from Hyuga Satoru.

"What a pain!"

Hyuga Satoru frowned deeply.

He had already tried to keep his movements as quiet as possible, but it looked like he had still been noticed.

There was no helping it. It was almost evening now, and the bank of the Naka River was exceptionally quiet. In an environment like this, his movements were obviously a little too noticeable.

A few seconds after that startled shout rang out, a slender figure emerged from the forest, gripping a kunai as she stared coldly at Hyuga Satoru.

"Who are you? Why did you trespass into Uchiha territory?"

"Uh... strictly speaking, this place is still at least a few hundred meters away from Uchiha territory, right?"

Hyuga Satoru said helplessly.

"You are..."

A trace of surprise appeared on Uchiha Rin's face, and the hand holding the kunai subconsciously loosened a little.

She had originally thought some unfamiliar ninja was trying to sneak into the territory under cover of dusk, but she had not expected it to be just a boy about her age.

And those eyes...

"I should have seen you before, right?"

Uchiha Rin frowned slightly.

Hyuga Satoru looked familiar to her, but she could not remember him.

Hyuga Satoru sighed and said speechlessly, "Big sister, if my Byakugan hasn't turned farsighted, then we should be classmates..."

"Are we..."

Uchiha Rin tilted her head.

In her eyes, only the strong mattered. Among her classmates, she only remembered the few with decent strength. As for the Hyuga Clan, there seemed to be two classmates.

One was called something like Iroha, and her talent was passable. The other seemed to be dead last, sleeping in class all day and jokingly called the Obito of the Hyuga family by their classmates???

Looks like it was this guy in front of her.

"What are you doing here?"

"Uh..." Hyuga Satoru looked embarrassed and pointed at the clothes he had placed by the bank.

"If I said I came here to take a bath, would you believe me?"

Because he had gone into the river to pan for ore, his pant legs were currently rolled all the way up to his thighs, and most of his body was soaking wet. If he added a harpoon on top of that, he was genuinely afraid Uchiha Rin would shout that classic line...

Holy crap! Yuan Hua!

"You were taking a bath and just happened to clean up the riverbed too?"

Uchiha Rin looked at him coldly.

Beside Hyuga Satoru's clothes was, shockingly, a pile of rusty garbage: rusted pots, bowls, ladles, iron wire, shuriken, and even things like underwear...

This guy couldn't be some kind of pervert, could he?

The more Uchiha Rin thought about it, the more disgusted she felt.

Hyuga Satoru was about to explain further when he saw Uchiha Rin dart forward with a whoosh, already rushing to his side. Her slender calf drove her toes in a vicious sweep toward his chest.

Hyuga Satoru's upper body suddenly leaned back, dodging Uchiha Rin's attack by the narrowest of margins.

"Classmate, I think there should be some misunderstanding between us."

Hyuga Satoru's scalp tingled, and he immediately tried to explain.

But Uchiha Rin clearly had no intention of listening. Her voice was icy.

"First! I don't like people disturbing me while I'm training! Second..."

"I don't like other people bathing in the same river as me!"

The instant Uchiha Rin's cold voice fell, she abruptly rushed to Hyuga Satoru's side.

Hyuga Satoru defended with difficulty.

He could understand the first part.

But what the hell was that second part???

Uchiha... what a mysterious species.

The two clashed on the riverbank, the smacking sounds of their bodies colliding echoing through the small grove.

Uchiha Rin's attacks were quite ruthless. Every strike targeted Hyuga Satoru's weak points, but Hyuga Satoru managed to block them all by the skin of his teeth.

Once could be coincidence. Twice could be luck. Three times, four times...

Uchiha Rin frowned slightly.

Could it be that she had slacked off on her training recently, only training nine hours a day, causing her strength to regress?

"Looks like you're not as simple as you seem..."

The look in her eyes as she gazed at Hyuga Satoru grew a shade more serious.

Hyuga Satoru had no way to explain himself.

This place was too close to the Uchiha territory. If they made too much noise, it would definitely draw other ninja over.

The sky was gradually darkening. Dusk had faded away, and the two of them stood there in the hazy night, facing each other down.

"Miss, how about I come apologize to you next time? My mom's calling me home for dinner."

"I already said, first—"

"Stop!"

Hyuga Satoru decisively gave up on negotiating.

Uchiha Rin suddenly felt the pressure spike.

As fists and legs collided, her figure kept retreating along the riverbank.

"This guy..."

Uchiha Rin's expression gradually turned grave. After dodging Hyuga Satoru's attack, she abruptly leaped backward and flung out two shuriken.

Hyuga Satoru stayed calm and unhurried, blocking them steadily with his kunai.

Uchiha Rin began forming hand seals, and she did it very quickly.

Hyuga Satoru's eyelids twitched. Ninjutsu?

This girl had actually even learned ninjutsu.

In the gap while Uchiha Rin was forming seals, he suddenly charged forward, his palm wrapped in pale-blue arcs of lightning, and planted it squarely on her chest.

With a dull boom, Uchiha Rin's body abruptly flew backward and crashed into the nearby Naka River, sending water splashing everywhere.

"Sorry! My mom really is calling me home for dinner!"

Hyuga Satoru called out awkwardly, wrapped the pile of ore in his coat, slung it over his shoulder, turned, and sprinted away.

Splash!

Uchiha Rin emerged from the river, a trace of shock and disbelief in her eyes as she looked at Hyuga Satoru's fleeing back.

At that moment, her chest was twitching faintly as if she had been electrocuted, tingling and numb. Her clothes were soaked by the riverwater, clinging tightly to her body along with her waist-length hair, outlining her completely flat chest.

She had lost?

She had lost that easily?

What was that palm strike?

Gentle Fist?

That was fucking Gentle Fist?

Hyuga Satoru's back gradually disappeared into the night. Soaking in the bone-chilling riverwater, Uchiha Rin suddenly curled the corner of her mouth.

"I thought Kakashi was already unmatched under heaven. I didn't expect there to be someone even fiercer than him!"

"Hyuga Satoru, huh? Interesting..."