Hanabi, Neji, Hyuga Natsu, and the client continued onward.
Naruto stood where he was, watching them with a smile. Hanabi kept looking back every few steps, and even after she had walked some distance, Naruto was still standing there watching her leave.
Hanabi tightly gripped the Chakra Dagger in her hand and pressed it to her chest, warmth filling her heart. Only when Naruto was completely out of sight did she fall into a slight daze.
"That Naruto guy... Lady Hanabi, you shouldn't..." Neji trailed off halfway through his sentence when he saw Hanabi's bashful expression. It was exactly like Hinata's.
It's over. That dead-last Naruto Uzumaki is here, and another little girl is about to fall for him! Neji rubbed his forehead. Sakura had privately told him some gossip about Naruto, so he had heard a little about it. Now that he was seeing it firsthand, he finally remembered those rumors Sakura had mentioned.
Hyuga Natsu said suspiciously, "Lady Hanabi, based on what I know of him, Naruto absolutely doesn't mean what you think he does. There has to be some other purpose behind giving you such a valuable gift. A single-celled organism like him would never think of things like that!"
"Mm, Sister Natsu, Brother Neji, are you saying Naruto wants me to ask Father about arranging our marriage after I go back? But isn't that a little too soon? Shouldn't we go on dates first...?"
Hanabi coyly covered her face, her shy voice carrying a hint of anticipation. "How awful. That dead-last Naruto is so mean. What about my sister? This is so embarrassing... Could that dead-last really want both my sister and me? No, that won't do... Though being with my sister wouldn't be impossible either. But we can't let that dead-last have his way so