Hinata also noticed that the pure white around them seemed to be gradually fading, as though some scenery was about to emerge.
For now, however, her curiosity remained focused on the scarf in her hands. "Can I make things appear too?"
"No. For now, aside from me, only Kurama can do that."
Naruto explained.
"Kurama... is the one inside you..."
Hinata recalled what Naruto had told her, and just then, a somewhat unfamiliar voice sounded above her head. "It's been a long time, Hinata."
Hinata quickly looked up and saw an enormous fox head taking shape in the air, staring straight at her.
"Kurama, you can't say it's been a long time, can you? This is your first time meeting Hinata!"
Naruto said with a smile.
"...It's her first time. Not mine."
The Nine-Tails looked at the young Hinata before him, her image overlapping with the figure in his memories. She seemed to be the same person, yet there were slight differences.
Those somewhat hazy memories of everyday life surfaced in his mind again—
It had been a sunny afternoon.
"Hey, Hinata, that Naruto's about to collapse from exhaustion in the Hokage Office again. He's this busy before he's even become Hokage... Why don't you go check on him?"
The look in the eyes of Naruto's Shadow Clone, left at home to look after his young child, suddenly changed. He rose from the sofa and spoke impatiently to Hinata, who was doing housework nearby.
Then he casually tossed the still-tiny Boruto onto the sofa. Completely ignoring the little tyke bouncing up and down like a ball, he sat down to rest.
"Oh, I understand. I'm sorry to trouble you again, Kurama."
Hinata Hyuga, who was already Naruto's wife... or rather, Hinata Uzumaki, stood up, put aside her work, and slipped