He refused to believe it!
Sasuke would never believe he could form some supposed bond with an idiot like that and awaken his Sharingan for him.
Sasuke did not yet understand exactly how the Sharingan awakened, but he did know that awakening it was difficult, especially advancing it.
And he had actually advanced it for Naruto Uzumaki.
Sasuke Uchiha's thoughts involuntarily drifted back to that morning, when Naruto had hugged him and then kissed him.
His face turned thunderous!
Impossible.
Absolutely impossible.
After denying it inwardly, Sasuke turned his head away, refusing to look at Naruto as he kept lying to himself.
The journey was not particularly long, and bringing another person along did not burden them enough to slow them down.
Before long, they arrived outside Tazuna's house.
Tsunami was hanging out the laundry. As she shook the water from a piece of clothing, she spotted them and grew curious.
She opened her mouth to ask.
"Oh, Father, why are you back so early?"
Only after asking did she glance to the side and notice that the group had one more person than that morning.
"And why have you brought back a little girl all tied up?"
Haku: ...
"Haha, Haku's a boy, not a girl."
Seeing her misunderstanding and hearing her question, Naruto Uzumaki eagerly jumped forward to explain.
"Huh?"
Tsunami hesitated at those words. Had she seen wrong? She turned back to look again.
Time to observe...
She studied Haku for a very, very long time.
"Hehe, stop joking."
"I really am a boy."
Haku narrowed his eyes, his eyelids twitching as he stared at her with a strange expression and explained!
"Oh, fine, a boy it is. But why did you capture him?"
Holding a clothes hanger, Tsunami casually spread her hands, unconcerned. Whether Haku