"Uh..."
Izumi opened her mouth, unsure what to say for a moment.
She realized that even after a trip to the battlefield, Gua still acted like an NPC.
"Gua, hurry on home. Your parents are waiting for you, and so are Orochimaru and the others."
They couldn't just stand there in awkward silence forever, so Izumi decided to leave first.
"Oh, okay."
Gua answered reflexively.
Izumi turned and left.
Gua suddenly snapped out of it. Wait, no, no! Izumi, you should come inside too!
He figured that if he let Izumi leave now, his dad would probably look terribly disappointed in him when he went back.
And his mom, too...
Gua wanted to ask Izumi to stay, but she ran so fast that she was already far away.
Only then did she turn around and wave at him. "Bye, Gua! Remember to come play with me."
Gua opened his mouth and stepped forward to chase after her.
But when Izumi saw Gua coming toward her, she turned around and ran.
Gua stood there blankly. What was he supposed to do now?
He stared blankly as Izumi's figure grew more distant, then sighed quietly and headed home.
When he entered his living room, Uchiha Nai, Uchiha Oyama, and Uchiha Kabuto all gave him strange looks. Even Orochimaru eyed him oddly.
Anko glanced around at everyone, confused about what was going on. "Where's Izumi?"
His mother, Nai, stood up, reached the doorway in two strides, and craned her head out to look into the courtyard. There was no sign of Izumi. Only Gua had returned.
She turned around and demanded an explanation from Gua.
Gua: ...
"Izumi went home."
Nai: ...
Uchiha Nai stared at her son with wide eyes, unable to believe it.
Oh, this was bad!
*Her son might have