The unpleasantness of that morning soon faded from everyone's minds.
Once his mother, Nai, and his father, Dashan, confirmed that their son hadn't gotten the worst of it, they were completely reassured.
In fact, when Itachi told Uchiha Oyama that Gua had sent Karui flying with a single kick, he laughed heartily and gave Gua a thumbs-up. "Well done! That's my boy!"
Gua curled his toes in embarrassment.
He could see it now. His parents were the thoroughly doting sort.
Someone bullied their son?
"Absolutely not!"
Their son bullied someone else?
"Good job!"
Uh...
With his mother, Nai, and his father, Dashan, unconditionally on his side, Gua felt warm inside.
He even thought that if he ever told his parents, "I'm going to become a rogue ninja!"
They would pack up that very night, and all three of them would slip out of Konoha...
Love you, Mom!
Gua silently declared his love for his mother.
Why not say it out loud?
Izumi and Itachi were still there. Even Gua would get embarrassed.
What?
You were asking about his dad?
His dad had gone to take a dump!
"Dashan! What are you doing?! Come out and help!"
His mother, Nai, shouted from the kitchen.
His father's voice came from the bathroom. "Coming!"
The toilet flushed.
After washing his hands, Dashan carried over a basin of leafy greens, settled beside the three children with a show of helpfulness, and began picking through them.
"Izumi, Nai told me your mother was Uchiha Mizukagami?"
Uchiha Oyama chatted as he sorted the vegetables.
"Uh-huh."
Izumi looked a little uncomfortable.
"We were very good friends back then, too."
Dashan leaned toward Izumi's ear and whispered, "It was actually your mother's encouragement that finally made me decide to pursue Nai."
Izumi scratched her head awkwardly. "Haha."
Gua