Naruto hadn't noticed at first, but as he was carried farther and farther away, he realized something was wrong.
"Waaah! Waaah! Waaah!"
"You're not a kidnapper, are you?"
"Let me go!!"
"Hurry up and let me go!!"
"Help!!"
Little Naruto dangled from Gua's hand, howling loudly for help.
But nobody came to save him.
For one thing, the boy had never been easy to deal with. The older he got, the more he acted like a little demon. Besides, he was supposedly the reincarnation of the Demon Fox. Nobody wanted to invite bad luck by getting involved with him without a reason.
Kidnapping? Who would dare kidnap someone so openly in Konoha?
Was he kidding?
This was clearly a case of the boy who cried wolf...
Nobody believed him.
Gua carried Naruto to a shopping street to buy supplies.
Itachi was in charge of finding the supplies on the list, while Gua handled paying and carrying little Naruto.
Itachi had no idea why Gua was carrying this little nuisance around.
He asked once along the way, and Gua said, "An evil brat needs to be reformed with love."
Itachi didn't understand that, either.
He only felt that Gua seemed a little more admirable.
By the time they finished gathering supplies, Naruto had exhausted himself with all his howling and simply dangled from Gua's hand like a toy.
"Hey, anyway, where are you taking me?"
Naruto raised his head and asked Gua.
"Grandpa Hokage will get angry if he can't find me, you know~"
Naruto added another threat.
"Does the Hokage visit you often?" Gua asked casually, holding two large bags of supplies in one hand and Naruto in the other.
"Uh-"
Naruto fell silent for a moment, then went right back to being unreasonable.
"None of your business!"
"Anyway, if