14 Academy Days (1/2)

Materializing in a side alley, Kushina near immediately bombarded him with questions about his bloodline. Some he could answer, while others he didn't even know himself.

As they stepped into the crowded streets scouting for a shop selling office utensils, Kuhsina almost had to yell to be heard over the noise.

”So, what's the name of your bloodline?”

”Hmm, now that you point it out, I guess mine has never been named.”

There was still much left to be discovered. In several ways, Fuzen's bloodline was beginning to feel unnatural to him, and that it couldn't be defined within the bounds of how other bloodlines was classified.

”That just seems... wrong. Don't it all bloodlines have names and such?”

”That might be true, but mine doesn't.”

To Fuzen, it wasn't important what it was called, or even if it was called anything at all. Not now at least. In the future, he may have a different opinion.

To get his full attention, Kushina grabbed his hand and pleated with big violet eyes.

”Tell me what it feels like?”

Fuzen couldn't help his sudden outburst of laughter knowing exactly how that could be misunderstood.

Resorting to an endearing sort of anger, Kushina stomped the ground and demanded to know why he was laughing.

”It's not what you did, but what you said and how you said it.”

”I don't understand, explain it to me!”

Shaking his head Fuzen explained to her exactly what he meant, and by the time he finished, her face had turned several shades of red.

Desperate for a way out, she went all-out searching for a place to buy the new pencil he'd promised.

After a while of looking around like a confused chicken, her search led to a small shop. Much to his surprise, Kushina wanted an exact replica of the one he'd sabotaged. Not that he minded at all.

Having paid for the pencil, Fuzen engulfed both of them in darkness once again. He one last stop in mind before they ended their day together.

As they materialized a second later, an impressive view opened up before them. ”Wow! I've never been up here before.”

”Few people have.”

Standing on top of the First Hokage carved into the mountainside, the two of them could see the entire village below.

Considering the consequences, the widespread smile on her lips dimmed a bit. ”We're not going to get in trouble, right?”

”Nah, I've been up here plenty of times before and they have never managed to capture me.”

Even though he didn't quite answer the question, Fuzen could still sense her smile return once again. ”I like how nothing worries you. I wish I could be more like that?”

With no one stopping him, he sits down to get comfortable and takes in the spectacular view. ”Nobody is stopping you Kushina. You can be whatever you want?”

Following his lead, she sat down next to him. ”Even if that dream is to become the first female Hokage?”

”Sure, if that's your dream. However, from what I've seen from the current Hokage it's not all that fun.”

She shook her head from his ignorance. ”It's not about fun. It's about gaining the respect of everyone.”

”But why? I don't understand why you would care about gaining their respect in the first place? Those sorts of things seem useless to me.” Fuzen turned to face her. ”Living your life for someone else is no way to lead a life.”

”You kind of selfish, you know that?”