The Future of Us | Naruto

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Inside the house that was covered in ice, Kirin and Akemi both entered its premises cautiously. The floor was slippery and they needed to watch where they were going to not accidentally slip and land on their butts. The inside of their home was ice cold, the walls had little cracks that made them think about how that happened. When they got to their desired place they approached the drawer that had their family photos on top of the wooden structure, the walls weren't the only thing that had cracked due to the ice cause so were the frames of the photo that was stuck on top of the flat surface of the drawer. The two grunted as they both pulled the picture frame, when they did get the frame out of the ice that glued it together to the drawer, they both grew surprised when the ice that covered the frame broke into pieces as well as the frame that the ice was covering. They sighed as they looked at the picture to see it unharmed although gasps soon came out of their mouths as they discovered something from the picture they were holding. Their father and a group of people that they never had seen ever before.
❝ Who are these people.? ❞ Kirin mumbled under her breath, her and Akemi's eyes both wide opened as they looked at the picture that the dark-haired girl was holding in her hands. In the specific picture was a group photo of team Taka- a group that their father had constructed long ago but they didn't know that so their minds wandered into confusion and curiosity. With a glance towards the other, they both walked out carefully of the ice-covered house and set foot to the hospital to where their mother was being confined for the time being.

      ❝ A picture? ❞ Sasuke's eyes looked at the screen with confusion as Ameri literally had dot eyes as she watched the screen in front. ❝ Isn't that your team? ❞ She had asked the latter beside her. ❝ Yes, but why do you have that? ❞ only a shrug met Sasuke's question as Ameri also questioned herself. To be fair, she knew of the team that was on the picture, and they were all good friends but why isn't she in that picture? She pouted secretly before ignoring the nagging feeling of betrayal in her chest.

      ❝ What's so intriguing about that picture? ❞ Tobirama voiced out his opinion but his question only met the shrugging shoulders of the people in the room. Sighing he took a glance and observed the two couple who were whispering at each other, he thought that maybe they knew about this but just didn't say anything. ❝ Is no one going to talk about how Ameri covered the whole house from inside and out in ice? ❞ Kiba muttered to himself, he was a bit scared of the white haired lady. I mean who wouldn't?

The two girls sat down on a bench outside of Ameri's room with Sakura who sat beside them due to their request. The pink-haired woman was confused, her nieces were acting rather strangely. ❝ Okay, what did you want me to see? ❞ she inquired, a small smile decorated her face. The two sighed before Kirin took the same picture from before out of the small bag that she had to let Sakura see what all the fuss was about. The pink-haired woman almost let out a gasp but contained it although her efforts of containing her surprise didn't do a good job as Akemi's sharp eyes saw this and narrowed her eyes at the woman whose eyes grew wide involuntarily. Kirin caressed the picture slightly before meeting Sakura's eyes who were fixated on her. ❝ We both wanted to know who this woman besides our father is. ❞ Sakura sighed at the emotions that displayed over Kirin's pale face. The twins both looked at her with pleading faces more so with Kirin who was in front of the pinkette.

      ❝ Oh, so that's what this is about... ❞ Keigo nodded his head as he understood why the girls were with Sakura. Madara's eyebrow shot upwards after he made a conclusion on why the girls were acting like that, his eyes showed distaste to the whole situation as others began to speculate on an assumption.

      ❝ Akemi has good eyes. ❞ Sasuke mumbled so that only Ameri could hear him. The white-haired lady, nodded her head at his statement a small grin plastered on her mouth. ❝ Yeah, she does. ❞