𝐍𝐚𝐫𝐮𝐭𝐨 𝐔𝐳𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐢 𝐗 𝐅𝐞𝐦!𝐔𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐡𝐚!𝐎𝐜 ── ❝ 𝐈 𝐖𝐀𝐓𝐂𝐇𝐄𝐃 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐋𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐓 𝐋𝐄𝐀𝐕𝐄 𝐇𝐄𝐑 𝐄𝐘𝐄𝐒 ❞
── Misaki could never have anticipated what awaited her in the years to come-her tumultuous feelings, her fractured famil...
"You missed out on the bell training yesterday," Lady Tsunade said the moment I stepped a foot inside her office. Her tone was disappointed, which echoed off the walls of the spacious room.
I kept on walking to her desk in a completely neutral pace, the soles of my shoes padding softly against the polished wood of the floor. "I didn't see a point in me being there," I said coolly, staring straight into her eyes. "It's just going to be Kakashi-Sensei and Sakura. Neither of them would even recognize I wasn't even there."
"They did, Misaki," Tsunade said as she put down the paper she was reading onto the mahogany desk with a decided thud. "If you continue ignoring my orders, then the elders will only become further displeased with you."
"Why does it even matter?" I replied, a note of disinterest lacing my words. "They should've died a long time ago."
"Those kids were truly annoying," Hanami's voice hummed in my mind, ever-present.
"Well, they aren't kids anymore," I replied with an eye-roll, my tone thick with sarcasm. Tsunade shot me a weird look, clearly confused by the eye-roll she did not expect from me, but she decided to press on, lecturing me ever so slightly.
"Misa," Tsunade sighed, frustration etched in her voice. "This is exactly why they don't like you."
I met her with a blank, unwavering stare. "They don't like me because I'm Uchiha," I said, my voice flat.
Tsunade sighed heavily, her eyes softening. "That isn't true, Misaki," she began, but the words came out with a complete lack of conviction.
"It is, Tsunade, and I was training with Anko last night anyway. I found no need to participate in any training with Kakashi and Sakura," I replied firmly. Tsunade let out a sigh, and her concern weighed heavily in her lines.
"After you finish training with me for the day, you go straight to training more with Anko. You need to remember not to over-exert yourself," Tsunade scolded lightly, her tone a mix of worry and admonishment.
"I know what I'm doing," I said blandly, brushing off her concern.
That illness of mine has caused her to be overprotective.
"Misa—" Tsunade began, but before she could finish, her office door burst open with a loud bang.
"Say, Granny Tsunade! What's our mission?" An enthusiastic voice rang out, filling the room with energy that was nearly palpable. It seemed the walls vibrated with the pure force of his presence.
"Knock, Naruto!" Sakura exclaimed, exasperated. I froze, my heart pounding in my chest as I refused to turn around.
