"You keep a lot to yourself
because it's hard
to find people who understand."
Tayuya
The Sun shone through the thin curtains of her plain bedroom, albeit rather messy. Sprawled on the bed like a disfigured corpse wearing pink polka dots pajamas, she grunted in her sleep when the light pierced through her eyelids before begrudgingly covering her face with a pillow. About half an hour had passed and she started muffling into her pillow, embracing it with all her snoring might. "Shithead…I want mooooree…" She started shifting and slowly rolled to the edge of her bed, landing on the floor with a resounding thud, head-first. Her half-lidded brown eyes stared bitterly at the white ceiling, dried saliva at the corner of her mouth.
The wind blew through the narrow gap of her window, flawlessly flowing the curtains into a wave-like pattern before gently settling by the window, unconcerned of the redhead sluggishly walking towards it as she pulled them aside. Pushing the window open, she yawned longingly with squinted eyes, stretching her back with a squeal before leaning her elbows down onto the windowsill. From where she stood, less than half of the morning village was in her view. Trailing her beady eyes down at the street below, she followed each passersby walking into their morning routines. Feeling herself a bit stagnate and drowning in boredom…
She started whistling.
Her music tuned into a blissful nature of her peace, attracting theirs ears, piquing their interest and swaying their light bodies' elegantly. They felt the strain on their shoulders lifted, their once heavy heart rising amongst the clouds. What bothered them to make them frowned was forgotten, accepting their faults and keeping their minds at peace. Whomever woke with a spinning head felt their burdens being washed away, leaving their heads at rest. A young couple at war, cry in hate, love in forgiveness, embrace for their future. A widow grieving in loss alone, smile at the memories cherished. Wishing to walk off the edge of life, backed away for the fulfilment ahead, knife dropped.
Her stomach growled. "Damn, I'm hungry," She moaned "I'll turn into a fatass at this rate, fuckin hell." Swore the redhead, closing the windows, hearing the microwave dinged. Smirking, she opened the door and hustled down the hallway. "What's for breakfast?"
Naruto was standing in front of the microwave, his back facing her. "Morning, shithead." She greeted but he was unresponsive. She curled her brow and stood beside him. His eyes were opened but his blues seemed to be somewhere else far away. "Hey!" She called, snapping her fingers repeatedly. None, not even a blink. She scowled, thinking for a moment before breaking into a shit-eating grin. She put her index finger into her mouth before sticking it into his ear.
He fluttered his eyes. Body tensed. And shivered like a thousand ants crawling up his skin. He slapped her hand away as she broke in laughter. "W-what the hell?!" He cringed, sticking his own finger in an attempt to clean the hole. "What was that for?!"
She was holding her sides cackling then hands on her hips, sighing in relief. "You had a thousand yard stare on you, what's wrong? Did someone lit up your ramen coupons?"
He shivered at the image of it and curtly shook his head. "Don't worry about it" He dismissed it, taking out the tray of lasagnes from the microwave. "Hungry?"
"You kidding? I'm starving!" She grinned ear to ear, rubbing her hands together at the breakfast.
They began eating, sitting across from each other conversing.
"Sho houth youth life ith herth stho farth?" Asked Naruto, with a mouthful of meat and cheese.
Stuffing pasta into her mouth, she shrugged. "Ith althriugh, cath reathy complaith. Ethepth thath bith ath the weopoth sthore."
"Thath TethTeth, youth doth haft er shithmobi liceth. Sho, sheth cath sethll youth amything."
"Srewth herth! Hoth loth m ith suthpoth thu waith?!"
"If you two going to speak like that the whole time, I may as well choke you both full lasagna." They turn their heads at Konan, arms below her bust, looking down scornfully at them.
-"Sothhy"
They swallowed them whole and chug a glass of water down their throats. Konan sighed and pulled out a chair to sit down between them.
"Naruto-kun and I have discussed something concerning you after you've been staying here for a week. With the amount you've been eating, Naruto could hardly sustain it." The blonde was about to speak up but she held up her hand while the redhead listened intently. "Even though he's titled the village hero, his wages aren't all that much and they're about to run dry with how much he's spending on bills, equipment and provisions. So, I'm going to ask you this," She leaned in to emphasize the situation. "will you join Konoha's forces in order to support yourself?"
Tayuya stood up vehemently. "Of course I am! I intend to repay this fucking debt! Shit! I ain't gonna be his bitch for the rest of my life!" She exclaimed as the Naruto squirmed in his seat.
Konan leaned back against the chair arms crossed, satisfied. "That's all we needed to hear. Well, eat up. We're gonna go field training later."
"Huh? Why?"
"To test your abilities, of course." Konan grabbed a plate and fill it up as the redhead silently sat back down, anticipating for the later activity.
Naruto looked between the two and felt himself becoming giddy, grinning inwardly.
Training Ground 3
Tayuya wore a sleeveless red shirt showing a bit of her belly button with a full-sleeved fishnet top. Long spandex pants and crimson red ninja sandals. An empty kunai pouch on her right thigh as well as a red bandanna tied on her head.
She crossed her arms and confidently stood at a distance before them. "Well? Who am I going to fight? This blondy?"
Konan didn't need her cloak this time due to the hot mid-day sun. She nodded to Naruto and he returned it. Taking out a single Kunai, he spun it around his finger before tossing it to Tayuya. She caught it effortlessly and inspected the sharpened blade.
"Fighting him would be suicide by default. So, you're up against me." The Angel Of Ame declared stoically.
"Is that so?" She smirked, revealing her fangs. "I'm kinda disappointed, I'd love to see how he earned such a title, but you'll do." She knew she was building up a cocky front and essentially pissing off her opponent that would not end well for either of them. Underestimating her would be her first mistake.
"If you're going to put it that way, I won't expect much of anything from you." Konan coolly shot her down but that simply made her snarky grin wider.
"Whatever bimbo! So how it's going to be? To the death or are we gonna stand and stare at each other until one of us get impregnated by chad over there." That snide remark caused Naruto to visibly fluster when she avert his gaze at him.
Konan casually shrugged. "I wouldn't pass on that chance. At least I could live with it."
She snickered. "With an old hag like you? Hah! I doubt you could make it stand!"
At this point, Naruto was as far away as he possibly could, hiding behind a tree nervously peeking his head out at the two bickering on about. Having first-hand experience of how women settle their differences, he naturally opt-out...just to be safe. "This...wouldn't end well."
Konan's eyes narrowed. "A mouth as nasty as yours must have swallowed quite a questionable amount of dicks."
Tayuya adjusted her stance, preparing to go up against whatever coming her way. "And when you said you could live with it, I bet you whore yourself out to make a living!"
Naruto gawked.
"You sure talk a lot about fucking but what do you know about love and sex? Virgin." Konan smiled wickedly, raising her hands up as sheets of paper started peeling off of her skin.
"Heh! You bloody bitch. I'm going to enjoy seeing you bleed!"
Konan snickered back. "I'd love to see you try. All you have to do is to stab any one of these stumps behind me." She gestured at the three post behind her. "Naruto told me not to kill you but never said anything about flaying you alive. Don't worry, I'll try my best not to go all out on you. I'm not as cold as you think I am."
Naruto felt his heart sinking, expression dryer than the sands at Suna. "Maybe I should've worded it differently. Sheesh, the people I keep under my roof."
"You have two hours." Konan exclaimed as Naruto set down an hourglass on the middle stump. "You fail when the time limit is up or when you're incacipated."
With piercing eyes, they stared at each other down without moving an inch. A breeze went by between them and a single leaf was flowing within it. As the wind die down, Tayuya suddenly took a step forward before the leaf land.
"You know..." Naruto voiced flatly, almost causing her to lose balance.
"SHUT YOUR TRAP DUMBASS!"
"Ehehe, sorry." He sheepishly scratched the back of his head as the two narrowed their eyes at him. "Isn't this a bit much for her? As in, she just recovered not too long ago and hadn't taken the time to train." He pointed out as Konan crossed her arms, standing down and turn to face him.
"I don't expect her to beat me at first try. Which is precisely why I'm holding back to give her some room for improvement and growth. Furthermore, I-" A flash of red blew passed right behind her, cutting off mid-sentence.
"HA! YOU DUMB AIRHEAD! LOOKING AWAY FROM YOUR OPPONENT WAS YOUR FIRST MISTAKE!" Tayuya taunted over her shoulder, getting halfway close to her target as she reared her arm to throw the kunai.
The blue-haired did not even budge. "That's as worse as not taking your surroundings into consideration."
The fiery redhead instantly knew something was wrong when her other feet hit the ground. Whatever beneath her feet was supposed to have the sound of rustling grass but instead, it produced the crunching of paper she was all too familiar. A bright flash of light engulfed her vision as she hissed a single word.
"Fuck."
BOOOOMMM
As pieces of dirt rain over the area, Naruto chuckled humorlessly looking at the blackened smoke. "You just want to mess with her, don't you?"
Konan shrugged, glancing to the side. "What makes you think that?"
Instead of seeing the charred redhead, the smoke dissipated to reveal nothing but a broken log. Under forest cover, Tayuya clicked her tongue though feeling a bit relieved she managed to escape the blast that would blow her leg up.
"When did she get the place booby-trapped? Probably at the very beginning..." She crouched to the ground, peeking her eye over the open field. Tayuya knew that Konan exceed at long-range combat but hardly knew what she was capable of using something as fickle as paper. "If only I had my flute..." Wrapping her hands around each other, she pushed her lips onto the knuckles of her thumbs. "Its not as effective but it'll do." She breathed in...
Konan heard the call of an instrument, whistling throughout the entire field. She keenly listened in to pinpoint her exact location but was unable to because it sounded like it came from all directions. She moved her feet and saw the trees swaying along with the breeze. She felt her ears ring and her heart without a beat. She narrowed her eyes and held up a single hand before snapping her fingers. It snapped silently as the entire edge of the forest around her lit up without the boom of a bomb.
"What an interesting ability, your music can shroud all ambient sound, muting them out completely...that's very useful." Konan mused, finally being able to hear own voice followed by the sound of splinters and dirt raining down. "...but it seems to have a weakness. It can be overpowered by a shockwave rendering it useless," She glanced to her right at the forest. "Isn't that right?"
Tayuya ducked behind a tree, gritting her teeth. 'Fuck! She instantly noticed it. Just how observant is she?' Silent Harmony as she called it. Effective for escaping and infiltration or conduct a massacre in broad daylight. For now, she was at least in a more favorable position and in view of her objective. 'I can't throw it from a distance or else she'll simply blow it away and I can't get too close without setting off a trap. I only have one kunai for fuck's sake! I have to improvise somehow...'
She poke her head again and saw Konan was gazing at the opposite forest with her back facing her. The jutsu must have had an unintended effect in messing up her sense of direction. This might be her chance. She would use Silent Harmony again to quickly change her position before Konan could counter with an explosion. She only have two seconds before the jutsu dissipates and use that small window to throw her kunai at the post. After formulating a quick plan, she clasped her hands together once more and breathed in. An ominous whimsical tune escaped her palms blanking the stage with her music once more as she took off. However, she became puzzled to see Konan not reacting to her advance. She chose to ignore her and kept on running, once in range she stopped whistling and reared her kunai arm to throw.
Unfortunately, she felt her arm being wrapped by something and refusing to budge. A shadow succumbed her as she looked over her shoulder to see the angel hovering intimidatingly with sneering satisfaction. Tayuya scowled, not needing to see that the one out in the field was nothing but a mere clone.
"I figured out the massive drawback on your technique." Konan touted as the flies of paper shrouded her opponent's limbs. "You can't hear anything yourself when I purposefully broke a twig right behind you. You're essentially deaf by using it, am I wrong?"
Tayuya glared at her, clicking her tongue. "Tch, fine. I concede defeat."
"Damn! That was awesome!" Naruto appeared into the clearing with a huge smile. "I can't even hear myself think with that music going on, no wonder shika had trouble against you."
Konan dispersed the bindings and Tayuya promptly threw the kunai into the ground before folding her arms and sharply scowled. "This isn't over! You got that?!"
The blue haired shrugged her hands and faced her without a tint of emotion. "If you say so. So, Hokage-sama, what do you think of her?"
Tayuya titled her head. "Huuh?! Hokage?!" Out of the corner of her eye, Tsunade along with Shizune walked into clearing causing her to gawk.
"I'd say we could make a good shinobi out of her."
"Holy shit! It's cow tits!"
A tick mark appeared on the twin tailed blonde. "Huuuuh?! Watch what you fucking say, you little runt!"
"Yeah I'm a runt! So what?! I bet you boobjob-ed the hell outta of the RAIKAGE!"
Tsunade cracked her knuckles. "THAT'S IT! IMMA PUMMEL THIS BITCH!" She stomped her foot towards her in an attempt to strangle the life out of her. Tayuya tried to resist, holding onto her wrists as her death grip was etch closer.
"Her temperament certainly needs work." Shizune pointed out, writing down on her clipboard. "Aside from that, as a lone combatant she is capable of deceit and can work her way around an obstacle. I believe in a team, her skills can have a wide reaching effect and beneficial in most situations."
They nodded to one another even though the fight was uneventfully short. At this point, Tsunade already had Tayuya off her feet in a choke hold, still on each other's throat...at least one of them is.
"FUCKING HELL GRANNY YOU HAVE A HELL OF A GRIP!" The redhead exclaimed chokingly, kicking up her feet missing everything but air.
"Damn, you Uzumakis'. Always so feisty and stubborn." Tsunade growled through gritted teeth.
"The hell you talking about?!" Screamed the redhead in her struggle as Naruto curled his brow.
The Hokage dropped the troublesome girl and hands on her big hips. "Don't really know how I suppose to break it ya. We checked your DNA for any signs of anomalies and I got curious because of your red hair. We crossed your DNA with Naruto's and the result came with an 8 percent match. You're an Uzumaki, flesh and blood."
-"WHAT?!" The feisty duo screamed in unison.
Tsunade shrugged like it was a common occurrence. "Given your explosive personality, I wasn't really surprised. Come on, isn't this great? Two distant cousins from a once known noble clan, reunited. This should call for a celebration!" Cheered the buxom Hokage as her secretary deadpanned.
"You just want escape work, Tsunade-same."
Tayuya and Naruto were giving each other looks, unable to comprehend the sudden news. Part of them thought they should feel thrilled but the outwardly part, flustered. Konan gazed between the two and inwardly sighed, stepping forward.
"We should give them some room for now. Naruto-kun, I will humbly escort them to the Ichiraku's. Will that be okay?"
Naruto glanced at the redhead as she looked away and faced back before nodding. "Yeah, sure. No problem."
"You brats don't take too long now, there's paperwork needed to be done." Tsunade cheekily told as she turned away followed by her Secretary with Konan leading the way.
Once alone, Naruto scratched the back of his head unable to utter a single word feeling a sheet of ice forming between them. "Umm..."
"You know," Spoke the musician still facing the tree before giving it a light kick with her hands tucked behind her back. "I'm actually glad there's someone like me. Heh, I feel a bit more relieved once I think about it."
Naruto lifted his brow. "What are you talking about?"
She turned around, facing him with a doubtful expression. "I-I mean, I've known it for a long time! When I read your profile long ago, I've wanted to meet you but we were enemies and if I did, it'll ruin Orochimaru's plan and I would be executed on the spot."
"Hold on. Let me get this right." Naruto interject. "Is it because he knew you're an Uzumaki and If you tried to defect, your curse mark would be activated." She nodded. "How come? Aren't you valuable to his efforts and if my knowledge is correct, he can have full control of you whenever he wants."
"I'm more valuable to him in a comatose state so I can be experimented. It's my blood he was precisely after but his attention eventually shifted to a certain Uchiha." The former sound nin stated, leaning against the tree.
"Why are you telling me this?"
"I-I don't know." She stammered. "It may sound like BS but I wanted some sort of closure. I wanted to tell you myself of my blood but I wasn't ready."
Naruto sighed. This was bothering her so much since she woke and he did not even picked it up. "Tayuya." He laid a comforting hand on her shoulder, almost startling the redhead. "When I gave you a chance, I already forgave everything you did. You don't have to hold anything back anymore, he won't bother you any longer."
She wanted to cry so much now. The chains in her heart that were holding her down no longer bound to her by some foreign subject. She slapped him away as she try to wipe away the tears flowing down her cheeks. "You idiot," She sniffed, covering her teary eyes behind her hands. "Look at what you made me do."
He took offence to that. "Woah. You're blaming me? UmmmUh." He frantically looked around trying find a way to ease her suffering. 'Come on, think-think! What would Ero-sennin do in a situation like this...Ummm...Uhhhh...Oh yeah!' He then held his arms open with a crooked happy expression. "Come on in, Tay-chan. Let's hug it out!"
She continued crying. 'Shit...she didn't notice me at all. Come, think again! What did Ero-sennin advised me when comforting a damsel in distress? Could it be – "If she doesn't like it from the front, surprise her from the back!" Naruto snapped his fingers and thanked Jiraiya in heaven.
Tayuya felt a presence behind her and suddenly felt a pair of arms wrapped around her waist. "H-Hey what the hell?!" She stammered chokingly, her cheeks flushed.
"It's okay, Tayuya-chan. You're safe with me." He whispered into her ears as she felt shivers down her neck.
"Ngaahhh." She cutely struggled, feeling her knees weak as she took deep breathes.
He pulled her closer and her eyes widened feeling the warmth of his toned chest. "Let it all~out...It's alright, I'm here."
"St-stop." Squeaked the tomboy, feeling her heart race.
"Would you like a massage? I heard it's very effective at relieving stress."
"W-wait..." Her throat hitched and whatever she felt before was accelerated by ten times when it hit the booster. His hands magnificently trailed up her sides as she felt the life literally being squeezed out of her. She was in a constant state of euphoria underneath his heavenly touch. Unleashing the core of her desires into nirvana as her life force went supernova as she quell in his passionate embrace. She felt the dam beginning to crack, her knees buckling at the immense pressure. Her mouth agape and a pint saliva in the corner of her lips. He whispered huskily unphantomable words into her ear once again and she felt her soul soar into the neverending skies leaving the cage broken, letting loose of the once dormant beast into a flurry of rage.
"AAAAAHHHHhhhhnnnn" She screamed, not the type of scream he was expecting. She lost strength to stand up straight and he shifted to support her as she breathe heavily.
"Woah. Tay-chan! You alright?!"
The brown eyed tiredly looked down at her feet, liquid escaping from the bottom of her spandex and an obscured mark between her legs. "You did this."
"What? Tay-chan, did you say something?"
All he saw was her eyes flashing demonic red as she grab hold of his neck and threw him over her shoulder with explosive force impacting the ground causing a huge crater. Once the dust settled in, Naruto was unconscious with his mouth wide open as the redhead victoriously stood over him. "You're going to pay for this." She grabbed his collar and proceed to drag him back to the village, albeit with limping steps at first.
Hokage's Office
"I now pronounced you as Chūnin of The Hidden Leaf." Tsunade announced as she hand over the Konoha headband. Tayuya politely bowed before taking it into her hands and wrapped it around her waist. "May your songs be heard and your loyalty ends with us."
The metallic plate gleamed as she smirked, which mirrored by everyone in the room except Naruto, whom was stuck in a daze. She bowed again. "Thank you, Lord Hokage."
"Rise up, Tayuya. Don't think I get chummy with you, yet. As for now, you're under Naruto apprenticeship until he held your regard high enough for you to be placed in a permanent team. You got that, Naruto?" He popped a bubble and blinked, jittering his eyes around the room. "Naruto?"
"HmWhat? OhYeah? Um...Yes, you can count on me."
"Good." She nodded approvingly placing a couple of scrolls on the table. "You now have access to the armory and the quest board. Of course, you may use the shops in Konoha as well, provided if you have the yen to part with. Here you go."
"Thanks." She shoved them into her pockets and stood beside the blinking Naruto.
"All righty then. Good luck. I expect good things coming from you..." They bowed to her before leaving the room as she waved them off. "...I hope."
Shizune turned her head with a crooked smile. "I hope you realized you just let in another potential troublemaker, Tsunade-sama."
"Let's hope it doesn't come to that, Shizune. But I get the feeling it won't be long till we heard something, for the wrong reasons."
They sighed in unison.
Naruto's apartment (2100hrs)
They sat around the dinner table and began to eat whilst Naruto rummaged through the void which was his wallet. "Konan-chan, why is it as empty as my heart feeling it now?"
"You treated us on a huge buffet with the Ichirakus this afternoon." Said the blue-haired after munching down on her rice.
"I did? Why can't I remember anything?"
"Tch." Tayuya voiced her disgust. "That's because you were knocked out the entire time as we ate right underneath your nose."
"I was knocked out?! Why was I-" Tayuta flashed her demonic eyes and the memories came flooding back to him. "...oh."
"Tayuya-san said you touched her inappropriately without her consent. That is grounds for molestation." Konan stated as she added more chicken into her bowl. "I fondly remember that that is something you're deeply against." Naruto lost all color as if the animator forgot to paint him. "I guessed the phrase 'one who preaches the most, practices the least' is a fitting term for you, in this case." She mused with a dangerously pleased expression until her chopsticks broke under pressure. "She gave a very detailed explanation of how you touched her with your magic fingers." She tightened her fist and slammed it into the table, frightening Naruto. "HOW COME YOU NEVER DID THE SAME TO ME?!" Exclaimed Konan as she was about to tear apart her singlet.
"WHAT?!"
"You two disgusts me."
Later
Naruto sighed as he wash the dishes. "I guessed we're going to start doing some missions tomorrow."
Tayuya whom was leaning back her chair with her legs on the table, cheered throwing her hands up into the air. "Oh right!"
"We'll start off by doing a few D-ranked missions."
The redhead thumbs down. "Booo!"
He gave her an annoyed glare over his shoulder. "If you're gonna go out there armed with a single kunai, that's fine by me."
"Didn't you say you're gonna protect me?"
He deadpanned. "That sounds as pathetic as babysitting a 20 year old. You're ain't a baby, right?"
"Hey! My minds' still catching up!"
He rolled his eyes muttering an 'as if'. "Anyway, you said wanted a flute, right?"
"Yeah, not the cheap kind either. It has to be made of metal. Like titanium!"
He turned off the faucet and picked up a towel. "That'll take ya around a hundred D-ranked missions. Good luck with that, spunky." He threw it at her face. "Quit freeloading so come over and help me."
She lifted it off her face and rolled her eyes. "Yeahyeah, nii-sama."
"Please don't call me that."
They silently stood side by side in front of the sink, wiping the plates before stacking it away. The atmosphere was oddly peaceful, something he'd love to get used to around the feisty woman. Naruto glanced at the corner of his eye, she had a pleasant look and was strangely quiet.
"Hey, blondy..."
"Yeah?"
"You know what this reminds me of? My mother, she always bicker me to wipe the plates with her."
"Is that so?"
"Yup. Always wanting me to clean the house and keep my beautiful hair cleansed, 'just in case' she says. Forbid me from leaving my room whenever strange men came knocking..."
"What happened?"
"I don't know. Sometimes things break and other times, just sounds. Once a week, we would be in some alley and wait for a kind man to take her in. Then later, my mother would treat us to lunch and go shopping. It was fun."
"..."
"Did you know she was pretty famous in her music? She'd stand there blowing into her flute as people look up to her in awe. It was pretty amazing, you should've seen it."
"Wished I did..."
"We moved around a lot but stopped after she managed to buy a decent place for us to stay...It was nice and she started giving me lessons on the flute. I messed around alot but she was scarily patient. Whoever beat the door during our lessons she would beat them to a pulp and start swearing at them."
"Guessed that's where you got your attitude from..."
"Oh-sorry, I tend to trail around a lot."
"That's okay..."
"What about you? What's your mother like?"
"..."
"Oh sorry, I said something I shouldn't have."
"Nono, its fine. To be completely honest with you, I actually never met my mother. My father told me about her...it's a long story. Well, judging by your stories, I think our mothers would get along really well."
"You think so?"
"I know so."
Konan came out of the hallway and placed her hands by her hips giving them an impatient look. "Hurry up, you two. Finish up your work, it's already past your bedtime."
-"Yes, kaa-chan..."
"Excuse me? I think it's too soon to call me that."
As everyone set for bed, Naruto switched off all the lights in the living room and walked down the hallway noticing the door on his left was not properly shut. He peeked inside and see her on the bed with her back facing him. He sighed inwardly and quietly shut the door before going into his darkened room where his concerned companion lay await.
"I didn't mean to eavesdrop." Konan told as he tucked himself in beneath the blanket beside her.
"Our ninja ears are too sensitive to help it." He waved it off and set his back against the bed frame.
"You're right. So, what are you planning to do with her?"
He pondered in thought for a moment as he blankly stared at the sheets. "Naturally, therapy would be good for her in a long run but her minds still in a rebellious state. Someone like her wouldn't bother opening up to a complete stranger, even if it's someone I trusts."
"Even so, it seemed she was haunted by her past. I think her abrasive attitude towards other people is a way how she copes dealing with her past tragedies."
"It's a defence mechanism, dealing with less people is easier than a group of strangers who would rather see you gone or stab you in the back when it benefits them."
"That explains her social behaviour. Is that how she sees the world?"
"It was how I to see the world, Konan-chan."
Thanks for reading and see ya'll in the next chapter.