Chapter 301: Sanguine
adj. cheerfully optimistic, hopeful, or confident.
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"Difficult living in Konoha? Pssh! Not at all! Konoha has everything! The Hokage, my apartment, Ichiraku Ramen!" Naruto answered. This girl was weird, but she seemed to really want an answer, which was the only reason he'd answered honestly.
"No, I mean, that's good to hear, but…" the girl paused, Naruto thought that she did that frequently, "does being you make it any harder to live here? It's just I've seen how everyone in Suna treats Gaara, and he's like you, with the…"
"Whoa, Whoa, Whoa! I'm gonna stop you right there!" Naruto shouted, flailing his arms in the air. He wasn't sure how this girl knew about the Kyuubi, but he also didn't know how all the adults in Konoha knew either, he just needed to make sure she stopped. She was about to break a super secret and Naruto wasn't going to be arrested for being an accomplice!
"What? Did I say something wrong?" asked the girl, dropping her chopsticks and clapping her hands over her mouth. Naruto puckered his lips in displeasure. Her eyes looked enormous and they were filled with so much remorse it sort of made his Ramen taste bad, he'd forgive her this time.
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