Naruto: Naruto's Uchiha girlfriend is too arrogant

Chapter 42 Shura Field

"Alright, stop crying." Naruto crouched down, took a clean handkerchief from his pocket, and handed it to him. "What's your name? I'll take you home."

The little girl timidly took the handkerchief and gently wiped her red, tear-stained eyes. "Um... thank you... my name is Hinata Hyuga..."

Naruto stood up and gestured for Hinata to follow. The two small figures walked down the street, one after the other. Naruto couldn't help but marvel at how strange the convergence of timelines was. Only this time, it was those brats who got utterly thrashed.

How could the eldest daughter of the prestigious Hyuga main family be bullied by a commoner child?

Naruto was certain that there were Hyuga branch family ninjas lurking nearby, responsible for protecting the main family's heir. But those people were turning a blind eye to Hinata being bullied, probably because the Hyuga clan head had designs on "training the heir."

Thinking of this, Naruto couldn't help but shake his head inwardly. With Hinata's personality, to put it nicely, it could be called kindness; to put it bluntly, it could be called cowardice. Neji's assessment in the original work was indeed correct; she really wasn't suited to be a ninja.

They don't even know the most basic way to resist.

Naruto looked at Hinata's still red eyes. She probably didn't know that for those bullies, tears only excited them more. This submissive attitude was fortunate to have a good background; otherwise, in this dog-eat-dog ninja world, she was destined to suffer greatly.

"You're from the Hyuga clan, right?" Naruto slowed his pace, walking alongside Hinata. "Dealing with those untrained guys should be easy."

Hinata's small hands gripped the hem of her clothes tightly, her voice barely a whisper. "I...I dare not..."

Naruto glanced at the timid girl. "You can't do that. Tears won't work on that kind of person. You know, plenty of people have caused me trouble before..."

Naruto paused here. The villagers of Konoha were still secretly subjecting him to passive-aggressive behavior, and the malicious gossip of the adults naturally affected their children.

Those kids who wanted to make their presence known saw the "fox spirit" as the best target for bullying. Under the subtle influence of adults, they didn't even think it was wrong. Instead, they thought that bullying this "hated guy" was a righteous thing to do.

The result is...

"I beat them all to a pulp," Naruto shrugged, his tone relaxed. "And to this day, no one dares to mess with me."

Hinata raised her head, a hint of longing in her eyes. This was the first time she had met someone like this. Although he was about the same age as her, he was full of confidence and strength that she lacked.

"That's amazing..."

"You need to be braver," Naruto said to Hinata as they walked. "Giving those kinds of guys a good beating is their own fault..."

"Naruto?!"

A sudden call interrupted Naruto's words. That familiar voice definitely didn't come from Hinata.

Naruto froze abruptly and slowly turned around. Not far behind him, at a street corner, a little girl with black hair was staring at him with an incredulous look.

"...Sasuki?"

The two called out each other's names in unison, their faces filled with surprise. Satsuki hadn't shown up as promised this afternoon because she had finally gotten the chance to practice shuriken with her sister, something she hadn't done in a long time.

In the past, she would never have missed such precious time together. But today, for some reason, choosing to stay with her sister instead of seeing Naruto filled her with a strange sense of guilt.

Unlike Naruto, my older sister doesn't have free time every day...

Satsuki convinced herself with this reason. After practice, she went out to buy some new training blades, but caught a glimpse of a familiar blonde figure on the street, accompanied by a strange girl.

At that moment, Satsuki's gaze swept back and forth between Naruto and Hinata. Seeing the strange girl with the Byakugan curiously scrutinizing her, and then looking at the surprised expression on Naruto's face, a sudden feeling of displeasure welled up inside her. It felt like a treasured possession had been stolen.

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The soft footsteps of the three echoed on the stone path.

"So..." Satsuki's voice carried a deliberate nonchalance, "Naruto helped you get rid of those annoying guys?"

Hinata lowered her head. "Um... I'm really grateful to him..."

"Hmph!" Zuo Yue straightened her back, raising her chin like a proud kitten. "Of course! This guy has been training with me for a long time."

She deliberately emphasized her words, secretly observing Hinata's reaction out of the corner of her eye, "He's the only one who can keep up with the Uchiha genius!"

"Satsuki..." Naruto looked helplessly at the black-haired girl who was practically pressed against him, "Why did you follow me...?"

"-Does that even need to be said!" Satsuki's cheeks flushed slightly, and her voice unconsciously rose. "Of course it's on the way! It just happened to be on the way!"

"...I see." Naruto looked down at Satsuki, whose arm was almost glued to his, and swallowed back the words he was about to say, "Aren't we getting a little too close?"

"Um..." Hinata's eyes darted back and forth between the two men, "Do you two often spend time together like this?"

The next second, Satsuki's actions startled Naruto. Satsuki actually took his arm with perfect ease, as if she had done it many times before.

"Of course!" Satsuki's voice suddenly became more forceful when she said a certain word, "This guy is the only opponent I acknowledge! My personal one."

Naruto finally understood. The girl clinging to him like a kitten guarding its food was clearly...jealous?

However, Naruto only grasped the surface meaning. This wasn't just simple jealousy; it was clearly the second young lady of the Uchiha clan unleashing her possessiveness.

"You're the young lady of the Hyuga clan, right? Why didn't you send any of your clan's ninjas to pick you up?"

"Um...it's too much trouble for them..."

"But Naruto is usually very busy." She deliberately emphasized the words "very busy." "If you're going to ask anyone for help like this, it would be better to find some more reliable ninjas."

After saying these words, Zuo Yue herself was stunned for a moment—wasn't this just a disguised declaration that "Naruto is mine"? Her ear tips instantly turned a blush, but she stubbornly refused to let go of Naruto's hand.

"Oh, right, Naruto." She suddenly turned her head, her eyes fixed on the blond boy beside her.

"W-what's wrong?" Naruto replied stiffly.

"Come over for dinner later. Mom accidentally made too much today."

This is a lie; Mikoto Uchiha would never make such a mistake.

"...I've already finished eating," Naruto replied dryly.

This is a lie. In reality, Naruto was so engrossed in his training today that he hadn't eaten dinner yet. He usually eats on time when training with Sasuke. The reason for his refusal is that Naruto simply cannot set foot on Uchiha clan territory—as a "Jinchūriki."

"Then let's have another meal," Satsuki persisted, even going so far as to rest her head on Naruto's shoulder. "We'll go home together later."

Erzhuzi, what are you saying?!

Naruto was internally screaming, his face practically contorting with rage. What kind of bizarre situation was this? Why had the atmosphere become so unbearable? He didn't even care about grinding for bond points anymore; he just wanted to escape this suffocating situation immediately.