26: Chapter 26 Considerations of the Uchiha and Hyuga ClansAs Hiruzen Sarutobi walked from the stage to the audience.
The opening ceremony of the ninja academy was drawing to a close.
"Alright, children and parents, the opening ceremony is now over.This afternoon, we will begin our formal classes.Each child will be assigned to a different class, and the names will be posted on the bulletin board at the school gate this afternoon.You can then find your class accordingly."
Now, everyone can disperse.Best wishes to the children for their success at the ninja academy!
The Third Hokage's voice echoed through the venue, and the children and their parents began to disperse in twos and threes.
Naruto was surrounded by his friends: Choji Akimichi, Ino Yamanaka, Kiba Inuzuka, Shikamaru Nara, and Sakura Haruno were excitedly discussing their plans for lunch.
Naruto has become the most popular person in the crowd.
"Naruto, let's go eat together!" Choji suggested excitedly, already holding his favorite potato chips.
"Great!It's my treat.How about we go for barbecue?Everyone come along!" Choji's father, Akimichi Choza, patted his son on the shoulder and said with a smile to everyone.
He looked at the heads of various families or the parents of the other children.
"It's not that it's impossible.It's been a long time since we've all gotten together.The kids get along so well, we should catch up with them too!"
Yamanaka Inoichi took over from Choza and addressed the others.
Seeing that everyone was happy to have a meal together, the group headed towards Konoha's most famous barbecue restaurant!
Previously, Naruto had also noticed Sasuke Uchiha at the opening ceremony, and the person who brought him to the ceremony was his older brother, Itachi Uchiha.
Sasuke and Itachi also noticed Naruto, and Itachi nodded kindly at Naruto.
Sasuke stared at Naruto for a while, then turned his head away with a haughty air.
They had only met once, and due to the nature of the Uchiha clan, they weren't very popular in the village.
Naruto couldn't very well invite Sasuke directly, since they hadn't even exchanged many words and probably weren't even friends yet.
In fact, Sasuke was somewhat envious of Naruto's popularity, and he also cared about Naruto a little.This was clearly influenced by the chakra of the reincarnation of Indra.
This twisted brotherhood will surely come to a complete end in Naruto and Sasuke's generation!
Sasuke currently has a good impression of Naruto, but he is aloof by nature and doesn't like making friends.
He only acts like a well-behaved younger brother in front of his older brother.
A hint of hesitation flashed in his eyes.After thinking for a long time about whether to join Naruto's team, he finally decided to give up.
I'll join them after I've become friends with Naruto in a while.
As a child, Sasuke was at most a bit arrogant, but he wasn't unreasonable; he was kind at heart.
In the end, he was led home for dinner by his older brother, Itachi Uchiha.
At home, Fugaku Uchiha and Mikoto Uchiha were waiting for them to come home for dinner.
When they got home, the family was having dinner.
Itachi Uchiha spoke first: "Father, at today's opening ceremony, we met Naruto Uzumaki.The Hokage seemed to think highly of him, believing that he has the potential to become Hokage.Although I don't know Naruto very well, listening to his words, I felt a sense of agreement from the bottom of my heart."
"Naruto Uzumaki.The Third Hokage mentioned this kid to me.He was said to be a good kid.If it weren't for certain reasons, this kid.sigh!"
There were some things that Fugaku Uchiha couldn't say too clearly in front of Itachi Uchiha and Sasuke Uchiha.
"Naruto Uzumaki, the villagers seem to dislike him.They don't seem to let their children play with him, but today Naruto has a lot of friends around him." Sasuke said while eating.
Fugaku knew that Naruto was disliked by the villagers, but he was unaware that Naruto had many friends.
Fugaku turned to Itachi and asked, "Does Naruto have many friends?Who are they?"
Itachi naturally recognized the descendants of those powerful families and said to Fugaku, "There are indeed many.From what I saw today, there's Kiba Inuzuka, Choji Akimichi, Ino Yamanaka, Shikamaru Nara, Hinata Hyuga, and there seems to be a pink-haired girl named Sakura Haruno.Even their fathers seem to like Naruto a lot."
"Oh?Is that so?Did their fathers also like Naruto?"
Hiashi Hyuga declared, "I didn't!I didn't!"
These few words contain a great deal of information: the people in these families are basically from the Hokage lineage and have a very good relationship with the Hokage.
Without the Third Hokage's permission, they would not approach Naruto without authorization.
After all, Naruto's identity was special.While ordinary villagers might not know it, the heads of these large clans were well aware of it.
The fact that they are now openly contacting Naruto indicates that this is with the permission of the Third Hokage.
Is the Third Hokage deciding to groom Naruto as the next Hokage?And Itachi just mentioned that the Third Hokage seems to have high hopes for Naruto, believing that Naruto has the potential to become Hokage.
Therefore, the conflict between the Uchiha clan and Konoha is now basically out in the open.
If Sasuke were to become friends with Naruto, and thus with the heirs of other clans, it might send a friendly signal to the Uchiha clan.
This would help to ease the conflict between the Uchiha clan and the major clans of Konoha.
Furthermore, if Sasuke and Naruto had become friends since childhood, Naruto, after becoming Hokage, would likely have taken some leniency towards the Uchiha clan out of consideration for Sasuke.
"Mikoto, what do you think?" Fugaku asked his wife, Uchiha Mikoto, for her opinion.
Mentioning Naruto Uzumaki also brought back many memories of the past for Mikoto Uchiha.Affection.
Back when she was in the Ninja Academy, she was in the same class as Naruto's parents, and she was even best friends with Naruto's mother, Kushina Uzumaki!
The two women became pregnant around the same time, and they had even made a pact that if they had two boys, they would become best buddies.
If you have two daughters, then be best friends with them.
If the children born are a boy and a girl, they can arrange a marriage between them.
But now, alas, things have changed!
Mikoto is still alive, but Kushina and the Minato couple are dead.
This leaves Naruto, such a pitiful child, alone in the world.
"I think if Sasuke doesn't dislike Naruto, we could let Sasuke and Naruto become friends, and we could invite Naruto to our house when we have time."
Mikoto didn't have any bad intentions.She knew that Naruto had suffered a lot since childhood, and if she had the chance, she would definitely take care of Naruto for her good friend Kushina Uzumaki.
"Sasuke, what about you?Do you want to be friends with Naruto?" Itachi asked Sasuke with a smile.
Now they've given Sasuke the choice.If Sasuke dislikes Naruto, they won't force him to be friends with Naruto.
"Hmph!That guy looks a bit dim-witted and doesn't seem very smart.But I don't dislike him.I could try to be friends with him, but only if he takes the initiative to hang out with me first!"
As expected of the epitome of tsundere, Sasuke wasn't so aloof when he was young; he was simply not good at interacting with people.
However, Naruto seemed very outgoing and didn't seem to dislike Sasuke much because of his Uchiha clan identity.
"That's good.I hope you two can become good friends!" Both Fugaku and Mikoto were very satisfied, and they each had their own thoughts.
It's so great that Sasuke is willing to be friends with Naruto!
On the other hand, Hinata Hyuga, due to the strict upbringing of the Hyuga clan, wanted to go eat barbecue with Naruto and the others, but more so because she wanted to be with Naruto.
However, her father, Hiashi Hyuga, would not allow her to go, so Hinata could not eat with Naruto and the others.
Hiashi Hyuga, Hinata's father, knew from Hinata's childhood that Naruto had helped her when she was young, and he was quite grateful to Naruto at that time.
However, she overheard the servants in her household saying that Hinata seemed to still be thinking about Naruto.
How old is she?That despicable Naruto, after only meeting her once, has stolen the heart of her precious daughter, Hinata.
So, in order to protect his daughter, he forbade her from hanging out with Naruto and the others, at least not in front of him!
Hinata will only be allowed to play with Naruto after Naruto has gained her approval.
Although Naruto's words did touch me somewhat, it wasn't enough.In the ninja world, strength is ultimately what matters.
No matter how eloquent you are, without the corresponding strength, you can't protect the important people!
Hiashi Hyuga understood this deeply, because it was because he wasn't strong enough that he couldn't protect his important younger brother, Hizashi Hyuga!
Therefore, he will absolutely not allow this mistake to happen again!
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