Red Nara

- Tell me!

Uzumaki's hair started to move and I preferred not to pull the sleeping dragon's whiskers.

- Mikoto is the daughter of the head of the Uchiha clan, so the wedding itself is not only a marriage for her, but also the acquisition of an heir to succeed the current Uchiha leader as head," I raised my finger instructively, "so the wedding is a completely ceremonial event and no outsiders will be allowed, regardless of the bride's wishes.

- Still, it's not fair! - Kushina pouted, looking away.

- The Hokage won't be invited to such an event, so it's not your friend's fault," I patted the girl on the head, "especially since I don't think Mikoto is marrying for love - heirs are deprived of such happiness, and watching her unhappy friend at such a moment wouldn't be too pleasant for either of you, would it?

- So," the girl mumbled, but as usual she didn't flinch away from my hand.

Mikoto's only fifteen now, which is a little early for a wedding, though... Itachi's due in a year and a half, if memory serves me right, and she's already got a pretty good shape, judging by our fleeting encounter before our first trip to Suna. Not to mention Anko's mom, who married Ro at the age of fourteen.

- But you're free to choose your spouse and lover," Mito reminded her, trying to sweeten the bitter pill, "and that's despite your status as princess in Konoha.

- Oh yeah, you're a little princess," I stretched out and started tickling the embarrassed Uzumaki.

- Ai, stop it, ah ha ha ha, stop it, ha ha ha ha!

With a shriek, Kushina began to fight back, laughing, and I achieved my goal - the sullen expression on the little girl's face was replaced by a sunny smile.

- Haha, I surrender, ha ha ha," she said after a few minutes, when it was crystal clear that she couldn't get out of my grip.

- Only if you don't upset the people around you with your unhappy look anymore," I smiled, poking the girl's still chubby cheeks.

- Okay.

***

- Ryo!

The door to the study and the deafening shriek made me wince, glad that I had already managed to fix the chunin's dislocated shoulder, otherwise it would have been a painful embarrassment. I sighed irritably and turned to curse the goat that had so unceremoniously barged into the office, but I choked on my words when I saw the round eyes of Inoichi and the equally large eyes of Shikaku and Choza.

- Uh, what's the reason for the panic? - Gingerly asked the trio.

- This was taken from a dead Iwagakure nukenin," the blond said seriously, and only then did I notice a small book in his hands, "Look and read.

Having overcome the distance from the door to the table, he slapped the book, in which I recognized the book of search of the mentioned village, on the tabletop opened on a certain page.

Humming interestedly, I pulled it toward me and looked it over. The first page was a page of data for some shinobi of Suna, but my eyes were already fixated on the second page, which was exactly the same as my disguise.

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