Chapter 30: Bond of Shared Hearts – The Information Naruto Gave
'Sasuke…'
After his soul left his body, Naruto appeared beside Sasuke's hospital bed. He slowly reached out and touched the boy's forehead with his finger.
He was currently in soul form, so he could only communicate with Sasuke in a different way.
'Naruto?'
Sasuke's consciousness was still trapped in that blood-soaked night. When he heard Naruto's voice, he only felt a moment of confusion and didn't even think to look for the source.
In front of him was the room where his parents had been killed…
'Sasuke, all of this is fake. Take my hand. Let me take you out of here, okay?'
A small hand reached out in front of Sasuke, palm open, waiting for him to place his own hand on it.
'Fake?'
Looking at the strange hand in front of him, Sasuke slowly shifted his gaze away from his parents' bodies in the room.
He had been waiting… waiting for someone to tell him that none of this was real!
Now, that person had finally come…
'That's right, it's all fake. Put your hand here. I'll take you out of this nightmare…'
This was the first time Naruto had shown such patience. He simply waited quietly for the dazed Sasuke to respond.
'Naruto…'
Sasuke's small hand reached out hesitantly. After a long moment of hesitation, he slowly placed his hand into Naruto's palm.
'Hey, Sasuke, come with me. Let's grow up together, let's find Mom and Dad together, okay?'
Once their hands were linked, Naruto finally relaxed.
Next, he just needed Sasuke to agree. As long as he agreed, it would be enough.
Although he felt a little bad for taking advantage of Sasuke's confusion, he couldn't explain everything in too much detail right now.
'Mm… we have to find Mom and Dad…'
Still lost in chaos, Sasuke nodded. But in the next instant, the hand in front of him turned into a red light that circled around him once before sinking straight into the center of his forehead.
This was called… the Bond of Shared Hearts.
After forming the contract, they could share thoughts and communicate through their minds. Simply put, their consciousnesses were now linked.
'Naruto!'
The hand in front of Sasuke disappeared. He reached out and grasped at empty air, finding nothing.
'Sasuke, I can only say this once, so listen carefully and keep it deep in your heart.
Your mom and dad are not dead yet. It's hard to explain right now, but they are only temporarily gone. In the future, as long as you become strong enough, you can bring them back to life.
But you cannot tell anyone about this. Not a single word — not even to Uzumaki Naruto.
The night of the massacre was real. There are many secrets involved that you are still too weak to touch. So becoming stronger is now your only mission. You must learn to hide your emotions…
If you cannot hide all your feelings beneath your hatred for Uchiha Itachi, then stay here and don't leave. Only come out when you've learned how.
I'm still very weak too. I'll wait for you to learn to control yourself, then we can grow up together. Our mom and dad… both need to be saved…'
Naruto's voice grew weaker and weaker until it finally disappeared.
'Too weak…'
Sasuke's consciousness stood frozen, desperately trying to understand what Naruto had just told him.
Mom and Dad could still come back. That piece of information echoed in his heart, and his thoughts gradually began to clear.
He didn't know how Naruto was able to tell him this, but his mother had once said that Naruto was just a child who had lost his parents too…
The door ahead was right in front of him, but Sasuke thought of his parents' smiling faces. He sat down where he was and began thinking about what Naruto wanted him to do.
Hide his emotions. He had to hide all of them…
Hatred…
He definitely hated that guy. The man had personally raised his blade and cut down his mom and dad…
Hatred. He must hate him!
Plant the hatred deep in his heart… deep in his soul…
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