Kairen rubbed Hanabi's head. "From now on, just call me Kairen!"
Hanabi laughed. "Okay, Kairen. My name is Hyuga Hanabi. From now on, just call me Hanabi!"
"Alright, little Hanabi!"
Watching how doting Kairen was toward Hanabi, Hinata smiled. Then she asked Kairen,
"Kairen-kun, are you hungry? I'll go prepare breakfast for you."
Kairen nodded. "Then I'll trouble Miss Hinata!"
Right now, he was especially looking forward to Hinata's cooking.
The food she made would definitely be full of flavor. If only she treated him as an ingredient and he lay on the table instead, that would be even better.
After Hinata left, Kairen and Hanabi sat kneeling beside the table.
Hanabi was playing with Fenchu, constantly rubbing its fur and letting out laughter like the tinkling of wind chimes.
Kairen smiled. In the face of cuteness, sexiness was not worth mentioning.
He pinched Hanabi's cheek and asked, "Little Hanabi is so cute—you must not have any worries, right?"
Hanabi brushed Kairen's hand away. She wasn't that little anymore—she was already eleven years old.
When it came to worries, Hanabi fell silent for a moment, then gradually poured out what was in her heart.
"The elders want to place the Caged Bird on my sister, but I'm the one who should belong to the branch family. I've asked Father many times to place the Caged Bird on me, but he always refuses."
"So annoying! Why does the Hyuga clan have such strange rules?"
Kairen rubbed Hanabi's head.
Little Hanabi was a sensible child; she also understood that the Caged Bird was not a good thing.
A low sobbing sound came from outside the room. With a glance of his Byakugan, Kairen realized that Hinata had been eavesdropping.
Hinata walked in and pulled Hanabi into her arms.
"You're so silly. The main family has already given up on me. I'm the one who should have the Caged Bird placed on me."
Hanabi shook her head vigorously.
"No. Sister is the most hardworking one. The main family misjudged you. I'll tell them—Sister's talent is very strong. They can't give up on you."
The two sisters both regarded the other as the most important person and did not want the other to be branded with the Caged Bird and become a slave.
A wave of sorrow rose in Kairen's heart, and he joined the sisters' embrace as well.
"The Caged Bird is truly detestable. It should be wiped out."
A strong masculine presence swept over them, and Hinata's face turned bright red.
She rarely got close to boys; even talking more with Naruto would make her shy.
Although the fresh scent on Kairen's body smelled pleasant, the strong male hormonal aura still made her uncomfortable.
Hanabi didn't have so many thoughts. She agreed with Kairen's words. "That's right, the Caged Bird should be eliminated. I want to become stronger and someday change the entire Hyuga clan."
Kairen supported her. "I look forward to little Hanabi becoming stronger, and I'll be your most loyal supporter."
In an instant, Kairen established an underground organization.
"I hereby announce—the Fireworks Faction is founded. The most important goal of our organization is to eliminate the Caged Bird and build a beautiful Hyuga clan!"
"The Fireworks Faction?" Hinata was full of confusion, but inside she was urgently shouting.
Kairen-kun, hurry and let us go!
With her shy personality, she still didn't say it out loud.
Hanabi's small face serious.
"Alright, our Fireworks Faction will take eliminating the Caged Bird as its goal."
"Sister, Kairen, and I all have to work hard."
"Later I'll bring in Neji and Natsuka as well. We'll struggle together!"
Hanabi instantly slipped into the role of team leader and began recruiting members.
"Kairen, can you let us go? It's a bit stuffy."
Kairen loosened his arms, smiled, and began formulating the first rule of the organization.
"I think hugging is the best way to increase team cohesion. Our Fireworks Faction should use this as our symbol to express determination."
Hinata looked at Kairen suspiciously. He was sunny and handsome, without a trace of lewdness on his face.
He shouldn't be harboring improper thoughts toward the sisters, right?
Probably… right?!
Hanabi thought about it for a while and felt that what Kairen said made sense.
Team cohesion was the most important thing for a team.
An eagle with no foresight, a tiger that suppresses the mountain, a horse that harms the herd, a pig that goes undercover, a lecherous wolf…
...
Noises came from outside the door, and from afar a group's voices sounded.
"Sakura, is he really that handsome? Don't lie to me!"
"Why would I lie to you? Too bad I already have Sasuke—so I'll let you have him."
"Then what about me, Sakura!"
"Naruto, get lost!"
It turned out to be the Konoha Twelve. They came together to visit the Hyuga clan members rescued by Naruto and the others, and to check on Hinata as well.
Two members of the Hyuga clan welcomed Naruto and the others inside.
The group crowded at the doorway and saw Kairen.
Those who came were Team 7 led by Naruto, along with the Ino–Shika–Cho team, and Hinata's team.
Ino exclaimed, "Ah! He really is handsome. Sakura, you really didn't lie to me."
Ino was very outgoing and straightforward; her facial expressions never hid anything.
Such an offensive remark made Shikamaru beside her hold his forehead, sighing inwardly that this woman acted like she'd never seen a man before.
Immediately afterward, Shikamaru carefully looked at Kairen.
As a smart person, the first thing he did was guess the other party's identity.
Judging solely by having Byakugan and assuming he was from the Hyuga clan was too one-sided. It was said that Kirigakure also had a Byakugan user.
Shikamaru began to doubt Kairen's identity.
The other party's origins were far too mysterious—appearing in the desert, and right where Naruto and the others were on a mission.
Most importantly, the Hyuga clan had never produced anyone with silver-white hair.
But with too little information, Shikamaru couldn't deduce much.
Naruto felt like he had seen Kairen before.
But when traveling through space-time, his memories had been muddled by spatial power, and he couldn't remember clearly.
So he asked, "Have I met you somewhere before?"
Kairen pretended to have amnesia again.
"I don't know. I can't remember my past anymore. I only know my name is Moku Kairen."
"Kairen?!"
Naruto clutched his head hard, feeling some pain.
"It's like someone told me to be careful of someone called Kairen."
Kairen laughed. "Why be careful of me?e."
Naruto glanced at Sakura.
Sakura shot Naruto a glare.
"Akamaru, Akamaru, what's wrong with you?"
The dog beside Inuzuka Kiba was trembling, as if Kairen had done something terrible to it.
Animals had an instinct to seek fortune and avoid danger. As a ninja dog, Akamaru was very sensitive and felt an extremely powerful pressure within Kairen's body.
It was like the ancestor of dogs—an intimidation coming from the bloodline itself.
The masked figure beside them was the same. The insects inside his body were urging him to leave Kairen as quickly as possible.
Some insects were so frightened that they directly bit his eggs, making Shino feel a sharp pain in the groin.
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