Morning classes were already over, and it was still recess.
After class, Kushina was surrounded by several boys in the class.
"Red Tomato, from today on, you're called Tomato! A fat round face, plus red hair, isn't that a tomato?"
"How could a tomato become Hokage?"
"I hate tomatoes the most!"
"Me too, if there are tomatoes in my salad, I always leave them!"
"Hahaha..."
Kushina pouted, her cheeks puffed up in anger, but she couldn't refute them.
Because after they said that, she did seem a lot like a tomato with her red hair.
"A tomato and a traitor, no wonder you two are desk mates."
"Tomato traitor, a perfect match."
...
Yasu curled rolled his eyes at their childishness. He also had a nickname at school: Traitor.
The reason his nickname was Traitor was because that's what these kids' parents called him.
Seeing these kids going too far and involving him to mock Kushina, he couldn't ignore it anymore.
The main reason was that when he glanced at Minato, who was looking at Kushina but didn't seem to want to help.
Just as he stood up to walk over, one of the kids grabbed Kushina Uzumaki's hair.
"It's almost ripe, the tomato festival is here, let's harvest the fruit!"
Kushina then grabbed the kid's hand who was grabbing her hair and was about to explode when Yasu walked behind the kid who was grabbing her hair.
"Hey, can you move aside?"
The kids surrounding Kushina immediately turned their attention to him: "What right do you, the traitor, have to tell us to move? Get lost!"
Yasu said quietly, "You guys are making a fool of yourselves here."
Not long after entering school, he had also been blocked by several students, but perhaps because he, who possessed half of the Senju clan's bloodline, had a very good physique, he could beat several at once. (In a fight, right? :-)
After that, although his strength was not as good as Minato, he was also among the best in the school.
Gradually, these bullies stopped looking for him.
Hearing Yasu say this, the kids' faces stiffened.
Yasu then walked forward, bumped the kid who was still grabbing Kushina's hair with his shoulder, and walked out of the classroom.
Yasu, who walked out of the classroom, suddenly froze. He remembered.
Kushina Uzumaki... it seemed like she didn't really need him to help her out.
She herself was a character who didn't admit defeat, and the Uzumaki clan's physique was also different from ordinary people.
In the next second, he heard a roar from inside the classroom.
"Who are you calling Tomato! Let me state in advance, I also hate tomatoes!"
Kushina Uzumaki grabbed the arm of the kid who had grabbed her hair earlier, and then with a forceful throw, directly sent all the surrounding kids flying out.
Then, she straddled one of the kids and kept punching the kid's head with her small fists: "Don't underestimate me again, calling me Tomato, I'll make you regret it, you know!"
At this time, she saw Minato with a chuckling. so she said unhappily, "What's so funny?!"
Minato immediately turned his head away, only daring to look at her out of the corner of his eye.
Afternoon classes were about to begin.
After Yasu bought a rice ball from the convenience store, he ate it while returning to his seat in the classroom.
Kushina pouted, looking very angry.
He glanced at the kids who had blocked Kushina earlier, their heads full of bumps.
Was she angry because she felt she hadn't hit them hard enough?
Yasu listened to Masada Hayabusa continuing to teach without saying a word.
During class.
Kushina's frequency of secretly looking at him obviously increased.
One afternoon with her made him feel uneasy all over.
Finally, the afternoon classes ended, and school was finally over. He couldn't wait to leave the classroom.
Now, his mind was full of Thunder Breathing.
However, he didn't notice that Kushina's hand was half-raised in the air, her expression a little awkward.
Just now, she wanted to talk to Yasu, because he was an outcast, and she herself seemed an outcast too.
So, Kushina Uzumaki, who was still a child, especially since it was her first time coming to a strange place, still longed for friends.
And Yasu's behavior of helping her out just now made her want to be friends with him.
Looking at his departing back, Kushina clenched her two small fists tightly, her eyes filled with determination, and chased after him.
But Yasu was now feeling homesick and rushed home almost running.
In order to catch up with him, Kushina also frantically chased after him with her two short legs.
All the way to leaving the streets of Konoha, in the edge area of Konoha, Kushina, who was chasing after him, shouted laboriously: "Hey! Wait!"
Yasu heard this familiar voice and turned around in surprise. Seeing Kushina, he was very surprised.
Seeing him finally stopped, Kushina put her hands on her thighs and gasped for breath.
Yasu took the initiative to walk up to her and asked, "Do you need something from me?"
Kushina took a deep breath, stretched out her small hand towards him, and said loudly: "My name is Kushina Uzumaki!"
Yasu looked at her with a strange expression, making her feel uneasy.
"My name is Yasu."
Yasu shook her small hand lightly and then released it immediately.
Kushina asked doubtfully: "Yasu? Is that your surname or your name?"
"Name, I don't have a surname."
"Eh? No surname?"
Kushina's little head was a little confused. Are there people who don't have surnames?
Yasu asked again: "Do you need something from me?"
Kushina mustered up her courage and said: "I want to be friends with you!"
Yasu thought to himself that it was just as he expected.
"Well, you should have seen my situation in the class."
Kushina nodded and said innocently: "Yes, I know, you and I are both isolated."
Yasu smiled and said: "Your situation is different from mine. I am being isolated by the entire village. If you are friends with me, you may also be isolated by everyone."
"Today is only your first day of school, and you have only encountered some bad students. You will still be able to find friends in the future."
"Try to ask the teacher to change your seat, because if you are my desk mate, it will be difficult for you to find friends. And it's getting late, you should go back, goodbye."
After Yasu politely refused her, he said goodbye to her then turned to leave.
Kushina looked at his departing back and lowered her head in disappointment.
She finally mustered up the courage to want to be friends with him, but was rejected, making her feel a little sad.