Chapter 3 Yes! We are friends!

"Who are you?! Why are you helping the demon fox?"

"You little brat, don't join in the fun!"

Someone immediately came up and tried to pull Kanane away, but Kanane spread her arms and stood in front of Naruto.

"Don't you think that's too much?" Hanane angrily slapped away the hand that was pulling her.

"Whose kid is this? He's crazy!" The aunt who was slapped away cursed angrily.

"You actually defended the demon fox. Are you crazy? How unlucky!"

After the audience blamed Kanon for a while, it also attracted the attention of some patrolling ninjas. Knowing that they were in the wrong, the audience all dispersed.

"What's going on?" The patrolling ninja came over.

Kanon still stretched out her arms, protecting Naruto behind her.

"What do you want to do?" Kanon looked at these people suspiciously, thinking that they were also here to bully Naruto.

"We just checked the situation. If nothing happened, we will continue patrolling!"

Naruto lay on the ground, blinking his blue eyes at the girl in front of him who opened her arms and stood up for him. There seemed to be tears in his eyes.

After the patrolling ninja left, Kanon turned around and stretched out her slender and smooth little hand to Naruto.

"Can you stand up?"

"Thank...thank you." Naruto only took careful note of Kanon's appearance after being pulled up.

Her jet-black hair reached past her waist and she wore a pink headband on her head. She looked like a girl about the same age as herself.

Her face was very delicate, with sharp edges and a chubby little face, which made her look energetic and cute. At this time, a faint fragrance emanated from Kanon's body, which made Naruto a little stunned.

Kanon felt a little frightened by Naruto's gaze, so she bent her knees slightly, squatted down, and picked up the mask that the mask shop owner had just thrown at Naruto's face.

She used her delicate hand with a wound on the index finger to gently brush off the dust and handed it to Naruto.

"It's not very dirty. Take it."

Naruto was stunned, and his expression became even more complicated as he looked at the fox mask that Kanon handed to him.

Kanon seemed to see Naruto's complicated look and also extended her hand to Naruto.

"My name is Uchiha Kanon, what's yours?"

Naruto lowered his head, and for a while he hadn't recovered from the public criticism.

But Naruto suddenly felt his hand suddenly warm, and Kanon actually held his hand at this time, smiled sweetly at him, tilted her head and said:

"I also want to go eat Ichiraku Ramen. Do you want to come with me? I'll treat you!"

Kanon took out her small wallet, which still had some money in it, so it would be no problem to at least treat Naruto to a bowl of ramen.

When Naruto heard the word ramen, his eyes glowed golden, and since the other party was treating him, of course he had to go!

"My name is Uzumaki Naruto! I'm seven years old! Kanon, how old are you?"

"Ah... then I'm one year younger than you!"

"Hehe." Naruto rubbed his nose.

"Uchiha Kanon, I remember!"

"Just remember it. Are you someone who easily forgets names?" Kanon looked at Uzumaki Naruto, who was almost as tall as her, in confusion.

"Of course not!"

"By the way, lead the way. I haven't been here to eat ramen very often." Hanane pointed to the fork in the road ahead.

"Okay!" Naruto nodded slightly.

So Naruto took Kanon to Ichiraku Ramen Restaurant, lifted the curtain, and pulled Kanon to sit in the corner.

"Boss, give me two servings of Ichiraku ramen, and I want some char siu!" Naruto shouted into the store.

"Kane, what flavor do you want?"

"Then I'll have char siu too." Kanon thought about it and realized that she had only eaten ramen a few times, so she simply ordered the same thing as Naruto.

She basically eats at restaurants near her home, but more often her mother, Uchiha Mikoto, cooks for her.

"Ichiraku Ramen is the best ramen in the world. I eat it every day!"

"Is it so delicious?" Kanon glared at Naruto suspiciously.

"Also, it's not nutritious for you to eat ramen every day!"

Facing Hanane's questioning, Naruto was also a little embarrassed, as if it was really the case, so he argued to Hanane:

"Ramen comes in many flavors. Eating something different every day is nutritious."

After hearing this, Kanon looked at Naruto with contempt.

"What are you looking at?" Naruto was a little flustered by Kanon's smart and sparkling eyes.

"I just think you're being quibbling. You should eat something nutritious next time!"

"Okay, I know, let's eat ramen now and don't think about other foods."

"Hmph!" Kanon turned her head away, seeming a little dissatisfied with Naruto's casualness, but was too embarrassed to say it out loud.

After a while, the noodles were served.

"The pork bone, miso and barbecued pork noodles are here!" After placing two bowls of noodles on the table, the boss went back to the kitchen.

There was so much material on it that even Kanon was a little surprised.

"A lot... a lot."

Naruto was also satisfied when he saw Kanon's surprised expression.

"Would you like to try it? Especially this char siu." Naruto pointed at the char siu on the surface.

"Then I'll start eating." Kanon picked up the chopsticks and was about to pick up something when Naruto stopped her.

"and many more!"

"Hmm?" Hanane turned her head away in confusion, her long black hair slightly tucked behind her ears with her hands.

Naruto felt a little uncomfortable with Kanon's cute eyes and said what he wanted to say.

"Well... try the soup before eating the noodles, it will taste better..."

"I see." Kanon nodded, and as Naruto said, she picked up the spoon, scooped a spoonful of soup, and gently sucked it into her mouth.

Suddenly, she froze and said in surprise: "It tastes so good!"

"Hey, then I'll start eating too!" Naruto showed Kanon his way of eating noodles.

He dipped the noodles into the soup and took a sip, and Hanayone followed suit. Just like that, before they knew it, two bowls of noodles were already gone!

After paying the money, Kanon also walked out of the store with Naruto.

"I'm so full, Ichiraku Ramen is really delicious." Naruto covered his stomach, seeming to be a little full.

"I agree with this." Hanane gave Naruto a thumbs up.

"So where should we go next?" Naruto said softly.

"I'm going back to practice, what about you?"

"Practice? Practice what?" Naruto wondered.

"Some basic stuff." Hanane said, pointing to a hill in the distance.

"I'm there every day. I can see the cliffs when I climb up, and I practice in the woods next to the cliffs."

"So that's how it is. Do you usually come out to eat at noon?" Naruto asked.

"Almost, if you want to practice."

"Then when are you free? I want to go there and chat with you." Naruto said with a smile.

"It's around 3:30 in the afternoon... I should have finished my training by then, and it's too early to go home. I'll sit down and rest for a while."

"Okay, then I'll come to see you when I'm free." Naruto said with a smile, and the texture of his beard seemed to bend as he smiled.

"I understand. If there's nothing else, I'll leave first."

Kanon waved at Naruto and was about to leave, but was stopped by Naruto after she had taken only two steps.

"Uchiha Kanon!"

Kanon was stunned, turned around and looked at him in confusion. Why did Naruto call out her full name so solemnly? Before she could react, Naruto nodded at her and said.

"Are we friends?!"

At this moment, a breeze blew, and a leaf floated in the sky, slowly falling into Kanon's palm. She held it gently, and she gave Naruto a bright smile.

"Yes! We are friends!"