"Mirai-neechan!" Naruto cheered, as he entered Mirai's room with the rest of his team, including Yamato. "Oh, the spoiled prince!" he continued when he spotted Seiichi sitting on the chair beside the left side of her bed.

"Oh, everyone!" Mirai brightly said, as they walked towards her bed, before she laughed upon hearing what Naruto had called Seiichi with.

"Oi Mirai-chan. Don't laugh!" Seiichi frowned, despite blushing as he crossed his arms while pouting his lips.

"'Chan'?" Naruto pointed out, looking in between them, before realization struck him. "Ah I see! She's the one that you have told me about-" he paused for  moment. "Eh? So then... Mirai-neechan that I've told you about was Mirai that you've been looking for?" he frankly asked with an awkward smile. Without him knowing, Sakura was fisting her hand, trying to suppress her anger towards Naruto.

"Yeah. What a coincidence, right?" Seiichi stated, wearing a grateful smile on his face. Kakashi walked towards the other side of the bed, followed by Sakura.

"How are you feeling now, Mirai-san?" Kakashi started to ask, as he placed a hand on her right shoulder.

"Feeling much better!" she said, giving him a thumbs up. "How about you guys?"

Naruto suddenly sat on the edge of the bed, with a wide smile across his face. "We're always better! But..." Mirai tilted her head to one side as she noticed gloomy tone in his words. "When are you going to get discharge?"

"Huh?"

"It's kind of boring without you..."

"You mean, eating at Ichiraku Ramen?" Mirai let out  long breath, as she made a soft squeal. "Ha... I really want to eat a bowl. But, I can't escape the hospital this time."

Suddenly, the door was opened, before a voice followed. "Hello? Mirai-san?"

"Hm?" Mirai looked over, when Ino came into her sight. "Ah! Ino-san?" She entered, followed by Shikamaru and Chouji. "Heh, the whole team is here," she smirked, as the trio walked towards her.

"Hmph. The noisy aunt," Shikamaru uttered with a smirk, putting his hands behind his head.

"Teme... That... lazy boy..." Mirai growled, fisting her blanket, got annoyed. "Just because I'm stuck on this bed, it doesn't mean that I can't get you."

"Would like to see you try."

"Hm? Ah! You!" Ino suddenly shouted with a finger pointing at Seiichi, before she continued. "The tulip customer! Since past weeks, he's the one who always buy tulips, and today he bought a big amount of red ones! Oh, that's it!" she pointed out, looking at a big bouquet of red tulips on the bedside table.

"Oh... So those tulips were from you?" Yamato asked, as he leaned against the window ledge.

"Ahaha..." Seiichi frankly laughed, scratching the back of his head. "Because I know that Mirai-chan really loves tulip."

"So romantic!" Ino suddenly stated.

"Why?" Sakura started to ask.

"In flower language, generally tulip means 'perfect love'. In this case, red tulip means 'true love'."

"Eh? Shikamaru?" Naruto asked, a bit shocked when he heard his explanation. "Pfft... You know about flowers too? Don't you have any knowledge limit?"

"He just learned it this morning," Chouji said, kind of defending his smart friend.

"Getting it from someone is romantic, you know? For its general meaning, it's like giving your love to that person," Ino continued, receiving nods from Sakura and Naruto.

"A-Ah..." Kakashi suddenly awkwardly spoke, drawing everyone's attentions to him. "Well... I think I should go now... to meet the Hokage-"

"Yeah," Mirai suddenly interrupted, as she looked down at her fingers, fiddling with it. Then she looked up, everyone was staring at her. "What? He need to meet Hokage, right? So, go quickly then. We know how terrifying can that Hokage be."

The room was somehow filled with an awkward silence, as Kakashi strutted his way out of the room. To break the silence, Shikamaru cleared his throat. "Hey, we have a task to do right? Make it quick."

"Ah right," Ino said, as she handed out a small basket of fruits. "We're here because we want to give you this, Mirai-san."

"Ah, thank you. Good luck for your team!" The trio then excused themselves, leaving Naruto, Sakura, Sai and Yamato in the room with Mirai and Seiichi.

"Mirai-san. You should get some rest too," Sakura started to say, before Naruto cut in.

"So that we can eat at Ichiraku Ramen again, together!" he cheerfully said, patting her knee.

With a toothy smile, Mirai happily said as she nodded, "hm... Yeah!"

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"Naruto."

"What is it, Sakura-chan?"

"Hm... Can we trust that prince?" Sakura asked, being suspicious since their visit to Mirai.

"Hm, that's what I've been wondering too. I'm afraid if he has another agenda," Naruto suspected, as they walked down one of the village's paths.

"But we can't just accuse him. We don't know him that much. Only Mirai-san knows him well."

Naruto looked up at the sky, and let out a long sigh. "Kagamiko Seiichi from Kagamiko clan."

"Kagamiko clan are known for its healing technique and kekkei genkai," Sakura explained, before Naruto turned at her with a questioning look. "Mirrors."

"Mirrors?"

"You can tell from the name of the clan. Kagami. But there's not much information about them, because they're kind of... hidden."

"So Mirai-neechan kind of found them?" Naruto curiously asked, which then Sakura replied by rising her shoulders up. As they continued to walk, suddenly Naruto stopped when he was gazing the blue sky. "Hm?"

"What is it?"

"There's something shining there." With that, he ran towards the direction of where did the shines are coming from. Sakura was trying to catch up with him.

"Naruto, wait!" she called out, being ignored by him before she found themselves at the training ground.

"Eh? Seiichi-san?" Naruto was a bit surprised, when Seiichi was shooting something shiny and glassy out to the sky from his right arm. "What are you doing?"

"Oh? I'm discarding the detector in my body," Seiichi said, still shooting the rectangle glasses out of his arm. "I want to protect Mirai-chan from my clan. They want her. They want to kill her. And that moment will come anytime."

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[Early That Morning...]

"Ah... That's it. All the vases are full! Ready to be on sale!" Ino cheerfully said, after she had filled in her family's flower shop with fresh flowers. She opened the shop, ready to wait for customers to come. "Hm... I need to check on the flower list."

"Good morning, Ino," suddenly Shikamaru greeted, as he entered the shop with Chouji. "You had just opened the shop?"

"Ah, Shikamaru! Chouji!" she said, as both of them approached her, who was pulling out a clipboard. "What makes you guys come here? There's a task for us?"

"Well, that's what I've heard from Asuma last night. It's troublesome to have a task in the early morning," Shikamaru explained, as he rested against the counter. "Since you're the only one who didn't know it, we came here to inform you."

"Oh... If only you guys told me earlier, I should've been ready!" She was about to turn around when a young guy walked in. "Oh! Good morning, sir! You're coming to buy a tulip again?"

"Ah... yes. But this time, I want all red tulips you have in your shop," the guy requested. Ino, including Shikamaru and Chouji themselves were surprised with his big request.

"E-Eh... Oh okay! Please wait for a moment. I'll wrap it up for you," Ino said, bowing down at her customer before she turned at her friends. "You guys wait here! We'll be going after this."

"Ah, alright..." Shikamaru obeyed, as she left the counter. He glanced back at the customer, and noticed something. "You're... not from around here, right?"

"Ah... right. I'm just a traveller," the customer said, scratching his head. "I need to gain experience too."

"Sir, are you sure you want all the tulips? We have 30 left," Ino asked from the corner of the shop. "Chouji, can you help me?" she called out as the customer confirmed her. After a moment, Ino came to the counter with one vase of red tulips, followed by Chouji who brought two vases of it.

"Is it possible to make all of it into one bouquet? Because I know she'll like it."

"Ah! For a girl, of course she'll like it! Moreover, it's tulip that you're giving! How romantic! Here, I'll make them into a one grand bouquet." With that, she started to make the bouquet. After a few minutes, the bouquet was done and the customer left with it. "Ah... Isn't he a romantic guy? Plus, he's a handsome one too. That girl is so lucky to have him."

"Hey Ino. What meaning does tulip bring?" Shikamaru asked, being curious as Ino was cleaning the counter.

"Oh? Why would someone like you want to know? Is there anyone you want to give a tulip to?" she teased, as she wiped the counter clean. As he was giving her an annoying look, she chuckled before walking to the back door of the shop. "Hai hai, I'll tell you," she said as she turned the door knob. "Red tulip means 'true love', but in general, it means 'perfect love'."