Chapter 87.4- One Thousand Hands

“A bird?” I asked, looking about with my byakugan. I could spot a certain Hyuga girl of to the side watching us dance with a smirk on hr face.

“Uraume?”

“Ask me no questions and I will tell you no lies” She said, basically confirming that it had been my Hyuga cousin who had called her here.

“Well, now you’ve seen me” I said.

“And you will keep dancing if you know what is good for you” She said pointedly when the music of the present song came to a stop and I made a motion as if to step back.

“Of course. Whatever you say” I said, as I led her around the floor in another dance. I hadn’t even known that Uzume could dance if I was being honest. I knew Uraume and I had had classes, but that was a Hyuga thing more than anything else. I didn’t imagine the Uchiha of all people would have all that much interest in giving their children that kind of training. Any kind of training that didn’t make them better at killing people seemed like the kind of thing they would consider to be an absolute waste of time. At least, that wasn’t the case.

And Uzume was a brilliant dancer. Part of it had to be our bodies understanding each other better than anything else, of course. If she shifted her weight, I could tell where she wanted to move instinctively even before my brain had registered the movement and I was already making my own movements to match her.

“So what next?” She asked.

“What if I don’t want to think about that? What if I just want to sit and enjoy the moment. Stop and smell he roses, if you would.” I said.

“You? I’d believe it when I see it. That head of yours doesn’t know how to stop thinking. For you there’s always a problem to solve. Always an issue to deal with. It’s the one thing that is truly consistent about you all the time. You never stop.”

“Sounds like you’re a fan”

“I admire it, yes. How no matter what happens you never get bogged down. It’s always onwards and forwards, and almost always for something bigger. A fact that has me apprehensive considering the last thing we just did. So tell me what is on your mind so I know if I have to start planning a conspiracy to tie you to your bed” She said, and I laughed for the first time in what felt like forever. I had no control over it. My head just tilted itself back of its own accord and the loud boisterous thing was escaping my mouth without even giving me a choice in the matter.