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Chapter 1 : (Re) Encounter
"Baka Naruto ! I haven't done in making the trench, and you already put the explosives ?" Sakura shouted.
"Haah ? I think that was a sign, Sakura-chan ! Now the explosives are ready to blow out !"
"What ? You'll make things worse, our mission is to save this part from the snowslide, and now, we're going to bury it by the snow you send with the explosion ! You know I can't make any barrier !" Their argument was cut off by the explosion, followed by the rough sound of the snowslide.
"Sakura-chan ! Get away, the snow is coming !"
"I KNOW !" Sakura ran as fast as possible to avoid the snowslide, and she can't imagine how angry the villagers will be if they know that Naruto and her was the cause of this snowslide.
"Hyouton : Double ice barrier !" Suddenly a figure appeared behind her, then a tall wall of ice blocked the snow's flow, right before it hit her and the village in front of her. The snow then compressed into pieces of ice crystal, and blown away. She sighed in relief, but then quickly whipped her head to see who has saved her. In front of her, stood a woman, wearing white cloak that covered all of her body, including her face that partly covered by the hood.
"Are you, ki..." She was stopped mid-sentence by Naruto's earsplitting shout. "Sakura-chaaan ! Are you alright ?"
"Sigh, Naruto, you don't have to shout as loud as that when you're running to my direction. Yes, I'm alright.." She then went back to the woman. "Thank you for saving us, anyway. But are you a Kirigakure ninja ? You used hyouton."
"No, I'm from Konoha, same as you both." She opened her hood, and show Sakura her forehead protector.
"Ah, so I'm Sakura, Haruno Sakura, and this is Uzumaki Naruto."
"I'm Yuki, Namikaze Yuki." She replied.
"So, what are you doing here, nee-chan ?" Naruto asked curiously.
"I'm just coming home from a long mission, and since Konoha's current condition is quite stable now, hokage-sama sent me a message that I can get a few days off, so, yeah, I went here..." She explained.
"Then, how about coming with us, we'll met up with Kakashi-sensei in a hot spring after this mission, right, Sakura-chan ?" Naruto vigorously whipped his head to the woman, and to Sakura.
"That sounds good, so, will you be going with us ?" Sakura asked her back.
"S-sure... But, I wonder if your Kakashi-sensei is the same Kakashi-san I know ?"
"Ah, you won't be false in recognising him, nee-chan ! He is an old man, it's obvious from his white hair, and he's wearing a mask, and he.." Naruto's excited explanation was cut off by...
"Who's the old man, eh, Naruto ?"
"KAKASHI-SENSEI ! No, no, no, I don't mind..." Naruto quickly stepped back from his sensei that suddenly appeared behind him.
"So, Naruto, Sakura, I see your mission is done here. I heard a rumble sound, so I think you're making some serious trouble, and I went here to check. But, everything seems okay to me.."
"Well, sensei, actually yes, Naruto made some trouble here" Sakura elbowed Naruto's stomach. "But luckily she was here to save us" Sakura pointed to the woman that stand beside her.
"Hmm.. So that.. Oh, thank you, are they such a trouble to you ?" Kakashi screeched the back of his head as he talked to the said woman. But the reply he received was "Kakashi-san ?" He opened his eye-crinkle and stared to her.
"Yuki ? What are you doing here ?"
"Um..."
"Yuki nee-chan has just finished her mission, and is in a day off. Can she go with us ? We are heading for Konoha, right ?" Naruto replied instantly.
"Well, in that case, of course, you can join us..." Kakashi smiled to her.
"Y-yes, Kakashi-san.." This time Sakura knew, she can't hide her blush anymore.
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"Aah... Hot spring is good for relaxing, right ? Yuki-san ?" Sakura said as she leaned her back to a rock beside the bath.
"Yeah, I always love to go to the hot springs." The addressed woman answered.
"By the way, Yuki-san, last time when Kakashi-sensei smiled to you, you blushed a bit, do you like Kakashi-sensei ? I mean, this is the first time you meet him, right, or, it isn't ?" Sakura asked curiously.
"Ah, that, I didn't mean... Ehm, but, this isn't my first time meeting him. You see, I'm an ANBU member too, so shortly, he was my senpai at ANBU" She said and pointed the ANBU tattoo on her left shoulder.
"Oh... I see... But you like him, do you, nee, Yuki-san..." Now Sakura leaned forward towards her, and she was grinning widely.
"Ah... Well... Maybe can be called a yes ?" Yuki answered, still shyly.
"Oh, c'mon, Yuki-san... Don't be so shy at your own feelings... You're not a little girl anymore. Anyway, how old are you ?"
"Twenty-six"
"Nah, that's it ! It suits ! Kakashi-sensei is twenty-nine, now, well, despite his appearance is just like someone is his late 70's..." Sakura's grin grew wider.
"Don't be ridiculous, Sakura ! It's not as simple as that."
"What's not as simple ?"
"You see, I'm an ANBU member. I don't have time for things like that..." She spoke, now with a relaxed voice, and was going to come out of the water.
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"Nee, Kakashi-sensei, do you know that nee-chan ?" Naruto asked.
"Yes, Naruto, she was my junior. And start call her Yuki, okay, don't just nee-chan like that. Now, what's up, why are you asking ?"
"Well, you see, she can use hyouton, isn't that kekkei genkei only present in Kirigakure ? Then why did she become a konoha ninja ? Besides, her surname is Namikaze, isn't that the yondaime hokage's name ? How come she has a relationship with the hokage ?" Naruto asked like he was a machine gun of questions.
"Let me answer that one by one. First, she posses Kirigakure's hyouton kekkei genkei because her mother was a user of that technique, and she ran to Konoha for protection, because in the past, Kirigakure shinobi with hyouton bloodline limit will be killed. Her surname is Namikaze, because her father was the older brother of Namikaze Minato, the fourth hokage. Now get it ?"
"So.. That... Ne, Kakashi-sensei, she is cute, isn't she ? Her blue eyes are same as mine.."
"Well, does she look cute only because her eyes ?" Kakashi chuckled.
"No, no, I mean, she is beautiful. She suits you, Kakashi-sensei.. Hehehe..."
"Don't be stupid, Naruto.."
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"Thank you for all today, Naruto, Sakura, Kakashi-san.. I think I'll go in my own way now." Yuki politely bowed her head towards the three. They were at the Konoha gate, and Yuki will continue her 'trip' to the ANBU headquarters, while team Kakashi will head towards the hokage tower to report for their mission.
When she started to jump above the rooftops, Kakashi realized, that he won't be seeing her again in a long time. She'll be busy in doing ANBU missions back-to-back, and he, as a former ANBU member, know that it isn't a guarantee she'll come back alive from her S-class missions.
Or will she ?
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