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Chapter two

Minato stood in Hiruzen's office. Kakashi and Rin had been dismissed to the hospital as Hiruzen picked up the report and read it, puffing on his pipe.

"I hope Kalila-hime's little appearance didn't cause any of you any trouble?" Hiruzen asked with a hidden meaning in his voice.

"No she didn't. Rin was too much in a state to even care there was someone else there and Kakashi was unconscious and didn't see her either. Her secret's safe as I called her 'Shiroi'." Minato said and he saw a slight smile twitch at the corners of Hiruzen's lips.

"Kushina has given her the appropriate punishment as she went after you without my permission… What about the enemy?" Hiruzen asked as he put the file down on his desk and gave Minato all of his attention.

"She finished off every single enemy there and she said nothing about coming across anyone else. I thing her secret is still safe since it's such a well kept one Hokage-sama." Minato said and Hiruzen hummed. "You can't keep her in the village forever Hokage-sama, she's just like any other curious child and she'll rebel if you continue to keep her so locked down." Minato expressed as Hiruzen took in the information to heart before blowing out a long puff of smoke, looking out over his village.

"That's what I fear. She's unstable and if I give her this freedom there's a huge possibility she'll become something we can't handle and don't want her to turn into. Her lack of intense emotions is worrying when I think of putting her out there in the field and without the proper guidance she will go down the wrong road." Hiruzen expressed, staring out over Konoha.

"Add her to my team." Minato suggested as Hiruzen turned back in his chair to hear Minato out. "We're missing a member now and she knows me well, you know I won't lead her down the path and maybe someone completely new can help all of us heal the wound that Obito's death has left."

"That's exactly why I reject that idea Minato." Hiruzen said and Minato frowned as his eyebrows furrowed with slight anger but he kept quiet for an explanation. "It's because she's close to you that this is a bad idea, we know she's stable for now in the village but we don't know how she would react in a real situation she can't handle on her own, especially if her new friends and especially you get hurt. We cannot risk that."

"I see…" Minato said, his face dropping as he stared down at the table and Hiruzen laughed.

"Take it easy Minato, I'll handle it since it's my duty as Hokage and not yours. Go home, rest, grieve and spend some time with Kushina and Kalila." Hiruzen said with a sad smile as Minato's mood dropped further and he nodded before leaving out the door and towards home.

He went straight into the kitchen and wrapped his arms around Kushina's waist from behind, burying his face in the crook of her neck. Kushina turned in his hold and hugged him tightly as she let her tears soak into his uniform as his were soaking into her dress. The sound of a grass whistle catching their ears and hearts as Minato cried and sobbed silently and Kushina hugged him to hold him together as she had shed enough tears hearing Kalila explain the whole story to Kushina of what happened the night before.

"Minato-sensei." A soft voice called, the grass whistle stopping a few seconds before as Kalila stood by the entrance of the kitchen. "I apologise for not making it in time. I'll try harder next time." Kalila said and Minato calmed down as he raised his head, giving Kushina a watery smile before turning his red and puffy face towards the girl standing there, a slight hint of worry and guilt in her eyes.

"Come here hime." Minato asked, his voice cracking slightly as he waved his hand for her to come over. Kalila blinked and looked at the distance between them before she almost seemed to skip and float on her toes over towards them , her kimono flying out slightly behind her with her arms and sleeves as she stopped a step away. Minato got down on one knee and took her shoulders gently, looking into her fluorescent blue eyes watching calmly with worry buried deep in that colour and the way her lazy looking eyes were slanted.

"You have nothing to be sorry about. You helped us even thought I heard from the Hokage you left without permission which wasn't right but I thank you for coming to back us up when you knew something was wrong but next time, try doing it the right way by expressing your concern to the Hokage first." Minato said with a slight smile, closing his eyes.

"I will Minato-sensei." She responded, her voice ever so stronger showing she had slight determination and would do it the next time. Minato opened his eyes to see her eyes had turned sharper, it reminded him of a an Uchiha's eyes but also similar to his own and the lazy droop would remind him of Kakashi when he was younger and getting ready for bed. They had lost their guilt but still held some other emotion in them he hadn't seen in her before as he pulled her stiff little body towards him as he hugged her loosely and gently so she could pull away if she was uncomfortable which usually she did and Minato saw the reason why Hiruzen had turned down his suggestion of putting her on his team.

They equally pulled out of the hug and she raised her kimono-covered hand, revealing it as she patted Minato on the head with her head tilted slightly as she watched her hand.

"You need a shower… I could smell you from outside." Kalila said, turning back into her lazy looking eyes as she dropped her hand and her nostrils twitched ever so slightly before she floated away outside again and they heard the grass whistle again after a slight dull thud on the roof, indicating where she was.

"She's right dattebane." Kushina grinned and Minato laughed slightly. He hugged Kushina with an evil grin as she fought pathetically to escape before giving her a huge sloppy kiss on her cheek and leaving to have a shower since he saw his favourite meal being cooked and it smelt good unlike him at the moment.

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Kalila opened her eyes like a robot, staring at the ceiling of the room. She reached a hand over to the side table and felt a piece of paper there as she held it up and read it:

Kalila-hime

I had a mission to get to as did Minato so we left you a set of house key and be sure to lock up when you leave. You're free to stay here while we're gone just make sure to keep the fridge stocked and clean of old food and our little goldfish fed. I'll miss you and no getting up to mischief while I'm away, I know you too well and there will be severe punishment if I find out.

Kushina

She reached over and put the letter down as she put her arm back under the blanket and remembered the story Kushina had read to her as she fell asleep. It was about her old home and it sparked something in her head, she wanted to see where she came from, or what was left of it. Kushina only said to keep out of trouble so she will… Out in Uzushio.

That steeled her resolve as her eyes narrowed and she got out of bed towards the shower before getting dressed with an emergency scroll as she locked up and headed out into the village. She followed the riverbank to the wall where she jumped over quietly and was on her way with a map in hand, jumping silently through the trees. Kalila had never experienced such a burning desire for anything but this one thing and she decided it was worth breaking the rules just to see it only once before she could stop this annoying burning annoyance in her head.

She slid the map into her pocket inside her kimono as she reached the docks and flashed out onto the water, seemingly invisible to the shinobi on guard out there at the moment and she got this strange feeling in her heart as she could hear its beating in her ears and she opened her mouth to breath faster, ignoring the little mist cloud she breathed out with each little breath… Why was everything so guarded if talks with Iwa were beginning to happen?

World War… Kiri must have gotten bothersome Kalila concluded as she frowned ever so slightly. She felt her talent was being wasted inside of the village and she would only be allowed on C-rank missions that usually happen in the village or away from the fighting so maybe she could prove her worth if she gets caught up in Uzushio.

The moon hung high in the sky, guiding her as she looked up and saw it sitting brightly in the sky as she ran silently across the water… It was easy to get lost but she felt like she was being guided by it and so she went with what she felt because it always turned out right then the butterflies began in her stomach… Something wasn't sitting right with her.

By sunrise, that feeling had gotten more intense to the point she had to stop and take a few deep breaths and nearly throw up a few times then the splitting headache came along but she could deal with it as she took double than the prescribed dose and kept going. The orange light illuminated land up ahead but there was one thing that caught her eye… A few green and dead looking plants as she pulled out her map and looked around. Not quite to Uzushio, she had gone ten degrees off coarse during the night and she frowned slightly as she put the map away, interested in the dead looking branches.

There was a crunch under her foot on her tenth step onto the land as she removed her foot gently and looked down… Broken ceramic, her eyes looked further ahead and her eyes widened the furthest they had ever gotten as she took the whole sight in, in front of her. There were Kiri nin mixed up in those branches, almost like they had grown, incorporating the bodies but by the state of the flesh she inspected on the first one, they were a few hours old yet somehow that couldn't make sense in her mind, the smell of blood assaulting her nose as her eyes travelled across the land, devastated by these tree like things and blood with bodies as the trees dripped the red substance.

She walked over to the lower body that was hanging in an awkward back bending position as she removed his mask and examined his face. The skin was too new and not even decaying yet, the glassy eyes are what caught her attention, glazed over blue and purple colours as they stared forever, the mouth gapped open in a silent scream, matching the terrorised position the eyes were set in. What ever had killed them had been something they weren't expecting and something for an ANBU to be scared about.

A ripple in the blood she was walking through made her freeze as her head flicked over towards where the ripple came from, eye sharp as she studied the dead land around her, lifeless as the bodies hanging around but something made the blood ripple and she knew she wasn't being paranoid because the ever so slight sound of ragged breathing made her know someone managed to survive this ordeal… The only question now is friend or foe?

Watching the ripple fade out to a stop, she followed the ripples as they got smaller, moving her feet carefully through the blood as she couldn't be bothered to walk on top of it when it looked like water in the beginning but it was on her now.

Konoha hitai-ate.

Kalila stepped closer to two bodies lying there in the blood as she got on her haunches by the girl. Blood trails dried against her blue lips and down her chin, the purple war paint loosing its effectiveness against the pale and cold skin as Kalila felt against her cold neck, knowing that she was dead anyway… Poor Minato-sensei and Kushina-sensei. No slight push against her fingers on the cold and bloody neck so she stood up and stood next to the masked figure and got on her haunches once more, reaching for his neck and pressing lightly…

A push against her fingers and slightly clammy and fevered skin under the mask… Chakra exhaustion and probably shock if she put the pieces together correctly. She didn't know of any positions of Konoha shinobi and if she went looking blindly she knew she would be in trouble as she looked around the crater filled with blood… It looked like some messed up worshipping circle if she thought about it with a bit of dark sarcasm. The run back to Hi no Kuni land was just over half a day's run and longer if she tried to carry Kakashi's larger body but he needed medical attention and quickly…

Kalila breathed out a puff of misted air as she released her frustration. She couldn't leave them here because Kiri really wanted them to send out this many ANBU and if she took Kakashi and they wanted Rin, it could spell trouble for Konoha in the future but if she left Kakashi, it was a hostage plus the sharingan. If she left both of them to find reinforcements, Kakashi could die be it by fever or Kiri… Minato-sensei would never forgive her…

Minato-sensei's kunai!

She reached into Kakashi's pouch and dug around before she found the three pronged kunai and threw it into the nearby tree branch and waited for the familiar yellow flash as she held Kakashi across her lap and in her arms because her cold skin would cool him down and keep him dry. She waited for a minute before staring at the kunai and reaching into her own pouch, the same three pronged kunai and threw it next to the other one, this time there was a yellow flash as he stood on the water, looking around with disgust and shock on his face.

"Sensei, focus." Kalila said calmly as he focused his eyes on her and then Kakashi, then seeing Rin as he walked over and picked Kakashi up. "She didn't make it."

"What the hell are you doing out here?" Minato asked in an angry whisper, obviously in inner turmoil right then.

"I'll explain later. He needs a doctor." Kalila said as she grabbed her kunai and Kakashi's as well, putting them in her pouch for now as she walked over to Minato, brushing Rin's hair back and having Kakashi on his back already. "Konoha sensei." Kalila said calmly as she pinched some of his flak jacket in her fingers as she was pulled and dumped in Konoha's hospital with Minato sitting on the ground and panting with the range and over use of Hiraishin.

Doctors and nurses immediately rushed over since Minato had brought Rin's body back as well. Nurses ran over to Kalila but she held her hand up, looking up calmly at them as they took the hint and helped Minato up and checked for injury. They half carried Minato away as Kalila shrugged and walked off with a mission towards Hiruzen's office… She was going to be in trouble yet probably thankful at the same time as she opened the door and his pipe fell out of his mouth when he saw the state of her white and now red outfit.

He listened as his eyes roamed over all of the blood on her, there was more red than white now as it even died the tips of her hair red that fell into the blood, not to mention pulling Kakashi's blood soaked body onto her lap, kneeling in the blood and walking through it. She told him exactly where she was heading and the possible island she landed on before he ordered her to take him to Minato in the hospital and dismissed as they got there… Kalila decided she needed a shower and to burn those clothes, which burned in a metal bin in the training ground as she scrubbed herself clean in her home once again.