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Chapter Two

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Through a cloud of dust several shrunken came rushing at her head. With a quick movement she dodged to the left, skidding and throwing up dirt and leaves. With a quick burst of chakra to her feet she skimmed up a large tree and onto its branches. In one fluid motion she snatches a kunai out of its holster, and launches it down at the white hair man. And of course he dodged it. With a flash he was right next to her. Quickly she jumped out of the tree and made a run for it. Hitting the ground and sending more chakra to her feet for a burst of speed. Tossing up a cloud of dirt behind her. Concealing her location. She jumped into a nearby bush, to get a better hold of the situation. She watched the white haired man who was standing close by. He was clutching a kunai and reading a small green book.

She thought for a moment about the best course of action. Noting the exact distance he was from her and the way he was standing. She watched his eyes closely as they scanned the forest. She now knew what she was going to do. She reached into her kunai holster and pull out a single sharpened weapon, got into position and braced her footing. She charged at him as fast as she could manage. As she got just feet from him she jumped up into the air and dug her kunai into his shoulder. Moments later she hit the ground in a white puff of smoke. FUCK! A Shadow clone! She thought angrily. She quickly turned around to see the white hair man right in her face. He reached out a hand and pinned her to the ground, and sitting on top of her. Though 4/5 of his face was covered she could tell he was smirking at her.

"You're moving a lot slower then usual Midori." He said getting off of her. As he stood up he reached out a hand to help her.

"Yeah yeah yeah Kakashi." The now 13-year-old girl said with a whole lot of attitude.

"It kind of worries me." Kakashi stated looking at the girl as she brushed herself off.

"What does?" She asked puzzled.

"Well the fact that you actually stabbed my shadow clone. What would you do if that actually was me?"

"It was a test." She said picking her kunai off the ground and putting it back in the holster.

"What do you mean by that? What was a test?" Midori giggled as she thought to herself

Wow and this guys a jounin. "It was all a test. I had to see if it was really you or not. And I knew that if it was you, no matter how fast I was moving, either you would dodge it or you would counter. You wouldn't let me actually stab you. But the only way I could be sure is to try. It was a bit risky but I did it to be sure."

"Your damn right it was risky. What if it was a real battle? You would have been killed!" The jounin was at the point of screaming. Well more like the scolding a parent would do to a child who has just disobeyed them.

"Kakashi if it was a real battle I would have actually came out you seriously, and with more then just kunai and shuriken. I would actually use jutsu." Midori didn't even look at him as she spoke she just leaned up against a tree and looked at her blue ninja shoes.

"I know this is just training, but still you shouldn't be so reckless Midori." He had calmed down by now. "In a real battle you can't risk getting hurt just to test a theory. You must be able to see through that kind of stuff."

"Yes Kakashi-sensei. It was just sparring its okay. Chill." She stopped leaning on the tree and started walking away. "If you don't get going Kakashi-sensei you're going to be late. Your always saying your other students get mad at you when you're late." She looked down at the ground as she walked placing her hands in the pockets of her shorts.

"Nah its okay. I can be a little late. Anyways you were definitely moving quite slow today, is there anything bothering you Midori?" She stopped in her tracks and a surprised look came over her face. Quickly she shook it off and started walking again.

"No. No. Nothing's wrong Kakashi-sensei I'm just a little tired that's all. I'm fine I swear." Kakashi ran up next to her and grabbed her shoulder, trying to stop her. As he did that she let out a painful scream. He pulled his hand off of her shoulder quickly.

"I'm sorry I forgot." She reached up to her shirt and pulled it back, looking at the laceration. It looked terrible, all red and puffy. "It's been 5 years since you got that, and it still hasn't healed has it?"

She shook her head. "No it hasn't. Maybe its because I don't want it to. Who knows." The wound its self was from the night that she came to this village. All the others had healed.

"But Midori if something's bothering you, you know you can tell me. I'm here for you I hope you know that." She let go of her shirt and looked up at him, then turned away.

"I know Kakashi-sensei. But you really are going to be late. You should go."

"I guess your right Midori, I'll see you later then I guess." He waved good-bye and bound into a nearby tree, and it moments he was gone.

It was quite early in the morning, the sun was just begining to rise. They always trained at this time. No matter the weather. They'd train for a few hours and then he'd have to leave to go see his other students. She was never allowed to go join them. The Hokage thought it would just be too risky. She wasn't even allowed to talk to anyone in the city. She was an enigma in this village. Kakashi always said that the villagers would think of her bloodline limit as a bad thing. But that she shouldn't. He said that it was a gift that she shouldn't be ashamed to use it. To bad she was.

She decided to go down to a nearby creak and watch the sakura peddles, and the many frogs that are there this time of year. She walked slowly down to the creek and sat at its edge. Pulling her sandals off and slipping her feet delicately in to the cool water. She didn't splash she just let the current swirl around her ankles. She liked to come down here and think about things. She leaned back on her wrists and looked at the sky. A nice breeze began to ruffle her light purple hair. She shut her eyes enjoyed the cool air on her face. She started thinking about what Kakashi-sensei said. "Midori if something's bothering you, you know you can tell me. I'm here for you I hope you know that." It made her smile a bit. Kakashi had always been there for her. Ever since she came here. Her mind wondered back to how he and her met.

When she came here and she decided to train to be a ninja here Kakashi was the one that Hokage-sama decided to make her teacher, and her caretaker. Ever since then Kakashi's been like a second father to her. They lived together, they ate together, they trained together. Well up until recently. When Kakashi was assigned to be the captain of squad seven, she was told by Hokage-sama that she now had to live on her own. He said that now that Kakashi had his own team that it was too risky. He worried that she may come into contact with the members of his team. He said specifically that he didn't want her coming into contact with a boy named Naruto. She could never figure out why, and no one, not even Kakashi-sensei would tell her why. But no matter what she said she had to leave. She tried to argue with him and get him to change his mind but the 3rd just wouldn't budge. So she left.

Now she didn't see Kakashi-sensei to often. Only when they trained, or when they had a mission. She loved going on missions. Kakashi-sensei and Hokage-sama always said that she was one of the few genin that was actually allowed to go on a mission with just her and Kakashi. And its not like Kakashi really did any of the fighting. He let her do it on her own. That may have been why she liked going so much. She got to show off what she could do. Even though they got to fight with each other, the only time she could actually show off how well she can handle a fight was during a battle. She hadn't actually been on a mission in a long time. They seemed to be training more but, they didn't go on any missions. She was curious to what exactly they were training for, and why Kakashi-sensei hasn't told her about it yet.

Before she knew it hours had passed. Hmmm I better go get something to eat she thought.. She stood up and started walking. She had about a twenty-minute walk ahead of her. And that's just if she walked. If she ran it was much less. But she was still a little fatigued from today's training. So she walked. She also enjoyed looking at the scenery. A while later she arrived at the edge of the forest. From here she had to make sure to say out of the crowds. She jumped up to the nearest rooftop. Running straight across it. Then onto the next. She kept going until she reached her apartment building. From there she would jump down onto her balcony and then she was home.

She entered her apartment through the window and into her kitchen. It was just a tiny room. Fit with a fridge, a stove, and a small table. She walked to her cabinet and pulled out a shinny teapot and placed it in the sink. She turned on the water and put the open kettle under it. Waiting till it had finished filling and turned off the water. She walked over to a second cabinet and pulled out a small wooden box and set it on the nearby table. She opened it up and looked at its contense. Tea. Ordinary raspberry tea. She took a package of the tea from the box and set it next to it. The box of tea was one of the things that Kakashi-sensei gave to her when she moved out. He knew that she loved raspberry tea. It made her smile just thinking about it. She shook off all these thoughts and continued preparing her tea. She placed the kettle on the stove and turned it on. Letting the flames heat up the liquid. She watched the fire. It danced around the shinny metal. Watching it made her scars scream. There was fire on that night too. Her eyes widen as she watched. Her breathing became labored. She reached out with her hand, just wanting to know what a burn on the skin felt like. Her hand hovered over the flames. Getting progressively closer.

"Hey you okay?" She snapped her head around towards her window. Her heart was pounding. She was relived to see it was just Kakashi-sensei sitting on her windowsill. Her gaze softened and her heartbeat slowed. "Hey I asked if your okay, you're acting a little out of the ordinary." He said as he jumped down from the windowsill. She shook her head bringing her hand to her face and rubbing her eyes.

"Yeah I'm okay. I just zoned out a little." She said as she looked up at him.

"Your such a bad liar ya know that Midori?" He said with a smirk.

"I'm not lying! I was just zoned out on the fire." He got a serious look on his face and stared straight at her.

"Well when people get zoned out they don't usually try to set themselves on fire." His voice had an angry tone to it. But also a bit of a concerned one as well. "Midori I know something's bothering you why don't you just tell me already."

"Kakashi-sensei you wouldn't understand. I just had a flashback that's all. But other then that nothings wrong I swear. " Kakashi just sighed knowing that his determined student wasn't going to tell him anything if she really didn't want to. She was a stubborn one all right. "Now do you want some tea?" Kakashi nodded and sat in a chair by the small table. He glanced down at it and saw the small wooden box of tea that he had given her.

"Wow you still have that thing. Man it's been almost a year since I gave that to you, I'm surprised that it's not empty yet."

"I only use that one when I've had a progressively frustrating day." She said with her back turned to him. While she was filling cups with the hot tea.

"What was frustrating about it?" He questioned.

"Why did you come down here? Shouldn't you be with your students? It's only noon, training can't be over already."

"No it's not over yet. But they all wanted to get some lunch so I came here."

"You should have gone with them then. I bet there wondering were you went." She said as she turned around with 2 cups of tea in hand. She placed them on the table and sat opposite Kakashi staring at him. "You usually go with them don't you?"

"I do. But you seemed a little down so I thought I come and keep you company during lunch. It's a good thing I did too."

"I'm fine Kakashi." She said as she took a sip of her tea. "You should have gone with them I bet you would have had fun. You always seem to have fun with them..." She looked down into her tea as she spoke. Kakashi could feel a little bit of jealousy in the statement.

"I'm sorry that you cant come with us Midori. I really am. If I could change things then you would be training and eating right along with us. And you wouldn't have to live alone here. I know! why don't we go out and eat lunch today!" A look of delight came across his face. Or at least that's what she thought it was.

"But! But, Kakashi-sensei! You know that I can't go out right now! Hokage-sama said!" The volume of her voice just kept going up.

Kakashi put one finger up to his face making a 'shh' type of gesture. "I wont tell if you wont! Plus rules are meant to be broken anyways." After he said that a serious look came over what little of his face you can see. "And besides I have something important to tell you."

"Are you sure about this Kakashi-sensei, I mean we could both be in big trouble if I come into contact with anyone from the prominate clans you know that. And I really don't want you to get into trouble."

"It'll be fine. I give you my word that I wont get into trouble. Your making my job of cheering you up quite difficult you know it." She was still unsure of wither she should go or not, but she knew that she couldn't say no to Kakashi-sensei. It was mentally imposable for her to be able to put into words a way to say 'no' to him. So with a heavy sigh she went along with it. Knowing that something was going to happen.