Author's Note: Lengthy chapter, I know. -sigh- I wish you guys would please review!
Disclaimer: I, KawaiiTenshiCeres, does not own Hatenai Sora by Arashi or Naruto/Naruto:Shippuden. I only own the various OCs that appear in the story such as Koyama Sumire.
Hatenai Sora
とまどいながら/Tomadoi Nagara
"So you two were visiting Hokage-sama because of some medicine?"
It was nighttime. Sitting around the fire was the four of them casually eating. Holding the toasted fish on a stick, Sumire's eyes widened towards the old man. He sat there with a proud smile on his face, apparently happy that he managed to make the sloth of a woman amazed. His irritated grandson gave out an exhausted sigh, retreating into the tent. Satoshi gazed at the two jounin with a thoughtful look on his face.
"It was a dream of mines to actually talk with the legendary Tsunade." he responded. "So...Do you have any dreams you two?"
Choking on a piece of fish, Sumire began to cough, as she was gently patted on the back by Kakashi. Tears formed in her eyes, as she quickly fumbled around her stuff and managed to get a sip of her water. Sumire managed to swallow the fish, before looking up at Satoshi with a sheepish smile upon her face.
Scratching the back of her head, the brunette smiled. "Haha. I do. A pretty embarassing one, to say the least." she responded.
"Oh?" Satoshi questioned. "You can say it. You're still a woman after all."
Sumire smiled as she gently placed down the stick in thought. "A mother. I want to become a mother." she said."Nothing special really. It's just that...I have reasons."
A smirk formed on the older man's face. Before he could say anything, Sumire had excused herself to go to bed early without looking back at them. She disappeared into the second tent and was silent for quite sometime. The two of them sighed for a moment, before Satoshi gazed over at Kakashi.
"I was going to ask her if she's willing to be with my grandson." he laughed heartily. "She might be a good match with him." he continued.
"Actually..." Kakashi spoke up.
"Hm? Do you like her or something?" he questioned nudging him.
Shaking his head, Kakashi smiled towards Satoshi. "Actually, she might have a crush on my friend back at home." he said, noticing the client slowly falling into despair. "They are together a lot, so I assumed that they might get together."
Satoshi was silent, as he nodded. "I see." he muttered, getting up and heading towards his tent.
The forest sky was filled with several stars, as Kakashi casually sat there staring at the fire. He heard the tent flap slightly opened, as he turned to see the slightly tired Sumire smiling to him. She walked out of the tent with a blanket over her shoulders, as she sat next to him.
"You thought about your future like that?" the jounin questioned, noticing his kouhai nodding.
"Yeah. Even though I highly doubt it's going to happen anytime soon. You know my reasons, that's why it's the only dream I want to have. Hell, when I turn 30 soon, I'll ask Gai-san to help me make the kid." Sumire joked. "I know being a kunoichi is great and all, but I want to have a child who lives in the same happiness like I did." she smiled. "Hey! If you have a kid the opposite gender of my future kid, they could be rivals!"
Kakashi lightly smiled, gently messing up Sumire's hair. "Wish you luck on that."
"Anyways! Don't want to waste my sleeping hours. Wake me up when we switch watch duty." the jounin grinned, holding up a peace sign and going into the tent once more.
Early next morning the four of them were on their way. It was a two day trip to Iwagakure, especially at the rate they were going, they might be there by nightfall. Sumire was talking to Satoshi, as the other two men were silent. Though, a suspicious look was on Kakashi's face, as he quietly glanced around. He moved over, and pulled Sumire away from Satoshi out of the blue. The clients gazed at them, as Kakashi whispered something in her ear.
"There's a trap around here. I'll go protect Satoshi-san. You go protect his grandson. Remember...Don't be too reckless." Kakashi had ordered, watching the brunette push up her glasses and nodding in agreement.
"There might be shinobi around here. I'll try to delay them. I can't assure you" she murmured, as he nodded.
"Oi! We don't have all day!" Shouji shouted. "I want to get home already!" he barked at the pair.
"Yeah, yeah." they said in synch, as Sumire hesitantly began to walk next to the stubborn Shouji.
It was only an hour, but a faint sound was heard in the air, as the jounins stared up into the sky. Birds were flying away, already a bad sign that danger was approaching. Shouji was walking forward, before stopping in his place where a kunai nearly stabbed him on the toe. Jumping back, the young client looked at the tag attached to it, slowly burning. Kakashi gazed at Sumire who had quickly yanked him away. The tag exploded, as smoke filled the air. The impact forced them to slide back onto the dirt ground, and forced Sumire's glasses off.
"Hey! Are you o...kay?" Shouji questioned, as his eyes slowly widened in shock.
Sumire was on top of the client, as she quickly looked away touching the ground blindly before picking up her glasses. "Yes! You and Satoshi-san need to get away from here with Kakashi-san, immediately!" she shouted, as she quickly pulled Shouji up. "Now go!"
Their clients began to run, with Kakashi being their only protector for now. Taking out a scroll, Sumire gazed around as she saw shurikens heading towards her. She backed away as she placed the scroll onto the ground and hovered a hand over a kanji that reads: '斬' or 'Zan'. Closing her eyes, a poof of smoke exploded, as she pulled out a huge heavy sword. It was a zanbatou that was twice the size of Sumire. Her eyes closed hearing footsteps approaching her.
"雷遁: 竜螺旋(Raiton: Ryu Ransen/ Lightning Release: Dragon Spiral)!" she shouted.
Swinging her weapon, lightning pierced through the trees as it cleanly sliced through it, forcing several of them to fall onto the ground. Her eyes wandered, as she heard some men screaming from afar. Jamming the sword into the ground, Sumire hopped up and balanced herself on the sword thoughtfully. Gently pulling off her glasses, her eyes skimmed the place in thought. Nothing was heard, as she quietly hopped off her weapon and sealed it into the scroll.
"Huh. And I thought this would be a good chance for me to show how much I improved..." she grumbled underneath her breath, beginning to walk. "This is strange." she said with a suspicious tone.
Walking forward, the kunoichi had a stern look on her face. She will simply need to run to try and catch up with the other members of the group. She knew they didn't get too far, but she had to hurry and prayed none of them got injured. As she ran something rustling nearby her nearly startling the poor woman to death. Whipping out a kunai, Sumire slowly walked, feeling like something is wrong with the picture. Faint rustling was heard, as the kunoichi quickly rush to the bushes.
"...What the?" she questioned, merely covering her mouth at the sight of it.
A gray sack was in front of her, slowly moving around. Taking down a gulp of saliva, Sumire slowly opened the bag, seeing something she had least expected. Biting her lip, she quickly picked up the sack, and began to carry it with her in her arms. This was a problem indeed. She never had expected this at all. Quickly running down the path, Sumire had the urge to simply shout. It was too horrible for her to even think any longer, she needed help. She knew that running around absently like that won't get her anywhere...Taking a deep breath, she slowly began to shout out his name.
"KAKASHI-SAN!"
