~Minato's POV~
After last night, I was somewhat depressed after hearing about Satomi. She had been through so much at such a young age…none of us have been though what she has. We all met up at the training grounds to wait for Sensei. I saw Satomi there but no Riku. I walked up to her and sat by her.
"Satomi, I wanted to say sorry if I did something wrong yesterday," I told her. She sighed.
"You didn't do anything," she told me. I frowned.
"Is there a reason you hate us so much?" I asked her. She stiffened.
"Who said anything about hating you guys?" She asked me.
"The fact that you don't look us in the eye, the fact that you didn't even want to join us for lunch yesterday, and how you acting so cold towards me," I told her. She didn't look at me. My frown deepened and I sighed. "Satomi, I just want you to know that you can trust us. We are a team, comrades…friends," I told her.
"Whatever…" she mumbled. Jiraiya-Sensei and Riku then showed up and saw us. Sensei raised an eyebrow and I shook my head. We began training, I sparred with Satomi while Jiraiya-Sensei and Riku sparred each other. Satomi was excellent in hand to hand combat. Even with weapons. She kicked me into a tree and before I knew it a yellow crystal dagger was pinning me to the tree by my shirt. She walked up to me. Why won't she let me see her eyes? She grabbed the dagger and I was free.
"What kind of Jutsu was that?" I asked her.
"Crystal Style, my clans Kekkei Genkai. This is a Topaz Dagger," She told me tossing me the dagger. It was indeed topaz, it looked nice. I gave her the dagger back but it disappeared. I saw her going to over to Jiraiya-Sensei, I ran over to her, I went to touch her shoulder when I accidently tripped taking her with me.
"Ouch," I mumbled. She groaned and I sat up. My blue eyes soon meet a lighter more vibrant blue, cerulean blue. They were beautiful, especially with her exotic purple hair. Her eyes widened. I blushed and scrambled up. "Sorry!" I panicked. I offered her a hand but she didn't take it. She stood up and dusted herself off.
"Its fine, whatever, just watch what you're doing next time," she told me making sure I can't see her eyes again. I frowned.
"Why do you hide your eyes?" I asked her. She stopped and looked at me though I still couldn't see her eyes.
"They weren't really common among my clan. They didn't like them so I didn't both to let anyone else see them," she told me. I gave her a soft smile.
"Well, I think you should let everyone see them!" I told her happily. She looked at me with wide eyes. Looking at them, I felt butterflies in my stomach. "I mean, they're beautiful, anyone who thinks otherwise is an idiot," I told her. She looked away and I swore I saw pink on her cheeks. Was she blushing?! I grinned.
"S-shut up, idiot," she stuttered. I chuckled.
"I mean it though! They're really pretty! They're like blue diamonds!" I told her as I grinned trying to look at her face.
"I-I don't b-believe you!" She stuttered again. I shrugged.
"Okay, I'll just have to get proof. Jiraiya-Sensei! Riku! Come here!" I shouted. They ran over. I pointed at her. "Does she or does she not have pretty eyes that she shouldn't be ashamed of?" I asked them. They looked at her and she looked at them shyly. When they saw they gasped making her look down.
"See? I told you, no one likes them!" She told me hitting me in the arm. This girl packs a punch!
"No! It's not that! They are actually really pretty, I've never seen that kind of blue before," Riku said to her. She looked at him.
"R-really?" She asked. Riku nodded with a grin. Sensei smiled at her.
"Yeah, there's nothing to be ashamed of. I think they suit you nicely, Satomi. I know Kesshou Clan members normally have silver eyes, but that kind of blue suits you. You're more unique then the rest," he told her. She looked at us with shocked expressions. Her mouth suddenly turned into a small smile.
"Thanks, guys," she told us. We all smiled at her. "But that doesn't mean I completely trust you yet," she told us. I see, she has trouble trusting others. I grinned.
"No problem, we'll gain your trust even if it takes us a while," I told her. She looked at me and I saw a little blush on her cheeks. She gave another small smile and nodded. We kept training the rest of the day. She then decided to come and eat with us. I sat beside her while Jiraiya-Sensei was on my right with Riku. I decided to talk to her about the song I heard last night, hopefully she doesn't take it the wrong way. "Hey, Satomi, when I was on my way home…I heard singing," I told her. She stiffened a little bit.
"What kind of singing?" She asked me.
"A song about being safe and sound," I told her as I was looking down at my bowl. I looked at her, she was looking down as well. "It was you singing," I told her. She nodded. "You have a beautiful voice and that song was amazing. Where did you learn it?" I asked her. She kept looking down.
"My mother," she answered. I frowned.
"Oh, she must have been talented," I told her. She nodded and I saw a small smile there again.
"Yeah, she was an amazing singer. She wrote a few songs for me. She would sing that song for me and one other before I went to bed at night. Sometimes I would sing with her," she told me. I was happy, she was starting to open up to me, but I could see that this was someone hurting her.
"Satomi, you don't have to tell me if it hurts you," I told her. She gave me another small smile and nodded. When we were done, I walked her home. I honestly didn't want to leave her, but I knew she doesn't completely trust me yet. I dropped her off and smiled. "I'll see you tomorrow, Satomi," I said to her. She smiled and nodded. I then walked home and went to my room. Once I was in there I punched the air. "Yes!" I shouted. I laughed. I finally got her to open up a little! Soon she'll be able to trust me completely and we can be friends. After a few days of the simple missions, we got another D rank mission…baby sitting and weed pulling. It was an old woman's two grandchildren that we had to babysit. So two of us would have to pull weeds while the other two would watch the kids.
"Alright, Riku and I will work on the weeds, you two can watch the kids," Sensei told us. We nodded and went into the house only to see a four year old little boy with dark brown hair and big green eyes, while the other was a baby girl with the same features as her brother. I honestly didn't know what to do, but Satomi walked up to the little boy and gave him a warm smile.
"Hey there, sweetie, I'm Satomi and this is Minato, we'll be watching you until your grandmother gets back," she told him softly. He nodded and waved at me. I waved back with a small smile. He looked back at her.
"I'm Hiro (Generous), I'm four," he said holding up four fingers. Satomi giggled and looked at the baby.
"And this little one?" She asked him.
"That's Cho (Butterfly). She's one," he told her holding up one finger. Satomi looked at her and smiled.
"She's really cute, just like you are handsome. I bet you're a very protective big brother, huh?" She asked him. Hiro nodded with a grin. I sat down in the chair and watched them.
"That's right! I'll protect Cho with everything I've got!" He told her puffing his chest and placing a small fist over his heart. It was cute and I could tell Satomi thought so too by how she giggled. She really changed when she saw the kids. She's really nice and warm. Hiro looked at her. "You're really pretty! You're pretty like my mommy!" Hiro said to her. Satomi smiled.
"I bet your mommy was much prettier," she told him. Hiro shook his head and looked at Cho.
"What do you think, Cho? Isn't she just as pretty as mommy?" Hiro asked her. Cho giggled. Hiro looked at Satomi. "See? She agrees with me! What about you Mr. Minato?" Hiro asked me. I was a little shocked at the asked and called me 'Mr. Minato'. I looked at her and smiled.
"He's right, you're really pretty," I told her. She blushed and tried to hide it with her bangs.
"S-shush you!" She told me. I chuckled as Hiro and Cho giggled. She raised an eyebrow at them and smirked. "You think that's funny, huh?" She asked them. Hiro nodded with a grin. She grabbed him and started tickling him making him break out in fits of laughter. "Now I think this is funny," she told him while laughing a little bit.
"Me sorry! Me Sorry!" Hiro laughed. She stopped tickling him and set him down. He folded his arms and pouted. "That was mean," he told her. She ruffled his hair.
"If it was mean then why were you laughing so much?" She asked him. He blushed and looked at me.
"Is she always like this?" He asked pointing at her. I shook my head.
"Nope, this is her nice side," I joked. Satomi crumpled up a piece of paper and threw it at me.
"I said shush you!" She told me. I couldn't help but laugh at her bashfulness and I guess Hiro and Cho couldn't either. Cho then yawned and Satomi smiled at her. "Looks like it's time for someone's nap," she said to her. She picked Cho up from the play pen and sat down on the couch by me. Hiro went up to the couch and climbed on to sit by her. With that she started singing a soft lullaby.
Been a long road to follow
Been there and gone tomorrow
Without saying goodbye to yesterday
Are the memories I hold still valid?
Or have the tears deluded them?

Maybe this time tomorrow
The rain will cease to follow
And the mist will fade into one more today
Something somewhere out there keeps calling

Am I going home?
Will I hear someone singing solace to the silent moon?
Zero gravity, what's it like?

Am I alone?

Is somebody there beyond these heavy aching feet?
Still the road keeps on telling me to go on
Something is pulling me
I feel the gravity of it all
When she was done, I saw that Hiro had fallen asleep in her lap. I walked up to her and grabbed Cho. I set gently back in her play pen as she slept. I then sat down by Satomi who was running her fingers though Hiro's short hair.
"You like kids a lot, huh?" I asked her. She nodded.
"Yeah, I like it when I see someone who's innocent like these two," she told me. I nodded. I smiled at her.
"You know, I like this side of you," I said to her. She blushed and looked away.
"Don't get used to it, idiot," she told me. I chuckled.
"I can't help it, seeing this side of you…you seem like a nice, warm, caring person," I told her. Her blush darkened. She sighed.
"I can't help it, children are my weakness," she told me. I nodded. Soon Riku and Jiraiya-Sensei came in.
"How did it go, you two?" Sensei asked us. I pointed to the kids then at Satomi.
"Next time, I say we just leave the kids to Satomi. She put them to sleep without any trouble…and they love her," I told them. Their eyes bugged out and they looked at her. She pouted.
"It's not that surprising. Sheesh, am I that cold towards you guys?" She asked us. We nodded. She sighed. "Well, it's like I said before, I don't trust you all yet. But kids are easy to trust, they're innocent and don't know wrong from right," she told us. We nodded understanding what she was saying. After a little bit, the grandmother came home. Hiro had woken up and hugged Satomi around her legs.
"Please don't leave, Tomi!" Hiro begged her with tears in his eyes. She bent down to his level and smiled.
"I'll make sure to come visit you, and when I can, I'll see if I can come over and watch you and your sister again, okay?" She asked him. He held out a pinky to her.
"Pinky swear?" He asked her. She hooked her pinky with his.
"Pinky swear," she told him. He nodded. "Now, clean those tears up, you need to be a strong man for your sister, right?" She asked him. He nodded and wiped his tears away. He then grinned at her. She ruffled his hair and stood up. We all then walked off.
"Bye, bye, Tomi!" Hiro waved at her. She waved back with a smile. I couldn't help but smile…she'll make a good mother one day.