Sorry guys, I changed a LOT in the first five chapters... I didn't quite like the character that I set up for Yura and I changed it quite a lot.. :) I couldn't really work with the original one... it got on my nerves. Thanks for being patient with me and for reading my story :)

- Kaerelie Cecilia

Chapter 6

Yura stared after Kakashi as he leaped expertly from the window, lending noiselessly on the ground below. She didn't know why she told him all this but she felt as though she could trust him with discretion.

'Well, he seems trustable enough. He seems to know a lot and is pretty strong. But still... telling people my whole life story isn't quite right though is it? I shouldn't have done that. Instead, I should just have kept to my personal bubble.' Yura chided herself.

Yura looked around the room to find something to entertain herself. Much to her disappointment, there was nothing. Then a black blob caught her eyes: her half opened backpack was strewn carelessly on the floor. Yura got out of her bed with some difficulty and retrieved her backpack. She delicately set her body back on the bed and rested for a while, trying to get her body to respond better. Then, she opened her backpack and took out her treasured chest. The chest was just as she saw it last time, the polished mahogany wood with delicate engravings on it. Out of her habit, she started tracing the symbols as she started thinking about what happened and tried to sort out the confusing experiences. She stared off into the space with out of world kind of expression on her face, making her seem as though she wasn't really here after all.

Then, she heard a bristling sound. Yura tensed, feeling the dull ache resonating through her body. Her head snapped around to the source of the noise and she could see a shadowy figure standing in the dark.

"Who is it? Reveal yourself," Yura commanded in the strongest voice she could muster.

"Calm down, Yura. It's only me. I'm just here to take you to meet our Hokage. The Hokage wishes to talk to you about some stuff concerning your stay in Konoha and some safety issues." Kakashi explained as he stepped out of the shadow.

Yura relaxed her stance and looked at Kakashi with emotionless face. Her brown hair whipped around her face and she looked so cold and mistrusting. Kakashi once again remembered her face when he first met her and he frowned a little.

"Okay. Let me just get ready." Yura said in quiet composed voice and went inside another room after picking up some clothes.

Ten minutes later, Yura walked out of the room in fresh clothes again of complete black with tank top and skinny jeans.

"I'm ready." Yura told Kakashi in monotone.

Kakashi wondered where all the feelings that she showed the day before had gone. Only just a day before, Kakashi had seen Yura's face with emotions pouring out of it but now... her face was devoid of emotions. Her expressionless face reminded him of certain people. Neji Hyuga, Shino Aburame, Itachi Uchiha... and his old self before he changed. That was before he learned, that was before Obito had taught him something.

'What am I thinking? I should be just concentrating on the present, not muse over the past. I have to get the girl to the Hokage and I need to concentrate on the task on hand.' Kakashi shook his head as if he was trying to shake off all the thoughts from his head.

Kakashi snapped back into the present and noticed Yura looking at him with blank, emotionless eyes. The blue gray eyes seemed eerie to him and it actually kind of freaked him out a little. It reminded him of the eyes of the Uchiha, the very eyes of his lost comrade Obito. It was the color of the eyes of Sasuke who was bent on revenge and it was the color of the murky sky getting ready for a big storm.

Kakashi shook his head again and focused on Yura.

"Let's go then." Kakashi told Yura and Yura simply nodded silently. She moved with the grace of a cat and she was by his side in an instant. Kakashi saw the swish of her long brown hair and for a moment, he thought he saw Rin.

'Why am I keep remembering my past all of the sudden? My control over my feelings and memories must be weakening. I should strengthen myself and rebuild the control. I can't afford to lose control.' Kakashi told himself, determined.

Kakashi and Yura gracefully slipped out of her house and they started walking toward the Hokage tower. Looking around, Yura's keen eyes digested everything she saw around her, never missing anything. Kakashi watched as Yura looked around at her surroundings and took little mental notes.

'She sure is an observant one. She's taking notes of her surroundings even when she knows she's about to meet Hokage and the meeting will decide her fate. She could be a great tactician.' Kakashi thought to himself.

Soon, Yura and Kakashi found themselves standing in front of the imposing Hokage tower. Kakashi showed his pass to the guard and he and Yura walked into the tower. As they walked through the hallway in silence, Yura wondered what should she say to the Hokage. She remembered that the Hokage's name is Haruzen Sarutobi and he is the third Hokage. Yura tried to remember some more, but her memories were hazy and they seemed to slip out of her grasp as soon as it seemed as though she got it.

They arrived at the door of Hokage's office and Kakashi knocked on the door.

"Come in." a old but strong voice called out from inside.

Kakashi opened the door and let Yura enter first. Yura found a wizened old man watching her as she entered the room. He had a pipe in his mouth and was sitting on an office chair, his eyes looking at her curiously.

"You must be Yura Onoko, my dear girl." the old man spoke

Yura seethed inside at the phrase 'my dear girl' but she suppressed with some difficulty, reminding herself over and over that this was the Hokage that she was talking to, not some stupid gang that was always out to get Yura. This Hokage will decide her future or if she would have any and Yura wasn't willing to take chances. She wanted to be a shinobi and travel around the world, meeting new people.

"Yes, I am." Yura answered obediently.

"Ah yes. I'm Haruzen Sarutobi, the third Hokage. I have heard about you from Kakashi. Well, would you care to enlighten me more on it?" the Hokage asked Yura with a slight smile playing around his lips.

Yura sighed inwardly as she began to re-narrate her story to the Hokage. This time, she composed herself as she told the Hokage. The Hokage just nodded as he listened to Yura's rather odd and interesting story.

"I see." The Hokage told Yura after she finished narrating her story. Yura felt an annoyance rise in her for some unknown reason. Maybe, it was because the Hokage was being totally all grandfather-ish or it was that Yura just didn't like people who thought they understood her when they clearly don't. Actually, Yura didn't care whether she was annoyed at the Hokage or not. It really was none of her concern.

The Hokage spoke again. "Would you like to become a Shinobi?" he asked.

'Of course. Damn yes.' Yura thought to herself. "Sure." Yura told the wizened Hokage.

"Kakashi, I want you to take care of her until I find a suitable team for her. Also, you should try to figure out just how good she is so that I won't misplace her." The Hokage told the lean silver-haired guy.

"Yes sir." Kakashi told the Hokage.

"You two may be dismissed." The Hokage told them.

Kakashi gave Yura a quick look and as he turned on his heel, Yura followed after him and walked out of the office. Yura was basically bouncing with joy inside at the prospect of becoming a shinobi while she kept up the pokerface of a perfectly disinterested person.

Thanks for reading my story. Please review. I will appreciate constructive criticism. By the way, make sure you read the first five chapters again even if you had read them already because I changed Yura's persona substantially. Thanks for being patient with me.

- Kaerelie Cecilia