Sorry This Chap Is Kinda L8. I'm On Halfterm Now So I Should Have More Time To Update. Hope You Enjoy This Chap.
Chapter 7: Mentally Disturbed
The cool evening breeze blew through Reya's hair soothing her in many ways. She yawned lightly as she remembered the day's events. She laughed to herself as she recalled Genma's loss, but she quickly grimaced as she remembered watching Naruto eat. 'The most disgusting thing I have seen in a while. He doesn't swallow, does he?'
Her mind then went over what she'd found out about Kakashi – absolutely nothing. She sighed. 'No one is that secretive. What is his deal?' He's nothing like Gai. Reya thought Gai over. Thank God he isn't. She tucked a stray lock of hair behind her ear. She felt a certain chakra signature flare near her. She smirked.
"So leader sent you to keep tabs on me or do you miss me that much?"
"Hn."
She turned to the new arrival and smirked as if to ask what was up. He didn't waste time in filling her in.
"Once a week, a member will meet with you and you will relay information you have found out to them. Is that clear?" Reya gave him an annoyed look and rolled her eyes.
"Yes sir" she answered sarcastically.
Itachi glared hard at her, the commas in his sharingan spinning menacingly.
"Leader also wants you watch the Kyuubi container closely. Note his chakra progression and his fighting levels including his strengths and weaknesses."
"Can I at least ask why?"
Itachi would have rolled his eyes if he wasn't such an emotionless person who didn't believe in registering people's comments openly. "We will eventually be capturing all the demon containers in the ninja world for our own purposes."
"What are you, like the spokesman for the press? You know, you'd be really good at it." She grinned lightly while raising both eyebrows suggestively. His impassive look remained in place, making Reya feel rather awkward.
"Don't crack a smile then," she said sarcastically while rolling her eyes.
"Hn." Was his only reply before he disappeared into the shadows.
"Kill-joy".
Next Day
Kakashi's visible eye wondered over the names on the memorial solemnly. 'Obito, Rin, I miss you, and I mean it even if I say it everyday.' Kakashi sighed as various emotions swirled in his mind, as well as many different memories trying to push themselves to the front of his mind. He sighed lightly and closed his eyes as he remembered happier times - all the while being watched by a dark haired kunoichi.
"So this is why you're late for training sessions…" a hushed whisper sounded from the trees. Kakashi's eyes never left the epitaph as Reya jumped down to join him. She sat on her knees, clasped her hands together and bowed as a sign of respect.
"Who are you here for?" she whispered lowly, never taking her eyes off the memorial. Kakashi was slow to reply, giving Reya the impression he wasn't going to.
"Third column, five names down."
Reya searched the names engraved on the memorial until she found it. Uchiha Obito. Reya's eyes widened considerably. He's definitely not a brother of Sasuke or Itachi, maybe a cousin or an uncle. He was probably on Kakashi's team or something.
Reya glanced at Kakashi. His eyes closed and his breathing was steady. She soon found herself wondering about his past. She thought over everything. He was in his late twenties, one of the best jounins in the world with over 1000 jutsus under his belt. It seemed that was all people saw of him. In Reya's eyes, he was a slightly eccentric ninja who held onto the past for too long.
"When did it happen?" she asked lowly. A small chuckle came from Kakashi's throat as he recalled how many years it had really been.
"12 years and three months at least."
Reya nodded and looked up at the sky with a thoughtful expression.
"He died on a mission, didn't he?"
Kakashi said nothing but only nodded in response to her assumption. She nodded as well and looked fully at him.
"Kakashi…" she started but paused as if looking for the right words to say. She didn't really want to pity him and apologise for his loss because – well - it really wasn't her place to.
"You know of survivor's guilt, right?"
Kakashi turned to her and raised a questioning eyebrow. He wasn't sure if it was from shock of her question or apprehension that she seemed so right on. Kakashi had realised this some years ago. The guilt that rushed his feelings daily was still overwhelming sometimes. However, this really wasn't what Reya meant.
"When you're around people, it manifests into other things."
Kakashi laughed dryly at her analysis. "Oh? What things could they be?"
Reya shrugged and looked over at him, a smile was spread across her face as she answered him, "You're passive aggressive"
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"Kakashi – sensei! It's been three and a half hours. How long are you freaking going to take today?!" Naruto yelled randomly. Sakura sighed in exasperation. She too was getting annoyed now, not just due to her sensei's lateness but the fact that Naruto couldn't accept it and shut up.
"Naruto! Are you quite finished?! It is obvious that he won't show up because you keep yelling so shut up and save your energy for the training session!!" Sakura was red with fury and panting heavily as she tried to regain her composure. Naruto, however, stood there slightly shocked by her outburst and pouted in response to it before planting himself down on the grass. Sasuke watched on with impassive eyes while twitching in annoyance inwardly at both his team mates.
Where the hell are you Kakashi?! If you don't show up soon I can not be held responsible for the death of one Uzamaki Naruto.
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"That's why you're always late – well according to your students anyway." Reya had just finished explaining her theory on Kakashi's lateness issue. She thought it was both to do with his psyche and his lack of respect for most people - to which Kakashi retorted that 'Just because I don't you respect, Reya, or my students, does not mean I am disrespectful'. In response to that Reya sweat dropped and then glared.
"You're sarcasm is also quite annoying."
"Are you going to analyse that too?" he asked sarcastically though he was smiling genuinely. Reya laughed in response and laid down on the grass. She looked up at his upturned eye and laughed again. Kakashi looked at her before asking what was so funny.
"You usually only show one eye, right? I just think it's kind of funny how much emotion you can probably convey with one eye. I bet you have an angry look, an annoyed one and obviously a bored one – which you're giving me right now. Stop it!" she yelled childishly. Kakashi laughed again.
Reya was a person who was more or less easy to get along with if she didn't already find a reason to despise you – like she did Genma. She was also a quick analytic when it came to people's behaviour. If she had any favourable family members they would have told her it was from her grandmother, something else she'd inherited.
She was quick to notice people's actions and then categorize them in the space of a few minutes. This dawned on Kakashi early on in their conversation and this, he thought, was why she was a jounin. The Akatsuki leader had also noticed this in her – without her own knowledge of course – so assigned her to such a mission as this.
"You're quick to notice things about people." Kakashi openly complimented her. She blinked a few times before laughing. "No not really. I just had a lot to work with. If you saw me in my normal routine, you'd be quick to know things about me too."
"Like what exactly?"
"Certain people annoy me easily… like Genma for instance. He is so freaking arrogant. It pisses me off to no end; I can't believe you're friends with him. I mean come on, how do you get use to such pride?"
Kakashi blinked a couple of times before shaking his head and replying, "I don't know." To which Reya smiled knowingly and nodded before countering, "I would have skinned his ass alive by now." The serious expression on her face faded to a daft grin as mental images circled through her head. She yawned absentmindedly before stretching and getting to her feet.
"You do realise jounin – senseis have to show up some time."
"Sadly, yes I have."
The whole one eye conveying loads of emotion dawned on me while I was Episode 101, the one where they try and unmask him. It's really funny XD but movin swiftly on...
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