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"Innocent"

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Scroll Eight

"You're singing it wrong!"

"No, you are!"

"You are!"

"No you!"

"Rin-neechan! Takara-chan's singing the song wrong!"

Rin looked up from her sewing at the two children. "What is Takara-chan doing wrong, Tanaka-kun?"

"She's singing 'Baa Baa Black Sheep' wrong!"

"How is she singing it?" Kakashi noted how she didn't seem annoyed at all, even though they had been complaining about each other non stop all day while their mother was out shopping with Takeshi.

"She keeps saying 'beh beh' instead of 'baa baa'!"

"Well you are right Tanaka, it is 'baa baa', but sometimes it's good to be creative."

"Oh." Tanaka went back to building his 'house' with his favorite blocks, while Takara played with her dolls and continued to sing 'Baa Baa Black Sheep' but instead using 'beh beh'.

Kakashi watched Rin's hands carefully with his visible eye. He had always known that she was a person who liked to do a lot of crafts ever since Obito had stalked Rin for a day to learn more about her shortly after Rin had been put on the same team as him and Obito. Kakashi had stalked Obito to see how long it would take for Rin to notice Obito, which was about an hour later, but surprisingly instead she invited Obito over to her house for cookies and hot chocolate instead of getting mad.

Kakashi almost growled at the memory, remembering about how Obito had bragged that Rin liked him better for weeks. Though Obito had been right, she was almost an ordianry girl - if she wasn't a Hayata, then she would be an ordianary kunoichi.

Although many other Shinobi (especially the Uchiha Clan and other people like him considered geniuses) back in their village would consider her an ordinary kunoichi because she had weak Hayata blood. He had heard from his sensei, Arashi, that Rin's father had been an Inuzuka, and that she had weak blood from both clans.

He was also told that they wanted to test Rin more to see what had happened, but most theories were that her Inuzuka and Hayata blood were so different they tried to over power each other, which was commen for most Hayata members - which explained clearly why Rin was one of the last members of the clan. Everyone's guessing that in the end, her Hayata blood over powered her Inuzuka blood, which is why she doesn't have any of the Inuzuka's abilities, but somehow she can't use any of the Hayata's abilities either - or in other words, the abilities she can use is very limited.

He narrowed his eyes on her left index finger and saw a trinkle of blood rolling down her finger.

"You're bleeding." He knew he made his voice colder than it needed to be, but she seemed used to it because she didn't flinch even a little.

"I know, I poked myself with my needle a little too hard - my mother makes this look too easy." She responded and then added softly, "I would heal the cut right now, but I don't want to loose my place."

He shook her head at her, unsatisfied with her answer. It wasn't long before he was watching her again, but this time he carefully watched her fingers.

Even when she was sewing she was gentle. The way she held the doll she was sewing up for Takara since it had a few holes that had gotten there when Earth nin had attacked their home and the way she held the needle in the palm of her hand with her fingers covering over it to get a good grip on the needle.

It wasn't long before Rin spoke, but this time she was speaking to Takara. "I finished your doll, Takara. Could you come over and make sure I treated her propertly?"

"Sure, Rin-neechan!" The little girl skipped over to Rin and examined her doll. "She's perfect! Thank you, Rin-neechan!"

Rin smiled at Takara, handing the girl her doll. "There you go, Takara-chan. Does Mary feel better now?"

"Yes, she does, Rin-neechan! You're the best medic in the world!"

"Well I can think of one person right off of the bat who is better than me actually." Rin smiled at the girl, "What do you want to be when you grow up, Takara?"

"I want to be a painter! And I want to paint the best picture in the world and dedicate it to you, and Kakashi-niisan!"

"I used to want to be a painter too when I was a child, just like my mother. I once joined in a painting contest held in Konoha."

'Now that I didn't know...but I always knew she was the artistic type.'

"Really? Did you win? What did you paint?"

Rin giggled softly. "I don't think I've ever been asked so many questions at once before. Well I painted a picture of my old horse I used to have when I lived on a farm with my mother's best friend for a while - it was good enough for second place."

"Wow! But why weren't you living with your mother?"

Rin's smile softened slightly, but it seemed that only Kakashi noticed it fall. "My mother got injured, and I couldn't live on my own for the time she was staying in the hospital."

By the tone of her voice, Kakashi knew that she was lying. It was clearly obvious for him, because whenever she lied her voice dropped a little and it became softer than it normally did. Though he wondered if he knew Rin better than anyone else because he seemed to be the only person who knew...

Just as Rin had responded to Takara's question, the little girl's mother returned with dinner and Takeshi. Placing the bags down in the kitchen, the woman called out to Rin. "Thank you for watching Takara and Tanaka, Rin!"

"Anytime." Rin smiled at the woman, even though she couldn't see Rin's smile because she was in the next room.

"Alright, pick up the living room children! Your father's going to be home soon!"

"But I just finished my house, Mommy!" Tanaka complained, and a tear rolled down his cheek and he began to sob.

"Think about it, Tanaka. After dinner you could rebuild your house, and even make it better!" Rin pointed out to Tanaka gently, and replaced his frown with a smile.

"Thanks, Rin-neechan!"

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After dinner, when the children had been put to bed, Rin and Kakashi had sat at the kitchen table with the children's parents to discuss current issues.

"We've both discussed the issue of moving to another place...for the safety of us and especially our children..." The father of the children started, and Rin and Kakashi nodded in response, allowing him to go on.

Instead the mother did. "But currently we can't, but soon we will both be working...so we were wondering how long your mission with us was..."

"Our mission doesn't end until we take care of this situation you two are in." Kakashi answered, and Rin nodded in response.

"I see...but we don't want you here for the rest of your lives, so we'll try to hurry."

"We understand your situation, but please take your time and choose a house in a more safe area that you will like." Rin smiled. "Konoha is sending ninja here anyway, no doubt if we headed back now we would be thrown back out here."

Not too long afterwards, the parents went to bed leaving Rin and Kakashi the only ones left awake. Rin had almost immedietly went upstairs to read, a hobby of hers that Kakashi had never understood. He had always thought that children only read when ordered to, but apparently Rin loved reading.

With one last look at the living room to make sure everything was in place, Kakashi flicked off the light and headed upstairs for bed.

When Kakashi had arrived to his and Rin's bedroom, he saw the light off but the lamp beside Rin's bed on. Rin layed on her bed with one arm on her side, and the other holding her place in her book. Kakashi let out a sigh, seeing that she had fallen asleep while reading.

Carefully he picked up her book, trying not to disterb her sleep. He curiously looked at the title of the book to see what she was reading.

Deffensive Genjutsu

It sounded interesting, but the techniques sounded low level. Though it could easily work for her since she was a medic nin. Careful not to loose her page, he placed the book upside down on the nightstand the lamp was on. Afterwards he carefully lifted her up and placed her on his bed while he pulled down the covers on her bed before placing her back and tucking her in.

The way she softly smiled in her sleep made her look innocent, and Kakashi had to push away the sudden erge to push the excess strands of hair that covered her face.

'Why am I acting this way? I've seen Rin sleeping before! Most of the time on missions she's asleep before any of us!'

The Jounin let out a growl before forcing him to sleep, and making sure his back was facing Rin to keep these new feelings away.

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The next morning Kakashi found himself the only one home, even Rin was gone. He searched everywhere in the house he thought she might be, and after about ten minutes of searching he finally found a note Rin had written for him.

Kakashi,

The children are in day care today, both of their parents are working. I didn't want to wake you so I went out to train for a few hours, I'll try to be back by ten o'clock.

- Rin

Kakashi crunched up the paper and threw it in a near by trash can, smirking to himself when he successfully made it. Looking up at the clock, he saw that it was already nearly ten o'clock, surely Rin would be home soon.

The front door opened, and closed softly like Rin would close a door. Surely a few seconds later Rin appeared in the kitchen, and she flinched slilghtly when she saw him.

"K-Kakashi! I take it you got my note?"

Kakashi only nodded in response, and even thought he was curious about why she was reading a book on deffensive Genjutsu, he didn't question her about it.

"The children will be home soon, I need to go outside and wait for the little wagon they're riding in." Rin responded and was about to go when Kakashi grabbed her wrist and stopped her from moving.

"I'll go. Just stay here, okay?"

She meerly nodded in response, and seemed confused for why he was being so generous all of a sudden, but he didn't wait for a response from her and left the house, leaving the kunoichi to watch over the house.

Neither one felt danger approaching.


Author's Note: Well now that I've gotten this chapter finished, and I've already finished the newest chapter on my other story in process, meaning that I have to start the process over again. Anyways, I hope everyone enjoyed: )

Till next time,

- Sakra-chan