Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto or any other character on the series. Just my own OC's

Sorry for the lateness. my daughter just started 1st grade this last week and then we took a trip up north over the weekend with no real internet access. Please review and I hope you like this.

Note: Medium rewrite on this chapter unlike the minor ones on others. (and boy does the old note bring back memories as that daughter is now in 7th grade and has a younger brother in 2nd)

Word Guide:

hitae-ate (forehead protector)

================================ Chapter 9 ================================

Anko and Shizune walked out of Kakashi's apartment building talking as they walked to the shopping district. "So Anko-san any idea of a good place to go for what we need to get?"

"You had said you wanted to replace the wreck kimono right?"

"Yes. I even brought it along so we can get one similar to it hopefully."

"Oh good. I'm no good at kimonos. I do know the small kimono shop Miya-chan would go too though. She probably even brought this one there."

"Miya?"

"Oi it's short for Asamiya. Practically everyone who knows her calls her by that. Course her older sister totally refused to even tell her full name to people. Miya-chan would pick on her relentlessly about that one not even calling her by the name she went by"

"Oh. Who is her sister?"

"She died towards the end of the third secret world war. Miya wasn't even a genin at the time."

"Oh. So are we going to get the kimono first?"

"Yes, that little kimono shop that Miya use to go too would be our best bet after all."

"Kay. Sounds good."

They had come to the main street of the shopping district.

"So which of the two kimono shops is it?"

"Ne ne It's not on the main street. We have to go down this way." Anko said leading Shizune down a small side street.

As the traveled down it Shizune noted there were not many shops at all down it. "Are you sure we are going the right way?"

"Yep, we're almost there actually." Anko said tuning down another even smaller side street if that was possible.

"Are you even sure this is a street? It looks like a large ally?"

Anko chuckled "Yesm yes. Here we are." They had arrived at the end of the small street where straight ahead was a small Tea Café but Anko had turned to the left and started towards a small shop before looking over her shoulder at Shizune. "Oi Shizune you coming?"

Shizune started looking over to Anko then past her to the small kimono shop she was standing at the foot of "Y…Yes." She replied as she started to follow Anko.

The bells on the door jingled as they entered alerting the owners in the back of the shop. An old gentleman called out "Be right with you." About a minute latter he was walking though the curtain draped door behind a counter smiling at the two young kunoichi "Ah ladies just a minute as I call my wife to assist you." He turned sticking his head behind the curtain "Miyuke two lovely ladies are here." He called.

"Coming." They heard in reply as the old man turned back to them.

He looked at Anko thoughtfully "You know you look familiar, though I don't think you are one of our normal clients. humm"

Before Anko could reply to his observance Miyuke walked in from behind the curtain draped door. Looking at the two her eyes stopped on Anko and she smiled brightly "Anko-san this is a surprise you never come to our little shop unless Miya-chan dragged you in here."

"Ya, I don't go for the whole kimono thing myself."

"Well I see you brought a fiend I assume you are interested in one of our kimonos?" She said turning to Shizune

"Yes, well it isn't for me really it is for Miya-san. You see"

"Miya-chan's Back!" Miyuke interrupted then blushed a pretty shade of pink as she realized what she had done. "So sorry, I didn't mean to interrupt you. It is so unlike me I never interrupt people like that Sorry. Please continue."

"Yes, she is and she wreck one of her kimonos a very pretty silk one. I have it with me as I was hoping to find one similar to it for her for when she wakes up" Holding out a shopping bag to her.

Miyuke took the bag from her pulling out the ruined kimono "Well lets see what we have here. Oh…it is the orange blossom one. Kioto do we have any of the blue orange blossom silk left?"

Kioto scratched it chin in thought "Let me check the back." He said as he turned to walk back under the curtain. Kioto smiled as he went into the back and started searching 'So Miya-chan has come back hmm. That is good.' He looked though the bolts of silk fabric finally noticing a bolt that hadn't been unwrapped in the back of all the other silks. 'Hmmm That is unusual normally we open all bolts so we can see at a glance what we have.' Kioto pulled the bolt out from behind the other bolts and cut the rope from around the burlap that protected the bolt. He then started to unwrap the burlap from the bolt and smiled as he looked at a piece of the silk he had unwrapped from the bolt to see the pattern. He rewrapped the silk and replaced the burlap around the silk. Picking up the bolt he returned to the front of the store and the three waiting ladies. "Oi Miyuke we are out of the blue orange blossom silk but I found something I think you will like better."

He placed the bolt down and removed the burlap wrap once more and started to unwind the wonderful silk. Miyuke and Shizuzne gasped at the beauty of it even Anko raised a brow in appreciation of it. It had the slightest variations of the darkest blue shades making the silk almost glow from it like a moonlit twilight time with a flowing branch of an orange blossom tree coming up and across it with some falling petals cascading down. "Oh I remember this. I had ordered it years ago thinking of Miya but it didn't arrived until after she left town so I didn't even bother opening it I thought I would never be able to make a kimono of this for her."

"Well you can now. It's perfect. I even have her current measurements with me." Shizune said handing Miyuke a piece of paper she had copied the measurements she had taken last night on. "Will that be enough information to make the kimono?"

Miyuke read though the measurement list and smiled "Yes, more then enough information. I can have it done latter tonight. Say around seven."

"That would be perfect I will have just gotten off my shift at the hospital. Do you want the payment for it now or when I pick it up?"

"When you pick it up will be fine. We will see you then." Miyuke said smiling as she bowed to them in farewell. Anko and Shizune waved as the bells tinkled once more as they left though the door. Miyuke turned to her husband. "Can you please cut the lengths I will need?"

"Of course my love. I will do that why you set up the dress dummy."

Miyuke smiled and nodded to her husband as she walked into the back to the sewing room where she started setting the dress dummy up with Miya's measurements. 'she even has Miya's measurement from shoulder to wrist and shoulder to elbow. As well as the circumference of her upper and lower arm. This is so perfect.' She then pulled out an arm dummy that she also adjusted to the arm measurements.

Outside the kimono shop Shizune turned to Anko. "Ok where to next?" Anko just smiled and point across the street at a small ninja clothing and supply shop. "Let me guess Miya-san introduced you to this place too?"

"Yep, and the café over at the end of the street too. She likes out of the way places. They are usually the best quality too." Anko said opening the door to the tinkling of bells allowing Shizune to enter first.

"Be right with you two feel free to look around." A voice called from the back.

Shizune started. 'how did she know how many people had entered?' she wondered

"Sure thing Niko-sempi" Anko called back

"Anko-chan is that you?" The voice said as a friendly grinning old granny looking woman walked in from behind the curtained door behind the counter. Looking around her eyes stopped on Anko and smiled "So it is. What can I do for you and your friend here?"

"Hi ya, This is Shizune-san and we are actually shopping for another friend of ours." Anko said with a slight mischievous smile.

"Oh do you know what sizes you need or have her measurements."

"Oh we have her current measurements." Anko said nudging Shizune "Shizune-san please give Niko-sempi a copy of her measurements."

'Anko keeps calling her sempi so she must be a retired kunoichi. That would explain how she knew how many had entered from our chakra signitures.' Shizune thought as she answered "ummm…sure Anko. Here you are Niko-san."

Niko looked down reading though all the measurements "Arigatou, Shizune-san. Anko-chan do you know what your friend would like?"

Anko winked at Shizune smiling like the cat who caught the canary before turning to Niko saying "Some what…but you would know better Niko-sempi as the friend we are shopping for is Miya-chan."

Niko's eyes got big as she stared at Anko "MIYA-Chan as in Asamiya? She's back in town?"

Anko chuckled "Yep, she is back hurt but doing well and in a safe place."

"Why didn't you say so to start with?"

"This was more fun."

Niko looked down at the measurements once more "I should have realized from the measurements. She hasn't changed much at all according to these." She flipped the paper over and grabbed a pen from the counter and wrote down the items they would need at what sizes. "OK Miya wears a zip up tank-top, with a long sleeve fishnet low-cut top over it and form fitting cargo pants. The pants and fishnet top are both a dark blue but the tank-top is dark green with orange zipper. Bring me the tank-top as I have to custom it a bit first. Kay?" She handed the paper back to Shizune who looked down at the sizes and nodded.

"Custom it? Why? She wears a jounin vest over it so the custom stuff wont be seen. In fact I never knew it had a custom element to it." Anko said puzzled. Shizune went over to the rack looking of the correct size and color combination of zipper tank-top Niko had said to get her while she continued to listen to her and Anko's conversation.

Niko chuckled as she threaded red embroidery thread into her embroidery machine. "Yes I know. But her adopted father required her to wear the clan symbol on her clothing somewhere. He never said it had to be visible by everyone. Though he had meant for it to be so. This was Miya-chan's way of saying she didn't need the clan's protection that the symbol provided. Her adopted father was quite mad but he had promised as long as the symbol was there he wouldn't mention it again. Miya-chan remind him of this as she showed him she did have the clan's symbol on the clothing she was wearing"

Anko held her stomach as she laughed while Shizune found the correct top and brought it over. "Here you go Niko-san. Might I ask what clan adopted Miya-san?"

Niko unzipped the vest and put it into the embroidery machine's ring and attached into position saying "You don't know? Anko-chan does but let me put it this way. Their clan symbol requires red thread." She selected the clan symbol and turned the machine on as it started embroidering away she continued "and is in a tear drop shape. Can you not guess?"

Shizune thought as she watched the machine do its thing. As more of the clan symbol was being made out she took a sharp breath in as it hit her "The Hyuuga's! main or branch house?"

"Main. In fact Haishi-sama himself adopted her so technically she is Hinata and Hanabi's older sister." Anko answered a wide grin on her face as she stop laughing finally. She also took the paper from Shizune listing the clothing and sizes they needed to get.

Shizune could not even figure out how that was possible "But how can she be a member of the main house?"

"There are stipulations in their clan laws allowing main house family member's to adopt out clansmen they just cannot adopt clansmen from the branch house. The adopted children can not inherit as also according to clan law the clan leader must have the Byakugan." Anko explained as she searched the racks for the fishnet top.

"I understand now. Arigatou Anko-san."

Anko continued to flip though the navy blue fishnet tops "Ah HA. Found it. Shizune-san help me find the cargo pants we need or you are going to be late."

Shizune looked at the time and gasp. "You're right it is almost nine thirty and I still have to report to the Hokage before I can report for my shift at the hospital." Shizune started on one end of the rack and Anko the other as they looked for the cargo pants in the right size.

"The zipper tank top is done." Niko called out as she removed the vest from the machine.

Anko called out as well "Ah found them."

"Oh good." Shizune sighed as her and Anko walked to the counter where Niko was already ringing them up.

Shizune paid for the items as Niko folded and bagged the clothing saying "Anko-chan make sure you tell Miya-chan to stop by when she gets a chance please. I swear I didn't think I would live to see her return"

"Sure thing Niko-sempi. Arigato for the help." They waved goodbye as they left the shop.

Anko turned to Shizune taking the bag from her. "You better get going to report to the hokage. I need to get her some new boots and her jounin vest to complete this. I'll bring it all over to where she is when I am done."

"Okay, Arigatou Anko-san it was fun shopping with you."

"Yes, it was at that. Remind me sometime to introduce you to the café over there it is the best in all Konoha."

Shizune smiled in thanks at Anko "Yes, I'll do that. Arigatou again. Until next time, Anko-san"

Anko nodded to her with a smile on her face as Shizune gathered her chakra into her feet jumping to the rooftops and headed across them to the Hokage's. 'That Shizune-san isn't half bad. I like her. Well on with shopping. Good thing Miya-chan's foot measurements are on here that will make getting her new boots easier.'

Anko had finished her shopping. The boots had taken just two hours to custom make so she went after the vest and Hitae-ate while they were being done. They were very similar to the ninja sandals only with a closed reinforced steel toe added. Getting another jounin vest and a hitae-ate for Miya had been easy and she had added them to the bag with her clothes in it. She had taken her time swinging back around to pick up the boots and now she was back at Kakashi's bags in hand. She places the bag with the boots down and knocked at the door.

KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK

It took Kakashi a few minutes to answer as soon as he had opened the door Anko barged in saying "Oi Kakashi-kun I did some shopping and got you some presents."

Kakashi sighed and shut the door "Anko."

"What? Relax Kakashi. I had to come up with some reason why I walk in with a couple bags and not out with them." She pulled out the boots and left them by the door then removed her own shoes walking over towards the bedroom where Asamiya was. "Can you remove the seal so I can put this in there for her?" Being that she hadn't even fluxed her chakra to check for the seal he knew it had to be the real Anko but he checked just to be sure before walking over and removing the protection seal on the door. Anko walked in. Kakashi leaned against the door frame watching her from behind his little orange book. She placed the bag with her clothes in it next to the bed on the floor in front of the lamp table. Anko bent down over her and surprised Kakashi by talking quietly to her. In fact he barely heard her talking to Asamiya "Oi, wake up all ready it's not like you to be so inactive." At this Anko chuckled before continuing "oh wait that's me who can't be inactive still wake up soon Kay?" Anko smiled sweetly at her friend before straitening up and walking out of the room pushing Kakashi out the door as well. "What are you looking at pervert?"

Putting his book away in his pocket his eye crinkled up as he smiled under his mask "I've just never seen you talk quietly before Asamiya must be a close friend."

"Yes she is, we went to academy together. So what's for lunch?"

"Instant ramen unless Yamato gets here soon with the groceries he said he would pick up for me."

Anko hit herself in the head "Oi, I never thought that you might have needed supplies. But it makes sense as you cannot leave her unguarded. Sorrryy."

"don't worry about it Anko…"

KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK

Kakashi went back to the bedroom door and place the protective seal back on it. Before motioning to Anko to get the door as she had moved towards it at the sound of the first knock. "Ah Yamato-kun we were just talking about you see you got some young jonin laborer help." She said as she step aside allowing him and Neji to come in carrying their parcels.

"Yes, Haishi-sama insisted Neji-san come along to see how she is so the least he could do is carry lunch. Neji-san why don't you put lunch down at the table and Anko-chan don't worry I figured you would be here and made sure I brought enough lunch for everyone." He said placing the groceries he carried on the kitchen counter.

"What! You think by now he would know he can trust us with her safety." Anko grumbled

"Be happy he was thinking of sending Raiden along instead of Neji."
Anko paled Kakashi noticed and asked her. "Who is Raiden and why do you look like that Anko?"

"Another friend in fact we were all genins together, Raiden was on my team in fact. Unfortunately if he came there would be no getting rid of him until she woke up."

"Why is that?"

"It's complicated but boils down to him and his twin both wanted her but she told both of them that she just saw them as close friends nothing more. In the end when she went on her last mission she told him…well actually she left him a note for when he got out of the hospital saying they weren't friends anymore and she didn't plan on ever seeing him again."

"That doesn't make sense. Why would she do that? And why just Raiden and not his twin?"

"Raiden doesn't have a twin that I know of." Neji spoke up.

"That's because what caused him to be in the hospital killed his twin, Haiden was his name. I don't know if that had to do with her reasoning I just don't know and Raiden doesn't like to talk about any of it in fact I don't even know what happened to put him in the hospital. But Haiden was one of her old teammates and he was dead not only that but the genin team she trained they had all made chuunin before she joined the ANBU but they also were all killed around the same time, not all the same day, but close. And before you ask none of it happened on a mission it was all here in Konoha."

Everyone was quite at this for some time each thinking their own thoughts on what Anko said as Yamato finished putting the groceries away and Kakashi set up the lunch Neji had brought in.

Anko shook her head "ENOUGH thinking Let's Eat!"

Kakashi and Yamato smiled at Anko's antics as she went and grabed one of the bentos Kakashi was placing on the table. Neji did not even cracked a smile just walked over to the table and sat down, still thinking a bunch of questions. 'I still have a bunch of questions. But is it even fare to ask Anko-san what little she knows? Would she even be able to answer all my questions. Well maybe some of them she could. But do I even have the right to ask? Maybe I will wait to ask Miya-sama when she wakes up. It would be better to ask her then going around her back for the answers after all I don't want to make an enemy of her.'

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