Nori: Blah, blah, hmmm, so no one is on set now so I'll do my disclaimer. I don't own Naruto or the characters but I do own all the OC's and ideas…LET'S GO!

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It was dark now. Rika and Kakashi were walking back to his house to get some dinner and relax. They had both been training the students all day. They had made sure that each of them was able to use the weapons they chose well enough.

The training went all right. All of the kids, even Sasuke, had trouble with using the weapons. Naruto would goof off, Sakura would drool over Sasuke, and Sasuke was just stubborn and got frustrated easily.

As the two were walking Rika began to think. She couldn't figure out what Kakashi saw in these genin. Sure, Rika thought it was cute how Sakura was so happy that she would have a woman influence around, and Naruto was a nice kid too, and well…Sasuke was just…Sasuke. But, she didn't see the potential for the three to become great shinobi.

'Wait, what am I thinking?' she thought to herself. 'No one ever thought I would be able to even pass my genin exam and look at me, I'm a jonin now.'

"So what do you think of my team?" Kakashi asked Rika as if he was reading her mind.

"They need work," was all Rika said. Kakashi nodded his head and kept looking forward.

"You've never seen them in battle before though," he told her. Rika didn't say anything.

The two kept walking, neither of them saying a word still. Both knew they needed to talk, they hadn't seen each other for seven freaking years! But, they both refused to start the conversation.

Finally, they arrived at Kakashi's home. Both walked in, still silent. Rika walked into the bathroom that was connected to Kakashi's room. Kakashi just sat on his bed and pulled off his shoes, throwing them on the floor.

"I'm taking a shower," she said. "Hope you don't mind."

"It's fine," Kakashi said, lying back on his bed. He hadn't slept in his own bed for five days, so it felt good.

'So do you still like her?' Obito's voice came from the back of Kakashi's mind.

'Of course not,' Kakashi told him. 'It seems like she hates me. Plus, she's probably found another guy already…I mean just look at her, what guy couldn't just fall for her?'

'I'll take that as you still have a thing for her,' Obito said.

'I just said I didn't!' Kakashi growled.

'Whaaaaatever, dude,' Obito shut his mouth after that. Just then Rika came out of the bathroom. She wore a big t-shirt and a pair of boy shorts. She walked over to Kakashi's bed and sat on her knees next to him.

"We need to talk," she said looking at her hands. Kakashi sat up and looked at her.

"I agree," he said. They were quiet for a moment. "So…who starts?"

"I don't know…" Rika whispered. Kakashi frowned.

"I will," he said. "Ok, there's so much I want to know. Why were you gone for so long, where did you go, why are you back, what made you want to try and kill me, and do you hate me?" Questions poured out of Kakashi's mouth.

"Whoa, slow down, Kakashi!" Rika said and giggled. "I can barely keep up with you. Ok, for your first question, I was gone for so long because I was mad. I've never been that angry in my life so I didn't know how to deal with it and I just left."

Kakashi nodded. Finally, the two were getting somewhere.

"Next question," Rika started. "I went all over to different villages, I was never in the same village for more than a week at a time."

"So why did you just show up back here all of a sudden?" Kakashi asked. "I mean you were so mad…then you just show up again."

Rika sat there for a moment, thinking. She couldn't just come out and tell Kakashi about Vansu. No…Vansu would find out and then just come earlier to kill the both of them.

"I heard about the Sand Village's attack," Rika blurted out. It was the first thing that could come to mind. "So, I came back here to see what was going on."

"Wait, so what was your reason for trying to kill me?" Kakashi inquired.

Rika had to think up of another excuse now. Damn, Kakashi was good at asking difficult questions!

"Because…because…" Rika said. "I just needed to get out my last bit of anger," she lied.

Kakashi nodded.

"I don't blame you," he told her. "I'm sorry for everything…about how I treated you. It really was out of line for me to say that to you. Can you ever forgive me?"

Rika's eyes widened. She never expected to hear such an apology from Kakashi.

Then, all of a sudden, Kakashi did another of the unthinkable! He hugged Rika. Rika's eyes got even wider.

'No, Kakashi,' she thought. 'Don't do this please. It's bad enough that I have to kill you.'

"I-I-I forgive you," Rika managed to get out. She hugged Kakashi back and closed her eyes. Tears fell down her cheek and she pulled back. "I have to go, now."

"What?" Kakashi asked. "You just got here a few days ago. You can't leave already."

Rika shook her head and with her eyes still closed and wiped away the tears before Kakashi noticed. She stood up and walked towards the window.

"Bye, for good this time, Kakashi," she said before she disappeared out the window.

Kakashi sat on his bed, dumbfounded. What just happened? He let her go again? Why was she leaving this time? She said she forgave him! What the hell was going on?

'Go after her!' Obito shouted. 'You can't lose her again! No matter how much you don't want to admit it I know that you really care for her!'

Kakashi clenched his fists and stood up. He walked over to his open window and jumped out. He knew Rika was fast, but he also knew her well enough to be able to catch her.

He pulled a scroll out of his vest and performed hand signs, then smashed it onto the ground. Out of the earth dogs jumped up and all around Kakashi. He pulled out Rika's hair clip from the pouch on his hip and held it out; each of the dogs sniffed it.

"Find her," was all Kakashi said before all the dogs went running in different directions. Then, Kakashi began to wander the streets to see if Rika had stayed in town or not.

As he was walking he noticed Sasuke wandering the streets, as well. The two stopped in front of each other.

"What are you doing out this late, Sasuke?" Kakashi asked. Sasuke glared at him.

"Since when is that any of your business?" he retorted.

"Since I'm your sensei," Kakashi smirked under his mask. Sasuke rolled his eyes.

"If you really want to know," he said. "I couldn't get to sleep. What are you doing just walking around?" Sasuke asked changing the subject.

"Looking for someone," was all Kakashi told him. Sasuke was going to press further into the matter but then decided he didn't really care about it. "Get home and back to bed." Kakashi ordered. "We have a mission tomorrow that I got from the Hokage a few days ago."

Sasuke nodded and walked back into the direction of his home and Kakashi went back to his search.

-With Rika-

Rika jumped out of Kakashi's window and just began to run like a bat out of hell. She couldn't do this! She couldn't just kill Kakashi! He was her best friend and she loved him to death. She finally realized that no matter what she could never truly stay mad at him, especially after him apologizing.

'What the hell am I going to do?' Rika thought, frantically. 'I'm so stupid, why did I even leave in the first place?'

Rika was so angry with herself by this time. She had gotten her in such a mess and there was NO ONE that could help her out of it. Not even Kakashi. She wasn't even able to tell Kakashi, especially after his apology. It would hurt her to do such a thing and even worse, it would hurt him to know that one of his old friends had a mission to kill him.

Rika reached the gate of the town and ran through it. When she got out she jumped into a tree, then jumped to other trees, trying to get as far away as possible. Then, Rika stopped suddenly.

"My weapons," she whispered to herself. "I forgot them!" she smacked herself in the head. "Baka, baka, baka!" she turned around and rushed at her lightning fast speed back to Konoha. As she was running, though, she was tackled to the ground. She landed with an "umph!" and someone on top of her.

She looked up and saw Sasuke sitting on her.

"Sasuke, what are you doing here?" Rika asked. The boy glared at her.

"Why are you leaving?" he asked.

"How did you know I was leaving?" she retorted. "Did Kakashi tell you?" Sasuke rolled his eyes and realized his questions weren't going to be answered until he answered hers.

"No, he didn't tell me anything," he told Rika. "But, just by the way he was acting I could tell that you did something stupid."

Now it was Rika's turn to glare at him. How dare a twelve-year-old genin tell her that she was doing something stupid?

"So, why are you leaving?" Sasuke asked ignoring her glare. Rika looked away now.

"That's none of your concern, maybe I'm not leaving," she told him. "Plus, I'm twenty-four, I can come and go as I please." Rika pushed the boy off of her. "Go home and don't follow me anymore."

Rika stood up and flitted away at her top speed, heading back to Kakashi's to grab her weapons. Being the annoying pest he is, Sasuke decided to follow.

Rika looked back sensing his chakra following.

'There's no way he can catch me,' she thought and smirked. 'I'm the fastest ninja around here, except for the Yellow Flash of course, but he's not around…'

Then Rika noticed something right behind her. She turned her head a bit and saw the Uchiha right there.

'How the hell…' she asked herself. Seeing some shock in her eyes, Sasuke smirked and continued to race after her. Sasuke was following her so quickly and caught Rika so off guard that she wasn't paying attention to where she was going.

Sasuke was looking straight ahead and saw a green flash in front of them. He stopped quickly.

"Rik-" he was cut off by her running straight into whatever the green flash was. Sasuke winced, she hit whatever, or whoever, it was pretty hard.

Rika sat on the ground rubbing her head.

"Oww," she groaned, looking up. She saw silver hair shining in the moonlight, making the figure oh so mysterious. His mask was in place, like always, but his forehead protector was straight, his red Sharingan eye glowing.

"Where do you think you're going?" he growled in a deep voice, his tone was dangerous. Rika just looked away.

Sasuke smirked. He was right, she was leaving. What bewildered him though was why the hell she was heading back towards the village…

"You don't understand Kakashi," Rika said. She looked back up to him. Her crystal eyes narrowed. "I just have to. It's too dangerous if I stay."

Sasuke grunted at that remark. Rika knew exactly what the egotistical boy was thinking. Threat? Rika? How could that be? She seems so weak. Rika saw right through that.

"Shut it," she snapped at him. Sasuke just glared at her. Rika turned her attention back to Kakashi.

"I'm going to make you stay even if I have to tie you up," he said. "You do know that, right?"

Rika glared at him. Then, she laughed.

"You wouldn't," she said. Kakashi raised an eyebrow.

"Oh, you don't think so?" he asked. He picked Rika up by the color of her shirt and stared at her with his Sharingan. This caught her off guard, that's been happening a lot tonight…she watched as the commas swirled in the red abyss of the eye. Then, everything went black.

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Nori: YAY! Finished! I'm so happy.

Tama: Good job!

Nori: Thank you, BITCH!

Tama: O.o

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