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

Sorry for how long this has taken but I wanted to get this just right and had so much I wanted to happen in this chapter and I wanted to get everything down just right so I hopefully don't confuse anyone. I have decided to put some into a new chapter as I noticed this was getting pretty long. So no action in this chapter just feelings and background. I hope you all like it please read and review.

Asamiya /Miya (I will uses both names interchangeably as some people will call her by her full name and others by her nickname that way I hope to avoid confusing everyone when someone uses' one name over the other.)

Throwing spikes for those who don't know are like senbon needles in shape but are much thicker like a hair stick only sharper at the point like a dart with no fletching. Sebon needles are the ones used in acupuncture.

Note: did a minor rewrite here unlike the minor edit of most chapters

Word Guide:

hitae-ate (forehead protector)

Nani (what?)

Ryou (type of currency used in Naruto)

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Asamiya stepped into the warm shower adjusting the temperature up as she preferred hotter showers. She scrub herself clean then turned around to get her long hair good and wet to wash it. She sighed 'No matter how hard I try to distance myself from people I keep getting closer. Even leaving didn't help I just found more friends to make in Cloud even though I tried not too. I guess it just isn't in me. I guess I am more suited for the assassin's squad then the information squad as I don't have to deal with people as much.' She grabbed the shampoo and smelled it. 'nice woodsy scent. Very fitting for Kakashi but not for me, but then beggars cannot be choosers. Pity Anko didn't bring any shampoo over.' She squeezed out some into her hand rubbed them together and then used her hands to shampoo her long hair. She scrubbed her hair in sections to get all of it clean then rinsed it all. She turned off the shower stepping out as she grabbed a towel to dry off with. 'Let's face it even though Kakashi doesn't know me I have known him for ages. All the stories Birdie and uncle have told me about him. Uncle even said I reminded him of Kakashi at times.'

Miya finished drying off then looked into the first bag pulling out the kimono. 'very nice. But I will save this for something special.' She refolded the kimono up and placed it back in the bag then looked in the other bag smiling. She pulled out a clean pair of underwear pulling them on then pulled out the breast wrap and proceeded to wrap her chest. Next she pulled out her tank-top holding it up. 'I see Anko got this at Niko's only she would have known to put the Hyuuga clan symbol on it.' She pulled on her tank-top then the fishnet long sleeved shirt over it. Lastly she pulled on her fitted cargo pants and her jounin vest. Folding up the bag that had her clothes in it she put the now empty bag into the bag with the Kimono. She left the bathroom calling out "Kakashi-kun? Do you have a brush I can borrow?" Kakashi didn't answer. "Kakashi-kun?" Again no answer. She dropped the bag next to the bathroom door. 'He…he's not answering. But I haven't feel any strange chakra' she slowly made her way to the bedroom. 'If anything has happened to him…' the door was still open and she peeked in seeing Kakashi standing in front of the lamp table staring at the picture he had in has hand. Miya sighed 'thank kami, he's ok.'

Kakashi turned looking at Asamiya his face covered with his mask and his hitae-ate over his left eye "Birdie was Rin wasn't she"

Miya nodded walking over to him "yes, but you know" her hand coming up her fingers grabbing the top of his mask "we are alone and I've already seen your face" and pulling it down "so there is no need for this"

Kakashi smiled softly "how is it you knew Rin but I don't remember knowing you?"

Asamiya gazed up at the ceiling her hands clasping behind her back as she thought 'how do I tell him.'

Kakashi started as he watched Miya

"What?"

Kakashi rubbed his visible eye like he was clearing his sight.

"Kakashi? Is something wrong?"

"No, it was just…for a second there I thought…never mind."

"Kakashi…Please, tell me." Miya said placing her hands on his shoulders smiling softly up at him with concern.

Kakashi looked down at her returning her smile "It's crazy…but just for a second mind you…I thought I actually saw Rin, crazy huh?" He said caressing Asamiya's face.

"No, not as crazy as you might think." She said leaning in hugging Kakashi close as she whispered into his ear "you see Rin was my big sister"

"What? You're Rin's sister?" Kakashi stiffen in shock.

"yes" Asamiya replied sadly at his response to the information releasing him and stepping back. "Is there a hair brush I can borrow please?" she asked avoiding his eye.

"Actually Shizune brought you a new brush and toothbrush it's here on the lamp table with your kunai and throwing spikes." Kakashi answered slowly.

"Arigatou." She said going around him and picking up her things from the table and took everything into the bathroom.

Kakashi watched her thinking 'something's wrong?' after a few minutes thinking trying to figure it out he followed her into the bathroom and watch her brush her hair. "What is wrong, Miya-chan?"

'I know birdie loved Kakashi, but did he love her back? Does he feel like he cheated on her with what we did? Does he regret it now he knows I'm her little sister? I understand the news must have been a shock but why did his whole body stiffen because of it' Asamiya continued brushing her hair. "I'm fine really."

Kakahsi took the brush from her hand placing it on the counter turning her to him and tilting her head up so she was looking into his eye. "There is something wrong. I can tell." his mind went over everything that had happened and they had talked about. "Did I do something wrong?"

She smiled softly at him "No...and nothing is really wrong I just have a lot of things on my mind is all. I have a lot of things I...I just need to think though. Please don't worry."

"Okay. but if you need someone to talk to about anything let me know I will listen."

"Arigatou Kakashi-kun." She said kissing him on his check in thanks.

She turned back to the mirror picking up her brush once more she brushed it a few more times before twisting her hair up and pinning it in place with her throwing spikes and placed the two kunai in one of her vest pockets. She pulled out the folded bag from the bag with the kimono looked at it sighed then put it back turning to Kakashi who hadn't moved "Kakashi-kun?...ummm"

"What?"

"Do you have a small bag I can use?"

Kakashi chuckled "Yes" he turned and left the bathroom walking into the kitchen. Asamiya pickup her bag and her hair brush and toothbrush and followed. Kakashi pulled a small bag from a drawer and handed it to her over the kitchen bar. "here you go."

"Arigatou." Miya smiled at him as she placed her toothbrush and her hair brush into the bag he gave her then placed it into the bigger bag with her new kimono.

"Give me a minute and I will get us something to eat."

"You go ahead…..oh peaches, I'll just take a few of these peaches with me." Miya said spying the peaches in the fruit bowl on the counter and grabbing two of them and putting them in a vest pocket.

"What? " Kakashi said as he watched her walk over to the door. "Miya-chan wait I'm going with you." Kakashi walked over to the door removing his slippers and putting on his ninja sandals while Miya put her boots on as well.

"Why?"

"A few reasons, one I was ordered to keep you safe, two you only have two kunai and two throwing spikes not many weapons if you get into real trouble, and lastly I would hate it if anything happened to you." Kakashi tilted her head up looking into her eyes kissing her lips tenderly.

The kiss put to rest her unease on if he had started to regret what had happened and she smiled "You're not going to give me a choice in this are you?"

"No"

Asamiya sighed "very well, lets go" she said as she opened the door.

They walked down the street which was pretty dead as the sun had just come up and nothing was opened yet. "What are we in the shopping district for? Nothing will open for hours."

Asamiya giggled "it's ok we're going to Yamanaka's Flower Shop."

"Even though they open two and half hours earlier for shinobi they wont open for another half an hour or so."

"I have an old understanding with the owner. I make a list what I take and leave the money on the counter letting them keep the change. Course that doesn't stop her for trying to give me my change."

Kakashi chuckled "I see, well looks like are here."

"Yep" Asamiya performed the seals to the teleporting jutsu and teleported into the shop Kakashi followed suit. "Kakashi-kun? If I tell you what flowers I am getting can you make the list for me?"

"Yep, That I can do."

Asamiya grabbed a piece of paper and pencil from the counter handing them to Kakashi. She then walked around the shop picking out the flowers she wanted, placing them into the large bag she had pulled out from her clothing bag and listing them off to Kakashi as she picked them up. "a dozen and a half white roses, half a bouquet of forget-me-nots, a bouquet of nadeshikos"

"What? That last one how do you spell it?"

"nadeshikos, n…a…d…e…s…h…i…k…o…s, nadeshikos."

"Arigatou, never heard of those before can I see them?"

"Yes." Miya holds up the bunch of nadeshiko flowers.

"There pretty."

"Yes they are. Ready for the next ones?"

"yep"

"20 morning glories, half a bouquet of sakura blossoms, and 1 moonflower that's it."

"Do you know how much you need to leave for all this?"

"well if I leave double what I use to leave for this order then I shall more then cover any increases in prices over the years I was gone." Miya place a very large sum of coin along with the list Kakashi wrote for her to which she added a small note too and signed it. "ok let's go? Let's just teleport to the village cemetery kay?"

"Okay." Kakashi agreed as both performed the seals and teleported away from the shop.

Just then from upstairs "Mom I think I heard something in the shop?"

"INO don't go alone wait for me."

Ino walks into the shop with a kunai in her hand. She cases the shop for intruders, checking up and down the rows of flowers. Her mother enters the shop from upstairs shortly after she is finishing looking around. "INO what did I say?"

Ino slips her kunai back into her holder "Mom I'm a Chuunin I think I can handle protecting myself. Besides no one is here."

"I don't care if you were a jounin like your father you will NOT come down here by yourself if there is a possibility of an intruder. Got ME!"

"Yes mom"

Ino's mother walks over to the cash register to check it and yells "AAAYYEE"

"Mom? What's wrong?"

"This can only be one person, Ino count the ryou and put the final amount into the calculator."

"AYEEE WHERE DID ALL THIS RYOU COME FROM."

Ino's mother finishes ringing up the order and subtracts an amount from a slip of paper under the counter and writes the final amount for the amount owed for the sale on the paper with the list and note and hands it to Ino. "Here after you count all that put this amount in the register and the rest in a money pouch. As to who did this you can read the note. Let me know when you are done as I will be getting the shop ready to open."

"Alright"

Ino's mother walks away to straighten up before opening muttering as she goes "I keep telling her I will not keep that much change. It is one thing to leave a few ryou in change a whole other thing to leave so much you can buy a few more bouquets with it!"

Ino's mom had just finished straightening up and walked over to unlock the door when Ino called "Kay mom, I'm done and I found an empty money pouch to put the change into as well."

"Very good Ino." She turn to the door unlocking it then holding it open for the two kunoichi who were waiting just outside "Welcome to Yamanaka's Kikyou-san, Yuri-chan." Ino's mother greeted her first two customers.

"Ohayo, we would like to pick up our weekly order." Kikyou told Ino's mother

"Yes, but one of the bunches of nadeshikos has been brought already though I am sure some of it will already be on Rikyu's grave."

"What? But who brought your second bunch and when did they as you just opened? I do understand why you only will sell two bunches a week. But…"

"Wait mom," Yuri interrupted placing her hand on her mother's arm "Yamanaka-san did you say that some of the nadeshikos will already be on Rikyu-neesan's grave?" she asked Ino's mother.

"Yes, Asamiya-san is back in town and like always did her buying while we are closed so she can say to keep her change and I cannot give it to her again."

"She's back?" Kikyou asked.

"Apparently, but I am one step up Ino will find her give her the change. Right Ino?" Ino's mom said with stars of determination in her eyes clinching her fist.

Ino sighed "Yes mom." She replied as she placed the money pouch with the change in one of her chuunin vest pockets.

"I'll help you Ino-chan, I know where she will be going." Kikyou Fujimika said volunteering her nad her daughter to help.

"Arigatou, Fujimika-san"

"We will take the last bunch of nadeshikos first please." Pulling out half of the coin they had brought for their purchase and giving it to Ino's mom while Ino got the nadeshikos. Ino's mother was handing over Kikyou's change as Ino joined them with the nadeshikos.

Asamiya placed a dozen white roses on her parents grave and moved to her sister's grave kneeling before it placing the remaining half-dozen white roses and a half a bouquet of forget-me-not's on Rin's head stone.

"Why forget-me-not's? I understand the white roses, they were Rin's favorite and I see why they must have been your mom's favorite as well."

"Yes they were, as to the forget-me-nots. It's kind of silly. Kind of like an inside joke that Rin kind of started based on a slip of the tongue I had made as a child back when she was going on her first genin mission outside the village. I had asked her to forget me not while she was gone when I meant to ask her not to forget me. I was in such a hurry and it came out all wrong I ran away blushing big time in embarrassment. But when she came back she brought me some forget-me-not flowers and told me 'see I didn't forget you not at all while I was gone.' It had made me smile and we both laughed. So after every mission she was away she brought me forget-me-not flowers. So now I do the same. Silly huh?"

"No, not silly at all." Kakashi said kneeling next to her and turning her face to look up into his. She saw his right eye crinkle in a way she could tell he was smiling at her beneath his mask and she softly smiled back at him.

She pulled the bag of flowers to her removing the nadeshikos and the morning glories. She placed 8 morning glories back into the bag and split the rest of the glories and the nadeshikos forming two equal bouquets. "Now to vist my old students. Kakashi-kun would you mind carrying my bags please?"

"Not at all" he replied standing up then turning to help her up before picking up the bags as she held a duplicate bouquet of morning glories and nadeshikos in each hand.

As the walked into the village graveyard Yuri turned to her mother "Okaasan? Who is this Asamiya-san?"

"She was the jounin instructor for your brother's genin team. She'll visit each of their graves. We will check your brother's and Nadeshiko's graves..."

"Nadeshiko? As in the flower?" Ino asked

"Yes, They became his favorite flowers because of his teammate being named for them. He really loved her." Kikyou trailed off before continuing "As I was saying we will check their graves first because they are in the village's graveyard. Their other teammate is in his clan's graveyard."

As they came to a stop at a row Ino quietly asked "Which way now?"

"This way." Yuri said as she lead Ino to her brother's grave.

When they got there they discovered the vase on his grave was filled with half a bouquet of nadeshikos and 6 morning glories. "Looks like we missed her." Yuri said

"Hai." Her mother Kikyou said as see scanned the graveyard. "Nedeshiko's grave is over there but I don't see anyone else in the graveyard and I am willing to bet we will find a duplicate bouquet there as well. It will be best if we quickly move to their teammates grave if we hope to catch up with her."

"Which clan's graveyard?" Ino asked as she followed Kikyou out of the graveyard

"The Uchiha's"

"UCHIHA'S" Ino and Yuri both exclaimed coming to a stop in shock.

"Yes now is not the time to stop. Let's take to the roofs so we can get there faster."

"Y...yes" Ino and Yuri both replied as they followed Kikyou up onto the rooftops.

"The Uchiha compound? Why are we here?" Kakashi asked

"To visit the last of my students." They walked into the compound "It's so quite, but someone takes care of the place it seems. I wonder if Sasuke actually stays here? Do you know?" Kakashi didn't reply and Miya continued without looking at him a bit flustered "Sorry. I had noticed he was one of your students I didn't mean to pry." She turned to him apologetically looking up to him then frowned. "What? What's wrong?"

"Sasuke is a missing nin. He is with Orochimaru now."

"NANI? Why?"

"He wanted more power and felt he couldn't get it form here. He is so driven to kill Itachi himself. I tried to tell him revenge isn't an answer. But…"

"No, Kakashi. Don't go blaming yourself. As much as we would like to we can not make decisions for our students. They make their own. All we can do is try to teach them the best we can and hope to lead them down the correct path. But ultimately the decisions are theirs to make the good and the bad. We can not always be there for them as much as we wish it otherwise." Miya said placing her hands on Kakashi's shoulders looking up at him.

Kakashi looked down at Miya thinking about what she said and smiled "Arigatou Miya-chan."

Miya softly smiled back turning back around pointing down a side road "Let's go the graveyard is down this way."

AN: there was a pic of the nadeshiko flowers I had in this chapter so everyone would know what they looked like but I have no idea how to insert the pic in FFN so to view please go to TONFA and view this chapter on that site under "A Konoichi's Heart" by shadow dagger. sorry for the inconvenience and if anyone knows how to insert the pic here please let me know. Thank you to all who have reviewed as they help me to improve.