Suki curled at the base in a jacket she took from a nearby window. I'll be sure to return it in the morning before they would even know.
Her dreams tormented her of the past. Obito, Kakashi, Itachi, her sensei and her sensei's master. They used to be a comfort for her, the places and the people that she was ever really with that were home for her. To her father, she was no more than a trained beast that he would sell off for any political advantage. He never looked at her, not once. Even when Obito passed, he never stayed at home any longer than he needed. Her mother could look at her yes, with eyes of disgust. She never held or hugged Suki, at least without cringing or shivering in fear.
When she was four, Suki's father had taken her to the Uchiha council of elders. There they had asked her absurd questions if she knew what she was. Cats were honored in their clan, so to be called a "demon-cat" was disheartening, she couldn't understand or control the deep boiling hatred that intensified, until her entire body was alight with blue and black flames. They were cool on her body, and made her feel as though she was fluid, so flexible that her body began to bend and mould until she was standing inside a large cat. Despite the horror among the faces in the room, Suki was not terrified at all. Instead, to her it was the first loving embrace she ever felt. She dreamed that night again. The faces of the council were those of her past, and Kakashi's seemed to stare at her with the most pain, her sensei with disappointment and her sensei's master had one that condemned her to be nothing more than the beast he could see. She called to them and reached out but the blades her claws were slashed them and she watched them bleed out, their faces unchanged. "NOOOOOO!" Suki woke to her screams. She panted, clutching her hands to her chest while she regained her senses.
She awakened in a rundown and home that was foreclosed. Light poured through the broken and haphazardly boarded up windows, morning had come fast. Feeling as though she barely closed her eyes, yet as if she was there for hours she got to her feet to set out in search of Miroku and Songo.
Making sure all was clear she dashed to the fail safe location, in the old Uchiha district. Knowing and dreading that they would be there to reprimand her she didn't want them to wait any longer. Stretching her chakra around her, she was pleased to know that she wasn't being followed for once. Wondering how long she could keep them from finding her again, Suki remembered she needed to return the jacket; which luckily was near buy. Once she located the building, she leap up to the third floor and repined it to the cord exactly as it was.
"It didn't really suit your anyways." A lazy voiced spoke to her from behind. Suki turned to see Kakashi sitting on the roof-top across, reading a book.
"It fell down and I was just putting it back." She seated herself on the railings on the balcony. "Not that I ever recall you doing much things for others." She snapped.
"Yes, and it was even more sweet that you returned it. Where did you sleep in a barn? At least you could have washed it first." Kakashi taunted as he closed his book.
"Why do you have to be everywhere I go? Have you been following me?"
"No need to, you keep going to where I go by. You're distracting me from valuable training time with my team."
"Heaven forbid you're late!" Suki mocked him and jumped down to the street. Kakashi landed nearby.
"You better have those brats trained well," she turned to his, dangerously flashing her eyes. "Or you'll be carrying out what's left of them."
"So you'll being staying around until then? I pegged you for leaving sooner than that. Once you finish whatever game you and your friends are playing." He chuckled.
"Finally, you admit to agreeing with your precious Hokage that I'm up to something." Her voice sounded hollow.
"It's what you wanted didn't you? You didn't want to believe me that I could see you staying." His eyes flashed with hurt. They stood opposite sides of the street, minutes seemed to pass without each saying anything. How does he always know what to say to hurt me? Is he still was that cruel boy from years ago?
"…Kakashi" she finally choked out the words. "I never wanted to leave in the first place." As she disappeared among the cherry blossoms.
Suki found Miroku and Songo, in the run down Uchiha section, in the old council hall. When she approached the room she heard hush whispering, both sounding upset. It was hard not to get closer without making herself known so it was hard to make out what she could.
"…What more do we need to do? We didn't even need to do this for the Sand…He said that it was just a side distraction…everything is in place…." After that there wasn't much to be said. Whatever Songo explained seemed to satisfy Miroku, and then is sounded as though they didn't need to use their words anymore to convey their feelings. Songo waited a moment more then she slowly walked into the room.
The years of no upkeep on the whole sector brought the structures to decay. Although it has only been five year it looked as though more.
"What happened?!" Miroku snarled. Songo's face looked as though she was sucking a lemon and not Miroku's. Suki felt as though her heart was racing a mile a minute.
"The ANBU are smarter than we gave them credit for." She said, forcing her voice calm though terror raced through her. "Were you able to get what you needed?"
"You're lucky we were." Songo jumped off the table, where she was sitting opposite of Miroku.
"And?" Suki decided to play it off through a different technique. Instead of always being afraid of what they would do or say, she decided she would be the one they needed to worry about. Their suspicious whispered conversation gave her some confirmation that Miroku and Songo and her were not on the same side. "It seems that I did my part, but where's you're information. The Sand is expecting their next report by midnight tonight."
Songo narrowed her eyes, she least of all hated to get reprimanded. "We got it." Miroku threw down a scroll at her feet. She looked at it for a moment, as she knew Miroku way trying to put her in her place. Always made to kneel and bend to his will. Instead, she stepped away to lean on the curved table shaped like a horse shoe and crossed her arms. Miroku's temper did not flare up as she had expected. He seemed to be considering Suki's moves and that was another red flag to Suki.
"Where did you guys go, after we were compromised?" She asked on a whim.
"The ANBU were closing in on us," He answered as if she asked about the weather. "So we decided to hide in the city, instead of drawing them here."
Suki considered pressing him further, but pushing him too far now on a suspicion will in turn cause him to turn a closer eye, if possible, on her. "It's what I thought, it's nice to not having them fluttering around like annoying gnats." She hopped up and crossed her legs and folded her hands under her chin. "How was it this time?"
Songo recovered quickly, as she always did when she could tell a story about her. "That Asuma guy wasn't as perverted as I thought. It took him awhile to take the bait." She giggled "but eventually they always do. Next time, we should both go"
"Right and get in the way of your guy's weird foreplay. No I'll pass."
Miroku's eyes flashed with hunger. "I wish you wouldn't refused like that. We made it clear there's always room for more."
"I'm sorry, but I prefer it one on one."
"I'm fine with sitting back and watching."
"Ha-ha, I'm sure you wouldn't be able to sit for long" Songo giggled and wrapped her arms around him. They seemed to resume where they last left off.
Suki sauntered off, knowing where they would eventually lead to. She sat on a nearby balcony that overlooked the council house, watching the perimeter. She stuck her left leg through the bar and she drew the other to rest on. Will there ever be a day where I will find someone to be with? Kakashi's faced flashed in her mind. Any chance of that left the day I did.