DISCLAIMER: I DON'T OWN NARUTO OR ANY OF ITS CHARACTERS/PLOTS. I ONLY OWN MY OC'S.

"Here comes the rain

So many scars never fade

This is the price of war

And we've paid with time"

-Fight the Night by One Ok Rock

New Mission

Even though they didn't have his body, Obito's funeral was being held by the Uchiha, they invited everybody on our team. Did you know he was actually related to Fugaku? Obito was his nephew; I guess we all learn something new every day.

Minato-Sensei was at the funeral.

Rin was at it. But I wasn't, and neither was Kakashi.

I just couldn't bring myself to go to Obito's funeral, just because of the amount of guilt that I felt for not saving him,

For not killing him.

And don't get me started on Kakashi; he's like a mindless drone right now. He'll eat, sleep, and train. He trains more than anything just because he needs to get used to fighting with only one eye, he can't use the Sharingan for a long time without his chakra depleting more than half. Not to mention he watches Rin and I like a hawk now, he's basically a stalker now. I wanted to tell him that Obito was alive, I really did. But I knew that it would change everything, he'll never forgive me for what I did, for not preventing what happened. I just had to prevent Rin's death, if I do, everything will change. Then Obito won't go insane from all of Madara's false words about an eternal genjutsu. If I had too, I would take her place as the Sanbi holder.

Even if I died, I would do it.

People would mourn for me, and I know that. I know that Kakashi, Sensei, Raijin, and maybe Rin would be sad to see me gone. But in the long run, it would prevent the Akatsuki from turning into a terrorist-like group; it would prevent the Fourth Shinobi War.

It would prevent Minato and Kushina's death.

Oh, I forgot to mention, I'm now a Jounin and Minato-sensei's Hokage now. I think between those two, Sensei becoming Hokage is a bigger deal. He told us that he didn't want to say anything until after the mission, if was supposed to be a surprise. And it actually was a surprise; it made my day a little brighter compared to the dull grey-like feeling that's been surrounding me lately, even if I already knew he was going to become Hokage anyways. Minato was initiated into office about a week after Kannabi Bridge; right after Sandaime announced the end of the Third Shinobi War.

But like I said, it was Obito's funeral today, and I was sitting in the chair next to my mother's bed, trying to avoid it. I'm just as bad as Kakashi, who was sitting on the roof of the hospital right now.

Something in Kakashi had changed. I'm not saying that everybody else's hasn't changed, we all did. But Kakashi… It's like me right after I found out that my mother died. He's so guilty about Obito... He's so much darker now.

I grabbed my mother's hand. "Mom…" I could feel tears in my eyes. "I couldn't save him… I c-couldn't save him…" I whispered. I leaned myself back into the chair and started thinking. If Raijin was with us, it probably would've been different. Rin and I wouldn't have gotten kidnapped…

Where the hell is that wolf?

"Minato-Sensei? Um...are you busy?" I asked as I opened the door to the Hokage's office.

"Yeah, I'm not busy." He stood up from his desk. He was dressed in black so that probably meant he just came back from the funeral. He smiled at me, but I could see the dark bags under his eyes, the sadness in his eyes. Obito's death wasn't just affecting Kakashi, Rin, and I, but it was affecting him too. I looked around the room, still feeling off about him being Hokage. Sure, I already knew he was going to become Hokage, but I was so used to him being my Sensei, I just can't see him any other way.

"I know somethings wrong, Raijin's absolutely nowhere."

"Haruka-"

"N-No! I know somethings wrong! He wouldn't just disappear like this! He's not a summon-"

"Wait Haruka, stop talking."

"What-" Sensei placed his hand over my mouth. When I looked up, I saw him doing his "thinking face".

"Summon…" Sensei whispered, and that was when his face suddenly changed. "That's it!"

"What's it?"

"He's basically like a summon now! I remember when I helped him long time ago he said he could finally reverse summon himself back to his pack!" He looked down at me, his eyes shining. "All you need to do is summon him like Kakashi summons Pakkun or how I summon the toads!"

"That…might be it." I started doing the hand seals for it.

"Wait Haruka, don't do it here-"

I ignored him and bit my thumb, just like what Kakashi did all the time. "Kuchiyose no Jutsu!" There was a sudden poof and standing in front of Sensei and I was…

Raijin!

"RAIJIN!" I shouted while I ran towards the wolf. I threw my arms around his neck and I could smell the usual smell of Raijin, if that made any sense. "I missed you so much where the hell were you why weren't-" I could feel the vibrations his body made while he laughed.

"Calm down Pup, I'll tell you later." Against my own will, I started crying.

God damn, I'm so emotional lately, why?

I could feel Minato place his hand on my head. "Haruka, are you okay?"

I looked up at Minato-Sensei "Thank you so much Sensei, if it weren't for you, I may have never seen Raijin again." I could feel that my emotions were overwhelming me, and I literally started bawling in the middle of the Hokage office, not to mention the Anbu could probably see everything that's been happening.

"Haruka, it's okay now." I could feel Minato place his arms around me, trying to comfort me. I let go of Raijin and clutched his vest as I cried harder into it. The past month has taken its toll on me, mentally and physically. Obito's death, Raijin's disappearance, Sensei becoming Hokage, I'm surprised that I haven't broken down earlier.

"I-I'm so sorry Sensei! I-If only I w-was stronger!" I cried out. I felt his arms tighten around me.

"You tried your best Haruka, that's what matters." But I continued crying, that was the only thing I could do right now. I felt Raijin place his head on top of mine.

"I'm so sorry Sensei… I'm so sorry."

I sat in a chair in front of Sensei's desk when I heard a knock on the door.

"Come in!" Minato shouted out as he rearranged his paperwork. Ew, I don't understand why he wanted to become Hokage, it's basically desk work.

"Minato-Sensei, you wanted me?" I flipped my head around.

"Kakashi?"

"Haruka?"

"Well, it was actually good timing that you came when you did Haruka. You two have a mission together." I turned my head back around and narrowed my eyes at Sensei.

"Okay?" Minato stood up and took out the mission scroll.

"There's some group of shinobi that are against the ending of the War." Sensei shook his head and gave us a weird look. "I personally don't understand why they would complain, this war actually killed many people in all villages. But anyhow, they don't like it."

"So what are they doing?"

Sensei frowned. "They're killing the men in small villages along our borders with Suna. They're kidnapping people; they don't care if you're a woman or a child." He turned to me. "Haruka, I need you to be careful. They're a group of shinobi men, and like I said, they don't care. You understand, right?" I grimaced at what he was saying. I wasn't at the age where I could act like a boy anymore, I'm 13. I'm in that weird preteen stage where I'm still a child but at the same time I'm kinda not, if you can understand what I'm saying anyways.

"Kakashi, you understand too right?" He nodded his head.

"I'm emphasizing on the 'need to be careful' part, okay?" He sat back down on his chair. "I really don't want you two to do this mission, yet alone you Haruka, but the Council said that you're the one to go because of your recent promotion."

"I understand Sensei. Don't worry." I stood up from my seat and motioned for Kakashi and Raijin to follow me. "We'll be leaving, if you don't mind. Some pre-mission stuff to do."

"What the absolute fuck is this?!"

"Haruka?!"

"The fucking council is saying that Raijin can't come with us on this fucking mission!" I gripped the paper harder, wrinkling it even more. "What the fuck is wrong with them? Do they not know what happened last time-" I suddenly stopped, realizing that this was getting into a topic that I don't think Kakashi is ready for yet, Obito's death. I took a deep breath to calm myself down. Raijin, despite my whining, said that he needed to talk to Minato-Sensei about some few things so he wasn't here to hear the news.

"I need to get some things for the mission." I grabbed his arm, making sure my grip was tight enough. Gotta make sure he doesn't run away.

"I'm going to need some new clothes too." I walked towards the market while I dragged Kakashi with me.

I'm going to need a whole ton of bandages for my somewhat growing chest; some new clothes that make me look like a boy, and some new kunai's because I'm running out.

A/N: I never thought I would say it, but I'm pretty sure I have a writer's block. Like hard too. I wanted to write so much more, but I just couldn't! So I apologize! I can't promise when the next chapter will come out because of the block… so, yeah. I'll probably update Looking into His Eyes more than this one for now so..

I guess until next time!