I don't own Naruto
"What?!"
Arashi wasn't stupid when it came to dealing with Kakashi, which was why he trusted himself when he thought Kakashi was going to be furious when he told him of Rin's decision. Already the boy was clenching his fists, eyes flashing with fury; Kushina was in the room, ready to pull Kakashi back if the Hatake was to lose control.
"How could you do that to her?!"
"Kakashi, you need to calm down." He told the sixteen year old softly, keeping his distance.
"How am I supposed to be calm when you're just going to test Rin without any knowledge of the problem with her?!"
Kushina stepped forward, for the first time making her presence known, and placed a comforting hand on the boy's shoulder. "Kakashi, you have to at least calm down." When the boy's fists finally became unclenched, she turned him to face her. "I care about Rin and you just like I care about the boy that's living inside of me. I've requested specifically for the nurse second in line to whom I trust with my life to lead Rin's exams..."
His face fell at the word 'exam'. "You mean...you're not going to cut open her stomach?"
Her hands found their way onto his shoulders once she realized what he was so furious about. "That's what you were afraid of? Kakashi, I would never let someone just open up her skin and look inside without knowing if it's what they need to do first." She pulled him closer to her for comfort, fighting against the boy who tried to pull away. "Rin-chan will be alright...but you know what'll make her feel more comfortable?"
"What?" Kakashi asked, finally successfully prying himself out of Kushina's embrace.
Kushina smiled before Arashi ruffled his hair and she said softly, "If you sit by her side through it."
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"Are you nervous?"
Rin looked up at the nurse who was checking her pulse. "A little..."
The woman smiled slightly. "I figured, since your pulse was a little higher than usual. After all, you're the one that said that it could be because someone's nervous." When Rin looked up, the woman smiled deeper. "Don't worry, Rin-chan, they're only going to examine you...I'm sure they'd even put you to sleep if you asked."
Rin shook her head. "The examination wouldn't go as well if I'm asleep during then, but I'll be fine."
After Rin finished, the door opened and Kushina came in, closing the door behind her. "Hello Rin-chan, how are you feeling?"
"Much better, Kushina-san."
She smiled, pulling a chair beside the bed but didn't sit in it, much to Rin's question. "Arashi and Kakashi will be here shortly."
"K-Kakashi?"
The door opened, and Kakashi entered with Arashi following in after him. She could see him smirking through his mask. "I could just go train if you don't want me here."
"No, no, no!" She could feel her cheeks flushing as she looked down at the bed she was lying on. "It's alright if you want to be here..."
She felt her face grow hot when Kakashi sat down in the chair positioned next to the bed and his hand made its way under the covers and wrapped around hers warmly. She felt something walk across her stomach, and saw a moving lump in the covers; Kaka-chan jumped out of the covers and licked her affectionately, Arashi laughing at Kakashi's face.
'Does Rin even feed the thing? It's still so small!'
"Kaka-chan! How'd you know I was here?" She asked with surprise, petting the panda's fur softly.
"I think I've got an explanation for that." When everyone looked at Arashi, the Hokage grinned and ruffled her hair. "Because your father was an Inuzuka, and because your mother was a Hayata, both of your bloodline genes mixed. So because Hayatas befriend their favorite animal, and your favorite animal is the panda, you and Kaka-chan carry the same abilities an Inuzuka would carry with their dog."
"You know, my friend, who is an Inuzuka, could probably help you figure out Kaka-chan's unique ability, Rin-chan." Kushina said with a smile, before the exam started.
This time, she didn't feel so nervous because holding Kakashi's hand was more comforting than the nurse's words.
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"...What?"
The nurse let out a sigh before repeating herself to the Hokage. "I said there was nothing wrong with her, Hokage-sama."
"Are you sure? She wasn't fine when she returned..."
"Are you saying that I'm not doing my job correctly?" The woman dangerously eyed the man. "I might not be the nurse Kushina wanted, but I can do my job thank you very much. In fact, you're lucky to have me and not the one she did want." She scanned over her clip board that was scribbled with hardly any notes at all much to his annoyance. "Her mind is stable, as well as any other part of her. What else am I supposed to check over? Unless you want me to saw through organs..."
He rubbed his temples; Kushina was exactly right when it came to this woman. "I'm sorry."
It was obvious she despised Rin for something, but he didn't bother to figure out what. As much as he wanted to, he couldn't get rid of her.
It wasn't in his power to do so unless if it was serious anyway.
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"Arashi, why do you keep looking at the hospital?" Kushina let out a deep sigh and accused somewhat bitterly, "It's because of the operation isn't it? You should know that nurse has always hated Rin - ever since the White Fang's death and Rin having a different opinion, that girl dropped her like a hot potato."
The man looked from the window to Kushina, who was standing in the doorway with the door half way open. "How did you know?"
"Her mother...was my best friend..."
"You mean her foster mother?"
"No...her real mother...I'm the one who asked the White Fang to go get her. Her foster mother took in Rin-chan shortly after loosing her real child."
"I thought that was the case." Arashi smirked before standing, Kushina closing the door and walking in.
"So what do you propose we do next?" She asked him curiously, cocking her head to the side with a small smirk.
"Well, I do have a plan." He grinned slightly. "Though we are going to need Kakashi for this."
Knowing exactly it was for the Sharingan, Kushina smirked. "Now what makes you think he's going to let you use him?"
"Well...I'll just stretch the truth a bit and say she's on the verge of death--"
Thwak!
"Don't even think about scaring the man into thinking his first crush is going to die!"
"...Alright. Can I say a Rock nin investigated her mind?"
Thwak!
"Stop being a baka and just tell the truth! Now stop working on that pile of paperwork and get moving!"
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"You called for me, Sensei?"
Arashi didn't need to look up to see who the voice belonged to. He was always able to tell his students' voices apart from any other Shinobi, whom he'd have to actually take the effort to look up to see who was visiting him. Maybe it was just habit, he often told himself, after all he was often pilled with paperwork that seemed to grow more than shrink and had developed countless habits.
Writing out one last signature that demanded for his name, he put down his pen and shook his hand wildly to get the feeling back into it. "Yes."
If all of the stress wasn't pilled on him, then he would've laughed full-heartedly at the look Kakashi gave him while he attempted to wake up his wrist; but instead, he only ignored it and went straight to the point of bringing the Jounin here. "I don't believe that the Hospital's equipment was enough to check out Rin's problem..."
Kakashi's visible eye quirked with eagerness. "And?"
Arashi found the strength to smirk. "That's where you come in."
His smirk turned into a grin when Kakashi raised a silver eye brow at him.
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"So let me get this straight," Kakashi paused to look between Kushina and Arashi, who each had different expressions. "You want me to use Obito's eye to see what's inside of Rin?"
His sensei nodded, much to his question.
"How do you expect me to do that? The Sharingan doesn't allow me to see what dysfunctions her body has, only if it's affecting her chakra."
"That's alright, Kakashi." Arashi smirked almost instantly afterwards, knowing exactly what would get Kakashi moving without second thought. "I guess we could get Gai to use one of his techniques..."
'What technique does Gai have that would help? Wait...Gai...' A second later it hit him. His rival, who had always fought Obito (and secretly him, but he'd never admit it) to have Rin take on his last name. Eye fixing a glare, he said coldly (yet it came out more in an annoyed tone), "I'll do it."
He only hoped Obito's eye would allow him to see what was wrong with Rin, and that this plan wouldn't fail like the original.
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Rin's apartment was much more neat and organized than his was. For one, she didn't have scrolls and papers lying everywhere like he did. Yes, she did have a few books open with scribbled notes, but that was nothing compared to what he could find laying around in his house. Unlike his apartment that smelled bland, scentless, her apartment was filled with the familiar spring scent that she carried with her.
Her apartment wasn't arranged to hold four people, only three if you included the rocking chair in the corner, so she had to bring one of the two chairs in the kitchen. Because Kushina was pregnant, and Rin realized that sitting in one of her wooden kitchen chairs wouldn't be the most convenient thing in the world for her to sit in, she ushered her to sit in the padded rocking chair.
Because Arashi didn't want to risk Rin accidentally summoning her chakra and start fiddling with it (a habit she had of doing when she was nervous, or in this case had someone with an eye that could watch her every move), she found herself soon laying down on the couch with Kakashi sitting in the remaining wooden chair next to her. It wasn't long before a genjutsu was placed upon her, and soon drifted off into a sleep that couldn't be broken with loud noise.
On their Sensei's word, Kakashi gripped the metal on his hita'ate, and exposed his life-long present from Obito. He closed his visible eye so he could focus on just what Obito's eye allowed him to see, even though he could no longer see her skin.
'Two chakras?'
That's what it looked like. Two chakras flowing through her body; he looked down at his own hand, seeing that only one type of chakra was in his body unlike Rin who had another chakra inside of her, one that was threatening, one that seemed to want to break loose. "S-Sensei..."
Their sensei immediately knew something was wrong. "What is it, Kakashi?"
He was glad that Rin was asleep, courtesy of a genjutsu he had placed on her himself, or else she would have already gone crazy. "There's another chakra inside of her--"
"Another chakra?"
"Yes...only it feels more destructive, but it seems to be half sealed inside of her to the point where it's undetectable without the Sharingan..."
"Hm..." Arashi seemed in thought. "Does it seem that she was born with it?"
"No, not at all...it feels like it was just added in."
"I'll have to discuss ideas with the elders, then."
Kushina spoke up, clearly declient to do so. "The elders? How do you know their not going to think of her as a monster and strip her of her rank and stick ANBU in her apartment for the rest of her life?"
"That makes sense..." Arashi looked between the two. "This is to be discussed with no one, especially until we figure out what it is. If this leaks, Rin could never be allowed to perform jutsu again, she could even be kicked out of this village if the elders suspect something."
"I know a little bit about chakra and medical issues to be able to search through books for an answer." Kushina stood, but before she left, she said with a small smile, "And by the way, Arashi, you'd better make sure that you're free from the tenth to the fifteenth in October."
Kakashi immediately knew that a baby was on the way.
Author's Note: A little shorter than I wanted it to be, but the Kyuubi attack is coming up which means that it'll be a little harder to get out chapters because I'm not exactly the best with fighting scenes; I'm making it up with more fluff, though. And attempting to write longer chapters, which will hopefully make up for it.
