I starred at Danzo, we were in a meeting about the upcoming Chunin Exams planning the three different stages, but I wasn't really paying attention, I was to busy glaring at the disgusting old man across from me.
"Kina what do you think about it?" Koharu asked hair ornaments bobbing. They are asking who you think will be entering from the leaf.
"Well, I think Guy's team will enter this year, the seventh repeat team, Hibi's team. I also think the rookie nine will enter." The two grey haired council members gasped.
"But they have only been genin for four months." Homura exclaimed, I laughed slightly.
"Yeah but just look at their scores." I said flipping through the book of active genin. "They have all done two or more C-ranks, except team seven, who has beaten everyone and done an A-rank." They all flipped through the pages that held the rookie nines scores. "They are all exceptional and well rounded, Sakura is a top notch medical ninja, with the Uchiha tiajutsu to boot. Ino is a Yamanaka, and also has medical ninjutsu and a well diverse ninjutsu arsenal. Hinata, is skilled in her clan jutsu's and fighting style, she also has quite the brain, she is anything but average. Shikamaru also has his clan jutsu, along with exceptional taijutsu, and his tactfulness is nothing to be looked over." I paused. Looking up at them, Hiruzen continued reading off their skills.
"Choji, along with being advanced for his age in his clan jutsu, has exceptional strength and hand to hand combat skills. Kiba and his ninken have mastered fang over fang and other Inuzuka clan techniques, along with that, he is well rounded in taijutsu and ninjutsu, he knows three earth style E-B rank jutsu's" He paused to take a puff from his pipe. "Shino, possesses strong Aburame techniques, and tiajutsu techniques."
"And it looks like your brothers are nothing to laugh at, Naruto knows several high and low rank wind jutsu's, he has exceptional hand to hand skills, and can make an unbelievable amount of shadow clones!" Homaru exclaimed as he read off the number I had reported to be the most he had made so far, which was one hundred.
"Your brother Sasuke, is much like his older brother, save for his Sharingan which hasn't been awakened." Danzo read out loud. I scowled at him. "He is nothing short of a genius, have you thought about having him enter my division." What the hell was he going off about? I would never let Danzo near Sasuke. I stood up in my chair reaching across the table and grabbing him my the fabric of his shirt, the two other council members stood up yelling at me to stop, but Hiruzen just laughed taking a puff of tobacco.
"My brother will NEVER join your division, I WONT let you touch him!" I growled my face inches from his, fear passed over his feature but quickly went away probably realising I could do little more than threaten him here. I pushed him back into his seat smiling at the others. "Besides Sasuke doesn't have the gene for the Sharingan." I lied. We all sat down again, I assume the others wrote off what just happened as over protectiveness of my brother, because they seemed to pay no head to it continuing the conversation like nothing happened.
"It says here you trained all of them, and the girls are still your apprentices." Koharu stated.
"Yepp, but the only one who can do my hormones treatment is Hinata, the others can self heal useing my techniques, though they don't have much chakra so they can't do it while fighting like I can, but they will get there, once their chakra stores get bigger." I reported
"Well all your students have far more chakra than kids their age, And Naruto's is off the charts, but that's due to the nintails." The old women said looking at his info sheet.
"Oh right...about that." I said sheepishly. "He know's he is the container..." They all looked at me surprised.
"YOU TOLD HIM!" Danzo yelled standing up slamming his hand on the table. I scowled at him the air chilled and I turned my hand to ice.
"Yell at me again, and you'll know how my deep freeze works, old man. Sit down and let me explain, stop being so uncivil." Koharu who was sitting beside him pulled him back into his seat.
"Honestly Danzo, let her explain before you act like an ape." Hiruzen reprimanded, all of them looking to me to explain. My hand turned back to flesh and the air went back to its conformable warmth.
"Well the night of the rookie nines graduation, Mizuki almost told Naruto about it, you all read the report." They nodded, good I didn't feel like going over the whole convorsation. "Okay and then on this recent mission, my brother Sasuke died, or appeared that way, and some of the nintails chakra seeped out. After he got home, he kept asking me about it, and just yesterday, I told him, because I trust him, he loves this village. He deserved to know why the village has mistreated him his whole life, and why his father and mother died." I gave them all hard looks. "We don't give him enough credit, most in his position, being hated for something he can't control, would have held a grudge and hated everyone, but when I told him he said; 'oh well than I understand why everyone hated me, one day I hope to show them I'm more than just the ninetails container.'"
"Perhaps it was right to tell him then." Homura said nodding. Inside I whooped for joy, that was an S class secret, I could have gotten into heaps of trouble. "We trust your judgement." Hiruzen beamed at the mans compliment towards me.
"Perhaps it's time to revisit the Idea of Kina taking up her title, she has shown many admirable quality's." He suggested. That sly man, I saw your heaps of paper work, you just want to pawn them off to me.
"She is one of the most feared Ninja in the shinobi world right now, she has even taken a step up on Minato in the bingo books" I looked Koharu, was I not still 'runaway on sight"? "you are now listed as, 'surrender and beg for your life' ever since word got around of your recent mission with Kakashi. They are saying your immortal, even with poison pumping through your veins you can kill off a nation." I laughed out loud at that.
"Man things get blown out of proportion." I giggled.
"And even beyond you skills as a shinobi, you show great leadership, that is evident in your batch of students, and not only that you have made strong ties with all the main clans, even the Hyuga's acknowledge you." Homaru added. We should do this more often, it's really a boost to ones self esteem. "Even me and Koharu like you."
"What an accomplishment!" I exclaimed, making them smile.
"We are old and bitter so it is an accomplishment." Koharu stated.
"Kina is not ready. She is far to soft." Danzo said ruining the light mood. We all looked to him. "She is to ruled by emotion. She said she wouldn't take up her title until we all agreed she was ready and I do not." I was about to say something snide but Hiruzen beat me too it.
"I don't know why you and Kina are always at each others throats, but majority rules in this case. I suggest Kina take up office after the Chunin exams, that way during her and the Kazekage can get acquainted" Hiruzen suggested. This was perfect I was planning on talking to Hiruzen about taking up the office after the Chunin exams.
"That's a great idea." The other two agreed. I almost laughed at Danzo pouting in his seat.
"Thank you guys so much for your confidence in me, I too feel I am ready to take up the title Minato trusted me with." there was a moment of silence for my Sensei, than there was a knock on the door. "Come in." I called.
"The jounin Sensei's are in you office and are ready for you lord Hokage." someone from Genma's squad told him. Hiruzen nodded than looked towards me.
"Why don't you come along?" we bowed to the others than headed to his office.
We walked to the front of the full room standing side by side in front of them all, both of us being the same height, were still shorter than most of the men even being two stairs above them.
"We are here to pick which genin teams will be participating in this Chunin exam." Hiruzen explained. "Will the sensei's of the rookie nine please step forward." Kurenai, Asuma, and Kakashi stepped forward, they looked to me, and I nodded.
"I Kakashi Hatake nominate my team; Sasuke Uchiha, Sakura Haruno, and Naruto Uzumaki for this Chunin exam" He said formally.
"I also Nominate my team for the Chunin exams." Asuma said less formally.
"I Kurenai Yuhi Nominate, Kiba Inuzuka, Shino Aburame, and Hinata Hyuga for this Chunin exam." I smiled, all my students would grind this exam to dust.
"What! The whole rookie nine, they have only been genin for four months. I was their sensei, just a few months ago I don't think they are ready." Iruka exclaimed.
"But they aren't your students anymore." Kakashi said coldly. Iruka's face dropped, I liked the guy allot, he was Naruto's favorite teacher, he even took Naruto out for ramen every now and again.
"Kakashi is right Iruka, They were all also my students, and I know they are far more advanced than the academy would have been able to show you. I have faith in them, and their sensei's -including you- to have taught them the necessary skills to excel in this exam." I smiled at the tanned man. "But I understand your worry, so I will let you to the prelim test on them, so you can see just how ready they are." He smiled at me then saluted smacking his feet together.
"Hai!" He yelled. Guy bounced forward giving me and Hiruzen his nice guy pose and the most dazzling smile, I'm pretty sure it sparkled.
"I also nominate my team for the Chunin exam! Ten ten, Lee and Neji are full of youthfulness and passion!" He exclaimed in his usual overly excited way. Hiruzen nodded, writing down their names.
"I Hizashi Hyuga nominate my team." Neji's dad, I hadn't seen him in so long!
Once the meeting ended I ran after Hizashi, weaving around the jounin. "Hizashi!" I said grabbing a hold of the fabric on the back of his shirt. He knocked my hand away and turned to me. "Woops sorry, never sneak up on a ninja!" I said laughing holding my hands up in defeat. "Hey can we chat for a few minuets." He mulled it over than nodded. "EH BAKI! I yelled to the lady at the desk a few meters away, she waved to me. "Can you bring us some tea?" she jumped up from her desk scurrying to the back room, I smiled after her than lead the Hyuga into my office.
"Wow this is much different than the hokage's." Hizashi's Hyuga demeanor leaving him for a second. "I always wondered how your office would look." He gave me a small smile. My office hadn't changed that much since the last renovation, the colour was still the same, but there were black out curtains though they were open now, giving me a nice view of the village. My desk was normal sized, and there were three more book shelves than before. I took a seat on one of the couch's and motioned for the man to sit across from me. "What can I help you with? Is it my son again?" He said mournfully. I hadn't been able to talk to Hizashi personally about Neji since he was very very busy.
"Well yes, but he hasn't done anything wrong per say. It's just, that one event with my apprentice is still bothering me, Hinata is his cousin, so why does he seem to hate her so much." Baki came in with tea smiling brightly.
"We just got orders to prepare your coming into office!" She squealed excitedly. I smiled at her.
"Yes but it's supposed to be a secret, until we announce it." I laughed as she clamped her hand over her mouth and bowed apologizing. "It's okay, I trust Hizashi, thanks for the tea!" He nodded giving the Hyuga a small bow before leaving the room. I looked to Hizashi who was eyeing me.
"you are taking up office?" He asked I nodded. He seemed relieved. "My clan has taken a liking to you so maybe you can help." He reached behind his head untying his forehead protector revealing a strange blue seal on his forehead. I put down my tea cup and walked around the coffee table to stand in front of him lightly touching the markings. I examined it with chakra, it was wrapped around the ocular nerves, it seemed to be a way to make sure the eyes of a Hyuga were never obtained by anyone, but there was something else written in the seal. It seemed as though people from the first branch could this to torture the lower branches. I gasped.
"How disgusting!" my blood boiled. "Do they actually use this?!"
"I have had it done to me many times. Neji to has had to suffer through it." He added sadly. I looked at the seal again with my chakra.
"Well I'm a seal expert so let me look." He nodded. This seal was wonderfully written, if I tried to undo it, it would self destruct ruining the eye's or killing the person. But, if I was careful I could nullify the main braches ability to use it. "It's tricky because it grows stronger with the age of the person baring it. I should take some blood, so I can see just how much this affects the person before I try."
"If you think you can fix this you can have as much blood as you want. Would it be helpful to have my son here?" He asked.
"After I take your blood if you can get him, it would be helpful to have two different people to examine." I over the lab part of my office grabbing out needles and viles for the blood. Hizashi eagerly followed. I stabbed the needle into his inner elbow and the vial began to fill with blood. "Okay that should do, when you leave could you tell Baki to come with a pad of paper." He nodded quickly leaving, Baki coming in seconds later. "Baki, I need you to bring in two beds and hospital grown, one for a grown mal and the other for a- wait actually just bring me two scrub pants, one for a 13 year old and one for a man. I will be needing a surgical tray, sedative and...Kakashi Hatake." she was about to leave when I looked at the time. "Oh tell Genma I'm in surgery and wont be home till late, and if he wont be home in time, could you order dinner from the ramen joint, and get him to deliver it to the boys at seven?" I asked.
"My Kina, your looking very serious." She said smiling. I brought out my microscope and smiled at her.
"your a life saver Baki, what would I do without you?" She laughed.
"Well all those things your asked for will be ready within the next fifteen minuets, except Kakashi, it seems he came to visit you."
"Awesome send him in! Oh if Genma is available could you get him too stop by, I haven't seen him in two days!" She smiled bowed and took her leave, Kakashi stepping in a second later.
"My oh my looks like you have Baki busy." Kakashi said as he closed the door, watching my inspect a drop of Hizashi's blood under my microscope.
"Oh no was she upset?" I asked concerned. "how peculiar." I mumbled watching the cells of the blood. It seems the seal was written on most of the cells.
"No quite the opposite, when I called you a slave driver she hit me with her pad of paper, telling me to respect you more." I giggled thinking of the women hitting Kakashi. "So what's this all about?" I put five drops of blood into a small dish inspecting each cell with chakra.
"I can't tell you until I have the patients permission, but if they do give me permission than I'll need your help during the percedure. It will take along time, and be very painful for me, but they don't need to know bout that." If this was going to be as invasive as I thought I would be taking the pain onto myself, they suffered enough from this seal.
"Okay, maybe you should have another medic nin in here." He asked.
"Yeah I thought about that, but this is a very delicate situation, and I need someone I can trust, and someone who trusts me enough who wont interfere. If I got Genma to help, he would make me stop once he saw it start to hurt me, but I know you wouldn't do that." I explained.
"I don't want to watch you be in pain." He whispered to quietly I wasn't sure I heard. Genma and Baki came in just then both rolling in beds with supply's on them.
"Busy night to night babe?" He asked leaving his bed in the middle of the room coming over and giving me a kiss, Kakashi looked away sharply.
"yep back to back surgerys, are you going to be home tonight?" I asked takeing out seal papers, quickly writing.
"I wasn't going to be, but I'll switch shifts and stay with the kids tonight. Make sure you eat in between, love you but I have to go." He cupped my face, and I melted in his concerned gaze. GAH he is so beautiful!
"Love you too, have a good evening!" I called as he left. I took off my shirt making both Baki and Kakashi make distresed noises. "Sorry, I need to write some seals on myself." I laughed as they both blushed brightly at seeing me half naked. Baki continued setting up the beds putting plastic covers overtop of them and setting up the Iv's putting my surgical clothing on the counter, along with some for Kakashi. "Thanks Baki, when Hizashi and-" the two Hyuga burst into the room, quickly blushing when they saw me without a shirt drawing symbols up my arms. Baki left quickly squeezing past them.
"Lady Kina, we are sorry." Hizashi said quickly turning around, his son following suit. I laughed putting the ink brush down and walking over to them with the scrub pants in hand.
"It's okay I need to do this shirtless, so you will just have to get used to seeing me in a bra." I giggled at they both turned around trying very hard to look me in the eye. "Change into these over here." I walked to one of the wardrobes next to the book shelves, which held all sorts of odd and ends including a changing screen which I put up in the corner which the two Hyuga went into to change. I turned to Kakashi. "You put these on." I handed him a pair of scrubs and a yellow surgical dress, along with gloves a surgical mask and shoe covers he stripped in the open room save for his boxers. Though I was to focussed on my task to enjoy the view. I had moved onto my face and chest quickly gliding the ink along my skin down to my belly button. "Don't put on the gloves yet or the dress, I need you to finish the seals on my back, Unclip the strap when you need to then put it back in place once the ink is dry." I instructed. I watched him visibly swallow before coming over taking the brush and looking at the paper which held the seals he needed to do.
"This is impressive seal work, who made it?" Hizashi asked having changed into his pants folding up the changing screen.
"I did." I told him.
"You did! When?" I gave him a puzzled look.
"While you were gone..." I answered. Kakashi laughed as he unhooked my bra strap, fingers lingering on my skin. I held my bra in place to I didn't accidently give the Hyugas and eyeful. I felt a little self-conscious about my scars that decorated my chest and stomach.
"Kina doesn't realise how ridiculously smart she is. She isn't called the ultimate prodigy for nothing." He laughed. Neji and Hizashi looked at me in a way that I couldn't tell was admiration or fear.
"Oh I will need help for this do you mind if Kakashi is aware of what we are doing?" I asked. Hizashi looked from me to the silver haired man behind me.
"Is it going to be hard?"
"Yes, that's why I am doing you first, since you will be harder, and I will need a break in-between, so while we wait for you to wake I will take blood from Neji, just so I can tell whether I need to rewrite the seals or not." Hizashi nodded. "OH! I'll be right back, I forgot to ask for a plastic room!" I left the room quickly and went to Baki. "Hey Baki I need a plastic room."
"I thought you might so I got one ready." She pointed down the hall, and sure enough there was a folded up plastic room.
"Life saver!" I called as I brought it into my office, I heard her laugh as I entered my office. "Can you set this up quickly while I sanitize my self?" I handed it to the three of them. They looked at it as though it was rocket science, I sighed. "Never mind, here let me show you." setting it up was much like a gazebo except the outside was all white sanitized plastic, though it would need a sanitizing seal on the inside. I wheeled the beds in while they all watched, unsure of what to do, I set up the Iv's next and heart monitors. I stepped out of the plastic room.
"Okay now put your hair back you too and forehead protectors off." They did as I said and I popped to sanitize seals on them activating them than motioned for them to go in, next I did Kakashi, than I took off my skirt, leaving me just in my spanks and thigh socks. Sanitizing myself than bringing in my seal ink and a platform for me to stand on, with enough room for Kakashi to hold me up if necessary. I stepped inside the room, activating several sanitize seals.
"Okay Hizashi lay down on this bed." I patted the plastic, and he laid down, I grabbed the ink and started drawing seals from his forehead and down his chest pulling the waist line of his pants down a few inches to finish the seals. "Okay this will be painless, but I'd still going to sedate you, it's highly invasive, over the years the seal has been written into the cells in your body, that's why it hurts all over when it's activated, so I have to separate them all, it will take an hour or two." I told him in a calming voice attaching the heart monitor. He was nervous, I could tell my his heart beat. I grabbed onto his hand. "Hey listen, I wont let you die, I will free you from this curse, than when I'm hokage we will change the Hyuga." He nodded but his heart was still beating fast. I bent down close to has face. "Do you trust me Hizashi?" he nodded. "Okay than relax and count backwards from ten." I said placing a mask on his face that would keep him sedated.
"Ten, nine, eight, seven, six...five...four...three" He fell asleep and his heart began to beat slower.
"Okay Neji sit on that bed over there." the small boy did as I said. "Okay Kakashi stand behind me, don't let me fall down." I ordered. I pulled my hair into a ponytail, than activated my seals which lit up bright blue, as Kakashi stood behind me. "Okay Neji, it's important that you don't distract me or interfere, it wont be pretty."
"I thought you said it would be painless." He said panicking. I placed one hand on Hizashi's face and the other over his muscular chest.
"She meant painless your you guys." Kakashi said wrapping his arms around my waist. I activated the seals on the sleeping man. Get ready Yuki, this will hurt you too. I started erasing the seal's curse from his blood cells. I screamed in pain as my own blood felt like it was being boiled inside me.
"WHATS HAPPENING?" I heard Neji scream. I clamped my teeth together trying to smother my screams.
"I said don't interfere. Don't distract." I screamed again my body shaking from the pain. I looked up at the monitor again, good his heart was fine, he wasn't feeling this pain. I sobbed, as I moved to a new section of his body. Kakashi's hand went around me tighter and he pressed his face into the crook of my neck breathing heavily. This was hurting him in a totally different way. "I'm fine it's not really hurting me, it just feels like it." I sobbed out.
It took nearly two hours just removing the seal from his body, now I had to rewrite the seal and unbind the coiled of the curse around his eyes, leaving only the helpful ones, it was going to take a long time picking through the ones that the main branch could activate, and destroy those ones. Which meant allot of dragged out pain.
"Your going to have to hold me up for this part." My voice was husky from crying and screaming, I took a deep breath as Kakashi adjusted his grip to hold me up. I closed my eye's and began. Migraine from hell is the only thing I could use to describe the pain. It was a horrible pressure within my skull, and it burned, it took everything I had to just keep going, never mind keep myself standing. It took longer than the first estimated half hour, when I finished I shakily took the mask off the man, than wrapped my arms around myself nudging Kakashi away. Now that I didn't need him for support being touched hurt. It felt like I took a bath in lava. I crouched down hugging my knee's sobbing in pain eye's clenched shut. I felt Hizashi stir on bed, but didn't bother looking, I stayed wrapped around myself crying as my muscles spasmed.
"Kina?" I heard the Hyuga man ask.
"The procedure was a success, but she basically suffered through three hours of that curse seal's pain straight." Kakashi explained. I whimpered in pain, willing myself to stop crying since that hurt more.
"Why didn't she tell me! I wouldn't have let her do that for me, I would just ask her to help my son." he said mournfully. Staying in my position I made myself speak.
"I wanted to help you. Because you are my friend." I stood up slowly walking out of the plastic room, Kakashi held me up as I walked towards the couch even though his touch hurt I welcomed it. "I need and hour of rest." I told them all since they all followed me. "Kakashi get Sakura, I need her to help me." I laid down on the couch curling up into a ball again.
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KAKASHI POV.
I walked towards the Haruno house, trying to get the horrible images of Kina screaming in pain, sobbing, whimpering, it was horrible. Everything about the last three hours was hell. I could do nothing but hold her up, I just listened to her screams. Why was she so self sacrificing. She was already helping Hizashi by getting ride of the seal, why did she also have to take on his pain. Images of her whimpering crouched on the floor flooded into my mind again as I approached the Haruno's door. I gave it three hard knocks and waited. Sakura's blond haired mother answered the door.
"Oh hello Kakashi!" She said cheerfully. "Sakura can't come out to pla-" She was interrupted by a flash of pink and Sakura standing beside her.
"Kakashi sensei?" my young student asked, I had told them I would leave them alone for the next three days till the exam, so it's understandable why she was confused.
"Sakura, Lady Kina has summoned you to her office." I said stiffly. A vein visibly popped out of her mothers head.
"Sakura has laundry to do!" the women yelled. Yikes.
"I'm sorry Mrs. Haruno but you can't ignore summons from you superiors." I explained.
"I'm sorry but she will have to ignore this one, she is busy. Lady Kina can wait till she is done!" The women tried to close the door put I put my foot in the way.
"Mother! That's not how this works!" Sakura yelled stalking out the door and down the stairs, I followed closely behind. "so what does Lady Kina need?" Sakura asked as we walked.
"She is doing a very tricky surgery and needs you to help. It's also a rather sensitive situation, so she called you instead of another medic." She nodded stoically, but I could see her celebrating on the inside.
When we got to office, I nearly puked at the sight. Kina was sitting shaking on the coffee table as both Genma and Hizashi wiped off the ink from the seals. The white skin underneath was purple and red, the designs on her face were bleeding. Genma was whispering to her as he washed her clean the water pale beside him stained with ink and blood. Hizashi had tears running down his face as he watched the girl quiver and shake, Neji was cringing every time she would whimper, as he starred out the window.
"Oh my god what happened!" Sakura exclaimed running over to Kina's side. Kina looked up eye's blood shot.
"Oh good your here, I need you to heal me." Her voice was raspy, yet she still smiled at her young student. "Your going to be my right hand, kay?" she tilted her head in that way she always did when she smiled, usually the action would give me butterflies but she was covered in bruises and her own blood. Sakura pressed her healing hands to Kina's back.
"Oh god." The young girl whispered. Kina laughed.
"It's not that bad, my nerves are just shot." I scoffed before I could get myself to stop. "Kakashi?" She asked ice blue eye's starring into me.
"Your bleeding Kina, it's pretty bad." I said angrily.
"You know he is right, how about you wait a day to do Neji." Hizashi suggested. Or not at all, I thought to myself. Genma placed his hand in Kina's hair pressing his lips to her temple and she leaned into him.
"You know Kina wouldn't do that." He said softly holding her as Sakura healed the bruises that marred her pale skin.
"Yeah well you weren't there to watch, she basically tore herself apart for three hours straight!" Neji yelled taking the words right out of my mouth. Kina stood up suddenly knocking all our hands away as we all moved to help her. She looked at us all with cold stares.
"Yeah well it isn't anyone's choice but my own. I will do this and if you wont help me Kakashi then fine, I will find someone else." She turned to her young student still shaking slightly as she talked. "Sakura take a vial of Neji's blood, Hizashi go to Baki and get her to bring us tea and snacks. Genma go home. Kakashi, if you wont stay, could you please get me Shikaku." Everyone started on their tasks. Genma passed me on his way out stopping in front of me.
"How can you let her do this?" I asked the man in a hushed tone. He placed his senbon in his mouth smiling sadly.
"Because it's who she is, she helps in every way she can, everyone she can, no matter the price to herself. It's what makes her, her. How could I not let her." He brought a hand to my shoulder before leaving.
I stayed. Of course I stayed. What wouldn't I do for her.
Even watch her torture herself.
