Spies and Family Bonds Part 2
Back with Team Kakashi at the hot springs; Sakura settles into the female side of the springs just before hearing an obnoxious outburst from the male side. "Are you serious?! Is that all you can talk about you pervert?!" Sakura giggled upon recognizing the voice, but wondered who he could be talking to. She then heard the proclaimed cool voice talking. "Why are you so annoying, you loser." And there's the non-caring voice of the filler for Einjeru, "It looks like both of you have something to compensate for." Upon hearing that, Sakura felt a tick mark form on her forehead. 'Cha! I'll destroy Sai for saying that!'
Yamato entered the guys' side of the spring, ready to face-palm. "You three need to stop." Naruto pointed his finger at Sai in an angry fashion. "It's not my fault that Sai is such a pervert!" Sasuke shakes his head. "I'm out of here." His face was turning an unhealthy shade of red. Yamato sighed thinking "Good grief. I wonder how things would be if Einjeru were here."
Einjeru gave a sneeze in her sleep, causing her eyes to twitch and momentarily open to see Tsunade, Lord Third, Shizune, Akuma and Kakashi. Her eyebrows furled curiously and she shook her head. "It's too soon for my treatment…" Tsunade chuckled saying "Not really. It's been a few hours since that fiasco earlier." She comes over to Einjeru and starts removing the bandages.
"At this rate, you should be able to leave the hospital tomorrow. Your scarring is almost non-existant." Einjeru silently nods and lets Tsunade do her job. Shizune marks the chart that the treatment cycle has been taken care of. The green chakra that glowed in Tsunade's hands fascinated Akuma as she sat there watching everything.
Shizune noticed Akuma gawking and cleared her throat. "Does this interest you?" A nod was all Shizune got in return as Akuma watched with her mouth open. As soon as the glow died down, Tsunade looked at Akuma and smiled. "Would you like to learn some basics?"
Akuma noticed her mouth hanging and shook herself out of her fascinated trance. "I would be honored to learn from you two." Shizune was relieved that someone appreciated her as well as Tsunade. "I could start her off milady. Since Shirobuki is off on business and Einjeru is still in recovery, I could start her off on the basics until Team Kakashi returns and Yamato takes the reins of the three of them."
Tsunade nods and looks at Einjeru. "I've decided to make you, Akuma and Shirobuki a three-man squad under Yamato." Nothing but a shrug. No grunts, growls or anything of the sort. "Okay." Akuma was surprised. "Einjeru? You okay?" Einjeru looked at Akuma and smiled.
"Of course, I am. Why do you ask a silly question?" Akuma shook her head. "I guess because you would get defiant on a typical basis." Einjeru smiles. "True, but I don't mind this team up because it's family. If it was Sai, then I would be raising a stink." Kakashi buts in at this point. "Also, I think you know that complaining won't help you, so you've learned to accept it and roll with the punches."
Einjeru sighed. "Maybe… But at the same time, I am being honest about being with family. Grandpa would probably say the same thing… *sigh* I want to know something though. Why put three clan members together that have similar abilities? I thought when forming squads, they were formed with the idea of balance in mind."
Lord Third chuckles. "That's what we wanted the academy instructors to think. When forming the new squads, we tend to look at how the older ones performed. Take Team Kakashi for instance. You have Sasuke, a genius in his own right; Naruto, a goofball but always tries his best; and Sakura, the average female member of the squad…"
Kakashi continued from there. "Our current squad is similar to the old Team Minato, which I was part of. I was the genius, Obito was the fool and one of my best friends, and… Rin… She was the medic ninja…" Lord Third then made another example. "Then you have squad 10 which has, Shikamaru, Choji and Ino. The three of them are descendants of clans who have used their techniques in collaboration. Their parents have forged a legacy that will live on for generations. It is a rarity when three shinobi from the same clan are formed into a squad, but sometimes it works out for the best."
Einjeru gripped the sheet. "What squad was my mom in?" Kakashi looked at Lord Third. Lord Third somehow saw that question coming. "Due to the circumstances of the time, your mother was under an apprenticeship. A lot of people knew what she was and didn't want much to do with her. She was strong and powerful, and with that, fear is bound to brew."
The sheets were being gripped so hard that Einjeru's hands started to bleed. Her eyes were looking at the now bloodied sheets as she started to think. 'All that time while I was training… The avoided questions and the "Ask Lord Third." It makes sense.' She had a sharp look in her eyes, looking back at Lord Third. "Who was the master?"
The tone in her voice left little room for avoiding the question, and Lord Third, nor anyone in that room would be able to restrain an upset demoness. Kakashi gave that same sharp look to Einjeru. "Einjeru, watch your tone." Lord Third knew that this wouldn't end well if a battle of wills broke out between the two. When in full on battle, Kakashi leaves even his subordinates shitting their pants.
Lord Third gave a grandfatherly smile in an attempt to diffuse the situation. "His name was unusual, like yours Einjeru. I don't remember it off the top of my head, but everything is on file if you're willing to take a walk with me." A quick glance at Tsunade to see a nod. The bloodied sheets were thrown off as Einjeru ran to get dressed.
Tsunade and Shizune left with Akuma in tow. Kakashi thought that he might be able to get some actual rest without his headstrong daughter there having loud outbursts in her sleep, and the other one that he's just getting to know.
In the village proper, Einjeru walked alongside Lord Third with a silence that would unnerve the most knowledgeable ninja. He breaks the ice. "I know you're upset that your heritage was kept from you, but we had no choice. It was either protect you by hiding it or risk you having a very short life without the slightest chance of allowing you to grow. As I have said before, everyone in this village is my family, and I will protect it the best way I know how. I won't apologize for the way I did that, but you must grow up."
"It's not about growing up right now, it's about questions and answers Lord Third. My mom won't answer my questions so you have to. As I progressed, mom started getting nervous because she never finished her training and she won't mention her master. I don't like being left to my own devices. All the training that I've done under dad, Guy sensei and Tenzo here in the village never prepared me for training with mom. I went on to learn everything she knew and some. Unfortunately, I feel something more powerful inside, yet no one can tell me what it is because they don't know. So now I'm forced to dig around and find the answers. I need to know this and figure out how to proceed."
Back with Team Kakashi, they were on the road heading towards Tenchi bridge, when Yamato stopped them to explain the mission. "Alright, this mission is intelligence/capture and interrogate. The person of interest is a spy under Sasori's control who was sent to Orochimaru to send intel back. As of 7 days ago, there was 10 days until they were supposed to meet. Now that is almost over with 3 days to go until the meet and 2 more days of travelling. That leaves us with one day to run simulated practices and 'what-if's.' Do I have any questions that need to answer?"
Naruto had his face scrunched up in thought. "If that's the case, why send us? We're an attack squad." Sakura was wondering why Naruto would ask such a question. Sasuke nods in agreement. "Naruto is right. However, a ninja needs to know how to take on all types of missions." Sai puts another fake smile. "Of course, but you wouldn't know that because you had the lowest scores in the academy. All that Einjeru could help you with was your fighting style which is still least to be desired."
Back in the hidden leaf, Einjeru sneezed but paid no mind to it.
Naruto got red in the face. "Sai… You are never to say anything about Einjeru like that. She is more a part of this squad than you'll ever be." He let out a little killing intent. "If you ever say anything like that again, I'll kill you." His eyes turned red which showed he wasn't kidding. A little bit of Kurama's chakra was laced in to seal the deal. Sakura put her arm on Naruto's shoulder and Sasuke stood by them. "You really don't understand what Einjeru means to this team, do you Sai?"
Yamato sighed, thinking about what just happened. 'I figured in-fighting would happen, but I never would have thought that Naruto would release the nine… err… Kurama's chakra in a focused manner like that.' He broke up the four of them immediately before a major fight could begin.
Sai wasn't fazed by Naruto's killing intent at all. He looked like he didn't notice Naruto's eyes. Sakura knew the chakra wasn't only Naruto's from the retrieval of Sasuke. Sasuke with sharingan awake, smirked in an impressed manner. "I know why Naruto and I were paired off together now. It wasn't because of our grades, it was our abilities. Either way, I'd appreciate if you didn't talk about our sibling like that."
Everyone looked at Sasuke in astonishment. Naruto asked him to repeat the last sentence before smiling. Sakura smiled, knowing that Sasuke had softened up. "Sasuke is right. Team Kakashi is like a family. Even though Einjeru isn't here, she's the glue that keeps us together. Kakashi sensei is like a second father to us."
Yamato smiled thinking to himself. 'Senpai, you and Einjeru have brought Naruto, Sasuke and Sakura together in a way that could never be thought possible for a shinobi. Naruto and Sasuke more so due to their circumstances.'
Back in the Hidden Leaf, Kakashi sat up, recuperating from a sneeze. "Three times. I better not be coming down with a cold." The nurse smiled and gave him his IV. "You should be able to eat solid foods soon. You're recovering at such a remarkable pace." Kakashi thought the same thing, but felt a warmness inside. 'Anjera, are you helping me heal?' A fox came in and sat in his lap, smiling. "Still haven't gotten used to that sharingan have you? A head shake was all the fox got in return.
Einjeru sneezed for what felt like the fifth time while walking to the hokage tower. Lord Third took her to an area where only the hokage and the village counsel could go. "This area is where all shinobi records, including your mothers, are kept. From how many missions they've been on to who their sensei/captain is, everything is documented."
Einjeru was surprised at the sheer amount of shinobi files. Her and Lord Third got to an area of the room where only the hokage, past and present, could go. Lord Third made sure she was behind him as he bypassed the blood seal. "This part is where the royal bloodline files are kept after they take their place. Yours remains in the hokages office; in a specially sealed drawer."
They walked through the barrier to see 5 files with 5 different photos, one of them looking like Einjeru when she was younger. Einjeru looked at it with a weird look on her face. "Jeez, dad wasn't kidding. I did look a lot like mom when I was thirteen." Lord Third chuckled. "Yup, this one is your mother. She was very flashy when she started her journey, but the battle of Kanabi Bridge dulled it down with the loss of Obito. She didn't show it, but she was worried about your father at the time."
Einjeru looked at him curiously. "What do you mean?" Lord Third waved his hand at the subject. "To be honest I'm not totally sure how falling in love works. I still love my wife even though she passed. You said you wanted to learn the name of your mothers' master, didn't you?" He got a nod. He opened the file which showed everything about Anjera that Einjeru never knew. She thought back to the time when Team Seven were in formative development and they tried for a second time to remove Kakashi's mask.
Flashback
It was after another successful D-Rank and Team Seven stood in front of Kakashi, eager to hear what he had to say, just to deflate when they hear him say "With that being said, our mission is over. You're dismissed." Naruto being overabundant with energy cried out first. "We're done already? It's only 10 in the morning! Lately our missions have been so boring! When are we going to get an S-rank?"
Einjerus eyes widened at the request as Sasuke jumped on the argument. "S-rank? A loser like you?" Then Sakura jumped on to the band wagon, leaving Einjeru to gawk. Sakura glares at Naruto saying "What are you talking about? We're still genin!" Naruto goes on to complain that he wants more pizazz.
Before anyone else could say anything else, Kakashi stopped them. "There weren't any. You're dismissed." Einjeru felt something was off, but didn't voice her concerns because she sensed that Naruto was going to suggest that they go after Kakashi's mask again. Her eyes drifted down to the ground in thought.
As Naruto, Sakura and Sasuke all agreed that this would be the perfect day to try and swipe the mask, Naruto said to look through photos. Einjeru decided to butt in. "Sorry guys… But all the photos that dad is in, he has a mask on. Even ones of him attempting to bathe me when I was six…" She paled as she admitted to the awkward time Kakashi had trying to bond with her. All of a sudden, she felt a familiar presence, and started to think. 'It feels like dad is near, but that's impossible!'
"I'm sure his ninja registration form has a picture of him without his mask." A person with a camera says. The four of them turn to him, Einjeru with her eyes narrowed. The person sweat-dropped as Sasuke asked who he was. The person says, "I'm Sukea. I'm a photographer. I travel around the five great nations looking for scoops."
Naruto was concerned about him hearing them, and Sakura bopped him on the head about it. Sasuke came to realize a rule about the ninja registration form photo being of their whole face. Sukea asked if he could join in on the venture. Sasuke asked of his motives which Einjeru decides to take on. "You guys go ahead. I need to talk with Sukea, alone."
Sukea started sweating as Einjeru gave him scrutinizing looks. He immediately calmed and his voice changed. "Say it. You know who I am don't you?" Einjeru became the one sweating as she stuttered. "D-d-d-dad… Why are you dressed like that?" He gives a smile and goes into his Sukea voice. "I'm messing with them. You can be in on it if you wish. My ninja photo is out of date anyways. I think I was five when I took it. Either way, you in?" Einjeru smiled. "Why not. I think sneaking in to the file vaults will be kind of fun. I'll be right behind you." Sukea went on ahead and Einjeru took another route to the file vaults, being the last one there.
"Jeez, Einjeru. What kept you? Even Mr. Sukea beat you." Naruto kept ranting, but Einjeru waved it off like Kakashi usually did. "I was formulating a plan. It is likely that we'll get caught by the ANBU if we don't watch it." She then grinned. "Let's start this mission!"
Everyone snuck into the file vaults with Einjeru following at a distance. When they got to a room that required a key, Sasuke was struggling to pick it. Sukea offered a hand and unlocked it with ease. Sasuke wondered what division he was in. Sukea fronted that saying that he was part of the elite guard that reported directly to the hokage. Sasuke then scowled. "The ANBU huh?"
Einjeru smirked having some thoughts. 'Nice. Using the ANBU as a cover sticks true to reality.' They got in with Einjeru sticking to the shadows in case they were snuck up on. Sukea found Kakashi's file saying "Weird. I thought Einjeru's file would be here as well." He thought 'Sorry about this, but we all have to get caught. I'm not ready to divulge my face quite yet. Plus, it is weird, considering we have the same last name that your file isn't with mine.'
Einjeru dropped down and came next to Sukea. "What do you mean?" She looked to see her file wasn't in front of or behind Kakashi's. "What the hell?! Where's my file at?!" She then realized where she was and covered her mouth. Sukea started pulling out the files and the upper half of Kakashi's face was revealed before a voice said "Don't move! We're taking you in. Make a move and we'll take that as resistance. Depending on the situation, we may have to take you down."
Naruto wanted to sneeze and Einjeru started thinking to herself. 'Damn… This was my fault. I had to yell out about my ninja registration form being missing! Now we won't see dad's face.' She then tried to think of ways to get out of this with the file, but the options were low to begin with.
The ANBU took them to be scolded by Lord Third, which Kakashi held Einjeru and Naruto in place for. He then scolded the squad himself and talked to Sukea. "Really? An infiltration mission?" Sukea apologized and pinned it on them. Einjeru immediately jumped up, ready to beat the crap out of him. "Why you! You planned to blame us from the start! I'm going to kill you!"
Kakashi immediately went to restrain her, apologizing for the behavior. "Calm down Einjeru. He does have experience as an ANBU and he can hurt you." Einjeru was fighting his grip. "I don't care! He was ready to sell us down the river the moment he got. Former ANBU or not, that is not how the Hidden Leaf works, especially with genin!"
Kakashi increased his grip to the point where he was cutting off her air flow. "Relax! I'll put you to sleep if you don't." Sukea managed to persuade Kakashi to put Einjeru down. He took her to eat something alone and discuss why he did what he did.
"Sorry, Einjeru, but I had to do that. Plus, I really didn't see your file. All of us had to be caught in order for this to work." He ordered a barbeque pork platter and allowed her to speak her piece.
"Yeah, thanks dad for selling your daughter and her teammates down the river while you get off scot-free." Einjeru tapped her fingers on the table as the meat cooked. "You owe me big time for letting you drag me into this."
"I'm treating you to barbeque, aren't I? You could at least be grateful."
"Grateful. I got in trouble because of you!"
"I told you, you had a choice. You chose to take part, so you take part in the consequence."
"You know, you could just show us your face."
"Where's the fun in that? Besides, your teamwork is improving with this, even if you are working from the shadows."
"Whatever. I'm out of it after this, and I'm not helping you if you pass out from exhaustion. You've been using shadow clones since you ditched us the first time."
Presently
"Einjeru? Einjeru, snap out of it." Einjeru heard Lord Third's voice and shook her head. "Sorry, Lord Third. I was thinking back to when I first became a genin and we were trying everything to see dad's face, even sneaking here to the vaults. I do have a question. Why is mine not where dads' is?"
"Yours always remains under lock and key in the hokages office. We do this just in case someone comes looking that isn't your garden variety ninja, and because your development is important to the balance of the light and dark of the world. From the moment royalty becomes a shinobi, the file is put in a special drawer to be edited as needed. Speaking of that, it's almost time for your class to retake their ninja registration photos. You guys have changed so much that it's become a necessity."
He hands her Anjera's file. "It's safe to say that I can entrust you with this. A lot of questions you may have will be answered. Just bring it back to me when you're done." He gets a nod in return from Einjeru. "Won't the counsel have your head for this?" He shakes his head. "No not really. It's not like you're not trustworthy. How about we get some barbeque before heading back to the hospital?"
"Sounds good to me sir!" Einjeru follows Lord Third out of the vault, holding her mothers' file tightly. Lord Third chuckles in a grandfatherly manner, following behind her. They head to the barbeque restaurant post haste. They were afraid of what Tsunade would do if they didn't make it back to the hospital before curfew.
Meanwhile, Akuma was assisting Shizune with her errands. "Excuse me, Shizune? Is Lady Tsunade always drunk?" They pause momentarily and Shizune looks at her. "Milady has tried to drink herself into a grave since the third great ninja war. She lost the two people that made up her whole world. The first was her little brother; Nawaki. The second was her lover, my uncle Dan. They both shared the same dream of being hokage and… She gave them the necklace that she got from her grandfather. It was said that the necklace was cursed and that only she could wear it. However, Naruto has managed to make her open up again and still wears the necklace."
Akuma nodded and remained quiet about that. She sees Einjeru and Lord Third walking into a barbeque restaurant. "Isn't almost Einjeru's curfew?" Shizune looks at the time and sighs. "Yes, it is. We should go with them." Akuma nodded and the two followed Lord Third and Einjeru inside.
As Einjeru and Lord Third sat down, the drink orders were taken. Einjeru ordered a chamomile tea as she intended to try and get some rest when she returned to her room. Shizune and Akuma joined them in an attempt to make sure Einjeru didn't get out of going back to her room. Akuma sat next to Einjeru, who was holding onto Anjera's file for dear life.
"Einjeru, what are you clutching?"
"I'm not clutching anything, I just have a firm grip on it. What does it matter anyway?"
"I want to see."
"No way! I was entrusted to it!"
Akuma sees a picture. "Hey, that looks like mom. Let me see!"
"No! I'm not taking any chances."
Shizune and Lord Third watch Einjeru and Akuma actually act like sisters with their bickering over the portfolio. "It's a rarity to see Einjeru like this Lord Third. She's normally either serious, depressed or explosively angry. It's rather amusing."
"Well, to be honest, she's never acted this way towards anyone besides Naruto and Kakashi. I guess it's a family thing."
Shizune nods and stops the bickering. "Akuma, is it really necessary for you to see that right at this moment?"
Akuma shook her head and Einjeru was stunned that she wasn't getting scolded for a change. "I'm sorry Lady Shizune. I shouldn't have been clutching my moms' file so tightly. That kind of behavior attracts the wrong sort of attention. Either way, I was going to wait until I was back in my room before I opened it."
Shizune nodded and noticed the food was there. "Let's grill up some meat." Everyone silently agreed and there was an ambient silence between the four of them. It was broken when Einjeru gave a proclamation of glee. "I love meat!"
An hour had passed and everyone had their fill. Shizune was about to pull out some money when Lord Third stopped her. "It's ok Shizune. It was my treat to start off with."
"But Lord Third, Akuma and I just intruded on this. At least let me pay half."
"It's ok Shizune. I've told Einjeru this as well. Everyone in the Leaf is my family. Besides, it's a rarity when I see Einjeru so bright and radiant. She's the granddaughter I never had. Plus, she helped me with Konohamaru a lot."
Einjeru looked at Lord Third. "Lord Third, Naruto had the main portion of turning Konohamaru around. All I did was keep him on the path…" She started wondering how the fresh genin was doing.
Akuma noticed the time and paled. "It's almost time for curfew and Lady Tsunade is waiting on us." Shizune paled and felt Tsunade's presence coming closer. Einjeru gulped, praying for her life.
Tsunade came up to the table, surprisingly not glaring. "It's almost time for Einjeru to go back to her room. Why are you still sitting here?"
Einjeru exhaled. "My apologies Lady Tsunade. We were so invested in each other's company that we lost track of the time. We were getting ready to go, but Shizune was arguing with Lord Third over who pays the bill."
Akuma and Shizune looked over at Einjeru like she had grown a second head. Both of them had the same thought. 'What just happened? Einjeru is so calm."
Tsunade was also admittedly shocked. "That's fine, princess." Einjeru sighed. "I figured that would happen. Every time I use my calm side everyone calls me princess. I don't want to be called that, especially here in the village. That's the last thing I need."
Lord Third sighed, knowing the reason all too well. "Tsunade, you already know from the file that she was kidnapped by Danzo. Do you really think that she wants to be acknowledged as such?"
Einjeru silently gets up and keeps her voice straight. "It's fine Lord Third. If you'll excuse me, I have a curfew to make and want to make a visit to the memorial stone before I turn in." She walks out and runs to the seventh training ground.
Back in the hospital room, both Kakashi and the fox sitting in his lap sense duress. "Einjeru seems to be upset about something. Do I have to worry about her running out of the village?" The fox shook her head. "No. We made it so if she was upset about something, she would go to the memorial stone. I need to go. The next you see me, I'll probably be accompanying our cub. Is Akuma going to be staying in Einjeru's room until you're out of the hospital?"
"To be honest, I'm not sure Anjera. However, Akuma needs a place to sleep and Einjeru isn't occupying hers." He pulls a key out and sets it on his bedside table. "If Akuma drops by before the night is over, she'll have access to the apartment."
Anjera nods and leaps out the window. She heads over to the training grounds and hears some sniffles. "I hear a lone wolf…~" Einjeru turns to where she heard it coming from.
"Mom? Is that you?"
"Yeah, it's me. Now what happened?"
"I hate being called princess…"
"It's what you are. It's your title."
"Not here! Not in the Hidden Leaf! To most people I'm Einjeru Hatake, daughter of the copy ninja! Yes, I am… a princess, but I hate being acknowledged as such. I want to be acknowledged as me, not by a title and not as just my father's kid. If anything, the title of 'princess' is nothing more than a nasty reminder of the day I found out what I am. It leaves a nasty taste in my mouth, and I hate it."
"You think I enjoy seeing you upset about something you should take pride in? Do you think I enjoy being overprotective of you since that day in the cave? Raising you is not easy."
"The thing is you didn't raise me. For six years I raised myself. For seven years dad raised me and continues to do so in an awkward manner. You only trained me mom. You never bothered to figure out what I liked and you just shoved stuff down my throat. My twin sister wouldn't let me have my thoughts. When I met dad, he piggybacked me and made me feel safe. He let me explore my likes and dislikes. He didn't just shove something down my throat and expect me to like it. He showed me how to do something and made me practice before testing my ability to use it in combat, not show me and thrust me into a combat situation expecting me to master it on the first go!"
"I wanted to! I wanted nothing more than to hold you when you were born, but I was robbed of that chance and you know that. Also, in battle you get no chance to practice. You screw up once and you're toast. Believe it or not, Kakashi is babying you. There are threats way worse than Orochimaru and I was doing what was necessary to prepare you for those threats."
"You mean my grand-uncle? My grandfather's twin brother? Your uncle? The psycho that is supposed to be locked down and his powers rendered useless? Somehow, he has weaseled his way into my head and interfered with my duties as a kunoichi. I broke down on a mission because of this accursed bloodline of ours. You did a poor job of preparing my mind. Body yes, but mind no."
"How did you find out about him?"
"I simply did what you told me to. I asked Lord Third. I skimmed through your file as well as grandpa's before leaving the file vaults. I still have your file because I wanted to read it completely. I want to know what I need to do, otherwise I'll end up having a nervous breakdown."
"My uncle… Maruchero, he was one to play mind-tricks and manipulate others to do his bidding. You need to train your mind, and understand that when you link your mind to others that he can harm them as well. I didn't expect you to find out as much as you did from just skimming through files."
"I learned more by reading than observing and asking you questions."
"I'm sorry about that. My master and anyone associated with us or him that you find outside the confines of the five great nations will have unusual names. I don't know why."
"Maybe it's royalty thing?"
"Maybe. Either way, you need to go back to your hospital room."
Half an hour later, Einjeru walks into the room, seeing Akuma taking the apartment key. "So, I assume she's taking my bed for now?"
Kakashi nods. "Until I'm back on my feet, Akuma is holding on to my key, but is using your bed."
"Fair enough. I'm beat…" Einjeru's face looked worse for wear.
Akuma left the room, leaving Kakashi and Einjeru to talk. Kakashi's eye drifted over to Einjeru. "Do you want to talk about this?"
"I could, but it won't do me any good. I'm just really tired dad."
Kakashi decides to sing one of Einjeru's favorite soothing lullabies to help her sleep.
"I will not make you a flower
I hope you will stay with us all the time
I will not make you a flower
It will not be broken by the outside wind
If you close your eyes you get drunk
If you open your eyes I feel worried
Disgusting heart
Two of myself
The urge you want to rob and the clean preservation
My reason to be swayed and swaying swiftly
Stupid I cannot even poke the cup's poison
So -
I will not make you a flower
I hope you will stay with us all the time
I will not make you a flower
It will not be broken by the outside wind
As long as you step on someone's feet
Let's keep protecting in the arms all the time
Deep inside the mansion, in the hiding place of the heart
Jealousy and repentance to return
Because I was born as a beast of beauty
I can understand all of beauty
I will not make it a fresh flower alive
I hope you will stay with us all the time
I will not make it a fresh flower alive
It will not be broken by the outside wind…"
Einjeru fell asleep, her face aglow in the moonlight as the light on her side of her room is out. Anjera came in, and laid in Kakashi's lap. "She's not ready. If she goes on anything higher than a C-rank, she'll end up having a nervous breakdown. There's only one person who can train her, but she's not ready. You need to have her meditate more."
"I will, but you need to explain everything because my not knowing could put her and the Hidden Leaf in danger."
Anjera strides to the window. "In time Kakashi. I need to go." She hops out the window, the last thing Kakashi seeing is her black bushy tail disappearing from the corner of the window.
Team Kakashi finished their combat drills for the day and were going over the plans for the following couple of days in a cabin of Yamato's building. They all went to sleep to prepare for two days of non-stop travel.
