Losta large blocks of words. " Don't you think that Asuma and Kurenai
make a great couple? Kakashi does. XD Sorry 'bout the long update. ^^"
There's more still! w00t! It'll eventually end. you'll see. it's taking
longer than I thought. @_@ Few more chapters? lol
Continued:
Suzue had found Kakashi at the rec. hall at the academy. He was laying on one of the couches reading his usual book, Come Come Paradise, when she walked in and gave a squeak of delight on having caught up with him.
"There you are, Kakashi-kun!" she cried. Suzue ran over to him as he sat up, and took a seat on the couch beside him. Sub-consciously their hands found each other and their fingers intertwined. "Still reading that book? Hn," she lifted up the cover and let out a laugh. "Only at volume 10? I'm already at 13!" proclaimed Suzue, poking Kakashi in the side.
Kakashi put on a mock hurt face. "No fair. . . I've been busy teaching and you read faster than me."
"Awww, gomenasai. Let me make it up to you," she replied with a mischievous grin. Her fine fingers went to the edge of his facemask, trembling, and gently rolled it down exposing Kakashi's handsome features. He was smiling the same smile back at her and before she could say anymore they were locked in a passionate kiss. That is, until Kurenai walked in and turned a deep shade of red. She turned to quickly leave, but the two lovers had noticed her.
"Ah! Yuuhi-san! Gomen! I didn't mean for you to stumble in on that!" Suzue called after her. "Please, come back." She was just as red as Kurenai now as she stood up hastily and bowed low in apology.
"Oh, I wouldn't want to disturb you two anyway. I was just looking for Asuma and I can see that he isn't here. I'll just be going now. . ." said Kurenai as she walked out of the room. It was clear that she was still quite embarrassed. Suzue sat back down on the couch and sighed, only to break out into a giggle fit a moment after. She and Kakashi went back to their kiss eagerly and continued on so forth for the next few minutes. It was after a relatively long period of intense hanky-panky that they were interrupted yet again by a loud, exaggerated clearing of the throat. Suzue turned to look behind her and turned red again. She stammered as she tried to apologize again and turned to look at Kakashi for words. He had already pulled his facemask on again and was laughing half-heartedly. This was another reason why they weren't so intimate in public. Both of them had impeccably bad timing.
"Some help you are. . ." she mouthed to Kakashi before turning again and standing to bow to the person who had walked in on them for the second time. "Gai-kun! Gomen. It's nice to see you again! How are you?" She smiled and laughed, trying to keep her face from flushing every time she looked at Kakashi's rival. He was giving them quite a dour look, his arms folded across his chest. Gai's brow quirked as Suzue apologized and he looked thoughtfully down at the floor. When he looked up again, he flashed his best smile (again with the ting of light) and ran forward to give Suzue a hug. His eyes were streaming with tears as he cried loudly into her ear.
"Suzue! You're back! I'm so glad to see you again too. I'm just fine, but more importantly, how are you? What happened? I'm so glad you came back! We thought you were dead!" Suzue usually tried in vain to squirm out of Gai's bear hugs, but this time it was a welcome reminder that she was home with her friends and family. She returned his embrace and took a gasp of air when he released her.
"I was just about to tell Kakashi-kun about what had happened to me. And you're right. I was dead. . . You can stay to hear the story," she replied, her voice more somber and her expression lacking the former enthusiasm and joy.
Gai nodded and put on a serious face also. He picked up a chair and brought it over to the couch where the other two jounin were sitting and sat on it backwards, resting his arms on the chair's backboard. His chin rested on his arms.
Suzue's eyes wandered across the room for a moment. She saw the piano she used to play on, and could feel the hard ivory keys under her fingers, the soft tones of the strings being hit by the many little hammers inside. It was worn and battered, but still in tune. Her lips curled into a small, weak smile. She would bring up past events fresh to her mind. Her own death, her fight for life and her return. She was home in safe and familiar surroundings and had many to protect her now. Suzue sniffed and licked her lips.
"I haven't told anyone what happened yet. Not my parents, not the Hokage, not anyone. You two will be the first," Suzue began, glancing at the two men. They were silent and she went on. "I was sent as an extra member on the Earth Country team to supply Konoha intelligence with information on this land. For the most part, all went well. We were able to blend in and live false lives in various cities without anyone looking twice, or so we thought. I had fun in the beginning, pretending to be someone else. Like a game. But it soon grew wearisome and boring, and I longed dearly to return to Konoha and see everyone again. I think it was about a year into the project that all members were scheduled to meet. I guess there were many with their eyes on us, because when we all grouped together in the same location we were attacked by surprise. There were so many of them. So many enemies. There was nothing. . . nothing we could do." Suzue's hand rose up and gripped the Konoha headband around her neck. "I watched all my team mates get slaughtered before me. We took down a great many of them too. . . but it wasn't nearly enough. There was no escape. Everyone died. . . everyone of us." Her hand dropped back to her side as she stared at the ground as if in a trace. Suzue could see the bloody, gruesome images once again. A shiver went up her spine and her lip quivered in disgust before she could stop herself.
Kakashi hooked his pinky finger around hers and patted her hand with his other while Gai gave her a compassionate look. Suzue chided herself in her mind for letting herself go and put on a resolute and impenetrable expression on her face. The one she had mastered by the jounin level. What kind of pathetic ninja am I, breaking under only the memories of the past, she thought.
"I was angry and blinded by hate when my killer had arrived. I had prepared for my final assault. The Shinigami no Chu. . . But. . . I did not see what I should have, and it cost me my life. I was stricken down by tainted cat claws and died almost instantly. Yes, I was dead. And I know you're both wondering how and why I'm here right now with you, and I'll tell you. It was my final assault that brought me back. It returned my life once lost, four minutes after I died. The Shinigami no Chu worked on myself. It had never been used in such a circumstance before, I'm guessing. In any case, I should have died again, either by lack of care after using the technique or by enemy ninjas finding me again, but I was lucky beyond measure. An elderly woman found me lying on the ground dying. She was completely insane, I'll tell you now. But she was compassionate and took me away from the battle scene on her cart. I blacked out for most of the travelling that occurred on the way to her small hut. She was a hermit, and one of the best and highly skilled medical healers I have ever met in my lifetime. I was cared for by this woman, and she forced me to call her okasan," Suzue chuckled sadly, "and if I didn't. . . she would never respond to my calls. I depended entirely on this woman, and it seemed that she was glad to have my company. We would talk about many things and have long conversations, but never once did she ask whom I was, where I was from or what had happened. She never inquired about any information that I was not inclined to give out. As for my heath and recovery, well, I was in worse shape than actually being dead. The poison was still in my veins and my chakra levels were exhausted to the core. For me to be here again, let alone standing is a miracle. I give the credit entirely to her devotion in healing me and her skills as a doctor. She would give the credit to me for having the strength and will to live, and the graciousness to never complain about the tastes of her medicine." Suzue laughed again. Her disposition had lightened ten-fold and her hands would move about, animating her tale. "You know. . ." she reached behind her neck and untied her head protector. Her hands gripped it tightly and lovingly. "This helped a lot while I was recovering," she said as she pulled back a bit of the cloth from behind the metal piece. Her fingers trailed over something engraved in the back. It read as thus:
HK + AS BFF
Continued:
Suzue had found Kakashi at the rec. hall at the academy. He was laying on one of the couches reading his usual book, Come Come Paradise, when she walked in and gave a squeak of delight on having caught up with him.
"There you are, Kakashi-kun!" she cried. Suzue ran over to him as he sat up, and took a seat on the couch beside him. Sub-consciously their hands found each other and their fingers intertwined. "Still reading that book? Hn," she lifted up the cover and let out a laugh. "Only at volume 10? I'm already at 13!" proclaimed Suzue, poking Kakashi in the side.
Kakashi put on a mock hurt face. "No fair. . . I've been busy teaching and you read faster than me."
"Awww, gomenasai. Let me make it up to you," she replied with a mischievous grin. Her fine fingers went to the edge of his facemask, trembling, and gently rolled it down exposing Kakashi's handsome features. He was smiling the same smile back at her and before she could say anymore they were locked in a passionate kiss. That is, until Kurenai walked in and turned a deep shade of red. She turned to quickly leave, but the two lovers had noticed her.
"Ah! Yuuhi-san! Gomen! I didn't mean for you to stumble in on that!" Suzue called after her. "Please, come back." She was just as red as Kurenai now as she stood up hastily and bowed low in apology.
"Oh, I wouldn't want to disturb you two anyway. I was just looking for Asuma and I can see that he isn't here. I'll just be going now. . ." said Kurenai as she walked out of the room. It was clear that she was still quite embarrassed. Suzue sat back down on the couch and sighed, only to break out into a giggle fit a moment after. She and Kakashi went back to their kiss eagerly and continued on so forth for the next few minutes. It was after a relatively long period of intense hanky-panky that they were interrupted yet again by a loud, exaggerated clearing of the throat. Suzue turned to look behind her and turned red again. She stammered as she tried to apologize again and turned to look at Kakashi for words. He had already pulled his facemask on again and was laughing half-heartedly. This was another reason why they weren't so intimate in public. Both of them had impeccably bad timing.
"Some help you are. . ." she mouthed to Kakashi before turning again and standing to bow to the person who had walked in on them for the second time. "Gai-kun! Gomen. It's nice to see you again! How are you?" She smiled and laughed, trying to keep her face from flushing every time she looked at Kakashi's rival. He was giving them quite a dour look, his arms folded across his chest. Gai's brow quirked as Suzue apologized and he looked thoughtfully down at the floor. When he looked up again, he flashed his best smile (again with the ting of light) and ran forward to give Suzue a hug. His eyes were streaming with tears as he cried loudly into her ear.
"Suzue! You're back! I'm so glad to see you again too. I'm just fine, but more importantly, how are you? What happened? I'm so glad you came back! We thought you were dead!" Suzue usually tried in vain to squirm out of Gai's bear hugs, but this time it was a welcome reminder that she was home with her friends and family. She returned his embrace and took a gasp of air when he released her.
"I was just about to tell Kakashi-kun about what had happened to me. And you're right. I was dead. . . You can stay to hear the story," she replied, her voice more somber and her expression lacking the former enthusiasm and joy.
Gai nodded and put on a serious face also. He picked up a chair and brought it over to the couch where the other two jounin were sitting and sat on it backwards, resting his arms on the chair's backboard. His chin rested on his arms.
Suzue's eyes wandered across the room for a moment. She saw the piano she used to play on, and could feel the hard ivory keys under her fingers, the soft tones of the strings being hit by the many little hammers inside. It was worn and battered, but still in tune. Her lips curled into a small, weak smile. She would bring up past events fresh to her mind. Her own death, her fight for life and her return. She was home in safe and familiar surroundings and had many to protect her now. Suzue sniffed and licked her lips.
"I haven't told anyone what happened yet. Not my parents, not the Hokage, not anyone. You two will be the first," Suzue began, glancing at the two men. They were silent and she went on. "I was sent as an extra member on the Earth Country team to supply Konoha intelligence with information on this land. For the most part, all went well. We were able to blend in and live false lives in various cities without anyone looking twice, or so we thought. I had fun in the beginning, pretending to be someone else. Like a game. But it soon grew wearisome and boring, and I longed dearly to return to Konoha and see everyone again. I think it was about a year into the project that all members were scheduled to meet. I guess there were many with their eyes on us, because when we all grouped together in the same location we were attacked by surprise. There were so many of them. So many enemies. There was nothing. . . nothing we could do." Suzue's hand rose up and gripped the Konoha headband around her neck. "I watched all my team mates get slaughtered before me. We took down a great many of them too. . . but it wasn't nearly enough. There was no escape. Everyone died. . . everyone of us." Her hand dropped back to her side as she stared at the ground as if in a trace. Suzue could see the bloody, gruesome images once again. A shiver went up her spine and her lip quivered in disgust before she could stop herself.
Kakashi hooked his pinky finger around hers and patted her hand with his other while Gai gave her a compassionate look. Suzue chided herself in her mind for letting herself go and put on a resolute and impenetrable expression on her face. The one she had mastered by the jounin level. What kind of pathetic ninja am I, breaking under only the memories of the past, she thought.
"I was angry and blinded by hate when my killer had arrived. I had prepared for my final assault. The Shinigami no Chu. . . But. . . I did not see what I should have, and it cost me my life. I was stricken down by tainted cat claws and died almost instantly. Yes, I was dead. And I know you're both wondering how and why I'm here right now with you, and I'll tell you. It was my final assault that brought me back. It returned my life once lost, four minutes after I died. The Shinigami no Chu worked on myself. It had never been used in such a circumstance before, I'm guessing. In any case, I should have died again, either by lack of care after using the technique or by enemy ninjas finding me again, but I was lucky beyond measure. An elderly woman found me lying on the ground dying. She was completely insane, I'll tell you now. But she was compassionate and took me away from the battle scene on her cart. I blacked out for most of the travelling that occurred on the way to her small hut. She was a hermit, and one of the best and highly skilled medical healers I have ever met in my lifetime. I was cared for by this woman, and she forced me to call her okasan," Suzue chuckled sadly, "and if I didn't. . . she would never respond to my calls. I depended entirely on this woman, and it seemed that she was glad to have my company. We would talk about many things and have long conversations, but never once did she ask whom I was, where I was from or what had happened. She never inquired about any information that I was not inclined to give out. As for my heath and recovery, well, I was in worse shape than actually being dead. The poison was still in my veins and my chakra levels were exhausted to the core. For me to be here again, let alone standing is a miracle. I give the credit entirely to her devotion in healing me and her skills as a doctor. She would give the credit to me for having the strength and will to live, and the graciousness to never complain about the tastes of her medicine." Suzue laughed again. Her disposition had lightened ten-fold and her hands would move about, animating her tale. "You know. . ." she reached behind her neck and untied her head protector. Her hands gripped it tightly and lovingly. "This helped a lot while I was recovering," she said as she pulled back a bit of the cloth from behind the metal piece. Her fingers trailed over something engraved in the back. It read as thus:
HK + AS BFF