Serenade of the Crimson Rose
Chapter 4: Anko, Snake Girl
The arrived to the point were the blood seemed to cover more of the ground and trees, the Fourth looked quickly around, Kakashi himself stared at the blood, but only momentarily for the Hokage began to move again, they travelled a couple hundred yards towards the center of the forest were a large tower was, the Hokage pushed open one of the large front doors and started to walk down the Halls, the sounds of metal clinking could be heard, it seemed to come from the middle of the tower, this is the way they headed, once they made it to the center they found themselves in a large corridor, of which they were on the topmost floor, down below a girl of about 19 was training herself, launching kunai at the wall, she had a large orange python on her shoulders as she ran around hitting various targets, Yondaime jumped down behind her, the thud of his sandles suprising her, she turned her self around and extended her hand, from up the sleeve of her overcoat a number of snakes slithered out and bit into his neck (Shadow Snake Hand), her eyes grew wide in fear as she saw the face of her 'attacker' was actually the Fourth Hokages, he wore a cold expression, suddenly his body began to rupture and exploded into a cloud of smoke (Kage Bunshin), the real Yondaime stood behind his clones position, about 5 feet.
"Anko-San, you seem scared, did anything happen here recently?" Yondaime asked as though the fact he could have been killed didn't phase him. He noticed her face blush a little as she looked down "I am sorry Hokage-Sama..." She said bashfully.
"Nevermind that Anko, has anything happened here?" He said again, his voice in a more pressing tone. Anko seemed to start at him oddly "No Hokage-Sama, what do you mean? I been training all morning-" She began "Why?" suddenly noticing the 3 Anbu who had just then jumped down behind Yondaime.
"Where is Orochimaru-Sensei?" He asked, Ignoring her question. She looked at each Anbu then Yondaime "What..? He is up stairs bathing, I believe, Why?" She said again her eyes narrowing as she got a sudden chill down her spine.
"There is a large amount of blood in the forest, and some of the Anbu are missing" He said as his eyes looked around into the Shadows of the Coridor before continuing "It was about 300 feet from the Tower, I just wondered if you or he had known about it, it is sort of Odd that something like that would happen so close, and you wouldn't know anything about it" He said as his eyes fell back on Anko. Her dark eyes seemed to get darker for a second as she kept herself from Glaring "I assure you Hokage-Sama, I know nothing about it, would you like me to get Orochimaru-Sensei?" she asked through gritted teeth.
Yondaime smiled suddenly and put his hand on her shoulder "I am sorry Anko-Chan, you can never be to careful, as for Orochimaru-Sensei, just have him report to me as soon as possible" he said as he turned on his heels, himself and the Anbu jumping back up to the exit they entered at, Anko looked down at her hand as she felt a sharp pain, she noticed in her anger she had grabbed the kunai blade and it cut into her hand. 'Blast this temper of mine, after all, He had the right to be suspicious', with that she began to train again.
"Hokage-Sama, do you suspect Orochimaru-Sama?" said Obito as they made their way through the forest back towards his home. Yondaime remained silent, fixed in his own thoughts, Hayate looked towards Obito and nodded his head, hinting not to ask anymore questions. Soon they arrived back on the balcony of the Fourths home, Susande was waiting for them, and nodded on their return.
"Hokage-Sama, the Third says 'We will send a squad out to search the area'" she reported, at which Yondaime just nodded in reply, Kakashi watched Yondaime's face, for he had been with his sensei many years before becoming a Anbu, he thought of Yondaime as a older brother, someone who he could have comfort of conversation with, but now he couldn't say anything to comfort his sensei's mind, he had to stick to protocol. The rest of the day they took shifts patrolling a set area around the Hokage's property, Yondaime was rarely seen throughout the day, he took a long nap after coming back from the forest, he didn't look in Kakashi's direction, and Kakashi figured it would be because he would want someone to talk to, he sensed some trouble on his sensei's mind, even before their trip into the forest. Later that night, they switched shifts with another Squad and headed off to the headquaters, this would be the trend for the next few nights. Kakashi was a little bit more excited about the Squad now, for he got to get his information first hand, and he got to see his Sensei. He walked out of Headquaters, his eyes scanning the book he held in one hand, a grin present on his face underneath his tight blue spandex face mask.
"Hey, Hey, Kakashi-Kun, why are you always reading that book? Whats it called?" Obito's voice came from behind Kakashi. Kakashi turned his head to see Obito out of the corner of his eye, he smiled.
"Oh.. This? Its called "Serenade of the Crimson Rose" and I am interested to see how the characters develop" he said, Obito's smiled turned into a smirk "I see, I see, well Kakashi-Kun, we are all heading to Ichiraku's, you coming tonight?" as he spoke Hayate and Susande came out of the building holding hands, this site had always made Kakashi a tad jealous, and he usually declined the offer when Hayate tagged along, but he didn't want to seem childish.
"Sure.. Obito-Kun, Sound's like fun" He answered, almost forcing a smile, which wasn't hard because as of late he had been in a better mood, so they headed of towards the ramen resturant known as Ichiraku's. When they got there they all sat down in a booth, Hayate and Susande in one side, and Kakashi and Obito in the other, they had done this once before, and Kakashi couldn't remember enjoying it last time, Hayate remained quite for the most part, Kakashi figured he probably was forced to tag along, Susande was content, her head resting against Hayate's arm , her own arms wrapped around it, the very sight made Kakashi sick to his stomache, 'Here was such a pretty and talented girl, with a guy like this.. look at him' he thought as his eyes scanned Hayate 'He doesn't even notice her.' His eyes went down to the table as Obito directed the conversation in his direction, this was Obito's style, he liked to initiate everyone In the coversation, making sure everyone was comfortable, even though this wasn't always possible.
"Kakashi-Kun, I've always been interested to know, why did you wait so long to join the Anbu squad? We heard you graduated from the Academy at age 5, and became a Chuunin at 7, that's quite impressive." He asked, at this Hayate's eyes went to Kakashi, waiting for the answer.
"Hmm.. As a Chuunin, I participated in many missions, which took a lot of my time, because I travelled around with Yondaime-Sensei, other then that, I spent time researching, and even took a short break for a while for rigorious training." He stated simply "I guess you could say, I was lazy as well." He added, his head cocking to the side as he smiled innocently. They could certainly agree with that, it seemed to be Kakashi's style to always have an excuse for showing up late. Obito smiled however
"That's great Kakashi-Kun, I didn't graduate until the age of 10, and wasn't an Chuunin until 13, and joined Anbu at 18" Obito smiled, he was now 21 years old. Kakashi smiled again at his friend, and noticed Hayate had started to slide out of the booth
"I better get going" he muttered, his hand going to his lips as he coughed into it "I have to be at head quarters early in the morning for a meeting, I'll see you all later." With that he coughed a few times and walked off. Susande smiled as she looked at the both of them.
"So, you guys want to do anything tonight? Tommorow is our only day off for the whole month, might as well make the best of it." She said. As Obito's eyes lit up.
"Ya! Alright, I got the perfect idea, lets get tattoo's! for our squad, come on, it'll be cool!" He chuckled at his idea, as he looked at Kakashi and Susande who stared at each other, wondering weither Obito was crazy, or just messing around.
Next Chapter: A Pictures Worth.
Chapter 4: Anko, Snake Girl
The arrived to the point were the blood seemed to cover more of the ground and trees, the Fourth looked quickly around, Kakashi himself stared at the blood, but only momentarily for the Hokage began to move again, they travelled a couple hundred yards towards the center of the forest were a large tower was, the Hokage pushed open one of the large front doors and started to walk down the Halls, the sounds of metal clinking could be heard, it seemed to come from the middle of the tower, this is the way they headed, once they made it to the center they found themselves in a large corridor, of which they were on the topmost floor, down below a girl of about 19 was training herself, launching kunai at the wall, she had a large orange python on her shoulders as she ran around hitting various targets, Yondaime jumped down behind her, the thud of his sandles suprising her, she turned her self around and extended her hand, from up the sleeve of her overcoat a number of snakes slithered out and bit into his neck (Shadow Snake Hand), her eyes grew wide in fear as she saw the face of her 'attacker' was actually the Fourth Hokages, he wore a cold expression, suddenly his body began to rupture and exploded into a cloud of smoke (Kage Bunshin), the real Yondaime stood behind his clones position, about 5 feet.
"Anko-San, you seem scared, did anything happen here recently?" Yondaime asked as though the fact he could have been killed didn't phase him. He noticed her face blush a little as she looked down "I am sorry Hokage-Sama..." She said bashfully.
"Nevermind that Anko, has anything happened here?" He said again, his voice in a more pressing tone. Anko seemed to start at him oddly "No Hokage-Sama, what do you mean? I been training all morning-" She began "Why?" suddenly noticing the 3 Anbu who had just then jumped down behind Yondaime.
"Where is Orochimaru-Sensei?" He asked, Ignoring her question. She looked at each Anbu then Yondaime "What..? He is up stairs bathing, I believe, Why?" She said again her eyes narrowing as she got a sudden chill down her spine.
"There is a large amount of blood in the forest, and some of the Anbu are missing" He said as his eyes looked around into the Shadows of the Coridor before continuing "It was about 300 feet from the Tower, I just wondered if you or he had known about it, it is sort of Odd that something like that would happen so close, and you wouldn't know anything about it" He said as his eyes fell back on Anko. Her dark eyes seemed to get darker for a second as she kept herself from Glaring "I assure you Hokage-Sama, I know nothing about it, would you like me to get Orochimaru-Sensei?" she asked through gritted teeth.
Yondaime smiled suddenly and put his hand on her shoulder "I am sorry Anko-Chan, you can never be to careful, as for Orochimaru-Sensei, just have him report to me as soon as possible" he said as he turned on his heels, himself and the Anbu jumping back up to the exit they entered at, Anko looked down at her hand as she felt a sharp pain, she noticed in her anger she had grabbed the kunai blade and it cut into her hand. 'Blast this temper of mine, after all, He had the right to be suspicious', with that she began to train again.
"Hokage-Sama, do you suspect Orochimaru-Sama?" said Obito as they made their way through the forest back towards his home. Yondaime remained silent, fixed in his own thoughts, Hayate looked towards Obito and nodded his head, hinting not to ask anymore questions. Soon they arrived back on the balcony of the Fourths home, Susande was waiting for them, and nodded on their return.
"Hokage-Sama, the Third says 'We will send a squad out to search the area'" she reported, at which Yondaime just nodded in reply, Kakashi watched Yondaime's face, for he had been with his sensei many years before becoming a Anbu, he thought of Yondaime as a older brother, someone who he could have comfort of conversation with, but now he couldn't say anything to comfort his sensei's mind, he had to stick to protocol. The rest of the day they took shifts patrolling a set area around the Hokage's property, Yondaime was rarely seen throughout the day, he took a long nap after coming back from the forest, he didn't look in Kakashi's direction, and Kakashi figured it would be because he would want someone to talk to, he sensed some trouble on his sensei's mind, even before their trip into the forest. Later that night, they switched shifts with another Squad and headed off to the headquaters, this would be the trend for the next few nights. Kakashi was a little bit more excited about the Squad now, for he got to get his information first hand, and he got to see his Sensei. He walked out of Headquaters, his eyes scanning the book he held in one hand, a grin present on his face underneath his tight blue spandex face mask.
"Hey, Hey, Kakashi-Kun, why are you always reading that book? Whats it called?" Obito's voice came from behind Kakashi. Kakashi turned his head to see Obito out of the corner of his eye, he smiled.
"Oh.. This? Its called "Serenade of the Crimson Rose" and I am interested to see how the characters develop" he said, Obito's smiled turned into a smirk "I see, I see, well Kakashi-Kun, we are all heading to Ichiraku's, you coming tonight?" as he spoke Hayate and Susande came out of the building holding hands, this site had always made Kakashi a tad jealous, and he usually declined the offer when Hayate tagged along, but he didn't want to seem childish.
"Sure.. Obito-Kun, Sound's like fun" He answered, almost forcing a smile, which wasn't hard because as of late he had been in a better mood, so they headed of towards the ramen resturant known as Ichiraku's. When they got there they all sat down in a booth, Hayate and Susande in one side, and Kakashi and Obito in the other, they had done this once before, and Kakashi couldn't remember enjoying it last time, Hayate remained quite for the most part, Kakashi figured he probably was forced to tag along, Susande was content, her head resting against Hayate's arm , her own arms wrapped around it, the very sight made Kakashi sick to his stomache, 'Here was such a pretty and talented girl, with a guy like this.. look at him' he thought as his eyes scanned Hayate 'He doesn't even notice her.' His eyes went down to the table as Obito directed the conversation in his direction, this was Obito's style, he liked to initiate everyone In the coversation, making sure everyone was comfortable, even though this wasn't always possible.
"Kakashi-Kun, I've always been interested to know, why did you wait so long to join the Anbu squad? We heard you graduated from the Academy at age 5, and became a Chuunin at 7, that's quite impressive." He asked, at this Hayate's eyes went to Kakashi, waiting for the answer.
"Hmm.. As a Chuunin, I participated in many missions, which took a lot of my time, because I travelled around with Yondaime-Sensei, other then that, I spent time researching, and even took a short break for a while for rigorious training." He stated simply "I guess you could say, I was lazy as well." He added, his head cocking to the side as he smiled innocently. They could certainly agree with that, it seemed to be Kakashi's style to always have an excuse for showing up late. Obito smiled however
"That's great Kakashi-Kun, I didn't graduate until the age of 10, and wasn't an Chuunin until 13, and joined Anbu at 18" Obito smiled, he was now 21 years old. Kakashi smiled again at his friend, and noticed Hayate had started to slide out of the booth
"I better get going" he muttered, his hand going to his lips as he coughed into it "I have to be at head quarters early in the morning for a meeting, I'll see you all later." With that he coughed a few times and walked off. Susande smiled as she looked at the both of them.
"So, you guys want to do anything tonight? Tommorow is our only day off for the whole month, might as well make the best of it." She said. As Obito's eyes lit up.
"Ya! Alright, I got the perfect idea, lets get tattoo's! for our squad, come on, it'll be cool!" He chuckled at his idea, as he looked at Kakashi and Susande who stared at each other, wondering weither Obito was crazy, or just messing around.
Next Chapter: A Pictures Worth.