Kida tossed the boy behind the counter much more than she owed. "Keep
the change, kid." She stepped out with Kakashi and his students.
Once more, they were full of questions.
"You said you went to a dojo," asked Sakura.
"I did, didn't I?" Kida laughed.
"But then why aren't there any more dojos?"
She paused, trying to remember. "There was a meeting between dojo masters from everywhere. They agreed that dojos were too big of a target for thieves and murderers, especially ones that could kill our Master."
Sasuke looked over at Kakashi, and saw a strange look upon his face. "Naruto! Sasuke! Sakura!"
The other two looked up at him keenly. "I want you three to practice elemental techniques. Stand in different areas and try to control what you see, smell, or even imagine. These can come very handy in battle." "Yes sir!" The three answered in unison and started towards as many quiet areas as possible.
Kida looked at him, and saw a gleam in his eye that she very well recognized. He wanted to talk to her alone, without Naruto and Sakura's constant questions. "What happened to you after you left, Kida?" "I-I went to another dojo and became a shadow ninja."
There was a short pause, but it seemed like an eternity. "So you achieved your dream..."
She didn't like this uncomfortable-ness between them, for they had known each other for too long for that nonsense. She hugged him while walking. "And so did you, but." She nodded towards the young ninja students. "I never heard this part of it."
He looked at them as well. "It wasn't exactly planned." "Kakashi." "Hmm?" "That boy, Naruto, he's not the same.well."
He looked at her and nodded. "Yes. He's the demon fox."
She looked highly surprised. "He must be incredibly powerful." "He is very well on his way." He looked at her again. "I have searched for you for so long.I can't believe you're here."
She stopped this time and hugged him. It felt good to be in his arms once again, instead of the random man who would pinch her ass in a bar and end up beaten up and crying. She almost didn't want to let go. Kida wondered if he felt like that too.
He looked down at her, and while gently hugging her, got a feeling in the pit of his stomach that hadn't been there in so long. "Have you.?" "Have I what, Kakashi?" "Have you visited Master's-?"
She looked down. "Yes, many times.especially after my parents were killed."
His eyes got rather big. "They died?" "They were murdered a few months after Master."
He said nothing, a look of sadness fell over his face as he thought. 'She's been alone. all this time, she's been alone.' Naruto jogged up to them. "Master Kakashi! I did it"
The night was pleasant, with a warm night breeze blowing as Kida meditated high in a tree. She was on one finger and holding herself upside down. She jumped off of it and stood upon the tallest part of the tree. She opened her eyes quickly* "FIRE!!!"
She jumped from the branch and threw 3 stars. They burst into flame. As she landed safely back on the ground, she heard a "Wow!" from behind her. She spun around to see the yellow haired boy. "Ah, Naruto."
He stepped into the light. She looked back at him and for a moment, saw the demon fox within him. "I have heard a lot about you, Naruto."
He looked down and flopped on a log. "Yeah.lots of people do that around me." "You assume that it was bad things."
He stared at her. "More likely than not it was."
She shook her head. "That is one of the worst things to do in battle, assume. Should you assume too much, you would surely lose." "I have every reason to assume, though, at least in this case." "What I heard about you, Naruto, was that you might someday even excel beyond Kakashi and Lord Hokage." She stood up quickly. "As far as I know, those are not bad things." While he looked at her shocked, she went back to where she was staying. "Get some sleep Naruto."
Kakashi awoke suddenly. Light streamed from behind the tree trunks as the sun rose. He looked around to see if any one else was awake. As usual, he was the first one up. However, Kida was nowhere in sight. He wondered if it had all been a dream, a dream that had probably occurred by his wishful thinking and chakra combining. He looked up as a leaf fell from a tree. Kida was sleeping on its branch.
Quickly and without a word, he headed off towards town to seek.well, he wasn't sure what it was that he wanted. Maybe an idea as to what he should do about the girl that had slept only a few feet above him. 'She smells really good' he thought to himself, and then asked why he had thought of that. 'What exactly are the chances that she's just been waiting for me all this time? So stop being such a dumbass.' He shook his head violently, as if trying to shake the thought of her out of his head. Before he knew it, he was in town. But, as if the question had just come to him, he didn't know what to do. He should not've just left the three alone like that. He started jogging back to their camp.
By the time he had reached the camp, all of the others were awake. Kida was showing them how to stand on one finger, quite similar to walking on walls and standing upside down. He only caught the end of her sentence. ".when you get better at it, you can hold onto anything whether upside down, sideways, any possible way you can think of."
Kida and Kakashi were both sitting on a tree branch. Kakashi had let Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura practice the move that Kida had taught to them. Once again, he needed to talk to her, now more than ever. His questions seemed to multiply in the night. For a moment he had felt like Sakura and Naruto, questioning every move Kida made. He almost laughed at this thought. "Kid?" "Mmm?"
He sighed for a moment, as if making sure he wanted to ask this question. "Has there ever been-.anyone else?" "No, there hasn't."
He looked a bit relieved. "And what about you, Kakashi?" "No."
Once again, silence covered the air like a thick fog. Finally, he got the courage to ask what he had been meaning to since he first heard her. "Do you still feel the same way you did?"
She looked up at him. "That's a silly question Kakashi." He looked down sadly. She tapped him on the shoulder. "You should know that I do."
Before she could say anything else, he kissed her. It was unquestionably surprising to her, but she kissed him back. For those few moments, the world was built for them. Stars shone down only for them, the rain that was now gently falling was for them, and they were its rainbow. They felt as though they had both died and gone to heaven. But all too soon, it seemed, it ended. Kida put her head gently on his shoulder and leaned her body against his as he wrapped his arm around her.
Little did either of them know, the three had come back and watched them. Naruto was actually the one who had come back to ask Kakashi something, and had motioned for the other two to come and see it. Sakura had said that it was the sweetest thing she had ever seen in her life. Sasuke, as usual, said nothing. And, of course, Naruto being Naruto, had sat there with a stupid look on his face. It was true, Kida and Kakashi were together again.
She paused, trying to remember. "There was a meeting between dojo masters from everywhere. They agreed that dojos were too big of a target for thieves and murderers, especially ones that could kill our Master."
Sasuke looked over at Kakashi, and saw a strange look upon his face. "Naruto! Sasuke! Sakura!"
The other two looked up at him keenly. "I want you three to practice elemental techniques. Stand in different areas and try to control what you see, smell, or even imagine. These can come very handy in battle." "Yes sir!" The three answered in unison and started towards as many quiet areas as possible.
Kida looked at him, and saw a gleam in his eye that she very well recognized. He wanted to talk to her alone, without Naruto and Sakura's constant questions. "What happened to you after you left, Kida?" "I-I went to another dojo and became a shadow ninja."
There was a short pause, but it seemed like an eternity. "So you achieved your dream..."
She didn't like this uncomfortable-ness between them, for they had known each other for too long for that nonsense. She hugged him while walking. "And so did you, but." She nodded towards the young ninja students. "I never heard this part of it."
He looked at them as well. "It wasn't exactly planned." "Kakashi." "Hmm?" "That boy, Naruto, he's not the same.well."
He looked at her and nodded. "Yes. He's the demon fox."
She looked highly surprised. "He must be incredibly powerful." "He is very well on his way." He looked at her again. "I have searched for you for so long.I can't believe you're here."
She stopped this time and hugged him. It felt good to be in his arms once again, instead of the random man who would pinch her ass in a bar and end up beaten up and crying. She almost didn't want to let go. Kida wondered if he felt like that too.
He looked down at her, and while gently hugging her, got a feeling in the pit of his stomach that hadn't been there in so long. "Have you.?" "Have I what, Kakashi?" "Have you visited Master's-?"
She looked down. "Yes, many times.especially after my parents were killed."
His eyes got rather big. "They died?" "They were murdered a few months after Master."
He said nothing, a look of sadness fell over his face as he thought. 'She's been alone. all this time, she's been alone.' Naruto jogged up to them. "Master Kakashi! I did it"
The night was pleasant, with a warm night breeze blowing as Kida meditated high in a tree. She was on one finger and holding herself upside down. She jumped off of it and stood upon the tallest part of the tree. She opened her eyes quickly* "FIRE!!!"
She jumped from the branch and threw 3 stars. They burst into flame. As she landed safely back on the ground, she heard a "Wow!" from behind her. She spun around to see the yellow haired boy. "Ah, Naruto."
He stepped into the light. She looked back at him and for a moment, saw the demon fox within him. "I have heard a lot about you, Naruto."
He looked down and flopped on a log. "Yeah.lots of people do that around me." "You assume that it was bad things."
He stared at her. "More likely than not it was."
She shook her head. "That is one of the worst things to do in battle, assume. Should you assume too much, you would surely lose." "I have every reason to assume, though, at least in this case." "What I heard about you, Naruto, was that you might someday even excel beyond Kakashi and Lord Hokage." She stood up quickly. "As far as I know, those are not bad things." While he looked at her shocked, she went back to where she was staying. "Get some sleep Naruto."
Kakashi awoke suddenly. Light streamed from behind the tree trunks as the sun rose. He looked around to see if any one else was awake. As usual, he was the first one up. However, Kida was nowhere in sight. He wondered if it had all been a dream, a dream that had probably occurred by his wishful thinking and chakra combining. He looked up as a leaf fell from a tree. Kida was sleeping on its branch.
Quickly and without a word, he headed off towards town to seek.well, he wasn't sure what it was that he wanted. Maybe an idea as to what he should do about the girl that had slept only a few feet above him. 'She smells really good' he thought to himself, and then asked why he had thought of that. 'What exactly are the chances that she's just been waiting for me all this time? So stop being such a dumbass.' He shook his head violently, as if trying to shake the thought of her out of his head. Before he knew it, he was in town. But, as if the question had just come to him, he didn't know what to do. He should not've just left the three alone like that. He started jogging back to their camp.
By the time he had reached the camp, all of the others were awake. Kida was showing them how to stand on one finger, quite similar to walking on walls and standing upside down. He only caught the end of her sentence. ".when you get better at it, you can hold onto anything whether upside down, sideways, any possible way you can think of."
Kida and Kakashi were both sitting on a tree branch. Kakashi had let Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura practice the move that Kida had taught to them. Once again, he needed to talk to her, now more than ever. His questions seemed to multiply in the night. For a moment he had felt like Sakura and Naruto, questioning every move Kida made. He almost laughed at this thought. "Kid?" "Mmm?"
He sighed for a moment, as if making sure he wanted to ask this question. "Has there ever been-.anyone else?" "No, there hasn't."
He looked a bit relieved. "And what about you, Kakashi?" "No."
Once again, silence covered the air like a thick fog. Finally, he got the courage to ask what he had been meaning to since he first heard her. "Do you still feel the same way you did?"
She looked up at him. "That's a silly question Kakashi." He looked down sadly. She tapped him on the shoulder. "You should know that I do."
Before she could say anything else, he kissed her. It was unquestionably surprising to her, but she kissed him back. For those few moments, the world was built for them. Stars shone down only for them, the rain that was now gently falling was for them, and they were its rainbow. They felt as though they had both died and gone to heaven. But all too soon, it seemed, it ended. Kida put her head gently on his shoulder and leaned her body against his as he wrapped his arm around her.
Little did either of them know, the three had come back and watched them. Naruto was actually the one who had come back to ask Kakashi something, and had motioned for the other two to come and see it. Sakura had said that it was the sweetest thing she had ever seen in her life. Sasuke, as usual, said nothing. And, of course, Naruto being Naruto, had sat there with a stupid look on his face. It was true, Kida and Kakashi were together again.