Kida sighed with relief as she got back to her and Kakashi's home.
Naruto had beaten Neji in the Chuunin exams, and although she really wanted
to see the rest of the matches, she had to leave. She had had a doctor's
appointment that couldn't be rescheduled, and the baby was doing just fine.
Kida knew she shouldn't have, but she now knew what the sex of the baby
was, and she was ecstatic.
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She waited impatiently outside of the arena for Naruto to come out. By the time she had arrived there again, Sasuke's match had already begun and she would rather have him tell her what happened (Naruto and Sasuke could always adjust their stories to make themselves sound bigger and better than the world, and she loved their stories). Then, the whole village started rumbling.
Women and children started running in similar directions, all towards the shelters. However, there was one little boy who didn't seem to know what was going on, and he was crying because he was so scared. Kida swore loudly and picked him up. "C'mon! We've got to hurry!"
"Mommy!! I want my Mommy!"
"Your Mommy's at the shelter!" She slid in front of the shelter, and put the little boy down. A young woman with a trench coat walked up to her. "Who're you? I don't recall seeing you before."
She straightened up slowly, since she had been hunched over to let the boy down. "That's probably because you haven't seen me in ¾ of a decade-'' she turned to face her. "-Anko."
Anko blinked. "How do you-?"
"It doesn't matter. I'll come back shortly." She disappeared into the shadows.
According to Anko, who later told Kida this, the boy found his mother at the shelter.
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Kida was in a dark alleyway when she was first encountered by an attacking nin. Unknown to them, she had purposely picked that spot for her own type of ninjutsu.
"'Bout time we found somebody. Where're all your little friends, girlie?" The man approached her. She looked up at him with icy blue eyes. "You picked the wrong village to pick a fight with." She disappeared.
"What the-?!" The man looked down as two hands reached out of the shadows and threw him against a wall. He gaped at it, but quickly threw a kunai at the hands. The kunai barely skimmed over her hands as they slipped back into the earth, the knife slicing into the ground. "Th-THAT SHOULD HAVE HIT!!"
Her voice echoed around him as more of his teammates came into the alleyway. "You can't attack the darkness. The darkness can attack you." The shadows rose out of the ground like living dead, and engulfed the attackers.
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She didn't know how many she killed, or how long she had been fighting, but it was nearly dusk when the attackers started to leave the village. Kida was exhausted; she had probably used more chakra than she really should have. She stumbled out of the alley, breathing extremely heavily as two ANBU members came across her. She couldn't really remember what they said, but they took her to the hospital.
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Kida awoke with a start. She had to blink a few times for her eyes to get readjusted to the light that filled the room of the hospital. Three flowers sat at the nearby window, and she tried to stand up, but couldn't.
A nurse stepped in. "Oh good! You're awake!"
She groaned. "Uhn. How long have I been out?"
"2 days. You must've put up a very good fight. I think the total that they found around that alleyway was 52, all of Jounin level or higher."
"Can I leave here?"
"Sure. Your vital stats are good, and your arm is healing nicely."
Kida looked down at her arm and saw it was bandaged, which was why she couldn't get up very easily. However, she did manage to stand up, and stepped out of her room with the flowers that were left for her. She looked up as her name was called. "KIDA!!"
Naruto attached to her, and knocked her off her feet. "WHOA! Hey Naruto!"
"NARUTO! SHE JUST GOT OUT OF THE HOSPITAL! YOU SHOULDN'T TACKLE PEOPLE LIKE THAT!" Kida looked up and saw Sakura and Sasuke.
"Heh, hey Sakura, hey Sasuke." Sakura waved and Sasuke nodded. Kida looked around as she got up and approached them, Naruto hugging her around the waist. "Hey, where's Kakashi-kun?"
Sasuke looked up, and Sakura sighed. "Kakashi-sensei was pretty mad when he found out you were in the hospital. Sasuke-kun, where did he say he was going?"
"Home."
She wiggled free of Naruto. "I'm gonna go see him. I'll, uh, see you guys later." She jogged out of the hospital.
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Kakashi was staring off into space when he heard something behind him. He threw a kunai behind him, which was caught by Kida between two fingers. "Hey Kakashi-kun."
He didn't say anything, but his shoulder muscles tightened. Kida came up behind him and stood over him. "What's wrong?"
"You couldn't have just stayed at the shelter, could you? Anko told me you were there, Kida. The ANBU would have taken care of it." He stood up. "I told you you were too reckless."
"I did what I was supposed to do. I am a Ninja, Kakashi, and a ninja doesn't just sit back and watch the village be torn to pieces by some wanna- be country. If there was any chance that your son would be injured, I would have gotten away."
"YOU COULD HAVE-son?"
She sat down slowly, and looked down at the ground about 20 feet below them. "I was gonna keep it a surprise until he was born, but I figured you needed to know."
"A son?"
She looked up at him. "A son."
If he had still been mad at her, all his anger vanished. He turned her around. "We're gonna have a little boy?"
She laughed. "Yeah, we are."
He hugged her gently, and she nuzzled her head against his shoulder. "I'll be more careful, I promise."
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She waited impatiently outside of the arena for Naruto to come out. By the time she had arrived there again, Sasuke's match had already begun and she would rather have him tell her what happened (Naruto and Sasuke could always adjust their stories to make themselves sound bigger and better than the world, and she loved their stories). Then, the whole village started rumbling.
Women and children started running in similar directions, all towards the shelters. However, there was one little boy who didn't seem to know what was going on, and he was crying because he was so scared. Kida swore loudly and picked him up. "C'mon! We've got to hurry!"
"Mommy!! I want my Mommy!"
"Your Mommy's at the shelter!" She slid in front of the shelter, and put the little boy down. A young woman with a trench coat walked up to her. "Who're you? I don't recall seeing you before."
She straightened up slowly, since she had been hunched over to let the boy down. "That's probably because you haven't seen me in ¾ of a decade-'' she turned to face her. "-Anko."
Anko blinked. "How do you-?"
"It doesn't matter. I'll come back shortly." She disappeared into the shadows.
According to Anko, who later told Kida this, the boy found his mother at the shelter.
-----
Kida was in a dark alleyway when she was first encountered by an attacking nin. Unknown to them, she had purposely picked that spot for her own type of ninjutsu.
"'Bout time we found somebody. Where're all your little friends, girlie?" The man approached her. She looked up at him with icy blue eyes. "You picked the wrong village to pick a fight with." She disappeared.
"What the-?!" The man looked down as two hands reached out of the shadows and threw him against a wall. He gaped at it, but quickly threw a kunai at the hands. The kunai barely skimmed over her hands as they slipped back into the earth, the knife slicing into the ground. "Th-THAT SHOULD HAVE HIT!!"
Her voice echoed around him as more of his teammates came into the alleyway. "You can't attack the darkness. The darkness can attack you." The shadows rose out of the ground like living dead, and engulfed the attackers.
-----
She didn't know how many she killed, or how long she had been fighting, but it was nearly dusk when the attackers started to leave the village. Kida was exhausted; she had probably used more chakra than she really should have. She stumbled out of the alley, breathing extremely heavily as two ANBU members came across her. She couldn't really remember what they said, but they took her to the hospital.
-----
Kida awoke with a start. She had to blink a few times for her eyes to get readjusted to the light that filled the room of the hospital. Three flowers sat at the nearby window, and she tried to stand up, but couldn't.
A nurse stepped in. "Oh good! You're awake!"
She groaned. "Uhn. How long have I been out?"
"2 days. You must've put up a very good fight. I think the total that they found around that alleyway was 52, all of Jounin level or higher."
"Can I leave here?"
"Sure. Your vital stats are good, and your arm is healing nicely."
Kida looked down at her arm and saw it was bandaged, which was why she couldn't get up very easily. However, she did manage to stand up, and stepped out of her room with the flowers that were left for her. She looked up as her name was called. "KIDA!!"
Naruto attached to her, and knocked her off her feet. "WHOA! Hey Naruto!"
"NARUTO! SHE JUST GOT OUT OF THE HOSPITAL! YOU SHOULDN'T TACKLE PEOPLE LIKE THAT!" Kida looked up and saw Sakura and Sasuke.
"Heh, hey Sakura, hey Sasuke." Sakura waved and Sasuke nodded. Kida looked around as she got up and approached them, Naruto hugging her around the waist. "Hey, where's Kakashi-kun?"
Sasuke looked up, and Sakura sighed. "Kakashi-sensei was pretty mad when he found out you were in the hospital. Sasuke-kun, where did he say he was going?"
"Home."
She wiggled free of Naruto. "I'm gonna go see him. I'll, uh, see you guys later." She jogged out of the hospital.
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Kakashi was staring off into space when he heard something behind him. He threw a kunai behind him, which was caught by Kida between two fingers. "Hey Kakashi-kun."
He didn't say anything, but his shoulder muscles tightened. Kida came up behind him and stood over him. "What's wrong?"
"You couldn't have just stayed at the shelter, could you? Anko told me you were there, Kida. The ANBU would have taken care of it." He stood up. "I told you you were too reckless."
"I did what I was supposed to do. I am a Ninja, Kakashi, and a ninja doesn't just sit back and watch the village be torn to pieces by some wanna- be country. If there was any chance that your son would be injured, I would have gotten away."
"YOU COULD HAVE-son?"
She sat down slowly, and looked down at the ground about 20 feet below them. "I was gonna keep it a surprise until he was born, but I figured you needed to know."
"A son?"
She looked up at him. "A son."
If he had still been mad at her, all his anger vanished. He turned her around. "We're gonna have a little boy?"
She laughed. "Yeah, we are."
He hugged her gently, and she nuzzled her head against his shoulder. "I'll be more careful, I promise."