Title: Winter's Flower
Author: Wakyanimefreak
Tsunade came running in. She looked at Rikku and spoke the same at Sakura, "Oh my god, this is my entire fault, I should've came sooner." She placed her hand over Rikku's body and healed her, unexpectedly her eyes slowly opened and she used her elbows to sit up. She saw Kakashi next to her bed and Sasuke sitting on the floor looking up at her; Sakura staring at her with tear marks on her face and Tsunade right next to her grinning within a happy way.
"I thought I was dead." Tsunade slapped her across the face and yelled, "How could you risk your life like that? If I didn't come today, you would have probably died tonight!" Sasuke and Kakashi were shocked hearing that; she would kill her self just for the two of them, she was even risking getting to Lee's.
"It's because I'm stupid." Rikku smiled and touched her cheek that was slapped on, "I'm going to take a walk"
"You still need to heal, you could faint! You're body…" before Tsunade could finish it Kakashi interrupted, "I'll go with her." With that Kakashi put his hand on her back and pushed her along with him out the door. – she blushed- As they shut the door behind them Tsunade looked toward Sasuke, "What happened?" Sakura was confused but let it go and left as well. Sasuke had to stay another night just for a check from Tsunade and talk about what happened.
Kakashi and Rikku were walking, of course not talking and in fact Rikku was walking a little faster. She stopped at the spot where she could see the whole village and where she took a nap on the day she came back. She looked at the village; the wind blew through her long black hair. Kakashi stood behind her and hugged her from the back, "I'm sorry that I hurt you ever since we meet, but when you lost your memory…" Rikku placed her hands on top of the arms that were surrounding her shoulders, "I never knew…" Kakashi was confused, "what?"
"What I remember is only parts right now, I remember was what I saw few weeks ago when I came back I had a dream. I was walking, and I bumped into a boy and there was a tall man next to him. I was so happy to see them." Rikku sat down on the ground, as for Kakashi he sat behind her as he leaned back on his chest, "Do you remember who they were?" Rikku nodded and continued, "It was you, you and the Yondaime, no my father. The Yondaime is my father." She wrapped her arms around her legs and placed her chin on top of her knees.
"When I was born I was told by my father that you will always protect me because you were so close to him. As I grew older I learned to say your name and although I went to the Uchiha residence, the rest of the time I was with you. Training. Playing. Eating. I was having fun, but I was too full of Itachi that I never realized that what I have for you was love. I was too little to notice I was falling for people. But that day when I bumped into you, I knew. I realized I didn't know if I should tell you since I also loved Itachi. I'm such a player…" Rikku laughed to herself, Kakashi kept quit as she continued, "I thought to myself and told my self that I'll tell you the next day, which was my birthday. My 5th birthday, the day Uzumaki Naruto was born. That day my father died, he sacrificed his life to seal the demon in Naruto-san. And that day I had my memory erased because my father didn't want me to know that he died on my birthday. But no one realized that you will be erased till after the jutsu was completed. You were erased because you were with him all the time, right?" Kakashi nodded leaning on her back resting his head on her shoulder. Rikku smiled, "I knew I was getting it erased, but I wasn't afraid because you said something to me…"
Kakashi and Rikku both remembered that moment...
As the Jounins and were setting the jutsu, Rikku sat on the porch of the doujo hearing the people talking,
"She's going to loose her memory, it's so sad."
"Yeah I know, but I don't think it'll hurt much she's only 5"
"Hey, isn't today her birthday?"
"Yeah, it really sucks, the Yondaime, her father, died today and isn't it true that her mother died when she was born?"
"She's like a demon, every one of her family dies on her birthday."
"It's probably better off for her to not have a family."
Rikku knew they were right, Kakashi was down the hall hearing everything and seeing Rikku leaning against the pole doing nothing but listening. Kakashi jumped to the ground and stepped in front of her. Rikku looked at him, "what they're saying is so right" Kakashi looked at the ground and down at her, "that's not true it's just a coincidence" Rikku smiled, "they say that there are no coincidence, but only evidential" Kakashi then placed his hand on the five year old's hand and bent down to her height and laughed. "You sure don't act like a five year old to me. I'll be honest. They are going to erase you memory, but hey look. The memories of the past aren't important the memories you're going to make in the future are more important, so don't get to wound up about it." Rikku hugged him, "I'll never forget you!" Knowing that she'll forget him, he hugged her back and walked the little girl to the room. It hurt.
Kakashi sat next to the other Jounins. a/n: I'm not sure when Kakashi became a jounin but in the fanfic lets just say… 10 since it took Itachi to become a ANBU only for about 4 years. They all began the process and within second Rikku fainted and lost all of it.
"It was awkward." Rikku spoke quietly to herself, but Kakashi heard. "What was?"
"I was only five and you were 14 how could you love me I was so stupid back then, and hey guess what? I still am, haha" Kakashi laughed, "It's either I act younger or you act older" It was quiet. But someone broke the silence, it was Naruto, he tackled the two down, "I FINALLY FOUND YOU!"
Rikku jumped up and hugged Naruto, "You're so cute!" Naruto just blushed and smiled showing all of his teeth. Rikku just laughed and patted his head. All three of them sat looking at the view of Konoha. Naruto was pretty confused, "Ey, what were you talking about 'winter's Flower' when we faced Sasuke's brother?" Rikku's eyes widened but came back to her senses and smiled, "it was a memory, he and I …" Rikku looked behind her where Kakashi smiled and responded, "Its fine with me, I'm a bit curious too."
Rikku smiled back and continued, "Itachi and I were walking around a year before he left, it was a cold winter and as we were walking we found a white flower standing alone, it was so beautiful….
a/n: I can't really explain it like in her talking way so I'll just write the memory down and just think that she's saying it.. lol
Itachi and Rikku both bent down and she tapped the flower so the snow on top of it would fall. It was the most beautiful flower that either of them has seen. Itachi took the ribbon on Rikku's hair and tied a bow on the flower, they both clapped there hands and prayed to the flower to come back the next winter even more beautifully. They both thought how stupid they were and laughed the way back. But later that night, Rikku came back to the flower and sat by it. She started talking to the flower how she felt, "you're probably a flower that was left behind, just like me. It feels awkward right? How your friends left you… Don't worry though they'll come back and if they don't you can make new ones, like me. I'll come back every night checking how you are doing so don't be afraid, because you're not a flower that a lone, you have me and Itachi-san… I hope. Itachi's acting different these days, he won't… talk to me a lot, and he's just by my side. Nothing more.
a/n: back to her talking
..and he was so different and then the incident happened on the next day which was my birthday. My thirteenth birthday. He told me that he'll come back for me when the winter's flower bloom, but it's not even winter…"
Kakashi spoke, "Have you ever considered checking where the flowers were bloomed?" Naruto just sat there with the fox look of confusion on his face, he scratched his hair, "I still don't get it!" Rikku laughed, "You don't have to understand, just beware that they're after you, but they can't do anything until they get me." Naruto just stood there looking at her on the ground, "what?" Kakashi continued, "The one who sealed the kyuubi in you was the Yondaime, and to unseal the demon the only one who could do it other than you is the Yondaime or his bloodline." Naruto stood there, "Then why are they after Rikku?"
"Because, I am his one and only daughter." Rikku smiled toward the the cliff where the Yondaime's face was carved. "WHAT? TH-THEN YOU'RE THE… THE… THE GODDESS OF THE NINJAS? THE LEGENDARY THE GODDESS THE ONE THEY CALL SHINOBI NO MEGAMISAMA?" Rikku nodded. "WOW! YOU REALLY ARE AMAZING! AND YOU ARE WITH SASUKE'S BROTHER?" Rikku shook her head, "that's now all true, I'm just called the goddess because I have the amount of chakra to kill a whole village, but I can't let it out, it's too risky and I wouldn't want to kill any village would I?... and" Naruto was so curious in this, " AND? AND?" Rikku smiled and pushed Naruto the ground and whispered into his ear. Naruto stood up suddenly with the most scared, yet confused, funny face. "WITH THIS PERVERT KAKASHI-SENSEI?" Rikku nodded and ran behind Kakashi and hugged him, "Yup with this one" she winked and Kakashi was just blushing. "WHY THE PERVERT?" Rikku stood up and bent down looking at Kakashi's face upside down, "Why is he a pervert?" Naruto looked at him with his eyes blank and pointed at Kakashi, "He... He reads..." Rikku looked back at Kakashi and asked, "He reads?" Kakashi handed Rikku a Come Come Paradise book volume 32. "Oh, isn't this the book series that Jiraiya wrote?" Naruto put his hand to the side of his face and his jaws dropped, "You aren't surprised? Aren't you disgusted? He's always late! And he's…!" Rikku looked toward the village and leaned on his head, "No, I'm not. That's how I met Kakashi the second time. He was reading this book and I was just walking looking at the ground and BOOM! I fell down.. but of course he ignored me and walked away." Naruto looked at the two, "You-YOu guys aRe WEiRd!" Rikku laughed, "That was funny, I'm going to go back to Sasuke and see how he's doing; I need to stop by somewhere though." Kakashi stood up, "can I join at your stop?" Rikku nodded walked toward Naruto, she socked him at his arm lightly, "become stronger and show the pride that you are going to become the Hokage someday" Rikku winked kissed him at the side of his cheek. She left with Kakashi; Naruto ran to the path they were walking and yelled, "I WILL!"
All Rikku did was laugh and held Kakashi's hand with both of her hands and leaned on his arm.
