Disclaimer: Once again, I must state that Naruto is not mine…
Princess Tsunade-I am sooo happy i got a review from you! :) In respond to some of your comments, nope, i am not a martial artist, and i have no experience writing combat sequence (at least on the personal scale). I added a fight scene so quickly was to show how even Kakashi may lose his cool sometimes. ;) Thanks for liking the Thunder Element, i thought since we have seen all 4 of the other elements, maybe it is time Kakashi shown us the final type, hehe, and i seriously doubt he will use fire jutsu that requires him to use his breath to propell the flames, so i made up one which will propell itself ;) I am still waiting for my results though :(, they are only out in early march....
Chapter 3: Contact
"Hatake."
Reiko said his surname harsher than she had wanted to, and regretted it immediately when she saw a slight tremble from his figure. She had been surprised to see him, and the sight of the jounin brought back all the unwanted memories.
Ever since that day…
I have never seen you again…
Sometimes, I could sense your presence in the crowd, but you always disappeared before I could search for you…
She wanted to tell him that she had not meant to say those hateful words. She was just a girl, for crying out loud! She could still remember the many times she sensed him around when walking along the streets, and he was gone by the time she could pinpoint his location. At the most, she could catch a glimpse of silver, and he would have vanished from view before she could say anything.
Yes, she was angry with him for purposely avoiding her. If it had only occurred once, she can accept it as a coincidence; twice, accident; thrice, she can still bear with it… But almost once every week? That was just a too much!
She had rehearsed in her head countless times what she would say if she manage to corner him. However, now that he was standing in front of her, Reiko could not think of anything to say. He had grew taller since they last met, and his body now seems leaner and fitter than ever.
And he is still wearing that stupid mask!
Kakashi looked at the young woman, her long brown hair untied. She was wearing her usual oufit except for the forehead protecter, a sleeveless white martial artist outfit with golden trimmings and loincloth that covered the front and back of the short white pants that she wore, matching white guards were firmly tied to her forearms and calves. She looked the same, as beautiful as ever.
After all...i do see her quite frequently...
The two of them stood under the rain in awkward silence, one feeling too guilty to speak, the other simply lost for words.
Kakashi fidgeted. He looked at the young lady standing in front of him.
Damn…
I should have noticed her earlier…
She probably does not wish to see me around…
"What the hell are you doing here?" Was the first thing that came out of her mouth. Reiko seriously wanted to slap herself for saying that.
Stupid stupid mouth!!!
The silver-haired jounin nodded in understanding, looked at the memorial again, and had leapt away before she could rectify her mistake. Reiko clenched her fist tightly, partly angry at herself, partly angry at him running away again. The anger was replaced by sorrow as she remembered the look in Kakashi's eye, that agony that she once had still very alive and intense in his.
Oh, Kakashi...
After all this time...
You still blame yourself, don't you?
She could still remember a time...a time when he was not like this...
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Two streaks clashed and sparks flew as metal scrapped against metal.
The silver-haired boy could not help it and yawned, which served only to infuriate the girl more. She wrapped another hand onto the kunai and applied more pressure forward, but her opponent did not seem to feel any difference, his right hand still steadily holding his kunai against hers. His left hand came up and rubbed his eyes, which angered her even more.
"Kakashi-kun, you're sooo going to die for that!!!"
The boy blinked once, and his gaze turned to her.
"Huh? Die for what?"
She could not read his expression under that mask, but it seemed that he was genuinely confused.
"MY GOODNESS! How did you ever become a chuunin with that dim-witted brain of yours?!"
She could see his lips curled up into the simplest of smiles.
"Really, Reiko-chan, is that the way to talk to someone who is more senior and higher-ranked than you?"
"Trust me," she said through clenched teeth, "no one will notice."
Deep in her heart, she was enjoying the atmosphere. He was always so serious. so cold... But at times like these, the ten year-old in front of her seemed to be able to relax. His eyes seemed...
Content...
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But now...
She refused to believe that he had been carrying that weight around for such a long time. Maybe, maybe it is because today is the day...the day that he died.
How can anyone survive so long with so much guilt and hurt?
Did you hurt all these time?
Reiko looked at the flower that Kakashi had left, and it felt as if a invisible hand had squeezed her heart.
So...
You were the one who had always arrived earlier than me...
She had always found a flower on the memorial every year, but she was always alone when she came with not a single soul in sight. She had always assumed that perhaps someone else's loved one had died on that day,it did cross her mind that maybe it was him, but she had ruled it out since she had never seen him for the past years.
She was wrong. Very wrong.
Oh, Kakashi...
And for the first time at the Memorial Stone, under the witness of the gray sky, Reiko cried for someone other than Uchiha Obito.
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Chapter 3 finally up! Haha...i know it was slow, but immediately after my examination i went oversea, in fact, i am still on holiday, thus i do not get the chance to update. But on seeing so little reviews, i thought not many people were waiting, so i need not type so fast, no?
You do get the hint, right? :D
Anyway, i am returing on the 12th of Jan, so expect updates to come faster after that...