a/n: This is the six chapter of my Naruto fan fiction. Thanks for the reviews. I liked it…Again I do not own blah blah…I'm not patient proofreading…sorry of the typographical errors and wrong grammars.

Alone for a while I've been searching through the dark
For traces of the love you left inside my lonely heart
To weave by picking up the pieces that remain
Melodies of life--love's lost refrain
Our paths they did cross, though I cannot say just why
We met, we laughed, we held on fast, and then we said goodbye
And who'll hear the echoes of stories never told?
Let them ring out loud till they unfold
In my dearest memories, I see you reaching out to me
Though you're gone, I still believe that you can call out my name
A voice from the past, joining yours and mine
Adding up the layers of harmony
And so it goes, on and on
Melodies of life,
To the sky beyond the flying birds--forever and beyond

Chapter Seven: The Firth Hokage

I remember that late morning when I strolling. I was reading my favorite book like always. Naruto had already been gone a few months; I hadn't been training my students since then…

I lazily walked alley after alley. Then, I stopped at a familiar alley where the disaster took place less than thirteen years ago. I stood under a shade of a tree. It was the same one I hid behind when the kyuubi attacked. I did some reminiscing. I recalled the incident that happened less than thirteen years ago. My sensei, he sacrificed his life for Konoha. I salute to him for that. My loved one, Akiru, she lost her life in an attempt to seal the nine-tailed demon…

I sat under the tree for a while. It was early autumn that time. I had nothing to do with time. I had already eaten brunch and I just figured I would just read my book under the shadow of that tree…

It was almost past noon then so it considerably hot though it was autumn. The pavement was reflecting something that looks like water. Mirages, I figured. Then something appeared I thought it was a mirage. I thought I saw Akiru. She was was walking slowly under the blazing heat of the sun. She always did that when we were kids. I hated it but what can I do? I liked her. I shook my head a few times to make the illusion disappear. I even pinched myself because I thought I was asleep. But, I wasn't. It took me about thirty seconds to realize that the girl running was Akiko…

She immediately noticed me sitting under the tree. She asked me if she could join me. I agreed.

"Kakashi-sempai," she asked "What are doing here?"

"Breathing." I joked. She frowned when I said. "Just kidding." I took back what I said. Hey, I didn't want to make the thirteen-year-old jounin cry.

"I'm bored." She said. "Ever since Hokage-sama died, I haven't been sent on useful missions."

"Let me guess." I laughed. "All are class D missions…Well, same here…"

We sighed at the same time…

"Where are your parents?" I asked hoping for something to talk about. Then, I just remembered. That she didn't have any. I just found her.

"I didn't have one…" She said sadly.

"Gomenasai…" I apologized. "I'm sorry for bringing up that topic."

"Demo…" she said. " I always did wonder who found me. The people in the academy said that I was taken there by someone when I was a baby."

I hesitated to tell her at first what happened. But I decided in the end to her.

"I found you…" I said.

She had a puzzled look on her face.

"Over there." I pointed something that was a few meters away. "That's where I found you…"

"I see," She smiled. "ARIGATO!" Her eyes were filled with tears. "Thank you for that!"

I looked at her. Her eyes, it reminded me so much of my beloved Akiru. When I looked at the kid, I felt I was looking at the ghost of my Akiru. I smiled behind my mask. I knew. It just could be her, no matter how many times I would wish for it…

"You know," I said. I didn't know why I told her that but I didn't she was the only person that knew my gloomy past. "Akiru Amakusa died in this place. I named you Akiko in honor of her. She always wanted that name."

She had a more puzzled look on her face almost saying that "How come your telling me all these?"

Even I didn't comprehend why I did that. I was shocked because no one knew that, not even Jiraiya-san. I wondered what charisma this girl had to make me tell her all those things.

"She might I have been my wife, if she were alive right now."

I looked up the tree. If Akiru's ghost were here right now, she might have punched me in the face or kicked my butt…

"Kakashi-kun…" I heard a faint whisper. Was that Akiru's voice or just my imagination?

I looked at Akiko. She still had that baffled look on her face as if she didn't understand what I said.

"Kakashi-sempai," she stood up. "I should go now." She laughed. "You might say something I'm not suppose to hear."

She continued walking and disappeared down the dusty alley.

I yawned. I felt bored. I need a life. I need some one to love? Perhaps, I need to learn how to love again. That maybe the first step of getting a more exciting life. But, who? I didn't know that time that she was about to come into my life…

Then, one of the gates of the village opened. I immediately rushed to it to see who came.

Four people came in with a small swine. The first one was the little blonde haired boy of Yondaime-sensei, Naruto Uzumaki. I immediately felt a change in him. His movements were more polished, a better shinobi than before.

Then came a silver-haired old man with red markings on his face, my uncle. I knew it. He eyes wondered around looking for something. I already knew what it was already… He was getting older and older every time I saw him. But, surprisingly, he never did lose his 'fond' for women.

A woman around her early thirties followed. She had a very light yellow hair with a blue diamond-shaped tattoo on her forehead. I immediately recognized her. Tsunade. She is Legendary Sannin with an extraordinary ability to heal; her ability to intensely focus her charka to use it as a healing agent. I investigated her background a long time ago. She was the granddaughter of the first Hokage, and growing up in Konoha had a little brother who she loved a lot. But when he died at a young age in battle she was traumatized but used this as a reason to make herself an even greater healer, enforcing rules that say each four man ninja team would have a medic when on missions greatly improving the life expectancy of the injured and creating odorless and tasteless poisons and counter poisons to be used against her enemies.

And along side this respectable ninja was a short blacked haired girl named Shizune and a little pink pig with a necklace around its fat neck. When I saw them, I immediately concluded it. Tsunade, the greatest medical ninja would be the Fifth Hokage…

I sat down on a tree branch looking at her for a while. I thought about the missions she might send me. How horrible would it be? But, how would I know. It was the first time I met her, I think. So, I wouldn't know. Only time could tell…

I thought we would resume to our usual training when Naruto got back. But, they went to some place and made there own mission. It was help some kid called Itade. I heard he had a brother in the academy, the chounin examiner, I think. I was happy for them when they succeeded in that mission.

Sasuke was taken to the hospital after that mission. He stayed there for a few days or so… That's when it really showed up, the rivalry between my students. Though that competition was already visible the first time we met, this was the time when it really heated up. They were now fighting with each other using the techniques they learned from there teachers…

It started one fine day. I was wandering from rooftop to rooftop when I saw two ball of bright light from a distance. I immediately rushed to what it was, not knowing that time that it was Naruto and Sasuke fighting. Naruto used the Rasengan and Sasuke used the Chidori. I rushed to stop those two from fighting. I knew that one day they would eliminate one another. I didn't want it to be that day.

And besides, I already knew who would win. I believe Sasuke knew it too. I followed him and tried to talk to him. I didn't want to at first my Oji-san asked me to. I could refuse. I tied him to a tree (to make he would listen).

"You know," I explained to him. "You should know when to use that Chidori of yours. You might kill someone you know."

I already what he had in mind. He wanted to awaken his Mangenkyo. That way, he figured would defeat his brother.

"Killing him would gain you nothing, Sasuke." I told him. "Revenge wouldn't do you any good…"

He just stared at me with anger with his red Sharingan eyes.

"After you killed him, what are you going to do?" I asked sarcastically. "Bring your whole clan back to life?"

"What would you do," he asked with anger. "If I killed all the people you cared for?"

I laughed and then replied, "Sorry to tell you kid, all the people I loved and cherished are already dead. So, how would I know…"

I saw the shocked look on his face. "Think about it…" I said. "You'll know what I mean."

With that, I disappeared into the dark night…

The following day I found out from the Fifth Hokage that Sasuke ran away. Sakura's eyes were all red and swollen probably from crying the night before. She was the last one who Sasuke talked before he left the Hidden Leaf Village. I knew that he was being recruited by Orochimaru and I knew why…

a/n: Thought this was a short one…Hope you guys liked it! 'til next time!