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Chapter 5

It's too Dangerous. . . .

"Asuma! Hey!" Said Kakashi as he saw his friend at the bar. He decided to join him.

"Hey Kakashi." Said Asuma with his gruff voice.

"So, what're you doing here? Done training with your group?"

"Yeah."

"So, how are things with you and Kurenai? You can't deny it now. I teach her sister, remember?"

"That's the problem." Said Asuma bothered.

"What, me teaching her sister?" Said Kakashi trying to act stupid and clueless.

"No. . . .It's I really do love Kurenai but-"

"My man! Are you going to pop the question to her?" Asked Kakashi as he patted his friend's back.

"No. . . .I would, but if we get married, she will be the most precious thing in the world to me, but then, that's the problem."

". . ." Kakashi had no idea what this meant.

"Kakashi, we're ninja. . . .If our enemies knew what our weaknesses were, then we're done for. . . .That's why I can't continue with Kurenai."

"Do you love her?"

"Yeah, but-"

"I'm telling you now. You can't avoid love. . . ." Said Kakashi patting his friend as he left the bar.

Later. . . .

"Kurenai, we need to talk. . . ." Said Asuma. She was dreading these words. . . .Usually these words led to heartbreak.

"Umm, sure." Said Kurenai trying to keep a smile on. She knew something was up. He wasn't even smoking. . . .

"We've been with each other for a long time now, and with each year, I love you more and more. By far you are the most precious thing to me in the world. . . ."

"The same goes for me too, Asuma." Said Kurenai as she held his hand.

"But, year after year, the village has sent us on some dangerous missions, and now we have more enemies. . . ."

". . . . ." She knew where this was going.

"If only we weren't in danger, I would ask you to marry me, and I would hope for you to have said yes."

"I would. . . ." Said Kurenai blushing at this. She just looked up at the shinning stars.

"Then if we got married. . . . .I would be afraid they would hurt you or something like that to try to get to me, then we won't be able to fulfill our duties as shinobi. . . ." Said Asuma finishing what he had to say. Kurenai's heart ached. She knew all of this was true. When she first started her relationship with him, she knew this would happen, and thought about it before, but always shoved it out of her mind. Now, there is no way that she can shove this out anymore. She felt her face wet from tears. Asuma saw this, and pulled her into a hug.

"Kurenai. . ."

She sobbed into his chest. "I know this would happen anyways." She said still crying. "I know that it's too dangerous, but I-I-I love you still, but I know we can't be together. . . ."

"I know. . . ." And he hugged her tighter as the woman continued to sob on his chest.

From afar, Kakashi watched all of this happening. Not that he was just weird like that, but he needed to see what had happened, and then talk to Emi about it. Emi was mature for her age, but yet sometimes had the personality of a pre-schooler at times. . . . .He turned his back on the sad couple, and went home.

Emi heard the apartment door open, and so she knew that Kurenai had come home after meeting with Asuma. At first she thought that her sister would share some good news with her, and hopefully it was that Asuma had finally popped the question, and basically everyone knew it was going to happen one day or another. But Emi's smile soon faded when she saw her sister. Something wasn't right. Her eyes were red and puffy from what looked like crying, and her hair was stuck to her wet face. She came in a sat down on the chair.

"Kurenai. . . ." Said Emi as she was deep in thought about what had caused her sister to have come home in this condition. Asuma couldn't have done anything. . . .could he? No. He wouldn't have! Asuma-sensai isn't someone like that. Although he may work his students hard, he isn't like that! Then what was wrong?

"Kurenai? A-are you okay? I'm going to go and make some tea! Hold on!" Said Emi as she rushed to make some tea for her poor sister.

Flash!

Asuma was hugging Kurenai as she was sobbing on his chest. Suddenly, Kurenai pulled back and pushed Asuma away.

"I guess. . .this is good-bye then. . . " Said Kurenai sobbing.

"No-Kurenai!" Asuma yelled after her as she took off running through the woods. Then she somehow made it back home.

End of Flash

"Here Kurenai-neechan." Said Emi as she poured a cup of tea in the small cup and wrapped it in her sister's hand. She waited for her sister to talk.

"Thank you Emi." Said Kurenai as she came to her senses. "I'm sorry- hey, why are you up so late?" Said Kurenai in a motherly tone.

"Uhh. Heheh. Umm. You see-" Said Emi.

"Don't try to get out of this. Don't you have training tomorrow with Kakashi-sensai?"

"Uhh. Maybe. . . . .heheh." Said Emi as she scratched the back of her head.

"Don't try to fool me Emi. Why are you up so late?"

"I was waiting for you. I knew you had gone to see Asu-" Said Emi but then stopped when she was going to say his name. Emi had like Asuma-sensai a lot, since he was nice and all. He was kinda like a big brother to her, knowing that he was Kurenai's boyfriend, that it would make sense for him to be a brotherly figure.

"Oh. Well, I assume you would want to know what happened, right?" Said Kurenai rather calm. She didn't appear mad at all.

"I-er. Ummm. . .. I-"

"It's okay. Well, me and Asuma-sensai aren't going to go out anymore. . . ." Said Kurenai as if nothing was wrong.

"WHAT!" Said Emi as she jumped up. What was up with that? At first everyone thought that they were going to get married soon! Even Kakashi-sensai!

"Well, we both agreed that it was too dangerous you see if we got married. . . . .So, we're just going to be friends now." Said Kurenai. Inside her heart was breaking from the pain, but on the outside, she just gave her little sister a calm smile.

"And you agreed to that?" Asked Emi quietly.

"Well yea-"

"Do you love him?"

"Emi. . ."

"Do you love him?" Said Emi rather sternly.

"Yes. . . ." She said painfully. Emi knew this was hard for her sister even though she had no personal experience with love and stuff like that.

"Well, you know, you can't run away from love. I know he loves you just as much Kurenai. . . . ." And with that, she got up and went to bed. In her room she could hear her sister's sobs. Emi finally fell into an uneasy sleep.

Meanwhile, on the other side, Asuma lie wide awake in his bed. He couldn't get his thoughts off of her. He loved her so much, and if only their lives weren't at stake, then he would have asked her to marry him in a heart beat. He thought about the life they would have had if she did marry him. They would have had kids, and Emi could have watched them, and everything would have been happy. . . .but then thoughts of Kurenai being murdered my their enemy as she tried to defend their children, and he rushed in too late. He shook his head hard and tried to fall asleep.

The next day, Kakashi brought his students to the teahouse once again for Sakura and Emi's classes. When he got there, Asuma was sitting against the wall with Shikamaru and Choji, while Kurenai was simply just trying to help out with the classes. He watched the two throughout the day with their strange behavior. Boy was this going to be hard. He knew he needed to talk to Emi. Kurenai had surely told her something, but not every detail. He however, had watched the whole thing happen, and needed to consult with Emi in bringing these two together once again.

"Oh gosh! How much longer do we need those classes?" Whined Sakura. "Everyday we have classes, then we have to train! Can we have a break, please Kakashi-sensai?"

"Sure! Why not!" Replied Kakashi sensai. Everyone had not expected this, but expected a lecture about training. Naruto choked, Emi tripped, Sasuke whipped around, and Sakura smacked herself.

"What did you say?" Asked Sakura after smacking herself.

"I said, you can have the day off!"

"What! Really?" Squealed Sakura as she jumped up and down. She went over and hugged her sensai. "Thank you Kakashi-sensai! You're the best ever!"

"He probably only wants to read his stupid book." Said Naruto. "Oh well! It works for me! I'm going to meet up with Iruka-sensai! See ya later!" And Naruto bounced off happily towards the city.

"Whatever." Muttered Sasuke. "I'm going to train. Later." And with that, the Uchiha just went to the training ground.

"Oh! I'm going to go with Sasuke-kun! See you later Emi! Bye Kakashi-sensai!" She said as she ran after Sasuke.

"Man. . .what am I going to do? Maybe I can meet up with Ino and Shikamaru. . . ." Monolouged Emi.

"Uhh, Emi." Said Kakashi sweat dropping.

"Huh? Oh, what?"

"Well actually, the reason why I called the training off for today, was because I wanted to talk to you."

"What? Me? Why?" Said Emi with an eyebrow raised.

"It's about your sister."

"Oh. . . .Wait a minute! You're not trying to hit on her are you!" Said Emi suddenly alarmed. After all, her sister was pretty, and a lot of them men were after her.

"No! No! No! You've got me all wrong! Heheh. I just wanted to talk about her and Asuma."

"Oh. . .that. . . ." Said Emi coming to her thoughts.

"Come on. Let's go under the shade." Said Kakashi as he led his student under the huge oak tree. He sat down and leaned against the tree. Emi sat next to her sensai.

"Well, when your sister came home yesterday, what was she like?"

"Well, she was really sad, and I know she was crying before. . .wait! How do you know about this?"

"I am Asuma's friend, right?"

"Oh. . .right. Do you know why they aren't going out anymore?"

"Yeah. . . . .Do you not know?" Asked Kakashi. He was surprised that Kurenai didn't confide in her sister, but yet, she was still young, only thirteen.

"She said something about them not getting married and not dating because it would be too dangerous or something. . . .I understand that, but then I asked her if she loved him, and she said yes, and so I told her that she can't run away from love. . . . .And that was basically it. She stayed up the whole night crying I think. I let her be alone, because I think that's what she needed."

"Hmm. . . .I told Asuma the same thing. . . .They can't run away from love. . . .That's why you're my best little student you!" Said Kakashi as he pulled on her braids.

"Ahh! Stop it! Gosh! Get serious sensai!" Said Emi as she whacked Kakashi on the head.

"Can't she take a joke? Well she is Kurenai's sister after all.. . . ."

"Okay, okay."

"Well, they can't run from love, because they can't just get rid of their feelings. . . .Sure they can not see each other and stuff, but it's going to be hard for them. . . . ."

"Exactly. So, I say you and I will come up with a plan to get them together. How is that?"

"Hmm. . .. sounds good. And I think that your Icha Icha reading will come in handy. . . . ." Said Emi.

"Ahhh. See. It's not completely pointless. . . ."

"YEAH! BUT IT SCREWS UP YOU DAMN MIND!" Yelled Emi as she stood up and towered over he sensai.

"Oww. Gosh. . . . .Anyways. Now, we will need to come up with a plan. Got any ideas?"

"Hmm. . . .Well, sometimes she likes to go out at night to watch the stars, and I think that's what she and Asuma-sensai used to do."

"That sounds good. We try to get them to go and watch the stars. . . . .I can try to get them together. . . . ."

"Wait! I got it now! Okay. Kakashi-sensai, you will need to plan a party of some sort. . . . .."

"A party?"

"Yes. And an adult one at that. . . .heheh."

"And you say I have a dirty mind?"

"Shut up. Anyways, at that party, you will call to play the game spin the bottle. . . . ."

"Hmm. . . ."

"Then you will have to control the bottle so that it will land on Kurenai when it is Asuma-sensai's turn. Then you have to make them go into the closet for ten minutes kissing. . . ."

"But they probably won't kiss. . . . ."

"Yeah, but think about it. They're in a tight spot, and they can feel each other's breaths. . . .Unless you have a better idea, let's use this one, okay?"

"Fine fine. . . .Okay then. Plan A, into action!"

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