Let this chapter unfold…

After the lesson and meditating, Taya was more worn out that she thought. She headed inside to make lunch to see that Kakashi had brought back take-out. "I knew you would be tired," he grinned. Indeed she was, so she was very grateful.

"It's been forever since we had lunch at home," Taya gave out a small smile.

"You're right. I've missed having lunch in this town. I've always been away on missions," Kakashi said as he took off his mask and used his chopsticks to pick his meal. The family had a peaceful lunch, but Taya lost her appetite fast.

Kakashi saw sew hesitate in eating, and he knew what the problem was. "You need to relax. I'm sure that the Chuunin exam won't kill you."

She looked up at him and knew he was partially right. What was also on her mind was her team. Usually she made lunch for the boys. "I wonder what they're doing now…"

In the forest…

Rinji pulled on his claws and began his training. "Since it's close range, I have to be ready for anything that's going to happen." He was a master at the martial arts, which tied in with his technique.

Kado used a wooden bow staff, but not use any ordinary one, it as passed down from generation to generation. It was strong and after all it's been though, there wasn't a single crake in it. Sakura monitored the both of them. Before she had taught them how to improve their jutsus; this was the time for them to stock up on chakra again.

"I made lunch today, so whenever you're finished, come eat," Sakura unpacked the lunches and set them on a large, flat stone. The two stopped to stare at the lunches for a second and went back to practicing.

"It's Taya's birthday soon… I wonder what I should do for her… (If you were wondering, she's the youngest in the group. Rinji and Kado are a year older than she is. Oh, and she's turning 13. If you do the math, she was born when Kakashi was 25, a year before he met Sakura and the others)" Rinji thought to himself. When Taya wasn't around, the two guys would often talk. He had told Kado about his crush on Taya. Kado never paid much mind to it.

(Flashback: "This way you can fight for her. I'm not saying that she needs it; she is Kakashi's daughter after all. But it's nice motivation,")

Kado had offered that piece of advice when Rinji told him. Whenever he trained, he always kept what Kado said in his mind. It always helped him fight through his physical and mental pain.

After two hours, Rinji was sweating and panting like a dog. Kado had stopped to eat his lunch a half and hour before. "Dude, you should have lunch now," he suggested.

"That's right Rinji. It's getting cold, so it's not good to train too hard in one day," Sakura had been watching him the whole time. She threw a towel at him. Rinji took off his claws and taught the towel to rub his face and neck. After he was done, she swung it over his shoulder, picked up his lunch, and joined Kado under the shade of the tree.

"You both trained enough today. You're dismissed," With that said, Sakura poofed away.

"So, what are your plans for Taya's birthday?" Kado also remembered her birthday.

"I'm not sure yet. Got any that I can use?" Rinji began eating his lunch.

"Sorry, man. You're on your own this time!" Kado chuckled. "I have to take care of some arraigns so I've gonna leave now, ok?" Kado stood up, ran up the trunk of the tree, and dashed away. All Rinji could do now was sigh and slowly finish his lunch. This game him plenty of time to think. He heard a rustling noise. "It's probably a mouse…" so she continued to eat his lunch. "Huh… Sakura-Sensei's lunch isn't as good as Taya's," Rinji said out load since he thought no one was there. He guessed wrong though. When a purple leaf landed beside him, he knew he shouldn't have said anything.

"Oh shit…" Rinji thought to himself. Taya was standing before him.

"Yo!" Taya smiled at him.

"Don't "yo!" me! Are you feeling ok now?" Rinji rushed to his feet as he roared.

Taya held up her hand as a sweat drop appeared. "I'm alright. I just wanted to drop by to see if you had lunch or not. Seeing that you have and complained about it, I guess I had nothing to worry about."

Rinji's eyes darted to the ground. "Well, I'm glad to hear that you're feeling better."

"I'll see you tomorrow. Bye Rinji," Taya tapped him lightly on the back. When he looked up, Taya was already gone.

"DAMN IT!" Rinji shouted so loud that the birds flew away from the trees.

At home…

Seeing that is daughter had gone off somewhere, Kakashi found time to figure of the mystery of the Sharingan. But no matter how much he pondered, all of his conclusions made no sense. "Did Kyoko not tell me something…? I knew her for 15 years! She never hid anything from me. In fact, when she died, she had nothing to say to me since she told me everything already," Kakashi drove himself insane thinking about the Sharingan. His head was in his hands, shaking, when Taya appeared in front of him.

"You've been so stressed lately. You should take your own advice."

Flashback: "You need to relax.")

He lifted his head to see that she was smiling at him. "Her smile always seems to ease my pain…It's too bad that she doesn't smile that often anymore," Kakashi sighed.

"You're thinking about my Sharingan again, aren't you?" Taya asked when she sat down next to him.

"Yours seems to be leveling up quickly. The last time I saw them they already had two pupils in each eye. It's amazing…" Kakashi whispered.

"That's something I don't understand. I haven't done any dangerous missions, yet the Sharingan keeps getting stronger," she began to feel uncomfortable talking about the subject.

"You've been training hard, that's all." He patted her on the head.

"I still have no clue about how it came to be though. I wonder how long we have to think before we can figure this out," Taya tried to relax.

"We could to be working on this for the rest of our lives," Kakashi had been lost in this thought for days and he still went nowhere with his theories. "I'm trying to look at things from your mother's side, but nothing seems to add up correctly."

"Have you noticed the meaning of her name? Doesn't that remind you of anything?" Taya suggested.

"Her name meant 'mirror'…" at that moment Kakashi's eyes grew wide.

"I wonder if that has to do with anything…" At this point Taya was just spewing random ideas hoping that they might help.

"Thank you Taya for jogging my memory!" Kakashi gave her a one-armed hug.

"How so?" Taya asked.

"Your mother did tell me once that there may have been a few members of the Uchiha clan that hid all over the earth until they could legally change their names. They tore up all of their personal information as well. Those people became expert liars that way. But when I asked why she brought it up, she just said 'those people must have had some pretty rough lives,'" Kakashi thought back on what he thought before.

(Flashback: She never hid anything from me.)

"She always seemed to put what she meant in some type of riddle… Kyoko did…" he mumbled.

"She could have possibly been talking about herself…" Taya frowned.

"That's exactly what I'm thinking," Kakashi stared out the window.

"Ah, well, sitting here thinking won't prepare me for the Chuunin exam," she tried to cheer herself up, as well as Kakashi.

"You're right. I'm sure that you have enough chakra now, so tomorrow I'll teach you my favorite jutsu!" Kakashi smiled at last.

"I'm looking forward to learning the famous Lightning Edge," she smirked.

This chapter… it ends here…