"As much as I wonder, I cannot spy..How pathetic can I get?" Kakashi gave a light sigh, staring into the direction they went. "I still don't like that man..I get a bad vibe.."
"Kakashi-Sensei!" Naruto yelled, running toward him.
"What is it now, Naruto?" he gave an absent roll of the eyes, watching the boy nearly trip as he was running. "Don't you have someone else to talk to?"
"Hey, that's not nice! And it's not that! That girl..Shaky or whatever.."
"Shakara?"
"Yeah, whatever! Well, have you seen her?"
Kakashi shook his head, "Nope, why do you ask?"
Naruto sighed, "Well, I just found out something about her little boyfriend's dad..and I didn't want her to get hurt or anything.."
"Like?"
"Erm, as it would turn out..word spread around that that guy isn't his real dad, one of the other ninja recognized him..I guess he's a bad guy..or something."
Kakashi blinked..so the feeling was correct..but, he couldn't just interrupt them, what if Naruto was just flat out wrong? His question was answered as he felt a small jolt inside himself as he heard a yell, there was a well-attempted cover for it, someone tried to stop the yell, but they didn't succeed totally.
Sheiri grimaced, gettting a small shuriken into her upper rib-cage. Shiro grasped her throat, squeezing, so as to stop air from passing into her body. She used her one free hand to plant a Kunai into his lower thigh. He flinched, giving a small yelp, but still grasped her neck. "I'll just choke you..and get it over with.."
Sheiri was having a panic attack, she was dying slowly, and she knew it. She couldn't die now, her daughter needed her..and her team...she wouldn't. The life flooded out of her eyes, the world turned dark, her eyelids were closing shut..she couldn't breathe! "Shiro..how.." She fell limply to the ground, her mind falling into that void.
"Sheiri, wake up, it's breakfast!" She opened her eyes, staring at him..but how? "Aruka? But.." He smiled down at her, "Aw, how sweet..you actually look surprised..I know you looked..Shakara told me.." Sheiri blinked, sitting up. There was a gift on the bed.."What's that for?" He laughed lightly, kissing her cheek, "Please, you know you're getting old, as am I, no need to deny it.." Sheiri gave a small smile..it must've been a bad dream..or something..but it seemed real.."Ah..I didn't peek! What is it?" He sat by her, eyeing the present, "It's too bad you can't open it, huh?" "C'mon..Pwease?" He laughed, giving her a small kiss on the lips this time. "Nah, I'm making you wait." She laughed lightly, pulling him onto the bed, "I'll..cry?" She stopped..something was wrong..this wasn't..the room shifted, and she was staring at his grave, then she was at her academy, staring at Kakashi. "Sheiri!" He said, giving her a small kiss, then dissappeared as well.."Kakashi? Where.."
He blinked, why had he done that? no matter, she didn't notice "Sheiri! Wake up!" He was shaking her, trying to wake her up, which seemed to work somewhat. "Sheiri, wake up, you Baka!" He felt a small flinch, then she stirred somewhat, "Baka?" she flinched slightly, then looked at him, his Sharingan was showing, and his face was uncovered. She recalled the events, then looked around, "Where's Shiro!" She gave a small growl, sitting up. "Where is he?" soon enough, she was standing, looking around, not giving Kakashi time to explain certain happenings. "And..where's Shakara?.."
"She's fine, Naruto went to find her..are you okay, I mean, you're hurt.." sure enough, she looked down to her rib, bloodied, and her her hand had been dangling lifelessly at her side.
"I'm fine, it doesn't hurt much..It only needs a bandage or two..as for my hand..well, it's got it's own needs.."
Kakashi forced her back onto the ground, "Here, let me see." He pulled up her shirt halfway, staring at the wound, and giving a few jabs, answered with a grunt from her. "Ah, see, It's cracked.." he gave it another jab before sighing. "I'll patch it up..just.." He looked at her, "as long as you promise..yes, I said promise..not to open again..I'm not a medic, you know..Now, stand up so I can wrap it." She eyed him, a defiant looking look, actually, before standing up as he got out some bandages.
She rubbed the back of her neck, staring up at the sky, "You saved me.."
He gave a small blink, wrapping the cloth around her waste, "Yeah..I'd suppose I did..don't make a deal of it..and I don't plan to do it everyday..so, don't get used to the idea.."
She gave a small smile, then looked down at him, "All serious-ness though, thank you..really..I mean it."
"You've really changed since I've last seen you, Sheiri..age, looks, personality..it's actually, well," What was the word he needed..he thought for a moment, tightening the ends, feeling a small wince from her. "Appealing..I would've thought you to turn out like..say, Sakura..except older.."
She nodded, "It would seem a child does that..before Shakara came along..well, I was.still am..'Childish' in a way.."she stared at her hand, easy fix, she learned a small trick from him once.She had to be sure. She took down the other hand, wrapping it around her wrist.
"What are you doing?" He blinked at her, then stared at her hand, what was she trying to do? It was broken.
"Given the right amount of pull, I could put my hand back into place..it'll still need to be wrapped and all, but it'll heal faster.." She paused for a moment, mentally counting to three. She had done this enough, so she would cry out in agony or anything..but, yeah, it would still hurt. Once on three, she pullled on her wrist with all her strength, and a grunt, along with a pop, was heard. She held her breath for a moment, then looked up at Kakashi giving a small wave with her hand, "See? Totally...well, good enough."
He stared, with a small..'ouch..that's gotta hurt' kind of face, then laughed, "Well, I'll have to remember that one.."
She held up a finger, index, actually, then turned to look directly at him, "And..another thing..What was the..kiss for?"
Eh, so..she did notice?..well, this would be a fun thing to explain..he had no explanation, but, he had an idea." Erm, well..I had to wake you up somehow, and the other methods didn't seem to work. I figured it would do, and" he laughed, "It did, you know..you woke up."
Sheiri walked up close to him, putting a Kunai knife to his throat once she pinned him to the ground, performing a binding Jutsu. "Shiro..did you find me to be of stupidity?" she gave an angry growl. "I can tell friend from foe quite easily, I just had to be sure. Where is he?"
Shiro turned to himself, "How could you tell?" His eyes moved down towards the kunai before returning to her face, which she drew closer to his, giving an almost evil stare.
"Your kiss. It is not his, you imbisile, and, another thing, Kakashi was the one who taught me that little trick, that's how I knew. Now, where is he, now!" Her voice had risen, it came to a somewhat threatening tone now. The kunai came closer to his neck, and his breathing became slightly harder.
Shiro gave a menacing grin, "He is with the boss, who else? Their waiting for you..and as you well know, he's not one for patience."
Sheiri growled, pulling out two tall kunai-knifes, crossing them at his neck, and ramming them into the ground. Shiro flinched, but he was not hurt. She pulled out four more smaller pairs, doing the same to his wrists and ankles. "One false move..and you know what will happen, I'll be back for you." That said, she lept off towards the place, she was sure they would be there..She thought to herself, her pace speeding as she went, "He should be fine..for now, but still, I must hurry.."
Shakara shooed off Naruto quickly, knocking onto to the walls, she needed that one area...same, same...and she heard that area, and smiled. "Found it.." she pushed on that part to find her mother's sword, the only visible object. She was never allowed to look at anything else, and as usual, didn't even think to. She only grabbed a sword, and a small bottle her mother seemed to always take with her..everywhere..it was odd though that she didn't have it this time. Shakara replaced the door, then ran out of the room.
Damn his head hurt, he was about to rub it, but couldn't..his hands were tied..what luck? That..Shiro, he remembered now, staring off into the forest. Shiro had disguised himself as Sheiri. He growled lightly, looking up to see a man in front of him.
"Hatake Kakashi?..you don't seem much of a ninja..hiding your face behind a mask? You and Sheiri would look the same, if she was male, of course."
"You're one to speak. I would have thought you a female, had you not spoken just now. Why are you after her? An old crush, did she leave you for another? Ah! You must be a stalker?" He grinned, some of that idiocy seeped out of him, but the man glared angrily.
"I can have you join her little boyfriend..Aruka, was it, If you don't shut up.." He stood in front of the Kakashi as two men seemed to find their way from the bushes..bodyguards, of course. "But, no, she wasn't a past..woman, of mine. She needs to be killed, she is a threat to us, and anyone else that may be an enemy.."
"You killed her boyfriend, you set that up for yourself, going after her just may get you killed." Idiots. Didn't they know that?
"It's not that simple, her boyfriend had gotten in the way, she was the one who was supposed to be killed."
"Why would you try to kill her?" Kakashi stared up at the man, Sheiri never said she was the one being hunted..
Sheiri walked out of the forest at that moment, her arms crossed at her chest. "Because, I'm different, and a threat to them.."
The man turned, as well as the bodyguards, but she had already porformed another binding jutsu, and the two guards were pinned against the trees. Sheiri stared at the man, then looked at the guards, "Don't bother to move, the vines will shed blood with every attempt." she didn't look as she usually did, the moment she set eyes upon that man, her eyes turned to dark stares. "Kirokura.."
He studied her for a moment, then grinned. "You seem to be weaker..has it had that much affect on you, Sheiri?"
She had grown weaker from it, this was true, but she was still stronger than he must have thought. She walked towards the man slowly, making her timing exact. He started to talk, but she hadn't listened, they were but words, that is, until he put a small kunai to Kakashi's throat.
At first, Kakashi cursed angrily under his breathe, struggling with the file. Soon, however, the file did it's job, and with one small motion, KiroKura was lying face first on the ground. Kakashi gave Sheiri a small..'look' before tying up the man as well. He stared at Kirokura for a moment, a small hit like that could knock him out? "Sheiri.."
She knew what he was going to ask, and she didn't want to answer this..hell, her daughter didn't even know. She made no reply, crossing her arms and staring into the forest.
"Tell me, I would like to know why there are people after you.." he gave a small sigh, and waited..she turned around after what seemed like ten minutes, and answered, a hesitant look on her face.