...14. Departure...
That morning Lee announced that the team had decided to go back that afternoon, to see if their Jounin was back. Neji slightly reluctant, to leave decided he would spend as much time as possible with Kana. "Hey Kana, do you want to go for a walk?" He asked, obviously angering Sasuke, but Sasuke let it go, knowing that whatever he did was futile.
"Sure" she said.
"Great, we can go through the forest, to the stream where I first met you"
"Sorry about that again" She smiled.
They started walking. Along the way they stopped before the edge of the forest to admire the mountains along a ridge of the village.
"They're beautiful" She said
"Like you" He stated. She gave a smile, and tried to get herself to look embarrassed just to please him.
"It's too bad I couldn't get to spending more time with you..." He said sadly." Your as beautiful as the moon."
"The moon.." She murmured and looked down at her feet. A single tear streamed down her face.
"Did I say something," He asked worriedly.
"The moon reminds me of my mother…she died when I was only five…"She said shakily, trying to control her emotions.
"I'm sorr…." She cut him off.
"Why does everyone always apologize, it never helps anything!"
She was quite close to activating the Gekidokaisa, knowing what devastation that might cause, she struggled to clam herself down.
"No, I'm sorry to have caused you pain. I want to help, in even the smallest way, as long as you smile. Anything is worth your smile." She smiled; his words helped her settle down. She hugged him.
"Whatever makes you happy," he wrapped his arms around her.
"Thank…You…" She said quietly. She didn't let go.
"Come on, let's go to the river in the forest" He said happily, letting her go.
"Ok…" She said, almost back to her usual indifferent face. They walked to the spot where they first met. They sat on the boulder and watched the stream for a while, hand on hand.
"Why do you always hide your emotions?" he asked, breaking the silence.
"Because…There is a Jutsu unique to me, the Gekidokaisa no Jutsu, it can be activated by a fit of anger, and the ninja will be engulfed in fire that will take the form of a lion. It can devastate an entire village unless it is put out." She answered.
"Then why do you also hide emotions like happiness and passion?"
"I guess it just happens, when you hide one emotion, you hide the others too."
"I see." He said understandingly, "and you are from what clan exactly?"
"The Hitoshirenzu clan. It is very secret, not many know of it" she replied, she was smiling, she had forgotten to even give the slightest force to hide her expressions.
"Ok, and…" he said taking out a small shell," if you are ever in need of me, blow this shell, I'll know no matter how far I am." He showed her how to blow and make a beautiful but loud note that echoed around the entire village.
"You're wonderful." She said.
"As are you. We should go back, noon will come soon." The sun was high in the sky as they walked to meet up with everyone else. They held hands until just before they met the others.
"That was some long walk." Sasuke said, slightly annoyed that she had spent so much time with Neji.
"We should start back," Lee said. Sasuke was grateful he had said that.
"Bye Kana," Neji said. They waved as the three walked off.
Isn't Itachi kewl? I think he's kewl. "drool" j/k, but he's still awesome...he's comin' up soon tho.