Third Person's POV
Team 7 was still at the village gates, they just got back from a mission.
Kakashi was talking to the guards at the gate. His students are patiently waiting for him to finish since their Sensei was actually about to dismiss them.
There are a lot of things going on now in the village since that time have finally come. Jonins and chunins are always busy, even Anbus can be seen strolling in the Village, making sure that everything is fine.
Kakashi finished talking to the gate guards and walk to his team, he sweatdropped seeing three of his students arguing about something, he don't quite get. Kakashi put his hand on Akira's head who was watching the villagers and the other shinobis
"You know, the villagers might think you're unfriendly and ill-tempered if you look at them like that" Kakashi said crouching a little to Akira's height.
Akira looks at him weirdly.
"I don't really care, that's actually fine with me," Akira said averting her eyes to the villagers again as she remove her Sensei's hand from her head.
"Anyway, you still owe me something..." Akira said taking a quick glance at their Sensei.
"Ma-" He stops when Anbus enters the village with a lady with them whose hands are tied up by a rope, behind her back. It also got his student's attention.
Naruto and Sakura look at the lady amaze by her beauty. Sasuke and Akira just look at the lady, examining her.
The lady looks intensively at their Sensei, which confuses Kakashi. Did he know who is she? There's this feeling that he somewhat knows already who is the lady. He just looks at the lady, his eyes following where they were going.
Akira looks at the lady. She can say that she's really beautiful. Her eyebrow knit when the lady didn't take her eyes on their Sensei, there was something in the way she looks at him.
"Kakashi-sensei why is she staring at you?" Akira asks nudging her Sensei a little, intrigued.
Kakashi looks down at her and pats her head
"I actually, don't know..." He said eye smiling when Akira look at him, the curiosity is clear in her eyes, there was something in her eyes that he can't read,which made him confused about what is it.
Akira looks at the lady again, they were now far away from them. She tilts her head just looking at the distance even if they can no longer see the lady.
"She's beautiful..." Sakura said with amazement. Akira nodded, agreeing with Sakura.
"I heard she's a kunoichi who disguised as a street performer to gather information about the land of fire. " One of the guards said
"What's going to happen to her-dattebayo? Naruto asks looking at their Sensei.
"Well, she'll be interrogated to see just what she found out. They'll use whatever means necessary. Until she starts talking." Kakashi explained looking at where the Anbu and the lady went. He averts his eyes to Akira, his heart jumps meeting purple eyes looking at him intently. Why is she looking at him like that? The curiosity is still there...He just told her that he didn't know the lady, right?
Akira looks at her Sensei confused, there's something in how the lady looks at their Sensei, and how their Sensei looks at the lady as if they are some connection between them. She averts her eyes to the ground when her Sensei eye locked with her eyes.
How long is she been staring? She just crossed her arms and just wait for anyone to say something again, but it seems like her teammates were so focused on the lady, that they forget to talk. She sigh and looked at their Sensei.
"Aren't you going to dismiss us, Sensei" Akira said, getting all of their attention.
"Oh, right. Well team that's all we're gonna do today, take a rest." Kakashi said eye smiling at them.
Naruto smiles and raised his hand.
"Yoshi! Come on, Sensei treat us some ramen-dattebayo" Naruto said looking at their Sensei, Sakura nodded in agreement.
"Ah, well I needed to do something, actually," Kakashi said waving his hand apologetically.
Akira is still looking at the ground crossed arm. Her shoes and the cracks on the ground are seemingly interesting to her at the moment but she is aware of the conversation of her teammates. She sighs, and starts to walk away from them.
"Ah, well, I'm gonna leave" She said waving her hand lazily, her other hand is in her pocket.
Kakashi looks at Akira confused, he feels like there's something wrong with how she acts. He looks at the other member of the team, but they didn't look bothered by it.
"Don't you think something wrong with her?" He blurted out, making the other look at him confused.
"Who?" Sakura said tilting her head a little.
"Akira, she seems... different...?" He hesitantly said, looking at where is Akira, who was walking alone in the street of Konoha.
They all look in Akira's direction and observe her.
"Huh? What are you talking about, Sensei? She is always like that-dattebayo" Naruto said confused by their Sensei. There's nothing wrong with Akira, she's always like that, even if they ask her she will just reason out that it's hot, which is actually true...
"Maybe she's just tired" Sakura said, looking at Akira who suddenly stops walking.
Kakashi wanted to believe that but they just did only one mission and it was not even that tiring. Besides, it is so unusual that Akira didn't talk to Naruto, before leaving. He really feels there's something wrong. When she looks at Akira earlier there's an emotion in her eyes that he can't recognize, what could it possibly be? He looks in Akira's direction who was already far away from them, she suddenly looked back at them.
Akira looked at her feet as she walks, she is kinda tired... she don't know but she feels like her energy got drained even with just a simple D-rank mission.
"Man, am I getting old...no way, I'm just 12." She said to herself as she stops from walking. She looks back at her teammates confused. Why are they still there?
"Oi! you guys, I thought were dismissed? Naruto?" She shouts waving her hand at them.
"See, Sensei she's perfectly fine-dattebayo" Naruto said looking at their Sensei and giving him a thumbs up seeing their Sensei worried look at Akira.
"Wait-dattebayo!" Naruto said, holding on to his bag, as he walk towards Akira's direction.
"Well, Sensei, I also better leave" Sakura said yawning. She stretches before starting to walk away from them, she didn't bother to talk to Sasuke. She feels tired, the heat is taking her energy.
Sasuke follows Sakura without saying any word to their Sensei.
Kakashi sighed and still looked at Akira worriedly who is now, walking with Naruto, Sakura, and Sasuke. They seemed like they were talking about something as Naruto jumped and down, one hand raised in the air. Maybe, it was just his imagination. Maybe there's nothing wrong with Akira, after all. But...with all the thinking he did, what's that uneasiness in Akira's eyes earlier? Did he just misinterpret it?
-skip-
Naruto and Akira are strolling in the village after they train. It was now afternoon and three hours have already passed since their team was dismissed.
Akira notices that the Konoha Shinobis are getting busy, especially now. That's actually the reason why their Sensei dismiss them despite doing only one mission. Akira just continues to walk and think of something they can do. Naruto suddenly gasps and pulls her into an alley.
"Naruto?" She asks looking at him.
"Shh..." He said, suddenly Sasuke and Sakura appear behind them also hiding. Akira looks at where they were looking, she almost chokes on her own saliva seeing her Sensei with a woman. No, it was the Lady earlier, what are they doing? she thought the lady was an enemy, how come she can walk freely?
"Are you curios too-dattebayo?" Naruto teases Sasuke
"It's not like that." Sasuke said
"It's that lady! You know, the one we saw at the gate. The one accused of being a spy." Sakura said leaning more.
"Oh yeah! That pretty lady-dattebayo!" Naruto said excitedly.
"What's Kakashi doing with someone like her?" Sasuke said as they all step out of their hiding spot.
They all look at their Sensei as he talks to the lady, intensively looking at her. A blush appears on the lady's cheek making them all nod to each other, one thought in mind, they will know what's going on, between the two.
They all follow behind them, as they hide their presence as best as they can, to get closer and closer to them without being noticed.
They quickly hide on a nearby post when their Sensei and the lady both stop walking a blush appears on the lady's face again as she looks at the villagers, their Sensei stood in front of her, squinting his eyes a little.
Sakura shakes Akira a little as her eyes twinkle. This is the first time she sees her Sensei be with a woman, she wonders if there is something going on between them. She can't help but chuckle at the thought, a slight blush on her cheeks.
After a few minutes of the two strolling in the village. Kakashi finds a place with fewer people.
"Come over here. It's not like I'm trying to draw out information from you. I was just asked to spend a day with you" Kakashi said, as he stood under a tree, to at least shade them from the sun. His companion quickly walks toward him.
"Once the day is done, so is my duty" He said once the lady was beside him. They continue to talk not aware of the other four hiding in the tree.
"So Kakashi was asked to spend a day with her, huh," Sasuke said leaning a little to hear what the two were talking about.
Akira just listens, she somewhat feels uneasy all of a sudden. She sighs very quietly, trying to dismiss the discomfort she's feeling, the three were unaware of it as they focus on the two below them.
Other People's POV
"We're too close to them, we should find another place" The person said, looking around.
"There are too many people, besides if we move they might detect us..." The other person said
"...Were kinda unlucky are we?..." Another person said scratching their cheek slightly. All of their companions sigh at that.
"Do you want me to remind you-" The other person said but got interrupted.
"I know, I know..."
"Just don't make unnecessary action again..." Another person said making the two nod, while the other sighed defeatedly.
They just hide in the tree examining the team at a distance.
"Why here though... it makes things complicated" The other person said with a sigh. The two other people giggled at that. The person's shoulder slumped as a hand pat thier head.
Third Person's POV
"Whoa... Things are starting to heat up-dattebayo." Naruto said leaning forward
"Wait, Naruto! You'll..." Sakura said but before she can even finish, they all fall off the tree.
Akira's soul detaches from her for a second when Naruto holds onto her, dragging her with him.
She quickly stands ups, and her brow twitches. She won't fall if Naruto didn't hold on to her. The other three also stand up patting their clothes. They all look forward and just stood there shocked at the scene in front of them.
Kakashi stares at the lady's eye beneath him, both his hand on each side of her head, to hold himself from completely putting his weight on the lady beneath him. His eyes widen, feeling lips touch his mask lips, what more shocked him is the eye of the lady as his Sharingan looks further into her psyche. He blinks and quickly stands up and looks at his students, pointing at them.
"Hey, you four!" Kakashi said embarrassed.
"Huh?! Uh... You see, this is..." Naruto said looking for an excuse, Naruto quickly grab the flower from Sakura.
"C-Congratulations-dattebayo!" He said pushing the flower in front of the two. Naruto nudges Akira who is just looking there dumbfounded.
Akira just stood there, but snap out of her still form when Naruto nudged her. The unknown lady looks at her as she quickly bows just like Naruto.
"Congratulations!" She said very quickly a slight blush on her cheeks. Sasuke and Sakura look to the side a blush on their cheeks.
"Huh?" Kakashi said puzzled by his students. Just what are they talking about?...
"Thank you." The lady said smiling at them, they just laugh still a blush on their cheeks.
"What are you guys doing here?" Kakashi said with a sigh. They look at each other panicking. They all stare at Akira as if waiting for her to answer their Sensei question.
Kakashi looks at her, waiting.
Akira sweatdropped. Why are they looking at her? She should have brought a camera if she knows that gonna happen, maybe she can use it to blackmail their Sensei. She shakes her head removing the intrusive thought.
"Well...We are already here when you two both arrive, we were cloud watching, you know practicing teamwork..." She said trying to sound convincing as possible.
"At the tree?" Kakashi said amused. He knows that she is lying, well, he should hand it to her for sounding convincing, she can even look at him straight in the eyes, with no hesitancy in her voice.
"Why not, it's comfortable up there" She answered, pointing a finger at the tree they fall from.
Kakashi looks at the three, with raised eyebrows confirming if what she said is true.
"Yeah, Sensei, we're practicing teamwork-dattebayo" Naruto said chuckling a little. Sakura and Sasuke quickly nodded.
"Well, why don't you come with us?" The Kunoichi said smiling at them. Kakashi nodded to his students. Maybe the four could tag along, besides his already finish with his duty, he could buy them some ramen. His students quickly nodded.
"We should go" Kakashi said as they start to walk. Kakashi stops, noticing Akira was just standing as if she's trying to find something or figure out something.
Akira looks around. What's that? What is that feeling? she thought as she tries to control the weird feeling in her body. She feels like her chakra was draining very quickly.
"Akira?" The voice said
"Akira-ttebayo?" Another voice called
She locks eyes with dark grey eye looking at her worriedly.
Kakashi kneeled in front of her, as he try to know what was going on.
"S-Sensei" Akira said startled pushing herself away from her Sensei. When did he get so close to her? She shakes her head as she took a deep breath, the feeling was fading. Her chakra feels the same again, but her energy to move was really low.
"Akira, are you okay?" Kakashi said, trying to reach his hand to her, but she backed away.
"Y-yeah. I'm just kind of tired" Akira said laughing awkwardly.
Kakashi's brows knitted with confusion. Tired? It doesn't look like one.
"Okay... do you still want to join us?" Kakashi just said, he didn't want Akira to think too much of it with him asking more questions.
"Yeah" Akira said with a nod.
The three just look at Akira weirdly. What happened to her?
Other People's POV
"You're really bad, you know, she looks like she's going to collapse at any moment" The person said, wanting to hit their companion's head, but they can't they're the ones at fault.
"It's just now, come on..." The person said with a sigh, not really bothered
"That's the only way, so she is the only one that will be affected" The person continued, leaning their back on the tree.
"She will get used to it..." The person whispered, sounding tired all of a sudden. The person next to them sighed, also leaning their back on the tree.
"So, we just needed to wait for us to be able to leave... how long will it be?" Another person said with a sigh. They can't be away for too long.
-The next day-
Third Person's POV
"You've been waiting here for almost one hour, Akira" Izumo said walking beside her.
"Ahh, well, they still not here..." Akira said looking outside the gate of Konoha.
Why won't her Sensei let her join them... She's really feeling okay. She puts her weight on her right leg, crossing her arms. She sighs and sits on the ground leaning her back on the wall.
She has nothing to do so it's better to just wait there. She closed her eyes, her shoulder relaxing.
"Oi, oi. Akira, don't tell me you're gonna sleep there" Kotetsu said, stretching.
"Eh, Can I?" She asked opening her eyes to look at him. The two guards look at each other and sigh. Akira and Naruto wasn't a stranger to them, besides they were a partner in crime in pranking. That's how they know them.
"Fine..." Kotetsu said
"But at least sleep here and not there" Izumo said, patting the chair beside him.
"Oh, so thoughtful, Izumo-san" Akira said standing up and walking to the chair behind the table.
"Ehh, what about me?" Kotetsu said jokingly
"Ahh, well, I don't know" Akira said sitting on the chair as she buried her head in the crook of her arm.
Kotetsu sweatdropped at that, he just sigh and let the child sleep.
Akira's shoulders relax again, a sigh escaping her mouth. It is still early in the morning and she feels so tired, even if she sleeps really early last night. She closes her eyes and quickly falls to sleep.
Kotetsu and Izumo just look at the now sleeping child. They actually don't know if she is already sleeping, her breathing is calm but her body seems tense in a way they can't tell. They feel like in just one move Akira will wake up. They looked at each other and carefully sit on the still available chairs. Kotetsu then takes out a camera.
"Just pose" Kotetsu whispered when Izumo was about to speak. Izumo quickly get what he means and posed with a smirk, putting his arm on Akira's chair carefully. Kotetsu then points at Akira with his thumb, raising his eyebrows. He then clicks the Camera to take a picture, after three shots, they stop and giggled looking at the photos.
-skip-
Team 7 entered the Konoha gates but stops when the guard called them.
"Oi, here, I'm glad you're all here now" Kotetsu said waving his hands
Kakashi raises his brow looking at the purpled hair kid, her head buried in the crook of her arm. Kakashi walks towards their table, his student following behind him.
"Isn't that Akira?" Sakura said trying to remove the hair on Akira's face carefully.
"What is he doing here-dattebayo?" Naruto said leaning to look at Akira.
"Well she's been waiting for all of you for... almost 2 hours now" Izumo explained, making them look shocked at Akira.
Kakashi smirks an idea popping out of his mind. He clears his throat and taps the table with his fingers.
"So why is the village guard sleeping?" He said loudly, enough for someone to be awake.
Akira looked up at his old Sensei, she can literally see the smirk on his mask. She's been awake since 15 minutes ago, but her body just feels so heavy, that she didn't even want to move an inch.
"Right, why did my Sensei leave his student here with no particular reason?" Akira said pulling the clipboard in front of her.
"The Hokage now assigned me to be a village guard, that's really awesome," Akira said flipping the papers on the clipboard. Her teammates just look at her stunned.
"I'm new to this job so I didn't really know what to do, but-" Akira said examining the clipboard.
"Haruno Sakura?" Akira said looking up at them. Sakura quickly raised her hand playing along.
"Here" Sakura said smiling
"Uchiha Sasuke?" Akira said. Sasuke looks at her brow twitching.
"I assume it's you, emo" Akira said pointing the ballpen at Sasuke. Hearing that Naruto chuckles. He didn't really know what was going on, but by the looks of it, it seems fun.
"Uzumaki-" Akira said but Naruto interrupted her.
"Here-dattebayo!" Naruto said excitedly, looking at the clipboard and waiting for Akira to check his name. Akira smiles a little and checks his name.
Kakashi looks at the team amused. He actually feels excited for his name to be called. He stares at Akira waiting for her to look up and call for him.
"I assume you are the last one on the list." Akira said checking something on the list.
"W-what? Why didn't you call my name maybe it's not me" Kakashi said disappointed, his smile dropping.
"Well... Are you old man Hatake Kakashi?" Akira said tapping the ballpen on the paper. Kakashi just stare at her dumbfounded.
"That's what's written here..." Akira said showing him the clipboard. Kakashi looked at the two other guards who is looking at the side whistling innocently.
"Well, that's me..." Kakashi said hesitantly, sending a look at the other guards.
"Well then... I'm taking back my student" Kakashi said pulling Akira towards him as they continue to walk to the village.
"But Hok-" Akira said pulling her hand, but their Sensei interrupted her.
"Well, I'm gonna tell the Hokage" Kakashi said letting go of Akira's hand, and went to ruffle her hair a little.
"But I really love the job" Akira said looking sad, her hands in her pocket. The two were too focused on their own world not aware of their teammate's looks.
"Naruto... Why do I feel like if they were the 'same age', the two would look cute" Sakura whispered, just enough for Sasuke and Naruto to hear.
"Huh?... Sakura, that's really weird-dattebayo" Naruto said looking at the two in front of them.
"That's why I said if they were the same age" Sakura said crossing her arms. Sasuke just smirks also looking at the two in front of them.
Naruto suddenly walks between the two and pushes his Sensei away from Akira, a frown on his face. Kakashi looked at Naruto, confused by the sudden glare.
"You're too closed-dattebayo" Naruto said childishly hooking his arm around Akira's protectively
"huh?" Akira and Kakashi said. How come they are close, they were like arm's length away from each other...
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