AN: Lemons removed due to complaints. All of my stories are being edited. If you wish to read the originals with the lemons, I will hopefully be posting them on a new site. I will leave a link in profile when it is all done.
Emi finally knew who she was, who her father was. She was Emi Hatake, daughter of the Copy Cat Ninja.
After the trying mission to retrieve his daughter, all Kakashi wanted was to relax and spend time with her. He was thankful Tsunade wanted his report the next day although he was curious as to what happened with Gaara and Sakura. Did they have a run in with Kabuto? What happened if they did? But right now that didn't matter, all that mattered was him and his daughter.
Tsunade sat in her office listen to Gaara intently, she had already heard everyone else's report. She was very interested in what Gaara had to say, he seemed to have the most interesting run in. She wanted to know why Kabuto called Emi 'koibito' but more importantly, she wanted know more behind Itachi's willingness to help Emi. Was he really sorry about hurting her or is he head over heels, so much so he's not in his right mind? May be they could use this as an advantage in the future, it could be a way to save the Jinchūriki's from the Akatsuki.
When Kakashi and Emi got home the door was open slightly. He looked around, seeing if whoever had done this was watching. Kakashi quickly pushed Emi behind himself, he couldn't lose her when he only just found her.
"Wait here." He ordered as he slowly went inside the house.
Five minutes later he came back with a letter in his hand, addressed to him. "This was on the dinner table." He informed her. "We'll open it here, just in case it triggers something. Stay back until I've opened it." Emi nodded and stepped back a few paces. Kakashi slowly opened the letter.
Dear Kakashi-sensei,
This letter contains some information on Emi-hime I think you should know. After all, a father should know everything about his little girl.
Her real name is Kichi Tsukino but Emi Hatake suits her better.
Her birthday is the fifth-teen of May, she'll be nineteen. I hope you know to throw a party.
Her mother died six years ago, due to illness. You see, Neko's have the ability to live longer than the average human thanks to their cat like genetics. You could say they really do have nine lives. Once they find a mate, they will die when their mate dies. Death by broken heart. I believe the only reason her mother lived for as long as she did was due to Emi. You didn't die, we know that but you left and she couldn't find you.
Kakashi stopped reading for a moment, upset he had caused Emi's mother to die, her weaken state had allowed illness to take her. It was one more death he would have to live with. Emi noticed the sad look of regret in his eyes and gently placed a hand on his shoulder.
"It wasn't your fault, you didn't know dad. We have each other now." She told him with a small smile. Kakashi nodded and smiled back before going back to reading, she was right.
They lived together on the outskirts of Suna and Emi was enrolled at Suna Academy but she never graduated. Her mother made her leave when her change happened. She was worried about Suna taking advantage of her unique skills.
This is all the information that I was able to gather in a short space of time.
Signed: Emi-hime's Protector.
"It's signed as my protector, who could that be?" Emi asked confused, she hadn't noticed anyone following her or asking anyone to find out this information for her.
"I don't know, we need to take this to Tsunade. She needs to know about this." Kakashi said locking the front door quickly.
They ran all the way to the Hokage's office as Gaara was about to leave. "Gaara you might want to stay for this." Kakashi told him as they meet just outside the office door. He might be able to do some digging up for them back in Suna. Gaara nodded and followed the two back inside.
Tsunade looked up from her paper work on the previous mission.
"Kakashi your report isn't wanted till tomorrow. Go and spend time with your daughter." Tsunade told him before looking back at the paperwork.
"It's not that Hokage-sama. When we got home the front door was open and this on the dinner table." Kakashi explained, handing Tsunade the letter. She quickly read the letter, jotting down the information before looking up at Gaara.
"When you go back to Suna, Gaara, I want you to look up a name. Kichi Tsukino, born on the fifth-teen of May. She should be in Suna Academy's records as a leaving before graduation." Tsunade told him, Gaara started to nod but then stopped, as if he had just thought of something.
"Same hair as Emi-chan but different eyes?" He asked, Tsunade nodded, unable to speak due to the shock of him adding 'chan', it was the first time she had heard something affectionate from him. He wasn't even affectionate towards his own sister.
"Yes, she had red eyes." Kakashi answered for Tsunade, unfazed by Gaara's affection, he saw the way he looked at her when they had regrouped before heading back to Konoha.
"I remember someone like that, she was the only one who was nice to me at the academy. She gave me her teddy and then the next day she disappeared. It was like she knew she was going, she was trying to give me something to replace her, remember her by." Gaara mused with a small smile but a sad look in his eyes.
"Black teddy with ice blue eyes." Emi mused quietly with a smile. She hadn't released the others had heard her. Gaara looked at her in shock while Tsunade and Kakashi smiled at the pair.
"Yes! The same one!" Gaara exclaimed happily before quickly enveloping her into a tight hug. His sand swirled around them. "I can't believe it's you Kitty!" Emi smiled and hugged him back, he tail wrapping around him.
Tsunade quickly shook off her shock.
"Emi-san, what else do you remember?" She asked, hoping that some other memories may have come to light. Gaara might be a key to helping her get her memories back. Emi thought for a moment with a slight frown on her face.
"I remember Racoon being bullied and I stepped in to stop it." She sighed and ran her fingers loving through Gaara's blood red hair. "I got beaten badly for it but it didn't stop me. I kept the bullies away from him. I remember giving him the teddy because I wasn't going to be there anymore, I didn't want him to be alone." She said as a tear escaped her eyes as she looked Gaara. Gaara gave a sad smile and gently wiped the tear away. Kakashi watched Gaara closely, he was stepping on thin ice. It took all of his control to not throw Gaara across the room. "I'm so sorry Racoon for not being there for you." She whispered, holding him closer.
"Don't worry Kitty, it couldn't be helped." He told her as he reached up to stroke behind her ear, making her purr softly.
"Now Emi-san, I have some questions for you." Tsunade said, causing the two to separate. Kakashi watched the pair closely, repeat in his mind 'they're just friends' over and over again to control himself. "Please take a seat." She added politely. Emi nodded and sat down. "Kakashi, Gaara, it's up to you two if you want to stay." She added looking up at the two men.
"I'm staying with my daughter." Kakashi informed her with a smile. He promised he would protect her, even from his own village if he had to. He had already missed out on so much of her life and he wasn't willing to miss anymore.
"I am staying too, if you can't let her live here anymore, Suna will be happy to take her in as one of our own ninja." Gaara said with a warning tone. Tsunade nodded and Emi smiled at the two.
"I'm sure that won't be necessary Gaara-san." Tsunade reassured them. She could see both men were thinking the worse.
"I have nothing to hide, I'll tell you what you want to know." Emi said with a small smile. Tsunade nodded.
"Frist off, what is Kabuto to you?" Tsunade asked. Emi knew this was going to happen sooner or later.
"Kabuto tried to get me to date him." She explained, both Gaara and Kakashi growled. "Orochimaru quickly stopped any further efforts." She added and Tsunade nodded.
"A one sided love affair?" Tsunade suggested and Emi nodded. "What can you tell me about the base and any information you know regrading Sasuke?" She added quickly.
"Well, I can't tell you much about the base, I wasn't allowed to see much. Most of the time I was in my room, hospital bay or training grounds." Emi explained but thought for a moment. "Orochimaru said his room was next to mine but I never saw him use it. I don't think he ever left his study unless he was looking for me." She quickly added.
"Do you think you could find your way round again?" Tsunade asked hopefully. Emi nodded.
"I don't mind Inoichi-san looking at my memories if that would help?" Emi asked, she didn't really want to go back there, even for a mission. Tsunade thought for a moment. Emi was hoping that Inoichi could map out the base from her memories.
"Yes, I think that would be a good idea, we'll do that tomorrow when he is back from his mission." She said with a sigh. "Anything that could help us with Sasuke at all?" She asked with hope.
"From what I know he was there for training. He wants to kill Itachi for his clan and me." Emi shuddered as she said Itachi's name. She didn't want to remember him for the rest of her life. "I wasn't told much. I feel a little useless, I don't know much. Maybe Inoichi might see something I missed?" Emi suggested hopefully. Tsunade nodded and dismissed them all after thanking Emi for the information. Yin and Yang had been lounging across Emi the whole time. Yang was happy just sleeping whereas Yin gave Tsunade the odd dry look when he was annoyed with a question.