Memo

Hey there, WARNING this does kind of contain spoilers for the newest chapters of Naruto, can you guess which?! This contains a lot of flashbacks too, ummm, very un-Naruto-like.

Chapter 09: Memories

"I'm sorry Kianna, really sorry..."

"Mangekon Sharinghan..."
Kianna looked at Kakashi in his bed, completely motionless...Lifeless.
"Itachi...Kisame..."
She lifted her hand and stroked his face.
"You idiot...I told you to be careful" "Kianna...What does Kakashi mean to you?" Asuma Enquired, noticing her behaviour.
Ignoring his question, she removed her hand placing it into Kakashi's own and turned towards Asuma.
"Tell me, what else happened Asuma? Tell me everything..."

Kianna sat in her hospital bed, eating happily and trying to talk to Yondiame at the same time.
"It's my last day at the hospital today. They said that the poison has gone completely. I can go and visit my team mates and Obito-aniki. He's visited me everyday you know, and he's been late for your missions because of me. I hope he didn't get into too much trouble..."
She continued to chat continuously while stuffing her face. Yondiame looked at her with a heavy heart, unable to tell her the bad news. Kianna had been in hospital for a very long period of time after being poisoned in what was supposed to be a 'D rank' mission. Not soon after, the war had broken out and chaos ensued. Yondiame knew that Obito-kun was late because of Kianna, but didn't mention it to his teammates. He wasn't sure if they knew Kianna existed. During the war, Kianna's teammates and sensei were killed in action, which also saddened Yondiame's own heart, as Kianna's sensei was his old teammate when they were taught by Jiraiya. Then, yesterday, the last day of the war, Obito had been killed as well. His life vindictively cut short. Kianna had stopped talking and continued to eat in blissful ignorance.
"Kianna-chan...There's something I need to tell you."

A young girl sat in front of the stone, flowers in her hands, staring numbly at the deceased's names. It was pouring down with rain, but she didn't feel it. She just felt a deep, bottomless hole where her heart should've been. She found Obito's name on the stone...
"These are for you..." She stated, smiling weakly. Her eyes were raw red and she could no longer cry. She thought the sky may have been compensating for this. She shivered, but stayed in the same spot. Somebody approached from behind her, but she didn't turn to look.
"You'll get ill, if you stay out in this weather." It was a white-haired man.
"I don't care..."
She heard footsteps behind her and a comforting, yet firm hand on her shoulder.
"Come on, let's get you inside."

A towel was shoved into Kianna's hand as she entered what she recognised as Yondaime's house. She decided that whoever gave her it couldn't be bad. She scrutinized their appearance closely. The man had a solid looking, strong figure and mad white hair.
"Come in and have a seat, Uchiha Kianna, I'll make you a hot drink to heat you up..."
"H-how do you know my name?" She replied nervously, the man just smirked and winked at her before entering the kitchen. She was never good with people she didn't know. Whenever she met somebody new she always wanted to runaway, she was so shy. She sat down and dried off with the towel. The man came in.
"Here" He gave her some hot ramen "Sorry it's the only thing here." He struck a dramatic pose, "I am the toad-hermit Jiraiya, one of the three Sannin and teacher of the fourth Hokage.Feel free to gaze upon my obvious greatness with awe."
"Oh, I know you. Yondiame-sama said you were a pervert. Does that make you an Ero-Sennin?" She giggled, blushing. The man fumed, indignant. "Don't call me that! Or I might have to reconsider my generous offer." "Offer? What could a sannin offer me?" He suddenly became deathly serious, "I want you to travel with me kid, to teach you the way of the toad hermit" She sat there shocked, silent, so he carried on, "Losing people you love is never easy, let alone four. You can come with me and become stronger, so that you can protect others precious to you in the future, or you can stay here and try to do it on your own. It's your choice." "..." she was interested, she just didn't know what to say, what to choose. He struck another over-the-top pose and jumped towards the window. "I'll come back in a few months; have your answer ready by then. Farewell!!"

Kianna didn't notice how much time had passed until there was a noise at the door. She had been daydreaming about the strange offer ever since and her head was in turmoil. "Ahhh, hello Kianna-chan, anything interesting happen today?" A blond headed man entered the room. "A super-pervert led me here and offered me something." "I see...I know you have properly had your fill of meeting new people already, but there are some others who I would like to talk to you." Kianna noticed the young, masked boy and a young girl the same age beside Yondiame. She recognised them immediately, although she had never seen their faces before. Kakashi, a genius ninja who was a stickler for the rules, and Rin, the medical ninja that Obito had seriously been crushing on. Obito's teammates, he had mentioned them many times before. She noticed both of them had been crying.
"We never knew you...never knew Obito had...a sibling." Rin stumbled on her words, tears flowing more and more. Kakashi stared at her with a tormented look, "I'm so sorry...I promise that I will keep his memory and spirit alive. Forever..." "Kianna, being Obito's little sister, we thought it only fair that you get a perspective of his death from people who were there. That's why I asked these two to come and tell you the ultimate truth, although you don't have to if you don't want, would you like to hear it?"

Kianna solemnly nodded her head.

Kianna rushed through the village looking for Naruto, she had no idea where he had gone, but she needed to find him quick. She had used some of Kakashi's blood to summon Pukkan, who now led her to the Ramen bar. She was relieved to hear he was with Jiraiya from the Owner and sped off in the town's direction. Meanwhile, at Kakashi's home, a certain Uchiha had heard of Kakashi's unfortunate happenings.

"Wooo Yeah, I'm a Jounin, I'm a Jounin, I'm a Jounin!!"

Kianna sang happily as she greeted her sensei.
"Cram it Kianna. Yes, I'm very proud. Now Shut Up!!" Shouted an annoyed Jiraiya,
"Wooo scary Ero-Sennin...What ya gonna do? Set your Icha Icha fans on me?!"
"Woooo, good idea!" Jiraiya gave her an evil smirk.
"Okay...I'll be quiet." She murmured
"So," He started "You made up your mind? What are you going to do?"
"I'm going to stay. I'll stay with my mum for a while, but I can't take living in that stuffy Uchiha place so I'll move out into normal Kohana."
She smiled broadly and gave Jiraiya a bear hug
"I'll miss you Ero-Sennin. Don't get into too much trouble"
"What you mean trouble?"

"You're the best Kakashi" She smiled at the masked man as he passed her a big box full of her things.
"My mum thinks that I'm betraying the Uchiha Clan by doing this so she wouldn't give me any help. I couldn't do this move on my own." After Kakashi and Rin had relayed what had happened for her brother, she had gained respect for the two shinobi for telling her the truth. Whenever she had visited Kohana through gaps of her training she had always made an effort to visit Kakashi and Rin. As the years went by, she began to learn more and more about Kakashi, noticing his personality had changed from the one that Obito had always complained about. He also seemed to have picked up some of Obito's traits and was an interesting character, always there when she needed a helping hand.
"That's alright Kianna. Phew it was hard work though; it's made me quite hungry."
"That 'hint' was as subtle as a brick wall" She replied. None too amused.
He laughed nervously, scratching the back of his neck, but Kianna took on a more somber expression.
"I'm sorry to hear about Rin, Kakashi, it must have been hard.'"
"Yeah..."

Months passed and Kianna and Kakashi began to see more and more of each other. Kianna frequently went to see her mum in the Uchiha Compound, who had now forgiven her for moving out, and everything in Kianna's life seemed to be running smoothly. One evening, things got even better.
"This is great food Kakashi! I gotta make you cook more often."
"Really?" He replied back. He seemed rather distracted.
"You okay Kakashi? You seem to be off with the fairies."
"Yeah..."
Kianna sighed at his reaction; it looked like she wouldn't get much out of him today.
They both had finished their food and now had moved to the sofa in Kakashi's living room. Kianna was still perplexed by Kakashi's strange mood.
"Hey Kianna, close your eyes." He said, out of the blue.
"Okay" She nervously closed her eyes...
"No peeking.."
"Fine, fine"
She keep her eyes tightly shut and, after a few seconds, was annoyed at the uneventfulness of the situation.
"Kakashi wha-"
She felt something soft touch her lips, her emotions all intermingled at once and Kianna felt a weird sense of surrealism hit her mind. Was this really happening? All the chaos in her mind didn't stop her from reacting and she returned the kiss. It was sweet and tender and when it stopped Kianna felt a sense of lost. She could feel Kakashi's hot breath on her face and his hands entwined in her hair. This time she was moved in for the kiss, it was more passionate then before. However, it had finished just as quickly as the first and Kianna felt Kakashi edge away. She opened her to be greeted by the sight of Kakashi's masked face.
"So?" Kakashi nervously asked.
Kianna just smiled at him and answered by snuggling into his chest.

Kianna rushed through the window of a hotel and saw Naruto on the floor moulding his chakra with his clones.
"Thank You Pukkan. Will you go back for me and tell them that I have located Naruto? It might be a good idea to get some reinforcements."
The dog merely nodded and rushed back through the window.
"Kianna, what are you doing here?"
"I got some bad news and we've got to get you out of here. Where's Jiraiya?"
"He abandoned me for some other woman" He fumed.
"Bugger, he must have been lured away to get you on your own. Stupid Ero-Sennin!"
"Wha'-"
There was a loud knock on the door and Kianna felt two massive chakras behind it, Naruto's clones disappeared and he went to open the door.
"DON'T" She shouted.
Then suddenly, she got an idea. She smirked happily. It could bide some time. At least until Jiraiya returned.

"Good morning sleepy-head." Kianna smirked as she felt something stroke her hair. She had her eyes closed and was snuggled up close to something in her bed. From the feel of Kakashi's breath she figured he had his mask down and he planted a quick kiss on her lips before she opened her eyes to be greeted by the sight of a masked man. "Seriously, Kakashi, we're been going out for 6 months now, when you gonna show me your face." He smirked underneath his mask and wrapped his arms around her waist. Kakashi and Kianna's relationship had been going slow, very slow. But, it had been one of the best things that had happened to her, last night was the first night they had slept in the same bed together. "Soon, Kianna, soon. I mean, it's not something I show to anyone. But, I guess since I'm in love with you so..." Kakashi trailed off, realising that he had been vocalising his thoughts out loud. "You...love...me?" She whispered, a smile coming to her face, "That's alright then, since I love you too." "Really?" She wrapped her arms around his waist. "Yeah..."

Kianna sat on the floor, hugging her knees. She looked at the stone with raw red eyes. Everything had been going so well, and now this had to happen. It had been two weeks since her little 'event' with Kakashi. He even promised to show her his face in the future if she promised she would stay here, with him, but she couldn't stay now. Only her hatred for Itachi seemed to matter now. She had been called off to an emergency mission, only to arrive hours after everyone in her were clan murdered. Everyone except Sasuke that is. Faces hovered before her eyes. Her friends, family and, him, Itachi. Her fist clenched as she got up, her mind set on only one task.
"Don't..."
She turned sharply around. Jiraiya met her angry stare. He looked at her face, she had bags around her eyes and her kind, smiling face had completely vanished, replaced by this unfamiliar vengeful expression. It looked as if she had been possessed by the devil himself.
"You can't stop me Jiraiya." She spat at him.
"Yes I can. I just don't want to force you to. Don't throw away your life Kianna. Look at what you still have."
"I don't care about any of that. It doesn't matter anymore. 'He' just matters now. 'He' must die by my hands."
"Come with me instead, you don't know the full truth anyhow. We'll track him, see what's he is doing. Like what we did with Orochimaru. You remember tracking him, don't you?" She stayed silent.
"Grand Fireball Technique!" She tried to attack Jiraiya, but he easily dodged, and punched her hard in the stomach. She swaggered, unable to attack, and Jiraiya punched her again, but in the face. Kianna heard Jiraiya mumble before the darkness consumed her,

"Hatred makes you weak!"