Chapter 9: Mysterious Man
"Where are you going Kabuto?"
"I'm going to look for Mitsuki on my own."
"Kabuto, she's been gone for seven years. She's probably dead. You need to forget about her!"
"Stop it! I won't ever forget about her! I haven't forgotten about her in seven years…"
"Kabuto stop! She…! A child!"
"What?"
"Okay, I've been lying this whole time. I have seen Mitsuki before in Konohagakure."
"What the hell is wrong with you! Why didn't you tell me?"
"I have my reasons okay! Look, I saw her, but she wasn't alone. She had a child with her."
"What? You're lying."
"No, it's all true. And what's more, she was with Hatake Kakashi."
"…Leave me the hell alone! I'm gonna find her!"
"Lord Orochimaru won't like this."
"I don't give damn."
"…Kabuto…"
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"Kabuki, I said you have to go to bed!" Kakashi shouted.
"Well I said no!" Kabuki shouted back.
"Look, I'm not gonna yell over you. Your mother isn't feeling well, so you have to listen to me! You have to go to bed now!"
"I don't wanna go to bed, I'm not sleepy!"
"This is the time you always go to bed!"
She made fists. "Who are you to tell me when to go to bed!" Fresh tears glistened in her eyes.
Mitsuki coughed and made her way out of her bedroom. "Kabuki, what're you doing?" She coughed some more. "Your father said go to bed, so go to bed. Please don't act like this. We didn't raise you to talk back."
"It…It's not like he's my…my real father!"
"Kabuki?" Mitsuki yelled. "How dare you say such things!"
"Kabuki, you're in big trouble!" A crack of lightning branched through the sky as the rain poured down harder.
"If my real father was here right now, he would listen to me and let me do what I want!" She turned around and headed out. Fenrir barked and ran after her. "Fenrir! Don't follow me!" She pushed him away and kept running.
"Kabuki! Stop, what're you doing!"
"Get back here!"
"Leave me alone!" She didn't stop. "I-It's not fair!" She ran out into the rain. "I'll find my real father and live with him!" She tripped and fell down. Wh-Why! Why am I doing this? She just cried out loudly.
"Whoa, hey! What're you doing out here?"
She looked up. "Wh-Who are you?"
The man helped her up. "Let's not worry about that right now. I need to get you somewhere dry right now or you'll get sick!" He took her hand and led her to a near by inn. They sat down at a table. "So, what's a small girl like you doing out here in the rain by yourself?"
She looked down. "…I don't know." She sighed sadly. "I'm such a burden to my parents…"
"Why do you say that?"
"…I was arguing with my daddy cuz I didn't want to go to bed. My mommy's sick and when she told me to go to bed too, I just…" she sniffled, "…I just kinda got mad."
"So you ran away from home?" He blinked.
"…Yes." She began to cry softly. "I don't know what's wrong with me. Maybe if I didn't exist, my parents would be happier."
"You shouldn't say that."
"Why not?" She looked up at him.
"Because you should never doubt your own existence. No matter how horrible something might seem, it'll all work out in the end. There are people that care for you, you just need to find them."
She searched for words. "…I see…Thank you…"
"Listen, why don't you stay with me for the night and I'll take you home first thing in the morning?"
"Really? You'll do that for me!" She smiled. "Wow, you're such a nice person, sir!"
He smiled as well. "That's what some people think…"
I don't know why, but talking with this man makes me feel…happy…