Through My Eyes
Sorry to any readers out there for the long update... I was caught up in schoolwork and reading the seventh Harry Potter book... So here's the next chapter I hope you enjoy it.
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Chapter 4: A Second Chance and Missions
So I was really bummed out about not making it as a Genin. And really who wouldn't be. I guess that was life, having to deal with the disappointments that we get. But then again life does some time give us second chances. And missions that's a major part of anyone's life it's just what you think it as. Anyway, here's the chapter.
A few days had gone by and I was still bummed out but I managed to keep myself together and put on an act each time someone asked me if I was all right with it. I would normally smile sweetly and say something like, "it's fine," or, "I'm ok, don't worry about me." But no matter how hard I tried to just forget about it, it was killing me inside. In my room I had hid anything that reminded me about being a kunoichi. That meant my forehead protector, all my weapons and even the clothes I wore, which was my sky blue tank top and denim jeans that went to my knees.
I felt like I needed to do something to take my mind off things, if I had stayed at home the only thing I'd think about was not becoming a Genin. So to kill all the spare time that I had I took a job a local restaurant. A family friend owned it so it was easy for me to get a job there and I didn't want any pay from them so I could come and go as I pleased.
The restaurant was a small sushi train and because I didn't ask for pay I was allowed to eat there for free as well. And that was a good thing sushi was my favourite food and if I ate it everyday I probably wouldn't have much money left. But anyway that's off the topic. So it just so happen that one day I was working around lunch time and who was to come over and eat at the sushi train. Well it was none other than the 'Rookie Nine'.
"Ami, I just remembered I had something to do so I'm going to have to go ok?" I said to the manager of the restaurant.
"Oh that's ok dear, thank you for the help again," she said and I made my way to through the back so they wouldn't see me.
I took my hair out of the bun and let it fall down to my shoulders. And I took off the apron that I was wearing. Then I quickly pulled on a pair of sunglasses, grabbed my bag and made my way out of the backdoor. Deciding to go home and just do some stuff there I knew I had to walk around the front of the restaurant. Having no choice I walked along the street hoping they wouldn't see me.
"Hey Kagami, why don't you join us?" I heard Naruto call. I stopped in my track I was surprised he knew who I was and that he was even at a sushi train, when clearly his favourite food was ramen.
I turned around with a fake sweet smile on my face, removed my sunglasses and said. "No." And I started walking again.
"Don't tell me you're still bummed about not being a Genin," this time it was Kiba's voice and there was no doubt about it.
He started to laugh and this stopped me once again. However, this time it was in rage. I slowly looked at him the smile gone from my face. I so badly just wanted to yell at him or something. But I decided against it. I instead flicked my hair back, put my sunglasses back on and continued to walk home. The rest of the day dragged on and I was still mad about what happened at the sushi train.
The next day came and I was working at the sushi train once again. I was sure no one in the 'Rookie Nine' really liked sushi all that much so they most likely wouldn't come back so soon. I was handing a costumer some tea and I was holding the teapot of boiling hot tea in my hand. When I turned around I hit someone and the tea spilt all over my left forearm. I quickly ran to the back of the restaurant and ran it under some cold water. When I looked up I saw a figure standing in the doorway.
"I'm sorry about that," he said and guess who it was, Kiba.
"What hurting me emotionally wasn't bad enough but you had to burn me too?" I said clearly angry. He seemed to have a questioning look so I continued. "Yes, I'm still bummed out about not becoming a Genin."
"That's why I came here it was just a…" Kiba started to say.
"Just a what?! A joke! How would you like it if your dreams were crushed?! The only thing you ever wanted to do, the only thing you knew how to do was taken from you. How would you feel?! I had worked hard, practicing everyday to get my aim perfect with throwing those needles. And everyone else in my family is a shinobi and look at me I work in a restaurant. What would my parents think when they return from their mission?! They would expect their daughter to be a Genin. But wait she isn't! Is she?!" I yelled. I had bottled up a lot of feelings over the pass few days and that was my final straw. I still had my arm under the cold water but I it still stung a whole lot. I sighed and ran my right hand through my hair trying to calm myself down. "Hey, look Kiba… It… It isn't your fault I was just angry and that was my final straw and…" I stopped because Kiba had placed two fingers on my lips.
"No you're right I shouldn't have made that joke, and I'm sorry," Kiba said sincerely. "Now let me help you with that burn," he said taking a bandage out of his hip pouch.
We then sat down on a couple of chairs that were kept in the back and he wrapped up my left forearm. I winced in pain and he stopped for a second before continuing to wrap it up.
"That better?" Kiba asked once he was done.
"Yeah, thanks," I said.
"I'm sorry, I really didn't mean it," Kiba said again.
"It's ok really… I'll figure out my life from here…" I said trailing off. I really didn't want to think about it but if I wasn't a shinobi I had to figure out what else I could be.
"Hey Kagami! You here?!" I heard I voice yell from the front and I recognised it as Haruko's.
I walked to the front and Kiba followed closely behind. "What's with all the yelling?" I asked my brother.
"The Hokage wishes to see you, now," he replied. "He didn't say why," he added in as if he knew I was about to ask.
"Ok… Just let me get my stuff and tell Ami," I replied before disappearing in the back.
I came back just moments later and we were off. Kiba had decided to come along to see what was up and I really didn't mind. When we arrived I saw Toshi and Tamasine there as well. I raised an eyebrow and looked at the two of them.
"What's going on?" I asked.
"No idea," replied Tamasine his arms folded across his chest.
"Beats me," said Toshi shrugging.
"Ok…" I started but before I could say anything else I was interrupted.
"Well you're all here," a voice from behind me said. I turned around and saw Asa there. Notice I didn't call him sensei, because technically he wasn't my sensei anymore.
"What's going on Asa?" I asked.
"Well how about we go into the Hokage office and talk there," Asa replied.
So we all walked into the Hokage office and there the Third Hokage sat. We all stood in front of the desk still clueless on what was going on.
"So, Hokage-sama… Why did you call us here?" I asked.
"Well Asa has been telling me how much you three should become Genin even though you weren't among the three teams to complete the maze first. And you were only off by a few seconds," he started.
"Yeah… And… That was almost a week ago…" I said not really understanding where he was getting at with this.
"Well I have decided to allow twelve Genin to pass this year," the Hokage then said.
I raised an eyebrow. "And what if I don't want to be a Genin?" I asked in a serious tone and I could tell that all eyes were on me. "I'm just kidding I'd love to be a Genin," I said smiling and laughing slightly at the fact they had taken me so seriously.
"So we're actually Genin now," Toshi exclaimed and you could tell that he was excited.
"That's good," Tamasine simply stated and a smile actually formed on his face which amazed me, I had never seen him smile before.
"Well your team did have the best team work…" The Hokage said.
"Thank you so much," I said. I guess the day didn't start off very well but at least it ended well, I thought.
"Ok team, missions start tomorrow. Report outside this room tomorrow at seven," Asa-sensei said to us.
"Hai," the three of us said at the same time.
I was so happy I couldn't wipe the stupid smile off my face. When we finally walked out of the room Haruko raised an eyebrow in question.
"What are you so happy about?" He asked.
"The Hokage has a soft heart he let us become Genin," I said excitedly.
"Hey Kagami that's great," Kiba said. I had completely forgotten that Kiba was there and whipped my head around in surprise.
"I know it's fantastic," I then exclaimed. I really couldn't hide my excitement. "I need to tell Hinata the great news," I said just about to run out of the building.
"Kagami, what happened to your arm?" Haruko asked. I looked down at my left arm, which still stung but because of all the excitement I had forgotten completely about it.
"Oh, you can ask Kiba," I simply replied shrugging. Before I turned around I saw the fire light up in Haruko's eyes as he turned Kiba.
"Hey I-I can explain…" Kiba defended and before he could really say anything else Haruko was chasing him out the door.
I smiled to myself, that was just like Haruko to act all protective brother. Normally if it had anything to do with a guy he would be super protective and kinda overreact. Yes that was my older brother, Haruko, for you. Over protective brother, brave and not very bright… Well he knew a few things but I was considered the brains of the family, he was more the bravery, that was something that I envied about him. Anyway that's off topic again… So back to the story.
"I'll see you guys tomorrow," I said cheerfully to my team mates and I made my way out of the building and over to Hinata's house.
I had just realised that after graduating from the academy that Hinata and I hadn't spent all that much time hang out anymore. Most of the time was taken up training or spending time with our team I guess. And really since my parents had gone on that mission our two families didn't really see each other much either. All well it didn't really bother me.
I finally made it to the Hyuuga mansion or Hinata's house as I called it and knocked on the door before waiting for a reply. After waiting a few minutes someone opened up the door. He had long brown hair and the lavender eye that all Hyuugas had.
"Oh, hi is Hinata home?" I asked the boy he looked about a year older than myself.
"Yeah, but she's busy. I'll tell her…" He started and looked at me for my name.
"Satō Kagami," I said. "And would you be Hyuuga Neji?"
"Yeah, ok I'll tell Hinata you dropped by," Neji then said.
"Thanks, bye," I said turning to walk back home. I heard a grunt or something in reply and then I heard the door shut.
When I got back home I went straight to my room and took out all my shinobi gear that I'd need for the following day. I decided not to wear the clothes that I once wore when I was still an academy student and instead chose colours that wouldn't be easily seen. I selected a dark emerald spaghetti strap singlet, a dark blue miniskirt and a pair of black tights which I would wear under the miniskirt. This way I wouldn't be as noticeable… Hopefully, I guess the real test would be when we got our first missions… Wait, probably the Chuunin Exams… But who really knows I would just have to wait to find out if these colours were affective.
The next day came quickly and soon passed by quickly too. We had gotten a range of odd jobs to do around Konoha. These include pulling out weeds, walking dogs, cleaning kitchens and the list could go on and on. I knew not to expect all that many great missions but I really did expect something better than your everyday chore. We continued doing D ranked missions for the rest of the week. Really boring stuff but at least we were getting experience.
Thinking of missions made me wonder. Where were my parents? They had been sent on a mission on the day of my graduation and that was almost a month ago… The most time they ever said that they would take was two weeks… Could something possibly happened to them or were they just delayed due to really bad whether...? Whatever the reason, I knew there was one person that I defiantly had to tell. That someone was my brother, Haruko… He may be the dumb, brave, over protective brother but after all he was a Jounin he would know what to do. I made it home one day after doing a range of everyday household chores, which they just called missions, and found that Haruko was home. It was now the time I could ask Haruko about our parents.
"Hey Haruko," I started sitting on one side of the coffee table.
"Hey," Haruko replied only glancing up for a second from all his paperwork.
"Look I won't annoy you for long I just want to know if you have heard any news of delay from mum and dad," I stated and Haruko paused from his work.
He shook his head slowly from side to side. "How long has it been?" Haruko then asked and he looked as if he were in deep thought.
"About a month," I replied and he nodded slowly.
He quickly moved all the paperwork that was on his lap to the coffee table. He pulled on his shinobi boots and grabbed his jacket. He was at the front door when he stopped. "You coming?" He asked and I quickly grabbed my bag before following him out of the door.
We quickly ran to the Hokage's office in silence. Because I started my story at graduation you never actually got to know my parents. But now I can tell you about them. Haruko was a spitting image of dad. Everything down to the last hair on their heads. They both had auburn hair and dark brown eyes. My dad would push you passed your limits in training but I knew it was for your best interest and that he wasn't doing it to torture you. He was very brave much like Haruko and took quite a lot of risks… Mum on the other hand had dark brown hair and blue eyes. I probably looked a lot like mum yet I had a different eye colour. She was a whole lot calmer than dad and frequently had to remind him that you should never take unnecessary risks. They were both ex-ANBU and became Jounin when they had Haruko. They were my idols, the reason why I wanted to be an ANBU myself.
We were now quite close to the Hokage office. Haruko was a metre or so in front of me and I saw that his fist were clenched. He held his fist so tight that his knuckles were starting to turn white.
"Haruko," I said quietly. When it came to family he was always serious. He would always put family before him self. So even though he acted selfish I knew he wasn't.
We were now inside the building and just outside the office. Haruko knocked twice before waiting for a reply.
"Come in," the Hokage called from the other side of the door. We walked in and I waited behind my brother.
"Hokage-sama, what mission did my parents have?" Haruko asked in a very serious tone.
"I'm sorry but I can't tell you that information even though you are their children," the Hokage replied in a calm tone.
"Well what ever the mission was it was only meant to take two weeks. It been a month," I said before my brother could burst out yelling. "Nothing would delay them for that long."
"I see," the Hokage then said leaning back in his chair. "I'll send a search team right away."
"No, let me search for them," Haruko said. "They're my parents, so I'll find them."
"You're not going alone Haruko, let me come too," I then said but Haruko shook his head.
"You're only a Genin it'll be too dangerous," he said.
"Ok, I'll send to Chuunin along with you and you can leave in half an hour," the Hokage said. Both Haruko and I bowed before walking out of the office and going back home.
Once home Haruko quickly packed all his paperwork away and started to pack a backpack of food and weapons.
"Do you even know where they were sent?" I asked as he continued to pack a few things into his bag.
"The Hidden Snow Village," he replied quickly and I nodded. I then went into my room and got something.
"You may need this," I said handing Haruko a black and white striped scarf. "It'll be cold."
He took it and instantly wrapped it around his neck. "Thanks, sis," he said as he zipped up his bag and tighten his forehead protector on his arm.
Half an hour passed by quickly and I waited at the entrance gates with Haruko as we waited for the two Chuunin to arrive. After waiting for only a few moments there was a puff of smoke and Kamizuki Izumo and Hagane Kotetsu appeared.
"Ok, guys let's go," Haruko said. Izumo and Kotetsu nodded and followed Haruko as he started to run through the gates.
"Good luck," I whispered as I saw the three men disappear in the distance. "Two weeks I'll be waiting here," I said to myself as the sun started to set. And just before I turned around I saw a person to the corner of my eye. I sort of did a double take and when I turned back they were gone. Though my eyes could have been playing tricks on me I swear I've seen that person before. Who was that? I thought, was it that mysterious kunoichi?
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That was chapter four for you... Hope you enjoyed it... Next update will also take a little bit long as well I have a volleyball competition for school during the weekend next week... Anyway I can tell you that in the next chapter you will find out who that mysterious kunoichi is.
So until next time
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