Sanctuary Within

Arc One, Chapter Five: Sharingan Training

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Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto, which belongs to Masashi Kishimoto. Insert Custom Pointless indifferent Disclaimer ending here…

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"Hey… Hey… Heeey…"

I felt the warm clasp of a glove-worn hand on my forehead. I opened my eyes and saw Kakashi there. "Hey, you're up… are you okay?" I was slightly confused, but I nodded anyway. He coughed, "I didn't interrupt anything, did I?"

I cocked my eyebrow and looked at him questioningly. He pointed down. I looked down and saw a half naked Tsuki in my arms. I turned red. I slowly remembered everything that had happened the night before, the kidnapping, the old man, my attacker, activating the Sharingan, saving Tsuki, pouring rain, everything

Kakashi grabbed her shoulder and shrugged her a bit. She slowly opened her eyes and saw Kakashi. "Hey… you okay?" She nodded and looked around and tried to move her arms, which were obstructed by mine. She blank a few times and looked up at me and met my gaze. We both turned red.

Kakashi coughed again, "Alright the two of you have to come back with me." Tsuki looked up at him, "Oh God! Hokage-sama!" She quickly jumped out of my arms and began to bow to him, putting her forehead to the ground.

I was mortified.

He coughed again, "That's not necessary." She rose up to her knees and she bowed that way once and froze in position. Kakashi looked over to me and back to Tsuki, "You two should really consider putting your clothes back on…"

I looked over to the pile of robes that were once wet. They were still moist, but dry enough to wear. I crawled to it and put them on. Tsuki came over to me and put on her black pants and red shirt, taking her hair out of her shirt after she had finished. We both stood in front of Kakashi as if waiting for orders.

He coughed. "Do you have a cold, Kakashi-sama?" I asked. He looked at me, "No, I'm just doing this whenever I think something you two do is unnecessary. I used to just put my hand in front of my mouth, but people didn't get that, so now I cough… its more polite than yawning… don't you think so?"

I shrugged, "I suppose so." Kakashi smiled behind his mask, "Well then let's get you two back home."

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"Kakashi-sensei!" Naruto was running up to Kakashi. He spotted me. He skid to a stop and tripped, falling to his face. He quickly got up, and pointed at Kakashi with a look of disbelief on his face, "What did you do to Hiatari!?"

Kakashi rose his hands in defense, "Relax, Naruto, I didn't do anything. I was just retrieving them from-"

"Hokage-sama!"

We turned around to see my mother running up to us. She spotted Naruto. She flat out fell onto her face and stayed there, giving off a silent yet subtle, "Ow"

"Mommy!" I am such a dork. I ran up to her and pulled her to her feet then hugged her waist tightly. Tsuki walked over and stood next to me. "Na-na-nana-Naruto-kun… I-I was n-not aware th-that you were h-here…" she said, index fingers in front of her.

"Okay, Naruto, Hinata, relax… I just took these two on a little trip, nothing happened to them. Trust me." Naruto, who had a finger out at Kakashi already, raised it then dropped it back down and started prodding the air in front of him, "I can't trust you!"

My mother walked over to Naruto, "But N-Naruto-k-kun… Wh-what If h-he is t-t-telling the tru-truth?" Naruto let his finger fall limp and looked over to my mom and smiled at her, "Okay then, Kakashi-sensei," saying 'sensei' like if he was suspicious, "what happened on this little trip?"

Kakashi sighed and closed his eyes and put his hands in his pockets, "I was running a kidnapping situation with them to see if they could escape and or rescue each other… isn't that right, kids?" he said, looking back to us as he finished the last part.

Tsuki and I looked up and quickly nodded as she said, "Yes, that's what happened."

Naruto narrowed his eyes, "Alright then…" He walked over to me, which made my mom turn redder, and scuffled the top of my hair, "Don't let this pervert command you in anyway…" I nodded.

"Naruto." Naruto turned around to Kakashi, "I need to talk to you, but not now. I'll send you a message when I can speak with you."

Naruto nodded and walked off. Kakashi turned to me, "Hinata… can I borrow Hiatari?"

She snapped out of her trance and looked at Kakashi, "O-of course, K-Kakashi-sama"

My mom patted my back and semi-pushed me over to Kakashi. I walked over to him and turned around to my mom. I wondered how I might break the news to her...

My Mom smiled and turned around and walked off, I assumed she was headed back to the clan's house complex. Tsuki walked beside me. Kakashi stood behind us.

"Okay you two, let's come into my office…" Kakashi said, placing his hands on our backs.

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"Tsuki… did you happen to see who tried to kidnap you?" Kakashi asked as soon as he sat down in his big chair.

"How did… Um, I saw his eyes…" she responded, "How did you know I was kidnapped, Hokage-sama?"

Kakashi took out a purple crystal ball and twirled it on his finger, "This thing lets me see many things within twenty miles of Konoha's borders, as well as all of Konoha. I was interested in Hiatari's current activity and I saw him illegally leave the Village in a hurry. I knew that he wasn't willing to leave and become a nuke-nin, so I scanned in his future direction and saw you being carried away. I quickly acted."

I crossed my arms, "Quickly acted?" Kakashi nodded, "Yes…"

I put my hands on his desk, "So is that why you didn't get to us until morning? I can move pretty fast, but I'm not The Yellow Flash!"

Kakashi recoiled, "Well you see… on my way I saw a cat so I had to get around it…"

Kakashi sweat dropped. My left eye twitched. Tsuki stared blankly. "It… It took you," I said, unable to find the words, "It took you four hours… four… hours… to get around a cat?"

Kakashi smiled sheepishly, "Well yes…"

I stared at him blankly. Kakashi raised his hands in defense, "Well you have to understand… it was a black cat… you know what they say about those cats…"

This man was Hakate Kakashi… This man became a Jonin at the age of 12… This man was known as Copy-nin, Sharingan no Kakashi…This man was the Sixth Hokage… And he took so long to get around an animal not even a meter long…?

"What is wrong with you?" I asked him, almost in an angry voice.

"I… I…" he looked around the room as if an explanation would pop out at him screaming 'Say me! Say me!'

"Hokage-sama…" Tsuki rang in, "is there a reason you brought us here?" she asked, hiding her… fear of admiration… I suppose I could say.

"Yes, of course… Hiatari… What happened?" Kakashi said, putting the purple sphere away.

"This man tried to Kidnap Tsuki… and he-" Kakashi cut me off, "What did he look like?" I sighed, "I didn't see his face…"

Kakashi turned to Tsuki, "You saw his eyes?" She recoiled slightly, "Y-yes, Kakashi-sama…"

"Could you perhaps describe them?"

"Um… The whites of his eyes were black… He had no eye-spots-" "Pupils," I corrected her, "pupils. Um… he had big grey eyes…"

Kakashi put his hand to his chin and stared into his hand with his cut fingered gloves over it and thought for a while, "A black sclera and grey iris which dilates over the pupil…?"

Tsuki nodded.

Kakashi went into his drawer and pulled out a small black book and opened it up. It seemed to have six sections, seeing as how the pages were colored differently. There was a red section, a blue section, a brown section, a yellow section, a tan section, and a section that wasn't colored. Kakashi flipped over to the blue section. He traced his finger down the list of names and found one, went to the page number, and flipped in the book.

He found the page number and looked at it. He placed it to us and pointed at the picture. The picture was a middle-aged man who seemed to glow as if he were some sort of knight in shining armor. He did, however, have the eyes that Tsuki described. "Is that him, his eyes at least?"

Tsuki nodded again.

Kakashi sighed again and picked up the book and brought it to his face, "Seishin Kenshi… S-rank Kirigakure nuke-nin… Part of a special clan from Kiri… Information on this clan is restricted, due to the un-easy alliance with them… Left Kiri approximately eight years ago. Charged for, aside deserting, murder of thirty-seven Kiri Anbu, twelve Kiri Jonin and the one who killed the Mizukage… He had two partners, a seemingly old man who remains, to this day, unidentified, and another nuke-nin from Kiri, named Kujo Ikari, another S-ranked criminal…"

Kakashi closed the book. "You guys are lucky to even be alive right now…"

"He said that," Tsuki spoke up, explaining, "he was teaching Hiatari…"

Kakashi's eyebrow cocked, "Teaching him what?"

Tsuki looked over to me. I spoke up, "I activated the Sharingan…"

Kakashi closed his eyes and began to think deeply. Tsuki and I leaned in inattentively waiting for his response. He chuckled. My curiosity peaked. Kakashi looked up at me, "My senbon operation worked, then…"

"It did not!" I yelled at him, pounding his desk, hurting my palms.

Kakashi smiled, "Relax, I think I understand… The first thing we'll do is prep you for Sharingan training… but first, I must ask you to refrain from telling anyone that you have activated the Sharingan… Not Naruto, Not Hinata, Not your classmates, and most certainly not your elder clan members…"

"Nobody?" asked Tsuki, mildly concerned.

"Is there someone you wish to tell?" Kakashi asked her.

"Well," Tsuki said, flinching slightly, "no, but if someone might be able to help us out, they should know… shouldn't they?"

"Yeah," I spoke up, "therefore I can tell Naruto and my mom at least!"

Kakashi looked at me seriously, "Out of the question. Hiatari, you need to understand, while they would protect you on a whim if he could, Naruto and Hinata won't always be there to bail you out… and, the fact of the matter is, neither will I. If you trust some people, its best you do indeed trust them fully and that you tell me about them first before telling them about the Sharingan… Understood?"

"What about Airomaru," Tsuki asked, "and Genai?"

Kakashi turned to her, "Who's Airomaru?"

"He's a classmate, our other temporary class teammate…" I said.

"Oh," Kakashi said, genuinely surprised, "you two are teammates… Are you sure you'd trust this Airomaru to be your third wheel?"

I nodded.

"Well, I'll draw up some information on this Airomaru…" Kakashi remarked, "Hiatari, aside from who I approve, you are to tell nobody of your Sharingan. I'm not doing this to be mean, it's for your own good…"

"For my own good? I can't tell people what I can do; that's a real luxury…"

"Hiatari, listen," Kakashi said, standing up, "trust me when I say that it is within your best interests to keep the Sharingan a secret… at least for now… I'll tell you what, the day you officially become a genin, forty-nine months from now, I'll let you tell the world that you have the Sharingan, but for now, you may not speak of it…"

I sighed… He must have had a good reason to tell me to keep this to myself… I wasn't going to question him…

Kakashi sat back down, "Now, as for Genai, I'm sure he's a trustworthy person… and he's becoming a Jonin in four year's time, just before you graduate to genin status… If I could pull some strings, if you still trust him when you turn twelve, I could pull some strings to get him to be your jonin instructor."

I nodded and turned to leave, Tsuki following me, confused. "Hiatari," I turned to Kakashi, "don't do anything you will regret… See me here tomorrow, same time as always…"

"Yeah I got it…" I said as I opened the door and walked out. Tsuki left the room and closed the door behind us, "Hiatari, are you okay?"

"Just peeved… but I'm fine, yes…" I said.

"What's wrong?" she asked me.

"Well," still walking down the hall, "I don't like keeping things from those I care about… Its like knowing someone is going to die and how, but not being able to tell them… just not to that extreme…"

Tsuki walked in front of me and began to stride backwards so as to face me the entire way, "I know it will be hard, but you can trust me…"

"I know I can… after all, I care about you…" I said that without thinking, which made my face feel slightly warmer.

She blushed and then tripped on herself and fell onto her back as she yelped. I helped her up and she tripped and landed against me. She was being clumsy that day… I didn't think of it then, but we seemed to be in a provocative position… Neither of us cared… or actually got it for that matter…

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Little did I know at the time of what was going on in Kakashi's mind as he looked out the window.

'Hiatari… The kid is only eight years old and he acquired the Sharingan… that's even earlier than Sasuke… If I'm not careful in teaching him, Konohagakure no Sato just might have another noble clan extinguished… as well as a new Itachi…'

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A/N: The chapters get shorter, but so that they don't bore you. Sorry about this chapter, I know it seemed 'filler'ish and I apologize. It was the best I could do without keeping you in suspense… Anyway, thanks for reading and remember, I beg for your reviews… I'm a junkie for them… Feed my addiction… Cya!