Fading Love
By: Kaname Hatake
Chapter 1: Returned and Reunited
'Wow...' the 14 year old thought to herself. 'It's been 5 years...'
Kaname Hatake and her surrogate father, Kakashi, stood nostalgically in front of the gates. Kaname sighed as Kakashi pulled out his, um, book. You know, the one with all the lemon shit? Make me paradise or something like that...
Standing there, the girl remembered how she never thought she'd see this place again…Konoha Village...
Flash Back
"Wait," she stuttered, "WHAT?" Kaname looked at Kakashi quizzically before realizing he was serious. Her jaw dropped.
"That's right," the silver haired man sighed. He looked bored out of his wits. "We're moving back to Konoha."
"But... why?" Kaname glarred at the sandy ground. They had literally just got settled in the Sand village. Why did they have to leave so soon?
Kakashi saw the disgruntled look on his adopted daughters face. "Kaname," called. The brunette looked up. "Remember the day I took you in?" She nodded. "I told you we would be going back. It's time..."
End Flashback
After a second of reminiscing, a lone leaf nin stepped in for the usual check. A hundred bags later and a few glimpse at Kaname's skimpy underwear, which she thoroughly pumbled them for, it was night fall. Kakashi immediately went to the Hokage to report in, but not before turning to his daughter, ordering her to go straight home.
"Yes sir," Kaname chirped, saluting him. He gave his famous sigh and glared at the short child.
"Kaname, be serious for once in your life and just do as you're told..."
Kaname put a pout on her face. "Fine," she shrugged, "whatever..." The brunette grabbed the keys from his hand and walked to the new, well, kind of new, home.
It was pretty sad that she still remembered it was. After all, it was the first house she lived in after the incident. Kaname shuddered.
'This place gives me the creeps...' she mentally groaned. Still, she continued walking… and walking... and walking... and walking... and walking...
"AH!" she finally yelled. "Is there no END to this maze?"
FWWWWWOOOOOOOOSHHHH~~~~~~~~~~~
The leaves in the trees blew uneasily, and the wind blew the girls shoulder length hair to the side. For some reason, her body moved with it. Through the mess of hair, Kaname saw something. The wind settled, and Kaname saw what had caught her attention. It was a sign. It read 'The Uchiha Clan'.
"That's weird...," she thought. "A village inside the village?"
Abruptly, something clicked inside her memories, sending her head throbbing uncontrollably. The Hatake gasped and clutched her temples tightly. Everything swirled around the corner of her eyes, but then, it was gone.
Kaname felt winded, so she felt for something to hold onto.
'W-What WAS that?' she wandered, mortified. Kaname looked back up through long tunnels. 'Uchiha...'
Kaname took a step towards the sign, then stopped. She didn't want that headache to return.
Nothing came, so she took another hesitant step, then another, and another, and another.
Before she realized it, she was inside the little village wondering the ghostly streets.
'What happened here?'
Dried blood stained the streets, buildings where punctured with holes, and not a soul was there. No one...
Kaname continued to walk the eerie streets until she reached a large pond.
A cold wind wrestled with Kaname. She shivered slightly and looked down at the creepy lake. "Well, tonight's just full of surprises, isn't it…"
The lake she was looking at was covered in ice. Not only that, but there were different ice sculptures decorating it. The one that caught her attention the most though was the centerpiece.
"It's the middle of fall," Kaname whispered. "How can there be ice?" Kaname ran to the other side of the lake and hopped down the stairs two at a time. During her descent, she noticed it got colder.
Finally, Kaname reached the bottom and walked along the dock. She sat at the end and let her feet dangle. "It sure is chilly…" she quivered. Cupping her hands to her mouth, she blew her warm breath into her numb hands. Besides the puffs of white that escaped her parted lips, there were also flames. Small and tiny, they licked at her frigid hands and sent waves of relieve crawling through her body. As much as Kaname hated the cold, she had to admit it was worth it just to see this.
The ice glowed a soft blue, making Kaname glow slightly with it, and as she looked closer, Kaname realized that each carving had a specific symbol in it. Kaname squinted so she could make one out; it was an ANBU symbol with a name under it. The name was-
Kaname's eyes sight went blurry again...
Something Uchiha... That's all she could see.
Kaname rubbed her eyes in a futile attempt to make the fuzziness stop, but nothing happened.
"Fine!" she huffed. "I give up!"
At that exact moment, the teen's eyesight returned to normal. Agrivated, Kaname stood up and spun around on her heal.
Without warning, a solid fist collided with her stomach. The air rushed from the girls lungs with a pop, and a rough hand grasped firmly around her throat. Not a moment later was the venerable Hatake pinned to the ground. A kunai stabbed through her hand, permanently pinning her to the dock. She screeched in pain, lights popping in her gray blue eyes.
"I- I need to- get- out-!" she trembled. With the little strength she has left, Kaname brought her leg up and kicked her captor in the side of the head. The person yelped and flew off the dock and onto the ice. Kaname saw them skid, but recover by doing a quick flip. The person was charging at her not a moment later. As quick as she could, Kaname pulled the kunai out of her hand and ran to attack. She threw the kunai, but lost her footing. The knife missed and landed somewhere in the bushes nearby.
The ninja laughed at her weakness.
'I can't let him beat me…' Flying through hand seals, she yelled, "Kaiton: Yuna no Jutsu!" Wind flew from her hands as she threw a punch at the ninja. 'Humph,' she thought smugly, 'any attack will just be absorbed into the wind. As long as this person doesn't use fire, I'll be fine.'
"Kiton: Gaoukakyuu no Jutsu!" A huge fireball erupted from the man's mouth.
"Ahh!" Kaname screamed as she fell to the ground. Why did he have to be a fire user? The wind backfired, making the inferno blaze hotter and bigger. The flames licked at her skin uncomfortably. Kaname fell to her knees, and the ninja huddled behind her a second later, a kunai on her neck.
Kaname knew it was a male, maybe her age, from his voice when he said the jutsu. Plus, when he had pinned her down, his body was smaller, not big like most adult ninja's. The guy yanked Kaname's arm back and pinned her to the ice.
"Who are you?" he yelled so loudly that Kaname ears began ringing. She didn't answer, so he dug the knife into her neck. Kaname could feel the blood trickle downwards. She moaned in discomfort and pain. The ninja pushed it deeper against her lush skin. Soon, the pain became unbearable, so she reluctantly replied.
"Is it really any of our damn business?"
Kaname felt his weight shift, and then felt it disappear. He had jumped off her, and quickly at that.
"Wait," he stated, "what?"
Kaname moved slowly, afraid to be pinned again. She felt dizzy, but she was too angry to care.
"Why the HELL did you attack me?" The cut on Kaname neck started blowing blue as her chakra healed it. The boy watched with wide eyes. Now Kaname was in his face. "Seriously, do I need a restraining order already?"
The boy just took a steady breath.
"Humph."
He turned and started walking away.
"Wait," Kaname shouted. Kaname snatched his wrist and span him around. He was so surprised that he slipped-and fell forward- onto her; and of course, because she was still choking his wrist, guess who went down first...
He fell onto of Kaname, landing in a very awkward position. Her hands had fallen on top of a certain part of his anatomy—ehem—shorts. The boy's right hand held Kaname's head into the nape of his—nakedish—neck, which protected her from the fall. Kaname's tiney breasts were pressed against his—muscular—torso and their—naked-ish—legs were sprawled with one another. His left elbow was stabilizing his and her weight, while a raised eyebrow was the only expression on his face. And all Kaname could do was blush.
THU- THUMP!
'W-Why am I breaking her fall?' the teen questioned. When he slipped, as a reaction, he held her close to himself so she wouldn't get hurt.
THU- THUMP!
Sasuke Uchiha could feel her tension when she realized what was going on. Uncomfortably, she squirmed in his arms. Then she quickly scooted out from under him.
Kaname jumped up and did a small flip and landed unbalanced on her feet. Sasuke locked eyes with the girl and stared silently at her for a long time.
He could see the silhouette of her body. She was about three inches shorter than himself, and she was slim with shoulder length hair. Her hand glowing. It was the one he had stabbed to the bridge in his rage.
'She's healing herself?' he thought, amused.
The nest thing he knew, her hands were in a seal formation. She poofed away in a puff of white smoke. All that's left is a piece if paper floating down towards the ice. Sasuke caught it cautiously. For all he knew, it could be a paper bomb.
Well, boring, it wasn't. It was a note. It read:
'Lets hope we never meet again, or I WILL kill you!'
'No name or anything.
Sasuke sighed. It could have been anyone, so there was no use searching for the culprit... With that, the Uchiha turned and walk away, hands stuffed in his pockets. He didn't get very far before a voice stopped him.
"Well, well, look at The Sasuke Uchiha now. Beaten by a girl?"
Sasuke tensened.
" Not that that hasn't happened before, ne Sasuke?"
Said boy turnedto see Her walking towards you.
"Hn," he grunted. "What do you want?"
The girl laughed. "Come on Sasuke, lighten up, I was only kidding!" She strode over to the awaiting boy and peered up at his face. Her long white hair was tied up in a pony tail with two small pieces hanging out, snake claps at each ends. Her Anbu outfit and mask gleamed in the light of the lake.
Sasuke could tell she was smiling. Glaring at her, he turned around and began walking the other way. Quickly, he was jerked back. Now, She was glaring too.
"Sasuke, do you even know who that girl was?" She took Sasuke confused face as a 'no'. Her eyes narrow. "That was Kaname Hatake."
Sasuke froze.
"She's back." she said.
Sasuke's eyes widened in horror. His voice was shaky when he replied.
"T-that was her?" Suddenly everything seemed to make since. When he landed on her, he caught a glimpse of her eyes. For a moment, he had thought he were looking straight at Kana, the little girl and best friend his brother had killed along with the rest of his clan.
Sasuke jerked away from the Anbu Leader and turned to go anywhere but there.
-X-
Kaname ran through the streets like a maniac! 'Why did I have to be curious and get myself in trouble?' This seemed to always happen. She would disobey Kakashi's orders and Karma would come and bite her in the ass. 'Now,' she though as she looked around, 'if I'm right, his house is right around here... '
Kaname stopped in front of a small apartment and banged on the door.
"Naruto! Naruto, open up," she yelled! Kaname threw her fist at the door again in a final attempt to wake the sleeping wonder. Instead of her angry fist hitting the door, it came in contact with soft, spiky blond hair. Naruto yelped as he fell helplessly to the ground , a rapidly growing bump now on his head. He glared up at his visitor.
"What?" he screamed. Kaname began a short count-down in her head with bored expression smeared on her face.
' 5, 4, 3, 2, and 1.'
Realization hit his face and his famous sheepish grin became plastered on his face. "Well if it isn't Kaname- chan!" He leapt up and grabbed the girl in a tight bear hug. Dragging her into the small apartment, he started rambling on and on about how he had missed her and how much they had to catch up. When he stopped for air, Kaname interrupted.
"Naruto!"
The boy turned around and smiled at the brunette.
"Oops," he muttered, rubbing his hand through his spiky sun streaked hair, "sorry..."
Kaname let out a dry laugh. 'Same old Naruto I see...'
When Kaname had first lived in this village, making friends was really hard. She was always compared to a girl named Kana, and she never knew why. But when she met Naruto, he didn't even ask about her. He just grinned and asked her to have ramen with him. 'He was my first friend...' Kaname smiled.
Now that she took a good look at him, she realized how much he had grown... He still had his childish features, but he was grown... Enough... :p
She shook her head and tried to remember why she was here. When Kaname looked down at her lap, she saw her blood smothered hand. 'Oh yeah!' she giggled, 'I came to clean up...' Kaname looked back up at Naruto. His grin faltered for a split second before commenting on her appearance.
"What happened to you?" he mocked. "Looks like you got into a fight!" He laughed. "Finally find someone worth your time?"
It was Kaname's turn to laugh.
"Haha! Yeah, I guess you could say that... But he still lost, whoever it was..." Kaname stood up. "Naruto, where's your bathroom?"
The blond pointed down the tiny hallway.
"Over there on the right."
Kaname thanked him and walked through the tiny apartment halls and to a door with a sign attached to it. It said:
'BEWARE! NARUTO'S BATHROOM!'
Kaname laughed and grasped the handle. How bad could it be?
Inside was the worst smell she could ever imagine. Toothpaste was globbed here and there on the counters and two lights were burnt out. The shower had mildew around the sides and the water in the toilet looked murky.
Kaname gulped. 'This is unorthodox!' she cried. 'How can anyone live in this filth?' Reluctantly, Kaname closed the door and went to the sink. She let the water run a sec to warm it up, and then splashed it over her face. It was so soothing, feeling the small droplets of water trickle down her face and nose. Kaname washed the dried blood off her hand and covered the few bruises (which, I might add, were already black and purple) as best she could.
Kaname took a final glance in the mirror, admiring her handiwork. "This will have to do..." she muttered. Kaname couldn't see any marks or bumps and the blood was gone. Her ninja gloves were still a bit damp, but by the time she got home, they would be dry. Kaname re-did her hair, placing the barrettes back in their rightful places. But then, she messed it up a bit. Kakashi would notice if her hair was too perfect, especially after a long day of traveling.
Satisfied, Kaname unlocked the door and stepped out into the breathable air. She gratefully took in a lungful and returned to Naruto. When she spotted him, he was in the kitchen making, oh, surprise, ramen.
'Oh, this is too good to pass up…' Quietly, Kaname snuck up behind him and gathered a mouthful of air, and then yelled, "NARUTARD, I'M BACK!"
Naruto must have jumped 10 feet, his ramen went up in the air with him. Realizing his beloved treat was about to be sacrificed for Kaname's evil ritual, he quickly grabbed it and took the fall first, ramen on his stomach an still in tacked. He sighed thankfully and glared at his female friend only to find her rolling on the ground with laughter! Slowly but surely, a smile crept onto his face and he too began laughing.
When the two calmed down, Kaname stood up and offered a hand to Naruto. He took and walked Kaname to the door. He grabbed her into another hug.
Still hugging, he whispered in her ear. "It was really cool seeing you again Kaname- Chan..."
Kaname felt her face flush. She stumbled with her words.
"Ye-yeah," she said in an exasperated tone, "cool. Totally cool." Kaname broke apart and immediately turned to walk away, waving behind her and yelling a quick goodbye before running off.
'This has been a really weird night…' she reflected as she headed home.
-X-
After Sasuke abandoned Her, the ANBU Leader decided to pay Kaname a little visit. "Damn!" she growled, "That kid has been here for 5 seconds and is already causing mayhem!"
The girl jumped from tree to tree, searching for Kaname's scent. Finally, she faintly detect it.
'West,' she mentally noted. With a sharp turn, she headed in the Hatake's direction to give her a well deserved scolding.
With Kaname in your sight, the Leader smelt Naruto all over her. No wonder it was so hard to find the girl! Her scent was being covered with Naruto's. Gracefully, she jumped down and landed right in front of Kaname. Shocked, Kaname stumbled backwards.
'What is she doing here?' Kaname wondered.
"Simple," the ANBU Leader replied to Kaname's thoughts, "I've come to remind you of your place!"
Out of habit possibly, Kaname jumped up and crossed her arms solidly over her chest.
"What do you mean 'remind me of my place'?"
The masked girl continued to glare at the Hatake and began walking towards her.
"I'm free to do whatever I want, Anbu- Sama!" Kaname continued.
The Leader's eyes became slits behind her mask.
"Besides," Kaname continued, "it's not like I've done anything wrong!"
'That's it!' the white haired girl growled. Swiftly, she grabbed Kaname's arm and yank it up in the air. If you had blinked, which Kaname did, you would have missed it.
"Well, well, well, what do we have here?" She moved her hand up to Kaname's gloved one and felt the cold dampness and the tare. "Your glove is damp," she state in a nonchalant manner. "And," she brought in down to her nose, "it smells of blood." The Leader turned her head up a slight angle to meet Kaname's horrified face. She tried to yank free, but had no luck.
"So?" Kaname seethed. "I cut my hand!"
The ANBU girl smiled.
"Or," she replied, her tone amused, "you got into a fight with one of my dear friends..." Once again, Kaname's face was shocked. The Leader chuckled. "Why don't we take you home to get... situated... and I'll explain to you, AGAIN, the rules of my village."
Kaname rolled her eyes. The ANBU Leader anger striked an even better idea aflame in her mind.
"Better yet," she said, venom oozing off her words, "I'll let your father explain..."
Kaname's eyes widened, and before she could retort, she transported themselves to the Hatake home.
Kaname landed clumsily on her bed. Sitting up and looking around, she recognized her room.
"We're here," the ANBU Leader said in a sing-song-ish tone. She went to the door. "I'll go get Kakashi and we can all get used to each others company, how about it." Closing the door rather loudly behind her, she began descending the steps to the main floor. Before she had even gotten to the bottom, Kakashi was already running up. He stopped cold at the sight of his superior. Smiling through her mask, she greeted him.
"It's been a while, Kakashi- San."
Kakashi just nodded and murmured a small hello. Being quick to catch on, he asked about her being here. Her happy smile turned into a sinister one.
"Oh, there's not much of a problem," she sigh. Kakashi sighed in relief. "Except," she began again, "your daughter has managed to get into a rather intense battle with, surprise, Uchiha Sasuke."
Kakashi's eye widened before becoming filled with anger. The ANBU Leader reached up and pull off her mask, allowing her icy blue eyes to connect with his glossy gray one. The, she yanked her hair out of the pony tail and allowed it to fall to its full length. It fell all the way past her knees. Leaning down to Kakashi's ear, she whispered, "Your daughter is waiting for you up stairs... shall we go greet her?" The sinister devil took his grunt as a yes. Turning, the two began making their way back upstairs.
When the door opened, Kaname was hanging off her bed, allowing all her blood to rush to her head. (Not on purpose of course...) She quickly sat up and knelt on her bed with her hands folded on her lap. Catching a glimpse of herself in the mirror, she noticed her cat-like position.
Looking back at the people in her room, Kaname saw the Anbu Leader in the back corner of her room, and Kakashi standing in the doorway looking angry. She gulped. 'This isn't going to end well...' Kaname then noticed that the Anbu leaders hair was down and her mask was off, but her face was in the shadows making it impossible for Kaname to see her face at all. She saw her grin devilishly.
"Well," she sighed, "better get going! Kakashi, I'll leave her to you!" Kaname stared at her with pleading eyes. All she did was sticking out her tongue and poof away in a cloud of smoke.
At that exact moment, Kakashi's hand slid across Kaname's face, leaving a huge red mark on her cheek. Stunned, Kaname couldn't even move her head to look at him.
"What the hell!" Kakashi screamed at his daughter. "I told you to come straight home, and instead you get in a fight with HIM of all people! For once, why couldn't you have done what you where told? Is it really that hard for you to comprehend?" His words stung the teen's heart. Kakashi wasn't done yet. Roughly grabbing her shoulders, he forced Kaname to look at him. She knew she was dead the second she saw his eye. It was filled with anger and frustration and hatred. The hatred was not aimed towards her, she knew that, but towards her actions. After what seemed like centuries, Kaname found her voice.
"So what?" you muttered back. Not used to having Kaname retort, Kakashi was taken aback for a moment. "All I did was take a little walk! Why is that so bad?" Kakashi narrowed his eye. He opened his mouth to yell, but Kaname cut him off. "Since when did you even begin to care about me anyways, huh?" she screamed. "You've never acted like a father, so why start now? You wanna know something? I was fine in the Sand Village! I had Gaara and all my other friends there and you took that from me! You always do! Every time I start making friends and start feeling comfortable, you move me away from everyone else and isolate me in some other unknown village!" A quick, dark chuckle escaped Kaname's lips, her anger getting the better of her. Kaname couldn't even see Kakashi anymore. All she saw was red. She continued, not even caring about what she said anymore.
"Besides, you're not even my real dad! Why don't you just leave. Maybe then I can find someone who cares for me and won't crush my opinion's for stupid reasons!"
Kakashi's hands fell from Kaname's shoulders and to his side. He just stood there as Kaname glared daggers up towards him.
The next words that left Kaname's lips stabbed her father through the heart. "I hate you, Kakashi!"
Kakashi stood there, his eyes closed. Then, he clutched his fists into tight balls and walked to the door, slamming it behind him. Kaname heard him stomp down the stairs and open the front door. When the door slammed behind him, the house shook for a moment before going dead silent.
Sitting alone, Kaname's surroundings faded from red and back to reality. Her blue eyes filled with realization as to what she said, and she broke down in tears, not caring about anything except for the hurt in Kakashi's eyes... The hurt she had caused...
-X-
The white haired demon stared in shock at the scene in front of her. She watched as Kakashi slapped Kaname and yelled at her. She saw Kaname fire up and yell some inaudible comebacks to her father, and saw Kakashi's hurt expression. She saw the surprise in his already wounded eyes and saw him leave and walk out of the house slamming the door behind him.
She was shocked. Looking back at Kaname, the girl saw her shaking and crying into her lap. Now she almost felt sorry for Kaname, but she pushed the guilt from her heart and placed her mask back on her face.
"She had it coming..." she mumbled. But Kakashi needed to learn a little something about being too over-protective. Jumping from her hiding spot, she ran off to find Kakashi.
-X-
'Kaname...' Sasuke thought to himself. It was her...? The Uchiha looked up in a daze and looked around at his unfamiliar surrounding.
'Hn, I wonder where I-' He stopped. Looking down at his feet, he smirked sadly. "And this is where you lead me, huh Kana..." Sasuke was standing in front of Kana's old house. Sasuke noticed the lights were on. "Kakashi, huh..." he mumbles to himself. Something caught his eye though. Kana's room was also alight. That meant Kaname was in there. Sasuke's sadness rapidly turned to fury at the thought of another person taking Kana's place in that room. It was her's! Didn't Kakashi have ANY feelings for his old daughter?
Sasuke's heart squeezed slightly at the past tense in that sentence. Old... The raven haired boy turned to leave when he heard muffle screams. Now usually he would have ignored it, but for some reason, he just couldn't.
Slowly, Sasuke made his way around the house and towards the side of the home where Kana's room was. Looking up, Sasuke saw the back of Kaname's head, and a very angry Kakashi's. Sasuke was taken aback. Was that really Kakashi? He would never act like this...
Suddenly, Kaname's head shot up and Sasuke could see she was starting to fight back. He notice how shocked and broken Kakashi looked as she began getting further and further into her rant. Finally, Kaname must have said something to really wound him. Kakashi turned and left. Sasuke knew he was coming outside, so he swiftly hid in the shadows.
After the door slammed shut, Sasuke sighed in relief. But it was automatically sucked back in by the sound of muffled crying. Whipping his head back up to the window, Sasuke saw Kaname shaking and crying. Seeing her like that made his heart sink.
'Why...?' he questioned himself. 'Why do I feel so sad?' Sasuke heard some rustling up above him and quickly hid again. Jumping out of the tree was The ANBU Leader, and she looked angry... Holding his breath, he silently prayed she wouldn't see him. After leaving Her the way he had, she was bound to take her anger out on him. Waiting for what seemed like forever (which was really only 2- 3 seconds), She sprinted off in Kakashi's direction.
Now that it really was quiet, Sasuke could clearly hear Kaname's soft whimpers. Sasuke inwardly cursing himself for how weak he was being. Then, he silently climbed up the tree and onto Kaname's balcony. Sasuke pressed his back against the wall, slowly making his way towards the sliding glass door.
*Click*
Oh, shit!
The glass door slid open and a quietly tearing Kaname stepped out into the cool night air.
-X-
'Damn it! Where the hell did he go?' She had been searching for a while and was getting tired of looking for Hatake's.
"Are you looking for me," someone whispered in her ear. She yelped and span around. Standing behind her with his hands in his pockets was Kakashi looking glum and bored. The ANBU did a quick anime sweat drop. 'God, what is up with him...' Composing herself, she glared at the man.
"As a matter of fact," she said harshly, "I was."
Waiting for some sort of reply, she stood there with her hands crossed over herchest.
Nothing.
Kakashi simply stood there studying her.
And what the Leader did next was totally out of character.
She punched him, sending him flying into a nearby tree. Quickly, she retracted her arm and let it fall sharply next to her hip. Kakashi gasped as he pulled himself out of the trunk. He glared at her.
"What the hell?" he yelled
The demonic girl slowly advanced towards him. "What you did," she stated with an icy tone, "was despicable!" Kakashi lowered his eyes, realizing what she was talking about.
"Yeah," he said, "I'm not a big fan of it myself either..." He stood shakily, hand on his jaw. "You got a mean hook, ya know..."
She glared at him. "Don't try and be funny with me!" She proceeded to grab him by the collar and yank him up to face her. His lazy eye was very acute for once. Tightening her grip, she threw him to the ground and began walking away. At least a yard away, she stopped and turned her head slightly. "When I said to talk to her, I meant lecture, NOT verbal abuse. I wanted you to explain the rules and tell her where she belongs and my village." Not waiting for an explanation, the ANBU Leader jumped into the night, leaving Kakashi behind to sort through his problems.
-X-
'Damn it!' he cured. Sasuke tried to hide himself better in the shadows and held his breath. 'She's going to see me for sure!'
But she didn't. Kaname walked right past Sasuke and to the edge of the balcony. Hoisting herself up, the teen sat on the edge and looked up at the starry sky. Sasuke saw the tears still slowly rolling down her face, and it made him feel... sad? No, that couldn't possibly be it. Angry maybe; but not sad!
A tune flowed to his ears. It was Kaname's soft humming.
~Insert part of Shattered by Trading Yesterday~
The soft sound was so... overwhelming. The song was so calm but sad... You could tell those words were her true feelings and this was probably one of the only ways she could let them out. Then the rhythm picked up. Sasuke refocused his attention on her face. Her tears were gone and she looked more confident, but still sad. He continued to listen.
'This song,' he thought, 'reminds me of Kana...' The voice was so similar.
The song slowed and came to an end. "Yesterday I died... Tomorrow's bleeding... I fall into your sunlight..." Kaname finished. Sighing, she looked up at the stars once more. Swinging her feet around, she got off the terries edge and turned to walk to the door. Then she stopped.
'Damn it!'
Kaname was looking straight at him.