Add more RyouXShisui in the mission. How she stumbled and a familiar stench. Obito creeping around...

14
Age: 14

Neither Ryou nor Kakashi attended Rin's funeral services. One felt an overbearing amount of shame, the other didn't care for the girl's death.

This war… So many lives had been lost.

From what Ryou had heard, Rin had died by Kakashi's hand during a delicate mission in River country. People had now baptized him with the cruel nickname "Kakashi Friend Killer." He had attempted to kill Ryou Noa once, Obito Uchiha had perished under his guidance in a mission, and now Rin Nohara died by his hand. Well, this is what Ryou had gathered from what Gai had told her. He had also mentioned that from what he could tell he had been sunk into a manic depression. One in which he once again shunned everyone and isolated himself in total and complete loneliness.

"And Shisui-san?" Asked Gai as they both strolled through the park.
"Oh, he's fine. He's away on a mission. That Shisui, that's really all he does now a days. Fulfill his missions, clan duties and train his cousin Itachi."
"Sounds like you don't see him often," Gai mused.

The girl walked with her arms stretched over her head. Her hands grasping her opposite elbows.

"I respect that," she said with a small smile. "He's doing what he loves and gives me the freedom so that I can pursue… my own interest."
"Don't you miss him?" he pressed.

Irked with his pressing questions she decided to change the topic.

"Well, I am usually extremely occupied myself. I've been promoted to ANBU you know?" she bragged.

After a year of harassing Sandaime Hokage and successfully completing plenty of high risk missions, Ryou had finally been recruited to join Konoha's most elite military team, ANBU. The Third Shinnobi World War was nearing the end, but besides that not much had changed.
She still wasn't speaking to Kurenai or Asuma, and well- she had been avoiding Kakashi ever since that certain thing had happened in the graveyard. Like the usual she found herself at loss of words with him. She didn't know what she would say if she ever encountered him in the village. For such a small population that lived in Konoha, it was easy to avoid someone if one desired. She had ran the scenario in her head over and over again, and they were all terrible.

Scenario A:

Ryou: I heard Rin died.

Scenario B:
Ryou: I heard you have manic depression, I feel almost as shitty as you do.

Scenario C:
Ryou: Why?

She shook her troubling thoughts away, and pondered if she should create a new list of goals in order to keep her mind off things.
She refused to rest or have any time for leisure. Often times her only time for relaxation was spending a day at the local SPA.
Other than that, she had been occupied crafting and perfecting her kekke genkai skills, or the infamous Noa clan crsytal jutsu.
This technique… It had developed into a deathly sight for any nearby enemy.

With her refusal to rest or have any time for leisure, her crystal jutsu had developed into a rather mortifying for her enemies.
Despite the year that had changed, she hadn't progressed much in her own list of tasks to achieve.

1) Defeate Genjutsu: IMPOSSIBLE

2) Create Personal Jutsu: CHECK

3) Suspects: CHECK

4) Murder Weapon: CHECK

5) Solve Crime: PENDING

With the end of the war came a new era. A new Hokage came to power. The duty and burdensome weight of defending the Leaf village fell upon his shoulder's. His name was Minato Namizake he had earned the nickname of Konoha's Yellow Flash, he was known for his inhumane speed and quick thinking wit. He was now the 4th Hokage, Yondaime Hokage, and Ryou was to fall under his service as ANBU.

Believe it or not there had even been some drama while the new Hokage was being appointed. Lord Danzo, one of the higher ups in the Hokage's council, had recommended Orochimaru to be Hokage, but Hiruzen the Sandaime had denied his own student that privilege and had instead appointed Minato. There was a massive parade and ceremony in order to celebrate his ascension in ninja ranks as the maximum level: Hokage.

During the celebration, many happy faces squealed with glee and celebrating by waving flags and tossing confetti in the air. The war was officially over and we were under new leadership.
Ryou however wasn't smiling. A somber mood still haunted her. Her mind briefly flashed to Obito's dying moments. She toll of the war had been much too great. More than half of the people that had attended the Academy with her had been killed in action. In this war more than half of Konoha's youth had perished. As sad as it was in one way it was survival of the fittest…

. Not that it tormented Ryou, but the idea that half of the kids she went to the academy with were dead.

Well it was just disturbing…

It was only a few days after the inauguration that Kakashi was summoned to the Hokage's office and offered a higher rank in the ANBU: Black Ops.
Minato appointed him part of his personal, private squad, thinking it would lead him to a good direction in his life.
The new Hokage and sensei had been more than aware of the pain his former student had been carrying and how it had been weighting him down.

The Noa girl hadn't seen him in some time, not after that day in the graveyard, and surely not after the Rin incident had occurred.

He was a completely different person. There was absolutely no trace left of any emotional progress that had been done over the course of the previous years. She was absolutely taken back when she finally laid eyes on him. She had never seen such coldness reflected in anybody's eye(s) before.
They were both on a top secret mission. The team consisted on Uchiha Shisui, leading as captain. Hatake Kakashi, Noa Ryou and two other Shinnobi.

The objective was simple. Travel to the hidden rain village and take out an S-rank rouge ninja, who posed to be a threat to the civilians in the area.

He hadn't uttered a word to her since they had met. He masked every emotion under the pale face of a fox. His red and black eye peering through the gaping holes. She could only see his eyes, the window to the soul. Dark circles had begun to form underneath, they looked tired and weary and were vast of any sign of emotion. In his childhood he had been a stoic child, but now- it was almost as if he wasn't human.

They all followed Shisui as he began explaining what role each of the team members would play. Her conscience toyed with her emotions filling her with guilt. She remembered Obito's words before he died, she had betrayed him for him. She still couldn't help, but partially blame herself for what had happened. Maybe if she had agreed to save Rin with him since the beginning, perhaps he would still be amongst them.

Ryou's life progressed calmly for the next couple of months. She was swarmed with ANBU most of the time, this consumed most of her free time to investigate her family's business affairs. She had decided to keep an eye on the silver haired ninja who's insanity was slowly beginning to consume him. Seeing him slaughter in the field was like seeing a merciless, red eyed devil being unleashed. Despite all of the ANBU being efficient killing machines, he was, well he would often return bathed in blood. He had no hesitation in killing, he never questioned an order or doubted himself or the sacred rules of the Shinnobi code.

Even the Hokage noticed his growing lunacy and appointed him to what Ryou assumed to be a fools errand to distract him from his… killing sprees.
He had been given the task to would watch over the Hokage's pregnant wife: Kushina Uzumaki.

Even if he was disappointed with the pointless task Kakashi agreed to fulfill his mission. The nine months of pregnancy quickly passed and Kushina was ready to give birth on the 10th of October.

Kakashi found himself walking back to his apartment one afternoon hands in his pocket. He felt a familiar presence nearby, ignoring it. He was suddenly tackled by Gai.

"Kakashi! My rival! We should go train! I feel like I haven't seen you in ages!" He began to ramble. Kakashi wanted to do nothing with anyone. He kept to himself and rarely spoke to others. Most would get the hint, but Gai was either too darn stubborn or just stupid enough that he wouldn't get he wanted to be alone.

There seemed to be something… odd in the air on this night. Something baleful. He glanced up at the moon wondering what this strange feeling was.

Ryou lay in bed with Shisui both of them were watching an old movie, when a pungent stench suddenly reached her nostrils. She slapped her hands to her nose, covering it with both hands

"Ugh! Do you smell that?" She said cringing. She stood up and approached the window peeking out at the dark night.
"I didn't fart I swear!" Shisui snapped defensively. Both of his eyes widening into comical white saucers.

"No… It smells really bad. Like rott. The smell is in the air…" She said in a nasal voice. Shisui rolled his eyes "I'm sure it's not-"

Suddenly the ground violently rattled, making the bed jump and the TV crash against the ground. The fan above Shisui's bed started swinging in circles. Without a second thought both ninja rushed to the window. This as not normal. Shisui's eyes instantly snapped into the Sharingan. Ryou's eyes went wide and her jaw clenched.

"W-What is that?" She asked in both awe and fear. She felt her mouth go dry.

Once again, the floor trembled making her grip onto Shisui's arm. From the distance, they would see a bright orange thing… More like a monster.

"It can't be!" Shisui exclaimed. "It's the Nine Tailed Fox Demon." Shisui said in we.
"The Kyuubi…" Ryou repeated, not taking her eyes of the wriggling nine tails that waved in the air. Without much haste both made way to the Hokage's office, which was overcrowded with ninja of all ranks. Yondaime was nowhere to be seen, instead Hiruzen had taken over and even at his old age was dressed in a full body armor ready to fight. The orders were simple to evacuate the city and defeat the monster.
Afterwards Ryou was assigned to retreat to a meeting point for special orders. She did so on the way saving a man who was almost crushed by a collapsing building. She picked up a child who was soon found by its mother.
Our protagonist finally reached the meeting point near outskirts of the city. She couldn't do much from here, she wondered just what her assignment was. Being there she realized that most of her friends and acquaintances were there. The expression on their faces grim.

Mostly everyone there was of the age of 15 years or younger. Gai was there, so was Anko, Kurenai, Genma, Ebisu, Asuma, and Kakashi amongst others. She noted the unwell expressions on everyone's faces as they watched the demon destroy their home.

"W-Why is everyone just standing here?" She gasped, making all eyes turn to her. "Why are we standing here! We have to do something, can't you guys see our village needs us?!" She snapped angrily.
"Do you think we are here because we please?" Kurenai snapped back.

Ryou was taken back, this was the first time they spoke in years. Every since that fateful day with Rin… Her tone was unkind and her crimson eyes held reflected pain and anger.
Ryou was about to snap 'What's holding you back?' , when a man with the same crimson halo that Kurenai possessed and dark hair down to his shoulder's stepped forward. Ryou figured it was her father, she briefly remembered him from their childhood. He wore an aged complexion on his face.

"You are not to leave this barrier. You are the future of Konoha and as the new generation you will pass on the Will of Fire to your children and your children's children." He explained to her in a stern tone.
'Of course..' She growled.
After the massive population loss from the war, and this- they can't afford to have their future killed off. She looked around the crowd and noticed there weren't that many people, a good 40 kids stood there anxiously. Ryou wasn't afraid of Shinku Yuhi, she stepped forward both of her fist clenched in her sides. Some of the other children looked at her with admiration, others surprised, but most were distraught.

"You are no one to tell me what or not to do when my village and my people are in danger!" She hissed. Gai stood behind her and held a firm grip on her arm holding her back.
"Hokage's orders." Was all the man hissed.

Kakashi was watching carefully.

"Well the Hokage can-" In that moment she went silent.

She was lost in the red eyes of Shinku and slowly lost consciousness into a powerful Genjutsu.

It was only the next morning that Ryou snapped back into consciousness, and by then everything was over.