Greetings everyone! first of all, this is a much shorter chapter today . . . it's a brief piece about some of Minori's past but this is here so I can inform you all that this story is going on the back burner for a little bit while I go off on a tangent and write some about a story that popped into my head approximately an hour and half ago (as of the time I write this) and is a Star Wars/Naruto crossover with an OC . . . the idea struck me and I'll explain more in that specific story when I get around to uploading it. in any case, hope you enjoy this brief piece, see you at the bottom.
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Minori signed as she looked at Kakashi's vacant stare.
"Kashi-chan . . . you still have me ya know" She said to the boy, he was only fourteen and had lost two people had cared about. Kakashi said nothing in reply but merely studied the team of Iwa-nin that were strolling through this section of the forest that Kakashi and Minori were in. "I figured you'd like to know that I made Jounin . . ." Minori said quietly.
"I know, you told me yesterday, the day before and the day before that . . . plus I found out two weeks ago when you actually made jounin" Kakashi said and Minori grinned.
"There's someone up there!" Hissed one of the Iwa-nin
"Shall we do the dance with no pants?" Minori asked with a cheeky grin.
"That's a poor euphemism for sex" Kakashi replied as he lifted the band of his hitai-ate that he had taken to wearing over his sharingan eye.
"I know, I was talking about when we are done with these losers . . . imma be making explosions and you know how I get around explosives" Minori said before giggling a little at the thought of what was to come. Kakashi said nothing but gave a quick glance in Minori's direction, the only instruction she needed before flinging a handful of Kunai at the Iwa-nin. The Iwa-nin all dodged out of the way of the Kunai but didn't leap away as they probably should have done.
"Damn Konoha brats!" One of the Iwa-nin growled out.
"Hey guys! Wanna play? First things first . . . one little itty bitty problem" Minori said with maniacal glee "Time delay explosives" Almost as if on command, the Kunai all detonated in a flash of yellow light. Minori and Kakashi glued themselves to the branch they were on with chakra while the screams of the Iwa-nin echoed just above the sounds of the explosions themselves. Kakashi stole a glance at Minori and was almost worried at the barely restrained squeal of delight she was emitting. His sharp eyes noticed a few other details including the liquid trailing down her leg.
"How sane are you?" Asked Kakashi simply as the smoke began to slowly clear.
"Sanity is for the weak, I can keep a hold of it when I want to but for all intents and purposes, my bloodline drove me mad ages ago . . . speaking of which . . ." Kakashi had noted that Minori wasn't wearing the chest, arm and leg coverings that Kushina-san had been making the girl right now and in their place, dark blue lines travelled from Minori's forehead, down her cheeks, down her chest, framing her barely covered breasts, down her arms and right down until the disappeared into her boots. No wonder she was in such a state, that bloodline of hers would have had her feel every subtle vibration those explosions gave off.
"There's still one alive" Kakashi said as he noticed that one of the Iwa-nin was attempting to crawl away, leaving a bloody trail behind him where one of his legs should have been. Minori and Kakashi landed gracefully in front of the man who looked up at them with fearful expression.
"Damn you Konoha brats! Damnit! I promised my little girl I'd be back in time for her birthday" The Iwa-nin said, his look turning into that of a defeated man.
"Well orders said no survivors" Minori said with a shrug before pulling out a Kunai and ending the Iwa-nin.
Back at the base camp, Minato was the one to greet the pair.
"Sensei!" Kakashi called out, emotion appearing in his voice as we walked over to the blonde champion.
"So, was the mission successful?" Minato asked, ruffling Kakashi's hair.
"Iwa must be scraping the bottom of the barrel . . . those guys we took out were low chuin grade, they couldn't escape the blast radius of my Kunai bombs . . . well one did . . . sorta . . . he was missing a leg but that was it before we came over and finished the deal" Minori said nonchalantly. Minato frowned, it wasn't good that the girl was so desensitized to killing in such a brutal fashion, he'd have to talk to Kushina about it later.
"Well, in any case, good work you two, I wish we could have some time off but Kumo is pushing and I need you two to deal with that but don't worry, you can go home for a little bit after that" Minato said as he looked at the two young jounin.
"My offer still stands Kashi-chan" Minori said in a sing-song voice before pressing in close to him "It'll help take your mind off of things" She said just loud enough for him to hear.
Minori panted from exertion with a happy smile on her face.
"I think we both needed that" She said to the other occupant of the bed who was a stark naked Kakashi. "Who would have thought you had staying power eh Kakashi?" a grunt was heard beside her before Minori rolled over and on top of the boy.
"I hope you know that this isn't the start of a regular relationship" Kakashi said. Minori sighed nuzzled into him some more.
"You're slinking into a pit of despair . . . let me in occasionally okay? A little human contact to remind you that you are one too . . . it's better than thinking everyone is against you or worse . . . that they think you purposely killed her" Minori kissed Kakashi's neck softly. "This doesn't have to be a relationship, just a reminder you are human"
"Is that how you do it?" Kakashi asked Minori had told him about how she had watched her entire family get murdered when she was back in Kirigakure.
"Hey Kakashi . . . one of the Kiri-nin that you killed after Rin . . . he was a guy I had a crush on before I left" Minori said, causing Kakashi to stiffen. "At that moment he was my enemy of course but it still hurt . . . would I have done the same thing you did? Yes" Minori said "As for how I get by with the mental image of my baby brother's brains being plastered over a wall like so much paint . . . this helps a lot, it's not the sex, it's the contact" Kakashi nodded before wrapping his arms around Minori.
"Then we can do this again . . ." Kakashi said "Sensei's coronation is tomorrow" Kakashi looked at Minori and narrowed his eye just a fraction, barely noticeable but indicative of one being an ANBU. Minori smiled sadly as she narrowed her eyes to the same degree he did and Kakashi nodded.
"Maybe we'll be on the same team again but it's unlikely . . . my skills have been noted in other more intimate areas . . . that and I'm a master at infiltration and espionage" Minori said before getting up, straddling Kakashi and giving him a mischievous smile "Round two?" she said while grinning at Kakashi.
"Aren't you sensitive along the lines that your bloodline produces? Even while the bloodline is deactivated" Kakashi asked and received a widened grin and light chuckle as his answer. "I'll just have to figure it out then"
"I'm not staying Kakashi" Minori said, her eyes holding the depths of her sadness . . . I will bounce back, not the first time I've lost my family" Minori said as she sat on the fourth's head with Kakashi.
"Where are you going? If you become a missing-nin I'll no doubt be the one to hunt you down" Kakashi said, looking at Minori with almost a hint of desperation. Minori giggled.
"I'm a spy remember? I got the third's permission to go out into the field and make sure that the other nations, specifically Iwa and Kumo, don't get any funny ideas or if they do, none that we don't know about" Minori said glancing up at the moon. "Keep an eye on Danzo . . . things aren't quite what they seem around that man . . . they never are when you have a shadow organisation. I don't disagree with his methods, I am just wary of his motives" Kakashi started and looked at Minori.
"How could you possibly know?" Kakashi said quietly, eliciting another giggle from the blonde girl.
"I'm a spy remember?" She said simply before turning to the person who was rapidly becoming a full grown man and his exposed arms were definitely a plus. Minori looked at Kakashi for a brief second before reaching out a hand to his face. She let it hover for a moment, letting Kakashi react before pulling down his mask and pressing her lips to his. "Remember me Kakashi" and suddenly Minori disappeared into the night.
Well here we are, I know I have been updating slowly (this is due to me having to plan some of these new chapters . . . i have an outline of how this story is supposed to go . . . not how all the chapters are supposed to go . . . next chapter I write for this story (whenever I do that) Will be another small one and will be an interlude between the last one and Naruto's graduation . . . I feel like i have been writing an overly lengthy prologue . . .
as always, let me know what you liked, disliked, what could use improvement and what you'd like to see more of take care.