Hey guys, welcome to Chapter 5 of I'll Stand by you! This Chapter can be abit confusing, because there are two different things going on at the same time with one character flicking between them. What I've done is I've put times on to show obviously what time that part of the story is starting some parts click in together while others overlap Kinda confusing but its the only way I could do it .
I've added a few characters I've made up into the chapter just to help with the story line, please let me know what you think, =)
Disclaimer: Don't own Naruto
Chapter 5: The Truth Comes Out
Taking the team into a house behind the Mizukage's Building, Mei turned on the light to reveal a quaint guest house for them Kakashi dismissed them to rest which pleased Naruto especially as he went straight over to the chairs and sat himself down making himself comfortable being joined by Shikamaru who sat down next to him. Sakura soon joined over and stood behind the two chairs where the boys sat. Naruto was about to get up and offer his chair to her when she shook her head putting her hand on his shoulder, they smiled at one another and the three began to have a conversation together whilst Kakashi and Mizukage Mei stood in the entrance.
"They seem a very close team" Mei observed
"Yes they are... Mizukage-"
"We'll talk about Rin later..." Mei interrupted "The letter I got from The Hidden Leaf Village never said why you were coming. May I ask for the reason for your arrival?"
"We are here to investigate the Rumour of Kai" Kakashi replied
"What's Kai?" Mei questioned
"We've heard about the rumour about the possible Bijou host called Kai in this village. We've been asked to follow up the rumour by taking Kai to our village for our Hokage to speak with him" Kakashi explained
"There is no Kai in my village" Mei stated, confusing Kakashi
"Surely you've heard the rumour?" Kakashi asked
"Of course I have and I can assure you that it was nothing but an over exaggeration of my people. If that is all you've come here for, I'm sorry that you've had a wasted trip" Mei confirmed sternly
"Well we'd still like to speak to the person who let out that Jutsu, then we'll confirm with our Hokage on what she wants us to do." Kakashi finished
"I'm sorry but I can't allow that" Mei spoke
"You can't allow it? Were only asking to talk to Kai, Our village just need have the reassurance that he isn't a threat"
"As I've said there is no Kai in my village," Mei stated again
"Well someone or something in this village is called Kai and by the orders of our Hokage we've got to take it or him back to our village." Kakashi replied
"You don't want to do this Kakashi" Mei informed as she began to walk towards the door
"Is that a threat?" Kakashi snapped, causing Mei to turn around hastily
"Remember whose village you are in Kakashi" She snapped back, taking a minute she took a deep breath to calm herself down and continued "But no, it isn't a threat. I will explain more tomorrow" Mei retaliated quickly out of the house and walked towards the Mizukage building.
"If it is important I would rather we discuss this now" Kakashi shouted after her following her footsteps.
"As I said we'll discuss this in the morning" Mei stood her ground turning to face him
"Fine we'll talk about our mission in the morning... but how do you know Rin, She died in the war when she was 15, she's never been to this village." Kakashi questioned
"We'll speak of this in the morning good night" Mei told him beginning to walk off but Kakashi continued to follow her
"We'll speak of it now, I've agreed the mission can wait till tomorrow to be discussed but this is a personal matter" Kakashi disagreed, Mei turned and faced him once more
"Yes we have agreed to discuss the mission in the morning correct?" Mei clarified, Kakashi gave a nod of his head, "Yes...So we will discuss it in the morning" Mei confirmed
"We've agreed on the mission not on Rin" Kakashi conflicted
"The discussion on Rin links into your mission, as we've agreed your mission will be discussed in the morning this includes Rin" Mei finished
"Rin is involved in this mission?" Kakashi spoke baffled
"...Not really...but in some way she is involved...towards your mission" Mei tried to simplify
"How? She died when she was 15 when she went into the Third Great Shinobi War"
"We'll discuss this in the morning, Go and see if to your team" Mei concluded, she finally walked away without Kakashi following her when a little boy came running past cutting her up.
"Sorry Mizukage Mei" He shouted as he tries to continue to run but was quickly grabbed by Mei and pulled towards her as she knelt down
"Where are you going this time of night? You should be at home with your sister" Mei cautiously spoke, the little boy smiled at her
"I'm checking our village for intruders, I'm gonna protect my sister and you and our WHOLE village!" He enthusiastically spoke, Mei smiled and gave a little laugh
"We already have our checkers out my dear, were all safe, you won't be if your sister finds out your missing" This made the little boy laugh
"She's fine, I'm protecting her just like mommy would have wanted...please don't tell her though" The little boy asked
"I won't if you get home now, go on" Mei smiled ruffling his hair
"Ok Mizukage Mei! Goodbye!" He shouted as he ran home, Mei stood up
"I thought you were going back inside with your team?" Mei turned and looked at Kakashi
"I was...who was the little boy?" Kakashi asked
"Not Kai" Mei responded sharply
"I never asked if it was Kai, as you said there isn't anyone called Kai in the village." Kakashi stated "You seem quite close to him"
"His mother died when he was just a baby, and his father shortly after that. He and his sister were on their own so I took them in. As I was still busy being the Mizukage of the village his sister was his main carer and brought him up, for such a young girl herself she's done a fantastic job...I'm very proud of them both...their mother was a great woman and was a dear friend and I promised I'd always protect them" Mei spoke honourably, Kakashi was silent, "Goodnight Kakashi" Mei finally walked away back to the Mizukage building as Kakashi returned to the guest house.
Walking through the door he looked into the living room to find Shikamaru and Naruto both fast asleep on the chairs with Sakura on Naruto's knee sleeping as well. Kakashi closed the door and left them to their dreams as he sat in the kitchen and began to think about Rin.
7:30am at the House
Kakashi sat their all night long just thinking without a second of sleep before long the sun was up and the morning had come and the three in the other room had aroused from their slumber. Kakashi opened the door to them.
"Morning, wait here until I get back." He ordered and at that he was out of the door, as they were all still half asleep none of them really caught any of it.
Kakashi walked over to the Mizukage and walked straight up to her room, knocking on her door he awaited her permission before he entered.
"It's open" She shouted, at that Kakashi was through the door face to face with Mei once again.
"I've waited till morning like you've asked" Kakashi started standing in front of her desk where she sat.
"So you have...Let's start with your mission, what have you been sent to do?" She asked
"We've been ordered to come and find the person who let of the Jutsu from what we know him as Kai take him back to the Hidden Leaf from our Hokage to assess."
"Assess how and why?"
"Just to ensure he is no threat and to ensure he isn't a Biju host like she suspected. I'm assuming she'd speak to him but with our medical team on site if she has any doubts I'd presume she'd want tests done and an examination."
"...What If I refuse to cooperate and not let you leave with this Kai" She questioned
"We'd report to our Hokage of the situation and wait till we gain more orders." Mei turned towards the window and looked down at her village, Kakashi took a deep breath "How is Rin involved in my team's mission?" Mei turned and faced him
"Is Rin important to you Kakashi?" She questioned
"Rin was in my team when we were younger, It was very upsetting when I heard she died in the war we were close." Kakashi answered
"How close?" Mei asked, causing Kakashi to feel uncomfortable
"Does it matter how close we were?" He tried to retaliated
"If you want to know about her then yes" Mei advised "How close were you to her Kakashi?"
"It is a private matter" Kakashi avoided
"Well then if Rin is a private matter then let's not discuss her" Mei replied "Now back to your mission-"
"I want to know what happened to Rin" Kakashi responded trying to control his temper that he felt building up inside him.
"Well before I tell you about Rin I need to know how close you were"
"Why?" Kakashi answered
"I made a promise to not speak to anyone about her. If you are close enough to her then I doubt she'd mind me breaking that promise to tell you." Mei answered
"Rin never came to the Land of Water and you never came to our village, she died in the war so how could you have met her" Kakashi began to loose patience
"I can tell you...if you tell me how close you are to Rin" Mei told him again, Kakashi took a quick breath in and looked away. "Kakashi you can keep asking about her all you wish, but until you tell me how close you were to her I won't break my promise to her."
"...We were a team of three, Rin myself and Obito...On our first proper mission we were sent to destroy the bridge...Obito had such a crush on Rin it was an embarrassing to watch...but before he could tell her, he died on the mission his last wish was for me to take care of her. Before Rin went to help in the war I became very protective over her as I took Obito's wish seriously. We became extremely close in that time...a month before she went to tend to the injured in the war Rin was being bullied by some of our classmates, which really upset her. I took her back to my home and just sat with her and listened, that was the moment I found out I was...falling...for her. A week before she went I did everything I could to try and change her mind but nothing worked. I went round her house and tried to hide her bag but she caught me...we ended up spending the night together. I wasn't able to protect her like Obito wanted I couldn't stop her from going." Kakashi admitted
"Thank you" Mei replied
"For what?" Kakashi enquired
"For proving to me how close you were to Rin and to Obito."
"Will you tell me now what happened to Rin?" Kakashi asked
"You may want to sit down" Mei warned gesturing her hand towards the chair, Kakashi sat down and waited for the real story of what happened to Rin.
8:30am at the House
Back at the house Shikamaru, Sakura and Naruto had already fallen back to sleep. Sakura groans softly as she begun to stir gently nudging her head and snuggling into Naruto's shoulder Naruto groans back as he held her with one arm he unconsciously pulled her closer which managed to wake Sakura up enough to notice where she was. She looked around where her head lay and saw Shikamaru in the chair next to her, she noticed she was on Naruto's lap she smiled to herself as she looked up at the blonde fast asleep she gently ran her fingers through his hair and stroked his cheek.
"Thought you said he was an idiot?" Sakura spun her head round grabbing Naruto's hand to see Shikamaru looking over at her. Her mouth opened but no words came out she looked quickly at Naruto then back over to Shikamaru. "Why do you act the way you do to him if that's how you feel?"
"I don't know what you mean" Sakura asked him sharply
"Who's the idiot now?" Shikamaru answered causing Sakura to glare at him "It's obvious how you feel about him so why not just let down your anger shield of craziness and stop fighting it?"
"I don't feel anything for him" Sakura snapped
"Really nothing at all?"
"Nothing"
"Then why are you still on his lap holding his hand?" Shikamaru questioned raising his eye brow, Sakura looked down to see her hand still tightly holding onto Naruto's, quickly she released his hand moving hers onto her lap then standing up she walked away into the kitchen shortly followed by Shikamaru.
"Tea?" She asked him
"No thanks" He answered getting himself some water sitting down at the table, Sakura made her tea and joined him at the table. "Why are you denying any feelings for him when it's obvious you do?" Shikamaru looked over at her while Sakura looked down into her tea
"I'm not denying anything" She spoke sternly drinking her tea
"Can you promise me that?" He asked her, Sakura looked over at him
"I shouldn't have to promise anything" Sakura answered
"Well if you feel nothing and you're telling the truth then why not?" Shikamaru said, Sakura stood up
"I don't have to do anything, I don't want to do" Looking at him she walked away towards the door way
"He won't wait forever" Shikamaru loudly said to her, she continued out of the doorway glancing through to see Naruto still fast asleep she then continued to explore the rest of the guest house.
8:30am Mizukage's Building
"Rin did go to the war and she helped out many ninjas, but during the war my people aimed to help out and try to stop the war but our strongest fleet of ninjas came down with a virus that we had never seen. So we sent a few ninja's to get help from the medical ninja's in the war to come and help. One of which was Rin. She came and helped our fleet ninjas but fell ill herself. Our medical team looked after her by this time she was already been 3 months away from your village. The medical team found that-" Mei was interrupted by screams from outside
"Get back here you little worm!" Someone screamed down the corridor, the door flew open and a little boy came running in and skidded and flew under the desk.
"What on earth is going on" Mei sternly spoke the little boy stood up; the first thing to notice was he short spiky brown hair. It was the boy from the night before "I am trying to deal with our visitors now what it going on." The little boy turned and looked at Kakashi his dark green eyes looked curiously at the stranger but began to smile sweetly, as he became fascinated with the stranger he forgot all about Mei "Obito I am speaking to you" She sternly spoke gaining the child's attention. Kakashi didn't speak but just looked on.
"I'm in trouble" He told her
"With who?" Mei asked
"My sister" He huffed out crossing his arms Mei smiled
"What have you done now?"
"Why is it my fault?" He protested
"Your sister doesn't just get angry with you for no reason, she loves you too much for that. Now why is she angry?"
"Because I told her that I didn't want to go to school as we were just doing some boring stuff and she said I had to and I hid at the shop instead of going to school and when my Sensei asked me the today why I didn't go in I said it was because she said to not bother as it just a waste of time and she got in trouble for it." Obito told "And now she's all mad at me as she got in trouble as I blamed her for why I didn't go to school"
"So basically, you disobeyed your sister when she told you to go to school then you blamed her for the reason why you didn't?" Mei asked him
"...that sounds mean" Obito spoke quietly looking down
"I think you know what you've got to do" Mei told him, he nodded and ran out the door, "Sorry about that"
"Obito?" Kakashi asked
"You'll understand in a minute" Mei confirmed "Where was I...Oh yes...the medical team here found out that Rin was-" interrupted again by a knock at the door
"Have you seen Obito?" A girl asked just outside the door
"He came in and told me what happened. He said his going to make it right." Mei told her
"Thank you Mizukage Sorry for disturbing your meeting and Sorry for Obito as well." She spoke and quickly ran off closing the door behind her
"Seems you have an open door policy here" Kakashi joked
"Before another interruption comes, the medical team discovered Rin was-" Mei was interrupted.
"Sorry Mizukage but we need you to just go through this paper work it'll only take a minute" A man spoke with a few pieces of paper in his hand.
"I'm Sorry Kakashi this will only take a minute"
9am at the House
Naruto finally woke up later on and found Shikamaru in the kitchen where he and Shikamaru spent most of the morning eventually joined by Sakura later on.
"Did you sleep well Sakura?" Naruto asked as she sat down with them, Shikamaru looked over at her
"I slept alright thanks did you?"
"Slept like a log" Naruto laughed "Are the beds here comfortable I crashed out on the chair dunno about you Shikamaru?"
"Yeh I dozed off there too" Shikamaru looked over at Sakura "How are the beds Sakura?" He smiled, at that there was a knock at the door Sakura jumped up
"I'll get it" she shouted and ran off. Opening the door stood a girl 5'4 her brown hair fell over her headband it fell in her layers looking as if it framed her face delicately but edged choppily falling just above her shoulder blade. Her eyes where bright lilac looking so beautiful yet very mysterious.
The main thing that stood out how ever was her clothing, it was nothing that Sakura had ever seen, nothing of it was like Konoha wear, her shoes were just above the ankle and were black on the base and top but coming up and above the heel it turned to a greyish white with purple bows tied at the back. She wore a purple skirt that could be classed as a wide belt with a small black belt running through which had connected on two black pouches, underneath her skirt she wore some black shorts identical to Sakura's. On her right arm she wore a piece of black material that started from her wrist to just her elbow which on the top was laced up with purple ribbon bowed at the top Attached to the bottom the material ascending from her wrist was again a purple material, matching the ribbon, which fell freely from her arm accessory gradually getting longer as it reached her elbow. On her other wrist she wore a bluish and purple tangled bracelet with little charms interlinked. Her top was halter necked; the style of the top seemed remarkable, connected by two thin straps was a purple hood at the back. Leading to the front of the top where the two straps joined onto it the straps then attached into the top came down into a V shape before reaching the bottom, the side next to it were black coloured appearing to be like a toga effect where as the V shape was a greyish white colour looking as a marble effect. The ending of that part of the top would have ended half way above her belly button and below her breasts however was extended on by another piece of the purple ribbon being laced into the top and another piece of the same material as the V shape being tied with a bow at the side which ended above her belly button showing off her midriff.
Sakura stared at the girls outfit for some time.
"I made it" she said which gained Sakura's attention back onto the girl
"You made your whole outfit?" Sakura stood shocked, the girl smiled on
"I didn't get out much Ryo and I learnt how to sow, the clothes were too expensive so I bought material instead. It's easy once you get the hand of it." She spoke confidently
"Wow...It's nothing like I've ever seen..." Sakura stood stunned
"Thank you, I wanted it like that. I hate wearing what other people do I want to show my personality and who I am not just through me but what I wear as it's who I am." She spoke. "My name's Kairi by the way." She added
"I've been so fascinated in your outfit I never asked! I'm sorry, my name's Sakura" She replied. "Please come in, were just staying here were on a mission." Sakura offered.
"Thank you" Kairi responded walking into the house
Sakura and Kairi walked through the hall Sakura then pointed towards the Kitchen where the boys were still sitting chatting.
"Guys?" She called from the hall neither one of them looked towards her
"Hey did ya get rid of whoever was there?" Naruto asked her
"No, I invited her in, Naruto Shikamaru this is Kairi she's one of the villagers here" Sakura introduced finally getting Naruto and Shikamaru to look towards her, Kairi looked towards them and have a little wave
"Hi" She said
"Heya" Shikamaru said as Naruto fell silent looking at her, Kairi caught him looking and giggled
"Hello" She spoke directly towards him gaining his attention
"He-hey!" He stuttered trying to recovery from his wandering eyes he staggered quickly to his feet which again made Kairi giggle as Sakura looked on watching the two. Naruto walked over towards them both striking up a conversation with Kairi taking her through to the other room. Sakura watched him escorted her away a sudden feeling of jealousy over whelmed her as she glared in the direction that they went Shikamaru came over leaning against the wall.
"If you don't want him, another girl will snatch him away." Shikamaru calmly spoke making her feel worse as he went to join the pair. Sakura stood watching plagued by the overcome jealousy and anger that seem to spread through her body wishing that she just slammed the door in her face never introducing the possible couple to be.
11am Mizukage's Building
"Thank you Mizukage, sorry for the interruption" The man spoke and exited the room, Mei gave and sigh and before she could open her mouth Obito came running in screaming with a girl not too far behind
"What on earth is going on now?" Mei shouted as Obito ran behind Mei
"She's gonna kill me!" He shouted
"I will when I get my hands on you!" She shouted trying to grab him from behind Mei
"I thought he was going to tell his teacher the truth of what happened"
"He only went on told her he couldn't go to school as I was on my period and was psycho and he needed to take care of me!"
"Well you're psycho now so I think she believed me" Obito sweetly replied, the girl made a sharp quick scream trying to grab the boy who then ran and hid next to Kakashi squatted behind his chair as Mei tried to calm down the girl.
"Hey!" He whispered to Kakashi
"You in trouble?" Kakashi spoke smiling at him, Obito looked at the girl and Mei and looked back
"I think so" Obito replied
"How old are you?" He asked
"I'm 9, I'm 10 soon though!" He spoke excitedly
"If I let you live long enough to see it" The girl spoke angrily
"Calm down" Mei told her
"He just told his teacher who was teaching a whole class of students that I was psycho on a period that I'm not even on, to avoid him getting into trouble when he didn't go to school!" She shouted, Mei placed her hands on top of the girls shoulders
"You are old enough to understand he is just a child"
"I know but so infuriating! I thought I bought him up better than that! Our Mom would have bought him up better than what I did..." She spoke gradually her voice got quieter and calmer as she spoke, gaining Obito's attention, he stood up.
"Your mom would have bought him up the same as you. You've done such a fantastic job I'm so proud to have you in my village. Your mother would have been so proud to see how her little girl has grown up" Mei comforted her brushing her hair out of her eyes, Obito walked over slowly
"I'm sorry...I'll tell my Sensei the truth..." Obito hesitantly spoke the girl smiled at him looking over with her lilac eyes as her brown hair fell as she looked down at him. "Mommy would be proud of you" He smiled at her, he then ran off. Mei looked at Kakashi who was looking at them both. Mei turned the girl to face Kakashi.
"I haven't even introduced you two have I" Mei spoke gesturing her hand towards Kakashi "This is Kakashi, he's from the Hidden Leaf Village." She spoke to the girl "Kakashi this is Kairi" Mei looked at him
"" He spoke pronouncing her name slowly
"Yeah, that's how I taught my brother to say it was by saying Kai then saying ri eventually he got it, took a while though" She giggled
"Well it's very nice to meet you Kairi" Kakashi looked up at Mei and back to the girl
"So you're from the hidden leaf village?" She asked
"Yes I am" Kakashi answered
"Hmm was-" Kairi started looking up at Mei who interrupted
"Where's your brother gone?" Mei distracted her
"Dunno somewhere I best go find him but wasn't-" Kairi tried to start again as she walked towards the door
"We'll talk later" Mei answered and at that Kairi ran out closing the door behind her
"Kairi...looks like we've found the person we need then" Kakashi smiled Mei walked back over to her chair and sat down
"I'm sorry but I can't let you take her" Mei answered
"Why she'll be coming back it's just to-"
"Interrogate and analysis her as if she was a test subject!" Mei shot up from her desk
"It's for the benefit of our villages" Kakashi answered "Beside she is old enough to understand isn't she?"
"I don't care whether you think she is old enough she isn't going" Mei ordered, Kakashi stood up
"Well I'll have to contact the Hokage and discuss with her what we should do."
"Do as you wish, she isn't going"
"Don't you think I have the right to decide where I go and don't" Kairi spoke strongly as she stood in the door way with Obito. "I'm 19 years old I'm not a child, why are you so set on not letting me go. If their Hokage wishes to see me then fine I have nothing to hide!"
"You don't even know why she wants to see you!" Mei shouted at her
"From that stupid Rumour I'm guessing!" Kairi shouted, Obito grabbed her arm, she looked down and put her arm around him
"He still needs you here, you are all his has" Mei spoke to her
"There's no reason why he can't come with me. If their Hokage wishes for me to go and clarify what happened then fine" Kairi told her, Mei shook her head looking down "I have got nothing to hide. I was protecting my brother"
"Your word will not be good enough Kairi" Mei told her, causing Kairi to gain a worried look on her face
"Why?" She asked
"They will want to run tests on you analyse your body, you chakra, your Jutsu's and your mind. Anything you have in secret will be exposed and I mean everything" Mei warned her Kairi fell silent for a minute Kakashi quickly stepped in
"That would be a last solution our Hokage wouldn't order those tests if she knew what happened" Kakashi defended
"She would want to know for definite and for that she would need those tests" Mei attacked
"This is my village, I will protect it and the people in it no matter what, even if it means exploitation" Kairi tried to speak strongly but the fear she felt was echoed in her voice
"Kairi, that is a very noble thing to do...but I won't allow it, I made a promise to your mother I'd always protect you-"
"You can't protect me forever you might as well rap my in cotton wool and put me in a room. I have to make my own choices right or wrong" Kairi protested
"Will you and Obito please leave I have to talk to Kakashi, I'll discuss this with you later." Mei requested following her Mizukage's orders Kairi lead Obito out the room and closed the door.
"If she is willing to come with us then respect that. There is no saying she would have to go through those tests, which would be in extreme circumstances." Kakashi rebutted
"I made a promise to protect them I will not let her go to the hidden lead village knowing that she could go through that." Mei protested angrily
"She has accepted that it could happen, she is-"
"You wouldn't put you own villages through that analysis why put someone else through it, just because they don't live in your village?" Mei shouted "You wouldn't hurt your people so why hurt mine"
"Mizukage Mei, Kairi has a strong Jutsu and we need to investigate how strong it is to see whether it is a threat to us"
"So what if it is, what will you do?" Mei asked
"I don't know, but you shouldn't let a promise you made long ago affect your relationship with the villages around you"
"I wouldn't let any person in my village go to your village with the chance of that happening to them regardless of my promise, I protect my people not endanger them" Mei spoke irritated
"It's not endangering them though it's-"
"This would be different if she was from your village!" Mei shouted
"This would be no different our village comes first"
"Why because that's the way of a Ninja? What happened if she was my daughter would you make her go then?" Mei questioned
"But that isn't the case-"
"Would you make her go if she were my daughter knowing what could happen?" Mei shouted
"It wouldn't be up to me it would be up to the Hokage and yourself" Kakashi responded
"What if she was your daughter would you let her go through with it?" Mei questioned
"This isn't getting us anywhere-"
"You wouldn't would you? If she was your daughter and you knew what could happen you wouldn't let her go through with it!" Mei shouted at him
"Calm down, this isn't even the case" He stood up and walked to her desk, Mei walked and faced her window
"November 15th...does that date mean anything to you?" Mei asked him still turned away
"...what does a date have to do with-"
"Does it or not?" Mei shouted
"It was Rin's birthday" Kakashi answered
"November 17th...does that mean anything to you?"
"It was the night when we were together"
"November 22nd does that mean any-"
"It was the day she left to go to the war, what this have to do with anything" Kakashi interrupted
"March 1st what day does that mean to you?"
"It was the day we were told she and others had died"
"So that would have been...3 months and 12 days since you two were together?" Mei asked
"Yes exactly...what are you getting at?"
"As I was trying to tell you before...when the results came back from examine when she was ill here they found that-" Mei was interrupted at a knock on the door "If you even try to enter I will make sure you won't be living when you leave!" She shouted, no one entered and the knocking stopped.
"What did they find?" Kakashi asked standing up "Was she ill? Is that what killed her?"
"She was pregnant" Mei finally revealed, Kakashi stood still and silent
9:30am at the House
Finally joining them Sakura sat down and listened to them all laughing and joking telling stories about mission and their training all sorts that Sakura could have joined in but couldn't think of anything to say.
"Your quiet Sakura, you alright?" Naruto asked her sitting across from her, Sakura cleared her throat and smiled at him
"I'm fine" She answered, he smiled back then diverted his attention back to the brunette sitting next to him as they continued their conversation her giggling at almost everything he said, smiling adorably at him. Sakura's smile dropped as she glared towards her, Shikamaru moved close to her.
"Sure you don't feel anything?" He asked quietly she turned and looked at him
"I said I felt nothing" She snarled quietly
"Fair enough, I've got to say though those two make such a cute couple that as you don't feel anything towards Naruto I might just give him the push he may need to ask her out" Sakura turned and glared at him he smiled at her seeing her try to deny everything
"You say a word and I'll break your arm" She snarled
"Why would you? I mean if you feel nothing then wouldn't you want your friend to be happy with someone?" He asked
"You dare Shikamaru" She snarled again, he smiled and turned towards the two
"Hey Kairi, me and Sakura have to do some chatting would you mind taking Naruto and showing him around the village?" Shikamaru asked
"I would but I did come round for a reason. My brother has wandered off again his names Obito, around brown spiky hair brown eyes he wears Ninja boots like yours, blue shorts coming just below his knee, and got a greyish short sleeved top with a yellow body warmer over the top. If you see him can you tell him to find me?" She asked them
"Sure no problem. You close with your brother?" Naruto asked
"Yeah raised him since he was a baby" She replied "My mom and his dad died few months after he was born" Kairi smiled strongly downwards, Naruto held her hand causing her to look up and smile at him which made Sakura feel like she was turning green.
"I'm so sorry, well are you at least close with your dad?" Naruto asked
"Never met him, my mom said he was a great Ninja from her home village" She replied
"Do you know anything about him?" Shikamaru asked
"Not really I was 10 when my mom died and honestly as long as I had her I didn't mind not having him around I did ask about him at times but it didn't bother me not having my dad, I had my brothers dad around so it helped"
"Well do you know anything that could help us track him down, we travel to different villages, so if we know anything about him and we see him, we can send him your way." Sakura added
"Well I know his lives in the Land of Fire" She told them
"So he must live in our village, we live in the hidden village in the leafs" Naruto spoke "There anything else?"
"He was on the same team as my mom...ermmm...she said that he was stubborn and always stuck by the way of the ninja but was caring with it." She added
"What was your mom's name?" Shikamaru asked Kairi turned and looked at him.
12am Mizukage's Building
Kakashi had managed to sit back down but hadn't spoken a word. Mei got on with some paperwork as Kakashi just sat thinking
"Pregnant?" Kakashi finally spoke
"Yes, you speak now?" Mei stopped writing and looked back up
"How long...was she..."
"I would say about 3 months and 12 days at that time" Mei calmly spoke Kakashi put his hand in front of his mask where his mouth was
"Pregnant..." He kept repeating over and over out loud
"Yes it means having a baby if you've forgotten. Anyway she and I had become quite good friends and when she found out as many people would be she was petrified she was 15 alone and her village may banish her. The Mizukage before myself, Yagura, who was a friend of my father's agreed to let believe that Rin died in the war destroy paperwork of her coming to our village and classed her as a villager of this village." Mei told him
"She never died?"
"No" Mei informed him "She gave birth to a healthy child later on in the year... she did eventually move on, she never stopped caring for you, but she met another man here, Kagari. They knew each other for a while and eventually they got married when she was 23 as well as having a child together. A few months after their new child's birth an attack fell on the village, first Kagari died then Rin" Mei finished, Kakashi didn't speak he just sat with all the information spinning around his head
"I don't believe this is happening" Kakashi let his head fall into his hand
"Want the cherry on top?" Mei asked him he tilted his head to look up
"There's more?" Kakashi spoke at that the door swung open and Kairi came back in
"You do realise you threatened to kill Obito?" Kairi told Mei
"I'm Sorry Kairi, you remember Kakashi don't you" Mei asked her Kairi turned and looked at Kakashi, he looked at the young girl.
"Yeeeeees...I met him like 10 minutes ago." Kairi asked confused "Are you feeling alright Mizukage?"
"I'm fine, tell Obito I'm sorry, you found him then?"
"Yeah found him just outside the building couple minutes ago, Is it alright if I discuss with you about this mission Mizukage?" Kairi asked calmly
"I would rather we speak alone for that" Mei replied
"I just want to say this before I leave you and Kakashi. I know what it would mean if I went...but if what you said was right, I haven't got anything to hide, so why risk the relationship with our fellow lands when it can be avoided by this." Kairi enlightened her
"Thank you Kairi...We'll talk more later, alright" Mei replied, Kairi smiled and bowed then walked out closing the door behind her
"She reminds me alot of..." Kakashi started speaking
"Of Rin?" Mei finished
"Yes" Kakashi looked at her, Mei turned and looked at him
"Good, would have been terrible to be a girl and look like you" She told him Kakashi's face changed drastically to a shocked expression his head shot to the door
"She's..." He begun
"Rin's daughter...and yours" Mei finished again Kakashi couldn't look away from the door once again his was speechless, Mei pulled her paperwork back towards her and picked up her pen she looked back at him "Still want to send her to the Hokage for an analysis?"
10:30am at the House
"So your mom's name was Rin?" Naruto asked Kairi, she nodded her head. Shikamaru looked at her absorbing the information that was given
"That's a pretty name...I swear I've heard someone in our village mention her" Sakura responded
"Well if you hear anything on her please let me know, me and Obito would love to know more about her time in the Hidden Leaf Village" Kairi asked standing up making the other stand up with her.
"So you're brothers name is Obito?" Shikamaru questioned
"Yeah, my mom named Obito after an old friend from her old team." She replied
"Did she name you after anything?" Sakura asked curiously
"She named me in thanks to this village for letting her stay. Kai means Sea and Ri means village." Kairi explained
"And your mom's name is Rin and she was defiantly born in our village?" Shikamaru asked again, Kairi turned to him
"Yes, defiantly, she had a forehead protector like yours." Kairi clarified making Shikamaru sit back down and think. Kairi looked at Naruto and Sakura then back to Shikamaru
"Don't worry he's either planning something or thinking, he normally does that" Sakura cleared up, Kairi nodded her head
"Thanks for having me, but I best be off gotta find Obito, if you see him let me know as well" Kairi giggled walking out with Naruto quick behind her
"Well if you wanna hang out while were here please don't hesitate!" Naruto spat out before she left the house causing Sakura to turn green again
"Yeah that would be great, some friends of mine are coming over from another village tomorrow for a visit. I'll introduce you we can make a day of it" She giggled "Thanks for everything, I'll see you all tomorrow" At that she walked out of the door making Naruto run back to Shikamaru who was still deep in thought
"Did you see her!" Naruto started making Sakura turn green all over her eyes flashed with red and she turned and punched part of the wall down.
"I didn't notice, I think Sakura did though" Shikamaru smirked looking over at her.
And that's the end of Chapter 5! Hope you enjoyed it and hope it didnt confuse ya, love to hear what you think please Review and I hope to hear from you soon Chapter 6 is already being written! =)
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