Yasha: Here it is, sorry for the delay!

Kiko sighed, looking up at the sky as she walked, well limped, around the village. She seemed to be lost in thought.

"Kiko-san, you alright?" a voice asked her.

She turned and saw a genin talking to her. "Oh, hi, Hinata-chan."

Hinata fell into step with Kiko, "Hello Kiko-san. You never answered my question... Are you alright?"

Kiko nodded, "Yea, but my ankle is being a pain..." Hinata grabbed her arm gently. "You miss him don't you?"

The older teen looked surprised. "M-Miss who?"

"Itachi." the Hyuuga heir said quietly.

"I don't miss him! I don't! I don't, don't, don't miss him! Why does everyone keep asking me that?!" Kiko exploded.

"Everyone knows you, him, and Shiro were on the same team for years...and that you and him were close, really close." Hinata said.

"I don't...miss him..." she denied, starting to cry.

With Sukarae

Sukarae was walking back towards home when she heard her sister's outburst.

"I don't miss him! I don't! I don't, don't, don't miss him! Why does everyone keep asking me that?!" she heard Kiko explode.

She then heard someone say something in a quiet voice. 'Hinata...?' Sukarae wondered.

She quietly walked to where the voices were coming from, and some people were staring at her sister and the Hyuuga girl.

Sukarae watched her sister start to cry before walking over and hugging her.

Kiko clung to her older sister. "I don't miss him..." she muttered, her sister's shirt muffling her words.

"C'mon sis, let's go home..." Sukarae said, walking beside Kiko, an arm around her shoulders.

At Home

Once they got home, Kiko went to her room and laid on her bed. Not even a few minutes later, there was a knock on her bedroom door.

"Come in..." she said, staring out the window from where she was.

"Here, thought this would cheer you up some..." Sukarae said, walking over to Kiko.

Kiko glanced at her sister and saw her carrying a tray with some food on it. There were some chips, some ice cream, a few cookies, and some pocky. "Arigatoo...just set it on the table..." she said quietly, before looking back at the window.

Sukarae set the tray on the table and sat on the edge of Kiko's bed before stroking her hair, silently.

After a few minutes, she got up and left, leaving Kiko alone.

Kiko got up and grabbed the tray before sitting back on her bed. She picked at the food that usually cheered her up when she was down, but this time, it wasn't helping...

After eating a little bit of the food, she set the tray back on the table and laid on her bed and fell asleep.

Kiko's Dream

Kiko stood near the edge of a cliff and stared at the ocean below her. She sat down on a small boulder.

Soon, she was joined by someone.

She glanced over and gasped, "Itachi?! What are you doing here?!"

"Lovely view, ne?" Itachi said, ignoring her question.

"Hai." Kiko nodded then asked him again, "Why are you here?"

He shrugged, "I fell asleep and found myself here..."

"Itachi...why...why do you...act cold when others are around...?" she asked after a moment.

"Hn," Itachi shrugged.

"I'll take that as an 'I dunno'..."

"I've got to go, I'm getting ready to wake." he said.

Kiko did something unexpected and hugged him.

Before he left, he hugged her back slightly.

Real World

Kiko woke up with a start, "Itachi?" She looked around her room and sighed, it was daytime now.

She got out of bed and pulled on a dark blue robe and walked into the kitchen; she was the first one up, which was strange.

Yasha: R&R