Kakashi had a million questions in his head. He opened his mouth to ask the rock ninja one of them, but Mizura held out a hand to stop him.
"Before you ask any questions, Kakashi, I have one more thing to show you." She made some hand signs and, around Kakashi, appeared Konoha. He saw Mizura, Sakumo, and Arashi standing at the Konoha gate. Choza Akimichi, a member of the Akimichi clan, who was standing in front of them, addressed them formally.
"Inuzuka Mizura, Hatake Sakumo, and Tsuki Arashi, I will now explain the mission. It is an A-ranked mission. Your job is to rescue a war hostage from a small village not far from here. It is located in the north of Konoha. I will be on a different mission, but you are all skilled shinobi of the Leaf, so I trust that you will do well. Arashi, you're the leader." Arashi nodded. Choza waved them a good-bye and then disappeared in a puff of smoke.
"Let's go." Arashi said. That was all the permission that they needed, because the three took off. The scene changed to a fighting scene. The team was facing of against a group of
7 ninjas from the Mist. Suddenly, an arrow flew toward Mizura from one of the trees. Kakashi saw another ninja from the Mist dart out from the tree, triumph glinting in his eyes.
"Mizura!" Arashi shouted, and tried to save her, except he was tackled by one of the enemy, and barely countered the attack. Sakumo ran to her and stepped in front her, and instead of the arrow's target being Mizura, it buried its point inside his left shoulder. Sakumo gritted his teeth in pain, blood trickling down his arm.
"Sakumo!" Mizura started to lower herself down to help him, but was stopped by Sakumo when he told her to concentrate on blocking the enemy's attacks and staying alive. The scene changed again, and this time he was back in Konoha. It was night, crickets singing into the silent air, making the air fill with the sound. Kakashi saw Mizura and Arashi in the shadows of a house, talking quietly. Kakashi ran over to hear.
"Arashi, next week I will be on a different mission. You and Sakumo would be on the same mission and I just want to wish you luck." Mizura said. "Just forgot to tell you today." Arashi stiffened, and sucked in a breath of air. After a few seconds, he began to recover from his shock.
"All right." Arashi said as he left Mizura's side.
"What's wrong?" Mizura asked as she ran to catch up. Mizura lifted a hand in an attempt to touch his shoulder, except he stalked away.
"It's nothing." The words came out cold and flat, as if Arashi never cared for her. This was what stopped Mizura from going after him. Kakashi guessed that Arashi had never talked to her like this, and Mizura stood, wide-eyed, most likely trying to figure out what was wrong.
"Arashi…" Mizura whispered, choking on the words. Tears welled inside her eyes, and ran down her cheek. Kakashi watched as Arashi turned a corner, and disappeared.
"Mizura." Mizura spun around, and saw Sakumo standing a few paces away. "If you really want to know what happened, I can tell you." Sakumo bit his lip. "I can tell you why Arashi was so upset." Mizura's eyes widened.
"You can? Can you please explain? But that wasn't like Arashi, he was never like that…" Mizura said.
"You see, Arashi's father was dead because of mine. Every time Arashi sees me, he has this urge to kill me. Arashi talked to me last week, alone. He knows he's supposed to hate me, except, he just couldn't. Arashi told me that every time you're with him, you make him forget the fact that he doesn't know what to do." The scene faded and Kakashi was again back in the room with the rock ninja.
"The next day, Arashi left the village," Mizura's eyes were hurt, "if he had told me, if Sakumo had told me earlier, I'm positive that would not have happened. Mizura looked at him, and continued.
"I brought your father here to ask questions. He's alive I'm sure." Mizura walked toward him and revealed a key from her pocket and unlocked his chains.
"Why did you leave me?" Kakashi said, trying to keep his voice calm. He felt betrayed, by his father. 'A true mother would never abandon their own child.' Kakashi thought.
"After Arashi left the village, with the Sandaime's permission, his hate for the Hatake Clan blossomed. He wanted to kill every single Hatake Clan member. At first I loved Arashi, but after he left the village, I knew that he left the village for his own sake, and my love for him was crushed. I began to feel love for Sakumo, and at first I ignored it. If I had a child with Sakumo, and if Arashi tried to kill every Hatake Clan member, that child would be in danger. But Sakumo and I came together, and we had you. But I deeply regretted it, for 3 months after you were born, in the middle of night, the Hatake Compound was attacked...by Arashi. You and your father were the only ones left, not counting me. I tried to distract him while Sakumo alerted the Leaf. But no one came, because no one believed it. The Hatake Clan all killed, except for 2 people? Impossible. That's what they believed, but they were wrong. The Tsuki Clan that Arashi was in allowed the members to master all 5 elements of ninjutsu. I had to lead him out of the village and so I ended up leaving the village. I knew I couldn't go back to the Leaf because I would be blind about what was happening outside of the village. I wouldn't be able to protect you, I ended up in the Rock. I sent a message to Sakumo telling him to let you have no memory of me."
"And why was I not informed of this? I could protect myself." Kakashi said.
"Arashi mastered all 5! You wouldn't be able to defeat him. A team of 5 Uchihas were sent out to kill Arashi, but none survived. Another team of 10 Hyuugas were sent out again for the same purpose, but again, they were killed." Kakashi's eyes widened. Even the Uchiha? And the Hyuuga too?
"Where is Arashi now?"
"I don't know," Mizura's eyes were grave, "He's been tracking me for a while now, eventually he will find me." Kakashi didn't have a chance to respond, for just then, the wall bashed open, and a figure darted in, and Arashi stepped into the light.