AN: Yeah, here's the new Chapter...yeah.
Dreams are in italics.
Chapter 5
"Well, you've recovered now. I think it'll be good to start training now…" Tsundae said after finishing Chihiro's check up.
"You mean I get to do what Sasuke, Naruto, and Sakura get to do?" Chihiro asked excitedly.
Tsunade laughed, "I think you may need to start off smaller than that. You'll begin training with Iruka first."
"I will?"
"She will?" Kakashi and Chihiro asked at the same time.
"Yes."
"But I want to train with Kakashi…"
"Don't worry Chihiro, Iruka is a great teacher. I'm sure you'll grow to like him almost as much as you like Kakashi."
So Kakashi, Chihiro, and team 7 went to the training grounds where they all meet Iruka. "Iruka-sensei!" Naruto greeted loudly.
"Naruto, how are you?"
"Great! What are you doing here?"
"I'm here to train Chihiro."
"C'mon you three," Kakashi called to Sasuke, Naruto and Sakura, leaving Chihiro to train with Iruka.
"Alright Chihiro, let's start with something simple. Why don't you start by throwing this shuriken to that tree over there?" Iruka suggested handing her the shuriken.
"Ow," Chihiro said softly as she held the shuriken by its sharp edge.
"You don't hold it like that! You hold it like this," Iruka showed her the proper way to hold the shuriken and she copied perfectly. "Good, now try throwing it at the tree like this," Iruka said throwing his own shuriken. Chihiro looked from Iruka to the tree and back to Iruka. "Don't worry if you don't get it the first time. You'll just need a little bit of practice…" Iruka said but realized that Chihiro had already thrown the shuriken and hit the target perfectly.
"Wow," Iruka said, looking at the tree and back to Chihiro, "You catch on pretty fast don't you? Alright let's try something a little different." He told Chihiro and the two of them began working with shurikens and kunais.
"…and then I told him how great he was at teaching and then his face began turning red…like a tomato! Do you think he's alright Kakashi? Kakashi?" Chihiro asked as she and Kakashi were eating dinner.
"Oh yes…very funny." Kakashi said.
"But I wasn't really saying anything funny," Chihiro said frowning, "Or was I?" She thought to herself but then continued to talk about Iruka and what they were planning on doing tomorrow.
For the next two weeks Chihiro and Kakashi didn't spend too much time together. Kakashi was off training his students while Iruka was training with Chihiro. And though Kakashi hated to admit it, he was beginning to feel a bit…
"…jealous?" a voice asked from behind Kakashi. Kakashi turned in his seat to see Asuma.
"No." Kakashi said flatly and turned back to his , Chihiro, and Iruka were at Ichiraku's Ramen Shop. Chihiro and Iruka had left earlier to get some more training in before night fell.
"You like that kid don't you?" Asuma asked, referring to Chihiro.
"She's 21 years old…"
"Well, it's easy to forget. My point is that she's young so you better go get some before some other guy does…."
Kakashi looked at Asuma, "…go get some?"
"You know what I'm saying so don't play dumb. You can look at her all you want, but she won't be on the display shelf for long, someone's going to buy her soon, so you better go get her while you still have your chance."
Kakashi was starting to get annoyed with Asuma's "advice", "Why don't you take your own 'advice' and go buy Kurenai while you still have your chance."
"Buy who?" a female voice came from behind the two men. They froze and turned slowly in the seats to see Kurenai. "Who exactly are we buying?" she asked again arms crossed. Luckily for Kakashi he had finished his ramen so he quickly exited the scene, leaving Asuma behind with Kurenai.
Two weeks later
"The five of you'll be delivering this scroll to the Akechi family in River Country. The Akechi's are an important and powerful family so I would like this scroll to be taken to them as soon as possible, understand?"
"Yes, hokage-sama," said team 7 and Chihiro and they left the room.
"Yeah! We get to go on a reall mission now!"
"Are you nervous Chihiro?" Sakura asked.
"A bit, but I'm also very excited too."
"Alright let's get moving," Kakashi said and all five of them left the village. The journey to the Akechi compound was rather uneventful. They reached the compound in 3 days, and successfully delivered the scroll.
"Why don't you all stay the night here? You all had such a long journey after all," offered Lady Akechi.
"That would be great thank you very much," said Kakashi.
"Yosh!" Naruto cheered, Sasuke just nodded, and Sakura's inner self was doing a happy dance.
"I'll show you all to your rooms," said Lady Akechi. She then took everyone to their own separate rooms until Chihiro was the last one. Without warning Lady Akechi hugged Chihiro..
"Akechi-san?" Chihiro asked.
"I'm sorry. You just remind me of my daughter; Chi. She disappeared about a year ago."
"I'm sorry."
"Its fine, seeing you has made me feel happy. I would like you to sleep in her room tonight. It's been empty for such a long time."
"Thank you very much," Chihiro thanked politely. Lady Akechi patted Chihiro's cheeks and left Chihiro in the room. Her eyes scanned the room and landed on a wooden box. She went over and examined the outside of the box and found a small wind up key in the back. She wound it up, but nothing happened, so she decided to open the box. Inside she found many pieces of fine jewelry, but Chihiro's eyes focused on the figures of a man and a woman spinning around and around, dancing to the soft music that began to play. Chihiro then laid down on the bed, with the music box beside her, and fell asleep to the box's lullaby.
Chihiro opened her eyes and found she standing in a white room. The music from the music box was still playing. Chihiro could see a hazy figure standing in the distance and the figure began walking towards Chihiro. As the figure came closer, Chihiro realized she was looking at someone who looked a lot like herself.
"Who are you?" She asked the figure.
"My name is Chi."
"Akechi-san's daughter?"
"Yes…I died about a year ago."
"Oh…I'm sorry."
"It's nothing to be sorry about. I have unfinished business to attend to Chihiro, I'll need you're help."
Chihiro nodded, "I'll be happy to help you."
"Good. In the music box you opened, you saw jewelry inside, correct?"
"Yes, they were very pretty."
"Yes, well those pieces of jewelry are family heirlooms, passed down from generation to generation…" Chi paused for a moment, "I don't have much time Chihiro, so I'll leave with this, please protect them no matter what it takes…This is my dying wish." The music playing from the music box stopped, Chi faded away, and Chihiro's vision went black.
Chihiro opened her eyes a second later to see a masked figure beside the bed with his hand on the music box. Without hesitation, Chihiro leapt up and out of bed to attack the intruder.
A/N: yeah, review if you think I should change something.