I stared at the full moon shinning over the village sitting on the seconds headband watching over the place from the cliff. A light breeze moved my hair around. My mind running over moments I had with my grandpa.
His funeral will be in two days.
Without him the compound felt unwelcome and sad. Wrapping my arms around my legs a few tears fell down my face.
I saw a group of police running across the roofs.
I sat here all night crying and smiling at funny memories. I pretended he sat with me as I watched the sun rise shinning red and orange across the sky. I stood up feeling a little cold and jumped down the cliff heading to the café.
I leaned on the building too early in wait for the women to come. I crossed my arms and stared at the ground sadly lost in my head.
The shuffle of soft almost silent feet made me look up, there was Kakashi, dirty horror romance novel in his hands as he walked reading it. His eye moved from the page and he stopped walking. We just stared at each other.
A small creepy smile crossed my face as my heart filled with joy that he liked it. I feel I might look psychotic but he just looked back to the book and started to walk again. I held back a chuckle as he passed by.
We did not speak as I watched him walk away finding it so funny.
I watched him walk away casually when I heard feet and there was the owner walking towards me, I stayed where I was until she unlocked the door. "Good morning Kei." She smiled at me.
"Morning."
Hanging around until she was open was not bad, I slid into a bench and watched people wake up before she handed me my extra large coffee. Normally I get food but I was not hungry.
I found my slow ass at one of the ponds in the village, I stared into the calm waters sadly.
The hair on my neck was raised making me pay attention, a feeling hit me so I ducked low and there was Guy flying over my head into the water. A sexy male laugh came from behind me and I turned to find Itsuki standing there almost bent over laughing.
Guy then popped out of the water. "I was just trying to hug you." He yelled at me amused. Itsuki grabbed me from behind in a hug, I felt loved and leaned into him while he held me tight while Guy climbed onto the water and started to wring out his outfit.
He kissed my cheek. "I am sorry." He spoke into my ear, my body tingling and my heart sad.
I Guess he found out.
I watched Guy as he wrung the water out and I noticed under that hair and horrible jumpsuit he might even be a knockout. He took a weird pose dropping it all. "Come let's workout." He yelled at me and started to stretch. "We can make it a competition." I felt like Kakashi, is it the only way Guy can help? I almost nodded with a smile, it was kind of him.
"Is that really what you meant by you got this?" Itsuki spoke. "Working out?" I laughed leaning into him.
"It works." I spoke with a smile to Guy. "The winner gets what?" I asked him.
"Well, I can get you guys this." He pulled on his green jumpsuit.
"Run." I spoke quietly to Istuki, his deep kind laugh was nice, feeling his body move pressed into me caused a small happy feeling spread through me. "Okay Guy." I smiled. "You lose, I get to dress you, you win, I will wear it for a week."
He raised his hand and gave me a thumbs up with a smile that twinkled.
I stared at the skin tight green jumpsuit I was stuck wearing. Thanks to some new curves it was not the worst and I still hate it. I have to go out like this. I threw my jonin vest on for once. Rolled up the sleeves and threw on knee high black boots just trying to cover the fucking thing.
It looked worse making me laugh at myself. I gave up with a sigh when Itsuki walked into my home with a bouquet of flowers. He looked me over and tried not to laugh but he failed.
I just gave him a small smile, he reached out and grabbed my hand into his handing me the flowers with a kiss on my cheek.
I gave a sad smile as we walked out of my home to go to his funeral, the flowers for my Grandpa.
I loved shopping for new weapons. Getting a few looks as I let the green suit breath. Nothing else on but normal boots and gloves. Every look made me smile and Guy really helped me feel better with this stupid outfit.
I pulled off a large sword wondering if I could even hold it and I dropped it on the floor with a loud noise. "Sorry." I yelled. Way to big for me. I bent down to pick it up and I heard a weird noise.
I stood up slowly. "Fuck." Looking back there was Kakashi staring at my ass. His eye locked with mine filled with humor. He slid his hands in his pockets and shook his head at me.
A small chuckle escaped him and I faced him as I crossing my arms with joy. It is rare to make him laugh. He shook his head and turned to walk off.
"Kakashi, fight me." I yelled.
His body stiffed and peeked back at me startled. "Fight me." I ran at him like Guy. He stepped back slowly.
"Join us." I yelled and he ran off so fast he was just gone. I sped out of the store with a smile but he was gone. I walked back in looking for what I really came for so I can go try and do better at half the jutsu my grandpa taught me.
Sadly we never got to finish it and without him, I doubt I ever will.
I frowned and grabbed my heart as I stared blankly at nothing.
Then again, I need a friend for it.
I guess I should ask Itsuki when he is free to train with me.
I closed my eye's holding back a tear before shaking my head and looking around and going back to my day.
I was knocking stone Kunai into themselves. I can aim with my mind but I was just mindlessly aiming them and letting them to go on its own coarse. I was not paying attention lost in my head when one hit one and broke off stabbing me deeply in my right leg.
Looking down I bled slightly with a sigh I noticed pulling it out it would bleed a lot more as it was deep. I just headed over to the hospital to be safe. The main man at the desk looked at my leg, up at me and waved me up like it was nothing.
I was quietly looking for a free med ninja when a man in a white coat stopped me looking at my bleeding leg. He bent over without a word and looked at it.
"We can't wake him up." I looked into the open door as three people stood over a dirty anbu vested man.
"His teammate said he dropped during a fight and just wont wake up." Another women spoke making me suck in air as he pulled it out and I looked back down.
A small green hand healed me quickly.
"Thanks'." He nodded up at me kindly before just leaving.
"We tried everything." I overheard.
I looked into the room curious as one of the women ran over his head with green. The man looked at me and waved me away. I almost left but I was curious. Can I get into his head like Itsuki.
Maybe I can see what is going on inside there at least.
I walked closer and they looked at me confused. "You a med?" One women asked and I shook my head no. They did not stop me as I got close and touched his head and I mumbled nothing but they let me look quietly.
I could not feel anything, they did not feel anything so not a surprise.
I sat next to his legs on the bed. "Let me see what's going on in there." I heard someone say something but it was too late.
I stood on a tall thin rock formation, lava surrounded me endlessly, there sitting in front of me was the man. His hair longer then the one in the bed. A bright sun was setting and the air was cold.
So quiet I could almost hear my heartbeat.
I reached out and touched his shoulder, he jumped so high he almost fell off, I gripped his shirt and pulled him to me as he swayed over the edge.
"Who are you?" I was about to talk. "I have been here alone for a year."
"A year?" I looked around. "That sucks, how do you know?"
"The sun sets, it is all there is to look at."
"Your in a genjutsu of some form." I touched his shoulder. "You are on a hospital bed safe." It was like a cool exterior broke, his eyes filled with hope and gripped me tight in a hug. "Let me see."
I tried to remove the genjutsu from his head but I was having trouble. We stood here and he did not let me go. Curious I tried to change the genjutsu at least.
It took a minute of force and the lava slowly faded. I closed my eye's and tried to raise the stone. He made a noise and I opened my eyes, we stood in a large plain. That made the area less scary before I tried to wake him up again.
"How do I wake you up?"
"Inokei." I heard in the air and so did he as he let me go and we looked around.
"That is my name." Giving up to go talk to the medical. "I will go back."
"Don't leave me!" He gripped me again. "I know this is not cool of me but I have been alone for so long."
"Oh, no." I mumbled.
He looked at my face, he looked so sweet with his blue eye's asking me what. "I can't leave." He then got scared. I messed with the area again knowing I was not useless in here. Grass grew around us with a warm breeze.
But I can't wake up.
"So, what happened?" I asked as I tried to back away from him but he still gripped me tight. "Maybe we can figure this out." I felt too close to this guy making me nervous. I tried to get over it as the man was scared. I do know Istuki would be mad at the way he was holding me.
"Me and a teammate were hunting down a bad man and his people and I guess this is the reason he cant be caught. Is my teammate down?" He leaned back looking into my eye's.
"Who is it?" He looked at me confused and worried. "Sorry I just saw you passed out and came to try, I know nothing."
He held his hands up and he backed up a little. "I tried things, nothing works." He smiled down at me. "At least I'm not alone." Something about that made me feel creeped out.
"Okay you try and I will try at the same time." I spoke pressing my hands to his inside head. He nodded and brought his hands together. We forced it at the same time and white surrounded us.
I woke up to the male med ninja inches from my face startling me I almost screamed. I shuffled up a little his legs shuffled from under me as I squeaked a little disoriented.
"He is awake." A women yelled.
"She did it." Another women spoke. I looked at the pretty twenty year old who stared at me with so much happiness and love being awake now.
"Kei." I heard a small blank voiced friend, looking over at Kakashi.
"Ah." I looked at him. "The teammate?" He nodded. "Ya, your eye?" He nodded again telling me why he was not under.
"Did you get him?" The man I saved asked pulling me to him so roughly I was startled, digging his face into my neck I felt so uncomfortable and awkward as Kakashi nodded again.
I really did not like the way he was holding me. I was almost on the verge of a panic attack.
"How did you that?" A women said.
The other two started to ask questions and I tried to get up but he did not let me go. I don't even know the answer to these questions, I just did it.
I looked at Kakashi scared asking him to help me with my eye's. He walked off making my heart drop as I tried to be kind and leave at the same time. The man not letting me go pulling me to him too tightly.
"Oh Kei." He spoke not looking making everyone stop asking or ranting about this. "I need you to come with me." His voice so blank but they all looked at him sadly and I was able to wiggle out and chase after him.
"I thought you were going to leave me." I said softly as we walked away fast.
"I thought about it." He spoke.
"Ass."
"You want to go back?" He asked.
I laughed and shook my head. "Thank you."
"Nice job." He said. "I never knew Yamanaka could be so useful until I met you."
"Thanks?" I laughed pushing open the main door to the bright sun. He disappeared two seconds after his feet left the building. I looked around but he was gone, with a smile I headed to town to go find food.
I woke up wrapped in the arms of Itsuki. I needed to pee so I tried to unwrap myself without waking him but he made a noise pulling me closer and tighter. My face inches from his watching his eye's squint open. "No." He pulled me over him rolling on top of me as I giggled.
"I need to go." I laughed.
"No." I pretended to struggle when his lips hit mine. A warm filling filled me along with comfort and peace. The thick feeling wanting to take of his clothes came back. I pushed my feeling into his kiss and responded back with passion.
I was lost when my bladder screamed at me again. It took everything to pull away. I ran to the bathroom. I tried to move fast brushing my teeth and fixing my hair to get back to kissing him.
"I need to go early." He yelled through the door making me stop mid brush and look at the closed door sadly. "See you later." He spoke. I did not want him to leave and I moved towards the door but my pj bottoms got stuck on the handle of the sink stopping me.
I paused and freed myself swinging open the door but he was gone.
My heart was filled nervously as I leaned on the doorframe staring at the ground.
I want more.
Does he?
How do I tell him I want more?
I have no one to talk to. Kure maybe, Kakashi is the only one that knows about us but that feels weird and wrong. I wondered back in to get ready for the day and turned on the shower. My mind running over how our first time could be special, how I wanted it to be.
"Kei." Was yelled as I towel dried my hair. Reili screamed at me. "Why are you always home these days." I smiled knowing we had a mission. "Why am I the only one getting us jobs." I laughed. I bet I could tell him as I got dressed. Reili might even be someone I could talk to. He has that vibe.
I walked out and he looked at me. "What?" He asked at the look of my face but I could not say it. We just headed out.
I leaned on a tree watching the small field and the fight as Reili took on three. He was so cocky and bet me he could do it all alone. This was a small group of people trying to take over a sad little town.
So I am letting him do it alone.
He was doing well, mostly dodging but his sword skills and lightning chakra was really nice to watch. I loved it when the bright light filled the area. With a smile I crossed my arms before I had to dodge some water canon and I leaned on a different tree.
"One down." I spoke as I watched.
He shoved his sword into the ground, spinning and kicking at one man. His feet hit the ground and he pulled it out behind him bringing it down in front slicing into the man that was off balance from the kick.
"Two down." I smiled.
The last one was harder for him to hit. Reili jumped back to breath ankle deep in mud.
A small light shined from behind him. Sun glinting of a large sword, the man pulled it from behind his head diving for Reili.
Reili spotted him but has to block the other. I held up my hands and shoved my nervous break from a far. He fell forward as I tried to get it more into his head. It was tough but I got him to run towards them.
The man made some joke that his buddy is a better swordsman, he did not see it when I made this man attack him instead. He was shocked and I smiled as he dodged two swords. Reili got in close quickly and took him down.
I made the man stand there frozen excited it works. He looked at me and at him before just taking him down fast.
"Thank you Grandpa." I spoke softly.
"What the fuck was that?" He yelled at me in the middle of the carnage.
"Saving your ass." I yelled back with a smile. "Come, let's go back to the town." I nodded at him to follow.
"No really."
I smiled as we headed over talking about what I was taught. He was amazed at that and I felt the same. I did it well. We hung around the happy town to be freed, giving us free food.
The buffet in front of me made me so excited.
I spotted this man down the road and I stopped eating and stared.
His long magnificent beard and long flowing hair. His nice outfit sat perfectly on his muscles looking like a god. A sword hanging from his side as he walked through with confidence.
"Whoa." I spoke and Reili looked behind him. We both stared as he walked by our outdoor table. "Damn." He nodded before he looked at me and blushed looking awkward.
I wanted so bad to talk to him about Itsuki and again, talking about something serious or personal is hard to do. I was watching him to find an opening to it when I spotted he also checked out this silver foxes' ass quickly.
My eye's landed on the older mans butt and it was nice, I looked back at him and we locked eye's.
I just stared at Reili curious.
He saw the look on my face and looked scared for a split second and then he looked at me angry and stood up. "Let's go home." He walked off.
I ran after him leaving my half eaten food on the table. I looked back sadly at my food but chased after him.
A small amount of understanding hit me as I tried to catch up.
Huh.
I stood in front of his door unable to knock.
This is wrong.
I could not leave I could not move.
Maybe he is not home.
I hope he is not home.
The door then swung open as I stared at his angry covered face. "Why the fuck have you been standing out here for over ten minute's." Kakashi angrily spoke. I could not speak, just stared up at him with doe eye's. His eye grew a little telling me to speak.
I just spun away and ran off.
"Freak." He yelled before I sped up and was far gone.
I paced inside my home rubbing my hair making a mess.
Deep in my heart I want to do this and a feeling like I have to do this. Do I talk to Itsuki, maybe I can make him make a move you know. I grabbed my coin purse and ran out the door.
It was a twenty minute run to the neighbor town where they had a store with lingerie and stuff. Most leaf Kunoichi shop here as they have bras that hold you in for when u fight. It is where we all go for the best undergarments.
I wanted some pretty pajamas, something more attractive then what I have.
I wondered around looking at the most pretty but reveling things. I wanted to buy them all being so cute.
Some older women came over looking at me skeptical. "For young ninja's." She pointed to the section with the kind of bras that hold you in but are far from pretty. I wondered over embarrassed but got some as I did need them.
I could use a new bra, I am gaining chest real quick.
She followed me around when I went back to the sexy stuff and I got talking with her.
Suddenly I had a mother.
She showed me sweet but just reveling enough for a young women. She told me to just talk to him about it. If you can't talk about it, you should not do it in the first place.
She did not judge.
She made me feel comfertable.
She answered questions and I felt better, An older women to help me was nice.
I left feeling confident with an array of goodies including this silk pj set and more.
It took a few days before I was ready to try this, every time I tried I felt too exposed. I could not talk to him so I will just show him. I would get pretty and then I will talk to him. I slid on my favorite, a romper pajamas with buttons up the middle.
The shorts were so high between my legs as the buttons showed off my chest a little.
I walked out to find him laying on my bed like normal.
His eye's were calm before he looked at me and I watched as they grew and he sat up looking at me. He looked stunned filling me excitement and nervousness. I bit my lip looking away shyly before my eye's locked on his and looked serious as he looked lost. Eye's on my chest.
"I want to talk to you about." I could not say it when his eye's snapped onto mine like he was distracted.
"Sorry, what?" He smiled his cute smile.
"I want to." I said not able to finish it.
He looked startled. I just rubbed my hair and walked over to him. The look in his eye's made me feel sexy and I slowly climbed onto his lap and kissed him.
I sat on the café roof with my coffee feeling like I was getting a sun tan in the warm rays. Itsuki had to go early but I could not repeating last night over and over in my head.
I felt safe, loved. It was amazing even if it was kind of fast. I felt like our relationship opened up even more. He is taking me on a date later in the day even if we may be spotted.
That warms me.
He is my love.
He is my best friend.
I don't need to talk to anyone about this as long as I have him.
Speaking on men I looked around before jumping down.
Reili lived in a cheep place even with the money he makes. I jumped into his large window squatting on the windowsill. He was in the bathroom as I stepped inside. Clothes, food, cans everywhere.
It was a mess in here and smelled like old food and unclean boy.
"Come on." I spoke. "And my place is bad." I heard a crash in the bathroom and he peeked out the door like he was naked. White shit all over his pink short hair. "So you do wash yourself." I joked and he glared slamming the door when I heard water turn on.
I waited and started to clean. Tossing the clothes in a pile, pulling the dirty dishes out so I can wash them. I was half way through when he stepped out with wet hair. "Do we have a mission?" I shook my head no, wanting to talk and tell him everything but nothing came out. "Why are you here, not that I mind, clean all you want."
It is Reili, he is the kind of person that would love to talk about Itsuki and me. I also wanted to talk to him. The more I thought about it I never saw him with a girl, never look at a girl. Mostly insult girls. I could not ask.
"It is a mess." I spoke.
"Have you seen your place?"
"At least I can see my floor." I joked back.
"Barely." That made me laugh hard.
I wanted to ask him if he was into men, once that thought came to me I saw so much that I can't believe I missed. He needs to tell me himself right? Just need to make him comfertable enough to.
Why can't I say anything about all this.
"Glad your here I needed to talk to you." He spoke sadly, my head snapped to him worried at his tone and stopped cleaning. He looked me over and waved at me to continue, rolling my eye's I dug back into it. "I am joining a team." I stopped sadly looking at the soapy water.
We have been just us for so long. We are good together, we know how to work with each other. He was sexist but I know why now. He was close combat while I am ranged support. We made the best team.
I looked at him sadly as he stared at his floor. "It is perfect for me."
I spun wiping my hands on my shirt and leaned on the counter taking it in, I scanned his face and he looked sad.
"I just, it was always a goal in my life to be on this team and they want me." He said sadly. I nodded again.
"I think you need to do what you want." He stood up serious. "And join Anbu."
So I will not have anyone left from my teams.
I will be a random person in random groups, join interrogation or Anbu. Still somewhere in my heart, not sure why, is telling me not to. I don't know what to do for my future and am so scared to make the wrong decision and be stuck that way until I die.
I don't have a specialty.
"That is okay." I faked a smile and looked at him kindly. He deserves it. "Your right, I will figure it out."
He walked over and hugged me tight, I gripped him back more. "I will miss being on your team." I said.
"For a girl your not bad."
I scoffed. "For a boy your kind of short."
"Hey." He let me go and leaned back. "Bitch."
"Dork." I spoke back.
We shared a smile and he hugged me again. "Don't ever come over." I joked and kissed his cheek making him pause. "Please come see me whenever." I let him and headed to his window. "See you later." I smiled.
"Always." He smiled back and I jumped out the window.
I felt slightly alone as I bounded over the roofs.
Again I woke up the middle of night and could not sleep. I felt alone in my home because Itsuki had to be home tonight and could not fake it. We had spent the whole day together and played hooky at work. It was amazing.
I had this feeling. I needed to go outside and worried I followed my intuition and slid on my shoes to go for a walk.
I jumped along to roofs looking for drama. I paused and sat down on the tallest roof and watched the town. I heard the familiar noise and the hair on my neck spiked. I knew where it was coming from and where it was going and calmly looked over at a kunai landing next to me.
I looked behind me as a group vanished into the air. Anbu I take it. Might be Police but I saw gray.
There was a small note on it. I picked it up and read it.
There was an address on it and the name Hyashi. Hey, meet me tomorrow night, training zone 11. That is creepy, who meets at night with some strange man in the dark, alone.
Who the fuck is Hyashi.
"He wont stop talking about you." I jumped at Kakashi, I heard the kunai but not him.
"Fucking Kakashi." I dropped my arm with the note feeling defeated.
"He is kind of." He paused. "An ass." He looked up. "I would leave him alone." He looked around.
"The man from the hospital?" He nodded. "Ah I got a guy anyway but thanks for looking out for me. I am a little young for him so that is weird." He nodded and looked to leave. "Is something wrong?" He looked confused. "I just had this feeling."
"Nothing seems off." He spoke coldly and looked around seriously. We stood here quietly. He slid is mask from the side of his over his face and I watched him jump away.
I sat down unsure what to do.
I bet the hot springs are amazing at this time of night, empty.
I stood up and just slowly walked and moved roof to roof when I saw a small shadow head my way. There was Urushi, Kakashi's dog. I smile down on the sweet boy sliding my mind into him wondering if he found something.
"Hey, hey you again, I like you." He spoke to me wagging his tail and I smiled at him. "There was someone breaking into the hidden room at the library for archives."
"Oh?"
"Come, come."
I landed at the door where Kakashi was leaning on the wall his Anbu mask on the side of his head again. I looked around the dark road and no one else but us stood here.
"Was not much and was a leaf member." He spoke to me as we stood alone. "Someone wanted an important scroll." I nodded. "How did you know?"
I shrugged. Urushi was doing a dance looking up at me like he wanted to jump up at me and I wanted to hug him and let him. He was so fucking cute.
"Sit." He spoke deeply and I felt silly so I sat down as the dog did.
His eyebrow raised looking at me with confusion and I smiled up at him expectedly. A small blush crossed his face and he looked at the sky.
"Now what?" I asked.
He would not look at me. "What the fuck was that?" He breathed out and looked at the ground to his side.
"Ah." I patted the dogs head and he pressed his head into my hand. "Oh well, sadly I am awake now." I rubbed his ears.
I stood up and stretched, his blank face looking at me. "I think I am going." I looked at the sky. I patted the dog again. "Bye puppies." I ran off.
I headed to the hot springs.
The water was amazing and I was alone as I floated here. I spent over an hour to the point it was too warm but I could not leave. I shifted up sitting on a rock as my feet hit the water and relaxed like the sauna it was.
I heard a shuffle from the mans side.
I did not move the man did not make any more noise.
I felt at peace and safe.
"Dude why do you have a cloth over your face?" I heard a strange mans voice and it put one person in my head. Would Kakashi wear a mask in there as well? I wonder if he is over there.
I don't want him to know I am here as I am naked.
It was quiet when I heard a gasp, my ears perked back up and looked to the wooden fence between us. "I am jealous for a young man to have a face like that." I stood up. I waded over to the fence and pressed myself into it trying to find a hole in it to peek.
"What's it look like?" I almost yelled not knowing if it was Kakashi or not. "Tell me."
"Kei?" Kakashi's deep voice spoke.
"Ya. What is it like?"
"Stunning." The male spoke quietly.
"Really?" I spoke with my tongue to the top of my mouth. "I got to see, take a picture, tell me."
He laughed hard for some reason. "I can see why she is flirting with you." He spoke making my smile drop.
"I am not flirting with him." I said worried, Itsuki in my head.
"Sounds like it." He spoke that made me stand up.
"Oh, sorry." I looked down overthinking about that, I just stood up and walked off embarrassed. "I um. bye."
Do I flirt with Kakashi?
I headed back home sad I can't go find Itsuki.
I felt ashamed as I thought back. If I flirted I feel like I cheated or something. Kakashi was just always easy to talk to. Angry and ignores me but he never judged me. I also know nothing would be there. I mean I am to young for him anyway.
I paused walking.
I am sorry Itsuki.
Maybe that fight we had ages ago about Kakashi had a point.
I should just back off then. I will avoid him, for him, for Itsuki. Stop and notice if I flirt. I never meant to.
I was laying on Itsuki's bare chest as his hand ran up and down my back.
"I am so glad we were on that mission together." He spoke, I gave a small smile in agreement. I am so excited he is with me on my bed like this. "It killed me." He spoke, the first time we ever talked about being apart.
I nodded into his chest and laid there.
"I fought with my mom so much." I looked up and sat up curious looking into his pretty eye's, his eye's however were not looking at mine. "What was I saying?" He looked up at me finding it humorous but I also felt so exposed I laid back down.
"I left the village." I spoke. "If I came home I had to leave."
"I know."
"Really?" I asked sadly.
"I tried to stalk you and it was impossible to do." I laughed.
"Do you think she still hates me?" I spoke so quietly.
"Well she would not approve of this." He tried to joke but I did not find it funny. I loved his mom. "I don't care." He spoke making me warm. "Never again." That made me feel safe and loved as I cuddled into him more.
"So you uh, got some kind of." I paused. "Fantasy?"
He made a noise like no I stayed on his chest looking up at him with big eye's. "I don't." He coughed. "No."
"Tell me." I gave him a flirty smile.
I was leaning on the gate waiting forever on someone I was too nervous to see.
Kakashi.
What are the odds of never getting missions with him and thrown together alone after that.
Even if I did not mean to flirt, the whole being called out for flirting with him makes me nervous. Him thinking I was flirting makes me feel like I cheated on Itsuki. He does know how much he means to me and maybe he wont think much about it.
"You done over thinking?" I looked up at Kakashi standing there with his hands in his normal jonin outfit, I looked up startled. "I have been standing here for a minute."
"Try an hour." I joked at him.
"I was trapped in love."
"How sweet." I spit out. "If I known I may as well been there myself." Slipped out. "With who?" He did not speak. "Not alone?" I laughed.
I bit my tongue and looked down before I ran out of the town, that sounded flirty. He followed.
"I had to help an old women take help her crippled husband." He said softly.
"Lies." I spoke back.
It was quiet, the only sound was the light scuffle of our feet. "I thought you had a teammate for this."
"Not anymore." I said sadly. "But, we are not trackers, when we get an assassination's it was harder to find someone then having you, with you it will be much faster."
"So you just take them over and run them to me or what?" He asked coldly.
"Depends." He nodded and we ran in silence again. "So this man is strong?" I asked him.
"They say he wields a deadly weapon." He said. "Has Killed many people across the land of fire."
Again the silence annoyed me, not sure how long we did not talk but I felt out of place. I want to act like I was not. I wanted to say anything so I said the first thing in my head.
"So, you got a face under there huh?" I smiled at him and looked at me blankly.
"Everyone does." He spoke looking straight out, I made a small squeak in humor.
I joked. "Show me." I bit my lip and smiled before I noticed and my smile dropped looking out straight. Ah I see it now.
"You need to earn it."
"Really, like what, fight you? Clean your home?"
"You can clean my home and find out." He spoke back before he stuck his hand out to stop me from moving. He gripped my arm and jumped down into a small hole under the tree.
We were stuffed close I was pressed into his back. Now something like this is getting in my head. It never did before. Stupid hot spring man, you fucked this up.
I heard it.
There was a couple people running passed us.
He has the skills so I don't know who or why they were there.
"Bounty hunters." He spoke. "They said they are on his trail." His hearing is amazing. We climbed out and I felt good for the space when he pulled out a scroll and suddenly three dogs sat in front of us.
They ran off instantly.
"Why not let them at him." I spoke with a yawn. "He will be dead anyway."
He looked at me like he was thinking about it sliding his hands into his pockets in a calm way. "Well, it brings money into the leaf and he has such a high number on his head."
"Alright."
We waited for a second before he nudged me and I followed him off.
The man was alone walking down some road a large chain weapon wrapped around him. The group looking for him was not around the immediate area.
We watched and I patted his shoulder. "Let's do this before they show up and we need to fight for him." His arm wrapped around me ready to grab me when I dropped but I gave him a curious smile. "I want to try something." He nodded.
I shoved my chakra into him from here having him pause, not only taking over his body I put confusion into his head. I ran at him as he stood there like I wanted frozen, right before I got to him with my wind dagger to cut off his head he broke out.
I guess it was weaker then my main skill. I ducked as the large spiked chain came at me before I jumped up as it swiped at my legs. He glared as I bounded backwards away. Damn.
The weapon was covered in spikes with a scythe on the end. I flipped backwards as the chain came at my legs. He pulled it up and the scythe came at my head. He moved it around like a snake with ease.
I blocked it with a wind dagger pushing it away and landed on my feet ready to fight. But it moved to fast and it was wrapped around me closing in. The spikes lightly touched me before I used my wind to push them away.
Kakashi landed behind him.
The man looked back at him, I watched his red eye spin and the man fell to the ground. We shared a look standing there like, damn that was easy.
I walked forward as we did what we had to do, getting out of there before the group found his headless body. His head did not change or vanish saying it was really him we took out.
We put it in the stasis scroll and headed back into the forest fast.
"Jutsu needs more work, sorry." I said sadly.
"Worth trying." He said calmly.
"That was impressive." I smiled at him. "Funny actually, he just dropped."
"Ya, I was expecting more." I laughed with a nod.
I was glad it was back to normal. The friendship between us I hold dear. I know is he just a friend, all I want with him is friendship. The man got into my head but I do know there is nothing there.
I wanted to voice I was glad he was my friend but again it was more words I could not utter.
I am glad to be on another mission with him even if I miss having Reili at my side.
"You have a life goal?" I asked him after a few minutes of silence. He did not look my way and did not speak. "Ya, just like me. Waiting to die?" I smiled with the dark joke.
He looked at me blankly for a moment it made me feel like I said something wrong before he looked out straight.
I pulled Itsuki from the back of his Uchiha shirt pulling him back into my bed stopping him from pulling up his pants. "Hey." He laughed as I wrapped my legs around him not letting him go and nibbling on his ear. "Stop or I will be late."
"Be late." I pushed him over and climbed on top. "Quit and never leave." He laughed picking me up and tossing me on the bed. I was sad to be alone as he tried to get his pants back on.
He then looked at me as I laid there. "Fuck it." He dove at me making me smile.
Itsuki was behind me still doing Guy's training with me to get more speed. We came to a small warm field and I sat down. "Can I try stuff on you?" I looked up at him. He sat across from me with a nod.
I need to control him better and also try and get passed the sharingan wall, it may be impossible.
We sat there for ages as I messed with our minds. He was always there to help when I needed it. I tried, I could take over for about two minutes decently unless his eye's were red.
I have not been training as much lately being busy with him.
"I am going on a mission." He yawned looking down on me as I tried to get passed his eye's and even just confuse him.
"Oh really?" I yawned back giving up and looking at him.
"Be gone for a week or more." I felt a sadness in my heart for him being gone so long. I really did not want him to go but he never gets to leave the village anymore. The man is tough, will be with other Uchiha. Maybe they will do it faster. "It is a really big deal."
"Well." I smiled at him and he smiled back knowing what I meant.
I walked into the sun with my coffee when Guy went flying by me backwards. He paused and jogged in place as he smiled at me giving me a exaggerated nod to join. "It is to early in the morning for you." I sighed and he just smiled. And nodded again for me to join.
I walked over and dropped my almost empty coffee in the nearby bin and joined him. We ran backwards through the main shopping district down through the training zones fully backwards.
He told me to not look back and run on memory and sound. He was faster then me and I pushed myself to catch up knowing I want his stamina and speed.
It was kind of cool.
Don't tell him I thought that or he will make me do everything and anything he thinks about.
After a sweat I sat in the graveyard. First I chatted with my mother before I went and chatted with my grandpa. The sun was warm it was a nice morning before I moved to train some more in the direction he was taking me before.
"Let's see if I can do this without you." I sighed before walking off.
The only free mission on a team for me would be a few weeks and I know Itsuki will be done faster then the time and it has been days. I want to be here. I was walking passed the Clothing shop with a bag of books. There was these high wasted shorts I kind of loved on a manikin.
Walking in I could go shopping.
I fell in love with some black clothing. The shorts, some fishnets. I got a few black tops along with one just made of mesh and see through. I spent hours here having shopping fun.
Ah I was being wrung up I moved through the earrings wishing for piercing's bringing me back to Dai. I wonder how he is doing, I liked his idea though for so many in my ears. I do know there is no piercer in the village.
I dropped all my clothes, books on the floor and started to find my new look. A style I was in love with but nervous to wear. With my black spiked gloves and old boots I really enjoyed it.
I looked tougher. The way the clothes hugged the curves I seem to have now made me happy.
I walked down the road for food high and confident when some women looked at me funny. My head dropped sadly. Do I look strange? I leaned next to the window at my favorite stand in wait for my food wondering if I dressed stupidly.
There was this man staring at me, I looked up locking eye's with him across the street. His eye's checked me out a little darkly he looked at my face and blushed. I smiled feeling better.
Blood came out his nose and he fell backwards startling me.
"Well that is the best compliment a pretty girl can get." I looked over and was startled at the man sitting at one of the tables hidden in the corner. I know this man, he is famous. "And I must say, you deserve it." He gave a creepy flirty smile but I was almost fan Girling.
Jiraiya, a legendary sanin.
He said I was pretty?
I smiled when my food was called. I just stared at him as he was writing something on paper. "What are you writing?" I asked standing there like I saw a star wanting to converse with a man like this.
"Oh just a little passion project, unsure where it may go."
"Ya. You have to tell me the name so I can read it one day." He looked up with a smile. "I am a big reader."
"Well. All I got is Paradise." He banged his pencil on his face. "It needs more."
I saw Guy running on his hands again this time backwards and my eye's got large. I put down my food. "Sorry I need to go." I ran out of there as fast as I could.
Wound up in the school yard.
I sat down on the empty swing, sad I left my food.
A familiar man walked out of the building. A chunin I could not place. He looked almost scared of me as he looked me over. I smiled at him in a friendly, Hi stranger way.
"Iruka?" I asked snapping my fingers and he nodded. "What you doing at the school?" I smiled kindly.
"Trying to become a teacher." He said awkwardly rubbing his hair.
"Oh, I did not know you taught?"
"It took a bit but I found my will." He looked me over. "What are you doing here?"
"Hiding." Not understanding but just squinted his eye and nodded. He walked over and we got into a basic conversation before he had to go. I liked him. I need more friends. Most have left me behind or left completely like Asuma.
I was bored without Itsuki, no Kure, avoiding Kakashi. I ended up spending the next few days working out with Guy. He never stops, never. He never gives up. He is a force of crazy I never knew was a thing.
I fought with him, trying my hardest to keep up with his speed the only thing to save my ass was keeping him away from me.
The water cascaded around me as I sat in my small shower. My back pressed the wall I just enjoyed it like it was raining on me. I decided to try a second top style with my new loved shorts. Everything I wore now was black and I adored it.
I fixed my hair when there was a knock. I smiled. Itsuki.
I ran to it but as I gripped my door handle I did not want to open it. A feeling crossed through me making me back up in fear. The person knocked again. I looked around confused and panicked.
Reaching out I opened it slowly ready to fight.
There was Itsuki's mom on the other side.
Oh damn, why is she here, is she going to tear me a new one. Tell me to keep away from her son. Does she still hate me?
"Can I come in." She spoke with grace and I nodded before she walked her thin body passed me. Looking around she then slowly sat in my kitchen chair. She held her hands together and looked at me calmly.
I could not even see a slight emotion to know why she was here.
"I know you two have been together for months now." She spoke staring at me.
I was stiff and she waved at me to sit across from her so I quickly sat down almost falling to far off the chair nervous.
"He had never looked so happy, it was easy to know why. I could not stop it again as he was trouble when I broke you up." She gave a kind smile. "So much trouble." She almost looked sad.
My heart filled with joy.
She is not mad at me.
Am I no longer trash?
Do I have her back as well?
"I wanted to say, I stopped you two because some of the main clans, well, they are not good to connect together with kids. I know your not close to yours but most Uchiha want the blood pure."
"Oh." I said I get it. About to say I don't want kids anyway but I let it go.
"I am sure any clan even a strong one would be frowned upon. Like me I did not come from a main ninja clan, so I am accepted. You understand?" I nodded with a smile. "I always liked you Kei." She smiled at me.
It warmed me. She was a second mother. She is giving me her blessing.
"Well now that you understand I have something to say." She looked down sadly.
"Itsuki was on a mission with three other clan members and I will not get into it but." My heart dropped as I stared at her pretty black eye's. A small tear formed and slid down her face.
"They, did not make it."
I was cold and stiff like this was a dream, everything dropped with gravity or froze in place.
She looked at me. I don't know how long she stared at me. It is not true. It is not true.
"No." I spoke finally. "Your lying."
She stood up and walked out with the grace she has like she was floating. She opened the door and looked back as I stared numb. "I am sorry but I am glad that he had you, he was happy, even if he sucked at pretending he was not sneaking out, for such a strong Shinobi it was a little sad."
I stared at the table my head fell into it, my face pressed on its cold surface my arms wrapping around it as I took it all in.
I paced in my home scared, heart broken filled with disbelief.
My Grandpa was painful, why Itsuki, why so soon, it has been months but I wanted years, I wanted a life with you.
I dropped onto the floor and gripped my legs before flopping on my back and staring at the dusty white ceiling. I could not stop the panic, I could not breath.
I got up and ran out, pushing my emotion into my feet and just ran, I went mindlessly and ran for a while.
Passing every Uchiha hurt more. I was seeing him on every corner with that symbol and that hair wanting him to just stop by and be like. Nope I am fine.
I somehow was back in my home.
When it hit and it was real I just got angry at nothing, at him, at the world.
The anger at the world made me even more angry, I tossed cups, broke a chair, a window, I yelled before kicking at my desk making it fall forward. The special box sliding out of the drawer. I paused and picked it up carefully placing it on my bed and crying.
I held it to me as I cried, I was ugly crying, tears, snot, not able to breath, everything.
I slid off my bed and stared at the floor knowing all the memories of him on top of it, the feeling of no hope, the feeling like my world was over surrounded me.
I opened it up and started to read all the notes he wrote me.
So much love in them.
He loved me the same way I loved him.
I opened the note from Dai thinking it was from Itsuki. I stared at his address where it says send a bird if you want to join my guard for at least three months.
I was on the verge of leaving my clan area without my grandpa. Now I wanted to run out of the town. In the spur of the moment I stuffed clothes and necessities along with the box into my scroll.
Looking around there was nothing here that mattered.
Everyone is gone now.
Three months out of here may help.
I headed right over to the Hokage building to see if I can go. I am not tied down, I never did sign up for ANBU. Running over I hope I can go. I need to leave. I need to go.