Chapter 7
"Dai, I really need to talk to you for a moment." Misato whispered to her fellow band mate as they walked out the door of the Production Company.
"Sure, but why are you whispering?" Dai whispered back with a smirk.
Grinning, she smacked him on the shoulder, but it slipped from her lips quickly. "There's something important that I need to tell you."
"Ok, where would you like to go?" Dai asked, frowning. He could see how nervous and upset she was.
"How about we go to Rin's?" she said and he nodded. Splitting from the others, they made their way to the bar and entered, nodding to Rin as they did. They took a seat in the back corner, away from everyone in a secluded booth.
"OK, so what's wrong?" he asked after they had placed their orders, a bottle of beer for him and a glass of soda for her. He gave her a questioning glance at her choice of drink because he knew that she never ordered anything but alcohol at Rin's.
"I can't drink anything alcoholic for a while." She murmured at the glance and took a big gulp like it was spiked, before she looked him in the face.
"I'm late."
"Late for what?" he asked, confused.
"You know, I'm late." She said more urgently, raising her eyebrow at him.
"I'm not following." He said, confused.
"I missed my period for four months now." She whispered.
"Ok?" he said, bewildered.
"You can't make this easy, can you?" she sighed.
His puzzlement only grew as he noticed her starting to tear up. "What's so bad about missing this period thing?"
She stared at him in shock, tears leaking down her face. "No one could be that dense!" she exclaimed, drawing Rin's attention from behind the bar. Frowning, she made her way over to the booth, worried for both of them, especially once she noticed that Misato was crying.
"What's wrong, honey?" she asked as she stopped right next to them.
"She said something about missing her period thing for four months. Is that bad? Can't she go get another one?" Dai said and received a hard smack to the back of his head from Rin, before she slid into the booth next to Misato and wrapped her arms around her.
"Oh, it'll be ok. Don't worry, we'll take care of everything. Now, who's the father?" Rin asked, but that only made her cry worse. Rocking the upset girl soothingly, she looked at the still confused Dai.
"Father? What?" he asked, looking between he two females across from him.
"What she meant was she is pregnant. That's what it means when she says she missed her period." Rin said quietly.
"But what is a period?" he asked.
"Once a month, a female bleeds from her vagina for a week. Once you get pregnant, it stops because the blood and ovaries that were fertilized begin to make a baby." She said simply and the look on his face went from confused to surprise to all out shock.
"But why tell me?"
"Because, you asshole! You're the father!" she sobbed, taking her face away from Rin's shoulder to glare at him.
"What?! But we only did that one time!" he exclaimed and then looked around as his loud voice began drawing attention from the other patrons.
"It only takes once, you moron." She said coldly and Rin nodded briefly when he turned to her.
"…" Dai was speechless as he stare at the two women.
The silence stretched between the three of them for a couple minutes and the girls watched as his face slowly paled, then crumpled as it hit him. Not only did her cheat on Itachi and lose him because of it, but also now, they were having a baby from it.
"It'll be ok." Rin said soothingly to him as she saw the heartbreak consume him.
"No… it won't." he whispered as he stood up from the table. "I… I just need sometime to think."
"Ok." The girls said quietly and he left, dragging his feet as he waked out the door.
"He took that a lot harder than I thought he would." Misato said as she picked up her soda in a shaking hand.
"What did you really expect? He was never around a pregnant woman so he doesn't really know much about it. Not to mention, he and Itachi split up because for what happened between the two of you, and he loved Itachi with all his heart." Rin said gently. She knew all about what had happened as both of them had come to her, upset, and told her everything.
"I know, but it's his baby! I thought he would be happier. It's not like they could have a baby." Misato said and Rin looked at her in shock.
"Are you an idiot? He can't see that right now. He's still feeling incredible guilty about what had happened. He lost the one person he trusted completely, the person who saved his life and his sanity. And you expect him to be happy that a baby is going to come out of his guilt?!"
"Well, when you put it that was, I am being an idiot." Misato said quietly, hanging her head as guilt hat she had been feeling for before, doubled.
"Yes, you are, but I understand. When I was sixteen, I got pregnant from my teammate. I told him, but he just looked at me like I was playing a joke on him and left. I left the village shortly after for other reasons, but he never tried to stop me from leaving and he never spoke to me about it either. In fact, he never spoke to me again. He wasn't big on anything except sarcasm anyway. He was so sure of himself, thought he knew everything about anything." Rin said quietly.
"What happened to the baby?" Misato asked as she took another sip of her soda.
"Well, I wandered until it was time to give birth and then settled down here. The old man who ran this place before me was kind enough to let me live and then work here after I had the baby." Rin said as she looked around he bar that she had made her home nineteen years before.
"But why would he just take someone off the street and help them?" Misato asked, starting to get into the story as it unfolded.
"A couple of years before that, my team helped him when he was traveling. We were passing by and she him getting attacked by some bandits. We saved him and he saved me when I needed it." Rin said, a faraway look in her eyes. No longer was she seeing the bar, but a country road she was traveling down with her teammates. Shaking her head to dispel the memories of happier times, looked back at the woman next to her.
"Well, he took me in and I had a beautiful little boy with silver hair and blue eyes. He was the happiest baby I have ever seen. Nothing ever got him down. He never cried, was always smiling and laughing. Even when he got older and people would talk down about me, he would always smile, insult them, and come back to the house with a grin on his face, bleeding and bruised."
"They would attack him? How old was he?" Misato asked, shocked.
"Oh, it started when he was about eight and continued up until he was about seventeen. People stopped insulting me around him after he put this one kid in the hospital for a month." Rin said calmly while Misato looked at her in shock.
Shaking her head, she asked, "So where is he now?"
"My son or his father?"
"Either, both."
"Well, my son is a shinobi. He's currently on a mission to Konoha and his father still lives there. In fact, he's a sensei now." Rin said with a grin.
"Does your son know about him?" Misato asked as her eyes widened at the thought of the father and son meeting.
"Yes."
"Well, I wouldn't like to be in his father's shoes if they meet." Misato stated and Rin nodded with a grin.
"Neither would I."
OOOOOOO
"So, you're from the fire lord's capital?" Tsunade asked as s he looked up from the scroll that the Jounin in front of her had brought.
"Yes." He said as he scratched a cheek with a grin that turned his sparkling blue eyes to happy U's. "My name is Obito, and it's a pleasure to meet you madam Tsunade. My mother has told me a lot about you."
"Your mother wouldn't happen to be Inuzuka Rin, would it?" Tsunade asked looking at the man in front of her carefully. Sliver hair, blue eyes and red marks on his cheeks, all combined to make and interesting mix on him.
"Yes, she is. She sends her greetings." He said and she blinked at how different he was than his father.
"Please return mine." She said with a gentle smile at the memories of the gentle girl who had wanted to be a med-nin so bad when she was younger. "So what is she doing, now?"
"She owns a bar." He said with pride. "She got it from an old friend and built it up from a business that almost didn't make any profits, to a bar that is one of the most popular in the entire capital."
"She has done extremely well for her self than. It's a shame she didn't continue being a shinobi. She would have been as good as I am in the medical field if she had continued her training." She said and he nodded, temporarily loosing the smile he had had on his face for the entire time he had been in her office.
"Yes, but she doesn't regret it."
"Be that as it may, I think we are finished here. When I have my reply finished, I'll send a chuunin for you. It will take a couple days to get the info together that the Fire Lord wants, so I've arranged for a room at the Sleeping Dragon Inn for you. Enjoy you time here." She said and dismissed him.
After the door had closed behind him, she leaned back in her chair and chuckled. "I wish that I could see Kakashi's face when he comes face to face with his fully grown son that's he's never met." Laughing, she turned to the huge pile of paperwork in front of her and got back to work, a giggle slipping out every once in a while throughout the day.
OOOOOO
Kakashi sneezed, then looked around at the people waking past.
"Looks like someone is talking about you, sensei." Sakura said as she turned to look at the older man.
"I don't believe in that." Sasuke snapped as he turned away. They were at Ichiraku's having lunch where they meet once a month to think about Naruto and the way things were before he left. It always put Sasuke in a bad mood, which put Sakura in a bad mood because all he would do was grunt at her.
Kakashi just rolled his eye and stood to leave. Just as he passed though the curtain, he came flying back though, landing on a stool and snapping it off its base. Sasuke and Sakura jumped to their feet, ready to defend their sensei, but stopped in shock as a man though could have been a clone of him, except with two blue eyes, red marks on his cheeks, and no mask, came through the doorway.
"Who the fuck are you?" Sasuke demanded, the first to snap out of the shock that had taken everyone in the restaurant.
Ignoring the teen, Obito stared at the downed man, who was only just sitting up. "Hello father. It's so nice to finally meet you."
"What?!" Sakura screeched as she looked between the stranger and Kakashi.
"What?" Kakashi echoed faintly as he looked up at the man in surprise.
"You heard me you bastard."
"I don't understand." Kakashi said flatly as he pushed himself to his feet.
"Well, you and mom had sex and nine months later the world was graced by my wonderful presence." Obito said sarcastically.
Ignoring the vaguely unsettled looks on his students' faces, Kakashi said, "No, who?"
"Does the name Rin mean anything to you, asshole?"
"My teammate Rin?"
"The one and only."
"But she wasn't when she left!" Kakashi growled at the younger man.
Sakura rolled her eyes at the pair in front of her. "Well obviously she was. I mean, he looks just like you!" she snapped at him.
"She would have told….me…." he trailed off as a memory popped up.
Flashback
"Kakashi, I need to talk to you." Rin said tearfully as she grabbed his arm.
"What, Rin?" Kakashi snapped as he glared at her out of his one blue eye.
"Not here." She whispered, looking around at the people giving them curious looks.
"I don't have the time for this. Just spit out what it is you want to say." He snapped irritably.
"I'm late." She whispered.
"What?" he asked, irritated and confused.
"I'm… pregnant." She said a little bit louder, though it was still very soft.
He glared at her for a moment before ripping his arm from her slack grasp and stormed off down the road. Behind him, she sank down to the road as tears poured down her face and sobs tore from her body. A couple concerned couple passing by stopped to see if there was anything that they could do, but she just tore her arm from their grasps and took off in the opposite direction.
Kakashi watched her go from corner of his eye before he turned back around and continued on his way to the hokage's office.
End Flashback
"What? What is it Kakashi-sensei?" Sakura asked as she watched her frozen teacher in concern.
"Damn." He whispered.
"Yeah. Oops, congratulations, it's a boy." Obito said flatly before turning around and storming off.
"Kakashi-sensei? Are you ok?" Sakura asked only for him to ignore her and dash out of the restaurant after his son.
"Wait!" Kakashi called after the man, who ignored him and walked into in inn. Chasing him though the door, he heard, "My name is Hakate Obito. The hokage booked a room for me for a few days."
'She gave him my last name?!' he thought to himself. Shaking the shock off, he called, "Obito, I really would like to talk to you."
Obito turned to him and studied him for a moment before nodding briskly and turning towards the desk and collecting his key. Looking at Kakashi over his shoulder, he said briskly, "Follow me."
OOOOOOO
Itachi pulled out the cd that Dai had sent to him. Looking at it stonily, he read the words written across the front in silver marker. 'Please forgive me.'
In the two months that he had been back home, Itachi had gone back to the way that he had been before Naruto had changed him so thoroughly. He was cold to all, not like that had changed much even when they were together, and was in a perpetually bad mood, so bad, not even Kisame would chance to cross him.
He had thrown himself into his work to distract himself from what had happened. They had captured four of the demon containers quickly and the leader had ordered him to rest so that he wouldn't burn himself out before capturing the kyuubi, the strongest of all.
As mad and upset as he was for what had happened, Itachi knew that he couldn't just throw the cd away, so he popped it into his player and settled on the couch to listen. As the first song began playing, he closed his eyes and leaned his head back on the back of the couch listening to the sweet voice he missed so much.
So far away
This time, this place
Misused, mistakes
Too long, too lateWho was I to make you wait?
'You never made me wait, it was always me making you wait. I guess I just let you wait much to long. You moved on without me.' He thought sadly.
Just one chance, just one breath
Just in case there's just one left
'Cause you know
You know, you know
That I love you, I have loved you all along
And I miss you, been far away for far too long
I keep dreaming you'll be with me and you'll never go
Stop breathing if I don't see you anymoreHis heart clenched as he felt the love and longing that Dai had put into his voice. 'Why, why did you do it? Why didn't you wait if you loved me so much?'
One my knees, I'll ask
Last chance for one last dance
'Cause with you I'd withstand
All of it to hold your hand
I'd give it all, I'd give for us
Give anything but I won't give up
'Cause you know
You know, you know
'But you didn't. You gave up. You gave US up.'
That I love you, I have loved you all along
And I miss you, been far away for far too long
I keep dreaming you'll be with me and you'll never go
Stop breathing if I don't see you anymore
So far away, been far away for far too long
So far away, been far away for far too long
But you know
You know, you know
I wanted
I wanted you to stay
'Cause I needed
I need to hear you say
I love you, I have loved you all along
And I forgive you for being away for far too long
So keep breathing 'cause I'm not leaving you anymore
Believe it, hold on to me, never let me go
'You had nothing to be forgiven for, it was my fault. Why couldn't I see that at the time. And then you broke your own word. You let yourself go. You never gave me the chance to make it right.' He though, tears collecting under his lids to trickle down his temples and into his hair.
Keep breathing 'cause I'm not leaving you anymore
Believe it, hold on to me, never let me go
Hold on to me, never let me go
Hold on to me, never let me go
"I need something to drink if I'm going to listen to this entire cd." He murmured to himself as he stood up and walked out of the room and to the kitchen to grab the bottle of whisky he had begun to keep in his fridge.
Settling back on the couch, he listened to the song that was playing and picked up the case again. Slipping the pamphlet out, he flipped though it and looked at the various songs, seeing Itachi as a co-writer on a couple songs. Coming to the dedication, he read,
I dedicate and thank my love for this cd. Without your love, dedication, and help, I wouldn't be where I am today. Thank you and come home soon. Kino Daisuke.
Shaking his head, he took a huge gulp directly from the bottle. "Maybe… it was a mistake. Maybe, he does still love me." He murmured looking at the picture of the band.
Tossing back another gulp of liquor, he closed his eyes and listened to music, the pain he felt slowly diminishing the more he listened to the music. He knew that it wouldn't disappear until he could confront him, but at least it was a start.
"Dai…"
OOOOOOO
"So, our little container changed his name." A dark voice chuckled cruelly, "Well, if he was going to change his name, he shouldn't have put his face on this cd."
Turning towards the cd player, he put the disk in and hit play. Chuckling at the song that started playing he said to himself, "It think its time to start preparations for you capture, kyuubi."
A/N
A little cliffhanger for you, Itachi's reaction to the first song which is by Nickelback incase you didn't know, and foreshadowing for what is going to happen.
And I know that some of you will be annoyed at Dai's reaction to the news