Yin and Yang
Chapter 17
Every one in the room jumped sky high.
"Damnit Naruto you asshole!" Hunter yelled. Mikka shushed the kunoichi for her language.
"Naruto! really!" Sakura sanpped. Naruto payed her no mind. He snatched the picture off of the mantle and set it on the table for everyone to see. It took a moment for them to proess the information. everyone's reaction was different, and rather comical to the four who knew the man.
"I know he was considered a monster in your world, But Zabuza was such a loving man. He didn't agree with the standards his village set, he wanted to create his own. So he did. And here it is, still standing strong on it's own two legs." Yuki smiled. The Suna girls backed off, knowing that they didn't hold much of a place in the conversation.
"We're very sorry about his and Haku's passing." Kakashi said. He looked at the hand that had driven right through the young boy's heart. He sighed and lowered it. "They both died very honarable deaths." Saiya looked up with a gasp, her eyes overflowing with tears.
"How did he die!?" She asked, seeming almost despearate. Sai cocked his head, womdering at this new feeling she was expressing.
"He died saving you father. From me." Kakashi said. Senji and Marou hissed in anger, nearly leaping upon the table, knives out. Yuki held up her hand indicating Kakashi continue. He gave her a nod of thanks. "Yes, it's true we fought Zabuza and Haku, but we had conflicting missions. We were to protect the man he was to kill. I had your father cornered. Haku protected him.
"The man that hired your father in the first place, revealed his true plan. He'd never meant to pay Zabuza. So there was the end of the conflict." Kakashi sent a glance at Naruto. Naruto gazed a the table sadly. There was a bit more to it. " Zabuza went off in style. He truly was the demon people called him in the end. He killed the man who hired him. We buried them together at the edge of Cloud country before we left."
"Do you know what happened to his sword?" Saiya asked suddenly. Kakashi blinked.
"No. Why."
Saiya broke down again, crying on Marou's shoulder.
"We saw the graves." Senji explained. "Someones removed it." He patted her head genlty like an older brother to his baby sister. "It's all she ever wanted from him. Haku's ring was untouched of course, but-"
"Wait... ring?" Naruto cocked his head. Saiya dug undernieth her shirt and brought out an old ring. It directly matched the one she wore on her left hand.
"I was engaged to Haku. I know we were only tweleve, but I honestly loved him with all my heart. Neither of us could wait, we were so exited." She started to cry, and angrily brushed away the tears, Marou hugged her gently while Senji patted her head. Yuki indicated for the servents around the room.
"I'm sorry. But the servents will take you to your rooms. Please, stay the night and rest." Yuki said quietly. The ninja nodded and left. Sai was unusually quiet, and slipped into his room without a word.
"Poor guy." Mikka commented. Her teammates agreed as they all entered the room they decided to share. Sakura joined them while Kakashi and Naruto went for a walk to give Sai some time to himself.
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Sai really didn't know what to make of Saiya's feelings. He knew she hadn't liked him very much, proven when he had beaten her in the exam. But this, damnit why did his chest hurt now? The disgruntled teen sat on the window sill of his room, staring out at the village. He really wasn't feeling himself, and had no clue as to why. He didn't know it, but the Saiya, Marou and Senji could see him from Saiya's bedroom window, and they were watching him intently.
"I still don't like him." Senji muttered as he bit into some jerky. Marou shook his head as he began to remove his coat. "Not leaving those on?"
"Hell no, I'm hot as hell." Marou muttered. "It sucks not being able to relax. Mind if I camp out in here tonight, Saiya?"
"Sure."
"I may as well stay too." Senji said, keeping one eye on Sai.
"What spooked you so bad anyway?" Marou asked as he began to unwind the bandages. His goggles lay on top of his coat, revealing his dark eyes.
"He recognized me." Saiya whispered. "Yin-Chan was the nickname he gave me since I wouldn't talk. There's just something odd about him, you know?"
"Yeah, he didn't even know what deja-vu was." Senji snorted. Marou shrugged. "Huh, looks like he's talking to himself now." Saiya and Marou looked to see Sai's mouth moving, a frustrated look on his face. Moments later, Sakura came to sit beside him on the window sill so that they couldn't see her face. Sai leaned his head back, talking again, looking dejected this time. He lifted his hand, looking at it and seeming depressed. Sakura leaned forward, grasping his hand in hers. She seemed to say something that surprised him, because moments after, he looked at her with the facial expression change that changed to one of hope. Sakura nodded, then gave her team member a quick hug before leaving Sai looking thoughtful.
"Okay, that was either a love confession or a council session." Senji said, leaning out the window as Sai vanished.
"Get in here!" Saiya scolded, pulling him in. Marou collapsed onto Saiya's bed, stretching out as he tried to cool off.
"What ever. The kid is weird, may as well leave him alone. If we do anything, he'll figure something out, he's far to intelligent. Remember when we went to save Saiya from Konoha?"
"Yeah, dude, Hatake Kakashi is NOT someone you wanna mess with!" Senji said, finishing his snack.
"I'm going to sleep guys, try and keep it down…" Saiya said as she hugged a pillow and turned her back on the room. Senji and Marou nodded, falling asleep where they were not long after.
unfortunatly, Winter semester at the college i go to starts tomorrow, and i have a lot of school and work, so i'll be typing a chapter a week for all four FF's i have at the moment, and updates will be moved from monday to saturday. very sorry for the long wait and the even longer wait ahead ^^;
thankx for undersatnding^^
