The Harem Jutsu
Disclaimer: I do not own the Naruto series.
Chapter 3: Well, tough luck.
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In the evening, he saw her pass his apartment. She was holding something that looked like a map. Well, she did seem lost.
He went outside and walked towards her.
"Hi," he said. "Need help?"
Michiko looked up from her map and took a step back again. "N-no," she said. "Why are you following me?"
"I'm not following you," Kakashi answered, "I live here. Are you lost?" He took a look at the map. "Need a place to stay tonight? 'Cause I know some—"
"No, please," Michiko said. "I know where to go." She took another two steps back.
"Did I do something wrong?" Kakashi asked. "Are you scared or something?"
Michiko looked at him. Tears were starting to appear. "Just… just leave me alone," she said with that same higher voice. "Please…"
She ran away. Kakashi had to know why she was acting like this and decided to follow her. This girl was obviously not a ninja, since Kakashi could chase her easily. In a flash, he stood in front of her and she bumped into him. When he saw her face looking up to his, when he could finally look into her eyes, he thought he recognized her. No, it couldn't be her…
"Mizuki?" he asked.
Michiko immediately took a few steps back. Kakashi just stood there. "It's you, isn't it?" he asked. Michiko didn't answer. Kakashi couldn't believe it. "You're alive?"
Finally, Michiko found her words. "I'm Michiko, not Mizuki," she said.
"You used to live here when you were little, didn't you?" Kakashi asked, ignoring what she just said.
"That's none of your business," Michiko said, getting nervous from Kakashi.
"You don't remember me?" Kakashi asked. "Well, not that that's surprising or anything. You were only four years old when you left."
Michiko was obviously losing her patience. Kakashi couldn't see her eyes, but he could see a tear running down her cheek. She was biting her lip and she was shaking a little.
"Just leave me alone already!" she yelled. Tears were now flowing from her eyes. Kakashi wanted to comfort her, but every step he made, she took a step back. "No! Stay back!" she screamed.
Kakashi couldn't help but feel hurt for his old friend to be scared of him like that.
"I'm Kakashi," he tried. "We used to play together—"
"I know who you are," Michiko yelled. "Just leave me alone!"
Kakashi looked a little shocked. When she saw him looking like that, Michiko gave a little gasp and ran off.
Kakashi wasn't going to let her go like this and chased her again. "Wait," he said. "So you are Mizuki, right?"
Michiko – no – Mizuki gave up and stopped running. She was panting. Her face was wet from all the tears and sweat. She turned around to face Kakashi again. She kept crying. "What do you want from me?" she asked while sobbing.
Kakashi slowly came closer. "Just talk," he said. "I thought you were…"
"You wish," she said with an angry tone.
"What?" Kakashi asked confused. But all Mizuki did was turn her head; refuse to look at him.
Kakashi took a better look at her. It was strange to see her again, after fifteen years.
"You've certainly grown," he said, finding himself staring at her breasts for a few seconds. He shook the image off and slowly took another step forward, making Mizuki look back at him.
With both sad and angry looking eyes, she said: "It's been fifteen years, Kakashi. Fifteen horrible years! And it's all your fault!" Now she was crying even harder. She quickly buried her face in her hands and got down on her knees.
"What… what are you talking about?" Kakashi asked, carefully getting down on his knees and giving Mizuki a comforting hand on her shoulder. "Hey…" he mumbled.
Mizuki pushed his hand away. "No! Back off!" she said.
"Mizuki, what happened to you?" Kakashi asked.
"Just drop the act already!" she said. "I know all about my parents… and about you!"
"What are you talking about?"
"You wanted to get rid of me from the start! I was just a nuisance to everyone…"
"What?" Kakashi interrupted her. "Mizuki, that's not true!"
"And stop saying my name!" Mizuki yelled. "I changed it a long time ago!"
"Why?" Kakashi asked. He saw that Mizuki started to have an embittered look in her eyes. "Just what happened to you?" he asked.
"Too much happened to me!" she yelled. More tears were pouring out. Kakashi didn't know what to do with her like this. He wanted to comfort her, but she'd just refuse again.
She buried her face in her hands again while shaking her head. "No… no…" she mumbled inarticulately, "I didn't want this to happen…"
"Mizuki…" Kakashi mumbled. She must have had a really rough time.
They sat like that for a long time. They didn't know for how long. Then again, they didn't care about that.
When Mizuki finally stopped sobbing, Kakashi tried to get her to talk again. "What did they tell you?" he asked carefully.
Mizuki put her hands on her thighs, but she didn't look up. She stared at the ground.
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Yup, just when she's about to tell her story, I'm ending this chapter here XD
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