The Harem Jutsu
Disclaimer: I don't own the Naruto series.
Chapter 10:Kakashi makes a decision.
They were walking in an abandoned alley. It took a while before Kakashi finally said something.
"Can I ask you something?" he asked.
"Hm?" Mizuki said.
"Why were you so mad at Naruto back there?" Kakashi asked.
"Oh… well… because of yesterday," Mizuki answered.
"Did he use that Jutsu?" Kakashi asked. Mizuki nodded.
"I know he shouldn't have done that," Kakashi said, "but it seems like it's offended you more than you show."
Mizuki looked down. She stopped walking. Kakashi stopped and looked at her. She had a blank look in her eyes.
"Wherever I go…" Mizuki said with a low voice. "Every time men see me, they can only see me as some kind of sex object…"
The expression on her face was completely different. Embittered. Angry. But at the same time: indifferent. The look in her eyes just wasn't normal.
"Mizuki…" Kakashi said carefully.
"Like I'm only here for their entertainment," Mizuki continued. "It's the first thing men think of when they look at me…"
"That's not true," Kakashi said. "Snap out of it, Mizuki."
"Look at me!" Mizuki suddenly yelled. "Is this what you want, too?!"
"No, of course not," Kakashi said, trying to calm her down. "I'd never do anything like that to you."
"Lies!" Mizuki screamed. "That's exactly what everyone I ever trusted said!"
"Calm down," Kakashi said. He laid his hands on her shoulders and tried to calm her down. But before he had the chance of saying anything, Mizuki yelled: "No! Let me go! Let g—"
Kakashi put his hand on her mouth. He didn't want people to hear her and think wrong of this situation.
"Mizuki!" he said. "You're not being yourself! You need to calm down!"
Mizuki was panting and sweating. She was living in a bad memory.
Suddenly the look in her eyes changed again. When she looked at Kakashi, who still had his hand on her mouth, she tried to push herself away from him.
Kakashi slowly removed his hand from her mouth. Mizuki was still panting, but she was calming down. Kakashi let go of her shoulder.
"I… I…" Mizuki stuttered. "I didn't mean to…"
"It's ok," Kakashi said.
"No, it's not ok," Mizuki said. She took a few steps back. "I… I should go," she said.
"Wait," Kakashi said. "You need help."
"He-help?" Mizuki stuttered. "You don't mean…"
"You need to learn to defend yourself," Kakashi said.
"Eh?" Mizuki asked.
"Don't take me wrong, but…" He scratched the back of his hand. "Well, you're quite an easy target," he said casually.
Mizuki blushed. She couldn't help but feel a little intimidated.
"You know," Kakashi said, "it seems like I won't be going on any more missions this week. I'll teach you some self defence."
"Self defence?" Mizuki repeated. Kakashi smiled and nodded. "I'll train you," he said.
Mizuki was not quite sure if she should be glad. She put up a fake smile and said: "Alright then. Thank you."
Before they parted ways, Mizuki asked: "Oh, Kakashi, what about…"
"Naruto?" Kakashi finished the question. "That's all up to you. Now that you know, it's better if you tell him. But I need to make things right first. I'll talk to him tomorrow."
"That won't be necessary," Mizuki said.
"Hm?" Kakashi asked.
"I wanna see if I can become friends with him before I tell him," Mizuki said with a smile. "Kind of what you just tried to do."
Kakashi thought about it for a second. Then he laughed. "Alright then," he said. "If that's what you want." Mizuki nodded. "Thank you," she said.
They smiled at each other (even though Mizuki couldn't see Kakashi's smile, she knew he did) before taking off. Tomorrow was going to be the first day of their training.
The next morning, Naruto stopped by at Kakashi's house.
"Just what the hell was that all about yesterday?!" he yelled at him. Kakashi apologized to him.
"Something came up," he said. "It didn't go as I expected…"
"You just ran off! What did you want to tell me about my parents?!" Naruto yelled. "And what did that nee-chan have to do with it?!"
Then Kakashi thought of something.
"Mizuki…" he said. "She… she knew your parents better than I did."
Naruto looked at him in surprise. "Wha…?" he said.
"She could tell you what your parents were like," Kakashi said. "She knows better than I do."
"Eh?" Naruto asked suspiciously. "But, but, Kakashi-sensei, she's a lot younger than you. So how could she have known them better than you did?"
"Well, uhh…" Kakashi said. He had to think of something. "She used to spend… a lot of time with them when she was little," he said. At least it wasn't a lie.
Naruto crossed his arms and thought about it.
"Alright," he said. "But… nee-chan's mad at me for some reason. How can I get her to talk?"
"Well, you're not," Kakashi said. "I'm going to train her today."
"Train her?" Naruto repeated.
"Self defence," Kakashi said. "But perhaps you could… 'conveniently' drop by after your own training. Or when you're taking a break. Then I'll get her to talk."
Naruto thought about it for a while, then smiled. "Alright," he said.
After Naruto had left, Kakashi went to see Mizuki in the fields outside of the village, who had been waiting there for over an hour.
"You're late," she said.
"Ah sorry," Kakashi said. "An old lady needed some help with her groceries, so…"
"Ahw, that's sweet of you to help her," Mizuki said with a smile.
"Ah, really?" Kakashi asked. He couldn't believe she fell for it.
"No," Mizuki said. "I can tell when people lie, Kakashi. Besides, that was just the oldest excuse in the book."
Kakashi stared at her in surprise. Then he coughed and said: "Right… anyway, let's start your training."
"So… what exactly do I need to defend myself against?" Mizuki asked. She was just making sure Kakashi knew what he was doing.
"I think you already know," Kakashi said. "After all that's happened to you… And from yesterday, I can tell – forgive me for saying this – you're defenceless against men."
Mizuki blushed and looked at her feet.
"You just panicked yesterday," Kakashi continued, "and I can't blame you for that. But you couldn't even get yourself away from me, even though I wasn't even trying to do anything to you."
Mizuki felt guilty and embarrassed about what she said yesterday.
"That's why I want to train you a little," Kakashi said. "So that you'll never have to go through things like that again."
"I don't know if I can," Mizuki sighed.
"I do," Kakashi said. "You can do it. I won't stop until you can defend yourself properly. If you say yes, that is. Do you want to go through with this?"
Mizuki looked up at him. "Yes," she said. "I'll try my best."
"Good," Kakashi said. "Well then, let's start."
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