The Harem Jutsu
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Chapter 14: Mizuki tells her story
Back in Konoha, Kakashi went to look for Mizuki. He found her pretty quickly. She was walking with Iruka. When he saw Kakashi coming their way, he stopped talking.
"Kakashi?" he asked. "Weren't you on a mission today?"
"Yeah, well… something came up," Kakashi said. "Mizuki, can I talk to you for a sec?"
"Umm… sure," Mizuki said. "I'm sorry, Iruka-kun."
"That's ok," Iruka said with a smirk. "See you later."
After they said goodbye, Mizuki asked: "So, why are you back so soon?"
"I found out something," Kakashi said. "And now I need your help."
"My help?" Mizuki repeated. "What could I possibly help you with?" She laughed a little.
Kakashi stopped walking and looked straight at her. Mizuki had a not-understanding look on her face.
"At that time…" Kakashi started. Mizuki knew pretty well what time he was talking about.
"When you ran away from the orphanage…" he continued. "What happened?"
It took a minute for Mizuki to answer. "What… what are you talking about?" she asked a little nervously.
"You ran away with some other kids, right?" Kakashi asked.
"Yes, but…"
"What happened to them?"
"I… w-why, all of a sudden…?" Mizuki stuttered. Her mouth was completely dry.
"They were killed, right?" Kakashi continued insistently.
"Stop it," Mizuki said. "You're scaring me…"
"I just need an answer, Mizuki," Kakashi said, ignoring what she just said.
"Kakashi!" Mizuki yelled.
Kakashi looked at her. He was making her nervous.
"I'm sorry," he said. Mizuki was shaking.
"I didn't go with them," she said with tears in her eyes. "They found a way to escape and I followed them."
Kakashi listened carefully.
Mizuki seemed to have calmed down a bit. She continued her story.
"We ran as fast as we could. One of the caretakers followed us… I think you know which one…"
Probably the one that tried to abuse her. But Kakashi didn't say anything.
"He threatened that if we didn't come back obediently, he'd make us suffer. It couldn't be helped. We were little kids. The children I followed stopped and returned to him. I didn't. I hid in the bushes. When the other children returned to him, he started beating them up. I was watching. When he made those children bleed, I… I ran towards him… I begged of him: 'Stop it! Don't hurt them! That's enough!'. I tried to hold his leg. But he grabbed my wrist and lifted me up to his eye level. He had such an insane look in his eyes. He said I should be grateful for him beating up the children who used to bully me. I tried to tell him he was wrong, but he threw me on the ground and…"
She couldn't go on. She was shaking heavily and the tears were pouring from her eyes.
"Stop," Kakashi said. "That's enough."
"I resisted," Mizuki continued. "But I only managed to scratch him on the cheek. When he saw the blood dripping from his cheek, he smacked me really hard in the head."
She shook her head.
"The next thing I remembered was waking up in the middle of another forest. I was covered with blood and I still don't know how that happened. I've been wandering around ever since."
She looked away. She wasn't shaking as heavily as she did a moment ago.
Kakashi laid his hand on her head. Mizuki flinched a little, but she didn't resist.
"Thank you," he said. "Are you ok?"
"Y-yeah," Mizuki sobbed.
"I'm sorry," Kakashi said. "I didn't realize you were…"
"It's ok," Mizuki said. She forced a smile. "Just go on with the mission."
"I'm not gonna leave you like this," Kakashi said.
"I need to be alone now, ok?" Mizuki said.
Kakashi took his hand off her head and looked at her for a while.
"You sure?" he asked. Mizuki nodded.
"Well then…" Kakashi sighed. "I'm off."
Mizuki didn't move until Kakashi was out of sight. Then she dropped herself on her knees.
"Why…" she whispered to herself. She tried not to think about it any more. She stood up and ran back to her apartment. She was feeling sick.
Naruto, Kiba and Hinata were waiting for Kakashi by the gate.
Hinata heard Naruto's stomach growling.
"Why is Kakashi-sensei making us wait here?" he mumbled. "Why can't we just go get something to eat?"
"Umm… Naruto-kun," Hinata said. She already started to blush.
Naruto looked at her. "What is it?" he asked.
"Umm… I've prepared some lunch," Hinata said. "If you'd like…"
"Really?" Naruto asked.
Hinata's face became more and more red as she got one of her bento boxes out of her bag and gave it to Naruto. He looked inside it.
"Whoa, Hinata," he said, "this looks delicious!" He was also glad that she didn't make rice balls that looked like his face again, like last time she gave him a bento box.
He took a bite.
"Hah, this tastes great!" Naruto said. "I almost forgot how good Hinata's cooking is!"
Hinata's face became completely red. Her heart was beating like crazy. She remembered so well when Naruto said "You'll become a great housewife someday!" three years ago.
"Hinata, you'll become a great housewife someday!" Naruto said, just like that time. It was echoing through Hinata's head. She stared at Naruto for a while and… passed out.
"Eh? Hinata?" Naruto asked.
"Not again," Kiba sighed. He tried to wake her up.
"Hinata sure passes out a lot," Naruto said. "Is she ok?"
"She's just fine," Kiba said. "Come on, Hinata. This is not the right time."
Kakashi came back.
"Sorry to keep you waiting, guys," he said. "I was — what happened to Hinata?"
"Nothing," Kiba said. "Did you find something out?"
"Not really," Kakashi sighed. "I thought I could get more information from her, but she doesn't seem to remember."
"Who're you talking about?" Naruto asked.
"Doesn't matter," Kakashi said. "I'm sorry. We came back for nothing."
Both Naruto and Kiba sighed deeply.
Hinata woke up. "Ka… Kakashi-sensei?" she mumbled.
"Ah, she's awake," Kiba said. "So where're we going now?"
"To the first place this guy stroke," Kakashi said. "Near the orphanage that's in the next village."
"Alright," Naruto said while standing up. "Then let's go already!"
And they took off.
Yes, they're on their way again.
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