Chapter Four : Disruption with the Rain - Part One - On the brink of war

'This can't be..Father! *sobs* I can't lose you, not now! I'll have no one!' Kitami sat up gasping for air, feeling a tightness in her side to which she moved her hand over the bandage and grimiced in pain. The scene in her unconsciousness wasn't fantasy, it had been all too real. Her father was Kakashi Hatake and had taken his own life after being depressed for many years after the last war when she was about 8 years old. She had found him dead in their home. Although she didn't have his last name, she had his looks and that was enough for her. She looked around and realized she was in Konoha's hospital. She got up, straining on weak legs after having been in there for a while. She walked towards the window looking outside. It was night time and the trees were changing colors around the hospital. "How long was I out?" she questioned herself.

"Long enough that we thought we had lost you," a voice spoke from the shadows on the other side of the room.

She turned around in haste, gripping her side. "Wha-Kumera?" She sat down on the bed. "How long have you been there?"

"Every day and evening since we made it back to the Leaf. It's been about a month," I said helping her lay back down. "Your side is injured because that's the only way Lady Sakura could get the poison out by opening you up. Do you remember why you're here?"

Kitami-sensei looked down, "The leader of the Rain did this. What has happened since then? War?"

"No, Kitami-sensei. It hasn't started..yet.." I was downhearted because we would soon be entering a war with Amegakure. The army's leader is the son of Hanzo of the Salamander and is skilled in poisons. "My father has sent my sister to the Hidden Rain to scout out how many ninja we could expect to fight. She's been gone a week now."

Kitami looked down then looked back at me, "Why have you been staying here? Hasn't Lord Hokage arranged for a different team leader to lead you guys?"

"No, not at all," I started explaining. "We all decided to wait for you to wake up. We're a team and only a team under your leadership."

Kitami's face lit up hearing this from the number one knucklehead daughter of the Hokage. "You are growing up, huh Kumera?"

"Yeah, I guess so," I said placing my hands behind my head. "It's basically like I was scared out of my mind thinking I had caused your death."

"Oh no, Kumera.. You don't have to worry about that. I am thankful your quick thinking saved me."

"Yeah, I had summoned Gamahiro to carry us the rest of the way when Akamo tripped spraining his ankle," I continued. "I could tell with my Byakugan that you were slipping from the world of the living and I was afraid of losing you, Kitami-sensei."

Kitami grabbed me around the neck and hugged tightly. "Thank you Kumera."

"Hey hey, no problem, Sensei! Gack! You're choking me.. heh heh."

"Tell your father I'll be in tomorrow to report," Kitami said before laying back to rest.

I bowed before her and used Flying Rajin to teleport home.

I arrived inside and fell back on the couch. Naruto came around the corner hearing the familiar sound that Rajin creates. "Whoa, what are you doing home? Is Kitami-"

"No, she's not dead.. She just woke up. She said she'll be in tomorrow."

"That's good. You go get some rest. I'm going to be training your teammates as well as you tomorrow for some special ninjutsu that will be needed against the Rain," he said turning back into the bedroom with my mom.

"Aye, sir.." I laid my head back and looked up to the ceiling remembering what had happened right after we returned.

4 weeks ago

"Well what in the hell are we going to do now?" Akamo exclaimed sitting down on the floor of the Hokage's office. "If we don't have Kitami-sensei, we'll be disbanded as a squad."

I hit him in the back of the head, "Pull yourself together, Akamo. We'll be just fine. Kitami-sensei will be fine."

Kunji was standing back against the wall and looking out the window.

"Are you not going to say anything?" I asked him, a bit pissed that he wasn't even saying a word.

"Yes. Don't you think it was odd that the Rain let us in, then tried to kill us? Why?"

I was taken back by his words and then thought about it. "It was probably because of me."

"Wait, why you?" Akamo said looking up to me.

"I don't know! Maybe it's because I'm the daughter of an Uzumaki and have the Hyuuga byakugan. I really don't know!" I really didn't know. It was a mystery to me.

Naruto teleported into the office, taking off his Hokage cloak and hanging it on the door. "She's not looking too well. Sakura is working on it as hard as she can, but she may have to open her up to get the poison that went from the cut to her lower abdomen."

We all gasped hearing that, then I spoke up, "When can we go visit her?"

"Not anytime soon, Kumera. I need you all three to tell me what you know of what happened? Was Amegakure hostile?"

Kunji stepped forward, "Not at first. The leader had attached a type of bomb seal to the scroll that he said contained his response to you. It detonated before we ever got out of the village. We were engaged in battle immediately and found ourselves running out of the territory soon after."

I rolled my eyes because basically he told everything to my father without giving Akamo or myself a chance to speak. "Yes, basically all that Kunji said happened," I spoke up after he was finished.

Naruto looked over at the three of us, "I might be needing more info from you all later, but you may go rest."

We started to leave, "But not you Kumera. You other two may go."

I turned around waiting to hear the biggest lecture of my life from him. "Yes, Lord Hokage?"

"No Lord Hokage right now, just your father. There may be a reason that the leader planned the ambush on your squad, but you're not going to like it."

"Just tell me Dad, I can take it," I said having braced myself for the worst.

"You have a large portion of the Nine Tails within you and since you are the daughter of an Uzumaki and the wielder of Byakugan, you are a valuble asset to anyone. That's why they wanted you."

I was shocked to say the least. "I'm a carrier of the Nine Tails? But I thought that was in you."

He stood up and walked over to me, "Yes, but when your mother gave birth to you, for some reason some of the chakra within me had transferred into you and your sister. She's also a-"

"You mean Najin knows as well?! How long were you going to keep this from me? Kitami-sensei could have died!"

"Kumera! Calm yourself. No one outside of our family or your squad knows. Just us and Kitami-sensei knows," he said explaining more to me.

"I don't believe this. You all have been lying to me my entire life!" I said before storming out of his office running to the top of the Monuments.

"That has been a month ago now," I said before getting off the couch to go to my room. "They all kept it from me." Now, I understand why they kept it secret, to protect me and my sister Najin. I laid down on my bed and looked out the window at the moon. "And now he is planning on training me to control it. I wonder if my brother will also have some within him." My mother Hinata had recently found out she was having a son through the healing abilities perfected by Sakura Haruno. I shook my head. War is now upon us and everything I've ever known is soon to come to an end. Happiness will soon be replaced by strife and agony. War will eat the countryside like a chimera destroying a home. Everything would be fine, I was sure of it. And yet, it seemed like everything was being turned upside down. The war with the Rain will be a bloody one for sure. I just have to make sure that I'm ready for what lies ahead. Tomorrow is training with Dad and I couldn't be happier. I finally get to show him what I know and learn more as well. My sister has not been heard from in over a week. That concerns me. "Come home, Najin.." I said before turning over to go to sleep.