Title: Rin
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Warning: Unbeta and horrible grammar. Language.
Chapter 2
Trip with Yamanaka was eventful. I believed Inoichi-san was quite proud with his very first job at torture and interrogation department. His disbelieve expression was priceless and that blond Hokage was pretty impressive with the result. Well, I wasn't lying about future thing. Who knew that this place might be the one like where I came from? I took a glance at my surrounding as we, yeah us as me and that prick. Who? That silver haired prick. Anyway, we went for Yondaime's office now.
Kakashi was my guide for the day and I believed that he wasn't happy with it. Not that I really enjoyed the trip with him. We didn't even changed words and I pretty comfortable with it except that his lone gaze was quite terrifying? I shuddered as we entered the big red building.
Minato greeted us with cheerful smile and send a look at Kakashi direction. I could feel his presence vanished within seconds. That was amazingly fast.
"Rin-chan."
"Yes, Yondaime-sama?" I looked at his direction and shrugging as I noticed something in his gaze. Was that regret? Longing?
"Inoichi already gave me a full report regarding your memories and I'm sorry that you went through all of those."
"Oh no, it's okay. I'm understood. It was very important. I'm an outsider after all."
"…"
"Yondaime-sama?" I called for him as he kept quiet for a quite time. Shiro was really helpful in giving some information during my short stay at the hospital. If not, maybe I waited for Sandaime to come for a visit?
"Sorry Rin-chan. It's just…I should tell this when we met yesterday but you really dropped quite surprise back then thus leading to a delay on my part." He chuckled softly as his hand rubbing the back of his neck. "Actually, you really look like one of my students."
I blinked. "Pardon me?"
Minato sighed and leaned in his chair. I followed his gaze and noticed a picture frame on his desk. He picked the frame and looked at me with a small smile. "Please, take a look."
I took the frame from his hand and looked at the picture. There were four people. The highest with blond hair must be Yondaime. In front of him there were three midget, haha. Brooding look with mask, that must be Kakashi and goggles wearing boy that must be, ah I don't really remember who this kid was. Last not least, the one and only girl in the picture. "Oh…"
"The middle one is Rin. Nohara Rin." Yondaime explained as he noticed my shock.
"It feels like seeing through a mirror except that I don't have the mark like on her cheeks." I muttered softly and I knew that one of my hand wandering to my cheek.
"Indeed. I was quite surprised at first when Kakashi explain it to me but, seeing with my own eyes, yeah you really look similar with her."
"We must look like twin if she is here right now."
"About that…"
The longing and regret look came back and I quickly caught on that. Nohara Rin was no longer in this world.
"I'm sorry for the loss."
Yondaime closed his eyes. "It's okay and thanks, at least she in much better place right now." He opened his eyes and the cheerful look took over. I relaxed with the change and passed the frame back to him. He was gladly accepting it and placed it at original place.
"Regarding with Inoichi's report."
"Yes?"
"I believe what you tell us yesterday and don't worry; only Inoichi and I know about it. We keep the information as confidential and less people involve with it much better. Even Kakashi who found you also keep hidden with this." Yondaime explained with serious expression. This was very important for my part and I very glad with confidential thing.
"Thank you, Yondaime-sama for believing me. I'm really appreciating it." I bowed slightly for showing my respect to him. Raising my head, I looked at the blond. "I understand the information about my life from future is very delicate matter in this timeline."
"Good and we need to do something with it."
"Do something?" I raised my eyebrows.
"We're going to seal the memory."
I panicked. "Wait a moment. Seal the memory? My memory? Aren't you curious about what will happen here and so on?" Not that I really had any important memory about Naruto storyline. It was all thanks to Ao who pushed me with it but why they want to seal it? This was only chance for them to gain knowledge and change anything.
The blond smiled. I didn't get it.
"The information was quite tempting but if we learn everything there will be no meaning in our life. Depending with the future prediction, will make there is no effort and I can't help but feel very disturbing with it. For your part, as well as my people here." He rested his chin on his folded hands. "And I believe everything, everyone and anything have its reasoning."
"…" He was very philosophical about that.
"And I feel very wrong if probing into the future too much." At that his gaze looked very distance. "Somehow I felt this is like a déjà vu."
I believed this brooding situation was referring to one of the movie where Naruto met his young father and yeah they seal their memory regarding to their meeting.
"…" I still couldn't respond to him.
"Beside that, if the information falls to inappropriate hands who knows what may happen and I don't want you to blame or to be blame with this foresight."
"That's very nice of you."
"I can't help it! Somehow I feel that I need to protect you."
"Should I remind you that I'm twenty?"
"Ah sorry…sorry." Yondaime laughed and rubbed his neck.
I knew that because of the resemblance. This Rin girl was very lucky to have him as teacher. I eyed the cheerful Hokage and turned my gaze to the scenery of the village behind him. This was not my place; I must find some way to went back or anything like that. I didn't really know if I was really dead after the collision with that damn truck.
"Yondaime-sama? Do you have any idea about my arrival here? And the changes of my appearance too. My mental totally showed that I'm twenty and yet I look like nine."
He stopped smiling and pulled a folder. I guessed that was the report about me from Inoichi.
"Honestly, I'm just received the hat only for one months and now I really get some unsolved situation." He said as his hand flipping the paper inside the folder.
Newly appointed Hokage he was, so the war was already ended if my memory served right. Rin death also was still sore for them. I scanned his reading face, too young for held the responsibilities yet I could felt some charismatic aura came from him.
"So?"
Yondaime closed the folder and sighed. "I already discuss about this with Inoichi and we came at same conclusion. I know you're not really known about this but right now you're in one of ninja hidden village."
I nodded. "Yes, I can see that. I knew it after waking up at the hospital." Which was not very pleasant.
"Yes, but that's not my point. We ninjas or shinobi or kunoichi, use…"
"Hold on a minute." I stopped him. I was so not going to learned something about whatever jutsu or chakra or everything. Thanks to Ao, I already had some basic knowledge about everything. "Please get to the point."
"Sorry," Yondaime smiled and chuckled slightly. "We believe your arrival here related with some time-space interval jutsu."
That was, very interesting?
"We're here," Kakashi said as he unlocked the door. I followed him entering the place.
Apparently, he was not only my escort for the day but also my baby sitter for the time being until both Yondaime and Inoichi managed on some memory seal. As for the jutsu made me coming here, he did said more research need to be done about it. I bet that he didn't have any idea about it after all. I might do something about it.
And for the sitter situation, I was not totally agreed for Kakashi to watch me but Yondaime did want less people knew about my situation and he promised me to get a place for me later, yeay! Right now I must stand with this awkward situation. We're really not on good term from the beginning and as for my appearance didn't help with anything. I guessed that it was getting worse from time to time.
"Sit," He said and left for the kitchen. I scanned the room and found a small table. This must be his sort of living room I guessed. I sat on one of the cushion and looked at the window; it was quite late of evening as I could see dark sky with orange hue. Next, I looked at the wall. White, just plain white wall with some paper stack on it. Might be notes or something like that. I turned around and noticed a closed door.
A glass of plain water was placed in front of me made me stop from brooding. "Drink," Kakashi said as he sat down on one cushion and now we were facing each other. I felt my eyebrows twitched.
I was human not a dog!
"Are you social retarded?"
"What?"
"Do I look like a dog?"
"Uh no?"
"What's with the hesitation?"
"No, you're not."
"Then?"
"What?"
"…"
"…"
"Screw this!" I face palmed my self and hissed slightly as I touched the bruise.
"Stop!" I felt a hand grabbed my wrist.
"What?" I eyed the silver haired boy as he retrieved his hand.
He averted his gaze and rubbing his shoulder awkwardly. "Don't hurt yourself."
"…" I sighed and closed my eyes. "Let's do this again. Hi, my name is Suzuhara Rin, nice to meet you."
"Hatake Kakashi, my pleasure." He nodded.
"…"
"…"
"I'm nine." Only Yondaime, Inoichi and I truly knew about my real age. For others, the blond hokage reminded me to use my physical age which was nine.
"Thirteen."
"…"
"…"
"Aren't you hungry? I'm hungry."
"Yeah, I'm hungry."
"…"
"…"
"Then?"
"What?"
Slam! Bam! Bam!
"Stop! Stop! Please stop from banging your head on the table! Minato-sensei will kill me if you're injured!"
I stopped banging my head and glared at him. "Then? Let him kill you."
"Stop!"
He was a good cook. Our diner was quiet one with clanking sound of chopstick with bowl as the background music. I enjoyed the food very much, miso soup with eggplant, broiled fish and plain water. Simple but it was satisfying. Better than the hospital food anyway. Well, home cook food always beat everything. I took the cleaning duty since I was grateful with his hospitality so far. He didn't stop me either so it was okay then. Our next problem was sleeping arrangement.
We both were staring at the single bed in his bedroom.
"Take the bed," He said.
"…"
"…"
"Where're you going to sleep?"
"Somewhere…"
"…"
"…"
"We can share it."
"What?"
"Look, the bed is quite big and we are both scrawny. No arguing, I got too many headaches for the day." Mainly from his retarded attitude and the discussion with his blond teacher. At the moment I didn't really care unless I got my rest. He was only a fictional character, nothing to worry about, right? Ignoring his reaction, I climbed the bed. I hated this small body, too many work just for sleep.
Taking the side nearest the wall, I made sure comfortable enough before closing my eyes. "Night."
A few moments passed when I felt the bed dipped and thus the end for the day.
In the middle of night, I felt my leg kicked on something.
Thud!
"Ouch!"
Minato did really have his reason for sealing the memories. That was my hunch from the shippuden movie the lost tower. So if someone else with future knowledge in front of him, I believe he is not hesitated to keep away the information, right?
Anyway, thanks for reading.