Title: Rin

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Warning: Unbeta and horrible grammar. Language.

Chapter 9

It had been decided that my taijutsu training with Gai was on early in the morning during weekends since Gai was being busy during weekdays with his team doing missions and I also had class to attend. The raven bowl cut haired ninja also assigned me some exercise training so that I won't be surprised with sudden heavy practices on our next meeting. It was really a wise of Gai as I nearly sleep on the floor on my first day following his training plan. It was pretty extreme since I need to run around Konoha about fifty laps and hell that was the warming up session! Beside that Konohagakure was big! No, big was understatement it was actually huge! And I had decided to change a bit of the plan so that my body could cope with it. He was agreed with it since he noted the differences between a girl and a boy in term of stamina and other point related like age and my eating habit.

"It's very good of you to point this out Rin-chan," Gai said as he ate his dango. "I might keep this in my mind if there is will be any chance of me to reach jounin class and get genin team later. Who knows if there is a girl and your knowledge can be in use!"

I nodded and sipped my tea. "You really look very far Gai-san."

"Of course! We should look forward and never forget the history. History who made us today and future is going to be our aim in our life." Gai explained.

"That's very wise coming from you," I said slowly, surprised with his statements.

Gai grinned. "There're many things you don't know about me."

I chuckled softly. "We'll learn about each other since you're training me, Gai-senpai!"

"Gai-senpai…that has a nice ring to it! I like it!" He grinned and made a thumb up eagerly. Then he pointed his thumb onto his chest. "From now on, you're going to call me Gai-senpai!"

"Uh, yeah, sure and please call me Rin. Just Rin." I looked away and shrugged helplessly. Why did I call him that at the first place? Anyway, that was my chance to drop the honorific on my name. It made me sounded younger like kindergarten kid while I was actually mentally twenty and physically nine years old. Somehow I really wondered how I acted around.

"Sure, no problem Rin! I'm honored!"

"Honored on what?" Another voice joined us behind Gai.

We both shrieked followed with gasp then our bodies stiffened, in the shop. We got everyone attention and I groaned softly.

"S-So hip my rival, you nearly gave me a heart attack," Gai said as he rubbed his ached chest, apparently he stuck his thumb hardly on his chest when we got the shock earlier. Well, his outfit didn't really thick huh?

I slammed my empty tea cup on the table, glaring at the newcomer. "Never heard about greetings? Hello? Hi? Hey? Yo and what ever it is?"

Kakashi simply ignored both of us, sat down beside Gai and ordered something to the waitress.

Deathly silent was surrounding our table since the arrival of Kakashi. Even the shop also was in silent mode. I scanned the shop and noted that we three were the only customer left. Most of the tables were empty and the waitress was cleaning the largest table farthest from ours. I looked up and found Gai was staring at me. His eyes were freaking scary with staring so, I kicked his leg and saw his eyebrow twitched, signaling that he received my kick.

Do something Gai, you're his eternal rival! I groaned internally and looked at Kakashi who raised his tea cup to his face. Why you're here? Scaring the shit out of us and now sitting leisurely like you're the most innocent person on earth? At least say sorry you porcupine! Porcupine? Kakapine? That's sounded nice. Okay I've decide, I'm going to call you Kakapine from now on!

"So…Kakashi, why're you here?" Gai started a conversation while I was still glaring a hole at that silver haired shinobi.

"Stop glaring Rin…san," Kakashi said at me and then rolled his eye so that he looked at Gai. I sighed and looked away. Noticing the waitress done with her cleaning, I called her and asked for another cup of tea.

Sipping the warm tea, I heard their conversation. Apparently this talk wasn't a private one since they didn't left or moved from their seat while I was still near to them.

"Anbu? You're joining Anbu, Kakashi?" Gai asked in much serious tone.

Kakashi nodded. "I'm telling you this because; maybe after this we have much less time for our rivalry challenge."

"Anbu? So Kakapine is going to be an Anbu? What's an Anbu?" I mumbled absentmindedly and after a moment of silent I stopped myself from sipping the tea. What did I blurt out now? I placed down the cup and saw Gai was trying his hardest held his laugh and Kakashi was staring wide eye at me.

"Um, yes? I asked softly. "Do you need something, Kakashi-san?"

"What did you call me earlier?"

I looked away. "Uh…Kaka…pine?"

"Why?"

"Uh, stop glaring at me?" I looked at Kakashi for a short moment and quickly averted my gaze away as he didn't change his sharp single gaze at all. Taking a deep breath, I turned and facing him again. Glaring at him, I opened my mouth, "I'm going to say this once and not going to repeat it. Yes, Kakapine, I called you that. Why? Because you're a prick! Scaring people like a porcupine and with your sticking hair here and there and it's really match!"

"I'm not a porcupine!" Kakashi raised his voice slightly. There was a hint of pouting there? Nah, I didn't think so, this was Kakashi we were talking about, and he wasn't pouting nonsense.

"Then, a hedgehog?" I placed a hand under my chin. "It matches too."

"No! I'll show you, Rin…san, I'm neither a porcupine nor hedgehog. It's just that my natural hairstyle. You're going to change your mind Rin," Kakashi said as he pulled his hitai ate from his head. It really didn't change much in his appearance I noted. I looked at his face and found that his left eye was closed and there was scar on it and the rest was hidden under his mask. His hair? Remained stick here and there and without a hitai ate it look loose which made him look younger.

"Uh, are you sure that you're thirteen?"

Instantly Kakashi left the shop once he paid his food. I looked at the floor and found Gai was wheezing hardly while clutching his stomach.

"Gai-senpai? You eternal rival have left the place. Mission success?"

"Y-Yeah, s-s-success Rin! Good job!" Gai grinned and laughed some more.

I shrugged in my seat. "So, what's an Anbu?"

Gai stopped laughing instantly and stood up. Dusting away sand and dust from his outfit, he slowly sat down on the bench. That was pretty fast for mood changing.

"Anbu is a special assassination and tactical squad which is in different class other than shinobi standard class. You know that huh, Rin?"

"Yes, genin, chuunin and jounin. So Anbu is different from those three?"

"It's a group of elite; chosen by the hokage himself and they in the Anbu only reported and received their mission directly from him. Their jobs scope, I don't really know much but from it's name, you might get some idea." Gai stopped and drank his slightly cold tea.

I nodded. I knew that shinobi life wasn't real sunshine and everything. I had chosen this path knowing what I was going to face later and right now, there wasn't any regret clouding my choice. I was alone in this world. No family and friends, so I need to move forward. In order to gained knowledge on the jutsu made me came here accidently, this was the only path I saw.

"Being chosen by the hokage himself, so that Kakashi is an elite shinobi, huh?"

"Yes, even at his age, he is a jounin already." Gai answered my question.

I paled and looked at my tea. "So I made a really good choice by turning away when I followed you that day."

Gai nodded. "Yes, he may not look like it but he is a genius and I bet he'll catch you instantly once you entered the field."

"That's why you changed your path?"

"That too but I also noticed that you went away first. It seemed that you're avoiding him."

"Yeah, and you know my reason already." I smiled sadly.

I stared at the bright night sky with fireworks from my bedroom window. It was New Year and just like the real world, here in Konohagakure also they celebrated the festival. I silently prayed that I'll found my way to went back with my real life. I really missed it. Sometimes I met Minato in order to get more scrolls on transportation jutsu and time jutsu. It was hard since I didn't really understand everything inside it. Minato the hokage did help me from time to time but we really didn't sure on what information we gained. The risk were just too high and even the hokage didn't have an assurance if our finding was the real jutsu. I closed my eyes and sighed. I hope Rin who there in my real body would do her best. I'm so not going to came back with another mess to for me to settle.

I slept with silent tears that night.

Next morning I found that no pillow fell from the bed. I grinned happily.

Iruka grunted as he blocked my kick using his arm. I jumped away and grinned at the brunet.

"Ouch, Rin, since when your kick is getting heavier and sturdier?" Iruka rubbed his arm.

"Aw come on Iruka, it has been four months already from that mock test. Of course I'm practicing my taijutsu moves. I don't want getting beaten and win by depending on my luck."

"Yeah, I know but, wait you're practicing silently huh?"

"Huh?" I rubbed my forehead. "What silently, you're being paranoid now, Iruka."

"Call me anything you want, Rin but I really know when someone really did some extra training."

I sighed. "I asked someone to train me."

"I knew it, that's why you look kind of tired and always sleep in during the morning class and after that you slowly changed back to your usual routine as if you already assimilated with it. You might think no one was aware about it but don't you remember who sit beside you this whole time in the class?" Iruka babbling out his point making me shuddered.

I blinked at him. "Wow, should I be aware of stalker now?" I deadpanned.

"Rin! I'm just concern and irritated about it too." The brunet groaned.

I felt sorry for Iruka's outburst. He looked really concern with my wellbeing and I was acting like a pain in butt. Iruka deserved better as my friend. "Sorry, I'll buy you some food? As a thanks for getting concern about my wellbeing?" I smiled at him.

Iruka calmed down and shrugged. "Um, are you sure?"

"I'm sure, you're such a good friend Iruka." I slung my arm over his shoulder and smiled truthfully. I was grateful to have a friend like him in this world. "I'm glad that you're my friend. Actually you're my first ever friend here."

We were staring at the menu on the wall when someone called my name.

"Are you Rin-chan?" A lovely energetic voice called.

I turned around and faced a beautiful redheaded woman stood casually in front of us. Her hair was so red and long too and it was perfecting her nice shaped face, beautiful grey eyes, nice nose and smiling mouth. I stared long enough until Iruka poked my arm.

"Huh? Iruka! It's hurts!" I yelled at him and swatted his hand.

"What? You're staring at her like she is a bowl of ramen. You nearly drool and I must stop that." Iruka pinched his nose bridge. "Oh Rin, what I'm going to do with you."

I chuckled softly. "Eheheh, sorry Iruka."

"So, you're really Rin-chan that my husband always talked about."

"Um, yes and your husband? Do I know you?" I asked the woman and tilted my head slightly. There were only three guys considered as man which I knew. Ren-sensei was still single and we all in his class knew about that. Now the two men were the hokage and Inoichi. I looked at the woman. "Your husband is Inoichi-san?"

Her face expression look horrified. "What? No! As if I'm married to that flower boy!"

"Flower boy," Iruka said awkwardly beside me. I shrugged.

"So, your husband is the hokage? Yondaime-sama?" I tried again and finally the woman smiled.

"Yes, that's totally right. I'm Uzumaki Kushina wife of Namikaze Minato who is our hokage so you're Rin-chan and who is this? Your boyfriend?" Kushina looked at Iruka. The brunette blushed and hastily answered the question, saying that we were just friends from academy.

Kushina smiled at us. "So both of you are going to be shinobi?"

"Yes," Both of us answered and nodded firmly.

Suddenly I felt a trace of rising chakra from our surrounding and quickly looking around. Since my training with the Hyuuga twins, I practiced the skill everyday until one day I noted that I felt the presence of chakra of people around. When I asked about this to Hanan, he mentioned that I might have a skill of a sensor and of course more practice need to be done for me to used it properly.

So, that sudden feeling I felt earlier must be a bluff or whatever it was. Kushina offered to buy us ramen as she also went for some. We both happily accepted it or more likely obeyed the situation.

Next morning, when I had my breakfast, someone knocked on my door. I placed down my toast and walked to the wooden door and stared at it.

"Who's coming here this early?" I looked at the clock on the wall. It was six in the morning. I groaned. It was weekend and I promised Iruka to bring him to my training with Gai this morning but knowing him, I didn't think he would come this earlier.

The knock continued making me walk slowly to the door. "Coming…" I twisted the door knob, unlocking it. Slowly opened the door, I looked at who came so…

The chakra! It was same like yesterday when we met Kushina and answered her question about being shinobi. I blanched as I saw who was outside my apartment.

"Kakapine!" My eyes widened and I quickly pushed my door close as fast as I could.

"Don't call me that!" Kakashi groaned and placed his feet blocking my door from closing.

I shrieked in horror and quickly leaned at the wooden piece of door, panicking.

"Rin, we need to talk, now."

"Um…" My palm sweated badly. I never liked when I was in panic. Over sweating isn't something pleasant. For your shirt of course and the smell too when it dried.

"Rin!"

"Uh…" I couldn't really felt my legs now…

What should I do now?