Chapter 12
AN: Hey, guys, something really important: I would like to apologize for completely misspelling Kimiko as Kumiko, this whole time. My bad. It should all be changed by now, but please tell me if it isn't. :D
An: More importantly: Kishimoto owns all except my characters-Kiminari, and Kimiko, and later characters. Also I'm probably not going to follow any of the story line except a few small things. I may take the characters outside their natural personalities, but that's because it's my story, and it'll add to it. Another thing: since I'm not following the story line of the series- All main (good) characters will start out the same age as they should be, but even though the Akatsuki will be around, the war will not happen until later; if it does at all. Again this is because I'm making up my own story line; it gets kinda boring when nothing has changed and, you readers would be able to guess what was going to happen all the time. So, enjoy, and please comment, review, rate, whatever you wanna do. :D
Kakashi's P.O.V.
As I walked through the village carrying Kimiko, I began to wonder how long she was going to keep up this fight; she was going to hurt herself if she kept trying to get away from me. I had been walking for about fifteen minutes when we reached the hokage's building. I stopped for a moment and turned my attention to Kimiko. "You know, you really should get a better attitude before you see the Hokage."
"Hm."
"What's the problem anyway?" I asked her.
"Nothing, I'm just tired and want a bath." She replied, but I could tell by the way she said it, she was lying.
"You miss Suna, don't you?" I said.
"No." I was quiet for a few moments. "Yes." She finally said.
"You know, it's OK to miss something, just don't let it get in your way." I said trying to comfort her a little. That stubborn attitude reminded me of Naruto.
After a few more moments, she nodded, and said, "Fine, let's go see this Hokage person." I laughed a little at her persistence at trying to keep up the whole tough act.
Kimiko's P.O.V.
When I finally consented to behave better, Kakashi put me down. Then we made our way into the big building the Hokage was supposed to be in. He seemed to feel confident that I'd had enough practice today to walk up the stairs without his help, because he neither removed the blind fold, nor made an attempt to help.
A little later, I heard him knock on a door. "Come in." was the reply we got from a lady. He opened the door, and we walked in. "Well, Kakashi, it's nice to see that your back. Who's the girl?"
I inwardly seethed. This is exactly what I was afraid of. People here aren't going to like me either. "This is Kimiko." He said for me since I didn't answer-I didn't trust myself to talk at the moment. He continued, "I've brought her back from Suna to train her. We did some blood work, and think she has two kekei genkei. We know that at least one is related to her eyes, but the other is very closely tied."
"Which kekei genkei do you think it is?" She questioned. I was really confused; I still hadn't learned much about these kekei genkei things they were talking about.
"Don't you think we should talk about that in private later?" He asked. "You could come by the house and I could show you the blood-work results." I sensed a slight movement, which I assumed was her nodding, because it came from pretty high up. Hm, if I keep improving like this, I could use this to my advantage. Maybe I could even figure out what they're talking about-if I can spy on them without getting caught. After that, we headed out.
We stopped for a moment to pick up some groceries and some fresh dango. We'd stopped to get the dango when I'd smelled them. "What's that smell?" I asked Kakashi.
"Oh, that's dango." He replied.
"What's dango?" I asked. I'd never heard of it before.
"Would you like to try one?" He asked me.
"Yes, please." I said really sweetly.
I waited patiently while he bought the dango. When I felt him turn and start to hand it to me, I reached out and took it. I felt out for a moment trying to determine how to eat it. Finally 'seeing' the dango, I took a bite of the top piece. I'd never had anything so good in my entire life-well except for inarizushi (there was just something about rice and deep fried things that I loved).I heard Kakashi chuckle a little as I continued to down the dango. I didn't care if I'd he thought I was weird; this stuff was just too good.
As I ate we walked, and eventually came to a large building which Kakashi had said his apartment was in. He walked ahead of me leading the way and went down the right hallway on the third floor, finally turning into the sixth room on the left side. From what I could tell, there was a living room, a kitchen, one small bedroom and a smaller bathroom.
"I'll get dinner started if you want to settle in. I'll get some blankets and a mat down later so I'll have somewhere to sleep." He said walking into the kitchen. I guess I get the bed. I thought, feeling a little bad that he'd have to sleep on the floor until I was old enough to get my own apartment.
I dropped my things off on the bed, then made my way back to the kitchen. "Do you mind if I make something extra for tonight?" I asked.
"Sure, if you can do it blind folded." He said a bit sarcastically. Luckily, though, I'd always told myself I could make this dish blind folded. So I nodded walking to the cupboard.
"Um, could you give me the rice, tofu, and oil, if you have any?" I asked realizing that even if I could find everything, I'd never be able to reach it.
When I heard him set the ingredients if front of me, I pulled out a pot from the lower cabinet, and set to work steaming the rice, heating the oil, and preparing the tofu. When that was all done, I carefully made small bite-sized pouches and stuffed them full of rice. When each was full, and pinched closed, then dipped them into to now hot oil, being very careful not to burn myself-I had done so the first time Mira-the lady who ran the orphanage-had taught me to cook.
When I was finished, Kakashi was nearly done steaming some vegetables. I sat my dish on the table at the edge of the kitchen, and said, "Voila."
"Hm, nicely done." Kakashi praised. "I think this Inarizushi looks better than the stuff they sell in the market."
"And there probably better too. I used to make them for the kids and myself when I got back to the orphanage from school." He walked over, picked one up, and took a bite.
"Hm. Maybe you should teach me how to cook a little better, since I'm training you." He said jokingly.
"Deal." I said taking his hand and giving it a shake.