Chapter 41
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I returned to the house to hear strange noises coming from inside. I quickly concealed my chakra before removing my shoes and stepping up onto the porch. I snuck around to the back of the house so I could get a better idea of what trouble Kazuma and Haru had caused now, and heard them talking in worried tones.
"Just throw it out and we'll get a new one tomorrow." Haru was saying. "I doubt she'll notice, and even if she does, I don't think she'll be that mad. I mean, it's only a picture frame; they're easy to replace."
"As long as the picture is fine, and it wasn't one of the antiques, I could care less." I spoke up, walking through the open sliding door to see them pale as ghosts and frozen in horror over the broken frame.
"Seriously guys, it's ok." I laughed. "I just can't believe you were only home alone for like, forty-five minutes, and you already broke something. What caused it anyway?" I asked as they relaxed a bit.
"Well, I was going to get a book from the library to read some more about the family and I saw this picture of Itachi as a kid, I guess with his brother and was going to show Haru how funny he looked as a child, but…"
"But what?" I asked, waiting, and noticing Haru snickering.
"But, there was a spider on the back that crawled off onto his arm." Haru answered for him. Outright laughing at this point.
"Hey! They can be highly dangerous." He defended himself. "Could you imagine having to say, as a shinobi, to a medic: Oh, help! I've been defeated by a SPIDER?! It'd be the most embarrassing thing ever."
I tried to keep a straight face, but in the end, I couldn't help but laugh along with Haru. While Kazuma sulked off to his room to pout about being the center of humor.
A couple hours later, after I'd made some dinner of rich, grilled fish-since it was Kazuma's favorite, and he needed a pick-me-up-,and stir-fry, along with the help of Haru, Kazuma decided to join us again to eat. His pride was still sore from earlier, but my announcement of some news perked him up a bit.
"So you found out more about your mom?" Haru asked. "That's great. What was it?"
"You're both going to think this is crazy, but so did I. Lady Tsunade said there's always the chance that someone lied about it, and I agree, but he letter she received for me from my mother's village said that her parents were Hashirama Senju and Mito Uzumaki." They both gaped.
"But that would make your mom super old." Haru said, childishly.
"You already know her dad is, you idiot." Responded Kazuma, equally as childish. "The real issue you're missing is the fact that her father married his friend's daughter. And last I checked they stopped being friends before Kimi's mom was even born, so really, he married his enemy's daughter."
"Alright." I cut in. "I think he gets it."
"No I don't. Why did they become enemies?" Haru asked, completely lost.
And so we explained it to him.
"Wow Kimiko! No wonder you're so powerful; you've got genes to back you up from every side." He commented.
"Yeah, and I've also got conflict on all sides. I can't imagine what would have happened if my grandparents, on either side really, had known about this. I mean everyone thought Hashirama killed my dad, so…" I trailed off.
"You're really mixed up." Kazuma stated, and I nodded back, taking a bite of food that I realized had become cold while we spoke. So much for the fish.
Later that evening, after we'd finished, we sat up in the living room playing a board game around the coffee table and talking about this and that, and every now and then joking about something only we would understand, or even find funny, like Hidan's fear of shaving or 'Tobi's' secret reasoning for particularly making Deidara's life a living hell-although we knew he did choose to irritate Deidara the most, all we could do was theorize his true reasons.
Eventually we came to the topic of where Kazuma would live with Mirai, and I realized he hadn't really spoken much about her since arriving in Konoha, until now.
"What about her anyway?" I asked. "You haven't said much, aren't you planning on inviting her sometime, or at least letting her know where you are?"
"Well, the truth is, she doesn't even know what happened yet. I just keep writing her like we're back at the base. I'm not really sure how to explain to her how to act even if she did come to Konoha. I mean, she's not exactly for the Akatsuki either, so she'll be happy we're out of there, but I'm not sure how she'll react to being invited to Konoha." He said worriedly.
"Why not? Does she have something against the village?" asked Haru.
"Well, she's from Yukigakure, and it's not like they're on the friendliest terms with Konoha." he answered.
We knowingly nodded.
"I'm sure she'll be ok with it, once we explain the real reason for tension between the villages." I said. "Besides, I want to meet my new 'sister'." I'd taken to referring to Kazuma as a brother, so I liked to consider Mirai a sister. Even though we'd only met a couple of times, so far, we'd gotten along quite well. "I'll talk to Lady Tsunade, if you'd like. I'm sure she can figure out some way to get her here." I added, earning a smile and a nod.
AN: Don't forget about the drawing entries! If you would like, I'm starting a competition. Just send me a link in the reviews, or on private messaging of a drawing, sketch, or painting of your favorite characters from my stories. You may include characters that are from the actual universe, but all entries must include at least one of the stories OCs. I'll start the first drawing on March 1, but if you're just reading, don't worry. I plan to continue this for a while