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Chapter 5: Past Coming Out

June 6th (Cont.)

We return to my house, talking. The sun is getting ready to set, and the sky looks like it is on fire. But it has no beauty, and I need to figure out my next plan of action. I have been distracted for too long. I need to refocus on the mission and having Shikamaru here is not helping me think of any plans. If anything I have be failing. I think I was followed, and being followed is not a good thing for me. I should be focused, not worried about what the other will think of me. It is time for Shikamaru to leave so I can work while I cook.

"But, will they leave us alone?" I say for what feels like the millionth time to Shikamaru.

Attempting to figure out a way to ask him to leave. I figure asking him the same question over and over again will get him to go. But so far he has stayed and talked with me. Something that I was not expecting. I don't need him around while I am planning about things, I need to be left alone. It is moments like these I question if Kakashi was right in allowing me to have friends.

"Maybe they will maybe they won't." Shikamaru yawns.

"Awe, is the super tough ninja tired?" I tease him ever so slightly. Before I can even think I ask, "Why don't you come in Shikamaru?"

I can feel my eyes widen and I am taken aback. Looks like I will be secretly planning while he is around. I shouldn't be inviting him inside. I should be working. I know that. Why did I invite Shikamaru inside my house? I need to focus. I should have left after Ino and Choji left.

"Sure Tooru." Shikamaru says, keeping his calm composer.

We walk through the door to hear rustling in the living room. We walk to the living room and find Kakashi sitting on the couch playing with kunai. He's calm composer looks bored and a little out of place since he is not in his office working. Which is honestly where he should be. Since I am going to head over there after dinner to bounce ideas off of him. Which they won't be as well thought out since I won't be fully focused on the plans.

"Ah, just the two I want to talk to. Listen I have something I need to tell you two," Lord Sixth says.

He glances between us and then turns his attention back to the kunai he is playing with. I don't know why he is here. The Hokage should never have to visit me. I believe this has something to do with the last spying mission I was on. If I was almost caught than I am a goner for sure. I need to make sure I act like the perfect ninja because it should lessen the punishment.

Was I caught? I don't remember. I also don't remember telling Kakashi about what I learned from the last mission. Which isn't a lot. But, that could also be why he is here.

What did I even do to get back here?

I automatically go into the proper stands, "Of course Lord Sixth."

Shikamaru looks at me quizzing, and I am forced to ignore him and I cannot explain it to him. Besides, he would think I am crazy if I could even begin to explain the situation to him. I am only Shikamaru's friend. Nothing more. I hang out with him because Lord Sixth ordered me to. I like hanging out with him more than Kiba though. I mentally shake my head, no. I need to focus on Kakashi and what he has to tell me.

I should not be worried about what the others are thinking. I should not be worried about what Shikamaru thinks of me now.

I thought you liked hanging out with Kiba more than Shikamaru since Kiba talked all the time.

I can feel a war going on in my head. I should care because I am trying to be friends with Kiba and Shikamaru, but I need to remember why I am here. I am here to help protect the village.

The village I ran back too. Did I even make it back?

"Well, Tooru your long term mission is becoming very intel base, almost too much for one person to handle. I want Shikamaru to help you with everything about this mission. You need help figuring out this group. Its time someone other than Yamato to help you," Just than Tenzo pops around the corner and waves. "This means I give you permission to tell Shikamaru everything about yourself. This includes the situation with you clan and your past here in the Hidden leaf. Starting in let's say two days I want you two to begin analyzing this groups that has popped up." Kakashi looks between the two of us.

"May I ask one question Lord Sixth?" Lord Sixth nods in reply, "Why Shikamaru of all people?"

"He is one of the best analysis we have here, his abilities may even pass yours. Plus, you need the help and I believe the he can be more helpful than anyone else." Kakashi pauses, "Yamato and I are going out. Start telling him your story." He and Tenzo get up and leave the house.

"What just happened?" Shikamaru asks as he turns to me after a moment of silence.

I am looking ahead. I am trying to understand what just happened as well. Tell him everything? No one knows really anything about me except Tenzo and the Hokage's. Kakashi just gave me permission to explain everything to Shikamaru though. I feel the story coming up and no block is there.

But why is the block coming away so fast? With Tenzo it happened over a week. Not this fast. Are times changing for who can know about me?

I got an order that I never have gotten from a Hokage. I can tell someone else about me.

No, this is to help with the work. We need to trust each other. Shikamaru knows nothing about me but I know a lot of information about him. This is for work, nothing else.

"I can tell you everything," I say a little shocked, moving out my position.

Shikamaru walks to the kitchen trying to ease the air, "Well, you talk while we make dinner."

I follow him and pull out the carrots. I take a deep breath, "My clans name is forgotten and we were Kato. Long ago we were one of the most powerful clans and we were not really feared since we tried not to use our jutsu for evil or power. Well, my clan was taken by someone, I have been told it was Orochimaru, a day after I was born. He wanted to understand our powers, which I will eventually explain. By the age of five I escaped somehow, I don't remember how though. I came back to the village and Lord Third decided that I should be put through the academy, and I finished within two months."

Flash back

"No she should not be able to take the exam," sensei says.

"I believe she is ready, she is passing more things than her group." Lord third counters.

I look between the two, not understanding what is being said. This is one of the first times I remember being in this room.

"She is a child," Sensei says.

"I am ordering you to let her take them," Lord Third rises.

There is a knock on the door, "Sir, Naruto…"

"I will handle him." Lord third turns back to sensei, "She is taking it."

Lord Third leave the room. Sensei looks at me and turns away. I run up to keep up with him.

The next thing I remember is seeing the dead bodies. The Chunin exams. I was told that I would see people die, but I didn't think it would be like this. People thought that Lord third was crazy for putting a child in the exams.

"Tooru, come on," a teammate says.

I look at him, but I don't remember his name. I don't remember either of their names. They were older, 10 years I think. I cried. I cried because someone just died in front of me and my team had killed them. I cried because it was unfair to see something like that.

"Tooru." The other one says.

I back away from them. I don't want to be with people who kill others. I can't… I won't stay with them.

"No," I mumble, backing away.

I watch as they both sigh. I don't want to go with them. I refuse to go with them. No. I want to stay here and wait for Lord Third. I don't want to do this anymore. Normally Sensei would protect me and make sure that I didn't see those things.

"Tooru, come on. We need to go. We have two days to get to the tower." A team member says.

I shake my head.

"Tooru please don't cry…" the other one says.

I feel one pick me up and we start to move. We get to the tower. Than it jumps to the last part of the examine.

I am standing over the body. A body I struck down. I stare in horror. I can feel my brain snap.

I kneel down and can feel the tears coming. A ninja comes up behind me and picks me up. I cry silently though. I never want to hurt some one like that again. I don't want to

I didn't know at the time that I didn't have a choice. Lord Third decided to make me jonin by 7 and on my tenth birthday he made me ANBU. Only, I felt lonely. I worked with Itachi and Kakashi and a few others. Only when I worked with Itachi, all he would talk about is Saskue. So I would go and watch you guys playing ninja, exclude Naruto and watch Sakura and Ino's friendship grow. Eventually watch it turn sour as guys became part of the picture. I watched you, Ino and Choji find that friend of yours and start a kind of group. How Kiba and Akamaru were determined to always be the best. How Shino and Hinata were always alone… how Hinata was disowned by her own clan. That was something that I wish I could have helped with, only I was under strict orders to not interfere with you guys and not make friends I would not be able to keep. I never payed attention to Lee, Tenten or Neji since they are a year older than you guys. My missions were always dangerous, even for a 10 year old. At first I had one or two older ANBU members with me when I went out on missions but eventually Lord Third thought I did not need anyone. Sometimes he would put me with Itachi. Itachi told me about his clan and how he was trying to save them but none of them could see it. We had a lot of down time traveling but it was filled with silence and sometimes we would talk, only what do you say to a 10 year old in ANBU? The reason why Lord Third made me ANBU is because if someone touches me with bare skin I have knowledge of all the Justus that they know, and random memories from training I take a portion of their chakra and put it into my own system adding to the chakra pool that I have. My chakra is large, normally we only take chakra and powers when others allowed, but Lord Third needed the power of my clan and forced me to take any ones chakra. I was alone and scared so I did not know any better until I started to read about my clan and how we helped the Hidden Leaf." I glance over to Shikamaru who is cutting the chicken up only listening, "I eventually began to watch Orochimaru and what he was doing, how he began to jump bodies and how it would affect him in the long run. Only I could not fully understand what he was doing. I could not piece it together until it was almost too late for Saskue, and even then I was still too slow. After Itachi left the village I started to watch the Akatsuki since he told me about it before he left. He became my inside source, but that stopped when he got sick. I knew he wanted to die making Saskue think he killed him. After the Akatsuki began making bolder moves I couldn't track them and Master Jiraiya died because of one miscalculation. During the War I was in intel with your dad, but they made me leave to track Naruto since he was being an idiot and left. I advised him to remain cautious since tailed beast do have the bomb. And about an hour after I left it happened." I take a breath and see Shikumaru shaking a bit, "After the war a new group popped up and began to cause some concern. So Lady Fifth had me spy on them. As of right now their origins is unknown and what their power is. And that is all I know at this point."

Wait, I saw Shikamaru's dad before I left on the mission. Shikaku isn't dead. Right?

"Wow, so this group sounds just as bad as the Akatsuki huh?" Shikamaru says evenly, you could hear the smile in his voice.

"Out of the whole story that's the only question you have for me?" I say as I walk to the table to sit down.

"What do you expect? It is the last thing that you said." Shikamaru pauses, "You were really forced to take the exams like that?"

I nod my head. I didn't tell him what happened after the exams, for crying in front of everyone and how I acted in the second stage of the exams. That was one of the first real punishments I ever got.

Wait, I told Shikamaru the whole thing and he didn't react. That isn't normal. But could that be what friends do? He didn't even react to his father… but it has been two years since then. Maybe he stopped. But who was the man I saw before I left?

"Yes, Lord Third thought it would be a good idea," I answer.

"But," Shikamaru begins, "You didn't see a dead body before."

"No, my sensei always made sure I never saw a body on a mission. And my teammates made sure I was protected. They didn't prepare me for the exams." I say.

"I remember the first time. I wasn't ready, even though my dad told me about it. I never believed it was that bad. Though I was old enough to understand." Shikamaru says.

"I guess so. Death is an awful thing." I say.

There is a moment of silence. I wonder what is going on through Shikamaru's head. I know he can understand things quickly, but I don't think he will understand this as fast as he usually does. Besides, I didn't tell him everything about me. I can't tell him everything about me right now.

I look away from him and allow him to think about what he just heard. I know that I would walk away. For some reason though he is not.

"So you really watched us since we were 6?" Shikamaru's voice is light and you can hear the smile in his voice.

I look at him, surprised. I wasn't thinking he would ask me about that. I see a smile playing on his face. Is he trying to lighten the mood between us? We were just talking about things ninja should be talking about. I wasn't ready for this to happen.

"Yes, I always wanted to talk to you guys but I was always on a mission or I was sleeping." I say as I sit down.

I hear footsteps walking toward me. Shikamaru lifts my chin up to look at him, he is kneeling in front of me. He has a playful smirk on his face; almost as though he is trying to hold back laughter. But when he looks into my eyes he becomes serious. I hold eye contact with him.

I don't know what he is going to do next. But, I feel something coming. There is chakra near-by. Heading in this direction.

"Tooru look, I'm actually really glad we are talking. Honestly I have seen you around the village for a long time and always wanted to go up and say hi to you, but then Yamato would come up and you two would leave. Every time that happened…"

"Someone is here." I say abruptly, while I get up and out of Shikamaru's hold.

I walk to the door and opening it, reveling all of Shikamaru's friends falling into the house except a few of them. I look back at the rest of them. I don't know how they found the place I live, but I feel like it has something to do with Lord Kakashi.

But… why all of them? They are friends of a friend?

"We weren't listening in!" Naruto exclaims as he gets up. Sakura hits him on the head.

"We haven't even been asked anything you idiot!" Sakura yells, then smiles at me.

Naruto looks at me and widen his eyes.

"Wait! You've come to Kakashi's office a few times! Who are you? I want to know who you are!" Naruto yells.

I've been in Kakashi's office once while he was in there. Not a few, but once.

"I'm guessing Yamato sent you over?" I ask while sighing.

I never know what those two are planning. Kakashi is going to get an earful when I see him next. I try to look at them but there are so many of them that I find it hard to look at any one of them.

"Yes he did," Shino says, "He said that you already know of us."

I simple nod, "My names Tooru."

I don't want to be doing this. I can feel myself closing off, I wasn't ready for something like this to happen. I never am. I don't want to do this. I see them looking at me and I try to keep calm.

"You are going to the bath house tomorrow?" Hinata asks, a little timidly.

I slowly nod my head. I will be there, but I didn't know that all of them were going to be there. I wish I didn't have to go. But Kakashi told me two days to relax and fill in Shikamaru, which also means fitting in time to relax since he isn't used to how I work.

"The only person we couldn't find was Shikamaru though. Although we already know that you two know each other, Ino and Choji already told us." The one called Neji says, interrupting Lady Hinata and her question.

Shikamaru walks around the corner, oblivious to the conversation that is happening. "Hey, the rice finally finished," He looks up as the group gasps collectively.

He turns red in the face quickly and looks away. Which I don't know why he did that. Doesn't that mean someone is guilty of something?

What would he be guilty of?

"SHIKAMARU!" They all yell at once.

"Look, it's been a long day. We can talk tomorrow right? Bath house. See you guys there." I say as I shove them out of the house. I turn around and see Shikamaru's look of confusion, "Sorry Shikamaru, Lord Sixth and Yamato rarely tell me about their plans."

After a moment of standing, "Come on, let's eat."

"Shikamaru can I ask you something?" I ask.

"Sure, what is it?" Shikamaru replies, gathering food.

"Why did you turn away from them? Did something happen?" I question.

Shikamaru takes a moment to pause. I don't know why. I just wanted to know why he turned away, I thought that they were all friends. Did something happen?

"No, I just wasn't expecting them." Shikamaru answers.

I can feel him shut down on the topic and drop it while we eat.