Kakashi’s POV
And so far nothing. There was no information on any Senjus actually, which I found odd. What about Hashirama Senju or Tobirama Senju? Where were their records, even Lady Tsunade's folder was not in the vault. They must be somewhere else, but I can’t think of any other place where personal files could be kept. Perhaps under a lock and key much more tighter than this one, I had to come up with some great excuse to get in here in the first place. But for the time being I’ll have to get Kiyoko better. She must be sleeping right now, but I had to be by her. She did when I was ill.
Kiyoko’s POV
I could feel the fever slowly subside, thanks to the extra chakra my body was fighting off whatever ailed me quicker than Kakashi. But I still shook under the blankets, and Kakashi was kind enough to leave a wet towel on my forehead. I don’t feel as bad as Kakashi looked, so I think I can be up and running again late evening today. I see the white smoke on the window sill above my head. At first my heart raced at the thought of an intruder but I felt Tomoko’s chakra.
“How you doing there Kiyoko?” Her voice is softer than usual. They must have seen everything from Sage Moriko’s crystal ball thing. They must know about our suspicions as well.
“So you think you’ll be up and running in a couple days?” She asks. I clear my throat before I speak.
“I think so. Its just a little fever. I’ll be able to go tomorrow,” I tell him.
“Good, because you test for wood mastery is only three month away. One full year since your arrival is almost here,” She says. I think about it, one year has gone quickly. But then thinking makes my head hurt, so I don’t try to remember everything that I‘ve managed to accomplish in such a short amount of time.
“Isn’t your birthday just three months away?” She asks me. I nod.
“Kakashi’s birthday is two weeks away,” I tell her. She hoots, and helps me soak the towel in water. She lays it upon my forehead.
“What do you plan on getting him?”
“I don’t know. Something that has meaning. I can buy anything off the streets, but I don’t want to do that. Maybe I can make him something.”
I’ve been too busy to really think about his present, and now wasn’t a very great time either. I hear Kakashi open the front door. I hear him take off his boots, and walk to his bedroom, where I lay under the covers. Tomoko didn’t leave to the Shikkotsu Forest, she was perched on the window sill instead.
“Are you feeling a bit better?” Kakashi asks as he sees me awake. I nod. He bows to Tomoko.
“How did it go for you? Did you find anything?”
He shakes his head, “nothing, it seems like they never really existed. Not on paper, but maybe if we show a picture of them to the villagers then maybe they would recognize one of them. It looks like when they left the Leaf Village they made sure the world forgot them. There are no records of them. Not in the Life of Library or the Leaf Village. All that is left are memories. Just pictures and Kiyoko’s experience.”
“Yes, and for some mysterious reason too. But if they truly were Uchiha and Senju then there is no doubt that they had the abilities to do so. After all those bloodlines are have powerful history. No wonder their daughter came to be the powerful ninja she is today. Kiyoko is the offspring of two ancestors with much history and much power. I believe that Kiyoko is the first of her kind,” Tomoko says. Its like I’m not even here.
“The first of her kind? What do you mean by that?” Kakashi asks her.
“Well you may know that the Uchiha and Senju have never been found of each other. It is astonishing to even think that and Uchiha and Senju would come to love one another, much less have a child together. The doujutsu the Uchiha have, and the ferocious love they carry inside them an Uchiha is a formidable foe. Just imagine combining that with the life force and chakra levels a Senju posses. Together that child has great power. And to add, Kiyoko’s father has mastery of Wood Technique. Its a great mystery just how far Kiyoko can go,” Tomoko says. The rooms falls into silence, all of us trailing into deep thought.
It may be the reason why I was the chosen one. Maybe the world or whoever decided that I was to save the world knew my entire history, my entire lineage. Perhaps my mother was an Uchiha and my father is a Senju. Together I was created.
“Its the reason why her chakra is strong enough to suppress the tailed beast. It explains for years without a seal, she was able to keep it in check,” Kakashi says into the silence. Tomoko nods. The puzzle of my existence was slowly coming together. Tomoko and Kakashi begin to talk but I don’t stay awake too long to listen. I close my eyes again to sleep the rest of the fever away.
The next time I awake, I feel the fever has gone away and left a headache instead. But it was nothing that I couldn’t handle. I look at the clock, it was 8:12 pm. I remove the moist towel from my forehead, the night was warm. Summer was almost over, and fall was waiting for the time to come.
“Ryuu, I didn’t get to ask you. Is everything that we think true? Do you know why they put you in me?” I ask the beast in me. He awakens from a deep sleep too.
“All I know is that your parents were powerful ninja, and your father is definitely a Senju. He didn’t show you everything he has that for sure. But I don’t know anything about you and I. Hell if I did I might find a way out of here,” he grumbles. And falls back to sleep. Perhaps my fever got him a bit irritated too. I find Kakashi drinking tea and reading in the living room. Sakura and Eri are there too, they were talking about the baby, that is due in a couple of weeks. Its due September 21. Eri was an big mommy, her belly couldn’t stretch more than it could. But even is her due date is three weeks away, she hasn’t been bedridden. She’s a strong shinobi and mother.
“Oh Kiyoko. We didn’t wake you right? I think we were talking a bit too loud,” Eri smiles.
“Not at all. I was dead to the world, I couldn’t hear anything. What is the whole commotion?”
“I was thinking about a baby shower this weekend. I haven’t had one, and i want all of my friends to come to my house so I can celebrate the last bit of my fun free time. I know its usually a surprise but I don’t surprises, so I’m planning it. And as the godmother you must attend, no excuses. Kakashi you too,” Eri points at the reading Kakashi. He peeks over his book to see if Eri was serious, but sighs. He nods. Hopefully this weekend we aren’t assigned to any missions.
“I brought you some remedies, all natural and easy to grow. Now that I see you, I don’t think you’ll need them. Sleep is all you needed,” Sakura says. I see a brown bag on the kitchen table. I knew Sakura’s medicines weren’t all to great tasting, hardly edible. My stomach growls, and I follow the scent of vegetable soup. Eri follows me.
“Kakashi called me to ask for help. He was getting worried about you, seemed like you’ve slept all day,” Eri smirks, but the mood fell into seriousness quickly. I grabbed a bowl of soup for myself, but Eri refused to have any.
“I had to get it out of Kakashi, your father he came back for you didn’t he. And he used Sakura as leverage, I wish I was there to help you, but I heard that you and Kakashi took care of him.”
“We didn’t. If we took care of him then he would be dead, all we did was manage to get out there alive. He’s stronger Eri, much more stronger than I last remember,” I tell her.
“Are you afraid?”
I shake my head, “its not that I am afraid, I’m surprised that is all. I know that if I work harder I will get stronger than him. And if he ever does come back then I know I’ll be able to fight him on his level.”
“Great to hear that he didn’t affect you, just don’t overwork yourself. I’ll need you to help out with Yasuko,” Eri winks.
“As if I would be any help.” The soup settles heavenly in my stomach. I hear Sakura yell from the living room that she was leaving and that she’ll see us this weekend for the baby shower. Soon Eri begins to talk to me about the whole event. I volunteer to bring the sweets, but I don’t know if I’ll make them or buy them. I like to pull Kakashi’s leg about sweets. I wonder if Eri’s mother will show up if I attend. Last time wasn’t such a great introduction, she still sees me like the person I was. But I’ve changed, even Ryuu has changed a bit, even if he denies it. I hear a knock on the door, and then I hear Rokuro’s voice. He must be here to pick Eri up, it was nightfall already, he saved me a trip on walking her home.
“I’ll see you two at the baby shower this Saturday. And don’t be so formal with ninja attire, wear something festive. Especially you Hatake, I don’t think I have ever seen you in other clothing,” Eri picks on Kakashi.
“Oh leave the man alone. Its a ninja life to wear these clothes. Lets get going,” Rokuro says on his defense, which catches me off guard. They leave in the night as Kakashi follows me back into the kitchen.
“That was odd. He was not being his other self.”
“Its been getting better, at least now we don’t mention Rin and Obito anymore,” Kakashi says.
Kakashi checks my forehead for the fever, thankfully it was gone now.
“I feel much better, I just have a little headache, but its not the worst pain I’ve been in. I can manage without Sakura’s medicines,” I joke. She’s a doll for bringing me them, but Sai’s warned me before hand. To accept them but not eat them.
“I think you’ll get worse than a fever. Her remedies are natural, but they are exotic,” Kakashi says. I leave my dirty bowl in the sink, I’ll just do it later.
“Kakashi is there anything you want for your birthday?” I ask him. He must want something, I’m having too much trouble thinking about his present. And the headache was not helping.
“I don’t need anything, I have everything I need. I just want to celebrate it with you, and maybe Sakura and Sai. I don’t need a party or anything, really.”
I smile when he said that he wants to celebrate is with me. I couldn’t help but bring him closer to me, until our bodies rested on one another. He’s done so much for me, protecting me, caring for me, and he says he doesn’t need anything.
“Well if you want anything, you let me know,” I whisper, there was no need to talk in the distance we were in. I could smell his tea breath and I bet mine smelled like broth. It didn’t matter, Kakashi still kissed me. His lips were always so soft, and warm. Our eyes were closed, but I felt every touch, his hands pressed into my back, and I could feel the hairline at the back of his neck. I just needed him, and perhaps he just needed me. We don’t want anything else but each other.
In the days before Eri’s baby shower. I spend my day training in Shikkotsu Forest, and on my free time I go around the village asking if they knew my parents. I would show them a picture of them, right in front of the the hoke wall. And like Kakashi said, no one remembered. They made sure they weren’t remembered here or anywhere else. But I know the truth, or I think it is the truth. They were alive, and in love. A love that was hard to maintain here with their rivalry. It makes sense why they would find refuge in the Moon Village. But just how did my father get to become the leader of the Village, that was a mystery.
Sage Moriko also believes our suspicions. It explains why we found that empty book in the Uchiha section of the Library of Lives. It has to be my mother’s. After all we think she was an Uchiha. Though when we told her about the power of my chakra, she was quiet and deep in thought. She wanted to say something, but she couldn’t. I wanted to know, but I didn’t ask. I can tell she didn’t want to tell me just yet.
Sage Moriko agreed to let me take Saturday off. I got up earlier than usual, I needed to make the desserts for later. I decided to make rice flour dango’s. Like the ones in the tea shop, with a sweet sauce. A grumpy Kakashi got up later that morning, complaining about the sweet sugar smell in the house. He shut himself in the shower for twenty minutes before he can withstand it.
“Kakashi are you going to obey Eri’s rule about your clothes?” I ask him and grab the milk from the fridge for him. He pops some toast out of the toaster and spreads jam.
“She’ll bite my head off if I don’t. I guess I’ll have to go shopping,” He crunches into his breakfast. I might as well tag along too, I didn’t want to pass up the opportunity to see Kakashi shopping for clothes. Maybe I’ll find something to buy for little Yasuko. Despite hating sweets, Kakashi helped me finish the dangos, cutting the time by a third. I leave them on the counter and we make our way to the nearest clothing store.
Kakashi walks into a very ordinary looking store, nothing special or glittery in here, which is what I expected. There are racks and racks of the same color clothes.
“Lets get something quickly, I feel like Eri will pop out anywhere. She’s around here, I can feel her,” I tell him. It was like a second nature, she was always near. Watching me, watching us, which was very odd. He laughs at my little suspicion.
He goes over to the section of his size. He pulls out a blue t shirt, just a plain tshirt. Nothing wrong with it, just that it looked like the one he was wearing except not long sleeved. I shrugged, I won’t force him to buy anything he doesn’t want. He grabs black pants, at least they weren’t the same color.
“I think you should buy some black clothes, for you know funerals. We’re lucky to not have lost anyone while you’ve been here, but that can change at any moment. We never know when a shinobi dies,” Kakashi says. I nod, I would have to buy them eventually, now that I am here as I might as well get them. Hopefully I don’t use them for a very long time. I grab my clothes that I need for funerals, but I quickly put those to the side and try not to imagine when I will wear them. I look around for any presents for Yasuko. I find a beautiful blanket, much like my own. It was yellow with pink flowers, reminding me of the meaning of her name. Peaceful child. I’m sure she’ll be warm with this blanket around her. I buy that too. We get home after buying our clothes.
I wrap the present in tissue paper and bag it in a small bag. Kakashi comes out of the shower, new clothes on, though he doesn’t look too different. Still Kakashi.
“I don’t see why she wants me to wear different clothes. I look absolutely the same,” He dries his hair with his towel.
“Well that blue color is lighter and it looks great on you. I’ll get changed so we can get going.”
I choose my yellow long shirt, and blue shorts. I clip half of my hair back, leaving the forehead protector off today. My bangs half gotten longer, but a few strands still fell out of the pin. I don’t put any ninja equipment on either, it was just a small gathering of friends. I even painted my nails earlier today. It was a light pink, I thought it looked great with my complexion. I look once more in the mirror of my bedroom, where I only come in to get dressed, and grab the gift before I meet Kakashi in the living room. He has the dangos in his hand. He too left his forehead protector, but that mask was still on, but I liked it. I enjoyed being the only one to see his face under it.
Kakashi locks the door, and tucks the key in his pocket. I kept my key around my neck. It jingles with the leaf. I smile, I knew exactly what to get Kakashi for his birthday, a necklace like my own, but manlier. We walk over the Eri’s house, not her mother’s this time. There were pink streamers outside, and I can hear the chatter of the people from inside.
I knock on her front door, waiting for Eri to answer it. Rokuro opens it instead.
“Great to see you two could make it,” He smiles, but it feels forced when its directed to Kakashi. They were working on it like Kakashi said.
He lets us in where I see unfamiliar faces and familiar faces. Sakura, Ino and Hinata, are among them. So are Kurenai, but not Asuma.
“We’re back in the backyard Kakashi, if you’ll like to join us. Asuma and Guy are there too, drinking a bit of sake,” Rokuro tell him. “Eri is in the kitchen, Kiyoko.”
“I’ll be out in a bit then,” Kakashi tell him.
“I just have to let Eri see me in new clothes,” Kakashi tells me. I smile, and follow my nose to the kitchen. She was there alright, laughing with women around our age. Women I feel like I have seen before. Eri smiles when she sees me, and that is when the others turn around. I can feel my heart race, and my throat close. Those women were from the Moon, those girls back then were just like Eri used to be. They made my life living hell, but hopefully they know I was here, and hopefully they have changed like Eri.
“Oh you’re here. Not looking too bad Kakashi. I’m sure Kiyoko likes this change,” She teases him.
“oh my god. Is it really her?” I hear one of the women say from behind her. Oh my god indeed.
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Chapter notes: Here is another chapter. Sorry I took so long, but as many of you know, student life is not easy. I hope you guys enjoy it, and it may seem a bit rushed, but I don't want to spend too much time. She still have two more years of her journey, though I don't think it will be as long as this one year has gone by. I don't still not sure, but anyways read on!
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