𝑬𝑹𝑰𝑵.

𝐖𝐄𝐋𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐄 𝐓𝐎 𝐊𝐎𝐍𝐎𝐇𝐀

"Welcome to konoha Erin."

Daiji said as they stepped through the gates of the famous konoha leaf village.

Erin looked around, saw the pathway leading to the center of the village, she saw the trees, the hokage heads, mountains, the shops, kids running around, villigers, she saw everything.

Her jaw dropped, and for one moment she forgot it all, everything.

Daiji looked around and memories came flooding in as he looked at his childhood village, the place he grew up, where he lived.

Emiko looked around, she smiled and thought about it all, she as well, remembered herself growing up here and living her best life.

They were back home.

All of them.

Daiji looked back at the trolly, then, he looked out the gates.

this is all it took for them to come back, the lose of others, tears, blood, sadness...

that was what took them here.

And he was thankful for it all.

The wind blew by, Daiji closed his eyes, this wasn't just any wind, it was konoha's.

carriying all of the memories, the will of fire, the freedom, the happiness.

He missed it.

"Well," Kakashi sighed, "We will go to the hokage and report the mission, you all need to rest, you can come in tommorow morning and report."

Daiji and Emiko nodded.

"And don't worry i will take care of your friends,"Aito added, "We will bury them today, the Hokage will send a massege to you when it's happening."

The two dissapered.

"Erin, let's go." Daiji said as she looked uo at him.

Hmiled at her but she did not smile back, infact, she wasn't thinking at all, she just went through hell and back.

She did not have the strangth to think; Erin was just like a robot, living.

Erin just did what felt right without thinking much of it.

"Emiko, we should go now, i will meet you tomorrow at the Hokage's office."

"Yeah..." Emiko mumbled.

Daiji aighed then looked to hus eyes only to narrow them at a man who approched the trolly.

The man then grabed the handles and it wasn't a second untill Daiji ran up to him and snached the trolly away from him.

"What do you think youre doing?!" Daiji yelled.

"I-I was sent to take the trolly to the morgue to prepare for berial."

The man mumbled in fear at Daiji's intense glare.

Daiji's facial expression immideatly softened, "Oh..." He then moved out of the way.

He watched as the man rolled the cart away with his friends.

Emiko looked at the man, then at Daiji in pity.

She walked towards him and put her hand on his sholder.

The both had been through so much these two days and they needed to forget.

They needed to stop and breath, they were shocked but they have to keep it together.

He looked into her eyes allowing her to see all the pain in it.