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"Ah..." She gripped at the knife in the boys hands as he hovered above her with tears. She slowly sat up and glanced at her female student that was sleeping before looking back at the sobbing boy.
"Usually, I'd kill you by now." He sobbed even harder, but she just sighed and threw the knife away, covering his mouth.
"Quiet, kid. Unless you want them to kill you." She gestured over the direction the boys were sleeping and waited until he managed a frantic nod. Sighing, she removed her hand and watched as Rami collected himself.
"They told you to, didn't they?"
"Yeah..." He looked down in shame. "A-And they'll know if I fail."
"Lucky for you, I'm the strongest." She didn't smirk or grin this time, as she genuinely wanted the kid to believe she was the strongest. He nodded and seemed to believe her thankfully.
"The akatsuki are coming back then?" He nodded again and she snarled, clenching her pale fists. "Good. I can beat them up for using a kid."
Sure, she had a small soft spot for kids. One of her weaknesses and it had even once come back to bite her. She didn't want children, that's for sure. They stink, cry, give you stress, and steal your significant others attention.
The last one was crossing the line, but Kashi was hers and no kid was taking that!
No. No, Nakano is not selfish...
Okay, maybe a little.
Just a little.
"Listen kid, promise me ya wont try anything again? The hidden leaf can protect you."
"T-They can?" He sniffed and brightened, happy she'd forgiven him.
"Yeah. Anyways, if I left you here, my fiance would be pretty mad at me."
"Whos y-your fiance?"
"A hot man." Rami nodded, understanding she didn't want to tell him her fiance's name. Nakano pursed her lips and stood up with the boy on her hip, walking towards the balcony Yamato had made (bless him) and sat down, looking at the sky.
"How old are you?" She set him on her lap. "Seven."
"Damn, you're skinny for a seven year old." He nodded and followed her gaze to the night sky, licking his dry lips and allowing his eyes to droop a little. As he fell asleep slowly, Nakano found herself growing warm at the sight of this small and frail child sleeping in her lap. It made her wonder if having her own child would be like this. Teaching, helping, and protecting one?
She shook her head to rid her of her thoughts, and allowed them to plan out their next moves. As captain of this mission, she luckily made the calls which meant none of them could disobey. And if she were to guess, the Akatsuki were going to arrive within two days which gave them time to plan.
