Once The Rain is Over

The Heart of The 'Leaf'

Konohagakure.

Early in the morning, and the sun about to rise.

Karin's home which is a few kilometers far from Kakashi's as she learn her only neighbour. If anyone wondering. She paid her partially furnished home which took a few months to complete as she need to keep earning money to survive and also paying.

Its a two-story traditional house she got and its quite pretty big for someone who lives alone like her. But it doesn't matter, she loves it like that...and it won't feel really suffocating as her previous life.

She had her morning routine and caught the scroll Orochimaru had gave her yesterday.

"I wonder...what it could be, about me." She talks to herself while staring at the scroll in her hands. After a few moments, she stuff it in her ninja pouch.

"I need to meet Naruto and the others, cause I missed them already." I chirped, quite happily. "But, I need to have sometime alone before I got to do that." In which she meant to have training for herself. She stared outside the window. The sun was about to rise shining the face of Konohagakure. "Anddd... its a very nice weather. For a start." She sniff the smell of the village and from the forest closing her ruby eyes . After a while opening it again with a small grin plastered on her face. The warmth never fails to put her in a pretty good mood.

After closing the door, she stepped outside of her house, wearing her black boots that reach to her knees. Her usual outfit with lavender kimono shirt , still with her long sleeves and a black short pants. Her long redhair that reach her lower back dance softly by the morning wind.

She dashed through branch in a quick pace to her usual me-time-training. Or sometimes with Kakashi's clone but he would pick another different area.

In the middle of the forest located at the outskirts of Konoha. She finally reach her feet to the ground leaving a small dust flew. The sounds of waterfall reach her ears. Its a big clearance enough to run a training alone. Though she basically would add the clearance more.

She did some warm up and starting with her defence stance and other movements she had learnt from Kakashi. Though its quite difficult when there's no opponent she could attack.

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The Sixth Hokage, Hatake Kakashi was in his office with Shizune came to put a hot tea for him. "Ma, Kakashi-san...here's your tea." She said smiling.

"Just Kakashi is fine Shizune. How many times should I tell you." He said a bit irritated. She was his friends for a long time , so he felt it wouldn't be necessary.

"Then how many times should I need to tell you that it is okay. I can call you how its supposed to be." She replied mimicking his features.

He can only give a sigh. "Anyway. Let's start a day with tea first." He had his favourite book stored well to be read later. He kept that in mind.

Shizune began to pick a few paperwork followed by Tonton.

After a few moments. A flash of redhead came to the Hokage's mind. 'She probably went to training by herself today, if I got the chance again I will be there accompanying her with my bunshin.' He mentally sigh. 'Though she didn't very much into training with a bunshin. As sometimes she overdid it and my bunshin gone resulting me keep sending another. In which she felt bad. ' He rub his chin unconciously.

"Ma, I think she goes very well in everything though." He murmured under his breath. Enough only can be heard to himself. "If she was handled in a good hands..." he trailed off let him wonder how all-good kunoichi she can be.