"Yasei, this is Yinhua, Avarae, and Minsk the Great Reaper. They make up my platoon, but Konoha believes I'm my own platoon so it's our little secret, okay." She winked at the girl as she mutely nodded as she stared at the amazing summons. A tall man with calico hair to match his similar ears, a cat-claw shaped reaper on his back with katana blades on his hip, a beautiful archer with long blonde hair and fushia colored eyes wrapped in glossy leaves, and a skeletal man cloaked in black with a black reaper that could easily be mistaken for Jingxiao.
"What do you think?" Yasei looked over at the excited Shizi, the brunette neko bouncing in her place happily.
"They're quite the team, Shizi. How did you make a contract with them all? They're all way past your Chakra level." Shizi mocked offense at her snappy comment.
"Magic. How else do you think I made my contracts?"
"I'm going to guess they belonged to someone who was close to you and so when they passed away the contracts were given to you." Shizi dropped her ears at the mention of someone passing away, a flash of her old Sensei filling her mind for a split second.
"Actually, I enacted all these contracts on my own thank you very much. Yinhua has been my summons since I was a kid, Minsk made the contract first after I met him in the Land of Wolves, and Avarae is my most recent summons- only two years old."
"The real question is, are they strong?" Shizi quirked an eyebrow at her newest friend.
"Of course they're strong, you said so yourself they're way outside my Chakra levels. Why do you ask?" Yasei grew silent, did the white headed man not tell her? He seemed so concerned about the girl when she met him in the hospital.
"It's not my place to say."
"You can tell me, Yasei." The white haired female sighed in defeat and sat on the dust, Shizi in quick pursuit with her summons.
"I thought that white headed man would've told you by now but I guess not. There are people hunting down the wielders of the five Saiko reapers. And when they gather them all, they intend to unleash their Forbidden Form and destroy the Shinobi Nations. Jingxiao is the last of the five, and that means they'll be brought here to the Hidden Leaf. That's who destroyed my village. Hey! Where are you going?!" Shizi had jumped to her feet and began to sprint towards her home in a rage.
"To get answers! Yinhua will show you to your hotel room." She made a bee line straight to her shared apartment, slamming open the door and storming right on in without bothering to take her shoes off like usual. Shizi grumbles and rages as she makes her way over to Kakashi's room.
"Kakashi Hatake!" He opened his door at his name, looking down at the girl at his door who looked angry beyond recognition. He stood in a black muscle shirt and black cargo jeans like he was just getting out of the shower.
"Yes, Shizi?"
"You knew?! All this time you knew they were coming for me and you never said a word?!" The man quietly sighed, seems Yasei told her about the people looking for Jingxiao.
"I didn't tell you because it didn't seem important at the time. You need to focus on healing, not worrying over what might happen someday." Shizi suddenly punches the man in the chest, though he barely shifted under her attack it felt good to let it out.
"You should've said something! I could've been training better not lazing around waiting for a few stitches to close up!" She punched him once more and he let her.
"Shizi, I understand you're mad-"
"Mad?! That doesn't even start to describe it! Those people are trying to kill everyone, and you're hiding that from me like I'm a child-"
"Because you are a child, Shizi! You're my child, and I decided to keep that from you until you were ready to know. They are dangerous people, Shizi, and unlike any other enemies you've been up against before. They have slaughtered entire villages for a power that will destroy the world and everything you know about it." Shizi goes to punch him once more, thwarted by his large hand around her tinier wrist firmly.
"Knowing they were coming a few weeks ago changes nothing, Shizi. You would still be healing like you are now."
"But had I of known I could've worked on my Jutsu and probably even created new ones. You know what happens when Jingxiao is taken from me! Kandahar-Sensei made damn sure of that when he sealed Gomon in me. I can murder people and you hide dangers from me? Who gave you that right?!"
"The Third Hokage did when he assigned you to me. And so, as long as you're under my care I decide what's best for you to know. Is that understood?" Shizi ripped her arm from his grasp and glared at the stony male.
"Then maybe it's time for me to leave your care. Nobody tells Naruto what to do."
"Naruto is different, Shizi."
"How is he different from me? We both have demons inside us, both of us lost our biological parents, we're both Konoha Shinobi, I'm not seeing a difference here."
"The difference is that you are my daughter and Naruto is not my charge." Kakashi watched her reactions to see if she was going to try to hit him again, but she didn't. She simply stood and glared at him. He understood her anger at not being told, but it was what was best for her at the time. She's still not strong enough to take on someone like those who are hunting her down for her reaper and it's potentials.
"Shizi, please understand-"
"Understand what? That you don't trust me? That I'm nothing more than a burden the dead Hokage forced on you? Maybe you should've let the Elders take me away, life would be so much easier for you then, wouldn't it?" He could see the tears forming in her grey eyes as she spoke, he knew she wanted to be more than a Kunoichi who protected a village that hated her for something she couldn't control.
"Shizi, how could you say that?"
"But it's true, isn't it? You don't trust me just like everyone else doesn't."
"That isn't why I kept the information from you."
"Then why?! Is it because you think I'm not strong enough to protect myself?"
"No of course not. You're the strongest Kunoichi I know, I didn't tell you because I didn't want you to think you had to leave the village to keep us safe. I don't want to risk the chance that you would leave me." Shizi felt tears stream down her cheeks at his words, why would he be afraid of her leaving?
"Why would I leave the Hidden Leaf? My family is here. You're here." Kakashi knelt down on the floor and wiped away her stray tears.
"I guess I was afraid of losing you. But I see now that I was wrong to hide that from you, and I'm sorry." Shizi hiccuped before lunging forward to hug the Jonin ferociously.
"I won't leave you, Kika, I promise. I'm sorry I threatened to leave and yelled at you." Kakashi lightly chuckled at her apology and hugged her back just as strongly.
"It's okay, Shizi, I understand why you got angry. From now on I'll be sure to tell you everything, and we'll face it together. Promise."
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Beautiful Monsters
Fanfiction"The true measure of a Shinobi is not how he lives, but how he dies..." Shizi Yemao's pretty smile hides her secrets and her pretty eyes have cried too many tears. It's scary what her smile has come to hide, and she has gotten better at hiding the...
