Child of the Moon

Talk to me

The group arrived at the village proper, surprisingly far from the port near the bridge, and Tazuna brought them to his sea-side home. Once making sure Kakashi was fine - though Naruto repeatedly pointed out that he still hadn't woken up - Tsukiko ushered the team out.

"Naruto, I told you," Tsukiko sighed. "Kakashi won't wake up for a little while. He used a lot of chakra, near as I can tell, and he'll need to rest to get it back. It will be some time before he wakes up, nevermind moves around."

"Argh, well what are we supposed to do now!?" Naruto demanded.

"Naruto, Tsukiko-sensei was sent to send us back," Sakura snapped.

"I know that! But you won't, will ya sis?" Naruto turned his large blue eyes on her, and Tsukiko pulled a face at him.

"Crap, my one weakness," she said dramatically. "Sad eyes!"

She dramatically fell onto Naruto, who cried out in surprise.

"Sis! You're crushing me!"

"Did you just call me fat?" Tsukiko said. "You're in for it now!"

Naruto ducked out of her reach as she reached to grab him around the neck. She managed to catch him in a headlock, as she then bonked him on the head.

"Ow!" he cried out, though he burst into laughter shortly after as Tsukiko laughed at him. "Geez sis, I sometimes forget you're a jonin."

"I'll have you know that jonin come in all shapes and sizes," she said airly, as she sat down. "I mean... have you met Kakashi?"

Sasuke snorted, though blushed when he realised it had been noticed. Tsukiko smiled lightly.

"Anyway, you guys should go clean up and stuff," she said, standing up swiftly. "I'll let you know when Kakashi wakes up, ok?"

Before they could answer, she'd already left them.

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She sat down near the window, a little ways from Kakashi, and rested her chin in her hand. She watched as he stirred, a bored expression on her face.

"Ugh, I think I overdid it with my sharingan," he groaned as his one visible eye opened.

"You think, do you?" she retorted.

His eye opened a fraction wider, the only sign she'd surprised him.

"Tsukiko?"

"Over here," she said, as he turned his head to look at her. "You know, you're pretty heavy."

"I am bigger than you," he pointed out, as Tazuna's daughter came in.

"Waking up, huh?" she said as she glanced briefly at Tsukiko. "Are you alright?"

"I've been better," Kakashi sighed as he attempted to sit up with a groan. "It'll be a week before I can move - ugh - normally."

"So lie back down and rest," Tsukiko said dully, still sitting with her bored expression. 'You know, I think you might be something of a masochist.'

'Why would that even cross your mind?'

"She's right you know, you should stop moving around and just lie down and rest," the woman said sternly, her hands on her hips.

'Just a hunch,' Tsukiko responded mentally.

Kakashi sighed and lay back down again. "Right."