Second Chances Exist •Naruto Fanfic•

Princess of the Land of This

"Have you ever noticed there is never any third act to a nightmare? They bring you to a climax of terror then just leave you there."

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I cleaned myself up, told Kakashi I'll see him later and headed out with Mamoru and Haru.

Haru walked with his hands in his pockets while Mamoru converted into his human form and began whistling a tune. None of us spoke but it didn't bother me. It was too early for chat anyway. But my earlier thoughts rose back to mind.

"Hey, how did you find out where I live?" I asked before yawning.

Haru smirked. "I'm an Anbu, remember? I have access to most things in the village."

I nodded. "Oh yeah, I kinda forgot. You know, with you acting as a Genin this whole time, I started to believe you really were a Genin." I admitted with a nervous laugh. "You're a good actor."

"What do you mean?"

I glanced at him. "Well, you've fooled Keiji and Suzu-sensei. Would've fooled me too if we hadn't met beforehand."

Haru laughed at that but we fell into silence again as we walked towards the Hokage building. Then he spoke up again. "So what's it like?"

I raised my brow in question. "What what's like?"

"Living with Kakashi Hatake." Haru looked over at me with a smile and eyes wide, it reminded me of how a child would look talking about something they loved.

I raised one shoulder in a half shrug. "He's cool. Nice place. I guess I kinda see him like an uncle. He makes sure I ate, asks about our missions, he gives me advice and stuff. You know he thought I brought a boy home last night?"

"Did you?"

I shook my head, my purple hair whipping around. "No! It was Mamoru!"

"Kakashi seems protective of Lady Rinai." Mamoru stated beside me.

I sighed. "Mamoru I told you last night, you don't have to be so formal with me. Just Rinai is fine."

Mamoru scratched the back of his head with an apologetic laugh. "Right, sorry."

"Well, It's not surprising that he is. You have lived with him all this time. It's just that kind of bond now." Haru said as a matter of factly. I nodded slowly. I hadn't really thought of that I guess.

As we neared the Hokage's building, I could hear some people talking--or rather gossiping. "-Team Kakashi, I heard they defeated the terrorist Zabuza. Seems that Nine Tails boy was at the center of it."

"No way," A woman said. "that kid's a total loser! I bet it was all Kakashi's doing."

"That's not all, that Takeshi girl was fighting with them too! Lord Hokage made her a ninja because of it." I heard the first guy say.

"Really? What was he thinking? Doesn't he remember what the Takeshi did?"

The woman's voice faded as we kept walking so I was out of earshot but what I heard still bothered me and raised a lot of questions. The Nine Tails? What is that? What did the Takeshi do? Why do they think it was a bad idea to make me a ninja?