Frozen Heart 2016 (ON HOLD)

Frozen Heart: 2- When I Met Them

     For five years I had concrete walls around my heart and feelings. I think I knew it subconsciously but I never mentally addressed it. I think it was about two years ago when I had felt a crack in that wall.

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"Kanna, dear, will you get some groceries for me?" I heard my Mom asked.

I turned my head from my Mom's diary that I had stolen from her room. I stood up and walked to the kitchen, "Sure Mom if you teach me this Chidori that dad created." I said reading how she described the Lighting Jutsu. She turned to me and made 'tsk' of displeasure.

"Kanna did you take that from my room? I swear child." She said and snatched the book from my hands. She looked up at me, "Kanna, your already as tall as me why do you have to wear those heels?" She asked.

I shrugged, "Cause I like them, I highly doubt though I'll grow any taller than this though till I'm sixteen." I said nonchalantly.

She sighed and put her hand on my cheek, rubbing her thumb against my face. "Your such a pain sometimes... but I still love you very much." She said as she usually did when she was bothered by me. Then my Mom pulled away and handed me a piece of paper, "Now take this and go buy groceries mini-Kakashi." She said and washed dishes for me.

I shrugged and left the house after grabbing our wallet full of money from Mom's new job, a bridge building assistant manager. I thought of the name she gave me as I walked towards the small little market we had in this village. She had a habit of calling me that since I was eight. I assumed it was because she insisted that I was so much like my father. I don't agree as much telling her that he was a stickler for rules when I had a complete disregard for them, she corrected me.

'That was when he was younger Kanna, your like mix of him. It was like Kami pulled bits and pieces of Ka's young and older personalities and mushed them together. You are cold, aloof, and stern yet you are also relaxed, blunt, apathetic and matter-of-fact most of the time. You always have a bored look on your face which always makes me mad to the high heavens. Of course, you still are different from him with your anger and sadistic tendencies but no matter what way you look at you are definitely Kakashi Hatake's daughter. I just gave you your looks.'

I didn't argue with her about it with her anymore. She knew way more about my father than I did so there was no way that I could. Some part of me though felt glad that I was like my father in some way, that I had some part of him that I could call mine other than just Sutetchi-- my now stitched teddy bear of his.

Along on my way to the market, I heard loud crying. Turning my head I saw a small boy with a yellow shirt and green hat crying by himself. I stared for a long time, then decided to walk over towards him. If there was one single thing besides looks that I got from my mom was my secret love for little kids, something that I couldn't help. Even if I had wanted to stay away, I walked over till I was standing in front of the kid. He must have noticed my presence and looked up at me. Fear immediately swirled in his dark colored eyes, and he scooted back away from me.

"Wha-What are you doing here?!" He stuttered out.

I stayed silent and sat down in front of him, making myself smaller to appear less intimidating. The boy only looked at me weird, but still stayed far away from me. Slowly I scooted closer and closer till my knee's almost touched his. He was frozen in his spot against the tree, but he did not run away from me like I had suspected. I reached out slowly and he turned his head, closing his eyes in fear. I knocked his green hat off and pet his hair comfortingly, his eyes snapped open and he looked at me in surprise. "What's you name?" I asked.

"I-I-Inari." He answered.

I nodded, "I'm Kanna Akiyama. Now, what's wrong?" I had introduced briefly. Mom had always said I was a straight-to-the-point kind of girl.