The next morning, Tsukiko woke up Naruto and made sure he was ready to go. She also made sure he skipped breakfast, as he had been instructed to, and when he was out the door, she went for her morning jog. She once again found herself at Shisui's grave, and she sat down in front of it.
"So Naruto and Sasuke ended up on the same team," she said by way of greeting. "There's a girl on the team, called Sakura. She's got a bit of a crush on Sasuke, and in turn, Naruto has a bit of a crush on her. Kakashi is their jonin-sensei."
She took a long drink of water, then stared up at the early morning sky, the barest hint of the sunshine on the horizon.
"My team has Nanami on it," Tsukiko said. "I told you about her, didn't I? The blind Hyuga girl. She shows a lot of promise. The other two are newbies. They immigrated here, and it seems whatever training they had from wherever they came from was pretty thorough. They work well together, and while initially pretty suspicious, they can put aside differences for the sake of the mission."
She continued to talk to Shisui before she realized she wasn't completely alone anymore. Leaning back, she tipped her head so she could see behind her. Kakashi was approaching, though the grave he would be visiting was older than Shisui's.
She turned her attention back to the grave before her, patting it gently before standing up.
"Well, I should go. My team will be waiting soon, and I wouldn't want to be late."
She playfully jabbed at Kakashi, who gave her a mildly amused look as he walked past.
"Bye guys," she said, waving as she left.
Only one of them answered because only one of them could.
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"Sensei, there you are!" Aki yelled, waving madly. "Geez, you're kinda late!"
"Actually," Tsukiko said brightly. "I'm on time, you're just early."
"She's right," Nanami said blankly.
"Ah, who cares!?" Aki yelled, grinning brightly. "We got a mission!"
"It's nothing exciting," Tsukiko shrugged as they set out. "We just have to find a missing cat."
Aki's eyes grew wide. "A poor kitty is lost!? We need to find it, right?!"
Aiyanna laughed, scruffing up Aki's hair, while Nanami smiled slightly.
"So what are we standing around for?" Tsukiko chuckled.
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Child of the Moon
FanfictionFYI: This is undergoing rewrites and will have a separate book for reading. By the time I'm done with rewrites it probably won't look like this, and I'm hoping it will be vastly better. Thanks for those of you reading and enjoying it. When the world...
