One with spirits

Remebering the past

My uncles brother and I stood in front of the hokage as she gave us a mission.

"This is an A ranked mission. You'll be delivering a top secret scroll to a small village with some of the strongest ninja in the land of fire. It's about a days trip to get there." The hokage explained.

We nodded and left the office to go home and pack. I finished packing first and stood in the living room waiting for the others to finish. Ichiro was the next to finish and he came and stood next to me as we waited. I found myself looking at the marking around my wrist and a sigh escaped my mouth.

"What's got you so worried?" Ichiro asked.

"Nothing just thinking about some stuff." I mumbled.

"Thinking about what?" He asked.

"About the past. When I was younger I was so closed off to everyone. So cruel. I hated opening up to people. I never would have guessed I would make it to where I am today. I thought I would always be alone. And now I have a family something I could only dream of. Everything seems so perfect now. I'm just wondering what will fuck it up."

I felt him place his hand on my head and I looked up at him. He gave me a smile and I smiled back at him. Soon Takeo and Mamoru finished packing and we went on to deliver this scroll. I walked next to my brother while the other two walked ahead. I looked at my brother and I covered my mouth to hold back a laugh. He looked at me with a raised eyebrow and I just laughed.

"What's so funny?" He asked.

"Remember when we met and I use to call you royal shit. we couldn't get along." I asked laughing.

"I hated that nickname." He said shivering.

"Well you acted like a royal shit." I said sigh a shrug.

"Oh yea that's why every girl fangirled over me."

"Yes but you're still single they must have gotten smart."

He glared at me lightly and punched my shoulder. I rolled my eyes at him and poked my tongue at him. He laughed making me laugh.

"Hey Hitomi I never asked how did you get that large scar on your back?" Mamoru asked.

He was talking about the scar I got when escaping Orochimaru's base when I was 8.

"Wait how did you even know about that?" I asked shocked.

"Well... when we went on that mission for the first time and you went to the lake in the middle of the night I was watching you to make sure you were okay and I saw all the scars on your back." He explained.

"I got that scar escaping form Orochimaru's base when I was eight. It nearly killed me. The person who tortured me cut me when I was escaping." I explained to him.

He looked at me with sadness it his eyes. He put his arm around me and hugged me as we walked.

"After all these years you still haven't fully opened up about what happened to you during the years you were with Orochimaru." Rico said.

"I know." I replied to Rico.