A Lotus in Winter: A Rock Lee Love Story

Chapter 27: Dark Past, Unsure Future

Kakashi's POV:

When that scum revealed the true identity of Sayuri's parents, I lost it. All this time, all these years we had both been living in agony and the pain of loneliness. If what he said was true, and I was her brother, then I couldn't let him get away with this.  Somehow I felt he was personally responsible for all the pain in my life, even though I knew he wasn't.

Ever since a child I was led to believe my mother was dead. I was never told anything about her except that she was Inuzuka. It hurt my father too much to talk about her, how did he think I felt not knowing anything.

Now this man standing in front of me, admitted to torturing my comrade, student and possibly younger sister. As well as murdering a woman that could have been my mother.

I had to be held back by Guy and Tenzo so I didn't kill this scum.

The anbu soon found us and we had to retreat. Lee held Sayuri while Guy and Tenzo held me back, had they have let me go, I probably would have massacred the lot of them.

That was when Guy said something I didn't expect.

Guy: "Kakashi, I know you're upset. We all are, but think about what your actions could cause. You could cause an all out war with The land of Woods if you continue, and look at Sayuri. This isn't helping her."

I looked at Sayuri as instructed and the sight was heart breaking. She was sobbing in Lee's chest, she was beaten and I knew her whole world must be crashing down. Her whole life, everything she knew was a lie, and if I am her brother, then I should be helping her, not being selfish.

I gestured for the men to let me go, they did so reluctantly and I went to Lee's side. He was desperately trying to comfort her. I reached out and ruffled her hair

Kakashi: "Relax kiddo, we will be to safety soon. You can cry all you want then, it will be better for your health too."

Sayuri: "Forgive me sensei, ninja should never show how they feel. I shouldn't be crying."

I looked into her tea colored eyes, I don't know if she truly is my sister, but thinking back now I saw a picture of my mother once when I was little. Sayuri has the same eyes as her.

Kakashi: "That only applies to when you are on a mission. You aren't on a mission, you were the mission. We should be to safety soon."

I went ahead and did all that I could to set traps, give false clues as to the direction we went, and then did all I could to cover the few tracks we made.

Eventually we made it to the cave that Guy and Lee told us about. Tenzo disguised the cave utilizing his jutsu to manipulate the trees. Meanwhile we got Sayuri comfortable, she had stopped crying at this point and seemed exhausted from the whole ordeal.

I didn't know what to say, but she apparently did.

Sayuri: "Sakumo Hatake was your father, wasn't he Kakashi sensei?"

I nodded

Sayuri: "What happened to him?"

I never wanted to talk about this again, but she deserved to know, and so I told her the terrible tale.

Sayuri looked down at her hands. "So he left you alone in the world too."

I knew I shouldn't ask, but I had to know. If there was a chance we shared a mother, I needed to know how she died. Sayuri must have sensed this, because she told without being asked.

Sayuri: "I killed her. She died by my own hands."

Everyone was shocked, especially me. I controlled my emotions though because this wasn't the whole story.

Sayuri: "When father... I mean the feudal Lord discovered her deceit, he ordered her execution. At the time of course he was suspicious of me and my possible involvement, and so in order to prove my loyalty he ordered that I  kill her before him and his subjects... I was unable to do it. My mother knew this, she wanted me to be safe and so she did what she could. With the katana in my hand, she ran into it. The last thing she ever did was hug me while the sword was in her gut. She told me she was proud of me and she died there in my arms. The Lord later ruled that  he could never trust me again, and here we are today."

I could almost see what Sayuri described, it was so similar to... Rin. That was why she was forever washing her hands, to get the blood off.

She was looking at her hands when Lee took them in his own.