I'm Only Human

The Silver Assassins

"Come in!" A female voice yelled from inside the house.

The group took off their shoes before entering the house. The inside of the house gave off a comfortable homey feeling as the students stayed by the front door, politely waiting for the owner to arrive. When the owner walked into the living area the students were surprised, to say the least. A woman that appeared to be around the same age as Kakashi entered the room, she was an inch or two shorter than their Sensei but had long silver hair that slightly curled up at the ends. Her complexion was slightly darker too, with an emerald green diamond on her forehead but they couldn't see her eyes which were covered by her leaf hitai-ate. But when the three students looked closer, they could see the edges of a scar behind it as it ran across her eyes and down the left side of her neck to her collarbone until it disappears under her shirt. Then the team of genin concluded that the woman probably has a prosthetic wooden leg by the sounds of her footsteps. But even with these old hidden injuries, it was obvious to tell she was still quite beautiful

The silver-haired woman tilted her head to the side while looking in the direction of the three students. "can I help you three with something?" She asked, calmly walking up to them.

"We're sorry to bother you, Miss, but Jun Kanon told us that you might be willing to answer our questions about the Hatake clan," Sakura explained, with a little nervous tone, trying not to stare at the woman's scar even though the woman could not see them.

"Depends on the questions, come on, follow me, we can talk in the kitchen I just finish making some tea," The woman spoke leading the three kids to the kitchen. After she poured cups of tea for her guest the blind woman formed a special hand sign while her back was still towards the students. That was when the students noticed the strange change in the woman's chakra. They watched as she reties her hitai-ate, similar to Sakura's hitai-ate. Before turning to face her three young guests, which are starring at her with shocked expressions as she looked at them with her light grayish-green eyes, and now scarless face and neck. "So, you three must be Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura," the woman added with a bright smile as she looked at the correct student to each name as she placed the filled teacups next to them, before sitting in the chair next to Naruto.

"How did you do that, how did you get rid of that scar?" Naruto asked, gawking at the woman.

"It's a secret," the woman replied, pressing her index finger to lips and winked at the three kids.

"We have some questions about the Hatake clan," Sasuke spoke, getting straight to the point then added, "and your name is?"

"Why do you want to know about the Hatake clan and base on your answer, I'll give you my real name or not," the woman answers with a firm but calm voice while analyzing the kids around her.

"We just want to know more about Kakashi-sensei! He's been acting weird, and then we heard that our Sensei is the last member of the Hatake clan. So, we wanted to know more about the clan's history," Naruto explained, letting his head sink to the table, getting annoyed with all the secrets.

A moment of silence pass, as the women's grayish-green gaze focused on her cup of tea that she set on the table before her, then looked at the three students waiting for a response. "Well, you've heard right. Kakashi is the last Hatake in the village... publicly that is," she paused and chuckled at the students' shocked expressions. Then continued with a bright smile, "my name is Sayuri Hatake, its nice to finally meet all of you, Kakashi talks a lot about you three!"

The students' jaws dropped at the new information. "So are Kakashi-sensei's sister or something, and what did you mean by publicly?" Sasuke asked, getting over his shock.

"No, Kakashi is my... I think my fifth or sixth, maybe a seventh cousin? But we do see each other as siblings. My real surname is actually Inuzuka from my father's side, but only a few know that I'm part of the Hatake clan. Even though I was adopted by the head family of the Inuzuka clan after my parents passing," Sayuri informed with a soft smile as she raised the teacup to her lips. Then her lips tightened added softly, "there are only three members left of the Hatake bloodline, so think of it as a safety precaution."