Chapter 5: The Clan’s Misfit
Kakashi had just returned the night before from a long and tiring mission. He couldn’t believe the Hokage had something ready for him already. He had hoped for a few days to rest.
‘At least it’s a C rank’ he was glad for that
“Make sure she makes no trouble” said Tsunade handing him a file.
“We already have a file on her?” asked Kakashi.
“Tamiko, the Tsukyuga leader, gave it to me,” said Tsunade “Her younger sister is important for their clan. She is quite skilled on the study of jutsus and kekke genkais as well a trouble maker”
“So just spy on her and make sure she doesn’t get into trouble?” asked Kakashi
“I thought you would appreciate something easy,” said Tsunade
Kakashi left toward the Tsukyuga state where he spotted his target. It was a woman maybe thirty more or less. She looked somewhat young. Kakashi read the description. She was tall, with dark brown hair that reached her mid back, a kind of round face and sharp eyes of the Tsukyuga clan, full lips and a serious look; she fitted the description. In addition, there was the dark shadows around her eyes, they were both natural and painted.
‘It is her’ thought Kakashi as he followed her as she left the Tsukyuga’s state. Every other clan member was repairing and working on putting the place back after thirty years of been gone. Ha, it had been almost at the same time he had been born. No wonder he had never heard of them. The Hokages swore not to ever reveal their existence unless they wished so. Therefore, they were the link between the Hyuuga and the Uchiha. It made sense when he looked at those red pupiless eyes. There was yet to learn what they could do. Well, that wasn’t his mission. His mission was to follow the younger sister of the clan’s leader. The Hokage had been asked from the Tsukyuga’s leader if she could keep an eye on her sister since she was used to getting into trouble.
Kakashi looking at the younger sister couldn’t possibly believe that. The woman wore only black, tight black pants, black t-shirt with her clans’ insignia at the front and a black thin jacket. She was more of the kind to end up killing someone in the middle of the night. However, there she was, walking in plain morning as if nothing.
She stopped at a teashop and stayed there for half hour before going to a clothes shop where he saw her give an order to the owner.
“ten all of the same stile ranging only small sizes and other fifteen all in middle size and five all in large sizes” she showed the owner the confusing numbers that started to make sense “How much will it be?”
“Well…” he showed her and kind of wondered if she had enough
“Half now and the other half when they are ready” she handed the money “and extra for delivery” she was nice since the delivery was always free and it even said so outside the shop
She walked around the village. He began to wonder if she was lost. She sat on a bench in the park with her face toward the sky. There was no one around
“Hey Jounin; the one that has been following me since morning, what’s your name?” she said looking directly toward where he was hiding.
He jumped and stood not far from her but also not too close. She had a smug smile. She was laughing at him and he was about to ask why she hadn’t said anything before.
“So what’s your name” she asked again
“Kakashi” he said, she looked at his bored eye
“The Copy ninja Kakashi Hatake, son of the diseased and dishonored Sakumo Hatake also known as the White fang of Konoha that cared more for his comrades than the mission itself” she said looking at his bored eye
“The Devious Star, Kumi of the Tsukyuga clan known to be the trickiest of all and also the most problematic. Your parents were the ones to pull your clan out of Konoha. It is believed it was your birth the reason for this since your potential had already been predicted”
“Rumors. Did my sister ask the Hokage to keep an eye on me?”
“Pretty much”
“…” she sighed leaning her head even more to look at the sky “I won’t do anything. I just want to be alone so would you please leave”
“You know I can’t”
“Of course” she said more to her than to him, “You know why my sister is kind of happy that I am out”
“No, why?” he asked as he sat on the other bench that was across hers as he took out his ‘Make-out tactics’ book
“Because I can be very annoying when I talk or when I am just around others” she said lifting her head to his eyes with the same bored expression
“I know worst,” he said
“You know, I thought that a guy that was trained by the fourth Hokage would be more interesting. Truly just sitting there and reading a perverted book and even your eye turns funny when you ready something you like. I wonder how your Sharingan eye looks like. I have seen drawings of how they are suppose to look but truly, I have never seen one. You know I had a cousin, well not a very close one here in Konoha in the Uchiha clan. He used to send me letters about how his Sharingan was coming and I thought it was cool but then after three or so years later he died. I never knew how though well I guess it makes no sense since that Itachi Uchiha killed all the others but his little brother”
“…” Kakashi could not keep concentrated in his book with all her talking and she knew it! She gave him that smug smile again
“Readying that kind of books will rot your brain” she said “and that’s not a good example for the younger ninjas”
“Would you keep your mouth shut if I show it to you,” he said annoyed
“Okay” she stood up and walked to where he was sitting. He began to lift his headband when she said, “Surprise me”
He revealed the Sharingan, she narrowed her red eyes
“Interesting” she said coming closer “it seems that Hyuuga, Tsukyuga and Uchiha are truly related” she pulled back and took a small note book from her pocket along with pen and began to write. “Thanks” she said sitting next to him and stayed there very quiet
Kakashi covered his eye back and went back to readying his ‘Make-out paradise’ as he read he felt her eyes on the book too. She gasped for whatever she saw there. She went closer almost her head touching his. Her eyes were wide with misbelieve. Suddenly she stood up. Looked at him with wide eyes and pointed with an open mouth before she closed it.
“I am going home, follow if you want” she sounded angry
Kakashi followed her a few paces behind. He was still readying his perverted book when he found she had stopped and was looking at him
“Byuosoi” (Slow view) pupils of the size of a point pin appeared on her eyes. Kakashi found he could not look away from them as they slowly began to move to the right and then to the left. They weren’t like normal pupils. They moved like the light doctors made you see. They started to go fast and then faster until they became a blurry line horizontally in her eyes. She blinked and her eyes went back to normal. She took his book and began to walk away “I hate perverts” Kakashi did not move. Time was moving slowly before him.
The only thing that moved fast was her eyes that had stayed in his mind.
Hours passed and people passed him by giving him weird stares. When the night arrived and the streets were mostly empty, Naruto found him. He tried to take him out of the trance but nothing worked. Finally, he saw his big chance. He about to pull it down when
“What do you think you are doing” asked Sakura accompanied with Ino
“Shh!” he was even louder. He pointed at Kakashi’s mask and Sakura understood
“What are you…?” Ino got her mouth covered by Sasuke who had spotted them
“Kakashi’s face” was all he needed to say after he let go of her
They all went close as Naruto’s hand was about to pull the mask
“Hi, what are you doing!” Sai asked before Sakura and Naruto piled on him and covered his mouth
“You do it Sasuke” said Naruto as he and Sakura held Sai quiet
The Uchiha nodded. His hand was so close now and then, he was about to pull it down when…
“What are you doing” it was Kakashi surprising Sasuke
“Eh…Nothing” they all said for exception of Sai who was watching with much interest
Kakashi looked around ‘When did it get so late?’ he noticed the person he was following was gone. He sighed before disregarding his team and began to walk away when he tried to reach for something that wasn’t there. He turned around and looked at the younger ninjas. No, they didn’t take it but he knew who did.
“Kumi” he said, a spark of rage came to his only visible eye. The other ninjas gave a step back before he disappeared in a puff of smoke
“It’s your entire fault!” Sakura tried to hit Sai but only found Naruto’s head “Where did he go?”
“I don’t know” said an almost unconscious Naruto
8
Kumi walked into her sister’s office to find it empty with only a little note ‘Went to the Hyuuga’s’ Kumi sighed before going to eat dinner with her niece Maiya
“Where is Mina?” she asked
“Out” was all her weird niece said
After dinner, she went to her room and lied on her bed hating everyone as usual. She began to plot how to escape Konoha. After that, she found she still had Kakashi’s dirty book. She was about to burn it but couldn’t help herself. She didn’t like the book since it was so absurd about how real women were like. Whoever wrote it must had been a very pathetic man that knew no real women. Moreover, even after knowing that she found herself readying. The plot she found was somewhat good but mostly she tried to skip the drawings.
“Ehp!” she covered her mouth to stop the surprise of the next page. She saw that it was the part of a series, which meant she would need the beginning to understand it better “I have better things to do,” she closed the book unfinished and placed it on her nightstand. However, she knew she was going to buy them. It seemed she had been the one tricked that day.
8
In his department, Kakashi glared at his uncompleted collection of ‘Icha icha books’ he was only missing the latest volume that had only a few hours ago been taken from him. Kakashi swore he would get it back from the nonstop talking, obnoxious banshee Kumi Tsukyuga.
8
Hiashi was surprised that she was back so soon. Tamiko was a strong woman. She had always regarded herself as so. She was only forty-three years old but still looked to be in her early thirties. She was very proud to be the leader of the Tsukyuga clan. She had only been thirteen when she left the village with her clan but she could still remember her greatest rival from the Hyuuga clan.
“Those were some crazy times” said Hiashi Hyuuga
“I took on her everyday and it was always a tie” said Tamiko “Hinata looks a lot like her as well as Hanabi, I am very sorry”
“You were also her friend” said Hiashi
“I always thought that when I came back we would finally see who was better. I guess that chance is now gone. Though, I heard your daughters are strong so at least they are carrying her talent. Sadly no boys” at the end she gave an evil smile “Hizashi had better luck”
Hiashi’s eye twitched before drinking of his tea and then he said “I thought your sister Kumi would end up as the leader of your clan”
“Ha, you wish. She is no leader, more like an eccentric introverted artist, she is the author of our new clan jutsus” said Tamiko
“New Jutsus?” Hiashi asked before he saw the grim smile in Tamiko’s face
“Serves to be the oddball of a clan” and Hiashi knew she wasn’t only talking about her sister “Hinata is quite talented. I had never seen a Hyuuga use an attack like that. She mastered chakra manipulation quite well and so young”
