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The Ten Tails by lovinganimetoomuch27

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Chapter notes: sorry for the wait, and sorry for the chapter. Its a filler, but at least it shows Kiyoko's development.
The words didn’t come, and I was left in silence, with Kakashi leaning on his doorway. I couldn’t tell him, not the truth. I have to come up with a quick lie.

“It was just a dream about the cat, and you were there, so I was worried. But it was just a dream, I’ll just head back to bed.”

I quickly walk back to my room, sliding the door open. It was nothing but a dream, it wouldn’t happen because I will never go back to the Moon. There is no way I will kill him, I will never let the beast take over my body again. Never. I stretch my tense muscles before I get into bed. Sleep came quickly, and this time there was no nightmare waiting for me.

The next time I wake the sun is peaking over the east mountains, the day has just begun. After last night’s lack of sleep, my body doesn’t feel energized, instead it feels heavier, and my eyelids don’t want to stay open for more than a few seconds. A yawn escapes my mouth, and I drag my feet to the bathroom. It takes a while, but I arrive, Kakashi was up too. He didn’t look tired at all, he was putting on his shoes, in the living room.

“I’m off. I’ll see you when I get home.” Kakashi leaves the apartment in a hurry. He’s been doing that a lot lately. I get ready for the long day ahead of me. Tearing torrent needed a few more hours, and wild water wave needed a few more days to get it at my level. After that there would only be two weeks left before the third stage. Next week, I’ll learn one more jutsu, and the week after I’ll train with Yamato and Kakashi, using the jutsus against them to gain some battle experience with them. That was the plan. I brush the tangles out of my hair, as I lock the door behind me. The village was boisterous, completely opposite from last night, and my heart leaped with joy at the view of children running to their early morning classes. Mothers were buying groceries, and fathers were on their way to work. This is the way I like to see the Leaf Village.

The field is empty, like always, and I take a deep breath before I begin with tearing torrent. Yamato didn’t come today, so I practiced alone today, I wonder where he is? Its lonely practicing alone, I’ve realized that now. I was practicing wild water wave, when I hear footsteps from behind the trees on my left. I stop midway letting the water drop, I see pink hair peak from a tree. Sakura, smiled when she knows I’ve spotted her.

“And here I thought I could have sneaked up on you.”

“You need to get a little better at hiding yourself, before you sneak up on anyone,” I joke. Sakura gets closer, stepping out of the shade.

“Thought I could train with you, Lady Tsunade is busy today, so want to have a little dual?”

I nod. I could use a little more training with my taijutsu, Sakura is a genjutsu user, but I’ve heard Lady Tsunade was teaching her some new things. She tugs on her black gloves that she began to wear recently. She makes the first move, and instead of trying to land a hit on me, she connects her fist to the ground. The ground shifts, and its hard to keep my balance. I didn’t see her seal any signs, is this the strength she acquired? I can’t let her hit me, I’ll be back in the hospital. I concentrate my chakra on my feet, keeping contact with the ground. I smile, she’s definitely gotten better since the last time we challenged each other. She intends to get my unbalanced, but she’ll need to do better than that to get to me. She seals her hands again, and four clones appear. They aren’t shadow clones, but I think their are illusions, hiding the real one within them. Sakura is one of the five, and I try to identify the real one, but this illusion is a good one. If its only an illusion, then I can release it like a genjutsu. I dispel the illusion, but Sakura has taken the time to hide herself. She’s taken my advice and hidden herself very well.

I get on my defensive stance, waiting for her to attack. A minute passes by, and still no movement. I have to concentrate and visualize her chakra, maybe I can find her that way. I close my eyes and take in my surroundings, I feel energy to my right, and I take a chance that she’s there. I make a tearing torrent, and I throw it to the tree. I see Sakura jump from behind it, I was right, she was there after all. She throws shurikens, but they aren’t fast enough to hit me. I dodge them and throw my own chakra enhanced shurikens, she blocks them with her kunai. She runs towards me, her fist above her head. I step to the right, but she kicks her left leg, aiming my side. I duck, and swing my leg to knock her down. Sakura is quick and jumps. I could have gotten her last time, but this time its different. It was more challenging, and I loved a change of pace.

I can tell she’s getting tired a bit, so I take that opportunity to make contact with my fist, not putting any power to it. I can’t hurt her, it didn’t seem right. I stop, centimeters from her face, I see Sakura hunch a little.

“I was so sure I could take you on. You’ve gotten better, Kiyoko.”

“So have you. Don’t be so hard on yourself, I came to the Leaf Village with experience, so I had an advantage. Your power to your hits, are... What would be a good word to describe it? Terrifying.”

I hear her laugh, I smile, I didn’t want her to be in a foul mood.

“I always have a good time fighting against you. Do you think we can go out for the rest of the day? Look at clothes, and you know girl things. I haven’t had fun in a while, and you’ve been training so hard. Sometimes overworking yourself, will do the opposite of improving.”

Man does she know her ways with words, because soon enough I find myself follow her back to town, even after I promised myself training was the most important right now. Sakura skips besides me, a smile on her face. She was humming, and I found myself smiling too.

“lets eat some lunch, with the girls.” Sakura pulls me to the barbecue shop the smell of grilled meat made my mouth water. I wonder who we were going to meet there, but I remembered. I don’t have any money with me. I haven’t gone on any missions, so I don’t have any saving.

“Um, Sakura. I don’t think I’ll be able to pay for myself. I can just go home and eat, and then meet you here.”

“Don’t worry. I invited you, I’ll pay for you. As long as you promise to take me out some other time.” She winks and pats her pocket. I let her lead me inside, making her way toward a table in the back, the little section was blocked by a wall, so I couldn’t see who was there, but I knew one of the was HInata because I can hear her gentle voice.

“Hey, the party has arrived!” Sakura scoots next to Hinata, while I sit next to Ino. I haven’t seen Tenten since the time they visited Kakashi. Ino, I saw her at the chunin exams.

“Great! You found Kiyoko.” Ino smiles. The servings of meat come out, and everyone helps themselves. I can’t help but eat my share, dipping the hot meat in the sauce, it settles in my stomach, giving my tired body energy. The girls were chatting among themselves, like school girls, and I felt aware of my age. I’m almost twice their age, but I’m glad they are my friends. I could have had friends my age earlier on, but that didn’t go my way either. I have Eri, and Kurenai, and Kakashi, Guy, and I think of Asuma as a comrade. They are my close circle and I don’t mind hanging out with these girls, they make me feel young again. I laugh at myself, I’m beginning to sound like Guy and his youth peps. A lot of the time was spent talking about shampoo, and cosmetics. I knew nothing about it. At some point Tenten ended up burping, making all of us laugh.

“So Kiyoko, how’s your training going?” Hinata asks me.

“Good. I’m glad I took a break. I’ve never been out ‘with the girls.’” I put quotations around my words. By now the rest of the girls have eaten and talked and stare at me while I talk. They were listening as if they were really interested, it made me feel important, no it made me feel welcomed.

“I’ve been meaning to ask. What exactly happened last time the Leaf Village hosted the chunin exam?” I asked. I know the Leaf was attacked, but ‘ve been curious ever since Kakashi mentioned it. Ino stops drinking her beverage, and everyone else looks like they are holding their breaths, waiting for someone to say something. It was Sakura who cleared her throat.

“Well, a lot of things happened and its not something to talk about in public. In short, the Sand Village attacked us during the third round. They partnered up with Orochimaru, and if it wasn’t for Naruto, then this village wouldn’t have probably survived on its own. He fought a monster, and he saved me. I owe him my life. I think a lot of us saw him in a different light after that.”

Orochimaru’s names makes me shiver, he’s always slivering his way into other villages. Naruto he saved a lot of people, and I hope many of them began to see Naruto as a person and not a beast the thought he was. I don’t think Sakura and the girls know much about what Naruto and I are, but they know he’s special. He is special.

“Okay, I really need to get back to training. I’ll see you guys later.” I see Ino stretch before she leaves the money. Soon enough, its just Sakura and I again. She pays for both of us, I promise to take her out when I have enough savings. She lead us through the streets. Pulling me one way and another. She bought perfume, and shampoo. Cosmetics that she didn’t need because Sakura was beautiful already. We went to a tea shop when the sun was beginning to set, I’ve spent most of my day with her, and it felt like we were closer now than before. All through the day she would talk about her adventures with Naruto, and to my surprise Sasuke. When she talked about him, her eyes softened, but her mood became a little sad. She wore a sad smile, when she told me about the time Sasuke and Naruto would challenge each other to eating contest. Little challenges became their purpose, she told me. Even after Sasuke left them, she never said a bad word about him.

“Sakura do you love Sasuke?” I ask. I stare at the tea in my cup, unable to look at her. Maybe I crossed the line.


“Love? I thought I did, but now I’m not too sure. I do want him to come back, to leave all that anger and revenge behind him. He shouldn’t have the burden to himself, he should have come to us. His teammates, for help. You know Kiyoko, I tried to stop him, the night he left. I tried, but I was useless. All I could do was confess my love to him, and beg him to stay. I tried to tell him, but words aren’t so powerful after all.”

I reach over, and squeeze her hand. I shouldn’t have asked her about it. She gave me a sad smile, but I know this will be on her mind for the rest of the night. I see her eyes glint.

“So Kiyoko, are you in love?”

Love? I’m not sure I know the feeling of love, or being loved. I don’t know what love is, so I don’t think I’m capable of loving. The closest I can get to love is protecting my close friends, and comrades. The way I show love is through my actions.

“I don’t think I am. I’m not sure what the definition of love?”

Sakura laughs. I feel my cheeks get warm.

“There is no definition to love. You know you’re in love, when the little things are important and significant. A simple touch, or words. Even if they are small and simple, they make a person feel important. Love is anything you want it to be. Kiyoko, you’re gorgeous, I’m sure someone will take interest in you.”

“Just watch out for the perverts, like Master Jiraiya. Stay clear of them.” Sakura laughs, I laugh too. I’m glad she wasn’t thinking about Sasuke anymore. I was walking her to her house, and we pass a clothing store. The kimono were on display, the new years were getting closer. There was one that caught my eye, it was a simple one, but it was beautiful to me. It was a light purple, and had designs of blowing wind at the bottom. The figures were lined with gold colored thread. The cloth that wrapped around the midriff was a darker color of purple. It was perfect to me, I always imagined the feel of the cloth against my skin. The way it would look on me, would it make me look thinner? Curvier? Taller? Shorter?

I didn’t know. I pulled my eyes from the store and continued to walk Sakura to her house. She was smiling now, a real one this time, and I didn’t know why. We go our separate ways as she promises to come by some other time. I walk back to the apartment, thinking of what I can make for dinner. It became a routine, I made dinner, sometimes would eat it alone and other times I would eat it with Kakashi. It was the least I could do, he was providing what I needed to survive, more than I needed. I’m grateful.

The door is unlocked when I turn the knob. Kakashi must be home already. I close the door behind me, and smell smoke in the air. It was coming from the kitchen, I run there. I see Kakashi fanning the stove with the oven mit. The food he was trying to cook was burned to a char, I see bowls of mixtures on the counter around him. I try to contain the laughter, but I couldn’t. He really is bad at cooking.

“Oh, hey. Told you I wasn’t much of a cook.” He rubs the back of his head in embarrassment. I had a feeling he wasn’t used to admitting he wasn’t good at everything. It made him look more human, flawed, and I felt something in me jump. I’m flawed too. That’s a thing we share in common, one of a very few.

“Let me take over before you to burn down the house.”
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