Naruto Fan Fiction ❯ Forgiven ❯ Memory Lane ( Chapter 4 )

Okay. Here goes another chapter. I'm having a little trouble though. When I thought this up I didn't think it completely through. I'm gonna try though, for you guys, because I love you all so much. Any way…I am open for suggestions.

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(`Abc')=character commentary without breaking paragraph formation.

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As she ran past a couple more shops, she began to slow down.

`Great, I think I gave him a heart attack.'

`It's not bad enough I've been gone for six years, I come back and I kill him!'

`Some shinobi you are.'

She leaned against a pole and sighed heavily. While outside the village she need only speak his first name when asking about him. Sharingan Kakashi they called him, The Copy Ninja. As if he'd never had a surname in his life. It's not like they could tell her anything useful. He was either doing something for ANBU or never around for anyone to find, but, of course, now he's everywhere all at once.

She reached into her backpack and pulled out a photograph. It showed a much younger Kakashi (`probably trying to look tough. Heh.'), next to him, an oddly dressed Obito with his signature headphones and goggles, (`Gods I hated those things.') in between the two, at the bottom, was a girl with short, light brown hair, Chiyose, and finally their beloved sensei, Yondaime-sama.

`They were so young.'

`Me being even younger.'

She could hear rushing water and looked up from the picture. Some how her feet had started moving and, without her realizing, brought her to the small bridge that separates uptown from downtown Konoha.

`This is………'

`…Where we used to meet.'

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An eleven year old Uekiya stood on the bridge with her arms resting on the railing as she wrote yet another passage in her journal. Like many of the others it was about what she had done that day, and about a certain silver haired Chuunin. (A/N: Kakashi is only about 14 in this F/B) It was the only thing she could do to kill time until her brother and his team arrived. They were going to Ichiraku this afternoon. It was her favorite place. They were supposed to meet Yondaime-sensei there to celebrate another mission accomplished. She liked Yondaime. He was very nice, and picked on her brother a lot.

It wasn't natural for her to hang around with the older kids, but her team was a little dysfunctional. It consisted of two girls and a boy. Both of which were older than her, but not as much as her brother's team. Sakaki was the only boy in the group. He wasn't a very happy person either. He'd take his anger out on anyone and anything that got in his way. Then there was Mikoto. She and Uekiya used to be good friends. Then her parents told her to grow up. She never really had much time after that, what with her Chuunin training, missions, hospitalization afterwards, and her print training. Print, as in Scroll Painting. She was very artistic. So much in fact Yondaime himself praised her work. It was something she could fall back on, should her illness effect her shinobi development.

"Oi! Uekiya!" She snapped out of her thoughts only to find that she had stopped writing in midsentece. `Stupid Obito and his stupid timing.' She turned and glared at her brother, but was surprised to see that he was no longer there. By the time she realized where he was it was too late. He had sneaked behind her and grabbed her journal.

"Oh, what have we here, hmm?" he asked waving it up in the air. "A diary?" she was about to lunge at him when she felt two arms snake quickly around her midsection. Blushing, she found that it was none other than the object of her affections. The silver-haired Chuunin let out a deep chuckle. One that was overly developed for a fourteen year old. "Lemme go Kakashi-san!" she yelled trying to escape from his iron grip. It was no use. He was much stronger than her. Although they were the same rank he was much more experienced than her. Not that this had anything to do with skill…

She tried to reason with her brother instead. "Give me back my journal Obito, you jerk!" Feh, like he was really going to listen to her. He flipped to a random page in the book and started reading in a mock-girlie voice, "Oh he's so nice! I can't believe he actually thought I was good in the Chuunin Exam! It was so much harder than I thought it would be. But I made it! And I'm only nine! That's nothing compared to him though…" he skipped down to the bottom of the page.

"Oh I like him soooo much! And he's so handsome! Even though-" "NO! STOP!! DON'T READ IT!!" she screamed, tears evident on her face. He stopped reading and looked up. If he had finished that sentence she would never be able to show her face again. He closed the book. She gave a relieved sigh.

"Geez, calm down. It's not like its Kakashi or some thing." She blushed, but no one noticed. Chiyose was silent during this whole ordeal. She was very disappointed in her two teammates. Kakashi let her go, and she snatched her book back from Obito. She did an about face and started walking in the opposite direction.

"Hey! Where you going? Yondaime-sensei is waiting!" Kakashi called after her. "Tell him I'm sick!" she called back angrily. "Wow. I guess she's mad…" he muttered. "Well I don't blame her after what you two did!" exclaimed Chiyose hotly. Kakashi looked down in embarrassment.

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"Stupid Obito!" she cried to no one in particular. The very same blush she held that night had returned to torment her. She walked across the bridge and towards the Hokage's office.

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Well, another chapter completed. Sorry it took so long. I got grounded. Please don't be angry…. *covers face with hand and begins to sob* Well review please!

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