Naruto Fan Fiction ❯ I failed you daddy blue eyes ❯ Chapter 7

[ Y - Young Adult: Not suitable for readers under 16 ]

AN: See I told you I would have it up soon. Atleast/ it is soon for me.

Chapter 7

Daddy blue eyes came home the next day. She was happy. Obscenely happy. Though she was calm in showing it. "Daddy Blue eyes! You're back" she said simply. Though she caught his smile as he swept her into his arms and kissed her nose affectionately. "I told you so," He said silently. It freaked those present out. The fact that he was calm as well. Naruto and calm didn't seem to be the proper words in a sentence. As they walked home, she frowned. She couldn't shake the feeling that he was hurt. He was walking oddly. Most wouldn't notice this, but being the trained assassin that she was she noticed the step he missed, and how tense his back was. She decided not to ask him about it.

As they reached the house she immediately prepared his Ramen (Miso) just the way he liked it. He smiled at that. He had been tired, and of course he was injured. He knew that his kit had scented his pain, or atleast noticed it, but he was glad that she hadn't commented. He tensed as he saw her pale considerably.

She paused as a voice spoke to her. You silly Demon... You cannot escape me... and neither can Kyuubi... Her scar, the mark on her back that he had manually placed on her, began to burn. Her skin paled and her eyes turned crimson. Such pretty eyes... a snake-like voice echoed in the back of her consciousness. She was unaware of the markings beginning at her back and covering her in stripes as if wrapping a gift. It ended right upon her belly button in a bow shape. Her eyes slit even farther than it was in the first place, they were unerringly crimson.

No she thought. Panic gripped her. I'm weak... I can't protect daddy...I have to leave, I should have done so earlier.. She thought as she tried to end the painful attempt at controling her that her...that Orochimaru-sama was inflicting. Her eyes turned back to normal. Yes, normal. Not of course the normal for her in the village, but the normal for when she had been with her biological father. This is what caught Narutos' attention. "Oh, no you don't, I promised to protect you, my kit, and you will stay right where you are... Don't even let any of those thoughts cross your mind... I know how you think... Besides, I can take care of myself..." He ignored her snort of amusement, glad that she was coming from her indifferent state. "Go to your room and rest..." He said quietly. She nodded and left, she ignored the fact that it wasn't even sun down.

Obviously he had noticed the presence outside of the individual whom had been standing near the door. She had noticed as well and knew he wanted some alone time to speak. She would respect that. As she neared her room she paused and smirked sending a shadow to see what was going on. The information would be sent to her via mind link. Technically she would not be spying. It would be the shadow. Having reached her room she lay on her bed, her head comfortably on a pillow. Closing her eyes she concentrated on the figures that she could see, though a bit blurily, through the eyes of the shadow. Being Youkai rocks sometimes she thought grinning.

It was Sakura she noted absently.
Naruto-kun are you ok? The Hokage wishes to see you. You have been avoiding her, that is not like you...'
Kazuo did not like the sound of her voice but she continued to listen.

Sakura was not happy, she noted this as well.

How do you know what he is like me? You don't know him at all. thought Kazuo.

Sakura-chan, I'm fine. Do you really know me so well though? Why have you never said anything but a few words to me since we've (meaning me and Ka-chan) have been back... Is it perhaps that you were with the Uchiha? Hmm? Let me see the last time I spoke to you civilly was when I was asking you to watch out for my kitling, no?

Sakura seemed sad and angry at the same time. Kazuo thought it was funny how her hair was matching her face....

Naruto I know you better than any one else in this Village...
Naruto sighed before interrupting. No Sakura You know me the least.

Kazuo was sure that she was not the only one to notice that he had left off the -chan. Yep, She had noticed. Sakura was pale and sickly looking for the most part when she left the Uzimaki house. Quickly she cancelled the jutsu. She went to sleep and hoped that the next day was better.

The next morning she found herself bored. There was no school today so she had nothing productive to do. Silently she walked down the hall way. She heard voices as she neared the kitchen and she paused. 'Naruto, why did you not go to see the hokage?' That was Sasuke-niisan... what was he doing here? she thought.

She snuck towards the area below the kitchen table even as they continued to talk by the stove. 'I don't have time for this Sasuke, I have to make breakfast for my daughter...' Kazuo frowned thoughtfully. 'Naruto...You can't keep doing this... You can't keep relying on the chakara of the nine tails... yes I know... but, you can't just-' at this point Kazuo had had enough. She would protect her daddy from his words. She dashed out of her hiding spot. "Say nothing else niisan. You can't keep saying that to daddy. He is who he is. It is his chakara. He can use it.... and you can use your sharingan to proove it. Sasuke stared at her for a moment. "When did you get in here? and you owe me a rematch." He said. Kazuo sighed. "It's not my fault you were out of practice the last time we fought." she said grinning impishly. "Besides, I need to talk to uncle neji today... no time for a match when I have one with him. Then I have to go bother Shikamaru for today then I can leave him alone for the rest of the day... err.. week." She smirked at the cloudy aura he was emitting.

"So, what's for breakfast?" she asked. She knew she was completely ignoring Sasuke. And he knew it too. Her daddy smiled at her sassy atitude. At least she wasn't acting coldly. Quietly she ate her food before she stood and left to find her uncle neji. As she left she ignored the glare that Sasuke sent her way.

She found Neji sitting at the pond. She went toward him and sat beside him. "Fate would have it that we would meet this day," she heard him say. "Why would you say that?" she asked curiously. "Your father is looking for you. He assumes that you were left in a stray village." Somehow she knew that he wasn't talking about her daddy blue eyes. "How do you know this information?" she asked. "The hokage sent me on a mission for information on Akatsuki and I got more than I bargained for." Was his reply. He sighed before standing and walking away. "I will have my match with you later. I must speak to the Uchiha about a mission." Watching him walk away she called after him. "He is at my home." she said before she went in search of Shikamaru. Even so, she had much on her mind. Perhaps she and Shikamaru would enjoy a day of silence.

Surprisingly she found Shikamaru on the training grounds. She sat beside him. Apparently he was sitting on the log. They merely sat there for a moment before Shikamaru stood and began walking. She followed him through the town. They walked in silence, then he paused at a shop. She walked in after him. He bought a pouch and some chips. He handed her the chips and continued walking. In confusion she found herself following after him again. She didn't dare open the chips she was sure that they held some significanse to what they were doing today. After a while though she began to eat. As they neared the Ramen shop she suddenly realized what was going on, and she was on the last chip too.... She tensed then... "MINE!" Cried a large teen who rushed out of the near by shop. He snatched the bag from her and ate the last chip. She fought hard to stop the twitch in her eye.

Shikamaru walked into the Ramen stall. She followed while semi-glaring at him. She sat and waited patiently. "What will you three be having today?" asked the old man behind the bar. "One miso, please." she said. Though she liked Ramen, she liked Tokoyaki better. "Miso as well," said Shikamaru lazily. She smiled at him. He smiled back. Choji looked at them both with calculating eyes before he ordered miso as well.

They did not converse. She told him that she would pay him back when she could, and he told her that all was well. Kind of. He actually muttered how troublesome it was to be nice. Though all she did in response was roll her eyes and walk home. When she got there she saw a note on the table. Distantly she realized that she had not eaten breakfast.

I am on a mission and I did not want to interrupt your day,
You must forgive me. I will be back sometime tomorrow.

Your daddy blue eyes

She frowned slightly. I guess this is going to be continuous thing. She thought.
He did come back the next day and she wasn't worried too much. She gave up fighting to leave. She did not want to and her daddy always prooved how resilient he could be.

===Three years later===~~

A ten year old Kazuo made her way down the street. She had graduated early. She took the genin test early and managed to pass. Not that there was any doubt that she would succeed. Her daddy had not shown up, and she had to assume that he was on a mission. She was worried sick though. She had to return to the Academy to recieve her juunin instructer in an hour, but she wanted to see Shika-kun as she now called him. She knew she would not be able to spend much time with him after she meets her juunin instructor. She would be busy training and becoming close to her teammates.

She could not find him any where though. Frowning she went back to the Academy. As she went into the room she sighed before sitting beside one of her team mates. "Where have you been?" asked Nara Jiira. "Aren't you going to go see my cousin, Shikamaru?" Kazuo stared hard at the girl beside her before replying with a "hn."
"You are just like he describes you... You know... I think that he talks about you more than he talks about... who's that blonde girly again?" Asked Jiira. "Ino," murmured Kazuo. "But I just call her blondie..." Jiira laughed before she nodded and held out her hand. "My name is Nara Jiira." she said. Kazuo grasped her hand, deciding that she would actually work on the whole team thing. "Uzimaki Kazuo" she said watching carefully for any reaction to her surname. There was none, and she was glad. After a moment she turned to the red haired kid beside her. "Da Kimi" He said. She tilted her head to the side before she spoke. "Aren't you from the wind village?" she asked. She had been there before... a time when she was an assassin for her... for Orochimaru. She had heard many speaking of the Da clan while she was there.
"How would you...? YOU!" He yelled as he jumped in front of her. "You were the one who assassinated my friends' father.... How did you come to this village? It was your fault that my family had to move and now it was all for naught!" He cried as he threw a kunai at her. She did not move. It cut into her arm, and she merely stared at him. Her face was impassive but it was not cold. Her eyes flashed orange before morphing into red, but she did not move. She took a deep breath to calm herself because she knew that her mark would begin to form over her skin.

"Fight me demon!" He hissed. She merely stared at him. "Can I not escape my past?" she asked, "can I not... Can I not live my life without my unwanted past actions coming into play? Do I not deserve a second chance at a life where I am in control?" Her voice did not rise in volume. "My father is responsible for my actions. I was not able to do anything but what I was told."

Kimi sighed inwardly before he sat down. "Well," said a voice from the door. "I already like you three..." Kazuo turned to see that there juunin instructor, who was also in anbu but on leave for that, was Kakashi. She frowned. "Great we get the lazy one." she murmured. Kakashi rolled his visible eye. "Well, I believe I know you three well enough. So I will tell you now that I will test you tomorrow. It would do to get some rest, and if I were you then eating breakfast is a no. Well I have to go see a dolphin about forgiveness." He said before he disappeared in a puff of smoke.

Rolling her eyes Kazuo made her way away from the room. "I'm leaving. and if I were you, then I would eat some breakfast. Nevermind what he says. We can't fight properly without some kind of energy. And remember, team work will help tomorrow. We will see how well we work with each other. Later" she said as she went home.

When she walked into the house she felt that something was off about the room. As she entered her daddys room she tensed. He was on a mission. Muhahahahahahahahahahahahaha....... The voice was amplified and yet she knew that it was merely in her head. No she thought. Nothing had happened to her daddy, it was just impossible. She wasn't worried...no... she was petrified. Dashing out of the house she ran towards the hokage tower. As she got into the tower she rushed passed everyone and into the office of the hokage. "Auntie Tsunade!!! Something has happened... I know it has... Where is he... Where is my daddy-blue-eyes?" she cried out in fear. That one emotion was mounting to impossible heights in the silence that ensued after her questions.

The hokage was not alone. She was with most of the rookie nine. Sasuke who looked to the side upon seeing her, Hinata who looked at her with sad eyes, Sakura who was too busy crying to notice her, Neji who looked determined and resigned, Kiba who did not know her well, Choji who had actually put down his chips, Ino who was comforting Sakura, and Shika-kun who was doing nothing but sitting there looking at her. His expression was unreadable. She knew those looks. She knew what they meant and she would not... She would not believe it. "No" she said simply. She backed away. Neji and Shika-kun both made to follow her but she stared at them, and they stood still.

She paused at the door when she heard Sakura mutter something inaudible to the others. "Pinkie... what did you say?" She asked though she had heard it perfectly. "I said...It is your fault he is dead. You should have left when you had the chance... He died because of YOUR father. Yes, we know the truth. Sasuke told us." Said Sakura. Kazuo stared at her. "No, I won't believe you... I won't!" Kazuo caught the hand that was headed toward her in a hard grip. "Leave. Me. Alone." She stated through gritted teeth.

Kazuo walked away, and towards her home. She knew for a fact that they would not allow her to stay in the house. Therefor she was going to pack. She turned indiferent eyes to the one who was following her. Neji must feel some misguided obligation to her. She shook her head slightly before entering her home and packing her things. Once that was done she followed Neji into his home. He was living by himself now. Having turned eighteen the other month he had more than enough money to buy his own home instead of living in the Hyuuga compound.

"You know fate is kind to you in some ways, and it is not kind in many other ways," He said. She gave him a look before she nodded in understanding.

At the funeral, it was raining. Funny how it always rained when there was a funeral going on. Always the morose and depressing rain. She saw that all of the rookie nine had come. Sakura had attempted to apologize to her but Kazuo would not respond to the pleas of forgiveness. Kazuo leaned against Shikamaru as he wrapped his hands around her shoulders and pulled her close. She would not cry, That would be horrid, and weak...and...and.... she found tears falling down her face intwining with the rain.
"It's ok to cry." was what Shikamaru said to her. His breath blowing gently into her ear. She nodded and turned in his arms tears and sobs shaking her entire form. Next Neji was up to speak a few words. "He was a friend. A noble friend, whom clashed with destiny and met with fate." Neji said this in the same voice that he said anything else. But his eyes. They spoke volumes more than his voice. His words hit Kazuo hard, though they were somewhat positive. Is it my fault that fate decided to take him away... Was it his destiny ? Shikamaru hugged her tighter before releasing her. It was her turn to go up. She walked up. Her posture was morose and her facial features were amazingly blank. As she reached the podium she began to speak. "He was... my dad. Even if he was not biological... He was my dad. I loved him much, and I... I know that he would want us all to continue on with life in the norm. He wants us... to live life to the fullest... and... that is what we should do." she said even though she herself walked silently away from the funeral. Shikamaru was the only one to notice the look on her face. He ignored the glare that Ino was giving him, as well as the look on Ino's face that almost threw the words 'when did you two get to be such good friends'. He saw Neji follow her, so he deemed it safe to just go home himself.

It is a pity that I know my fate. I can no longer fight that. When the time is right... HE will come for me. and when HE comes... I'll be ready... My fate...

My fate is to die by the hands of my father... that... my papa... the snake man...

My fate...

My fate...

My fate... is not my own.


AN: How was it... I hope it was longer like I promised... and I DID promise that it would be up in April, and THAT promise I kept...Please read and review... I think I am losing my touch what do you think?