no soul no life
The sun was just pointing the tip of his nose, a thin mist surrounded the village hidden in the leaf. The sky was pink tainted night.
But a figure loomed through the streets of Konoha, the shadow men moved stealthily toward the village temple.
Kakashi finally arrived at his favorite spot. He was not surprised to see the places already occupied. He went without trying to hide the sound of his footsteps on the pavement and crouched down beside the person already has.
He put the fine bouquet of Lily he had in hand at the foot of the stele and then put a mask of clay into a wolf and joined his hands as a prayer.
The person beside him had kept her mask anbu, but its generous curves the betrayed. The young man knew by heart silhouette.
* You're going to be late ... Hanoko * Kakashi murmured.
The young woman did not move, she remained silent a few seconds before responding.
- Coming from you, these words mean nothing, you, the perennial laggard ...
Hanoko shrugged and stood up.
-The appointment was fixed at 6 o'clock, I'm on time, you're Kakashi who will be late if you stay here too long ...
Kakashi also rose and faced the young kunochi.
* It has changed so much since he's gone she became cold and distant ...*
Kakashi turned his head once toward the stele and then to refocus on Hanoko.
"That Hanoko is 6 months, 6 months I lost one I thought was my little sister. I do not recognize you, why? Why change behavior?
- ...
"I know it is not easy to lose one we love, I know you had plans ... but you gotta move forward!
Hanoko looked up, tears were crowding the corners of his gray eyes purposes but fortunately it's clay mask camouflaging the weakness she hated so much.
"I think you're wrong place to tell me that Kakashi ... You who despite all those years going to come see Obito everyday ... You are pathetic and you do not dictate my behavior!
Kakashi took was his own game, he found no answer to the reply of his friend. He put his mask and silently fell into step with Hanoko thinking back to what she had said.
* You are pathetic ... *
Two weeks had passed to the flowery village of Konoha. The ninja copier was in his apartment, falling just mission. He had barely had time to arrange his affairs that knocked at his door.
Anko landed raging in the apartment without waiting for Kakashi not give him permission. She seemed distracted. Taking barely time to breathe, she gasped:
-Hanoko found ... .... Since 2 days ...
Kakashi did not bother to wait for further explanation, he left his apartment as fast as he could and went straight to the place most likely.
Arriving at the monument of the dead to fight, he found himself nose to nose with Guy.
Yes, it was also thought to be but he is nobody. Kakashi, you who know so well, you may be another idea ...
* Hanoko ... Not yet? * ...
- What an idiot! " Kakashi cried while volatilizing in a cloud of dust.
The ninja copier would run as fast as he could hope to arrive in time.
* What a fool I am, I should have guessed, it was worse than usual these days, I watch it the better than that! *
Kakashi soon came near a lake, the moonlight is reflected in the shimmering waves of pure water from these places. It rained in torrents and Kakashi was soaked. The fine droplets were rippling surface water. The young man stopped on the shore and stared ahead. He smiled.
* Won! *
He jumped off the top of the bank and walked calmly over the water. When he reached the center island, he found that he had come.
Folded on itself, head between his knees, Hanoko was there, prostrate and weeping. Her tears mingled with the rain kept falling as we could almost believe that the young woman smiling instead of crying. She was dressed in a simple muslin dress, her bare arms were shaking as the water entered his clothes. The woman sniffed.
Without a sound Kakashi came and took the young woman in his arms.
The latter looked surprised to be discovered by someone, when she recognized her friend, she struggled not she put her arms frozen around Kakashi's neck and dropped her head against his shoulder.
* This is where did he declare his love for the first time ... *
- You're being unreasonable Hano ... You promised not to return here ...
The young woman said nothing and just let her tears beading again.
Kakashi looked up toward the clouds, always keeping him against his friend.
In addition, with this weather you'll get sick! You really are incorrigible!
Kakashi began to walk towards a cave. He placed the young woman then picked up here and there a few twigs and pieces of wood, he lit a fire and it warms.
Since he had found, Kakashi had not dared to cross the eyes of Hanoko. He was afraid to read endless suffering and it was most afraid of losing the semblance of assurance he displayed at this time.
Since their argument before the stele, both anbus had not spoken more. Kakashi did not dare to give moral lessons for fear of offending. He was also asked to deploy away from Konoha for some time to ponder what Hanoko told him.
Hanoko sat and stared at the fire as absent. His body was there but his mind wandered about him in his happy memories.
Kakashi approached her and handed her his jacket, the latter did not move when the young man slowly put his jacket over his bare shoulders.
A long silence came between the two settle anbus. Then, no longer the ninja copier decided to speak.
"You were right Hanoko, I am no position to reproach you ... I apologize.
-Hn?
The apology of the young man had at least the effect of removing the torpor of his young wife.
"I ask you to forget your pain and forget Hayate ... But I'm not even able to do myself vis-?-vis Rin and Obito ... I'm supposed to be best placed to understand your pain and But I do everything wrong ...
- ...
But I do not see you as well, before you who were so cheerful, so beautiful, so funny ... now you're just a shadow of yourself, you only live in the thoughts of Hayate. I also like that one time and I realize now that if I had not had my friends from the time I sank like you're doing it.
Hanoko looked away as if trying to escape what he said.
"I would give anything to see him again would not just once .... Murmured the young woman between sobs.
Kakashi bowed his head and crouched beside him.
"He is there beside you, wherever you go he follows you and watches over you from up there ... ... Think about the pain that you lack experience do not help you, you have to and fight against this pain for t 'get out! I beg Hano, do not let the suffering invade you!
"You do not understand anything really! It hurts you know, it hurts to die! I can not live without him, I can not ... it's too hard!
Tears glistened on the faces of the young woman, she could no longer control himself, she was angry, angry Hayate cons because he had abandoned.
-Hayate died, you must be a reason.
In the second that followed, Hanoko got up and slapped the ninja copier. Shouting body and soul she hated him at the highest point.
Kakashi rubbed his cheek without saying a word.
It was too much for the young woman, she was angry, tired, refrigerated. She wanted to escape but her legs gave way beneath her.
She fainted.
When the woman opened her eyes again, she was at home in bed. A person was at his bedside and watched impatiently for the revival of the beautiful.
Hanoko hardly smiled at his nurse.
"I'm glad to see you finally emerge Hanoko! Everyone was very worried for you!
-Anko ...
The young Anko paid no attention to the low voice of her friend, she continued her monologue.
Fortunately for us, Kakashi knows you by heart, it was two days that you looked everywhere without success but good Kakashi returned from mission, I ran the prevention and barely three hours he found thee unharmed Finally ... if you do not speak your cold snap!
Anko pulled maliciously language for her friend.
* Kakashi * ...
-Tsunade said you had to stay in bed two days so use it to get some rest and decompress a little. I .... I know you do not cross a happy time right now ... But you have to understand that is of concern to you and we do not want it happening to you something ...
- ...
Anko stared at the clouds through the bedroom window of her friend as if she was trying to see someone up there watching over them.
We-we just want to see you smile, like the time ... Murmura Anko Hayate.
Hanoko still remained silent. She was exhausted and soon fall asleep again, deep in thought.
Sometimes Hanoko emerged semi-conscious, only reached her voice but she was not able to recognize them. The fever had taken over the young kunoichi who seemed caught between two worlds.
After several hours in delirium due to fever, it emerged a little more and listened when he heard a familiar name.
"What courage it Kakashi! Said a first vote.
"He amazes me, he found Hanoko and saved his life.
"He has done more than this to it ...
-Really?
Why do you think he has resumed service to anbus? Kakashi would do anything for Hanoko, to regain his zest for life.
-You mean he is back anbu only to look after her?
Hanoko opened his eyes once and for all what she had heard had indeed left his sleep.
* He has done for me? *
* Flashback *
Tsunade looked serious, she chaired a secret meeting of anbus.
Hanoko was in the back rows hidden behind his mask of clay listening thoughtfully orders his kage.
Since the death of Hayate, the young woman accumulating dangerous missions trying in vain to forget her sadness by putting all her rage in battle.
"I am pleased to announce the return of an anbu. He had abandoned his position there this for years but has finally decided to take his mask for the good of the village.
Tsunade pointed the finger at a young man with his face hidden by a mask bearing the likeness of a wolf.
Hanoko started. When the meeting was over, she walked towards the shinobi in question.
Why have you returned the anbus?
-The village is in poor condition, we only need to defend anbus. The male voice answered.
The young woman did not return, Hatake Kakashi who reinstated the anbus, she would never have thought possible.
"He should worry more than that to use this mask, I know you well when you left the anbus was carefully considered. You were in such a state, I know you're still affected by all this so I can not believe you agree with anbus just to help the village to regain his composure.
Kakashi was marble, his voice did not tremble in spite of the difficult issues raised by Hanoko.
"You know me Hanoko, I will fire me. Konoha has more than just memories to me. There are no other reasons for my return in anbus.
* End of flashback *
Thus in recent months, he had been there to watch over her, he had only to her. In retrospect, the fact of doing mission in his side had done well, Kakashi alongside the girl likes to smile without forcing it.
Kakashi-.... Murmured the young woman.
The voice came from the next room fell silent and went into the room Hanoko. Gay and Anko smiled stupidly.
-It is a pleasure to see you awake. Gay said.
Hanoko not answer. She stared at his two friends as if she saw for the first time. The young woman felt different.
* What happens, you it, I feel weird .*
"I would be alone if you do not mind ...
Gay seemed surprised and suspicious, he grimaced as if to make him understand that after the events preceding it did not really want to leave her alone.
But the look of Hanoko was done urgently, she did not want to answer a flood of questions, she need only to call into question.
Her face had changed for several months his friends had known gloomy, sad and angry. But for once in six months, his face was serene.
Anko had noticed this change and realized that they could leave her without fear of yet another flight or attempt suicide.
"Very well, we'll leave, but if you need anything, we are not far. Anko smiled.
Hanoko replied smiling at her friend and then, when two ninjas were on the doorstep she said simply:
"Thank you ... You are true friends ...
Anko Gay and left the room smiling.
When the young woman was alone in her room, she sat up in bed, up the blanket over his legs.
"I feel so strange, I do not know what to think ...
Hanoko closed his eyes and remembered what had happened in the last fortnight.
"That is 6 months I lost one I thought was my sister ... You have changed.
* Kakashi * ...
"You're pathetic.
"I hate you.
-Kakashi ... I did not even know what I said ...
He is there beside you, wherever you go he follows you and watches over you ...
In remembering the reassuring words of Kakashi, Hanoko found himself smiling.
* So that way it holds up? He has not forgotten, he continued to advance while knowing qu'Obito and Rin look after him up there ... *
Hanoko got up and opened the window of his room. She leaned over the edge and stared at the stars who lit up the warm night.
-Hayate .... You also look at me from up there ...
Hanoko wept, thinking of the man she loved but something had changed in her. The young woman felt lighter. She came to understand what his friends tried to tell him for more than six months.
* Even if I can not see it remain forever in my heart ... *
Hanoko dried her last tear internally vowing not to weep at the thought of Hayate. She smiled even more.
* I'm lucky to have such good friends .*
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