[46] Oh

The two snap towards the door, noticing Kakashi and Shikaku leaning against the doorway.

Kagami grabs her bed sheets and yanks them up aggressively, covering her flaming face. Shikamaru loses balance because of this and falls backwards off the bed and flat onto his back, cursing under his breath. Shikaku lets out a laugh as his son struggles to get himself back up. Kakashi just turns to his sister who is peeking over her fingers and raises his eyebrows at her. She shakes her head and closes her eyes.

"I mean it's okay. It's completely normal at your age to feel romance."

"Dad, shut up!"

"No, it is normal to have these tendencies."

"Kakashi-nii please be quiet." Kagami mumbles from the bed.

He raises his eyebrows at her again, not used to her informalness. She suddenly sits up and makes her face completely blank and turns towards the two adults.

"What do you want?"

The two deadpan at her bluntness. Especially since she was embarrassed not ten seconds ago. The two men step into the room, closing the door as Shikamaru rolls over with a grunt and stands up. He rubs his head aggressively, trying to get the pain to subside. Kagami doesn't react once again, she just continues to watch the two men with judging eyes.

"We came to speak about something with you. About new restrictions." Kakashi takes a seat in the chair next to her bed, sinking into it.

Shikaku stands behind him, leaning against the wall lightly, hands deep within his pockets.

"By restrictions, you mean them." Kagami points to her window, where sitting comfortably in a tree across the road was a Jonin snacking on hummus and celery.

Kakashi sweat drops at the unprofessionalism of the Shinobi. He guesses that they don't understand nor care why they has to follow around this 13 year old, but are gonna do it anyway. Kakashi would feel the same, but she is his sister and he has care for her.

Also, he wants to know about her stalker.

He nods to her, "you are under investigation, Tsunade-sama doesn't trust you."

Kagami nods, used to people not agreeing with or about her. She has had plenty of higher up's against her, but the point is, she has the first three Hokage's on her side and will forever be proud of it.

"Oh," she gives her brother an empty look, "Sasuke and Naruto were fighting on the roof. So I told Sakura they were quitting as Ninja and I believe she is beating them up."

Kakashi sweat drops again, shaking his head a little at her.

"Anyway, you will be questioned," Shikaku pushes off the wall and stands next to Kakashi's chair, "and you will need to hand over all records of yourself."

"The Root has them all, you will have to speak to Danzo. He will be reluctant." Kagami shuffles with her hands, interlocking all her fingers on her lap.

Shikamaru sighs and flops back onto the bed, giving up on ever getting time alone with Kagami.

"Also Kagami, why didn't you tell anyone about these pictures?"

The girl frowns deeply, her face dropping and anxiety grips her stomach.

"Because it doesn't matter, it's a waste of resources to try and find the person." She looks at her brother, smirking despite her feelings towards the situation. "Besides, it's nice to have pictures of myself."

"You have pictures of yourself."

"No, I don't."

"Yes, you do,"

"Where?"

"On your chest of draws."

"There's no pictures."

"Yes there is, I'll bring them in."

"You can't bring in what doesn't exist."

"Kagami,"

"Kakashi,"

"Hey I have a picture of Kagami."

The fighting siblings turn to Shikaku with icy gazes as he reaches into his vest and pulls out his wallet. He opens it and a plastic unfolds from it, showing small photos of his family. He reaches for the bottom and pulls it out, showing everyone.

"He he." He grins cheekily, as his son goes bright red again.

The photo is of the day they went out of dinner and walked home together. Kagami fully dressed up and glancing at the camera in surprise while Shikamaru is covering his eyes in embarrassment.

"Hm?" Kakashi grabs it with a smile and whips out a photo frame from his vest.

'Where?'

Kagami and Shikamaru stare at the two men. But they quickly catch on as Kakashi puts the photo in the frame and places it on her little table that holds her flowers from the Yamanaka's.

"It's okay Kakashi, I have three spares at home. I can give you another one for a family photo album if you want?"

"That sounds great Shikaku, doesn't it Kagami?"

He turns to his sister to see her staring at him with hatred. He just continues to smile at her.

"Oh, well, time to go." Shikaku turns around and waves lazily at the kids as Kakashi stands from his chair.

The said man just flashes a peace sign and 'poofs' away from the room. The two teens just stare at where their legal guardian's had once been.

"How eventful."

"Troublesome."

s.h.o.u.t.

The two spent the day just talking to each other and flushing every now and then if they brushed fingers or lent too close. Kagami often found herself glancing at the photo of them and smiling slightly. She loves the chaotic energy that the photo gives off. She found it a little lonely when the pineapple-haired boy left to go home, but just snuggled into her blankets and thought about how her life is extremely boring at the moment and the only keeping her entertained is that she is almost certain that Lord First and Lord Second are answering her thoughts every now and them.

Or she is going mad.

But another thing that Kagami's mind is drawing to is that her eye-sight seems to be a little off. Not blurry or fuzzy, just not as good as before. She noticed it maybe a week ago and can't think of a cause.

'Old age.'

'You are 13, Kagami.'

'Old age comes quicker for some than others, Yua.'

' . . . .'

'You would know.'

'YOU LITTLE BRA-'

Kagami cuts off the connection and lays down comfortably, getting ready for sleep.

s.h.o.u.t.

Kagami walks steadily out of her hospital room and walks towards the front desk. She has decided she needs to mention to them that there are two teens constantly arguing on the roof.

She walks around looking aimless, not really knowing where to go. She hasn't spent much time in the hospital, Danzo tries to keep anyone he can out of it and within the Root. He wants to keep all files to a minimum because the members sometimes appear unconscious with their masks still on or a partner in tow, an easy way for people to place names on masks.

She pushes open a door and comes out into a meeting area. Many people are sitting in chairs and waiting for service or attention. Kagami just shuffles past, her limbs still a little stiff. She moves towards the front desk, hoping no one tries to get in her way.

It would be a tragic way to end a life.

But they are in a hospital so who cares.

She makes it to the desk and the lady glances up from her book, taking in Kagami before straightening up and nodding to her.

"How can I help you?" She leans forward a little, her eye contact particularly intense.

"I wanted to inform you that there are two people who are fighting on the roof quite frequently, they are disturbing the peace."

The woman nods and jots something down in the book before looking back up and smiling at her.

"Thank you, I'll make sure to look into it."

Kagami silently nods and turns back around, shuffling her way back to her room. This time she takes her time to memorise the route and to examine her surroundings. Many people seem to be constantly moving around and doing tasks. In particular family members are always walking around, speaking loudly and asking for directions.

She finds it odd.

She makes her way up the stairs, aiming to get back to her room quickly in case she runs into someone she doesn't want to.

Name one; Kakashi Hatake.

Name two; Shikaku Nara.

She is embarrassed. Though she may not come clean to it, she is. She had only spoken to her brother a few days before of how she was struggling with Shikamaru, and now he had caught her kissing him while in the presence of said teens father. She shakes her head and tries to hobble up the stairs a little faster as her extreme emotions seem to be fuelling her energy.

'It is normal to have romantic attraction at your age.'

Kagami doesn't stop to acknowledge it at this point, she just keeps climbing and checking signs for her floor. When she does get there she barges through the door into the quiet ward and slips into her room, her anxiety steadily rising for no rational reason.

She takes in a few deep breaths and pushes off her door, heading to the window. She glances around smoothly, her gaze piercing into anyone in sight. She seems to only ever have one watcher. Jonin or higher that sits in sight of her room to watch her as she wanders around her room everyday. But she does enjoy the part of the day when she has to go to the toilet and the Jonin gives her a look of suspicion as she wipes her hands dry on her pants.

What is she going to do? Throw a urine grenade through the window straight at them? Idiots.

She flops face first onto her bed and kicks her feet lightly, trying to think of something to do. She finds it immensely boring and time wasting to be in the hospital but the Hokage ordered a sentence of at least another week. So here she is, dying of either injury, everyone else's diseases or boredom.

She sighs and rolls over, hoping for the sake of her own entertainment that something bad happens, or someone comes to accuse her of something just so she has something to do. She has become very reliant on other people and isn't even upset about it at this point, she just accepts the fact that she now has emotions and has to cater to their expected amount of human contact.

'Hokage-sama's?'

Her heart beat becomes erratic as she waits for a reply. She knew that they would be sealed within her but she never thought that it would be like another two Yua's. She thought that they might think of themselves beyond a 13 year old and would keep to themselves until absolutely necessary but they need to be having great fun just randomly objecting into her conversations and startling her.

She breathes in heavily, trying to calm herself in case she is actually just going insane and is hearing voices in her head. She mulls it over in her mind and decides that logically she is being stupid and nothing is going on. Her heart rate slows and the twisted feeling of anticipation leaves her stomach.

But peace never lasts long for Kagami.

'Yes, Girl?'

'Holy Kami,' Her eyes widen and she starts to move around as adrenaline enters her system. 'I am speaking to two Senju-sama's.'

'We can hear you.'

'I know.'

The two men sweatdrop, it would seem she has no shame when it comes down to it. Kagami stands up and starts to pace around her room, trying to calm herself down and get her sudden energy boost to dissipate.

But wait. There's more.

'Kagami-chan, tell us about yourself.'

Kagami's cheeks flame and her knees go a little weak as she hears the First add an honorific to her name. She sits back down on her bed and fidgets with her fingers in her lap, looking down at them.

'I am 13 years old. I belong to the Hatake clan. I am currently affiliated with Anbu Root and Black Ops.' She keeps it simple, not particularly sure what the two want to know about her and what she does.

She's a ninja. What else? She has a brother, he's a ninja?

'Hm, you remind me of the Uchiha.'

Kagami's heart drops at the Seconds word. He hates the Uchiha.

'Oh,'

s.h.o.u.t.

~shadow