Idea: Namikaze Minato is an aspect of Amatarasu, he has hidden that fact from all but one person, and she only knows because he saved her soul. She is his wife. When he sealed the Kyuubi, Amatarasu had called him back to her side, now three years later he's back and pissed at the way his son was treated, despite his wishes.

Summary: Her power is in him, not that he knows it, but Namikaze Minato isn't human, heck, he's not even a demon. He is a god, hidden in the leaves.

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto.

Warnings: …Uh…

Title: Aspects of the Sun

(Death's Aftermath)

For the next week Minato and Kakashi didn't do anything at all. "Kakashi, you have to train or you'll get rusty kit..." Minato told him on day five, the day Hoshi was to give Kaiko her answer; "I understand that you don't want to do anything at all, I really do, but you need to train, if only to clear your mind for a bit."

"But Sensei..." Kakashi looked up at him with tear filled eyes, "What am I supposed to do, I wanted to be like him..."

Minato sighed, "In order to be like him you need to train," he replied, "Let me tell you a secret Kakashi, as long as you remember your chichi-ue, he's still here," Minato poked Kakashi's head and then chest, "And here."

"If you want him to be proud of you, stop wallowing in the pain and loneliness and move forward," Minato-sensei continued, "He wouldn't want you to throw away all the hard work you've already put into this..."

Kakashi blinked, "...You're right Minato-sensei... Can, can you, you help me with my Kunai and shuriken...?"

"Sure," Minato replied with a smile, leading Kakashi to their usual training ground. They trained for a bit and then returned to the house.

Kaiko was sitting with Hoshi, "Well? What do you want Hoshi-chan?" she asked.

"I want... Yes please..." Hoshi replied.

"Yes you want me to adopt you?" Kaiko asked.

Hoshi nodded as Minato and Kakashi came in.

/

Dear Kakashi,

By the time you read this, I will be gone. I am sorry for leaving you like this, but it is the only option left to me. I can no longer stand the glares and the blame of what I did on that mission. I wish I could stay and watch you as you go through your life. I'm sure that it would be an amazing journey to watch. I wish for you to take the Fang. It is yours by right, as you are my son. I hope that you will be able to forgive me someday... my dear son.

Sakumo

Minato and Kakashi had gone and retrieved the sword as soon as they could. They didn't want it going into the Museum because someone stupid had taken it, and then it would be impossible to get it back.

Kakashi worked hard, trying to master the Fang. Soon, he had managed to get pretty good at it.

Finally, Minato decided, after being woken in the middle of the night by his student for three days straight, that he was also going to perform the Blood Adoption. That morning he spoke to his sister about it.

Kaiko nodded, "That makes sense actually and I think this might have been what Sakumo-san wanted in the first place..."

"You think so?" Minato asked.

Kaiko nodded.

Minato sighed, "When do we perform it?"

"Tonight, I don't want Hoshi out in the village without the protection our clan can give her," Kaiko replied.

"Why is that?" Minato asked curiously, he knew that Hoshi had trust issues, but since he wasn't her sensei he didn't know how bad it was.

"She was being abused by her family and attacked by her sister's friends;" Kaiko shook her head, "That has to stop before we take missions."

Minato bit his lip, nodding, "I see... And maybe Kakashi will stop having nightmares..."

Kaiko nodded, "That would be ideal." She agreed.

/

That night after dinner, Inazuma prepared the Sealing Room for the Blood Adoptions.

Hoshi glanced up at Kaiko as she led her towards the room. She trusted her sensei a bit more... but she still didn't know about her...

Minato led them into the room when it was finished and directed Hoshi and Kakashi to sit in the two circles on the floor, "Now then..." Minato and Kaiko turned to their mother.

Inazuma nodded to them both. Inazuma stepped forward, "Namikaze Kaiko, Namikaze Minato. You both have expressed a wish for your students, Yonome Hoshi and Hatake Kakashi, respectively, to be Blood-Adopted into the Namikaze Clan. Do you confirm this?"

"Yes Mother," they replied together.

"Hoshi comes from a bad home, I cannot in good conscience leave her there," Kaiko replied.

"Kakashi comes from a broken home," Minato spoke up, "I cannot in good conscience leave him there, where the spirit of his father will drive him insane."

Inazuma nodded again. She turned to look at Hoshi and Kakashi next and said, "Yonome Hoshi, Hatake Kakashi. You both come from homes that are not suited for you. You both have expressed a wish to be Blood-Adopted into the Namikaze Clan. Do you hold true to those wishes?"

"Yes," they both said.

"I have trouble trusting, I hope this will put my fears to rest," Hoshi continued.

"I have trouble sleeping," Kakashi replied, "I hope this will put my fears to rest."

Inazuma closed her eyes, "Sit in the center of the circles kits."

Hoshi and Kakashi sat in the middle of the circles and waited.

Inazuma pulled out an elaborate dagger, "You first Seaport, since you are the elder," she said, handing her daughter the dagger.

"Yes Okaa-sama," Kaiko replied, glancing at it. The dagger had a wickedly sharp and curved blade, a Dura steel blade, set in a golden hilt, with sapphires set, with their last name engraved in the gold. The dagger was a part of their history; supposedly, it had been gifted to them by Inari; that was the story that Kybi-sama told when asked.

Kaiko easily allowed the dagger to slice lightly into her palm. It hurt, but she could deal with that. She handed the dagger over to Hoshi.

Hoshi looked the blade over and then sliced into her palm. She had felt worse.

Kaiko knelt in front of Hoshi and carefully took Hoshi's bleeding hand wither her own, "So with our blood, I take thee as mine." Kaiko whispered, "I take thee as my daughter, my child."

Hoshi tried not to hesitate, "So with our blood, I take thee as mine... My mother..."

There was a flash of light and their wounds healed, leaving them with a small mark inscribed on their wrists. Inazuma nodded and then motioned Kakashi and Minato up.

Minato took a breath as he took the Dagger, burning the old blood off the blade. Would the Black Flame allow him to do this? He sliced his palm, handing it to Kakashi who did the same.

They said basically the same lines as Kaiko and Hoshi.

Minato took a deep breath, "...I take thee as my son..." he held Kakashi's bleeding hand with his own.

"I take thee as my Father," Kakashi finished, and there was a flash and burst of black flame.

When it cleared, they had a slightly different mark than Kaiko and Hoshi. Minato thought he knew why, it was because he was of divine origin, but he hadn't been expecting the black fire to react in such a way...

Inazuma smiled at the four, happy that they had each other now.

Kaiko turned to Hoshi, "I believe you are now ready to start taking missions."

Hoshi perked up, glad that she would be making money now. She smiled happily.

Kaiko led her out of the room, not noticing that Minato was studying the mark on his wrist, wondering what it meant.

Hoshi noticed, and she was kind of curious, but not that curious.

Everything was going well for Hoshi, especially after her mind had been opened by her new mother, until... She was attacked on her way home from the store, by her sister and her sister's friends.

Hoshi cringed as they backed her into an alley with a dead end. She knew what they were going to do... and she didn't know how to stop them. They used Taijutsu first, making sure to gang up on her so that she couldn't fight back. Then, when she was on the ground, covered in bruises from the Taijutsu, they resorted to kicking her. Hoshi curled up in a ball to make herself a smaller target. She was glad Mikaduki was at the Compound; otherwise she would have been hurt too. After a few minutes, they got tired of kicking her. That's when her sister pulled out one of her kunai. Hoshi stared, wide-eyed as her sister walked toward her with the kunai. Hoshi clenched her eyes shut just as her sister started on her.

Five minutes later, they left the alley, clean and collected... and grinning. In the alleyway, Hoshi was curled up against the wall, her back sliced up, along with slices on her arms and one shallow slice on her neck. Bruises covered her body and she was sure there was a little bit of internal bleeding because she could taste blood in her mouth. Hoshi resisted the urge to move and just stayed there, figuring if she moved, she would be hurt more.

Already, darkness was encroaching on the edges of her vision...

Kaiko dropped from the roof where she'd been watching, "Hoshi-kit, why didn't you call for help?" she asked sadly as she picked the girl up, "I can easily have them killed for this... if not banished."

Kaiko leaped onto the roof and roof-hopped to the hospital; then went to make a report to the Hokage.

Hoshi blinked sluggishly and then closed her eyes, her last thought of her savior. 'Okaa-san...'

Hiruzen let Kaiko into his office, "What did you need Kaiko-chan?" he asked.

"Sandaime-sama, Yonome-san and her friends just attacked my daughter, do something about it."

Hiruzen frowned and asked, "Don't the Yonome know that Hoshi is a Namikaze now?"

"I doubt it, or if they do, they just don't care," Kaiko replied.

Hiruzen sighed and said, "I'll take care of it."

"Thank you Hokage-sama, on another note; all of the supplies I sent her out for are now missing..." Kaiko replied.

Hiruzen sighed and said, "I'll arrange for more supplies to be delivered..."

Kaiko bowed, "Thank you Sandaime-sama." She was happy that Hoshi's old family was going to get their due, "I knew that they would do something like this the moment I let Hoshi go anywhere on her own..." she muttered, not at all happy that they hadn't taken her warning seriously. Now Hoshi wouldn't want to go anywhere alone... She sighed as the Hokage dismissed her.

In the hospital, Hoshi opened her eyes slowly, remembering every little detail about the fight.

Kaiko came by to see her, "The problem has been taken care of Kit, you just concentrate on getting better," she ruffled Hoshi's hair.

Hoshi nodded and mumbled, "I'm... sorry... for not calling for help..."

"It's alright, you haven't gotten used to our lifestyle yet, our telepathy is instinctual, and it will be the same way for you soon. The Hokage is taking care of it." Kaiko explained.

/

Minato and Kakashi were training hard with Kushina.

Minato halted as he felt Kaiko enter the Compound, stiff with anger and annoyance.

"Onee-sama? What's the problem?" he asked.

"Hoshi-kit was attacked, even after they had been warned about what would happen if they attacked us!" Kaiko snarled, completely destroying a nearby tree, "I don't think it even crossed their minds that I'd adopt her!"

Minato sighed, "I've had to have talks with a few shopkeepers myself after I found out they were refusing to serve Kakashi, they stopped after I told them that the Namikaze would be taking our business elsewhere..." He turned to watch Kakashi spar with his fiancée. He looked back at her as she came up the path, "Who was it?"

"Her ex-sister and her friends," Kaiko replied bitterly, "And to think that she was theirs..."

Minato could understand her confusion; family was everything after all...

/

Hoshi, meanwhile, was thinking of the attack. She knew why they attacked her.

To her family, she was a back mark against their lives. She had been the quiet one when she was born, her sister had been loud. When she was younger, she had been very skilled at picking things up within minutes; her sister had taken longer, much longer. So her parents had started 'disciplining' her more and more and eventually, she had hidden what she could do and faked a lot of her mistakes. Hoshi felt a few tears fall from her eyes as she remembered what her parents had told her sister. That it was alright to harm, attack, and abuse Hoshi, that Hoshi was dirt. Soon, Hoshi began believing what they said. It was painful to her if she tried to do what they didn't want her to. By the time her sister had entered the Academy and given her first set of blunt kunai and shuriken, she had already been beaten multiple times, and starved even more. Then, one of the bad days her sister had at the Academy came, and she took it out on Hoshi. Using her blunt weapons, she had carved bloody trails all over her back, doing damage with blunt weapons enough that she was bleeding heavily. She had been tossed in her room and left alone.

That was when she had met Mikaduki's mother. Mikaduki was not, as many people thought, a normal tiger. She was the cub of the Boss of the Winged Tigers, a breed thought of as myth. Mikaduki's mother had come by her free will to Hoshi and requested Hoshi take care of Mikaduki. She had known that Mikaduki would be safe only with Hoshi. The tigers achieved their wings through a certain set of rituals that were known only to the tigers. The Tigers were also very good friends with the Foxes and Dragons. The Tiger summon was one of the best friends of Kybi, although Hoshi was pretty sure that Kybi had never told anyone about their friendship because the Tigers had asked that they be kept secret from others.

Hoshi clenched her eyes shut and tried to fall asleep. But she knew that the nightmares would not stay away this time. They would certainly come. They always had

Mikaduki also carried the Summoning Contract, which was going to be offered to Hoshi when she was older.

/

"Now her nightmares are going to come back, and I'd just managed to calm them..." Kaiko groaned.

"What do you think Sandaime-sama will do to her attackers?" Minato asked curiously.

"I hope he has them killed," Kaiko replied savagely.

Minato sighed and asked, "Would Hoshi want them killed?"

Kaiko looked away, "No... I don't think she would, but..." she sighed, "I'm leaving it up to Hokage-sama because I'm afraid that I'd outright kill them..."

"Then you are showing a remarkable amount of restraint, Onee-sama," Minato told her, "Hoshi-chan will thank you for this someday. And Hokage-sama might even side with you on this, it sounds like her sister was trained to think it was ok to abuse Hoshi-kit, and it is never ok to abuse a comrade, even if, especially if they are family..."

Kaiko nodded, "Family first, always..."

"Ano... Tou-san?" Kakashi interrupted.

"Mm?" Minato looked over at him, "Yes 'Kashi?"

Kaiko looked at Minato and sighed. "...Can we have lunch please?" Kakashi gave him a hopeful look.

Minato nodded, "Sure Kaka-kit, why don't you go ask Kushina-kaa if she's made lunch for us?"

-"OK!" Kakashi scampered back to Kushina's side and started bugging her for food.

Minato turned back to his sister with a smile, "You were saying?"

"...You're right of course, Otouto," she replied, "Who knew you could be so wise..."

Minato's smile turned slightly nervous, 'Amaterasu-sama knew... she created me after all...' he thought. But it was better that his family not know of that.

Taiga leaped down from a tree where he had been meditating and asked, "Is Hoshi alright?"

Kaiko nodded, "She'll be just fine; I just hate having to deal with nightmares..."

Minato nodded in agreement, "They are so tiring..."

Taiga smiled slightly and nodded as well, before heading inside. He had his fair share of nightmares.

Minato watched his brother leave, "You'd better go stay with Hoshi…" he told her, "Wouldn't want her getting any more nightmares when you can prevent them, ne?"

Kaiko sighed, "You're right Minato, you'd best stay with Kakashi, just in case."

Minato nodded as Kaiko left, then looked into the sky, 'I wonder what your plans are...' he thought, being careful to not look directly at the sun.

Kushina came up to him with a Bentou, "Shall we eat?"

Minato nodded, "Yes, let's eat."

/

Kaiko entered the hospital just in time to see Hoshi's doctor exit her room, looking harassed.

Kaiko approached, "How is my daughter, Hoshi-chan?" she asked.

The doctor looked at Kaiko and sighed before saying, "Suffered nightmares all night long. We finally sedated her, after a very intense struggle as she was still in one of her nightmares."

"Let me handle that," Kaiko replied, entering the room. She coated her hands in chakra and rested one against Hoshi's forehead.

Hoshi's mindscape was dark and cold. It resembled the universe, only most of it was a black hole. The only bright spot was a small circle where Hoshi was currently residing, shivering and curled into a terrified ball.

Hoshi opened her eyes when she felt the warmth of light on her face and looked up, "...Kaa-san..." she breathed, her voice hitching.

Kaiko swept her up into a hug, "It's alright Hoshi, you need not fear this happening again, the Hokage will take care of this..."

Hoshi sniffed, nodding. Hoshi curled closer to Kaiko, needing comfort that she would not always willingly ask for.

Kaiko just held her like that for a while. She knew Hoshi was still healing, this would be a set back and unfortunately, Kaiko didn't know how much it would be. "Poor Hoshi, sometimes it seems like everything is happening to you, and Kakashi..." she whispered, "...But that's alright, Minato and I will take care of you..."

Hoshi looked up at Kaiko, her normal mask fully absent for the first time since Kaiko had met her.

Kaiko blinked, hugging the girl tightly, "I've got you Hoshi-chan, it's ok..."

Hoshi hesitated and then returned the hug, clinging to Kaiko like a lifeline.

Kaiko closed her eyes, letting Hoshi cling to her.

/

Minato, Kushina and Kakashi were waiting outside for her.

Kaiko opened her eyes to find herself out of Hoshi's mindscape. She smiled down at the girl sadly.

/

The Hokage called Hoshi's sister and her friends to his office.

They reported, not knowing why they were called in. "You called for us, Sandaime-sama?" Hoshi's sister asked.

Hiruzen looked at them and then sighed before saying, "Yes."

The Hokage sighed, "You were told what would happen if you attacked a Namikaze, weren't you?" he asked, looking Hoshi's sister in the eye.

Her sister nodded, "So? We haven't attacked any Namikaze..."

"You have," the Hokage cut her off.

Hoshi's sister frowned in confusion. They hadn't attacked a Namikaze, just Hoshi.

Hiruzen sighed and said, "Namikaze Kaiko adopted Hoshi, and you girls attacked Hoshi."

Hoshi's sister stared at the Hokage in disbelief, Hoshi wasn't a Namikaze, and she didn't have the right coloring! She obviously didn't understand the way the Namikaze Blood Adoptions worked.

"Attacking the Namikaze is treason, Yonome-san," Hiruzen reminded her.

Hoshi's sister gritted her teeth and sad, "No way is that little brat a Namikaze."

The Sandaime's eyes narrowed, "What makes you think I'm lying?"

Hoshi's sister stuttered for a moment and then she said, "Because she is just a nobody! No one would ever want to adopt her."

"Are you calling me a nobody, Suisei-san?" Kaiko asked from behind her.

Suisei stiffened, "You wouldn't take such a..."

"Say another unkind word about my daughter and I will kill you myself, Suisei-san..." Kaiko snarled. "I'm not bluffing girl. Not at all... and if you think I am then..."

Suisei gritted her teeth, but kept quiet.

"Good..." Kaiko smirked, "I'll leave their punishment to you, Sandaime-sama."

Hiruzen nodded slightly as Kaiko left.

Kaiko went back to Hoshi, who was being visited by Minato and Kakashi.

Hoshi looked over at her when she opened the door.

"Okaa-san..."

"I'm here, it's alright." Kaiko told her.

/

Over the next year, the four trained hard, their goal was for Kakashi and Hoshi to pass the Chuunin Exams.

Hoshi's mind had healed slightly in that time, but it hadn't healed anywhere near fully.

In the end, both were promoted, though their other teammate Gai hadn't.

Hoshi had truly smiled in joy when she was given her Chuunin vest.

"They look just adorable don't they?" Minato asked his older sister as they watched the two newly minted Chuunin nearly do a happy dance.

Kaiko nodded, "Indeed they are... Why don't you two try your vests on and we'll get a picture?" she called.

"Ok!" The vests didn't go with their outfits at all, but Hoshi and Kakashi were too happy to do anything about it.

Kaiko and Minato took a picture and Hoshi grimaced when she realized that the vests clashed with the clothes they were wearing. Hoshi grinned and said, "Hey, Kakashi, let's go shopping for better outfits to go with the vests."

Kakashi shrugged, "Ok..." he didn't really care about that, he'd just blown every record sky high!

Hoshi's eyes lit up after Kakashi said that. She had been scared of treating him like someone in her class because she wasn't sure if he had been told the lies that her sister had spread around when she started attending the Academy, so she had treated him as his age was. A mistake, she could tell now. Hopefully, one day, she would be brave enough to tell him why she had treated him like she had. For now, though, this would have to do, little things like this.

Minato and Kaiko added the pictures to an album before following their students out.

They entered a normal ninja shop first, to restock weapons and the like.

Minato grinned, "Kakashi, you can pick something new out too that you'd like to learn."

Kakashi nodded. Hoshi resisted the urge to smile and glanced around to make sure that she had everything. She nodded content that she had everything when her eyes caught a small gleam from one of the shelves farther in. Curious, Hoshi walked over.

On the shelf was a pair of silver-black wrist guards. Hoshi picked them up, wanting to examine them a bit more.

The design on them was a flying tiger surrounded by a ring of flames. Joining the tiger in the circle was a wolf with strange markings around the eyes and two foxes with a gleam in their eyes. In the very middle of the ring, surrounded by the creatures, was a small indent.

Kaiko walked to Hoshi's side as Kakashi checked out the swords and Fuuinjutsu supplies, "See something you like Hoshi-chan?"

Hoshi jerked and dropped the wrist guards back on the shelf. She shook her head slightly and quickly moved away, glancing at the wrist guards one last time. She still had some bad habits from when she lived with her birth family, and one of them was that she was not supposed to find or ask for anything. It didn't act up often, but when she was surprised, it did. It just seemed like the wrist guards called to her...

Kaiko watched her daughter move away then looked at the wrist guards again, then she smiled and picked them up. If Hoshi wanted these, well, Kaiko was willing to surprise her.

She waited for Minato to leave with the kits and then bought the wrist guards. Then she hurried to catch up. "Minato," she called.

"Yes Onee-sama?" he asked, turning to look at her.

"I've got a surprise for Hoshi for later, I'm sure she'll love it!" she replied happily.

"If you think so then I'm sure she will."

Hoshi glanced over at Minato and Kaiko. They had been talking about something...

When they reached the Compound, Kaiko slipped the package into Hoshi's hands. "Here, open it when we get inside."

Hoshi blinked, "...Ok..."

When they entered the house, Hoshi walked over to the kitchen table and opened the package.

Hoshi smiled and hugged Kaiko, before slipping the wrist guards on.

Hoshi held up the left one and admired it slightly, and then suddenly, the dent in the very middle vanished, leaving a small gem that was constantly shifting colors in its place. Hoshi blinked and checked the other one. That gem was a dark as night and seemed to suck up any color.

Kaiko watched Hoshi beam with a small smile of her own, she loved her daughter.

Hoshi glanced at Kakashi and asked, "Hey, Kakashi. What did you get?"

"I got some Fuuinjutsu supplies, Tou-san and Kaa-san are going to start teaching me!" Kakashi replied happily.

Hoshi smiled and said, "It sounds like fun."

"I hope it is!" Kakashi replied.

Hoshi grinned and said, "I'm going to go examine the wrist guards Okaa-san got me. They have jewels in them now."

"Really?" Kakashi asked, "That's so cool! I wish I had some like those..."

Hoshi shrugged and said, "When I saw them at the store, it was kind of strange. It was like... they were calling to me..."

"That's so cool..." Kakashi told her.

Hoshi shrugged.

/

When Kakashi turned eight he and Minato were called to the Hokage's office. The Sandaime was going to try and give Minato another student again.

"Why are we being called again Tou-san?" Kakashi asked.

"The Sandaime wants me to take on another student, Kakashi-kit," Minato replied patiently, "We've discussed three times already."

"Hai..." Kakashi wasn't too excited at the prospect of another person.

When they got to his office, there was already another Genin there, a girl.

Hiruzen looked up as Minato and Kakashi entered. "Oh good, you're here," he smiled, "This is Rin."

Minato smiled, "Hello Rin-san, pleased to meet you," he told her, "I am Namikaze Minato, and Hokage-sama wants me to be your teacher."

"Hello Namikaze-sensei, I am Yagami Rin," she replied.

Kakashi resisted the urge to roll his eyes. Another girl? Hoshi was alright, but she was also now his cousin. Did he have to deal with another girl now?

Rin gave Kakashi a curious look.

Kakashi nodded politely.

"You'll take her then?" the Sandaime asked.

Minato nodded, Rin was about Kakashi's age, so she was much more likely to listen to what he said than Hoshi had been at the start, "I don't mind, she's his age so it'll work better."

Kakashi gave Minato a betrayed look, "I don't want teammates Tou-san!"

"You have to learn to work with your peers Kakashi..." Minato replied, "And I'm not talking about Hoshi."

Kakashi resisted the urge to growl.

Minato gave Kakashi a stern look, to Rin it looked like they were talking.

Kakashi inwardly whined again. He didn't want another teammate and he said as much to Minato.

Having had enough, Minato smacked Kakashi over the head, giving him an annoyed look, "I don't care Kakashi, You will be working with Rin from now on, I want you to show her the respect she deserves! I'm taking her on because you need this."

Rin had taken a step back, "Um... what's going on..."

Minato turned to her and gave her a smile, "My family; the Namikaze happen to be telepathic."

"Telepathic?"

Minato nodded.

Kakashi sighed and muttered, "Fine..."

"That's a good Kit Kakashi," Minato replied, "Rin-san, meet us at the gate of the Namikaze Compound."

"Yes Namikaze-sensei," she bowed, Rin hesitated and then asked, "When should I be there?"

Minato smiled, "Kakashi here knows the way, I'd say... in half an hour..."

Rin nodded.

"Kakashi, can you take care of her, there are some things I need to take care of," Minato looked down at Kakashi.

"...Yes Tou-san..." Kakashi sulked, "I can take care of her..."

Minato smiled and said, "Thanks, Kakashi."

Kakashi looked away as Minato left the room; he peeked at Rin but otherwise tried to ignore her. Why couldn't Tou-san have walked with them? What was so important that he had to be left alone with this, this... interloper? Finally, Kakashi sighed, "Follow me please Rin-san."

"Ok, Kakashi-san," Rin agreed, following him out of the Tower.

(End Chapter)

Whew… Editing this took forever!