Chapter 4: The worst fear
Zoro, who was playing with his katanas (bamboo sticks) just 10 minutes ago, is now held tightly by his grandma as he can't process the information (or reality as the adults say) before him.
After seeing the big red monster, he remembered his grandma comforting him. Then after his grandma started running while he hugging her tightly.
Suddenly, she turned back and he didn't know what happened, but a big cave-like thing covered him and his grandma. Before long, the cave-like thing exploded then a huge big purple ball suddenly appeared before his grandma. But it didn't hurt them because of liquid-like thing around them protecting.
But before he look into the liquid thing, his grandma suddenly hugged him, How can she hugging him when I am in her back? Zoro still wondered. That's the last thing, he remember before he suddenly gone to sleep.
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Kakashi just returned from the mission. Soon, his friend and possible rival according to Might Guy, challenged him. He really can't match his unlimited energy. Whenever he hears the word "Youth!!!" he can't runaway from it. He even had nightmares about this in his dreams.
So, He booked a training ground at 7 pm for the match that he doesn't count how much it carried away. He still impressed how quickly Guy catch up to him with just taijutsu. Soon, he became lead in the battle and got his victory. "My Rival!!! let's rematch now! This is YOUTH!!!". Kakashi quickly shunshin-ed away from the training ground.
As he walking down the street, 'I think Kushina-senpai due may be around this week. Minato-sensei especially became tense in this 2 weeks. I don't know how Minato-sensei survive against pregnant kushina-senpai, hope he is alright.' as Kakashi thought wandered around he happen to see 3 genin team entering the restaurant while having fun conversation. 'Obito.. Rin.. it would be fun, if both of you here to see Minato-sensei's soon to be born son.'
As he wandered around the street and pondering whether to buy snacks for zoro, suddenly an ominous feeling strikes him. Suddenly he turns back, 500 m from him a spiral form was appeared in the middle of sky. Soon, the the Kyuubi emerge from it. 'What! Kyuubi!! Then today is kushina-senpai due time. But How the Kyuubi appears in the middle of konoha when Minato-sensei the one protecting it.' He doesn't know what is going on. But he knows he needs to secure the area that civilians scattered around.
Kakashi sees Might Guy who also helping the civilians to evacuate the perimeter. Soon, he worked together with other ninjas to secure the area, but kyuubi is huge he couldn't save everyone. Many still gets injured and also killed.
Kakashi then bewildered by the huge bijudama that Kyuubi forming. Soon he moved out of the way. It is terrifying to see how much disaster a single bijudama can make. But before it hits the hokage faces mountain, bijudama mysteriously gets absorbed into it, then in a long distance *boom* a big sound came just like a huge S-rank jutsu demonstrated. Soon he saw his sensei is standing on the top of mountain.
But he was suddenly spiraled away again before he makes another move. After what it feels like eternity but just 3 minutes are gone, his sensei came before the kyuubi and quickly he disappeared alongside with Kyuubi.
After sometimes, he alongside with other ninjas moved outside the Konoha to assist the whoever fight against Kyuubi. But they soon got blocked by number of jonins. "Hold it! You there! Get back!"
"Why are you stopping us?" someone in the crowd asked.
"This is no place for you. The battlefield is for experienced ninja. Your presence would only be a hindrance."
"Your duty now is to protect the remaining villagers. Keep them safe and out of harm's way."
"Leave the fighting to those who know what they're doing."
Jonin harshly said the number of young ninjas who tries to fight against Kyuubi. 'He is trying to protect the future generation ninjas' Kakashi thought, and as ninjas they can only follow the order from the above, they can't resist. So, slowly they went to konoha to assist the one in need of help.
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After helping those in need, Kakashi quickly thought of Zoro and susuna. Soon, he arrived in front of house, The house is nothing but full of debris as a huge Kyuubi leg print can be seen as the house definitely crushed from the force beyond recognition. He knows given the Susuna strength they likely went for shelter, so he moved quickly towards the hokage building.
As he moving, he hears the cries of pain and loss of dear ones around the village. On the way, he came across a child around 3 years old, trying to pull her parent hand while the body is crushed under a big slab. "Mom, wake up, the monster is gone... We can go to shelter that you said earlier, we can be safe there." *sobs**sobs* the child pulling the only remaining hand from her mother as she continuously talking while crying.
Kakashi stops in the back of child and looked at the scene which reminds him about his friend, slowly he reached his hand to his left eye which covered in mask, 'Obito..' Kakashi can't bear the scene, he suddenly carried her from her back as he puts her in sleep by knocking her back neck before any protest. 'Sorry child, I can only do this for now....Hope this child will be okay..' then he continues to the shelter.
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In front of shelter, "Please take care of her. Her mother died" Kakashi said to the nearby ninja and continue to move into shelter.
*sobs**sobs* *murmur**murmur*, every sound can be heard around the shelter. "Mommy, Mommy....." cries from the children around, "My husband is a chunnin ninja can you please check to see if he is alright..." helplessness from a woman who asking a ninja that trying to calm everyone, "Dear, Dear, hang in there... you will be alright.." a old man reassuring a old woman who is bleeding from her stomach while holding her husband hand. Every other unthinkable scenarios are unfolding in this shelter.
As the shelter is huge, he quickly summoned his contract beast pakkun, "Hey kakashi, what do I do for you?", "Pakkun, can you locate Zoro and Susuna, quickly?" Kakashi requested. "Sure I will be quick" while taking the scent around "What happened here? Oh, I got the scent, this way" Pakkun said while walking fastly as there are numerous people they can't run. While swift walking Kakashi narrated the situation they are in.
Soon they got before another temporary tent that can be found around all over shelter, which seems like medical tents. "They are here" Pakkun said while walking inside the tent. A genin ninja quickly blocked their entrance, "Sorry, an operation going on inside, you can't go in". "I am their relative, what happened?" Kakashi asked with some uncertain. "I don't know what happened but I know an elderly woman is severely wounded and she is clutching a small child even chunnin strength can't break it. Now, they are saving the elder woman, but the child is safe just sleeping." Genin ninja said.
"Please I need to see them...." while talking an iryo-nin walked outside, "Whats happening?" she asked "Oh, kakashi-senpai what are you doing here" she asked with surprise, "are you injured?", Kakashi knows her as he worked with this woman during some mission. "Yuri-san right? No I am not injured, they are my cousin and distant-grandma inside this tent. Can I see them?", "Sure senpai" Yuri agreed as she guided her inside.
On the operation table, an elder woman was lying on side with curled position and inside her hands a green-haired child is sleeping peacefully. "They are like this from the start, we can't seperate them, I healed most of backside injuries, but I don't know the situation in the front without separating them..." as iryo-nin talks kakashi slowly walked towards the lying susuna and began to touch her shoulder.
Until now susuna face which was in tense expression, after the touch, her face relaxed, the strong grip she was holding begun to lose. A small residue chakra that still protecting zoro begun to fade. Soon, she completely released the grip from zoro. Yuri the iryo-nin shocked. Kakashi has some small smile behind his mask. "Can you now heal her?" Kakashi asked yuri who was still in some shock, quickly nodded.
Then Kakashi takes zoro from susuna and walked outside the tent. Soon, the iryo-nin started the procedure. Kakashi walked to the wall of the shelter and begun to sit while gently laying zoro's head on his lap. 'Susuna-san please hold on, zoro needs you' Kakashi thought while looking at Zoro and then the tent.