The party

There was already a good and exuberant atmosphere down in the village. Kakashi and I just mingled with the people and looked at everything in peace. People around us laughed and made nonsense. It was wonderful to be able to do everything myself again. My thoughts drifted briefly and I thought about how it would be if Itachi were now by my side. That would have been perfect. A longing sigh escaped me.
"Whoever it is, I'm grateful to them," Kakashi whispered in my ear and I blushed.
No, it wouldn't be. If he really knew who it was that made me happy, he would do anything so that I wouldn't see him again. Playing for him was hard for me and felt wrong. For most of my life he had trusted me, looked after me like a father. It had almost become it for me too. But only almost.

"Come on, let's dance too," I asked Kakashi after a while. We sat on a bench and watched the others dance and somehow I felt like it.
He shrugged and stood up.
"If I may ask for the dance, the lady," he bowed slightly and held out his hand to me.
"I'd love to, Kakashi-sama," I chuckled and put my hand on his.
For a moment he looked confused, for whatever reason.
"Is something?" I asked carefully.
"No, no ... it's ... it's just ... you got so big," he whispered and smiled at me.
He lied.
There was something else, but should I let it spoil my evening now?
No, I didn't want to think about anything bad tonight, just enjoy the evening, even if it was Kakashi who was by my side.

We dance and I pushed all thoughts away. It felt so good.
I was free.
Free again at last.
Free from all bad thoughts.
"Oh .. I'm sorry," one girl apologized as she bumped into me.
Stared mesmerized into her green eyes and at her Konoha headband.
Sakura!
What was she doing here ?!
"Sakura? What are you doing here?", Kakashi stepped behind me and put a hand on my shoulder.
"Kakashi-Sensei !?", she said in astonishment.
"What are you doing here ?! Tsunade told us ...", her eyes wandered to me and he quickly wrapped an arm around my waist.
I stiffened a little under this intimate gesture.
What was he up to?
"Yes, the search ... I gave up and fell in love with this little village here," his voice turned mischievous and he hugged me even closer.
Now I understood: he wanted to let her know that he hadn't come back because of me. But not out of concern or friendship, as it really was, but out of love.
I blush easily.
"Oh," she winked at me.
"I'm Haruno Sakura and you?" Asked politely.
"My friend's name is Akemi," he replies for me. I was relieved that he was in control of the situation."Nice to meet you Akemi-sama," she said, still very gently.
"But now to you Sakura, why are you here?", Kakashi asked seriously. Finally he loosened his grip and I could breathe out again.

As it turned out, Sakura wasn't alone here. A few others from Konoha were also here, including Naruto, who soon came charging and greeted me and Kakashi, who still had his arm loosely around me, grinning. Several Konoha Nins had been sent to this village to guard. You should be careful here that everything went well.
"Would you excuse me?" I asked carefully as more people greeted Kakashi happily.
"Come back soon," said Kakashi and turned me around. We stood so that the others couldn't see exactly what he was doing. It had to look like a kiss to her.
"Hurry up, someone will recognize you later," he whispered to me.
I pushed my way through the crowds and just wanted to forget. So alone among all the strangers, the memories came up and I felt the light slowly start to pulsate inside me. I didn't want Kakashi to notice how restless I had become. The looks from Sakura and Naruto also made me nervous. I had allowed myself a glimpse into her thoughts. They thought about how they knew me from. Finally there were fewer people and soon I was alone in a wide meadow. From here you could still watch the hustle and bustle of the village and I let myself slide into the grass.

"All alone here?", I looked startled next to me. Itachi sat next to me, grinning broadly, he seemed like a small child to be happy that he had scared me.
"No, Kakashi and I were down at the party together and it got a bit uncomfortable," I tried to describe the situation without saying much. I was uncomfortable with what Kakashi had done. Especially in front of him.
"I have to go again," he leaned over, kissed my forehead and disappeared.
I felt an uneasy feeling and felt the urge to go back to the festival and look for Kakashi.

I felt there was more going on and avoided anyone wearing a Konoha headband.
What should I do if Kakashi was still surrounded by them?
I had to trust that he already knew what he was doing and somehow helped me out again.
I soon discovered him, fortunately alone, standing at a booth. I walked up to him carefully and tapped him on the shoulder.
He turned and a relieved smile left his lips.
"There you are finally back. I'm ... sorry, but I had no other idea how I ...", he tried to apologize, but I interrupted him.
"It's okay, you just saved our skin", I smiled at him again to thank him so that he didn't blame himself."AKATSUKI!" Suddenly a voice roared over the whole festival. Immediately, Kakashi and I stopped. I got hot and cold at the same time. If Akatsuki were here, he was here too. That was why he had been here, they had planned to show up at the party.
I stood between the fronts. I couldn't fight him, the idea of ​​hurting him made me sick.
What should I do when he was standing in front of me?
"What do you want, Itachi?" I heard Kakashi say next to me, but before he or I even had a chance to react, I was grabbed from behind and dragged away.
I saw in Itachi's eye that he was sorry.
But why did he allow something like that ?!
"Runa!" I heard Kakashi shout desperately before I saw how he slumped because he had been so discarded by me and made such an easy target.
Tears welled up in my eyes and I just wanted to scream. I could try my light, but there were too many people here for that.
The only thing I could do was watch someone drag me further and further away from the village.
Further and further away from Kakashi and I was helpless.
Itachi was now walking next to us, making me even more helpless.
Also by the fact that his gaze begged for forgiveness and begged me to let him explain it wouldn't get any better.
Had he just used me too ?!
Why was he doing that !?