Naruto shocked her.
"Were he and Naruto friends?" She asked further and looked at Kakashi.
He sighed.
"Yes ... even if neither of them wanted to admit it, they were friends. They stuck together even when they argued ..."
"Like you and Obito ..." May whispered and put his head back on his knees.Kakashi stared at her and again they were silent for a long time.
Then May broke the silence again.

"Did ... did Sasuke remember me?", She asked and her voice became quieter with each tone.
"I think he remembers, but he doesn't talk about it. He never talked about himself ... and when he said something, it was mostly to do with his revenge on Itachi ...", Kakashi sighed and looked at May again.

This lowered her gaze.
Again she blamed herself for everything. It made her feel terrible, even though she knew that she was really not up to anything.
She had done the right thing then.

~

They sat there for a while, but when the wind got more and more violent, they waved their two students over and left the plain.
Kasumi and Naruto had trained with each other for a long time and now became friends.

"Kasumi you're going back to the hotel. I don't think Hiroki and Takeru will be back today.", May said to her student, who nodded, bowed and then disappeared.
"Hm ... Naruto ... what do you like to eat best?", She then asked the boy, who immediately answered with ramen.
There was another parallel to her brother.
Obito loved ramen.

"Then I invite you today ...", she said with a smile.
She wanted to talk to him, get to know him, find out whether he had anything more in common with Obito.
Naruto beamed.

Kakashi took Kasumi to the village and dropped her off at the hotel while Naruto and May made their way more slowly.
The boy watched his companion from the side for a while, until she turned her head to him and looked at him questioningly.
"What is?"

He shook his head.
It just reminds him of someone.
Could it be that he really remembered seeing her only once? Or did he recognize the Uchiha clan in her?
Mayumi looked at him sideways.

Finally they reached the restaurant and sat down at a table.Naruto smiled all over his face when he finally got his ramen.
May had to grin.
She watched as he ate his noodles with a monkey tooth.
When he was finished he looked at his companion, who cocked her head and a red sheen appeared on his face.
"It's okay ..." she just smiled.

She talked for a while with the little blonde ninja, asked him about his dreams and let him tell her about his bijuu.
She kept nodding and watching him while he talked.
He told her everything.

How the Kyuubi had erupted for the first time, when he believed Sasuke had sacrificed himself for him and the many other times.
May listened to him.
She absorbed his every word in her mind and thought about it.

When he finally finished talking, she was lost in thought.
Then she made up her mind quickly and decided to tell him something. Something that was very important. He should know who he was dealing with."Naruto… have you ever met one of the other Jinchuuriki?" She asked carefully and he nodded.

"Yes ... Gaara from Suna, the Kaze-kage. He had Shukaku in him ..." he said and she nodded. She had heard of Gaara.
And from Shukaku, who was one of the most dangerous of the nine Bijuu.
And also that the Akatsuki now owned it.

"Then you've met another one," she said and looked down at her empty bowl while he stared at her in disbelief.
"You too?" He asked and May nodded with a smile on her face.
She looked up.
"I carry the spirit of the eight-tailed, the Hachibi in me.", She explained to him and then had to tell him in detail how he looked.
May told him what he wanted to hear. He was excited.
And again he reminded her of Obito.
He too had always listened to her with so much enthusiasm.

It was now pitch dark outside and May accompanied Naruto home, even if she knew that he was old enough to take care of her himself."Thank you for the ramen," he grinned when they arrived at his apartment.
May just smiled at him.
"Naruto ... what I'm carrying with me is a secret ... you mustn't tell anyone. Apart from you, only my three students and the people in my village know that and so it should stay ... to tell the secret is really dangerous ..." she said goodbye and Naruto nodded.
He knew very well what secret he was keeping.
May went and a little later slipped into her hotel room, where Kasumi was sitting on the bed and waiting.
"Did it work?" May asked her student, who nodded.
"Yes, I have recorded Kakashi-Sempais Chakra ...", the girl smiled and May nodded.

"Thanks…"

~ *. ~

So I finally found the muse to finish the third chap ... but somehow I don't like the end ...

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