explained and held the note out to him so that he could pick up the track. Pakkun sniffed the paper and immediately had a trace. "This way," he barked and ran forward. Kakashi was right behind him. He left Miyu in his apartment, where she could recover for the time being.
Sometime in the late afternoon, the prisoner opened her eyes. She was handcuffed and felt a bit dizzy. Everything around her was dark, only she herself was wrapped in a circle of light created by the candles. Suddenly she knew what had happened again. Your cat, Miyu, she ... she was lying lifeless on the floor! Was she dead ?! She was stunned when she thought back about how loyal her cat actually was and hoped so much that she was still alive. Occasionally tears rolled from her eyes.
"Well, little one, are you awake at last?", Came a voice from the darkness. "You won't die, no reason to cry!"
Her tears slowly slipped down her face. "What did you do to my cat?", She wanted to know and glared at the darkness from which she suspected the voice was.
"I think she's dead! At least this bastard should be dead!", Another voice hissed a little deeper. He stepped out of the shadows. He was tall, had dark blue, spiky hair, and looked greasy and coarse. Now the second stepped out of the darkness. He was a little shorter than the other, had lank, shoulder-length, bloody hair and, except for his eyes, hid his face under a mask.
"Don't talk about her like that!" She ordered the two of them angrily, who then just laughed. The death of her beloved little friend, as she now suspected, broke her heart at that moment. Again she had lost someone who was important to her. Again she was alone. A flood of emotions, sadness, despair and hatred came over them and drove them out into deep sobs. She cried incessantly.
The blue-haired one came up to her. He reached out with his right hand and gave her a good slap in the face. "Calm down, damn it !! It was just a cat !!"
The cheek he hit was starting to get hot. The pain numbed her, causing her tears to dry up for a short time. "W ... What do you want from me ?!"
"Nobody is interested in you! We'd rather be interested in your brother!" Said the taller of the two. The brown-haired woman widened her eyes in shock. What did her brother have to do with the two of them ?! "W .... what should he have ..... done?" She asked. Her voice was hoarse and trembling.
"What he did?!", he replied mockingly," He killed the whole gang except for the two of us! We want to take revenge on him! We were feared !! Ambushed and killed people who wandered around! Nothing has been going well since your fucking brother showed up! We cannot find new members, find no accommodation, nothing! Your brother destroyed our lives! ", he growled through clenched teeth and roughly grabbed her jaw. The tears that had just run dry now rolled down her cheeks again. She saw his smeary face, which grinned sneeringly and muttered:" My brother is dead! "
"What did you say?!"
"My brother is dead, damn it!", She screeched, anger and despair in her voice, "He died a year ago. He is dead, you idiots!"
They looked a little startled at the brown-haired woman, then looked at each other skeptically and snorted. You didn't believe her! While the two of them continued to laugh, she fell back into a hole. A hole full of sadness, anger and despair. Right now, she wanted nothing more than to die to see her brother and Kohada again. To be with them again.
"We should believe you ?! Are you kidding us, little one ?! Keep up the good work and we will kill you!", The smaller one snapped at her, pulling a kunai and holding it to her throat.
"Go ahead! Just kill me! I don't have anyone anymore who I care about anyway! They've all taken away from me!", She complained, crying and desperate.
"That's not entirely true! I'm still here too!" Suddenly came a voice out of nowhere. She knew that voice. Loved this sound of his voice. How could she forget him ?! Your best friend ?!
Their tormentors looked around searching for the unknown, but in the darkness, even they could not make out him. There was an unexpected explosion and everyone was shrouded in white smoke. The smaller of the two stayed with her, while the other could only be seen as a Silliohette until he disappeared completely in the smoke. They listened intently. At first Aya couldn't hear anything except her own heartbeat, which was beating wildly. But then she heard a noise that sounded like two blades hitting each other. Followed by muffled noises and noises filled with pain, which, however, did not come from their rescuer. After that, nothing but silence. Nothing could be heard of the fight that just seemed to be taking place in the smoke.
The blonde pressed the kunai tighter to her throat with a trembling hand. He didn't seem the bravest when he was alone. The smoke cleared and a few meters in front of them, it stood. Your savior. Your friend, Kakashi Hatake. This time she even saw his other eye. It stood out completely from the other because it was red. That made his charisma more threatening, she thought.
"N ... one more step and I'll cut her throat," he threatened the silver-haired man."What are you doing here ?! Where the hell is Shu ?!"
"Hasn't she already told you that? You can believe her."
"Don't tell shit, I don't believe you or her!"
"But it's the truth, you ass!", The prisoner announced loudly again.
"She's right, I had to watch him die myself!" He said calmly. But there was also something like grief in his voice. The brunette looked at him, startled. Did he know Shu? Had he seen her brother die? Why didn't he say anything? She wanted to say something to his testimony, but not a word came out of her lips. She was frozen.
"He had protected his comrades.", He began to tell and looked sympathetically at Aya, "It had been a dangerous job. You were supposed to escort and protect someone important. There were always fights that were due to the forces of the Shinobis Konoha, pulled. During their last fight, they were almost at their destination, they were ambushed. "The brown-haired woman listened attentively, isolated tears slowly rolling down her cheek again. "Around ten enemy ninjas had appeared. Shu, their squad leader, ordered his people to get the person to their destination quickly, where they would be safe. He would hold off the Shinobis. The day before they had asked for reinforcements, there they were almost completely exhausted and hardly had any strength. Reinforcements were already on the way. I myself was part of this task force. By the time we got to the scene, we were already too late. Shu had countless wounds that were bleeding dangerously. Lots of Shurikens and Kunais were in his body. He was still bravely upright on his knees. He had also killed seven of ten ninjas. We took out the remaining three in no time, while a medic-nin was supposed to take care of Shu's wounds. But to no avail . It was already too late. Before he died, however, he asked me to tell you that ..... "
She listened with excitement, wanting to know what Shu's last words were to her. The other ninja had also listened carefully and ignored his cover. Because he fell lifeless to the ground with a thud without warning. Aya gave a startled cry. Behind her was a second Kakashi, who after he loosened her bonds disappeared in a small cloud of smoke. Sobbing with happiness, she fell into the arms of Jo-nin, who also hugged her tightly, because he was glad that nothing more had happened to her. "I'm so glad nothing happened to you. I was so worried. If something had happened to you, I would never have been able to forgive myself."
"E ... I'm so sorry, Kakashi. I ... I ...", she wanted to apologize further, but Kakashi had taken his mask off while she spoke and interrupted her with a kiss. The brunette blushed, closed her eyes, and kissed back.Automatically her heart began to beat faster. It was a passionate and deep kiss. There was longing in the kiss, both in her and in him. Her legs inevitably began to soften. If he didn't hold onto her, she would most likely be lying on the floor. When her lips parted again, her eyes were still closed. She couldn't get any clear thoughts, she still looked dazed from the kiss. She breathed breathlessly against his lips: "I love you, Kakashi"
"Me too," replied the Jo-nin and kissed her again, this time gently. After they separated again, she opened her eyes and looked into his smiling, now masked face. The brunette returned his smile, she was overjoyed to have him.

Back in Konohagakure, he wanted her to come with him because he had a surprise for her. At his home, she saw that Miyu was still alive. With joy, she couldn't hold back her tears, she was glad that her beloved cat was still alive. Even though it was so late, they still found someone to take care of Miyu's injuries. She would spend the day there today.
It was a calm and starry night. Both ran alongside each other.
"Come on, I wanted to show you something," he said and picked her up so that he carried her in his arms. Without meaning to, she blushed. "It's faster that way," he said. Then she smiled lovingly at him.
He took her to one of the highest points in Konoha and dropped her there. It was fabulous. Konohagakure, was already beautiful by day, but at night, with the lights of the houses, the lanterns and the clear starry sky above, it was simply breathtaking.
"This is really beautiful," she said softly.
"Yes, I think it was Shu's favorite place."
Surprised, she looked at the silver-haired man.
"Besides, I should tell you something about him. I quote:> I love you, Aya. I'm sorry that I haven't come over more often to visit you and please don't cry so much. A smile suits you much better. Besides, I want to see you happy. I will always be with you, sister.
With all her strength she complied with his request and tried not to cry. She looked up at the sky, which was strewn with