Chapter 39

Karin thought about it while looking at the window, she knew that today would be her first mission, since she had recently become a Genin she had also gotten a team and a sensei, she thought a lot about whether it would change her life, but on the other hand she knew well that they would only have light missions, mostly rank-D, if it was a higher level mission they would still have a strong sensei, but she didn't think so, she put on her Chunin vest that had been given to her by Hana, then she left her room.

Karin's POV

I went out of my room, the house became so dear to me, as if it was the village of the epicenter of happiness, in other places probably also has a world similar to this, but Konoha became for me very dear and accepted me with open arms, so I will protect it at any cost, I'm going to start with the easy missions so I can start improving my ninja skills and powers. Before I left the house, I saw my mom in the kitchen and decided to say goodbye to her for today, since I'll be busy with the first mission all day.

-Mom, I'm off on my first mission today," I started with a positive smile and noticed her smile.

-Karin you've matured so much and become such a beautiful Kunoichi and I'm sure you'll be a great Chunin soon too-" without letting go of her smile she replied.

-Well, I'm going to start small-" After I answered, I walked over to her to give her a goodbye hug.

-I love you daughter, good luck on the missions- now she had a Chunin vest too, giving me a hug made me feel positive.

With a smile I said goodbye to her and started walking down the main street, walking towards my team, or rather to the meeting place where the whole team agreed to meet, passing by I see the house where Itachi lives, I wondered what he was doing at the moment...? whether he is on a mission now, or maybe he is at home drinking coffee, or maybe he is on his way to the mission, passing by I see Itachi himself coming out of the building, I was happy to see one of my closest people in Konoha again, because thanks to him I have such a life, I immediately ran up to him, turning in his direction he seemed to notice me and added a slight smile, reaching him I started:

-Good morning Itachi-san-" I told him with a positive look, and a smile like his.

-Karin, it's good to see you, are you going on your first mission today?" he asked, and he was right when I nodded at him, "I'm sure it will be very easy, because you're in Team 9." I glowed at his words, because it was a great compliment that I was strong.

-Itachi-san, are you on a mission too? You only wear that cloak on missions," I asked questioningly.

-Really - he replied with a smile, as I recognized one of his habits well, then he continued -Iruka knocked on my door recently, he told me that the Hokage was summoning me and Kisame on some strange mission, not sure what rank... Heh....

-I'm sure that there are no missions that you would not cope with, because you are not only beautiful in appearance, but also in skills and intelligence - I blushed a little, because without knowing it I told my thoughts to him, and he smiled in response, coming up to me, hiccupped two fingers to his forehead, although he knew that I do not like it and I always pout my lips, but he was pleased to look at me like that.

-Sorry but I didn't want to hold back," he said with a slight smile and I folded my arms across my chest and pouted my lips as he continued, "Good luck on your assignments, I think I should go too, I'll see you later.

After saying a word, he smilingly jumped to the roof, probably to look for Kisame-sensei, I could smell his scent, it was so nice and warm, I wished he was here again so I could hug him and.... Kami, I think I'm in love, but I should put those thoughts aside, my team is waiting for me, I have to hurry.

I started to walk towards the park, the same place where we all met yesterday, when I got there I noticed Hayate-sensei in the benches, he was there with Say, but I didn't see Torune there, he must be late, or taking the medicine that Danzo-sama had created for him so that his touch wouldn't be harmful, I also realized that he can also control his poison, and if he touches one of us by accident without taking his medicine, he can pump the poison back out of his body, when he came to his team they met me.

-Hello Karin, and good afternoon-" Cy began with a smile.

-Hi Sai," I answered him, and shifted my gaze to Sensei beginning, "Good afternoon Hayate-sensei, and where is Torune.

-Karin hi, and not yet, I've just recently gotten here myself, busy waiting for you too-" he replied with a smile, placing his right hand on the back of our heads, and added, "of course everyone except Sai, he was here first and before everyone else.

-Always glad to be of service Sensei- -he replied with a smile and pulled out his book, where his brother was that he told us about yesterday....

Flashback

Yesterday everyone gathered at a bench near the park, as it was Hayate's favorite place to spend time here when he was in the academy during his school days, also when he dreamed of Yugai, this was the story he told to his team, and with a smile he introduced himself, Torune said that his goal was to become strong in the ANBU, to mean a lot to his village, but now he changed his goals to become as useful to Konoha, only starting with his team, and Karin added that the village once saved her, now she wants to return the favor by being useful, and Sai added that when he was in the ANBU, like Torune, he had a brother, they wanted to be together forever but they knew that Danzo would one day make them fight to the death in the final test, but for some unknown reason Danzo changed and canceled the test, also made the ANBU root, Sai lived well with his brother, but he got sick two years later after the ANBU was canceled, and before he died his brother told him to control his emotions so he would live well, Hayate thought that if they were still in the ANBU, he would have told Sai to turn off his emotions before he died, Sai told this story with sadness, because he let his emotions take over, or shut them down for a while, depending on the situation, Torune also felt sad, because he understood his friend Fu Yamanaka, but he decided to stay in the ANBU, thus becoming Danzo's right hand man at the ANBU headquarters.

End Flashback

I was thinking about yesterday's story, my thoughts were distracted when I noticed Torune, he was wearing a black light jacket, dark glasses and a Konoha tread in his forehead, noticing us he began with a smile:

-Hi guys," he said with a polite smile and looked at all of us and continued, "I'm sorry I'm late, because I was busy looking for clothes for five minutes.

-Nothing, you're just in time by the way, Karin and I just got here too -Hayate stood up from the bench with a smile and continued -Well now that we're all packed and ready, I guess we should get to the Hokage residence to get the first mission all ready -We all nodded at the same time standing together.

We started walking towards the Hokage's residences, I was interested in one flaw along the way, the fact that Torune always keeps his things in sorting so how could he look for them for 5 minutes? I decided to start looking to the right of him.

-Torune, how could you lose things if you always keep them sorted in your room," he was a little confused and replied.

-How did you know? -He must have forgotten how he used to brag about all of us at the academy.

-You told us all this back at the academy, or have you forgotten?" said Sai, and Torune sighed and decided to come clean.

-Well, the real reason I was late was because I was looking for dog shampoo to wash my hair with- -After Torun's answer, the whole group laughed, even sensei folded his arms across his chest and chuckled a little.

On the way Sai started to tease him and he in turn started to explain that this shampoo was very good for the skin, his hair was always unruly so he used dog shampoo instead of regular shampoo, we had already reached the Hokage's residences, going into his office the Hokage smiled looking at me, he must have remembered some Kunoichi who studied here, her name was probably Uzumaki too, maybe it was Naruto's mom...? later the third Hokage saw for a moment how much I had grown and noticed that I had become a Shinobi as well, and later he turned his attention to the team and gave them a mission, we all nodded and left, Hayate sensei, on the way he said that we had a rank-D mission, He added that this would be a great help to Konoha, a quarter more medicines, as we left the gates of Konoha we continued on our way, Sai started to look at Torune thoughtfully and finally decided to ask him directly.

-Torune can I ask you a question- began Sai curiously.

-Of course, I'm all ears- Torune replied with a smile, adjusting his black glasses that were similar to Shino's.

-Why were you in our class? -With your skills and talent you should have been in the higher classes for a couple of years, because you're two years older than us, -Sai finished his question.

-Well... - I was taken in by Shibi Aburame's family, I grew up with them for several years of my childhood, Shino became like a brother to me, but one day Danzo-sama came and gave the order to take his son to the ANBU, he had the authority to save Shino from such a fate, I volunteered, because of the poison in my body, I missed the academy for a couple of years, because people hadn't invented these drugs that allowed me to play with others, but I left those dreams behind, I had given up hope when I went with Danzo to the ANBU, There I learned to control my poison, and even to drain it if it hit one of my comrades, there I was supported only by Fu, he became my close and good friend, I admired his honesty more, but one day, Danzo became another more good, He created a special medicine to keep my skin from infecting people for a while, I was very happy when he came and took off my ANBU mask, he even apologized and sent me to the academy, even though I was in ANBU and knew a lot of things, but it wasn't enough... I knew nature and I knew it very well, first of all I had to learn my type of poison and secondly it was my favorite subject, but I had to learn other subjects, but I didn't know anything about them, because I spent my whole life learning one subject, that's why I was sent to a lower class to start learning everything from scratch.... - He said sadly, but finished his speech with a smile looking up at the sky, and Cy and I supported him with a smile.

-That's an interesting story, I'm sure you've seen a lot of things in your life," Hayate sensei said with a smile, always finding optimistic words to say, and he also decided to add, "and the fact that Danzo has changed so much, it's done a lot of good for Konoha, a lot of people in the village are now wondering why, they want to hear rumors that he's been switched or has some kind of genjutsu, and others say that he's just opened up his emotions, becoming himself.

-Hayate sensei, can there be such a genjutsu to control not only a person's consciousness but also their feelings?"-I became very curious, so I asked directly.

-This kind of genjutsu is very rare, although I wouldn't say it's just genjutsu, it's more of a rangom-S technique, some people call it God level, to control people's emotions and understanding completely changing them," Sayu and Torune also became curious and they started to listen to his story completely, "the first technique is called koto-amatsukami, only two Uchiha have mastered this technique, the first one is Uchiha Kagami, he was well into the power of the force of nature and the aura of the cosmic nebula, For years he had been saving up natural and cosmic chakra to develop his sharingan to the level of God, one day he was able to awaken the mangekyo sharingan without losing anyone or becoming depressed, he was able to unleash this power by activating the legendary sharingan, The second person who had this power was Shisui Uchiha, his grandson, Kagami gave him his eyes before he died, so he was able to awaken even the eternal mangekyo, surpassing his grandfather, although if I'm not mistaken he is now a rank-S criminal.

-Hayate-sensei, is it true about the story that he used to be friends with Itachi Uchiha? -when Sai asked I wondered if Itachi knew someone like him, why did he leave Konoha leaving everyone and even a friend like Itachi, what did he do to him?, maybe because of the Uchiha clan extermination?, but no.... that's too obvious.

-Itachi Uchiha had once considered him a close friend, but then he left the village for some unknown reason and never returned- Torune answered Saya's question, I felt kind of sad if that kind of sharingan power, along with Itachi's sharingan power was in Konoha, then maybe the village would be doubly safe.

-Sensei, you said it's only the first technique, but what's the second technique?" I questioned.

-You're very perceptive Karin," he smiled, and I smiled back, then he continued, "the second technique is called izanami, it's also a technique that only the Uchiha can master, it creates a noose and the price is the loss of one eye, it's mostly... - the teacher began his story about the technician.

I realized that this technique makes people confess their feelings, it makes them understand who they are and what it is for, because this technique does not set up some fake emotion, it can rather heal the studied wounds of the soul, and the person remains in contemplation in his loop of time inside his consciousness, until he turns on all the emotions and does not understand what he really wants, I was in turn glad that I learned so much interesting today, because it was only one day and did not have time to proceed to the beginning of missions, but I already notice how I am becoming useful.

***

It was already nightfall, it was starting to get dark, we gathered all the supplies we needed, we also started walking back to Konohee, Torune had no trouble finding everything, he was very familiar with biology, and Sai got advice from his friend and started picking them too, for this he drew some rats to help pick the flowers and we in turn, me Torune and Sensei, I saw a slight smile on Sensei's face, it must have been a long time since he had such simple missions, when we finished we went back to the village, on the way Hayate Sensei explained what these herbs were for, some for medicine and others for chakra enhancement, I also realized that all these herbs would soon be in pill form, herbs for medicine will be in the form of yellow pills, and for chakra will be in blue, but that's not all, there will also be green pills, which will be both for medicine and for chakra, there are a few more pills, they are already for enhancing wound healing for irienins, all this I explained to my team on the way, when they asked how I know so much, I answered honestly, my mom works in a clinic and I've studied them well because I want to become an irienin myself, everyone smiled because they knew it, because I always talked about it in the academies, I said about all the pills, but what surprised me was the herbs for the forbidden pill, which give an incredible chakra boost and at the same time create side effects like headaches and blood pressure, when I asked what it's for?, Hayate-sensei told me that they are for Itachi, he has a top level sharingan, but they harm his eyes, and these pills will help him control his eyesight, I'm so glad I could help him in some way, now he's probably off on a mission with Kisame-san, and I'll pray for him to have a good day, he's the closest person to me in my life....

The end of Karin's POV

When they reached Konoha, they had already entered the gate, they also saw that the sunset was setting and night was falling, on the way Hayate told them that all the herbs they had collected, a whole ton of them would not have to be carried, there was a special scroll for that, he showed them how to seal things in it, The team rejoiced, and sighed, so they easily reached the village without any weight, after Sensei praised them and left for his house, the whole team said goodbye to each other and went home, But Karin went to the castle-kikyo, because she had heard a lot of stories about it, when she had crossed paths with Itachi a couple of times in Konoha hospital, as soon as she got there, she went up and sat behind the porch, thinking not like Itachi, not about time or philosophy, but just about what her life might be like, whether she'd be a Chunin in the future or whether she'd be useful to Konoha, and she sat on the porch and thought about it, and then she thought about Itachi, is he okay?, even though he was now talking to Kisame about time, but she could only know that they would be okay, at that thought she smiled, looking up at the stars that twinkled for her....