She had not been able to sleep an entire night without nightmares since her first drop squad mission three years ago. The nightmares only got worse after her parents disappeared. Lord fourth was kind enough to open up his home to her. Since she had been living there, he and his younger brother, Killer Bee, treated her like a daughter.
There were many orphaned children in Kumogakure who had lost their parents during the third world war, but only she had warranted moving into the raikage's house under his and the jinchuuriki's direct protection. She knew this special treatment had nothing to do with her and everything to do with how important her kekkei genkai was to village. She was the last of her clan. The last to carry her bloodline.
A large part of Mabui felt this was a good thing. She had seen nothing but suffering as a result of her kekkei genkai. The horror and devastation that she brought during the war still haunted her. And then soon after, her parents and her entire clan were tortured and killed as a result of it.
She got back into her bed and pulled her legs up into her chest. No matter what the raikage said, she would never get married nor pass this curse onto any children. She was determined that she would be the last. Even if it meant she had to remain alone for the rest of her life.
**
seven years later...
Kakashi, now twenty two, stood in the raikage's office, shifting from foot to foot. It had been years since either Konoha or Kumo extended an offer of reconciliation to each other after the first treaty was violated.
He was just recently released from the ANBU black ops. Lord Third had already tried to place him as the leader of a genin team once. That had not been successful. The team had not met Kakashi's standards, and he promptly flunked them. He figured Hiruzen Sarutobi was not going to give up any time soon. But meanwhile, he was kept busy with several diplomatic missions. Currently, he was sent as an envoy to ensure the transition to peace between Konoha and Kumo went smoothly. But apparently the raikage was still mulling over the terms.
The fourth raikage sat like a burly bear in his chair, growling and groaning as he read over the Lord Hokage's letter.
Kakashi was doing his best not to look as impatient or as bored as he felt. Insulting the raikage, who was well known for his short fuse, was not the way he wanted to end this trip. The mask helped, but his body had a way of giving away his thoughts, even with his face covered.
He may have actually fallen asleep if at least a part of his attention was not peaked by the pretty silver haired young woman who stood by the raikage's desk. She had not bothered to look in his direction again after she greeted him at the door. Her face was expressionless and her body language very formal. But he was sure that she had to remember him.
Eventually the large man waved his hand, irritated. "I need more time with this."
He looked at Kakashi. "When I've had time to consider, I will send Kumo's head ninja to Konoha for the signing. You can go back and tell your hokage that."
Kakashi nodded and stood silently, not giving away any of his quite annoyed thoughts.
The raikage looked at his assistant and said, "Mabui you can show this shinobi out."
"Yes sir." Mabui bowed to the raikage and then walked around the desk. She bowed to Kakashi and then she said, "Follow me please, sir."
Kakashi followed her out of the office. She shut the door behind them, so they were alone in the hallway.
That is when Mabui finally smiled at him and said, "I see your wound healed well, then."
"Yes. Thanks to you." Kakashi replied, brightly. So she did remember him. He opened his mouth to speak again, but then could think of nothing to say. Finally, he just said, "It's been a long time, Mabui."
Exploits of An Ex-Hokage
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