[Set directly after when Rin returns from his training]

( Kakami took a breath, ran her fingers through her hair and walked to the kitchen, leaning against the doorway. )

[[Backdated the day before Aki's birthday.]]

( Aki had been very lonely without his girls. )

[[Backdated liek woah to this day.]]

( 'You've been by yourself all this time?' )

The moment Iruko took a step into Ichiraku and the familiar and comforting smell of ramen invaded her senses, she breathed a sigh of something that was not quite content and almost like relief. Ichiraku had always been a place that she felt at home in, ever since the first time her father had brought her here, holding her hand and grinning ( Read more... )

It had been a few weeks since Asuka's 'triumphant' return from wherever she'd been. She knew Hanato had seen her, and Kureno at some point and there were some rumors about someone sleeping with someone and then someone hitting someone else but Kiba didn't pay too much attention to gossip, so she didn't much care. She figured it be best to go check ( Read more... )

The ingredients for the fried rice went into a plastic grocery bag which he held in his right hand. Tucked into the crook of his left arm was a brown paper bag that contained the marinating meat and butter rolls he'd made earlier that day, stopping only once to ask himself if he was getting carried away before choosing to waive the question. Even ( Read more... )

( You promised me something, once upon a time. Maybe I've come to collect. )

( In which Sachiko swallows some of her pride and asks Inosuke for help )

( The gate guards had no doubt informed the Hokage he was back, and anyway, news of his success getting his rank reinstated would have reached Tsurude a few days ago. But it was expected protocol to report to the Kage first... and Rin had chosen Kakami instead.

Like he was ever going to apologize for that. )

Stomach and head finally recovered from their "adventure" from a few nights ago, Kakami was out with Miako-chan and Irokoi. She trained with the two of them for a little - Miako-chan needed to learn more about tracking on her own rather than in a group ( Read more... )