"Seiichi-kun?" Mirai uttered, still frozen in Seiichi's hug. Tears kept rolling down her cheeks, and her eyes were fixed at Kakashi, who was watching them. "You're... back?"

"I miss you..." Seiichi mumbled, crying into her neck. He caressed her hair, before tightening his hug. "I've been looking for you since you ran away that night. It has been years..."

"Let me go, Seiichi-kun," she whispered, with her weak hands trying to push him away. But Seiichi didn't even want to loosen the hug. "Let me go."

"I won't let you go again, Mirai-chan. I'm so sorry of what happened that night. I didn't want to do it, but my dad-"

"Seiichi-kun, please. I-I just... wanted to ask you something." With that, he slowly let her go and sat down next to her on the bed. Mirai touched the left side of her neck, feeling the warmest bite one, the recent. "Did you..."

"Yes. I did use the clan's healing jutsu on you." Just as he said that, Mirai looked at him as he wiped her tears. "Mirai-chan, I'm so sorry about that night. My dad had threatened me. If I don't want to kill you, his men would. I have to agree with him! But I love you."

"Half of me keep saying that I should forgive you, but another half of me," she stopped, and looked away from him. "Keep saying that I shouldn't give you another chance."

"Mirai..."

"I need time to think about it, Seiichi-kun. Leave me, will you?" Seiichi was taken aback with her request. He grabbed her cold hands, rubbing it to warm it up. With all the energy she had, with her cold hand she cupped his cheek. "Don't worry, I'll let you know my answer." Suddenly, the door was opened, and there were Tsunade, Shizune and the real Kakashi they were surprised to find the prince was there.

"Seiichi-san, you should leave now. She need to undergo a simple check," Shizune requested, as they approached him. Kakashi led Seiichi as they left the room, and brought him to the hospital garden.

"I was wondering, how did you know that Mirai is in Konoha, and in this hospital?" Kakashi started, as they walked under a big, shady tree. Seiichi smirked, and leaned his back against the tree, crossing his arms over his chest. "You're the reflective surface on the wall, right? You've turned into a transparent thin glass."

"That day I've overheard the Hokage mentioned her name. Having a feeling that you guys might talk about Mirai that I've been looking for, I've transformed myself," he explained, looking up at the sky. "I went to the hospital, looked for her room, and... I've never seen her in that critical condition before. That night..."

Kakashi glanced at the prince, as he continued. "Five years ago, I had helped her escaped from my village. My dad was mad at me as he found out, and I got punished. Never to leave the palace again, unless he bring me for a trip or anything."

"But you are here now."

"My dad had forgiven me. I wanted to meet her, that's why I'm travelling. I went to the other places, searching for her. I still couldn't believe it that I've found her." There was a moment of silence, accompanied by the sound of the whistling wind.

"You really love her, don't you?" Kakashi remarked, breaking the silence. Seiichi immediately turned at him, a bit frowned.

"Of course I do!"

"At the moment, please don't push her too much," Kakashi advised, as he walked towards the prince with his hands in his pockets. "She had just woken up, thanks to you though. We need to let her relax her mind, and her mentality."

Sighing, Seiichi pulled out a small transparent glass ball. He grabbed it in his hand, and white light shone through his fingers. "What really happened to her?"

"Akatsuki killed her, to get her powers," Kakashi answered, with his eye fixed at Seiichi's hand. "You heard it that day. She died once." Hearing that, the prince winced and the light shone even brighter. "Now that she's revived, if she's killed once again, it's a forever goodbye."

"So then, we have to protect her."

"Hm. If the Akatsuki found out that she's still alive, who knows what they're going to do. We need to carry out precautions steps."

"That means I'll stay here," Seiichi decided. "I'll stay here with her," he said again, opening his hand and and there was a blue, pulsating sparkle in the transparent ball. "I'm going to protect her, even if I have to die." Suddenly he handed out the ball to Kakashi. "Kakashi-san, please give this ball to Mirai. She knows what is this."

As Kakashi took it, he felt a refreshing vibe from the ball, and was astonished with it. "This feeling..." Then he looked up at Seiichi, who was staring at him blankly. "Does it gives out chakras?"

"Uh... yeah."

"Like the pouch that she gave..."

"Oh, she gave them to you? You're lucky!" Seiichi remarked, with a smile. "We made those pouches. I've filled some smaller balls in each pouch with sparkle like that, and she added flower scent to it."

"You guys made it?"

"Yeah. Once I've asked her about those pouches. She said that she would give them to those who she believes that would always stand by her side, and fights together with her," Seiichi explained, pulling out the same pouch that Kakashi and the others had. "She said that these pouches will symbolizes the bonds she had made with anyone. Thoughtful, right?"

"Hm... Alright, I'll give it to her." As Kakashi said that, Seiichi suddenly walked away from him, leaving the garden. "Hey, where are you going?"

"I want to protect her from my clan too. They always wanted her Gochakura power, and they can detect her chakra when anyone from Kagamiko gets near her."

"But you've been here-"

"Since I came here around two weeks ago, I've been working out to make them lost detection of me," he said, looking down at his right arm. "I have to do it everyday. Thank god my men are not from Kagamiko clan."

"Seiichi," Kakashi called him out, as he started to walk away again. "If you need anything, you can ask me, or anyone here." The prince then turned around at him with a concerned look, before Kakashi continued. "We'll protect Mirai, together."

"Thank you." With that, Seiichi left the hospital garden. Kakashi put the glass ball into his pocket, before he made a way to Mirai's room. As he entered the room, Tsunade and Shizune were discussing something with Mirai.

"Oh? Kakashi-sensei," Mirai weakly called out as Kakashi approached her bed. "Where's..."

"He wanted me to give this to you," he said, pulling out the glass ball that Seiichi had entrusted to him. "He said he has something to do," Kakashi continued, as Mirai took the ball in her hands. She looked down at it, and brought it closer to her chest, smiling.

"Anyway Mirai," Tsunade started to say, as she patted Mirai's shoulder. "Like what I've told you before, get a lot of rest. Don't think too much until you're fully recovered."

"Yes, I understand," Mirai replied, nodding at her. With that, both Tsunade and Shizune left her alone with Kakashi in the room. "Kakashi-sensei. I know you have something to ask me, nee?" He turned at her, who was staring into the ball, admiring the pulsating light. "You can ask me now, because that sealed part of my memory was undid by my cousin."

"But, Hokage-sama told you not to think too much..." he reminded. But the only response he got from her was a michievous laugh. Only then, he sighed as he remembered something.

"Like you don't know me!" she giggled. "Besides, this ball had given my some strength to think!" She shook the ball, making the light changed its intensity and shape. "It's beautiful! That's why I was always love this ball! Oh, watch this." She balanced the ball on her palm and closed her eyes.

Kakashi watched the blue light spinning so fast in the ball, until it was divided into five smaller lights. After the lights stopped spinning and started to hover in the middle of the ball, Mirai clamped the ball tightly with her hands. "Your..." Kakashi started to say with his widened eye fixed on the ball, filled with five different lights of the nature affinities.

Fire, wind, lightning, earth and water. All were there in spherical form, hovering in the ball. Mirai opened her eyes, and got surprised as she saw the affinities.

"Yeah! I have my powers back!" she happily said, still holding the ball in her hands. "What am I thinking? Of course I still have them! It's my kekkei genkai!"