Naruto: Legacy of the Hidden Rain

Chapter 24: Keeping a Secret

Ina and Konan looked at each other and then returned to the papers. "This is too big for anyone to know about this!" Konan said. Ina nodded in agreement. "I agree! This is my family's legacy, and it should be kept between us," Ina said. Konan nodded, and then the two looked over at Rin, who had just finished counting the ryo and looked at the girls. "There's like... Maybe ten million ryo here!" Rin said. Ina and Konan's eyes widened, jaws dropped, and then they looked at each other and back at Rin. "Holy Kami!" Ina and Konan said in unison. Rin giggled and started putting the money away into a storage scroll, and then she tossed her three scrolls to Ina. Then, Ina caught the three scrolls and put them into her strapped bag. Konan looked at the papers, rolled them, put them, took the notebooks, put them into her storage scroll, and put them away into her pouch. "Hey, wait! You can't take that! That's my family's legacy!" Ina started as she crossed her arms and showed a stern expression. "I want those back, Konan!" Ina spoke in a demanding tone. "Hey, can we just be friends for like five minutes? I'm tired of you two fighting, and I want to see you as best friends, not enemies!" Rin said as she almost had tears streaming down her face. Konan got up, went over to Rin, pulled her up, and hugged her. "Hey, it's okay, Rin!" Konan said. Then, Ina felt a bit bad and came over and hugged. "Yeah! I'm sorry, Rin. I guess I let my anger get to me," Ina said. Rin looked up to them both and giggled. "Hehe! I knew I get you both to be pals," Rin said. Konan and Ina looked at each other and then looked down at Rin, and both of them rolled their eyes at Rin. "You're lucky we love you like a baby sister to us," Konan said. Rin giggled and nuzzled into Konan's chest, causing Konan to blush a bit, and Ina couldn't help but chuckle at Konan's reaction. Konan pouted at Ina. "Oh hush, Ina!" Konan said. But Ina couldn't help but laugh at Konan. Konan rolled her eyes, picked up Rin, and carried her bridal style, causing Rin to blush but kept nuzzling into Konan. Then, Ina laughed a bit more, and the trio looked around the mansion again to check for anything else to find. They found other items that belonged to Ina's family and some that would be handed to Minato. But most items they've found will be staying with Ina as they were too important to let Lord Third and Fourth, and not even the council members are allowed to be anywhere near Ina's family's heirlooms. After an hour of searching, they couldn't find anything else apart from when Rin found some papers of a map and is currently with Konan inside her storage scroll. "I think that's us done here," Ina said. Konan and Rin nodded, and Rin was still in Konan's arms.

"I guess that's us here, then?" Konan said. Then, she looked over at Ina, who showed a soft expression and held her left arm, causing Konan to raise a brow. "Something the matter, Ina?" Konan asked. Ina smiled softly and shook her head. "It's nothing, Konan. I'm just happy I found stuff that belonged to my family. But I have to ask... Can we make a pact to keep this secret to ourselves, and no one else will know? We take this secret about the Hagan to our graves!" Ina said. Konan and Rin looked at her, then looked at each other, and then looked back at Ina. Rin got off Konan, and the two went over to Ina. "Sure! We'll make a pact to keep this a secret and safe from others," Rin said. Then, she took out her kunai, gently grabbed Konan's wrists and gently cut her palms. "Ow!" Konan yelp. Then, Rin did the same to Ina's hands, who didn't like what Rin had in mind, but it was their way of keeping it a secret. Then, Rin cut her palms, put her kunai away and looked at the girls. "Hehe! Let's hold hands and make the pact!" Rin said with a bright smile. Konan rolled her eyes, and Ina sighed, and then they got into a small circle together and held each other's hands. Then, they vowed never to speak of what they found within the mansion and never to let anyone know about the Hagan and other important items belonging to the Yamanaka clan. With their pact done, they let go of each other's hands and tended to put bandages on them. "I think you cut out hands too deep, Rin!" Ina said. Rin giggled a little. "Sorry! I didn't know how deep I made our cuts!" Rin said. Then, Konan picked up some of their storage scrolls, and she put her scrolls away and passed some of the important scrolls to Ina. Ina looked at Konan and noticed she was thinking about something. "What's on your mind, Konan? You're not going back on our pact already, are you?" Ina asked and crossed her arms. Konan sighed and looked at Ina. "I only wish to tell my family! No one would mess with them, and my mother would send someone to an early grave anyway," Konan said. Ina sighed, unsure what to do with an answer to Konan's words. "Fine! But Rin and I will be by your side, so we are sure they won't tell anyone," Ina said. Konan nodded, and Rin came up to her and smiled. Konan looked down at Rin, showing a puzzled expression. "What is it, Rin?" Konan asked. Rin giggled and showed a smile. "I don't know if I am a bit too old for this! But I wanna be carried, Konan!" Rin said and asked. Ina giggled, and Konan sighed playfully, rolled her eyes and looked at Rin again. "Yeah! Okay, Rin," Konan said. Then, she picked up Rin bridle style.