Chapter 1

"What's been going on in Konoha lately?" Kay asked Karashii. They were sitting on the bed in Kay's bedroom in Suna's Kazekage tower. Gaara was out checking on the boarder's guards, doing his nightly rounds.

"Well, Ino and Shikamaru have been fighting more than ever but rumor has it they were caught making out near the academy. Naruto is still completely oblivious to Hinata's love confessions and is still getting beaten up by Sakura every time he tries to advance on her!" Karashii said gently pulling the brush through Kay's hair.

Kay chuckled and covered her mouth, "Seems all's the usual, eh?" Kay smiled as she watched her friend brush her hair. She picked up the stuffed bunny sitting on the desk and snuggled it, "I hope everything's okay with the guards." Kay started to pick at the bunny's fur and brush it with her hand. Karashii sensed Kay getting worried and gave her a reassuring hug.

"So, how are you, Karashii?"

"You know, the usual, being a bad girl and sneaking off in the middle of the night to go meet the love of my life outside the village. You know, he hasn't tried to 'capture' me in a long while, but every time he does it I'm pretty sure it turns him on… I think that's why he doesn't refuse to do it! He likes it when I'm all rebellious and stuff…" She said with a sigh thinking about their latest fight, and how she hasn't seen Sasuke Uchiha in over a week. They had started meeting outside Konoha by a small cave a little over two years ago, but no one knew about it, they weren't supposed to know until Sasuke killed his brother and Orochimaru and only then would he return to the village of Konoha.

Kay giggled, "Well, we know of your rebellious side," Kay said as she patted Karashii's hand. "It's okay, we all love you, and sooner or later he'll be back for you." Kay then stood up and walked to the window looking out, "This place, even though it's full of deserts and sand, it's beautiful to me."

Karashii stood up and looked into the mirror, she picked up her shirt so her stomach was showing and she starts to pinch the fat on her stomach. She sighs, "I can't seem to be happy with anything right now. I hate the way I look, I don't really belong anywhere and the person I lo-" Karashii said but was cut off by a half-gloved hand covering her mouth. "You are perfect the way you are," whispered a male voice right in her ear.

Kay sighs, thinking she is finished her rant and looks down at the bunny Gaara won for her at one of Suna's carnivals, "Hey Karashii, you are fine…" She says as she leans against the window holding the bunny. She sighs again, "Karashii? Are you okay?" Kay asks after about a minute of silence.

Karashii looks in the mirror and sees Sasuke Uchiha, she relaxed a little but he doesn't take his hand away from her mouth while his other hand is wrapped tightly around her waist so she can't move her arms. But she trusts he won't hurt her or anyone she cared about. She suddenly remembered that Kay is just on the other side of the room! 'Shit! What are you doing here?' Karashii thought to herself as she started to struggle under Sasuke's grip, trying to break free.

After another minute or so of Karashii not answering she slowly turns around and her eyes widen when she sees Sasuke, "K-Karashii?"

After a few seconds of struggling Karashii finally got Sasuke's hand to a point where she can bite it, she doesn't realize how hard she bit him though. He quickly pulled his hand away from her face, "What the, Karashii! What's wrong with you? It was a joke!" Sasuke says examining his hand.

Karashii's eyes fall to the ground, "I-I'm sorry, I was just… You know better than to sneak up on me like that!" Karashii yelled, then she could taste the blood, she looked back up at Sasuke's face, then down to his hand. It was bleeding… Karashii tried to get closer to him, reaching her hand out to take his, but he backed up. Not knowing what to do, Karashii looked to Kay, hoping she had some kind of answer.

Kay shrugged, "Well, anybody who knows Karashii, knows not to sneak up on her. So, you had it coming." Kay said crossing her arms across her chest as she leaned against the window. Kay sighed, "Seriously, do you know what Gaara would do if he found you here? What are you doing here anyway?"

Sasuke threw a quick glare at Kay, ignoring her questions. Karashii took this as her chance to look at his hand, so as he was glaring at Kay she quickly grabbed his hand, holding it by the wrist with her other hand so he couldn't pull his hand away. As he felt Karashii grab his hand he realized he couldn't get out of her grip without hurting himself more or her for that matter, so he quickly turned his head and started glaring at Karashii with red eyes.

"Calm down there, sweetie, I'm just trying to help," Karashii said as her hand started to glow a greenish color. Sasuke relaxes a little and closed his eyes as Karashii started to try and heal her Uchiha. Kay glared back at Sasuke and rolled her eyes.

"Kay? Can you please get me a bandage?" Karashii asked not looking away from Sasuke's face, trying to judge his reaction.

"Yeah, sure," Kay said as she rushed over to a drawer and pulled out a bandage, she closed it with her hip and brought it over to Karashii. "Here," Kay said handing the bandage to Karashii.

"How did you learn to heal, Karashii?" Sasuke asked in a monotone voice. Karashii wasn't sure how to respond so she didn't, just focused her attention on his hand. She took the bandage from Kay as she said thanks. Karashii started to wrap Sasuke's, now mostly healed, hand. Once she finished, she kissed the bandage, "I'm sorry, Sasuke, I didn't mean to bite you that hard… But you know not to sneak up on me, and you really shouldn't be here." She said with a concerned look.

Sasuke put his hand on her cheek and she looked up into his, now onyx eyes. Karashii sighed, "I learned some healing techniques many years ago, before Kakashi found me, when I still lived with Him." She never liked to refer to Orochimaru by name when she didn't have to and Sasuke knew exactly who she was talking about every time. "Every time you take me back to that hell hole Kabuto teaches me a few more things. I haven't told many people about it yet, and I still need to practice more before I can use it in battle, but I seem to be trained enough by my job at Konoha main hospital to know what I'm doing." Karashii then backed away from Sasuke and went to stand next to Kay.

Sasuke got a sad expression on his face, "What if I told you I've been seriously thinking?"

"I'd say that is dangerous… About what?" Karashii teased, her dark brown eyes full of sorrow.

"You'll see…" He said with a smirk as there was a knock at the door.

"I wonder who that could be," Kay said, still gripping her bunny, cuddling it to her chest. Sasuke was still looking at Karashii with that smirk on his face, "Why don't you answer it, sweetie?" He said in a mocking tone. Karashii gave Sasuke a hard look as she led Kay to the door. She leaned up against the door as she cleared her throat, "Who is it?" Karashii asked in an innocent yet confident voice.

The man behind the door cleared his throat, "A black cat, just open the door already!" Kay snickered a bit and Karashii smiled.

"But black cats are bad luck! I can't let one into this room! Besides, girls only… I guess Uchiha Sasuke is now considered a girl, for he is standing right in front of me…" Karashii said in a playful tone. Sasuke picked up on the playfulness in her voice now. He went over to Karashii, picked her up and as she began to struggle to get out of his grip, he roughly, yet carefully laid her on the bed, getting on top of her and pinning down her arms with that famous satified Sasuke Uchiha smirk on his face.

Karashii then remembered Kay is still standing at the door, "You can let him in if you want, it's only Kakashi…" Karashii said trying to kick Sasuke off of her.

Kay sighed, "Do you really want Kakashi to see him?" She asked pointing to Sasuke and raised an eyebrow when Karashii started giggling. "Oh, well then," Kay walked over to the door and opened it. "Well, hello Kakashi, come on in!" She left the door open and walked over to the side placing the bunny back on the desk.

Kakashi looked over to the bed to see Karashii laughing uncontrollably, barely breathing and Sasuke was on top of her. He had shifted his hands so he had both of Karashii's hands pinned above her head in one of his hands and he was now tickling her. She was laughing so hard she was crying. "H-hey, Kakashi," Karashii said between laughs.

Kakashi glared at Sasuke, "And what do you think you're doing, you two?" He now had his hands on his hips and was tapping his foot.

Sasuke could tell his former sensei was quite annoyed to see him on top of his adoptive daughter, he also realized how intimate their position looked. So he stopped tickling Karashii, smiled and gave her a quick kiss on her lips, "I win this again." Sasuke whispered into Karashii's ear before standing up. He straightened his clothing, stood up tall and gave Kakashi a serious look. Kakashi just stood there glaring at Sasuke.

Karashii was still lying on the bed trying to catch her breath when Sasuke said, "I have been thinking about a lot of things recently, and I'm glad you are here and not the rest of my former team. I have decided to come back to the village. And I'm guessing Karashii has a few things to explain to you. Doesn't she?" Sasuke said the last sentence turning to see Karashii sitting up, her mouth hung open slightly, her eyes were wide in surprise but it looked like she was going to cry. She wasn't even sure if she should be happy, upset, or completely pissed.

Kakashi looked over at Karashii, "Oh, do you now?" He asked her annoyed and closed his eyes as he waited for an answer. Kay backed up towards the back of the room, trying not to get in the way.

Karashii couldn't take it; this was all happening too fast! She knew she loved Sasuke and she thought he loved her, but how was she going to explain to Kakashi, her adoptive father, and her lover's former teacher how she feels? She ran out of the room so no one could see her cry. She ran to the bathroom in the hall, closed the door and locked it… she never wanted to come out now, as she sank to the floor tears streaming down her face.

Sasuke stared at the door, not really knowing what just happened. He didn't want to explain to Kakashi that Karashii had been sneaking out of the village to go meet up with him for a little over two years now. He didn't want to tell him there was more than just a friendship going on, that was Karashii's job to tell her, um, father?

Kakashi looked at Sasuke's confused expression and sighed. "Well, that went well," he said as he rubbed the back of his head, "I'd better go after her… You'd better stay here, Sasuke." He said as he walked out the door in the direction Karashii ran. He finally heard soft sobs coming from the hall bathroom, and he lightly knocked on the door.

Karashii stood up, unlocked the door and opened it, knowing it was Kakashi. "I'm sorry, I didn't think I was ready to explain anything, I didn't want to say anything in front of Sasuke either, in case I told you something he didn't want to hear. But I'm willing to talk if you promise not to tell me how to live my life by yelling at me and locking me in the tallest tower until I'm 30…"

Kakashi smiled and nodded, "I promise, maybe I'll lock you up until your 50 instead of 30 though..." He chuckled as Karashii laughed slightly wiping the tears away.

Karashii stepped out of the bathroom and walked into the library, which was a little bit down the hall, she sat at one of the tables as Kakashi sat across from her. She took a deep breath and explained all her feelings for Sasuke, which is totally love she just didn't know how to express it in words. She also explained what's been going on for the past two years or so and she finished off with explaining what Kakashi had seen earlier in Kay's room, when Sasuke was on top of her.

Kakashi sighed, "So that's where you were always disappearing to." He said as he closed his eyes and put his head into his hand trying to figure out what to say.

Karashii put her face in her hands also, "Yes, and… and I'm sorry. It's just that I knew you would never let me go, so I had to sneak out. But I'm safe and that's all that matters, right? Kakashi, Sasuke was your student at one time not too long ago, you may still consider him your student even! You have to trust me when I say he isn't the child he was when I first met him, but he sure as hell isn't the bastard that left Sakura on that park bench. If he is saying he wants to come back, I can guarantee you he means it!" Karashii said starting to feel better about this whole situation in general.

Kakashi smiled and patted her shoulder, "We'll see." Karashii smiled, gave Kakashi a hug and started to head back to Kay's room.


A/N: Okay, just so everyone is clear, this whole story started as a role play with one of my best friends. Her character, Kay, is paired with Gaara. Also, if you keep up with my other stories, Orochimaru's Test and Adventures of Karashii and Kanna, my character, Karashii, is paired up with Sasuke (even though I haven't gotten that far in either story yet...) So, just bare with me and I promise it will turn out alright if you just keep an open mind. Also just a word of warning most, if not all, cannon characters will be OOC.

Disclaimer: My friend and I do not own Naruto in any way, we only own Karashii and Kay. Although I own two Sasuke plushies what I wish were real (wait, I do have a Sasuke. I just don't see her nearly as often as I'd like...) *sadface*