AN

I've thought and pondered about how my writing style should be, but I concluded that I should keep it simple.

" " = Talking

'Italics' = Thoughts. At the clever suggestion of Sexy Kurenai, I've decided to add an apostrophe before and after thoughts.

However, if an entire paragraph is in italics, then it is a flashback. During flashbacks I'll try to limit the thoughts of characters, and just try express their thoughts through my viewpoint, not theirs.

AN2

Alright, this is a Kakashi fanfiction. I'm a hopeless romantic, and like to write about these kind of things.

So without further ado. Set two years after the war.

Chapter 1: Conforming

Kakashi Hatake is not one to adhere to the status quo. Naturally due to his experience as a ninja, he was nominated by the elders to be the 6th Hokage. The Copy Cat ninja, being the man he is, declined. Stating that the title of 6th Hokage belonged to his student, Naruto.

"Kakashi...", said one of the elders at the council,"Naruto isn't ready for the responsibilities of Hokage".

Everyone, excluding Lady Tsunade, and one of the two ANBU leaders, nodded their heads.

Kakashi looked at the young Nara, who was the Leaf's lead strategist, with a somewhat surprised look. Shikamaru was hesitant to say anything, but was feeling the pressure and gave in.

"Look", he hesitantly said,"this all a drag...but they do have a point". Shikamaru looked at Kakashi, "I do want Naruto to be Hokage one day, and I will be the first to stand next to him when he does put on the robes", he scratches his head,"he's still quick tempered, often acts before he thinks, and in all honestly is better suited as a ninja to be used on the field; he won't be ready for the office work the title of Hokage requires".

Kakashi looked at the rest of the council, and wasn't surprised to see everyone nodding this time. "How about we wait then", he bluntly said, "Lady Tsunade only recently took up the title six years ago, and Naruto is still 18". His usual cool demeanor showed, "when he's 23, we'll reconvene to asses his growth". Now he was showing off, "I know he'll be ready then, and I'll be there as a consultant for him", he continues as he slides his hands into his pockets, "I'll go on more missions with him just to get to know him all that better". Kakashi looked at Tsunade, and hesitated a bit, "surely the Slug Queen isn't feeling THAT old, but if she is..."

Lady Tsunade felt a twitch in her forehead, "...but what?"

Kakashi smirked at her reaction, realzing that he had made his point, "but nothing Lady Hokage, I was merely suggesting that you surely have a few more years left in you".

Shikamaru looked at Kakashi in awe. He often wondered how modest Kakashi is about his own abilities, he could easily be better than anyone in this room when it comes to what they're doing. Often agreeing with his thoughts that Kakashi's abilities were above Sanin level, and when he uses his Mangekyou Sharingan, is on par with the Fourth Hokage.

The Fire lord finally spoke, "so it's settled then?"

Everyone nodded their heads, "we'll reconvene when Naruto's 23 then".

"Alrighty then", said Kakashi as he poofed away.

...

Kakashi woke up to the news that his Shadow Clone provided. He was in a stranger's room, and a rather feminine one on that. He sat up, and looked to his right to find a fully nude woman, asleep still.

Kakashi Hatake uses his popularity with the ladies to his advantage about once every 2-3 months. He'd never do anything with any stranger in the Leaf, so he'd often visit another town in the fire nation to have fun. Using the common excuse that a man needs his needs met every now and then.

He got up, and put his trousers on. He walked into the woman's bathroom and washed his face. He looked in the mirror as he dried his face.

Kakashi could easily look in his mid-20s. He was blessed with looks, and Kakashi rarely admitted that to himself from time to time. He changed his hairstyle, he cut the top of his hair to a shorter length. Similar to when he was an ANBU black ops. This time, however, he'd have a buzz fade around his sides and back. According to Guy, he looked cooler and trendy.

He looked into his black eyes. Karin and Naruto, learned some Uzumaki sealing jutsus. They came across a sealing technique that enables its user to turn off and on a dojutsu (Sharingan, Byakugan) that's not theirs. Kakashi learned this sealing technique and was grateful, especially since Obito gave him the other eye to complete the set.

He looked around for his mask, and found it in-between the woman's bosom. He carefully reached for it, and put it on. He then put on the white collared shirt he was wearing, and the black dress shoes he had. His outfits changed now. He figured he was now allowed the same freedom to wear anything he wants. He had a more casual look, and slim look. According to Guy, very cool and trendy.

Kakashi wrote a note, and left it on a counter. As he was writing it, he felt an empty feeling within him. He was growing tired of these one-night events.

Kakashi loosened the sealing he had on him to turn on his Mangekyou sharingan, and teleported away to the memorial.

...

His time at the memorial stone had shortened from his usual. He'd always look at Obito's name first, before shifting his eyes towards Rin's.

The empty feeling came up again. 'Is this loneliness', he thought. He wondered that if Rin had been alive right now, would he had been together with her. Suddenly the images of Naruto and Sakura came to his mind, wondering when those two are going to finally be a thing. His eyes looked at Rin's name, 'Nah', he thought, 'she'd probably had ended up with Obito'. He chuckled a bit, 'I wouldn't have had it any other way'.

As he started to walk away from the Memorial, he still wondered. 'Is it time for me to settle down, is that why I'm feeling empty', he thought. He found it funny how the thought of being Hokage scared him a bit, but that the thought of settling down felt comforting. 'Conformity sure is a weird thing', he thought.

Thing is, who could he possibly start a relationship with. Most of his female friends are already taken. Anko, has now been in a relationship with Yamato for two years now. Yamato even told Kakashi that he's going to propose, and even asked him to be his best man. Shizune, for a reason that no one in the Fire Nation will ever understand, is in a relationship with Guy. The thought sent chills across Kakashi's back. He considers Ayame a friend, but she's already married to ramen.

Kakashi sighed. He was surprised at himself for feeling this way at all. The cool Kakashi, moping around for not having a girlfriend. If anyone from Team 7 or Tsunade saw him like this, the teasing would be endless.

Still, he felt like he's forgetting about someone important.

"I wonder who it is..." he said aloud, but was interrupted when a toddler around two years old bumped into him.

"Huh?"