Chapter 1
Author: Suzaku no miko
Disclaimers: I do not own anything Naruto. I only own my own character, Hikari.
Miko: Here's my first Naruto ficcie! Hope everyone likes it!
Taking the quick jab to her side, she faltered back slightly. Her lip was already bleeding and if she were to take another hit, she didn't know if she would still be conscious afterwards...
"You think you're so tough...why don't you go back to ninja academy and try again?" her attacker taunted.
Bringing her katanas back up, she readied herself for another attack. However, she had been fighting for an extended amount of time and really didn't have any more strength to continue. Her dominant arm hurt with an excruciating amount of pain as she held up the somewhat heavy sword.
"I guess this is it..." she chuckled.
"Guess so...Say your goodbyes!" and with that, the man started to charge after her.
She closed her eyes, waiting for the final blow... She fell back onto the ground, waiting... It never did come...
"How about giving me a chance?" a voice spoke.
The young woman slowly opened her eyes and found someone standing in front of her. Her tired blue-sapphire colored eyes saw nothing but the back of a man with tall silver hair and what seemed to be a bandanna tied around his head. He wore a dark blue jumpsuit with an olive green vest over it. It looked vaguely familiar...
"Go get 'im, Sensei!" another voice cried.
His opponent did not look too pleased with their new guest and was determined to thrust his sword into him. She could not see much of what was going on but her hero would not allow the man to do so...
"Don't you know it's not good to attack a lady...even if she is a ninja?" the silver-haired man grunted.
The two men slowly turned and she could finally see how they were fighting...
'He's only using a kunai?!' she could not believe her eyes.
"Please, come with us, miss." Yet another voice spoke.
The woman quickly turned around, her lengthy midnight-blue colored braid whipped about her. It was just a young pink-haired ninja girl. Apparently she must have been part of the same team as her rescuer. As well as a blonde boy and a dark-haired one.
The girl shinobi helped the woman rise to her feet and led her away from the battle. The three young ones then assisted her to lie back against a fallen tree log. She breathed heavily, watching the fight continue.
It was soon over with the teacher as the victor. He had taken him down by only using the other man's weapon against himself. He had twisted the man's wrist so that the blade narrowly missed his neck, only grazing the skin drawing blood. The mysterious attacker yelped in pain and released the sword, allowing it to fall into the hands of her hero.
Taking the sword now, he hit the back of the man's neck with the hilt and made him fall to the ground. The loser fell to the ground, unconscious and the other took out some rope and tied it very tightly around him, leaving a note for someone to come pick up after him. Making a sigh of relief, the man who had saved her turned around and stuffed his hands into his pockets.
"Wow, Kakashi-sensei! That was so cool!" the blonde shouted.
All of them watched as the man walked towards them. Stopping in front of the woman, he knelt down and looked at her. She looked right back at him.
"What?" she asked.
"What are you doing here?" was all he replied.
His three students looked at the two of them strangely. They do not understand what had just happened.
"How can you ask such a question? First thing, I don't have to answer that. Second, you can't even ask me if I'm okay?" she snapped back.
Kakashi sighed, closing his eye. Maybe she wasn't who he thought she was...
"Are you okay?" the young boy dressed in orange asked.
"I'm fine...thank you." She said, eyeing the Joûnin.
"Hmm...well, this mission is complete. Let's take her to Konoha to be treated and then everyone has to go home and get rest." Kakashi suggested.
"Huh?" was all the woman said.
Not wanting to upset her, Kakashi gingerly placed his hands behind her back and under her legs. In one quick movement, she was resting in his arms. Blushing slightly, and much too exhausted to resist, she allowed herself to be carried by him.
Leaving the forest they were just in, the group brought the woman to their hometown of Konoha. They made their way to the center of the town where they stopped and waited for their instructions from their teacher.
"What are you going to do with her, Kakashi-sensei?" the girl shinobi questioned.
"I'll get her wounds looked at and let her get some rest for tonight. You three get home and rest yourselves. Don't worry; everything is going to be okay." Kakashi stated.
All three of his students nodded and began their trek for home. This left Kakashi with the woman that he seemed to know...or he thought he knew...
"Where are you taking me?" she demanded.
By the time he would respond to her, they were already there...
"My apartment..." he spoke softly.
Gently placing her on the floor, he fished out his key and opened the door. He then quickly picked her back up and entered, managing to close the door behind him. He brought her to his bed and set her down softly.
'For some reason...I feel like I've been here before...and he...Why do I feel like I know him?' she thought to herself, watching as he made his way into the tiny kitchen.
He soon came back with a small glass of water which he handed to her. Looking at him, she took the cup and began to drink the ice-cold water. He sat down on the bed next to her and placed something on the floor.
"A shinobi should never be without the weapons they trained with..." Kakashi said in a near whisper.
"Those are my katanas. ...Thanks..." she answered, softly.
They sat in silence for a few moments more before the woman looked up at him. He smiled gently, taking out a small box from beneath the bed. Curious, she looked and wondered what was in there.
"We have to get you cleaned up and treat those cuts. Don't want you to get infected with something..." he took out some swabs, band aids, other essentials.
He placed them next to her before getting up to go back into the kitchen. There, he took a small bowl filled with water as well as a pitcher he had just filled with more water. He brought these back to where she was still resting and kneeled beside her.
Taking a cloth that was with the medic items, he dipped it into the water- filled bowl and soaked it. He then took it out, squeezing some of the excess out. Placing it over her bruised skin, with the most delicate touch he began to wipe off the dirt and dried blood.
"Does it hurt, Hikari-chan?" he asked suddenly.
This caught the woman off-guard. She looked at him with shocked eyes. Moving back slightly, she tried to remove her arm from his grip. But to no avail, he kept a gentle yet strong grip on her.
"How do you know my name?" she commanded.
Bingo. He was right...all he had to do now was show proof for himself...
Kakashi took her better hand into his own and placed it on his head protector. She watched him with a confused look but did not protest. Instead, she allowed his hand to lead hers and in turn moving his headband onto his forehead. It was then that she noticed his eye...his Sharingan eye...
"Kakashi-san..." she whispered.
At that moment, all of her memories of her teen years came rushing back. How could she have forgotten the man she fell in love with? He did have the Sharingan when she saw him during the last time she was in Konoha... And she had scolded him for not remembering their childhood past, even though it was short.
"Looks like somebody needs to get reprimanded for not remembering..." he said, teasingly.
"Gomen..." she turned away.
Moving slightly closer to her, Kakashi pushed back some stray strands of her hair behind her ear. He kept doing that until she finally looked back up at him. Her eyes seemed to want to cry but they remained dry...
"Can I ask you again as to what you were doing back there?" he inquired. "I was on the trip back to Konoha...I had finally been called back here to teach. But that guy was in my way and I was already tired from the trip. So I really didn't have much energy to defend myself..." Hikari whispered, shyly. "Was he following you?" "For a while he was, but then I thought he got bored and left. I was wrong."
Now the male Joûnin looked at her with concern. "He didn't do anything to you before I got there, did he?"
She smiled, looking at him. That was her Kakashi. Always the worrier was he. All she did was gently wrap her arms around him and pulled him into her embrace. She clenched her teeth as it pained her slightly to move her arms that much. But Hikari felt that the pain was worth it...
"...Hmph... Anyway, let me get back those wounds of yours..." he spoke after some time.
Slowly and gently moving out of her arms, Kakashi then continued to clean the cuts. Soon after, he sat back and looked her over once more to make sure he had not missed any.
"Kakashi-san...iie, Kakashi-kun..." Hikari looked at him.
"Hmm?" he asked, blushing slightly.
Looking around her once more, she then moved to kneel on the bed closer to him. All of the windows and doors were locked and covered. The brightness of the moon and star-filled sky gave much light but not like the sun in the daytime and could only peep through the cracks. She felt now was her chance...
She lifted her hands to rest on his broad shoulders as her face neared his. His visible cheek colored slightly, feeling her so close. She gently rests her hands on his cheeks, her fingers curling slightly. With one sudden burst of courage, she quickly pulled down the skin-tight mask from his face and thrust her lips onto his.
Kakashi, startled and wide-eyed, did not respond at first. As Hikari continued to massage his lips with her own, he slowly felt himself relax and ease into it. He then put his arms around her and she fell onto his chest. Making a slight growl, he held her tighter and much closer.
The long moments passed before they broke off their heated kiss. He rubbed her arm as they looked deep into each others' eyes. Kakashi smiled, remembering her touch...her gentle caresses...the taste of her lips...
"Kakashi-kun, I..." she whispered.
He looked at her, waiting for what she had to say. Instead, she kissed his lips once more before resting her head on his chest. Her silver-haired lover just shook his head and began to pass his hand over her back. And they stayed that way, falling into a deep sleep...
The next morning, Hikari found she alone in the bed. Drowsily, she made a small yawn and rubbed her eyes. And then suddenly the smell of cooked food filled her senses. She looked towards the kitchen and found a somewhat sleepy Kakashi. He was reading his book and using his free hand to take some things out of some bags that were on the table.
She slowly rose out of the bed and made her way into the kitchen to join him. Sensing her presence, his visible eye looked over the top of the book and at her. He smiled warmly at her.
"Morning." He greeted her. "Good morning, Kakashi-kun." She replied.
He noticed that she began to stare at the bags. Closing his book, he placed it back into his pouch and continued to take out the things that were still left in the bags.
"What are in those bags? All I see are containers." She spoke.
Taking one container that remained in his hand, he opened it for her to see. It was food. "I did a few things this morning, while you slept. And I figured that you would be hungry when you get up so I bought some stuff to eat."
"Oh, thanks. It looks really good." Hikari stated.
Removing the last of the containers from the bags, Kakashi opened most of them and set them around with some chopsticks and glasses of juice and water. The still somewhat sleepy woman suddenly remembered something...
"Ah, I have to wash up. But I don't have any...thing..." she began.
However, Kakashi expected it and held a small bag in front of her. "I told Hokage-sama about you. So he suggested I should get you some essentials and gave me some extra money."
Looking quite shocked, she took the bag from him and looked into it. It had some cream, toothpaste, toothbrush, and face soap. She quickly looked back up at him. "When did you..."
"Well, I told you that I woke up early today. I did have to teach but I gave my students the day off. So, I went to Hokage-sama where we talked and he gave me the money. Then I told my students and they knew about you already so they kinda' helped me with buying some things for you." Kakashi's face seemed to color slightly.
"Aww, you're so sweet, Kakashi-kun! But are you talking about those three children from yesterday?" she questioned. "Ah, and they seemed to want to get to know you. Since you're with me and all..." he answered. "I guess they're really cautious of who talks to their sensei, ne?" "Yeah. So would you like to go shopping later for the things that you need?"
"That sounds great!" she replied happily.
To be continued...
Miko: Okay so there it is. My first Naruto ficcie. Please review and let me know what you think! I hope you all like it! Ja ne!
Author: Suzaku no miko
Disclaimers: I do not own anything Naruto. I only own my own character, Hikari.
Miko: Here's my first Naruto ficcie! Hope everyone likes it!
Taking the quick jab to her side, she faltered back slightly. Her lip was already bleeding and if she were to take another hit, she didn't know if she would still be conscious afterwards...
"You think you're so tough...why don't you go back to ninja academy and try again?" her attacker taunted.
Bringing her katanas back up, she readied herself for another attack. However, she had been fighting for an extended amount of time and really didn't have any more strength to continue. Her dominant arm hurt with an excruciating amount of pain as she held up the somewhat heavy sword.
"I guess this is it..." she chuckled.
"Guess so...Say your goodbyes!" and with that, the man started to charge after her.
She closed her eyes, waiting for the final blow... She fell back onto the ground, waiting... It never did come...
"How about giving me a chance?" a voice spoke.
The young woman slowly opened her eyes and found someone standing in front of her. Her tired blue-sapphire colored eyes saw nothing but the back of a man with tall silver hair and what seemed to be a bandanna tied around his head. He wore a dark blue jumpsuit with an olive green vest over it. It looked vaguely familiar...
"Go get 'im, Sensei!" another voice cried.
His opponent did not look too pleased with their new guest and was determined to thrust his sword into him. She could not see much of what was going on but her hero would not allow the man to do so...
"Don't you know it's not good to attack a lady...even if she is a ninja?" the silver-haired man grunted.
The two men slowly turned and she could finally see how they were fighting...
'He's only using a kunai?!' she could not believe her eyes.
"Please, come with us, miss." Yet another voice spoke.
The woman quickly turned around, her lengthy midnight-blue colored braid whipped about her. It was just a young pink-haired ninja girl. Apparently she must have been part of the same team as her rescuer. As well as a blonde boy and a dark-haired one.
The girl shinobi helped the woman rise to her feet and led her away from the battle. The three young ones then assisted her to lie back against a fallen tree log. She breathed heavily, watching the fight continue.
It was soon over with the teacher as the victor. He had taken him down by only using the other man's weapon against himself. He had twisted the man's wrist so that the blade narrowly missed his neck, only grazing the skin drawing blood. The mysterious attacker yelped in pain and released the sword, allowing it to fall into the hands of her hero.
Taking the sword now, he hit the back of the man's neck with the hilt and made him fall to the ground. The loser fell to the ground, unconscious and the other took out some rope and tied it very tightly around him, leaving a note for someone to come pick up after him. Making a sigh of relief, the man who had saved her turned around and stuffed his hands into his pockets.
"Wow, Kakashi-sensei! That was so cool!" the blonde shouted.
All of them watched as the man walked towards them. Stopping in front of the woman, he knelt down and looked at her. She looked right back at him.
"What?" she asked.
"What are you doing here?" was all he replied.
His three students looked at the two of them strangely. They do not understand what had just happened.
"How can you ask such a question? First thing, I don't have to answer that. Second, you can't even ask me if I'm okay?" she snapped back.
Kakashi sighed, closing his eye. Maybe she wasn't who he thought she was...
"Are you okay?" the young boy dressed in orange asked.
"I'm fine...thank you." She said, eyeing the Joûnin.
"Hmm...well, this mission is complete. Let's take her to Konoha to be treated and then everyone has to go home and get rest." Kakashi suggested.
"Huh?" was all the woman said.
Not wanting to upset her, Kakashi gingerly placed his hands behind her back and under her legs. In one quick movement, she was resting in his arms. Blushing slightly, and much too exhausted to resist, she allowed herself to be carried by him.
Leaving the forest they were just in, the group brought the woman to their hometown of Konoha. They made their way to the center of the town where they stopped and waited for their instructions from their teacher.
"What are you going to do with her, Kakashi-sensei?" the girl shinobi questioned.
"I'll get her wounds looked at and let her get some rest for tonight. You three get home and rest yourselves. Don't worry; everything is going to be okay." Kakashi stated.
All three of his students nodded and began their trek for home. This left Kakashi with the woman that he seemed to know...or he thought he knew...
"Where are you taking me?" she demanded.
By the time he would respond to her, they were already there...
"My apartment..." he spoke softly.
Gently placing her on the floor, he fished out his key and opened the door. He then quickly picked her back up and entered, managing to close the door behind him. He brought her to his bed and set her down softly.
'For some reason...I feel like I've been here before...and he...Why do I feel like I know him?' she thought to herself, watching as he made his way into the tiny kitchen.
He soon came back with a small glass of water which he handed to her. Looking at him, she took the cup and began to drink the ice-cold water. He sat down on the bed next to her and placed something on the floor.
"A shinobi should never be without the weapons they trained with..." Kakashi said in a near whisper.
"Those are my katanas. ...Thanks..." she answered, softly.
They sat in silence for a few moments more before the woman looked up at him. He smiled gently, taking out a small box from beneath the bed. Curious, she looked and wondered what was in there.
"We have to get you cleaned up and treat those cuts. Don't want you to get infected with something..." he took out some swabs, band aids, other essentials.
He placed them next to her before getting up to go back into the kitchen. There, he took a small bowl filled with water as well as a pitcher he had just filled with more water. He brought these back to where she was still resting and kneeled beside her.
Taking a cloth that was with the medic items, he dipped it into the water- filled bowl and soaked it. He then took it out, squeezing some of the excess out. Placing it over her bruised skin, with the most delicate touch he began to wipe off the dirt and dried blood.
"Does it hurt, Hikari-chan?" he asked suddenly.
This caught the woman off-guard. She looked at him with shocked eyes. Moving back slightly, she tried to remove her arm from his grip. But to no avail, he kept a gentle yet strong grip on her.
"How do you know my name?" she commanded.
Bingo. He was right...all he had to do now was show proof for himself...
Kakashi took her better hand into his own and placed it on his head protector. She watched him with a confused look but did not protest. Instead, she allowed his hand to lead hers and in turn moving his headband onto his forehead. It was then that she noticed his eye...his Sharingan eye...
"Kakashi-san..." she whispered.
At that moment, all of her memories of her teen years came rushing back. How could she have forgotten the man she fell in love with? He did have the Sharingan when she saw him during the last time she was in Konoha... And she had scolded him for not remembering their childhood past, even though it was short.
"Looks like somebody needs to get reprimanded for not remembering..." he said, teasingly.
"Gomen..." she turned away.
Moving slightly closer to her, Kakashi pushed back some stray strands of her hair behind her ear. He kept doing that until she finally looked back up at him. Her eyes seemed to want to cry but they remained dry...
"Can I ask you again as to what you were doing back there?" he inquired. "I was on the trip back to Konoha...I had finally been called back here to teach. But that guy was in my way and I was already tired from the trip. So I really didn't have much energy to defend myself..." Hikari whispered, shyly. "Was he following you?" "For a while he was, but then I thought he got bored and left. I was wrong."
Now the male Joûnin looked at her with concern. "He didn't do anything to you before I got there, did he?"
She smiled, looking at him. That was her Kakashi. Always the worrier was he. All she did was gently wrap her arms around him and pulled him into her embrace. She clenched her teeth as it pained her slightly to move her arms that much. But Hikari felt that the pain was worth it...
"...Hmph... Anyway, let me get back those wounds of yours..." he spoke after some time.
Slowly and gently moving out of her arms, Kakashi then continued to clean the cuts. Soon after, he sat back and looked her over once more to make sure he had not missed any.
"Kakashi-san...iie, Kakashi-kun..." Hikari looked at him.
"Hmm?" he asked, blushing slightly.
Looking around her once more, she then moved to kneel on the bed closer to him. All of the windows and doors were locked and covered. The brightness of the moon and star-filled sky gave much light but not like the sun in the daytime and could only peep through the cracks. She felt now was her chance...
She lifted her hands to rest on his broad shoulders as her face neared his. His visible cheek colored slightly, feeling her so close. She gently rests her hands on his cheeks, her fingers curling slightly. With one sudden burst of courage, she quickly pulled down the skin-tight mask from his face and thrust her lips onto his.
Kakashi, startled and wide-eyed, did not respond at first. As Hikari continued to massage his lips with her own, he slowly felt himself relax and ease into it. He then put his arms around her and she fell onto his chest. Making a slight growl, he held her tighter and much closer.
The long moments passed before they broke off their heated kiss. He rubbed her arm as they looked deep into each others' eyes. Kakashi smiled, remembering her touch...her gentle caresses...the taste of her lips...
"Kakashi-kun, I..." she whispered.
He looked at her, waiting for what she had to say. Instead, she kissed his lips once more before resting her head on his chest. Her silver-haired lover just shook his head and began to pass his hand over her back. And they stayed that way, falling into a deep sleep...
The next morning, Hikari found she alone in the bed. Drowsily, she made a small yawn and rubbed her eyes. And then suddenly the smell of cooked food filled her senses. She looked towards the kitchen and found a somewhat sleepy Kakashi. He was reading his book and using his free hand to take some things out of some bags that were on the table.
She slowly rose out of the bed and made her way into the kitchen to join him. Sensing her presence, his visible eye looked over the top of the book and at her. He smiled warmly at her.
"Morning." He greeted her. "Good morning, Kakashi-kun." She replied.
He noticed that she began to stare at the bags. Closing his book, he placed it back into his pouch and continued to take out the things that were still left in the bags.
"What are in those bags? All I see are containers." She spoke.
Taking one container that remained in his hand, he opened it for her to see. It was food. "I did a few things this morning, while you slept. And I figured that you would be hungry when you get up so I bought some stuff to eat."
"Oh, thanks. It looks really good." Hikari stated.
Removing the last of the containers from the bags, Kakashi opened most of them and set them around with some chopsticks and glasses of juice and water. The still somewhat sleepy woman suddenly remembered something...
"Ah, I have to wash up. But I don't have any...thing..." she began.
However, Kakashi expected it and held a small bag in front of her. "I told Hokage-sama about you. So he suggested I should get you some essentials and gave me some extra money."
Looking quite shocked, she took the bag from him and looked into it. It had some cream, toothpaste, toothbrush, and face soap. She quickly looked back up at him. "When did you..."
"Well, I told you that I woke up early today. I did have to teach but I gave my students the day off. So, I went to Hokage-sama where we talked and he gave me the money. Then I told my students and they knew about you already so they kinda' helped me with buying some things for you." Kakashi's face seemed to color slightly.
"Aww, you're so sweet, Kakashi-kun! But are you talking about those three children from yesterday?" she questioned. "Ah, and they seemed to want to get to know you. Since you're with me and all..." he answered. "I guess they're really cautious of who talks to their sensei, ne?" "Yeah. So would you like to go shopping later for the things that you need?"
"That sounds great!" she replied happily.
To be continued...
Miko: Okay so there it is. My first Naruto ficcie. Please review and let me know what you think! I hope you all like it! Ja ne!