An Imperfect Love Story

Kakashi x OC

A/N: This story is written in first person, and takes place...well. No random theme is set, just go along with it. :) It takes place during part one of the manga and anime. This is my first story ever written. I had written the story down in notebooks, (which I am still doing) and then I type it on here. It takes a while, but oh well. My love of writing gets the best of me. Well, enjoy! By the way, this is multi-chaptered.

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto. Or the characters. Or any other thing that may be in Naruto. If I did, Kakashi would be mine. :)

Key:

'...' denotes thoughts

"..." denotes speaking

in bold print denotes a flashback or a scenery change.

-Character Introduction-

First of all, let me introduce myself. My name is Akara, but people who know me call me Kara for short. I'm originally from the Village Hidden in the Clouds, or Kumogakure of the Lightning Nation. I moved here after my parents passed, but after a while I had to leave because of an emergency. After everything was cleared up, I moved back here to settle down. I've been here for a while, and I'm a jonin, so I know my way around things. I was born into a clan that practices special ninjutsu. This ninjutsu has four stages, causing black marks to appear on the user's body and giving them incredible amounts of speed, agility, strength, and unreleased amounts of chakra. These four stages are: Awakening One, Awakening Two, Awakening Three, and Awakening Three: Complete. So far, I have been the only one in my entire clan to awaken the third stage..and live. I was in the Medical Corps back in Kumogakure for a while, and I specialized in healing jutsu. I've created some of my own, to say the least, and helped many of the Hidden Leaf ninja during the Great War.

Part One: The Reunion

I was walking through the forst of Konoha, hearing the occasional birds chirping and twigs snapping, looking for a place to sit down and rest. I saw a clearing up ahead and decided that it was my resting place. I had just came back from a mission earlier this morning, and I took a walk to relieve stress and calm down. Not that the mission didn't go well, because it did, I was just tired. I had knew about the mission the day before, considering it was an S-Ranked and the Hokage informed me about it. The mission was pretty tough, considering I barely made it out of there alive.

Anyway, I was almost to the clearing ahead when I was shocked by what I saw. I knew I wasn't in the forest alone, because everyone takes walks in the forest, right? But I wasn't prepared for the man I saw before my very eyes. The man before me was the reason I was still living. The man before me was the reason I actually came into the forest in the first place. The man before me was the renowned 'copycat-ninja', Kakashi Hatake. So I just sat there, staring at him. I moved back and stepped on a twig or something. 'Great, Now I've done it.' I thought, cursing my lack of gracefulness. I went behind a tree to hide, in which the tree didn't actually do the perfect job. I saw him look around in my direction, but I knew he couldn't see me. At least I hope he couldn't. I hoped to Kami that he couldn't. I sat there, wondering if I should go show myself or stay low.

I'd been trying to find the man ever since I'd moved, going to place to place, searching everywhere. 'He hasn't changed much.' I thought, making a once-over of his physical appearance. I laughed quietly, knowing he hasn't stopped his love for the Make-Out Paradise series. He was reading it alone, glancing around every while or so, probably to see if anyone was around. I still wondered if he knew I was there. I looked around to see if I could move to a better spot, but once I looked back, he was gone. 'What?! Oh, great. Nice one, Kara. You had your chance and you blew it.' I rolled my eyes at my inner thoughts. I felt someone tap my shoulder. 'This better not be who I think it is..' I turned around and almost fell over.

"Hello, Akara." Kakashi said, not putting his book away. I fell and rolled down the hill I was on and hit my head against the tree. I rubbed my head as he walked over to me. He held out his hand and helped me up.

"What brings you here?" he asked, finally putting his book back in his weapon pocket. I had to think of an excuse, and quick. You don't just go around telling people that you've been trying to find them for the past twenty-some years.

"I..uh...well...I was..watching grass grow. Pretty interesting, huh?" I said, knowing my lame excuse wasn't any help. He laughed softly. And I just stood there, looking like a complete idiot in front of the man I've been trying to find and fell in love with. He whispered something to himself that I couldn't make out, wondering if I should have understood it or not. Silence. Complete and total silence. He finally spoke.

"Nice to see you again." he said, darting his visible eye around the woods, as if looking for a conversation topic.

"Nice to..see you too.." I trailed off, bouncing back and forth on my heels. And there went the silence again. I glanced up at him. Telling by the movements of his hands and the way he was looking around, I could tell he was either nervous or probably thinking.

"I uh..have to..tell you..something." he finally said. And I just stood there again, thinking that he was with someone else and that he probably had a reason why I was in here. Alone. Following him. 'This isn't going well...I'd better go..' I thought. I hesitated to speak.

"What is it?"

He hesitated for a moment, probably thinking of what should come next.

"I..." he started, nervous. I couldn't take it anymore. The tension was killing me inside. I had to say something before I blew up and started to run away. I put my head and my hands and said something I've always wanted to.

"Kakashi, I love you." I said, muffling my sound, not looking up. The silence deadpanned around us. I was waiting for an answer, probably being something like, "I'm sorry, but I don't feel the same way." or no answer, just running away. I felt a strong hand on my shoulder as I slouched down. 'Oh, Kami. What have I done..' I thought, on the verge of tears.

"I love you too." he finally said. I hit the breaking point. I was slightly crying, hoping that I wouldn't give it away to him.

As if I hadn't heard it the first time, believe me I did, I asked, "What?"

"I love you too." he repeated, looking me in the eye this time. He helped me back up and stared into my eyes. I pulled down his mask and did something I've always wanted to. I kissed him gently, and he got closer to deepen it. By the passion of it, I knew this wasn't some one-time thing with him. He broke free and finally spoke.

"I want you...to be with me." he said, forehead pressed against mine and intertwining my fingers in his hands. "I care about you. I don't want to see you leave again. This time, I want us to be together...forever." he said once more, bringing me closer. I nodded quickly, hugging up to his chest, burying my head in his jonin vest. He hugged me tighter as we just stood there, quietly longing for each other since we hadn't saw one another in so long. "Wanna go somewhere?" he whispered quietly, almost inaudible. I nodded.

--That Night--

Kakashi and I walked home after returning from the festival in Tanzaku Town. We stopped at my house, despite my desire to go home with him and just hug him all night, we stopped. "Well, here we are." he said, smiling underneath his mask.

"Yep." I said, rocking back and forth on the heels of my shoes. He took my forearm and pulled me close. I smiled as he kissed me goodnight.

"Goodnight, sleep tight." he said, grinning.

"Goodnight. You too." I said, waving as I watched him out of sight. I walked into my empty apartment, looking around and turning on the light. I smiled at my thoughts. 'It's always the quiet ones who are good at this stuff.' I thought, laughing out loud.