Edited 12/4/2011

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"Kakashi how could you let this happen?~!," The lady Hokage's voice was as dark and loud as the aura that was circling around her busty form.

The copy-ninja continued to stare at the wall in front of him with a bored expression, he knew he was being childish but he was hurt damnit he had a right to be! Even if this was only a minor injury.

All of those ninja jumping at him from all angles, weapons drawn, there were just too many to take on still managed to complete the mission he had been assigned but at the cost of his physical health and a little chunk of his pride.

And maybe some of his hair, he felt a breeze on his head where there had never been a breeze before.

Or maybe he was just getting old, because that was something he wanted to think about.

He held in a hiss when Tsunade's knuckles scrapped down the only recently closed wound on his shoulder blade.

The blade of a well kept Katana in the hands of a swordsman brought nothing but pain.

If the highly skilled medic wanted to she could make this day even worse for him. Just one slip of her finger and he could be here for another week, doppled over in agony.

"You're such a fool," With that one statement she removed dropped her hand back down to her side, a heavy breath passed through her nose before turning to leave, "Get some rest, I'll have a nurse bring some food later,"

Kakashi let out a sigh when the door and the frame met with a 'tink'.

Tsunade had cut him a break for now but he was going to get punished for taking on the 3-man-or-more mission alone, he knew it, and knowing the sandy haired woman it would probably involve his food or some kind of psychological torment.

Leaning back slowly so as not to re-open his wound he closed his eyes and drifted off, sitting upright against the wall. He awoke a few moments later to the sound of foot steps and talking.

"Are you sure we should do this Lady Tsunade? He'll probably get angry," That was Shizune.

"Are you sure we're both speaking of the same man?," The second voice carried heavy sarcasm.

'And that is definitely Lady Tsunade,' The Jounin thought. His ears perking at the sound of much lighter footsteps that gave off a sticky noise every time the skin left contact with the wooden floors, this one was barefoot, another patient?

His punishment perhaps?

He frowned, he may not like inviting people into his home however having a room mate in the hospital was far from rare, in fact he'd had several before and with Tsunade as the lead medic no less, she knew he didn't mind other people being around as long as they didn't bother him while he was sleeping.

And no it wasn't easy to wake him up, years of going on missions with Naruto had desensitized him for the most part.

"We'll be right back," Tsunade's and shizune's chakra's quickly vanished from the room. With the coast clear Kakashi cracked his right eye open and turned his head to look at the person. His dark orb widened.

Sitting in the bed on the other side of the room was a little brown haired girl, with fair skin, she didn't look older than seven or eight years-old -based on her build- but her arms and neck where covered in bandages.

His heart thumped when her large brown eyes turned to look at him, "Rin," the whisper left his lips before he could stop them.

The small girl gave him a confused look and cocked her head mutely to the side. Her mouth cracked open like she was going to say something but quickly caught her tongue when saw anger flash across his face.

'No,' he thought his eyes scanning over her face, she had no markings. This girl only looked like Rin.

Really looked like her, but she wasn't her.

Pure rage bubbled up in his veins as he looked away from her and out the window, his eyebrows furrowed and his eye narrowed at the dark silhouetted village.

"U-um," his ear twitched, "I was..I-uh...What's your name?," the girl asked in a high timid voice.

It contrasted her looks, it was soft and deep -not even close to Rin's- and the meekness of it showed that she was probably being more confident than she usually was, also unlike his past team-mate who would face just about anything without fear.

"KAKASHI! OBITO! PLEASE HELP!," the voice rung in his head.

"That-um, Lady said that I would be staying here for a little while...I-," she halted when Kakashi pulled off his covers and swung his legs over the edge of the bed.

She watched him he stand and with a slight limp go over to the open window.

Before he leaped into the dark abyss beyond the safety of the hospital room he heard her voice ring again, "I'm sorry for bothering you,"

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Kakashi climbed into to his bed, snaking his way under the covers,(Psychi-torment-: 1 -Kakashi: 0) he had managed to avoid waking the summoning animals that slept in various places around the apartment.

At least he thought he had until the light clicking sounds of the little pug's -Pakkun's- freshly clipped nails made him snap his eye open and glare up at the ceiling in annoyance, he was not in the mood to talk to him -or anyone for that matter- right now. He just wanted to forget about what happened and get some peace for a while.

He was going to get an even harsher punishment for sneaking out the hospital and now he was going to get a scolding from Pakkun? Like hell he was.

So he stayed as quiet and still as possible, feeling Pakkun's eye burn into the large lump of sheets that covered him from the floor below.

"I know you're awake," he grumbled, none to happy with the silver haired ninja for trying to treat him like the run-of-the mill lap dog with a brain the size of a walnut.

"What do you want Pakkun?," Kakashi relented with a heavy sigh.

"I wanted to see what all the stomping was about,"

The jounin inwardly cursed himself, why did he have to so noisy when he was angry?, "It's nothing. I'm just a little upset about Tsunade's punishment for me getting hurt on my mission,"

"Oh? What did she do?," Pakkun had been there when his master got hurt, he thought the wound had been quite severe - humans were such fragile things after all - and while he wasn't sure why he was out of the hospital so soon, he was pretty sure Kakashi would live if he managed to make so much noise just getting to his room.

"She gave me a room mate,"

If Pakkun was human he would have raised an eyebrow, Kakashi had shared a room with people before, a few times were with the Kyuubi brat.

What could've been so bad about this person?

"And?," he pushed eager to hear more about this person.

"And I snuck out of the hospital and came home," But it appeared he wasn't going to get the satisfaction.

And he wasn't the least bit surprised about not getting what he wanted.

Kakashi was stubborn

No he was beyond stubborn, he was as thick headed as a mule. Like sensei like student, as the old saying goes.

And when he was like this it only ever served to make Pakkun more curious.

Now he wasn't one to hold onto things -unless it was rawhide- but this sparked his curiosity, if Kakashi was being secretive about it, he would just have to find out on his own. one way or another.

-Next morning-

The copy-ninja yawned and stretched out in his bed, giving a little wince at the sore wound on his shoulder rubbed against the sheets. The friction scrapped off a bit of the scab and caused it to start oozing familiar red fluid.

"The past couple of days have not been my best, huh Pakkun?," He said aloud, expecting to hear the usual retort of 'Quit your whining and just be happy your alive' but it never came.

He sat up and looked around.

The little pug wasn't there. For a moment he was suspicious, had he gone to the hospital?

But soon shrugged off all the thoughts running through his head.

Pakkun often wandered off to find something more interesting to do while waiting for his master to wake up every day.

Kakashi was thankful for that, he really didn't want to deal with the inevitable questions the little pug would have had ready for him.

-With Pakkun-

The small canine slipped through the few shadows running along the sides of bushes and small trees leading up to the hospitals entrance, he gave a light shiver as a cold wind blew into his face.

The temperatures always plummeted when the sun went down -they where approaching fall after all- and it usually took a while for it to get warm again.

Luckily, he knew he wouldn't be outside much longer.

His claws clicked against the cement ground as he strided up to the building, staying as far out sight as he could manage given the lack of coverage.

"Come on Shion," A man said holding the door open for a woman holding a small blue bundle.

Pakkun's jowls rose in a smirk, this was his chance.

With lightning speed the dog darted through the opening just as it was inches away from closing, once inside his momentum picked up into a dark blur, not wanted to be seen by any of the nurses who would promptly throw him out, ninja or not.

He flew past nurses and narrowly avoided colliding with an elderly patient all to come to a grinding halt when the hallway split into two different directions.

He rose his snout and sniffed the air, catching the faint scent of his master he padded down the hall to his right, nose still aimed upwards.

"-I'll be by later to pick up your tray," The head nurse, Keena, gently closed the door to a room. She went down the hall, her eyes strait forward, her usual no-non-sense face as cold as ever.

Pakkun watched her walk past the plant in which he had hidden himself and snickered once she was out of sight.

Humans.

-In the room-

The little brunette girl slowly bit into the sandwich the nurse had given her and gave a look of disgust the second it hit her taste buds.

She quickly grabbed the napkin off the metal tray on her lap and spit her food into it, "Tomatos," she said with distaste, rolling up the paper and placing it back onto the tray..

She picked through the items in between the slices of whole wheat bread, giving a sigh when she realized the sliced red fruit was sitting on the very bottom, its sweet juice stained the dark bread, "That's so wrong," she put the sandwich down.

No way she was going to eat that.

On the other side of the sliding door Pakkun was pawing at the opening like his life depended on getting into the room. The thought that he looked like a cat passed his mind but was quickly squashed as the door opened wider and wider until it was big enough for the little dog to squeeze through without too much trouble.

He sighed inwardly in relief as he pushed his large head through, his body quickly following.

"Doggy?," Pakkun gazed up. His wide eyes meeting a pair of dark brown ones.

His floppy ears twitched back for a second, thinking over the how he could ask if he was in the right room.

The girl gave a giggle, amused at the little twitch, tearing off a bit of the sandwich she brought it down to his level over the edge of the bed, "Here boy,"

"I'm not hungry," Pakkun said, his stomach immediately letting out an unheard grumble of disagreement.

"Y-you c-can talk?~!," the piece of sandwich hit the ground, its insides falling out and scattering across the floor.

"Yes..What's wrong haven't you ever heard of Summoning animals?,"

The brunette shook her head ,making the rough looking locks fly into her face, she let out an 'Uh-uh' to say she had no idea as to what he was talking about.

Pakkun blinked at her, "Hmm, well how about you give me another bit of that sandwhich and I explain it to you?,"

the girl's face lit up and she nodded, patting the spot next to her.

He grunted ,and with a little bit of assistance, made his way onto the soft bed.