I will state this now I do not own Naruto or any related indica. Yukiko is my own creation as a character she is mine as is the village of Rin and my invented people.

Crimson Snowfall

The soft squishing of mud was all I heard from my own boots as I walked the humid, hot, wet path that wound its way in front of me. The forest around me was so green it felt like I was trapped in an emerald cage where forms of flora fed off of one another and the damp climate they inhibited. I sighed and pulled a sandwich out of my traveling pack. I had been on the road now for quite a while. I was an assassin who had left home high in the western mountains across the desert and plains to find something I had longed for since I was a small child.

My past was rather odd from most children. To start I was found outside of a Shinto gate to the infamous Rin Village of assassins. No one knew how I had managed to get there, a screaming baby for only a few months left in the snow. That's how I was found.

I was taken in by the village and raised like any child was expected to in the village; to become a skilled assassin. It was a long journey with many pains both physical and mental. I was the pride of the village, the found baby girl that would be the next yukikage. I had strange talents that increased my field of visioion, see chakra points and could see through any genjutsu and create genjutsu that would last days to my opponent. The other village inhabitants were afraid of my talents, they warned their children about me and many of the adults treated me with utter respect. Not many children at the age of 13 managed to kill an entire platoon of elite assassins from rock country in ten minutes. But I could and I did. But once I became a trained assassin and was assigned to a platoon I thought I had something that no one could take away from me. I had friends that loved me like a sister and I loved one as a brother and another as my future husband and a teacher who I loved like a father. But they were snatched away from me in one fatal battle. My teacher fled the village after that for unknown reasons. But before he left he told me to leave Rin and search for my own happiness, whatever the cost.

So here I was, covered in mud and soggy from the never ending rainfall, leagues away from home and was eating a peanut butter sandwich did I mention covered in mud? Life was amazing, not. I finished my lunch and started walking again. I knew I was in a ninja province because I had felt the masked chakra from their elite teams doing regular checks on me as I progressed my way through the forest.

Currently I was on my way to the head village of Konoha in order to speak with their kage to see if they wanted my services as an assassin. It was not uncommon for Rin assassins to do as such. Some assassin would leave Rin for years on traveling expeditions to foreign countries for money or just for fun. I was on a mission as I said before.

That was probably the only reason the patrols hadn't attacked me yet was probably because of my purple cloak and black face mask that was standard for all Rin assassins. I continued through the thick underbrush as soon I noticed the vague shape of a large red gate come into view through the thick trees.

The gates were painted a bright red with FIRE written in bold letters across the two open doors. The muddy path opened into cobblestones as I stepped through the gate. To my left there were two young men looking distinctly bored as they had their feet up on the table.

'Um excuse me, can you point me the way to the kage's office?' I asked as one of the chounin with spiky black hair and a white bandage over his nose jumped to his feet. I jumped back at the sudden motion as the other had on a bandana with his hair over one eye.

'Uh yes, but first we need to know what you are doing in the village" the spiky haired one waved to the other as he disappeared in a poof of smoke. I nodded and came closer to the table. He looked up at me and seemed taken aback as he looked at my eyes. I had rather unique eyes. It looked like I had no pupil and my iris had taken over and made the whole segment look a glacier ice blue green colour. He handed me a few papers as I filled them out. They were pretty routine like occupation, name, country of birth, such things that were standard. I filled them out as the other young man brought two masked guards with him.

The spiky haired one gave my paperwork a glance before his eyes widened. He wrote something on a note pad before sticking it onto my paperwork and handed it to one of the cat masked guards. The guard nodded and disappeared as I turned back to the two at the table.

'If you would follow the Anbu captain to the hokage's office your paperwork has been sent ahead.' The man with his hair flipped over smiled at me as I bowed to them and followed the Anbu guard. This village was rather fussy it seemed about security as I followed the guard through the cheery little town.

All of the buildings were painted in happy colours of reds and yellows accented by blues and greens. Villagers watched me with interest as I walked beside the guard. Children ran and laughed chasing dogs or one another as delicious smells from restaurants just asked me to sit down to try some. We passed some training grounds where I could hear people practicing from their shouts and clang of weapons. There was a school where children were leaving for the day waving good bye to friends before meeting siblings for supper.

The hokage's building was up the road from the hospital as I noticed the huge carvings of men and a woman carved into the rock behind the building. This village was huge! I couldn't stop looking around as the guard ushered me through the doors to a reception room that was rather bland. It was designed in tones of brown as the guard told me to wait there. I took a seat in one of the large brown chairs as the receptionist looked at me with annoyance. I just sat calmly waiting for whoever was tying up the hokage to be done.

It was much cooler and less humid in the buildings as I shook out my wet hair making the receptionist even more annoyed at the fact that not only was I making her chairs soggy from my cloak but was spraying the water all over her nicely waxed floor. Showed her for having such a boring reception area. I really hated waiting as I bounced my leg my boots leaving dirty smears on the floor. I ignored the receptionist as I heard a door click from down the hall as a mix of voices poured out into the silent hallway.

I sat and watched as five people walked past me all talking rather loudly. There were three teenagers. A pink haired girl who seemed quite pretty except for her rather large forehead who stood next to a black haired boy that stayed quiet as he looked rather annoyed at listening to the blonde boy beside him who was chatting up a storm. Behind the blonde was a huge man with white hair and black facial tattoos who seemed to enjoy laughing at the blonde. Behind the girl was a tall man with an athletic build with gravity defying white hair. They passed me as I locked eyes with the gravity defying hair guy. He seemed vaguely familiar as he raised an eyebrow before they all disappeared out of the doors.

That was weird. I turned and nearly leapt out of my seat in fright because the receptionist was glaring down at me with such intensity I thought she was going to murder me right then and there.

"The Hokage will see you now' she snapped as I nodded and bolted down the hall. The woman was terrifying! I stopped running in front of two large doors marked FIRE with two more Anbu guards outside. I could tell they were amused by my antics as I nodded and collected my nerve before entering the office.

I hated interviews. And I immediately knew the Hokage didn't like me. I was screwed.

The circular office had paper everywhere as a blonde woman sat behind a large brown desk with a brown haired woman standing beside her with a pig in her arms. I bowed and looked at them. The blonde woman just looked irritated as I tried my best to smile.

"So Assassin what do you want?" she asked as I was rather surprised at her blunt report.

'I'm here to offer my skills to your village. I am a highly trained ninja on par with any of your Anbu teams and am willing to work for your village for a small fee. If you do not wish for my skills I will leave the village immediately.' I said as the blonde woman looked at me. The brunette seemed rather surprised. Had they never heard of wandering assassins that offered their skills for room and board?

There was a nose just outside of the window to the left of the Hokage. It was definitely a person as I noticed their chakra was masked rather well. Inside my cloak I pulled out two ninja stars and never looking away from the hokage threw them at the curtain. The Hokage didn't even blink as the brunette jumped. There was a chuckle before the white haired man with strange hair appeared from behind the curtain.

The Hokage looked intrigued as the brunette looked utterly confused and scared. The white haired man twirled one of the stars on his finger as the Hokage actually gave a slight smile.

'You're very talented Miss" he nodded at me as I thanked him. I looked at the Hokage, she seemed more intrigued by our little interaction than by actually thinking of hiring me. And I really needed this job as I shifted my weight to my other leg. "I think she could be an asset especially in light of certain circumstances Hokage-sama' he said as the blonde smiled and laughed. This surprised me, this guy was vouching for a stranger?

'I was already going to hire her Kakashi. We need many more jounins than we have. I'm not going to look a gift horse in the mouth.' she gave me an irritated glance. I tried my best to smile under her glare but it failed miserably. Kakashi seemed rather pleased by this news as he handed my weapons back. I stuck them back into my leather holster as the Hokage was busy scribbling something on paper. I waited as Kakashi stood next to me looking rather bored by the whole affair. What a weirdo.

'Here. Kakashi she is assigned with your squad for now. She will also work independently as I wish depending on the mission. She will be lodging with-' the hokage looked down a roster it seemed as a devious smile seemed to cross her face. I felt my stomach drop. 'Sasuke and Naruto. They have a spare room don't they?' she seemed too smug as Kakashi just nodded. She waved us from the room as I followed Kakashi.

We passed the receptionist as she glared at me and I attempted to hide behind my new teammate. Her glare following us out the doors and into the late afternoon light before the doors swung shut behind us. Once we were outside I let out a deep breath and let the straps on my pack loosen.

'That woman is terrifying' I muttered more to myself as I brushed my hair out of my face. There was a chuckle beside me as I looked over at the tall man. 'what?' I asked rather annoyed that he was eavesdropping on my muttering.

'nothing, the hokage really isn't that bad' he stated as I stared at him then laughed. He seemed confused as I shook my head.

'No, no I meant the receptionist.' I stated as Kakashi gave a nod and his one visible eye crinkled a little as if he were smiling.

'Yes, she is frightening isn't she?' he said as he pulled a book out of his pocket. I looked at the label. Make out Tactics. I blinked as he started walking. I followed reading the blurb on the back as my eye twitched. He was reading porn! This guy definitely had some serious issues if he were walking around publicly reading X rated novels. This was definitely going to be interesting if I was stuck with captain porn.

We walked a little further until we were standing on a little bridge, I watched the water ebb and flow beneath the little foot path as Kakashi turned and put his book back into his vest.

'So tell me a bit about yourself. I'm Kakashi Hatake also known as the copy-ninja' he said as my mind clicked from where I knew him. I had fought this man before but at the time I had been a child and he had been an Anbu captain. He watched me with a guarded expression as I wondered if he remembered me from all of those years ago. Not likely seeing as all I remembered of the battle was not being able to take my eyes off of him even for a split second. 'Hello? You still in there?' he waved his hand in front of me as I shook my head.

'Sorry, I'm Yukiko from the Village hidden in the ice.' I said as I gave my friendliest smile. He seemed amused by me as he ran a hand through his odd hair.

'Don't you have a family name?' he asked as I knew he was only curious. It was odd for people not to have last names.

'No, I'm an orphan. I never knew who my parents were. I was found in a blizzard by one of the ice patrols returning on a mission.' I shrugged as Kakashi's visible eye narrowed. He seemed on edge all of a sudden as I checked the area around us. There was nothing. 'Are you alright?' I asked as suddenly he looked bored once again.

'Perfectly fine. Now shall I show you your new room mates?' he asked as I nodded. He led the way as we passed a cute flower shop where a blonde girl was talking with a rather large young man in battle armor and a scruffy boy with his hair in a ponytail who looked distinctly bored listened. The blonde waved at Kakashi as he held up a hand in greeting. They all turned to stare at me as I smiled and kept pace with captain porn.

We continued along as I noticed strings of lanterns beginning to light up. At least the town I had picked for my stay was pretty. Not like some of the other villages I'd stayed in. We passed a small bar where there were a lot of drunken shouts and laughter. I looked at my pocket watch. It was only 5 in the evening and they were already drunk! I laughed as I heard a few cat calls in my direction.

Kakashi looked back at me as I met his dark brown eye with a raised eyebrow before he turned back to the road in front of us. I shook my head as we rounded a corner and a group of people we walking toward us.

'Kakashi! Who's your new little friend?' A handsome man with a senbon needle between his teeth asked as he was smacked up the side of the head by a pretty lady with blazing red eyes and black hair. I looked at Kakashi as he glanced at the people in front of us. There was also a man in a green unitard that really scared me and a woman with an enormous dog that stood almost to her chest. I blinked. What oh what had I gotten myself into?

"Everyone this is Yukiko. She's a new Jounin transferred from… uh?' he looked at me as I gave him a bland look. Well at least he remembered my name. I turned to the others with a smile.

'Hi, I'm Yukiko from the Village hidden in the Ice and this idiot cant seem to remember much more than my name. It's a pleasure to meet you' I smiled as suddenly the guy in the green unitard was holding my hand.

'I am sorry miss for kakashi's in excusably rude actions of not remembering where you are from! Welcome to Konoha! I am the great fabled Green beast of Konoha also known as Maito Gai!-' He continued talking as I tried not be rude but this guy was insanely weird as he apologized about Kakashi's rudeness and talked about spring of youth or something. I looked at my escort for help only to find him reading porn.

My mouth dropped open. He didn't even care enough to help me? JERK! I looked at the man who's eyebrows looked like they were their own entities as I gently pulled my hand back from him.

'It's a pleasure to meet you Gai-san' I said as He stopped and gave a piercing smile that nearly blinded me by their whiteness. Good lord!

'Eh, Gai stop scaring her.' The red eyed woman said as he fell silent and the guy with the senbon needle clicked it between his teeth. 'I'm Kurenai, this is Genma and Tsume with her familiar Kuromaru' She pointed to the senbon needly guy, the girl with had wild hair and purple facial tattoos and the horse of a dog beside her.

'Nice to meet you' Kuromaru said as I smiled. It had been a long time since I had heard an animal talk. The only ones who had in the mountains were the snow leopards that very few people had a connection to.

'It's nice to meet you too Kuromaru-san' I said as the dog's tail wagged slightly as he looked up at his owner.

'She seems very polite and bright Tsume. Hokage-sama chose well for a foreigner' he said as a blush worked its way to my face. I was glad for my mask then as I glanced at Kakashi who was still engrossed in his book.

'Hey captain porn can you show me where I'm staying please?' I asked as I heard a snicker from Genma and Gai as Kakashi looked up at me.

'It's not very nice to call people names Ice queen. But if you persist I will show your lodgings.' He stated as I turned a frosty glare on him. A chorus of laughter broke out as I jump and looked at the others.

'She has a glare that could rival an Uchiha! This should be interesting working with you Yukiko-san!' Kurenai giggled as I wondered what an Uchiha was before Kakashi started walking again. I turned to follow him.

'Hey Kakashi! Meet us at the senbon tonight!' Genma called as they disappeared from view around a corner. I caught up to Kakashi as he stepped up a few stairs to a nice looking little house with white siding and dark green shutters on the windows.

Kakashi opened the door and walked in as I stood on the threshold. It was quite cozy with dark hardwood floors. There was a little entranceway with tile and a closet to my right. Past the was a living room with big fluffy looking white couches and a Tv. There was an staircase to my left and what looked like a smaller room that I assumed was for laundry. Behind the living room was the kitchen it seemed where there was an opening to see over the stove and counter where black cupboards looked at me. The dining room was to the right of the Kitchen with big windows along the back of the house facing a rather pathetic back yard that had a nice patio and a sorry looking tree.

'Naruto, Sasuke.' Kakashi called as I followed him into the kitchen. My socks slipping a little on the polished floorboards as we entered the kitchen. A bleep bloop noise caught my attention as I saw the blonde boy from earlier playing a video game with his tongue sticking out of the corner of his mouth.

'Naruto where is Sasuke?' Kakashi asked as Naruto shrugged. Well he was quite talkative it seemed as He glanced over at us before going back to his game.

'why is Hinata here?' naruto asked never looking away from the screen as I looked at Kakashi. Who was Hinata?

'This isn't Hinata this is your new roommate Yukiko' Kakashi said as Naruto turned to stare at me. I gave a small wave as suddenly the tall boy was right up in my face.

'Hey! I'm Naruto Uzumaki, I guess you're my new roommate are you related to Hinata? Where are you from? What rank are you? Do you like Ramen? How do you know Kakashi-sensei?' I blinked and took a step back from the young man. He was definitely energetic as there was a cough from behind me.

'Why is Hinata here?' the voice was lower and colder as I turned to see the black haired boy from earlier today staring at me rather coldly. I blinked. I hadn't realized how much this young man had looked like my teacher all those years ago when we had found him freezing to death in Kikyo pass.

'This is our new roommate! uh….. what's your name again?' Naruto asked as I dead panned. Kakashi gave a chuckle as I shot him a don't-start-with-me-now look as the jounin put up his hands in an apology.

'My name is Yukiko. Remember it.' I said as I shifted my rather heavy pack from my shoulders to the floor with a heavy thud. I looked at the three men standing around the room watching me as I stood and removed my soggy cloak and draped it over my pack. I wasn't wearing anything special just a pair of black pants with my holster on my hip. A mesh shirt with my mask vest underneath and a red yukata loosely fastened with a white obi over it covered by an unzipped high collared white coat with my villages symbol embroidered onto the shoulders.

My headband was being used as a head band to hold back my long dark purple hair. I looked at Kakashi as he suddenly had a really bad nosebleed and fell to the ground twitching. Naruto burst into laughter as I looked over at the man who was now twitching only once in awhile but looked completely happy.

RIIIIIIIIIIGHT. Point to me, I managed to give captain porn an erection just by removing a traveling cloak. I admitted I wasn't the skinniest girl but I did love my wonderful curves.

'So who's hungry?' I said clapping my hands together as naruto looked at me like I was a god. The guy who I assumed was Sasuke just gave a 'hn' and walked over to Naruto's abandoned game giving his sensei a poke with his foot on the way. I stifled a laugh as Kakashi came around and sat up looking bored once again.

I looked in the fridge to find little of anything as Naruto hovered over my shoulder looking in the fridge around me. I shook my head and pulled out a few carrots, turnip, and a big potatoe. I poked around in the freezer finding a frozen steak that I could used for a base of a stew.

'Anyone vegetarian?' I asked as they all gave me a look like I was crazy or something. I guessed not as I fried up the steak and put the veggies and a bit of water in the bottom and left it to simmer. Kakashi had taken to reading another one of his books as Naruto was watching T.V. with Sasuke.

'So…. How old are you boys? 16, 17?' I asked leaning against the bar as Naruto gazed at me from the T.v. Kakashi looked at me. I guessed Kakashi to be about 29-30 somewhere around that mark as I looked that the two teenagers.

'Well everyone just turned 17 and my birthday is coming up in a week so yea' Naruto said lamely as I smiled. So these boys were smack in the middle of teenagerdom. Poor souls.

'What about you Yukiko-san?' Kakashi's smooth voice washed over me as I looked at the tall man who was looking at me with his one visible eye. I thought for a minute.

'What month and year is it?' I asked as it was Sasuke who surprised me with the answer.

'October 2, 2008' he stated as I did the math. HOLY CRAP I WAS turning 22 in 3 months! I hadn't realized I'd been traveling for over two years.

'Well I'm turning 23 in January' I stated as Naruto whistled.

'Damn, I thought you were only like 19 well I'm out!' Naruto said as he earned a glare from me. I was not that old!

Kakashi gave a chuckle and stood. He brush past me and stirred the food on the stove. It was beginning to smell awesome as I noticed he'd left his book on the table unattended. I walked over and picked it up. I was curious as to what could possibly make this interesting in the slightest way. I flipped open to the most worn pages in the book and started reading.

Her eyes glowed with lust as he whispered huskily into her ear. He didn't know why she had this effect on him. This pull as her hands dipped lower earning a moan from his stressed body.

'why?' he asked as she brushed a long strand of toffee hair back from her dark brown viscous eyes.

'I've been meaning to discuss some private matters with you' she whispered lustfully as he fought the urge to tear her clothes off of her and-

'WHAT THE HELL!?' I shreaked throwing the book clear across the room where Kakashi was instantly to catch his precious novella but ended up having it smack him in the face instead. 'THAT IS NOT APPROPRIATE FOR ANYONE!!' I roared as Naruto snickered and Kakashi rubbed the spot where the book had hit him.

'I never asked you to approve my reading choices and this is classic literature' he stated as I fumed.

'Classic literature my ass!' I said as Kakashi gave a crinkled eye smile.

'And a fine one it is at that' he stated as I heard Naruto gag as I rolled my eyes. He was a pathetic flirt. Probably from those badly written books as I crossed my arms.' Your foods done by the way' Kakashi said as I noticed he now held a bowl of stew in his hand. I blinked then looked from the stove to him. Man this guy was fast, now I knew why I had needed my special abilities to follow him when I fought him all of those years ago.

Naruto and Sasuke grabbed bowls of food and sat at the table as I joined the three men.

'So Yukiko-san, What level of Ninja are you?' Naruto asked already on his second bowl of food. The boy could really pack away food as I noticed someone steal the last piece of bread. I cut another as I thought of the best way to explain it.

'I'm an assassin. I'm technically on par with your Anbu teams? Is that what they're called?' I took a bite of bread as Naruto's mouth opened up. Sasuke looked slightly interested as Kakashi was already done and reading his book.

'So, why are you in Konoha then?' Sasuke asked as I blinked.

'have you never heard of Ice assassins?' I asked as naruto shook his head and Sasuke looked at me icily. I shrugged, well there was always worse they could be naieve about. "ok lets see. My village allows its ninjas to go anywhere we please without direction from our Kage once we reach a certain level of training. This allows Ice ninjas to leave our home and travel to foreign countries where we allow other kage's to hire us to help protect their village as long as one of the missions does not warrant us to give and of the Ice villages locations, forbidden jutsus or plan an attack on the village.' I stated as Kakashi just continued reading his damned book. I swear that man had some bipolar issue or something.

'So, you're working for the Hokage to help us as a hired henchman?' Naruto asked as I cringed a little. Great I was a henchman not a recognized kunoichi. This was going to be a long stay.

'No Naruto. She isn't a henchman. She's an elite kuniochi who is offering her services to benefit our village as long as we do not attack hers. It's been a long time since we had an Ice ninja in Konoha. The last time there was one I was about 13 and he was definitely elite.' Kakashi mused as I nodded. Sasuke went to put his bowl in the sink.

'Why do your assassins not come to fire country much?' Sasuke muttered as I thought back to all of the ambushes and rouge ninja's I had encountered on my journey so far. I nearly laughed, there were too many to count.

'Its… tricky to come to this continent. There are so many ninja in such a small place and everyone always seems to be walking on others toes. As well your village seems to breed strong ninja and if too many strong ninja are contained in such a small area its a recipe for disaster because of the competition between nations. That is why ice ninja are expected to leave for extended periods of time so that we don't have a massacre between our own hierarchy.' I said as they all seemed to be very interested in the politics of my home country and village.

'That's a rather interesting way of doing business Yukiko-san' Kakashi said as an alarm went off that made me jump to my feet already holding a weapon.

'CRAP I'M LATE!' Naruto yelled running upstairs where there were a series of bangs and thumps before he was running down the stairs looking quite well dressed with a small present in his hand.

'Where are you going moron?' Sasuke asked rather blandly as Naruto pulled on his sandals.

'I have a date with Ayame tonight!' He said as Kakashi gave a laugh. I wondered why this was humorous as Naruto gave me a large hug before bolting out the door with a see you later.

I blinked. Did he just hug me?

'He's a real whirlwind' Kakashi said standing beside me as I blinked again and nodded dumbly. He gently took my kunai from my grip and dropped it into my weapons pouch as the door banged open again.

I looked at Kakashi as he gave a warm smile to the pink haired young woman who looked rather frazzled as she shucked off her boots muttering something about idiots and senbon needles.

'Good even Sakura. Do you want to meet your new roommate?' Kakashi interrupted her mumbling as Sakura was immediately awake and looked at me. I gave a small wave as her mouth dropped open.

'Kakashi what? Are you paying her?' she asked as he put a hand on my shoulder. The room went silent as I looked at Kakashi with a frosty stare. I looked at the hand then at him as he continued to smile. I gently took his hand off my shoulder and slapped him to the floor before walking over to meet Sakura who was still gaping at me.

'Hello Sakura-san, I'm Yukiko. I'm your new roommate' I smiled as Sakura gave a polite smile back.

"Oh! I'm sorry about that comment. It's just that we never see Kakashi-sensei with any women ever. So I was wondering, but I'm terrible sorry Yukiko-senpai!' she scrambled to apologize as I concealed a small smile. We bowed to each other as Sakura excused herself because she needed sleep and was still rather embarrassed by assuming I was a prostitute.

'I think you fried her brain there yukiko-san' Kakashi said as I shrugged. The San was getting annoying as I glanced back at Kakashi who had gotten back to his feet and was watching me rather closely.

'You both can just call me Yuki or Yukiko. No formalities please' I said as Kakashi shrugged.

'Do we have any missions soon Kakashi-sensei?' Sasuke asked as the tall man pulled a pair of scrolls out of his pockets.

'I have one here for You, Naruto and Sai as well as one for Yuki, Sakura, and myself.' He stated as I took the scroll from him and read it over. Quite a simple mission really just an A-rank mission escorting some woman named Kaname Takanoha to The village hidden in the grass. It seemed simple enough.

'Another A-rank Kakashi-sensei?' Sasuke looked mildly irritated as I glanced at his paper. It was only a C-rank mission going to collect some papers from a different village that didn't seem to have a courier service due to ninja interfering with various documents.

'Of course Sasuke, I'm surprised they didn't make it an S-rank but none the matter this escort should be easy. You should focus on your own missions though not another shinobi's.' I raised an eyebrow at the acid in Kakashi's tone. Something told me that he didn't trust Sasuke or even like him for that matter.

'Hn' was Sasuke's reply as he walked upstairs leaving the two of us by ourselves in the living room. I glanced at him as he just looked bored as he always did it seemed.

'Do you live here too?' I asked as he shook his head.

'I live a few blocks from here in my own apartment.' He said as I nodded and went back to the kitchen to collect my belongings. Kakashi followed me as I swung my heavy pack onto my shoulders. To my surprise he caught it easily with one hand and slung it over his one shoulder. 'Do you wish for me to bring this to your room?' he asked as I nodded collecting my cloak and following him upstairs.

My pack weighted a good 100 pounds at the least as he carried it like it was nothing at all. Male pride I laughed as he had once again whipped out one of his Make Out Paradise books. When we got upstairs I noticed there was a smaller living room to my left and beyond that were 4 doors on the right with two more doors on the left.

'Are you coming?' Kakashi glanced at me as he stood at the door the furthest down the hall on the right. I caught up and pushed the door open. It was quite a nice room with birch furniture and a queen sized bed with purple sheets on it.

'Wow.' I spun around looking at everything as Kakashi gave a small laugh before setting my bag down beside my bed. I turned to look at him, still engrossed in his book as I stepped past him into the hallway.