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Chapter 2

In her half-sleep state Akehoshi had woken with her eyes still closed and she had the strangest feeling. Something was moving around her body, somebody was lying next to her under a blanket. By this time she was wide awake with her eyes open and all, wondering where the hell she was and why she was under the covers with some strange person. "Oh yeah I passed out at what's his names house." She sat up.

"You do know causing you own injuries by falling out of trees can become a painful habit, by your standards anyway," Said kakashi. She looked over at her supposed mark.

"Shut up you bastard it's not like I do it on purpose," Akehoshi screamed.

"Ha-ha" kakashi chuckled, "that's why I got you a job."

"A…A job? What kind of job?"

"You're going be a new teacher"

"Are you out of your mind!"

"Not at all,"kakashi said enthusiastically. "I'll go tell your new students" kakashi gets up and walks out the door. "See ya later"

"Asshole"

"Kakashi you shit faced pervert, how dare you do this!" Asa said as her rage was getting the best of her by his news. Toritane and Keitaro were just sitting in the corner listening to their conversation/screaming contest. Toritane, however was a little pissed since he was now forced to waste his time on training and on a team with his short tempered half-sister and idiot nephew. Asa had the attitude of the group, while Toritane had the strange flamboyant personality, and Keitaro had the quiet peace keeping side.

"Would you two please stop," Keitaro said just loud enough for the Sensei and his team leader to hear.

"Beat him like Sakura beats Naruto-kun," Toritane said with a goofy grin. In fact for some reason the two boys had qualities like some of the other young nin of Konoha. Toritane resembled Naruto while for the strangest reason his nephew Keitaro resembled Rock Lee.

Asa shook her head as she listened to the two of them and wondered how she had fit in with the family. She was told she was found and adopted, but she never had the closure of finding out who her real family was. She went to turn and shoot another death glare at Kakashi-sensei but he had gone, "You perverted idiot where did you go!?"

Akehoshi was glad he left her by herself. It gave her enough time to sneak out the gates and run to a clearing to relieve her excess anger. "How could I let him do that to me," she muttered to herself practicing her ninjitsu. "Orochimaru would kill me if he found out….not like it would matter what he did to me anyway."

"That's not a nice thought to think about, especially if you should be concentrating on your training," the annoying matter of fact tone made her growl and turn back towards him.

"I should have known you would've found me with that damn sharingan eye of yours.

Kakashi's mask twitched slightly as if he shot a small smile, "Yeah and your team is waiting for you Akehoshi-sensei."

"I have no intention of going. If found out I could be killed and it is obvious I am not from your village," Akehoshi muttered pointing towards her headband.

Kakashi just shook his head, "First of all I spoke to the Hokage and there was an understanding between us." He grabbed her arm dragging her back into the village, "Secondly, you will have a seal placed on you so that to everyone but members of your own village your headband will appear to be a leaf village band." He dragged her into his home and pushed her into the bathroom and shut the door. "Finally, I will help with the training at first. Now there is a pair of clothing in there to change into and when you come out I will place the seal on you."

Akehoshi was very unhappy with the situation and changed into the clean clothes luckily sharing the same style and colors as her own. "So what am I doing all this for anyway,"

Kakashi's one eye watched her carefully as if thinking about the right words to say, "Obviously you are not happy with your job and you don't have any other way out. Plus with this it would fit our story." Akehoshi was pretty sure she didn't want to know as she sat on the edge of the bed and waited for the curse mark. She took into account how he barely had any furniture in this room at all, not like she paid any attention to the rest of the house.

The girl's left eye came back to peer curiously at Kakashi as he slowly pulled her headband off his fingertips just brushing against her forehead. She shivered and watched him suspiciously as he performed a hand sign on her headband and replaced it back on her for her. "Are you sure this is going to work," she asked very unsure of his ideas.

"Oh yes, you are also going to need this," he tossed a black box towards her and laughed before slipping out the door.

She was unsure why he left so quickly or wondered if she was supposed to follow him, but curiosity got the best of her and made her open the little black box. "What the…..Hatake!"

Kakashi poofed back in front of the team looking extremely pleased with himself. "Now what are you so happy about pervert," Asa raised an eyebrow watching him carefully. Suddenly there was a loud sound and the older man side stepped in time for another person to run right by him and slide to a stop.

"I see you saw my present sweetheart," Kakashi said with an amused smile.

"I am not your sweetheart," the woman yelled not even noticing the three young teens. Asa looked at the woman and recognized her as the woman from the ramen shop.

She almost let her guard down in excitement, "Hey pervert who is this?"

"This young beautiful woman here," Kakashi started while sliding an arm around Akehoshi only for it to be slapped away," is Natsunami, Akehoshi or as you will call her Akehoshi-sensei. She is my fiancée because of an arranged marriage. Speaking of which, honey where is your ring?" Suddenly before he could react Akehoshi swiped her hand upside his head leaving a ring and palm imprint on his cheek. The ring dropped to the ground and she huffed and turned towards the kids eyeing each one of them with her left eye.

"Sweet," Toritane exclaimed while Asa just watched her with awe and Keitaro backed shyly away.

"State your names and ranks," Akehoshi said calmly assessing each from their body language and voices as they answered.

"Hatabi, Toritane Genin," replied the boy with blond hair and blue eyes with an odd look on his face.

"Shinido, Keitaro Genin," said the shy boy with black hair in a bowl cut and oddly shaped eyes. Akehoshi turned to the only girl of the group and thought she recognized her but realized it was only the girl from the ramen shop.

"Hatabi, Asa Genin," she said with great confidence.

"Ah we have a leader," Akehoshi said as her left eye showing only a hint of emotion compared to the rest of her face. "Alright you have the day to yourselves but in the morning bright and early be at the training grounds."

The three shouted, "Hai Akehoshi-sensei," at once then went off on their own.

Akehoshi watched the one female silently as they walked away before Kakashi's hand reached for her shoulder. "She reminds me of myself," she mumbled softly before pulling away and walking back to his house to sit up in her tree.

"Come down from there," he said irritated that she walked away from him.

"Why should I? You didn't even warn me about your stupid story," she bit back as one foot hung from the branch and swung slowly.

"I didn't have time to, I had to make sure you met your team," Kakashi replied before sighing. "Now will you please come down from there, we have to make this story work. It's the only one we have and it is the only way to free you from your past."

Akehoshi swiftly jumped down and threw Kakashi against the side of his own house, "You know nothing of my past and even if you did it would not matter. The bastard will find me and kill anyone in his way to keep me under his services. Is that clear?"

Kakashi just sighed and nodded, "What is there to lose though?"

He was right, what was there to lose? Her heart died long ago when her precious baby sister died. She stared down at the ground and let him go backing up slowly before dropping to her knees. She had sworn to get back at Orochimaru for what he had done, but all this time instead of focusing on that she had worked for him without even giving herself a second option. She wondered why he wouldn't just kill her, it was obvious by now that he was her mark. Why was he being so kind to her? She felt shut down inside, so much so that she wasn't even aware of her surroundings. Her once bright green eyes became dark and dull even though he could only see one of them. He felt bad, but at the same time it was kind of awkward. He didn't know how to react so he just lifted her and took her inside the house. Laying her down on the bed he covered her up hoping that maybe if she got some sleep she would be okay. Someone in that much pain shouldn't be in the profession that she was in. He silently left the room to give her some privacy to herself.

Asa was once again walking with Naruto to the ramen shop only she was actually quiet for once contemplating her new sensei. "What's wrong Asa-chan," Naruto asked loudly bringing her out of her thoughts.

"Oh I…I saw that woman again," Asa said looking up at the boy beside her.

"Well who was she," He asked suddenly excited to hear about the new nin.

"Her name is Natsunami, Akehoshi. She is my team's sensei. Apparently she is also Kakashi-sensei's fiancée."

Naruto stopped in his tracks and stared at Asa, "Kakashi-sensei is engaged?!" Asa just nodded in response and kept walking to the ramen house as he followed. Sitting inside was Shino, Kiba, and Okamaru obviously waiting for Hinata to show up. Kiba waved to Asa calling her over even though he didn't seem to want Naruto coming over. The group excluding Hinata just put up with Naruto for Asa and Hinata's sake.

Once Hinata joined the group they all greeted her warmly and sat together with their ramen. "Did you guys hear about the new sensei," Naruto said showing his excitement.

"No, we didn't," Shino said calmly showing little to no emotion about what had Naruto so interested in the subject.

"Naruto," Asa started, "It's none of our business to tell about her, especially if they do not want to hear it."

"Wait," Kiba started suddenly looking interested, "It's a woman?"

"I…I'd like t…to hear Asa-chan," Hinata said softly. Asa nodded and began describing the new sensei to her friends.

"She sounds amazing, right Okamaru," Kiba said as the dog yipped.

"Well her name is Natsunami, Akehoshi and I've never heard that name before here," Asa continued.

"Well there is the possibility that she's from another village, but why would she be teaching here," Shino asked thinking over the possibilities in his head.

"Because she's in an arranged engagement to Kakashi-sensei," Asa answered causing all of them except for Naruto to stop and stare at her.

"T…that's s…so sweet though. M…Maybe we c…could help her with the wedding p…preparations Asa-chan," Hinata said blushing lightly. Asa just nodded thinking that would be a good way to find out more information on the new sensei.