After making sure that Uzu was really alright when she woke up ten minutes after she fainted Kakashi was finally able to rest easy. Sort of. He was worried about what was going to happen the next day when they had to go train with Sakura and Sauske. He was'nt that keen to let the two interfere with his mistresses wishs. He knew that he had to teach them but he had other things that he would rather be doing. And those were the reasons that he was unable to sleep until finally dozing off an hour before it was time to wake up. He didn't hear Uzu come into his room before his alarm could go off, and turned it off. She had known how much of the night he had lay awake worrying about her and things, and she wanted him to rest as much as he could. So after turning his alarm off she then made sure that he was nice and comfortable. Pulled the sheet, and comfortor up to his shoulders and left his room just as silently as she had entered.

She left the house shortly after fixing him breakfast, coffee, and left him a note telling him where she was and to get some rest. She still had enough time to get some training done before Sauske teme ruined her day. Just thinking about that prick put her in a bad mood. It was'nt that she hated the boy, it was just that she wanted to beat him to a pulp every time he opened his damn mouth. But refrained from doing so because she had more control than most girls her age.

Making her way to the top of monument mountain she started to do her stretches, when she felt a two chakra signatures heading her way, and quickly transformed herself into a boy mere moments before Gai, and Lee burst out of the thick foilage to the left of her and came to a stop when they spotted her. Gai's eyes widened slightly, and he looked around for signs of Kakashi.

"Naruto-kun, what are you doing here so early in the morning?" Lee asked as he moved to stand just a few inches from the girl disguised as a boy. That's a good question, but I've got one better. Where is Kakashi? Gai thought when he could'nt find any trace of his rival/best friend. "I always come here this early to train a bit before I have to meet the others." Uzu said with a sunny smile. "Is that so?" Lee said happily. He had seen the match between the blond and Kiba and had realised his mistake the first time they had met. He had thought Naruto weak, with no determination or patental. After saving Sakura, Sauske, and Naruto in the forest of death when the two boys had been down with fevers Lee had sensed something in the blond before he had left team seven.

In the fight to save Sakura and the two boys Lee had suffered several injuries that by all rights should have stopped him from participating in the second part of the chunin exam. His ear drums had been ruptured, and his sense of ballance thrown off. If he had been caught by another enemy while making his way back to his team he could have been killed. He had'nt known that until Naruto had pulled him aside and told Lee to wait for a few minutes before leaving. Curious to know what the boy wanted him to wait for Lee had done as he was told. He had watched Naruto peek over his shoulder to see what the other kids that had come to their rescue were doing before placing his hands over both of Lee's ears and letting some of his chakra seep into Lee's body, healing his wounds.

It had been both suprising and comforting to know that Naruto knew how to do medical jutsu. And it was during the second part of the exam when Hinata had fought Neji when Naruto had shown his true colors and stepped in at the last moment and stopped Neji from delivering a death blow to Hinata by stepping between him and the girl. Hinata's heart had been badly damaged, and another blow would have undoubtedly caused her heart to explode, and killed her. To say that Neji had been pissed would have been a huge understatment. In front of the proctor, and everyone in the room the Hyuuga genious had attacked the already beaten up blond before anyone could stop him.

Naruto had wrapped an arm around Hinata's waist and used it to subtlly force some of his chakra into Hinata's body, healing her as he defended himself and the injured girl from Neji's wrath. And Naruto had done a fantasic job on both. Neji had'nt expected the blond to stand and fight while helping Hinata, but he had. He had also knocked some of Neji's teeth down his throat. It had been a thing of beauty to Lee's eyes. He had started to feel a deep sense of kinship with the blond that everyone always called the 'loser' and 'dead last' after his fight with Kiba. But after seeing him take Neji on while holding on to Hinata had shown Lee that the younger boy was anything but weak.

And to top it all off the blond had saved Lee again when he had been defeated by Gaara. The already weakened kid had appeared in front of Lee just in the nick of time and put up a barrier to keep the murdous sands of the sand nin at bay. Lee had gone into the fight fully prepaired to lose the fight, but when it had looked like hewas about to lose his life his last thoughts had been of how much he would miss his teamates. It was in that moment that he had made eye contact with the blond and realised that he wanted to live to see the boy become the Hokage some day. He was truly someone to fear, respect and admire. Naruto had mouthed the words, "I'm coming Lee." and had vanished into thin air while noone was watching. And saved him again.

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Flashback

Naruto stood in front of Lee with his back to him and his arm extended toward Gaara as the sand nin's sand headed toward them both. Lee was somewhat alarmed that the boy had decided to step in to help him, but it was'nt for the reasons that one might think. He was afraid that now Naruto would die too. And he was too injured to move. He had no way to defend himself, or Naruto. It was in that moment that he truely felt like a failure. But Naruto had turned his head just enough to let Lee see the smile on his face. There was no fear. Only a sense of reassurance, and an eerie calm. Like Lee was standing in the eye of a great and terrible storm. And Naruto was the storm in all it's great and destuctive rage just waiting to be unleashed on the unsuspecting world. And as he stared at the boy's smile he finally realised just how right he was to think that.

Naruto was the perfect example of a hurricane, or a tsunami. Calm and serene one minute. And unpredictable in it's destruction, and it's chosen path. Lee's fear was swept away by the calm that was the storm in Naruto. He smiled as the screams of everyone in the building reached his ears. Naruto would kill Gaara if he felt he had too. And Lee knew then that he was in the safest place anyone could be. Gaara's days were numbered if he kept trying to get to Lee.

Lee had lost that fight. And he found that he didn't mind that fact so much, because he now had a new dream to add to his other dream.

To be the a splinded ninja using only taijutsu and nothing else, and to see Naruto become Hokage.

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Gai smiled as Lee and Naruto talked. it was good to know that Lee had made a new friend. Normally Lee would get to know a person before befriending them, but Naruto seemed to be a special case. And Gai could certianly understand why. He had been there and saw what Naruto had done for both Hinata and Lee. He and Kakashi both had been terrified that one or both of them would end up burying one of their students. Still they had watched Naruto put Neji in his place, and had watched as the blond kid had stepped in to save Lee from a particularly nasty death at the hands of the sand nin, Gaara. Naruto had proved to everyone in the room that he was as unpredictable and strong as any force of nature.

And as the sand had crashed down on the two genin he could'nt help but panic. Kakashi would never forgive him if the blond died. But that was'nt what was so frightening. It was the fact that after Gaara had used his sand coffin to kill the two boys, the two had appeared behind the red head. Alive, and unharmed. Even Lee looked like he had before the fight had even started. Naruto had then sent the red head flying over two hundred and eighty feet away with a sweep of his arm, yet without actually touching him.

Gai had thought then, That kid is some kind of monster. But he was a monster that had saved Lee, and for that the man would always be grateful. And as he talked to Lee after the fight he was struck speechless when his student said, "I have a new dream to add to my other one, Gai-sensei. Not only will I be a splinded ninja, but I will see Naruto become Hokage one day." Lee had said with a smile as he passed outfrom exahustion. Naruto had caught him as he fell, and smiled the same serene smile he had had on his face when he had stepped in to save Lee. There was something about that smile that just felt so calming- or was it comforting?- it was hard to tell.

In Naruto; Lee had found a new friend and driving force to achieve his dreams.

"Gai-sensei, can we train with Naruto for a while?" Lee asked excitedly as he jumped up and down in place. Gai blinked kind of stupidly then nodded. "YOSH!" Lee shouted and ran back to Naruto and took up a taijutsu stance beside him. "Now, show me how to do that new fighting style you came up with." Lee said as he looked at the blond. Naruto grinned at him and started to demonstrate his new fighting style which consisted of taijutsu, karate, judo, akido, boxing, kick boxing, and several differet styles of martal arts combined together. Both Lee and Gai watched the boy fluidly switch from one fighting style to another at random. It was an unpredictable fighting style and would be difficult to defend against using hand to hand and weapons, there was no weakness, or opening at all that they could see. Holy shit. No wonder Neji had gotten hurt. Gai and Lee both thought as they watched the blond finish his demonstration.

"That was....." Gai started to say until Lee finished his sentence for him. "Amazing! Show us again." Lee said excitedly as he started to mimic Naruto's actions. The three spent another three hours learning and teaching from each other until it was time for the blond to leave. "I'm sorry guys but I've got to leave, now. Lee if you want me to teach you some more then how about this weekend we get together and train together." Naruto said with a silly grin. Lee went into puppy with a bone mode in 0.2 seconds. "Really? You mean it? No take backs!" He almost shouted. Naruto laughed and held his pinky out. Gai watched the two pinky swear and wondered if he could come to train with them too. "Gai, you can come too ya know." the blond said as she caught the look on his face. Gai's puppy with a bone mode in 3...2...1. "Really? No take backs!"

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Kakashi had woken up three hours after his alarm had been set to go off, and checked to see if it was working only to discover that it had been turned off. He didn't remember turning it off. Had Uzu turned it off so that he could sleep in? He wondered as he got out of bed and went looking for his mistress, and found her note on the kitchen table and growled. She had gone ahead with out him. It was'nt his job to lay in bed all morning. It was his job to serve her. Still he could'nt be angry with her for leaving him when she had wanted him to get some rest.

And she had made him food, and coffee too. He was torn between wanting to kiss her and strangle her. She was such a sweet stupid girl. Looking at the clock he checked the time. 11:45 a.m, She would be at the bridge by now. He quickly at his breakfast, and drank some of his coffee and left. He didn't want her alone with the other two any longer than nessisary and even that was pushing it.

Once he reached the bridge he sat in the tree above his students listening to them. Uzu was quiet as the other two joined her on the bridge. "Morning loser." Sauske said as he shoved his shoulder into the blonds chest as he pushed past her. Uzu staggered back until she hit the railing. Kakashi narrowed his visable eye in anger. How dare that little punk do that to his mistress! Sakura sighed. The bickering was about to start again. When was Naruto going to grow up and learn to leave her Sauske alone. She wondered as the blond simply rubbed his chest and glared at Sauske, who was smirking at the fool.

Uzu sighed and said nothing as she ignored Sauske and waited for Kakashi to appear. The sooner he got there and trained them the sooner they could go home. Kakashi jumped down from the tree wearing an out fit similar to the one he had worn the day before. But with a red shirt over black mesh this time. The mask and head band still gone. And Uzu nearly fainted at his appearance, she had thought he would start dressing the way he had before but evidently she had been wrong. Sakura and Sauske both stared at their teacher slack jawed. Sweet mother of god the man was a walking talking advertisment for sex. Kakashi loked at Uzu curious to know what she wanted him to do.

She fake caughed the words, "Be yourself." then cleared her throat as Sauske and Sakura looked at her funny. Kakashi gave her a smile and snapped his fingers to get the other two's attention. Once they were looking at him again, Kaakshi smiled at them. "Sauske, and Sakura the two of you will be sparring together today. Go find a quiet place far away from here and spar for the next.....two hours. And Sauske, control your temper or I'll have to hurt you for every wound Sakura suffers." Kakashi said as Sakura squeelded and grabbed Sauske's arm and started to drag him off when the raven jerked his arm away and glared at him.

"I want to fight Naruto." He said causing Sakura to hang her head. Her excitment at being his sparring partner gone. Kakashi narrowed his eye at the boy and growled threateningly. "I gave you an order. Go away." Kakashi snapped with barely contained fury. The only reason he wanted to fight Uzu was so that he could beat her into the ground and not have to worry about anyone stepping in to save her. Well too bad. Kakashi had other things to do with his mistress and he was'nt going to let the little punk interfere with his plans. Sauske looked like he was about to argue when Kakashi grabbed Uzu and vanished in a swirl of leaves. Sauske snarled something foul at the spot Kakashi had been in and grabbed Sakura and went off to spar with the girl.

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Kakashi and Uzu appeared almost two miles from the bridge on one of the training grounds. And after making sure that noone else was there Kakashi let go of Uzu. Who looked relieved that they were no longer in the company of the Uchiha brat. "Uzu, let me see where Sauske rammed his shoulder into you. I need to make sure that he didn't hurt you." Kakashi said as he dropped to his knees in front of her. Uzu relesed the transformation jutsu and Kakashi stared at her a little supried that she was'nt wearing the gaudy orange out fit she usually wore. She was wearing a black shirt with the hem just barely reaching past her breasts. The one shoulder strap holding it in place. Dear god if she lifts her arms anyone could see her breasts! Kakashi thought as his breath left his lungs in a hiss. Why was she wearing something so damn reveling?

The top of the shirt was low cut and showed more than a little of the pale skin. Her shorts were cut offs that were low on her hips and clung to the curve of her cute little butt. Her shaply slender legs were as pale as the rest of her. She looked like a sex kitten. Something that vexed Kakashi greatly but that was before he noticed the bruise on one of her breasts. It was in the same place where Sauske had rammed into her. He stared at the purple black spot and felt like tracking down the boy and skinning him alive.

Uzu was nervously shifting from one foot to another waiting for him to say or do something when he grabbed her shoulder and used his other arm to pull her feet out from under her until she was laying on the ground. Kakashi loomed over her like a dark cloud, looking every bit as pissed as he was. How dare that little fucker lay a finger on his mistress. Kakashi thought as he leaned down and brushed his fingertips alonge the darkened skin. Uzu twitched as her heart beat sped up under his fingers. Glancing at her face he noted the faint blush and licked the bruised skin. She made a strange sound and fisted her hands in the grass as he licked her again. Leaving a wet trail with his tongue. His fingertips resting against the hollow of her throat.

He loved the way her pulse jumped under his fingers every time he licked her skin and wondered how she would react if he took things farther. Would she let him go farther? He supossed that he could always ask her but decided that for now this would be enough. She would get curious eventually and ask him to show her. Until then he would wait. He had a feeling that she was worth waiting for.

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Two months later......

It had been almost three months since Uzu had moved in with Kakashi and he was currently standing in the kitchen working on her birthday cake since she was turning fourteen today. Many things had happened during those months that had frightened Kakshi to no end. Uzu's fight with Neji, she had won that. The attack on the village, he had been seperated from her when she had gone after Sauske, with Sakura. Ended up fighting to save both of her teamates from Gaara, and won that fight too. The third Hokage had died leaving the future of the village in her hands.

The night of the third Hokae's funeral she had sat in her room, in the floor with her back against the wall under her window, and simply stared blankly ahead. Kakashi had tried to get her to eat something, had tried to coax her into saying something, anything. He had felt as if his heart was breaking when she did nothing. She didn't even seem to hear him. In the end he had wrapped his arms around her and held her unresponsive body and rocked her back and forth trying to comfort her the only way that he could think of.

Shortly after the funeral Itachi Uchiha had appeared in the village to kidnap Uzu for the demon inside of her. Kakashi had faught until he was too exhausted to fight any more. He had woken up about two weeks ago to find Uzu curled up in his hospitle bad next to him. Her clothes were torn and dirty, and she looked like she had'nt slept for a good long while. She had slept for days before waking up. And shortly after that he had learned that she had left the village to get the new Hokage. The legendary sanin, Lady Tsunade.

She was currently outside somewhere in the garden, probably reading or asleep under a tree or something. She had been busy the past few weeks with her trianing. Kakashi smiled as he wiped his hands on the apron he was wearing and went to find his mistress.

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Uzu bit her bottom lip as her eyes skimmed over the words and pictures in the orange book that Kakashi kept. Did people really like this stuff? Sure the story was'nt bad but the pictures.....kind of confused her a bit. She knew she liked Kakashi. But she was'nt sure what kind of 'like' it was. She had pilfered his orange book to help her figure things out. But now she was even more confused.....and her body was reacting to the graphic scenes in the book. All in all she felt like she was about to have a freaking melt down. Finally giving up the good fight she closed the book and stuffed it into the hiding place she had made by holowing out a little bit of a tree trunk. Maybe she should just ask Kakashi if he could help her figure things out.