Chapter Three: Finding the Enemy

"Is he seriously not awake yet?" Hadassah asked herself as she finished eating her breakfast. It was around ten 'o'clock and she was getting impatient. Kakashi had promised her that she could tag along and meet his genins, yet he wasn't even up. She sat up from her chair in the kitchen and walked to the Copy-nin's bedroom door. "I'll just go wake him up." She said with a sly smile as she quietly opened his door.

She silently walked up to his bed, looking around his room while doing so. His room was plain like hers but on the nightstand was a photo of a younger him with three other people. She was going to have to ask about that later when she gets the chance to. Upon reaching his bed, she noticed that he was still wearing his mask. "Odd," She muttered, "I wonder why he does that."

Her curiosity was getting the better of her. She couldn't figure out why he would leave his mask on while he slept. And judging by the small sliver of skin she saw just above the covers, he wasn't wearing a shirt. So, why wear the mask?

She gently climbed on top of him; carefully making sure she wasn't waking him. She was straddling his waist as she began to lean over his chest as her hand went to touch the tip of the mask on his nose. She carefully started to pull it down and so far, she saw nothing bad worth hiding. Then suddenly, his eyes snapped open which caused her to yelp and jerk his mask fully down. Within a second, Kakashi had sat up and hand pinned Hadassah's arms to her sides with his hands. His face inches from hers and his eyes held a glare. His bed covers no longer hiding his bare chest.

Hadassah was in shock, not for the fact that he was pinning her and glaring but because he was incredibly handsome underneath the mask! She looked down at his exposed, well-toned chest and she began to feel her cheeks heating up. She wasn't expecting this; she was thinking ugly scars or something like that.

"I-I'm s-sorry, K-Ka-Kakashi-kohai." She stuttered to say as she tried wiggling free from his grasp. His grip only tightened to her dismay. She was completely embarrassed right now. Not only did she let her curiosity get to her, but she was finding out her older roommate was very attractive. She was in the grasp of an attractive man and her teenage girl hormones were making her blush even harder. Sure she was only fifteen but her mind was in the gutter right now.

Kakashi, on the other hand, was completely angry. Why didn't he sense her in his room before he felt his mask moving off him? She was just a teenager; she shouldn't have that kind of skill level unless she was specifically trained to be deadly silent. With that thought in mind, Kakashi was even more suspicious of her motives to be in Konoha. It was nearing the time for the Chuunin Exams, maybe she was planning something.

"What are you doing here?" His voice was husky since he had just woken up but anger was in his tone. Hadassah looked at him in confusion; her embarrassment was gone. Wasn't it obvious? She came in here to wake him up but got curious to what was under his mask. "Isn't obvious? I got curious to see what you hide under your mask." She muttered as she furrowed her brows.

Forgetting his previous thoughts about her, Kakashi loosened his hold on her and by doing he finally noticed the position they were in. Sure, she was a teenager but he couldn't help but noticed how developed she was in her sleeping wear. She was wearing a spaghetti strap shirt with a low scoop that showed off her chest and ended just an inch above her pajama short shorts. Her breasts weren't in a bra from what he could tell. His mind started falling into the gutter. He shook his head and let go off Hadassah. He shouldn't be thinking like that about her; she was just a kid compared to him; she was about 10 or 11 years younger than him. She gracefully got off of him with no effort; leaving Kakashi feeling a little cold from the sudden lack of warmth that came from her.

She shook her head as she could see that he was thinking just a perversely as she had; a trait she had with her eye. She was almost sixteen years old but it wasn't like she was an innocent little child. The only reason she recognized the orange book she always saw him reading was because she had read them herself, but she wasn't going to tell him that.

"Um… You should get ready. I'm sure you're already late to your meeting with your team." Hadassah said as she tried to avoid looking at Kakashi. She didn't want to start blushing again. Without waiting for him to reply; she walked out of his room, closing the door behind her.

"Kakashi-sensei, you're late again!" A pink haired girl and blonde headed boy yelled in unison as Kakashi and Hadassah walked up to them. They were waiting for him at the training ground. A raven haired boy was leaning against a tree looking rather bored. The moment Hadassah looked at him, his eyes locked with hers. "Sasuke-kun…" She whispered inaudibly to herself.

Unfortunately, Kakashi had heard her and raised his brow. When they get back home after this, she had a lot of answering to do. "I'm sorry, Naruto, Sakura. I had a little set back with this young lady." Kakashi's excuse made Hadassah roll her eyes and look at him. "You're a terrible liar, Kakashi-kohai." She whispered to him and she could see him smile softly under his mask. For some reason, it made her blush faintly. She was remembering what happened this morning and envisioning him smile without the mask.

"Who is she?" The pink haired girl asked Kakashi as she looked at Hadassah with curiosity. "Yeah! Who is she?" The blonde chimed in rather loudly. Hadassah smiled, the blonde was definitely full of spunk.

"I am Kiyoshi, Hadassah. I'm his roommate." Hadassah said loud even for the raven haired boy to hear. She knew her name would peek his interest as she noticed him walk away from the tree and to the little group. "His roommate…?" The pink haired asked in slight confusion. "Did I stutter?" was Hadassah's quick reply. She didn't like having to repeat herself. "Don't tell me you're a pervert like him too." The blonde stated rather than asked.

Kakashi began to say, "Naruto… That's not -" "So, what if I am?" Hadassah had cut off Kakashi from finishing his sentence. Everyone just stared at her in slight shock; she was a little too honest. Kakashi hoped she'd be this honest to him when his questions her later.

"Tsh, you're annoying." Sasuke finally spoke, making Hadassah glare at him. She always hated hearing that phrase being directed to her. "You're not any better." She snapped back at him. Kakashi was coming to a conclusion that Hadassah knew a lot more about the village than she told the Hokage.

"Hey, Sah-chan! Don't listen to that prick. He always thinks he's better than everyone." Naruto said with a big grin. She was rude to Sasuke; he was starting to like her already. Hadassah looked at Naruto her head tilted to the side in confusion. "Sah-chan…?" She questioned him, "No one's ever called me that in a long time." Her eyes soften and Kakashi caught a tiny glint of sadness in them. Hadassah was becoming too much more of a mystery to him for his liking. He also caught Sasuke glaring a Naruto upon hearing Naruto call Hadassah by that nickname. It was almost as if Sasuke himself had called her that at one point in time.

"Well, you guys can either spar or go home for today. We have no missions." Kakashi told his genins as he pulled out his orange book from the pouch on his hip, basically a sign of dismissal.

"Awesome! Time to get some ramen!" Naruto yelled as he jumped up in the air causing his shirt to lift up and show the marking on his stomach. He then proceeded to run into the village. The markings on his stomach caught Hadassah's eyes. She continued to stare at his receding figure. He was to Kyuubi carrier she was to gather information on. She found the target of her true mission faster than she expected.

"Would you like to get something to eat with me Sasuke-kun?" Sakura asked the raven haired boy with hope in her eyes. Sasuke just ignored her and started walking in the direction of his house. Sakura looked defeated as she, too, began walking home.

"What was that about? You had missions for them." Hadassah said as she turned to look at Kakashi. "Oh? It must have slipped my mind." He responded as he closed his book and put it away. "Liar." Was all she said as they both began walking toward their apartment.

She had a small smile the whole time they were walking. She was glad she got to meet Kakashi's team because she just got that much closer to her goal. Things were starting to go in her favor.

However, the moment they were in their apartment, Kakashi had her pinned to the front door after Hadassah had closed it. He had both her wrists in one hand pressed firmly against her back as her stomach and breasts were being pressed into the door. She could feel cold metal pressed against her throat as she tried to look behind her at Kakashi.

"You lied to the Hokage, Hadassah. That wasn't a wise move." Kakashi said darkly. He was going to get her to talk by any means necessary. He knew she had dark intentions and he wasn't going to stand by idly about it. Hadassah gulped in fear; she was going to be found out prematurely if she didn't think of a story quickly. She opted to tell the partial truth about herself; no harm in telling him everything except the mission she was on.

"I-I was exiled from the Uchiha clan when I was a child; I just wanted to come home…" Hadassah said hoping that he would buy her fake sadden voice. His grip on her tightened, silently saying he wasn't buying it. "If you don't believe me ask Sasuke yourself. I'm his older cousin." She tried reasoning to him she could feel a trickle of blood slide down her neck. She was afraid she was going to fail here. She had just found her target; she couldn't fail here, not now. She closed her eyes and sighed in relief when Kakashi slowly let go of her. He put his kunai away as she turned around and leaned against the door. Kakashi went to sit on the couch; his expression was unreadable like he was trying to hide what he was thinking but she could see the distrust he held for her as she watched him.

When he was comfortable on the couch he locked eyes with Hadassah and she knew that look. She had no choice but to… "Explain." Was all Kakashi said.