Why did he feel a bit better when he was standing outside her door? And why did the thought of knocking on her door and seeing her face excite him so damn much.

He stood there for another few minutes before finally gathering the courage to knock on her door, and waited anxiously for her to come and answer, and started to get antsy when she didn't answer. He sighed and turned ot leave, but couldn't seem to take a step away from the door to do so. Growling again he turned the other way and started checking her windows. If he couldn't get through the door, then he would use one of the windows instead, and smiled when he realised the stupid girl had left her bed room window wide open again.

He quietly slipped inside and gave the small room a quick glance before his eyes settled on Naru's naked back, she lay sprawled on her stomach on the bed sound asleep, the sheets tangled around her hips. He cocked his head and blinked, well he hadn't expected to find her asleep naked in her bed. He moved closer to the bed and leaned down to look at her face. She looked so young, and adorable when she was asleep.

But there was something about the way that she looked that also deeply troubled him. Reaching out he lightly brushed her bangs back from her face and frowned when he felt himself hardening. He quickly pulled his hand away from her and looked down at his lap. What the hell?

"Kashi..." Kakashi's eyes flickered to Naru's sleeping face as she uttered his name and started to sob and curled up on her side facing away from him. He quickly grabbed the sheets around her hips and pulled them up over her shoulders just in case she decided to change sides and then stumbled back as she started crying as if her heart were breaking.

What do I do? What could he do? He had no idea why she was saying his name over and over again and crying, but the very fact that she was crying period was making him nervous. He bit his lower lip and watched her for as long as he could stand too before she started reaching out in her sleep and crying.

"Please don't leave me!" In her sleep. He growled in frustration and quickly made his decision and walked over to the bed and sat down on the edge and gathered his former student in his arms and was breifly alarmed when she opened her eyes and looked at him, until she pressed her mouth against his and whispered "I love you." Then closed her eyes again and slept. Kakashi sat there on the bed holding her, his body as stiff as a board as he tried to figure out why he hadn't known about her feelings for him sooner or why he felt so happy to hear her say those words.

And what was he going to do to see to it that she never cried like this again.


Kakashi lay sprawled out on his back in Naru's living room, on her broken down couch with his book covering his face. He had never actually gone home last night, even though he knew he should, he just hadn't been able to bring himself to leave. It was the damndest thing really, every time he had tried to leave he had felt as if he were in pain, it had taken several tries before he had realised that he was in pain. Actual physical pain.

So needless to say he had given up on going home for the time being and had taken up residence in her living room to think about things and see if he could remember what had happened the night he had been struck down by Jiraiya. But so far he was coming up empty. He could'nt remember anything, although he kept having these weird flashes of Naru against a door, with her legs wrapped around his hips, her head tossed back as he-

He bared his teeth and growled, why the hell did he have to think about her like that? He had never even entertained the notion of fucking her before in all the years that he had known her. Not just because she was the Kyuubi vessel, or the Hokage's favorite, or because she was his former student. It was more because when ever he looked at her all he saw was....what was it he saw exactly? He wasn't really sure, but he was pretty sure that what he saw was something that should never be touched or defiled by the hands of men who have killed.

She was like an angel, so innocent, and warm, and kind. He had always felt that if anyone touched her intimintly that somehow her warmth, and light would fade and she would become just as cynical and jaded as everyone else. And that would be a fucking crime in his eyes, punishable by death. He slowly sat up, the book falling away from his face and onto the floor with a soft thud. His mis matched eyes narrowed as he looked over at the hall. He could hear Naru stirring from her fitful sleep.

He supposed that there was no way around it, he would simply have to ask Naru about what happened while he had'nt been himself.


Naru had just taken a shower and pulled on her clothes as she walked down the hall towards her living room. Her head felt like it was splitting in two, the dark circles under her eyes had darkened considerably. Soon she would have rings around her eyes like Gaara. Would'nt that be funny. She mused as she stepped into the living room and staggered a bit. God she was tired. "Naru? Are you alright?"

She knew that voice. It was Kakashi's voice, and it sounded razor sharp. She froze with her back against the wall and looked up at him. "What are you doing in my living room?" She asked curiously, a small frown on her pale face. She didn't look so good. Kakashi thought as he looked her over in the direct sunlight streaming through her window and frowned.

There were what looked like bite marks on her neck and shoulders, her milky white skin mottled with dark spots where the bite marks were. Were those love bites? No, the teeth marks looked far too deep to be a normal love bite. It looked more like an animal had bitten her neck over and over, and over again. What the hell had she been getting into? "I just thought I would drop by, say hello, check up on you and see how your doing." Kakashi lied as he leaned forward in the chair and rested his elbows on his knees.

She frowned a bit and gave him a wary look, causing him to cock his head. What was that look about? "I'm fine. What about you?" Naru asked from the kitchen as she rummaged through the fridge for something to eat and frowned again when she found a few boxes of take out that she knew had'nt been there the day before. Just how long had he been in her apartment?

She wondered as she picked out one of the boxes and set it on the counter as Kakashi silently moved up behind her and leaned his hip against the counter and folded his arms. "You've been here for a while, huh." Naru commented as she grabbed the juice container and set it on the counter before turning to ask him if he wanted some and bumped into him. A startled shriek escaped her before she could stop herself from making a sound as she staggered back until her back hit the fridge and stared at him with wide eyes that looked too wary for his liking.

He frowned but didn't move as she quickly composed herself and turned her back on him. "S-S-Sorry." She stammered as she reached up and pulled out a plate and two cups.

"Naru, are your sure that your okay?" Kakashi asked as he watched her through narrow eyes. What was wrong with her?

"I'm fine, you just starlted me. That's all."

"Nothing else?"

"No. Nothing else. Do you want something?"

"Sure, I could stand to eat again." He lied, he was'nt the least bit hungry after seeing that look on her face. That look had almost bordered on fear when she had stared up at him. Naru, what has you so jumpy? He wondered as she quickly fixed him a plate and handed it to him without looking at him. and he could'nt help but notice that she didn't even let their fingers brush together. Something that she had never done before. These things were starting to worry him.