Thank you everyone for your wonderful reviews. I'm so happy to see we're past 100 reviews now! *_* Ohhh I'd hug you all if I weren't so sick lol And Chapter 1 has been re-edited! I'll be working on other chapters in the future too when I get the time. It's just nice to see my stuff nicely written, makes me feel proud of my work lol
Okay, I hope you guys are ready for some kakanaru moments! I'll try to make it as fluffy as I can. At least for now. Getting even further in their relationship now! yaaay! *rubs hands together and giggles* (well the fluff will be later in the chapter, heh) Not to mention some stuff will be explained that I was too lazy to include in the last chapter ^^;; Alright, hope you all enjoy =) hehehe
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~Come on Closer~
It was insane.
It was impossible.
Yet it connected with a lot the mysteries happening lately.
The Hokage sat back in his chair and let out a long sigh. Beside him sat Kakashi who seemed just as bewildered by the news as he was. And it wasn't just the news that had baffled them. It was also the person the anbu had found, stating that he had information on Naruto's disappearance.
Sarutobi leaned forward in his chair again and eyed the man sitting in front of him. "So what you are saying is that Naruto is currently stuck somewhere in the past. Is that right Koenma-san?"
Said man nodded and looked down with a frown. "Yes…I'm sorry I never told you all earlier, but I really couldn't at the time."
It was all too far-fetched. Not to mention suspicious. In all honesty, Sarutobi shouldn't be all that surprised. There were tons of forbidden jutsus out there that could accomplish almost anything. Even resurrecting the dead…well even that had its flaws but it was still quite a feat in itself.
"Please explain how you are sure of this and how you would even know."
Koenma nodded. "Yes of course. I guess I should start off by saying that I am a close friend to one of the jinchuurikis off in another village. I won't reveal his whereabouts though to secure his safety."
Sarutobi's eyes widened slightly. That only brought up more questions but he nodded understandingly and ushered him to continue.
"As everyone is aware, I'm sure, the Akatsuki have been hunting the jinchuuriki. But there have been some disturbing rumors going around that I'm beginning to believe are true."
"Disturbing rumors? Surely I would of heard of it by now."
Koenma looked around the room a bit nervously before leaning in closer to the Hokage. Intrigued, Sarutobi leaned in slightly too.
"Have you ever heard of a man named…Madara?"
The Hokage's eyes hardened as some memories filtered into his mind. He remembered Minato telling him about some man named Madara who was actually behind the Kyuubi's rampage. He had never seen the man in his life, but he believed in his successor.
"Yes…I have. But I can't say I know much."
Koenma shifted a little in his seat. "Well I can't say I know much either except that he has been hiding for years now and works behind the scenes of the Akatsuki and that…he has a jutsu that can control space and time. I'm not 100% sure on this information but it is the best lead that I can give you."
"Hold on. This isn't adding up." Kakashi, who had been listening intently the entire time, cut in and stared suspiciously at Koenma.
"Let's say for a minute that there is such a jutsu and that this Madara processes the ability to use it. He can't be the only one then since that shinobi I killed was able to use it. Not to mention, they were after you, not Naruto. Not from the start that is."
Koenma sighed and rubbed his hands together nervously. "Yes I know but…they were after me because they somehow found out I was going to meet a jinchuuriki at a designated location. Madara has specific pawns that he allows to carry jutsu similar to his own. He uses them to gather information and then leak it into the Akatsuki so they can all do the dirty work."
He paused for a minute. His eyebrows furrowed in deep thought for a moment before he continued. "However, his time and space jutsu shouldn't have anything to do with the past or future. No jutsu should be able to do that." Koenma paused again and became lost in his own thoughts.
Again this only furthered to confuse Kakashi and the Hokage. And as the minutes ticked by they were both growing a tab bit impatient for the man to continue. Finally Sarutobi coughed into his hand and effectively gained Koenma's attention.
"You told us that you believed that Naruto has ended up in the past yet now you are contradicting your previous theory. How did you even come to the conclusion that Naruto ended up in the past?"
"You mean you haven't noticed?"
"Noticed what?"
Koenma stared at the Hokage for a moment before he spoke. "The changes."
This quirked an eyebrow and even made him steal a glance at Kakashi. Before he could ask any questions on his condition, he needed to be sure.
"What do you mean by changes?"
"Changes that seem abnormal. Changes that shouldn't be happening. I first noticed it about a day before your anbu found me. It was just around the border of Fire Country and Kusagakure. I've traveled back and forth around that area many times and have seen all of the battle sites that happened back during the Third Shinobi World War. But recently, I discovered a new battle site I had never seen and I know it was never there before. Some of the trees were much younger than the surrounding ones and some areas where just bare. There were even some savage looking claw marks left on the bark on some of the older trees."
Kakashi and the Hokage stared a bit shocked at Koenma. The situation was starting to get more and more complicated. With bated breath, Sarutobi asked his next question and hoped that it wasn't true. "Do you mean…that these changes could be happening because Naruto may be altering the past?"
A heavy silence hung in the air around the three men until Koenma finally sighed heavily and rubbed at his face. He suddenly appeared very weary. "While it is a very large stretch, I know that it isn't impossible to somehow go to the past. I've seen too many things happen back in my day. And even though Madara's jutsu is able to suck people into a separate dimension, I would of never fathomed it could suck people into a whole other time period."
The Hokage mulled over the information. All of this was very possible and it could explain Kakashi's condition. At the thought of him he glanced over to the Copy-Cat nin and noticed that he was covering his left eye with his hand. He was probably wondering the same thing too.
Sarutobi cleared his throat. "If there really are some changes to those old battle fields, then it'd probably explain what has happened to Kakashi."
Koenma looked over at Kakashi confused. He looked the man over and then just stared, not understanding what was wrong. "Maybe I'm missing something but I don't see anything wrong or different about him."
Kakashi sighed and removed his headband to reveal his left eye. "You wouldn't know the difference because you've never seen my left eye before now. A couple weeks ago my left eye had the Sharingan, an eye with the kekkei genkai of the Uchiha clan. But now…it's gone. I just have a regular eye now."
Koenma nodded before everything he said registered in his head. "The sharingan? How did you come into possession of that!"
Again Kakashi sighed while he put his headband back over his eye. Somehow he didn't feel right without it on. "It's a very long story that happened years go during the Third Shinobi…World War…"
As he said that, everyone in the room came to the same realization. It all clicked. It was starting to become very possible that Naruto was indeed somewhere in the past, and now they knew what time he might be stuck in.
"I think I will dispatch an anbu squad to that new battle site you mentioned earlier Koenma. Just to be sure." Sarutobi started to take out some papers to make a few arrangements when Kakashi spoke up.
"Hokage-sama. Something still doesn't seem right. If Naruto is messing around in the past and altering our time, why aren't our memories being altered as well?"
Koenma had just been wondering the same thing and he had a slight theory. "Well, there are some changes already happening. I think it's a slow process though. How long has it been since Naruto has disappeared?"
"For almost a month now," Sarutobi replied.
"I see. Now when did your Sharingan disappear Kakashi?"
"Just last week."
"I see…" Koenma sat back in thought, trying to organize a timeline of events that have been occurring. "Well I wish I had some more clues. I can't say when that site near Kusagakure appeared but I think the physical changes from the past are occurring right after they happen. As for memories…I think those will take longer for them to surface. You will probably start to loose some of your old memories as well seeing as they will be replaced with different ones."
Kakashi did not like the sound of that. His past was what made him who he was today. And just loosing Obito's eye was hard enough on him as it was. Now he was going to loose some memories of him too? And of his other comrades and friends who were now dead?
Sarutobi noticed the distraught look in Kakashi's eye. He could understand how this might be tearing him apart on the inside. Before everyone could get even more tense and lost in their thoughts Sarutobi stood up and walked over to the window that overlooked the village.
"We'll adjourn this meeting for now. We still need more evidence to be certain that Naruto may be altering the past. I'll send an anbu squad with you to that battle site for them to examine and then have them report back to me. Hopefully in that time we'll notice some more changes and then be able to come to a more accurate conclusion."
Immediately an anbu appeared in the room and bowed slightly before Sarutobi. "Hokage-sama."
"Bear. I need you and your team to go on another scouting mission. You will be bringing Koenma-san with you for him to show you where and I want your squad to take a good look at the area." Sarutobi paused a moment in thought before he added, "and bring Hawk with you too. He's one of the few who are still alive today since the Third Shinobi World War. I'm sure he will notice some things."
"Yes Hokage-sama." Bear then shushined out of the Hokage's office to inform his teammates of the new mission.
Sarutobi then turned back to Koenma. "I apologize for troubling you with this. Once we gather more evidence you're free to head back home."
"Oh no apologies please. I am to be blamed for most of this."
The Hokage smiled slightly. "Don't blame yourself. Strange things are always happening in the ninja world. Now please get some rest. You will be leaving with the anbu tomorrow morning."
"Of course."
Koenma stood up and bowed to Sarutobi before leaving. After he left a heavy silence hung heavily in the room. Sarutobi sat back down at his desk and rummaged through some papers to busy himself, waiting for Kakashi to say what was on his mind. It didn't take long for the jounin to speak up.
"Hokage-sama."
"Yes?"
Kakashi was silent for another minute before he got up and sighed. "Never mind. I'm going to go home. I need some rest."
Sarutobi looked up at Kakashi and suddenly noticed how tired the man looked. Not from his face since it was mostly covered up, but he could see it in how his body sagged and shoulders slumped slightly. Even when the jounin came back from tough missions beyond exhausted, he still managed to hold himself up with a prideful aura around him. But right now all he could see was a shell. Before the grey-haired nin could escape Sarutobi called out to him.
"Kakashi."
Said man didn't turn around but cocked his head in the Hokage's direction.
"You need to let go. I know how much Obito's eye meant to you, how much you treasured it. But that was a heavy burden from your past that you need to let go of. It's time you moved on."
Sarutobi was surprised to actually hear a laugh come out of Kakashi. A very bitter one.
"It's true that his eye meant a lot to me. I promised to see the world and life for him with that eye. I wanted him to see everything I saw. To live through me. But how can I let go of the past now that I'm going to forget most of it? If anything I doubt I could stop myself from not clinging to even a small fragment of a memory of the old days. And what's worse…" Kakashi turned his head to face the Hokage.
"I can't let it go because now Naruto is there."
Before the Hokage could respond to that Kakashi opened the door and left, closing the door behind him quietly.
Kakashi was beyond annoyed. He hit the annoyance level an hour ago, and he was just beginning to calm down until he came across this little incident.
It started a few hours ago after he woke up. He put in a couple eye drops on his new eye and decided that he was going to get back into training today. He was sick of lazing about. It was his intention to go ask Obito if he wanted to train first, but when he found him he was too busy. Then he thought of asking Rin to train with him but quickly disregarded that idea. Rin was sweet and a great friend, but she was more skilled in medical nin jutsu. She wasn't the combat type.
Then Naruto came to mind. If anyone he could probably rely on him to train with him. The blonde was always going off on how he wanted to 'kick his ass' anyway. That had him snort in amusement as he started towards Minato's house. However when he got there no one was home. Kakashi shrugged it off and thought maybe Naruto would already be at the training grounds.
No such luck though. Then it occurred to him that maybe Naruto would be at Ichiraku's stuffing his face with ramen. But when he got there, he was slightly surprised to not see Naruto. That had Kakashi frowning. How could one loud and obnoxiously bright ninja be so hard to find? He never had a problem back when he stalked him.
Kakashi let out an irritable sigh. Just as he was going to head back to the training grounds and train by himself he heard him. It was a very loud and enraged shout and he went racing to it's location and came to an abrupt halt.
And this is where he felt a powerful headache approaching as he glared at the one person he didn't want to see.
"I said no Ero-sannin! There's no way I'll ever do that again!"
"Oh come on brat! I just need a little inspiration and you're perfect for the job!"
"Hey let go! I said I'm never doing that again! EVER!"
Kakashi had had enough. He didn't know what they were arguing about, and he was sure he didn't even want to know. All he wanted was to grab the blonde and drag him off to the training grounds with him.
"Naruto."
The blonde's head snapped in his direction and a bright smile engulfed his face at the sight of the jounin. Kakashi's shoulders relaxed a bit seeing that Naruto was so happy to see him.
"Hey Kakashi! What's up?"
Kakashi opened his mouth to reply but snapped it shut when Jiraiya butted in.
"You have some timing. Beat it! I have business to attend to with the brat."
Kakashi practically growled under his breathe as Naruto whirled on the toad sage.
"What the hell old man! I said I wasn't doing that ever again!"
Jiraiya huffed but suddenly got an idea and grinned. "Well what if I got you something in return for your services. Like ramen! I'll take you out for ramen later kid."
Naruto actually went silent for a few moments, contemplating his options until he roughly shook his head. "No! Not even ramen will persuade me!" On the inside Naruto was ripping his hair out. He never in his life refused ramen before! It was torture but he would endure it.
Kakashi was a bit flabbergasted to hear the blonde's refusal for ramen. What the hell was so bad that the old toad hermit wanted him to do? He was probably going to regret this, but he was beyond curious.
"What in the world are you two talking about?"
Naruto looked over at Kakashi and his face suddenly went red. Before he could come up with something to explain the situation to Kakashi, Jiraiya let out a devious chuckle. Kakashi looked over at Jiraiya and immediately his gaze hardened when he saw that conniving grin on his face.
"So Naruto never told you of his unique jutsu hmmm?"
Kakashi lifted an eyebrow questioningly. "What jutsu?"
Naruto blanched. "No! Don't tell him anything Ero-sannin!"
"Don't be so shy Naruto-chan! It's a pretty impressive jutsu I must say. There's no need to be embarrassed about it."
Naruto fumed on the inside and without thinking he lunged forward to attack him, but Jiraiya easily flipped him over his head and he toppled over straight into a barrel. Quickly Jiraiya slammed the barrel's lid down and let out boisterous laugh while Naruto kicked and screamed from within his confinement.
Kakashi could only stare as a sweat drop formed on the back of his head. As much as he wanted to help Naruto out of his predicament, he also wanted to know what was going on. Once he did, he'd rescue the blonde and haul him to the training grounds.
"Maybe if you ask him nicely he'll show it to you."
The barrel rattled around as Jiraiya held it down by leaning on it with one hand. "He performed it on me when I first met him after I was chased by some women. Poor boy didn't know anything about the female body either. And he's so close to hitting puberty. What a late bloomer he is."
Kakashi felt his eye twitch. If the bastard didn't get to the point in the next few seconds he was going to rip his arm off and take his packaged Naruto with him.
Jiraiya felt the killer intent rolling of the boy and decided to cut him some slack and get in some of his fun while he could. "Anyway, he tried to prove me otherwise by transforming into a woman! A hot, busty, and naked woman! Ohhh he certainly took me by surprise, I practically felt myself get-"
"SHUT UP!" Naruto finally smashed his way out of the barrel and punched him in the chin. He was aiming a bit higher but curse the mans incredible height! Naruto's small stature couldn't reach that high!
"Don't ever bring that up again! I'll have nightmares! You scarred me for life after you tried to molest me!"
"He what?"
Kakashi stood there stunned. As Jiraiya told his part of the story Kakashi couldn't help but feel slightly aroused by the description of a naked girl Naruto. He cursed his inner perverted mind that had been getting a bit out of control lately. But when Naruto said that he tried to molest him, his mind went blank. And after the word replayed itself in his head about a hundred or so times he felt himself snap.
Naruto turned towards Kakashi a bit nervously to try and dig himself out of this mess but stopped. The jounin looked so livid. His eyes were a steely, cold looking grey and he could see a storm brewing behind them. It made a shiver run up his spine. Naruto could only be grateful that the look wasn't directed at him.
"Maa, maa. You're over reacting you brat. I didn't molest you." Jiraiya rubbed at his chin and ignored the heated look coming from Kakashi. "I only massaged your shoulders tenderly. Then tried to get a feel in with that delicious pair of breasts you had-"
A kunai whizzed through the air towards the toad hermit's head but he easily caught it. He cocked his head towards Kakashi and smirked.
"Well what has you all riled up? I only told you what you wanted to know."
Kakashi continued to glare daggers at the man but tried to calm himself down. He couldn't believe he let his emotions take over like that and actually throw a weapon at a fellow Konoha ninja. He knew better than to let anger rule over his actions but the thought of that pervert touching Naruto made his blood boil.
As Kakashi visibly started to calm down, Naruto relaxed. It really unnerved him to see Kakashi loose his cool like that. He wondered why….
Jiraiya smirked after seeing Kakashi simmer down. In his mind he was sickeningly delighted at Kakashi's angry outburst. It only proved his theory. He turned his attention back to Naruto who was staring worriedly at the jounin. Yep, he was definitely sure of it now.
"Well now that that's out of the way, what do you say Naruto? I really do need your help in getting some inspiration."
Naruto whipped his head back at Jiraiya in disbelief. "After all that just now? No way! I said no-"
"What if I taught you a really powerful jutsu for compensation?"
"A powerful…jutsu? Like an A-ranked jutsu?"
Jiraiya nodded and Naruto couldn't believe that he was actually considering it. Maybe it wouldn't be so bad. He could just make sure that the pervert didn't touch him this time. He could probably learn a lot out of this.
While he was thinking it over Kakashi seethed. Just as he calmed himself down, the bastard had to bribe Naruto with something he knew the blonde wouldn't refuse. How dare he! There was no way he was going to let that happen. He briskly walked over to Naruto and grabbed his arm in a firm grip.
"Hey! Kakashi what are you-"
"Naruto I came here to ask you if you would train with me."
A bit surprised Naruto said, "Oh well I-"
"Hey wait a minute! I got dibs on the brat first! Wait in line!"
Kakashi turned slightly and gave Jiraiya a sharp, deadly look. "Back off, he's mine. And he's coming with me."
Without even waiting for Naruto's approval he began walking towards the training grounds while roughly dragging the protesting blonde with him.
"Hey! Wait a second! Kakashi-quit dragging me dammit!"
Naruto's constant struggling was really getting on Kakashi's last nerve. After the blonde took a swing at his head he had had it! He whirled around to snap at him but didn't expect the sudden outcome. With Naruto tugging and leaning his weight in the opposite direction, he completely lost his balance when Kakashi turned towards him. His feet slipped right out from under him and both his hands latched onto the nearest thing to anchor him again. Which was Kakashi. However, the jounin was taken by surprise and wasn't prepared for this and was yanked forward. The end result was not only painful, but awkward.
Naruto was flat on his back groaning from the pain in his head, while Kakashi cringed in pain from the impact. A few seconds went by and Kakashi finally opened his eyes and immediately went rigid.
His face was buried into Naruto's neck. He could faintly smell Naruto's scent. It was just a very clean and slightly sweet smell with a hint of a musky scent underneath. Kakashi lifted his head up a bit to clear his senses but it was no use. After catching a whiff of Naruto, his scent seemed to be everywhere around him. And that wasn't even the worst of it.
His whole body was aligned almost perfectly with Naruto's. Chest to chest. Abdomen to abdomen. And even…pelvis to pelvis. He could feel every little movement Naruto made. From the movement of his chest as he breathed right down to his hips as he started to squirm.
"Itai…my head is throbbing." Naruto's eyes started to flutter open. He squinted up at Kakashi in confusion.
The second Kakashi so those blue eyes look up at him he jerked backwards. Naruto was still clutching Kakashi's shirt and was harshly yanked up as well. His eyes flew open and he gasped. The sudden change in altitude made his head whirl unpleasantly and he felt queasy.
Seeing this Kakashi put his hands on his shoulders to steady him. It was then that he noticed the crowd that had gathered and all the eyes watching the two of them. Some in amusement, others worried, and a few that looked…disgusted?
It clicked in his head the awkward position they were in. Not as bad as before but still not good. Kakashi was still kneeling over Naruto, and the blonde was now in between his legs. He ignored the villagers and started to gently pry Naruto's hands from his shirt when the crowd parted for someone to come through.
"Ohoho! If you wanted too nail the brat so badly Kakashi, all you had to do was say so. I'd understand."
Kakashi's face flushed a deep, and burning red. Of course that damn pervert had to walk in and make everything appear worse than what it was! He started to hear murmurs coming from the villagers and now more people look a bit disgusted or uncomfortable.
"Ohh what is this?" Jiraiya leaned down to pick something up. After a quick glance at it he burst out laughing. "AHAHA! Who would of guessed that you were a fan of one of my books!"
Kakashi's head snapped up and his eyes widened in absolute horror. Jiraiya was holding the book Naruto gave him as a present in one hand while the other hand clutched his stomach while he laughed. He opened his mouth to speak but felt it go incredibly dry.
"You…you mean you're…" Oh he couldn't bare to say it. He didn't want to believe it either! Maybe he was wrong…? But god help him if what he was thinking was true!
Jiraiya finally calmed down and stood up tall and proud. "Yep, that's right! I'm the author of the Icha Icha Paradise series! My next book will be coming out very soon too! Maybe I should personally autograph it for you!"
Kakashi heard glass shattering and mountains exploding somewhere for some reason. Oh wait. That was actually the sound of his world imploding in on itself. He could feel his mental health deteriorating.
Naruto finally stopped feeling the ground sway beneath him. And he finally didn't see triple of everything. The first thing he saw was his hand still tightly fisted into Kakashi's shirt and his hand trying to pry Naruto's hand off. Well it was in the position to do so but now it was barely holding onto his hand. Naruto glanced up at Kakashi's face and saw a look of distraught on it. He followed his gaze and it landed right on Jiraiya. Who was holding the book Naruto had given Kakashi.
No wonder Kakashi looked heartbroken! That asshole stole his book from him! And Naruto was having none of that. How dare he!
"Oi! Ero-sannin!" Naruto pulled himself from underneath Kakashi and stood up on wobbly legs. "Give back Kakashi's book! I gave that to him as a gift!"
Jiraiya's eyes bulged and his mouth dropped. Was the kid serious? Well judging from that pissed off look he was receiving he could bet that he was. 'I can't believe it. This just keeps getting better!'
While Jiraiya was standing there stunned, Naruto marched over to him and swiped the book out of his hands. For added measure, he flipped the middle finger at the man and walked over to Kakashi.
Naruto looked down at him a little worried. The jounin still looked like he was completely out of it. He grabbed Kakashi under his arm and pulled him up and led him away from the crowd to the training grounds. Jiraiya didn't even try to stop them.
The entire way Kakashi remained silent. Even when they finally reached their destination, Kakashi hadn't said a word. Naruto snapped his fingers in front of the jounin's face a few times to get his attention but it failed.
"Oi, Kakashi. You there? Hellooooo!"
Still no response. He was just gazing at nothing. He almost looked like a zombie. Annoyed, Naruto took the book he was holding and smacked it hard against Kakashi's head. It finally got a reaction out of him and Naruto smiled. It only lasted briefly though, as the jounin instantly glared at Naruto and lunged at him.
Naruto didn't even have time to dodge him. Kakashi collided into Naruto and pinned him against a nearby tree. Before Naruto could bring his hands up to push him off, Kakashi grabbed his wrists and slammed them above his head and glared down at him.
"What the hell was that for?"
Naruto winced in pain. The bump he got on the back of his head from earlier started to throb again. He glared right back up at Kakashi.
"You weren't responding you asshole! I brought us to the training grounds like you wanted so we could train but all you did was stand there!"
Kakashi grimaced and loosened his grip slightly. It was just enough for Naruto to wrench his wrist out of Kakashi's grasp and shove him away. He rubbed at the bump on his head while muttering under his breath about ungrateful assholes.
Kakashi deflated a bit and felt bad. He hadn't meant to aggravate the sore spot on the blonde's head. He was just so overwhelmed with everything that just happened. He almost wished that he hadn't bothered looking for Naruto this morning. Maybe then he could of saved himself some of the utter embarrassment. Speaking of embarrassments….
"Oh by the way, here's your book back."
Naruto held the book out in his hand towards Kakashi. All the jounin could do was stare at it a bit dumbfounded. After discovering the author of the book, he wasn't sure if he wanted it back. He felt so dirty….
A few seconds went by and Naruto's arm started to ache from holding it stretched out for so long. What the hell was the bastard's problem! He should be grateful that he got his book back and telling the blonde thank you!
"What the hell's wrong with you?"
Kakashi didn't respond. In fact, it seemed he was going into a relapse from before. With a growl under his breath Naruto stomped over to the jounin.
Kakashi stiffened when Naruto invaded his personal space. The blonde reached his arms around him and for a second, he thought Naruto was going to hug him. But he didn't, he just leaned in and reached behind him to put the book into his back pouch. While Naruto fumbled with the latch Kakashi could smell the genin's scent again. He unconsciously inhaled deeply.
"Damn this stupid thing! It won't close!"
Naruto pressed himself against Kakashi to get better access. Kakashi's hands were itching to push the blonde away but didn't. He could feel the heat from the smaller body seep into his clothes and then rub against his bare skin. His heart beat quickened and he was starting to feel hot. What the hell was happening to him!
"Ah! There we go."
Finally, after what seemed to take forever, Naruto fixed the latch on his pouch and pulled away. Instantly Kakashi felt his body shiver from the loss of extra body heat. But at least his heart was slowing down and he didn't feel so…hot anymore. His body was still tingling a bit but it was fading away slowly. Kakashi breathed a sigh.
"You feeling ok Kakashi?"
Naruto could sense something was wrong with the jounin. Heck, he had been acting weird ever since Jiraiya had possession of his book earlier!
Kakashi noticed the scrutinizing gaze Naruto was giving him. He grunted. "Yeah. I'm fine."
The genin didn't look all that convinced. "You sure?"
With a nod from the jounin Naruto shrugged and smiled. Whatever it was, Kakashi did seem more like himself now.
"Alright good! Now let's get to training! I'm so going to beat your ass today!" Naruto pumped a fist into the air but immediately clamped his hands down over his head. He was feeling dizzy again.
Kakashi saw this and felt guilty. It was mostly his fault that Naruto got hurt. He walked over to the blonde and lightly grabbed his arm.
"Come on. Let's go find Rin so she can check out that bump on your head. Then we can train."
Naruto pouted slightly but nodded. He wanted to start training now.
Kakashi noticed Naruto stick his lower lip out and quickly looked away. "Naruto?"
"Hmm?" Naruto was still clutching his head while Kakashi led the way.
"After we train, want to go out for ramen?"
The only thing that met Kakashi's ears was silence. A bit reluctantly he turned his head to look at the blonde and then blinked. Naruto's eyes were a beautifully bright and shining blue and he swore that they were sparkling. Then a sly look came into those eyes.
"Will you be paying?"
He felt a sweat drop form on his head. Of course the blonde would ask that and he knew he was going to regret this but he nodded anyway.
"YES! I'm getting ramen later! And I won't even have to pay it!"
Naruto suddenly took the lead and told Kakashi to hurry up so they could find Rin. Kakashi gave an exasperated sigh at the blonde's antics but inwardly smiled. If Naruto was happy, then he himself couldn't help but feel happy too. Especially if he was the one to make the blonde happy.
TBC…
A/N: *_* I giggle whenever I write Kakashi in awkward positions with Naruto. I'm sure most of you have noticed I like to write those kind of scenes! XD
And just as a foot note to everyone from the beginning with the whole time explanation…that was hard for me. I remember the episodes where Sasuke had attacked the Hokage summit and after he was badly injured, Madara came down and sucked him and Karin into this whirly thing and into…well what I thought was some separate dimension. And there Karin healed Sasuke. Since a dimension is a separate time and space from the original world, I decided to make that the core reason Naruto ended up in the past. It was a complete mistake that Naruto ended up there. The jutsu wasn't suppose to do that. It was suppose to send Naruto to some other place where Madara could torture him or whatever. After Sasuke tried to intercept, the ninja's chakra fluctuated and pumped too much chakra into the jutsu and sent Naruto to the past.
That was how they would kidnap people so Madara could gain knowledge on the whereabouts of the jinchuuriki and then leak the information into the Akatsuki. Of course, that episode of Madara and Sasuke, I based on my own opinion. I don't remember much from that episode but it's my fanfic, and I am trying my best to make everything fit. I do try to be a little bit clever x.x
So anyway, I hope you all enjoyed chapter 9! And by the way, next Saturday is my birthdaaay =D Can't wait! ^-^ I'm going to get chapter 10 up by then. Just a little present to myself XD And a thanks to all my wonderful readers and reviewers. You're the best! ^-^
Also, to people who aren't aware and haven't already, please watch the Kony 2012 video. You can find it on youtube. And if you don't believe in that, don't flame me or yell at me! You do not have to view it if you don't want to. I'm just trying to spread the word cause I believe in it and want them to catch that bastard and save those African children. Thank you to everyone who does support it!
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