At the third training ground, Kakashi and I sparred. My mind was not in it, and Kakashi only had to block with two fingers.

"What's up, Sera-san?" Kakashi asked after I completely missed another punch.

"What the hell do you think is up?" I snapped. "I lost my clan and family and was mourning, but then you give me a scroll my long lost uncle wrote that says that my clan wanted to make my life miserable and force a monster into me! What am I supposed to think?" I didn't mention that my arm was still tingling, and that it was bothering me a little.

"Don't," Kakashi advised. "Just concentrate on training." I rolled my eyes, but since Kakashi was a good teacher, I listened to his advice. I had lots of pent up energy from being in my room for weeks, but I had also grown weaker since I hadn't trained at all.

"Not bad," Kakashi said when we took a break. "I'm going to rest now, you can train by yourself." He took out his orange book.

"Why do you even read that shit?" I asked, making a face.

"Potty mouth," Kakashi teased. "Well...it's interesting. Also, I know the author. He's a great shinobi. You can call me a pervert or whatever you want, but it's my favorite book. Also, without it, I wouldn't have found you."

"What?" What did I have to do with his book?

"I dropped my custom Icha Icha bookmark while I was training here one day, so I went back at night to get it and I saw you training. After that, I came back every night to watch you."

"Stalker," I muttered, but my stomach did a weird half-flip.

"Go train," he told me, laughing.

I went back and used a tree as a punching bag. I also practiced my ninjutsu.

"Water style: Raging Waves!" A rush of water burst out of my mouth.

"Lightning Style: Electric Water!" The water crackled with electricity. I decided to try something. I had read about something called Kekkei Genkai, where you can take two different chakra natures, one in each hand, and combine them when making the seals. I wanted to try that with my water and lightning natures.

Concentrating hard, I took water based chakra and gathered it in my right hand, the used my left hand to hold lightning based chakra. I clapped my hands together and...nothing.

"What are you doing?" Kakashi asked, looking up with interest from his book.

"Nothing," I muttered, embarrassed.

"Your Kekkei Genkai looks like it might have potential. Kekkei Genkai usually runs in the blood," Kakashi told me. "So think. What else runs in your clan's blood? I'm going back, by the way. Knock when you want to come back in."

What else runs in my blood? The ability to use the moon's energy!

I waited until the moon came out, then tried it again under the light of the moon. This time, a highly concentrated beam of light shot out from my hands. I couldn't see what use that was except to blind the enemy momentarily. I tried again, this time concentrating the chakra a little more. This time, the beam of light sharpened to a point and I could use it as a sword. It was cold and glowing with a mix of chakra and moon energy.

"Awesome," I breathed. The moon sword cut through rocks like they were lumps of softened butter. It was exhilarating, and I stayed out all night testing out my new ability. I eventually fell asleep on the forest floor.

I woke up in my bed. Strange...I thought I stayed out all night. Kakashi came in.

"You had me worried sick when you didn't come back before midnight," he scolded gently. "I carried you back." Kakashi...was worried about me? I thought about his strong arms wrapped around me...and pinched myself back to reality. I didn't know what to think of Hatake Kakashi anymore. He had saved me from becoming a Jinchuriki, I knew that now. But...it was hard to get rid of the bitter feelings I had towards him. Him being extra nice to me since we found out my clan had moved didn't help my confusion.

"Thanks," I said finally.

"So...any luck?" he asked. I grinned.

"Come and see." He smiled back.

"Let's go."

A/N

So...when Kakashi is twenty, he's probably still in the Anbu, but for story purposes, I going to say he's already a jonin leader. Sorry. It's going a little slow, but soon...they'll probably get together. I'm not sure what I have planned for them just yet.

i don't own Naruto or any of its characters.

thanks for reading!