Author's Notes

Another chapter! Thanks for all your support as usual!

dreamer1084: exactly like what you said, you totally got my hint. To me, the reason that Naruto fell in love with Kakashi is more due to the fact that they are linked up with their soul., which in some way, it is my explanation to why there is love in first sight; and it kind of explains how love develops.

Prescripto13: doumo. To be honest, I love describing the emotions that Kashi-kun has... ^O^ totally don't know why.

krito1389: well, as the story develops, you will know more about the truth; and that to be honest, what Naruto was planning to say, I am not certain either, as when I construct the chapter, I did not actually figure out what he was going to say... Orz.

Vi.

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The pratice between An and Kakashi only stopped when An ran into Kakashi in full speed, and for which he caught the latter unexpectedly. "Catch'ya," he whispered victoriously, as he dropped himself into Kakashi, who lifted his arms in order to pull his katana away from the older Sasaki.

"An-nii," Kakashi murmured embarrassingly, "you have tricked me again."

An grinned deviously as he spoke, "it's really late, Kashi-kun, I am relying on you to escort our guest home, as Kurama has other issue that he has to address."

Kakashi looked at his aniki with his eyes slightly wide opened, "really?"

"Of course, my silly boy. It has been a long day; both Kazu-kun and I have an important meeting to attend."

Kakashi's expression slightly darken, "the elders?"

An did not reply directly, "don't worry about it, Kakashi. Everything is still under control."

"Hai..." Kakashi replied obediently as if his aniki did not want to provide him an answer, he knew the reasons and he trusted the older man. He withdrew the Tsuki silently and approached the pair who were sitting on the bench. "Kazu-nii," he nodded gently, and then turned his gaze to the young blond. "Naruto, it's getting late, let me walk you home."

"I am not a girl, Kakashi," the blond protested immediately. "I am perfectly fine to find my way back to the chruch."

Before Kakashi spoke, Kazuhiko interrupted, "Naruto-kun, just let Kashi-kun to walk you home. An-sama has promised Kurama that he would return you in one piece."

"So are you indicating that you want to stay away from me then, Naruto?" Kakashi spoke silently.

"Iie, I... I..." Naruto replied quickly, but he did not manage to find words to fit in. "This is not what I meant, Kakashi... Please walk me home then-dattebyo." He rushed out his sentence with his face flushed.

Both Kakashi and Kazuhiko tried their best to hide their devious grin, and the latter disappeared without a word.

The remaining men stood there in a slightly oddward state. "Ano-sa..." the blond took the initiative and broke the silence, as they walked along the small footpath through the wood. "Do you like the Turkish delight that Kazuhiko-san made?" He raised the small black silk bag up, "I never tried one and it tastes delicious."

"Glad you like it, it is one of my favourite confectionery." Kakashi grinned softly, "and Kazu-nii's recipe is one of the best that I have ever tried."

"Really?" Naruto took one of the pink cube out of the bag quickly, "so do you want one?" he offered.

However, Kakashi did not pull out his hand to take the cube. Instead, he bent down slightly and took the candy by his mouth directly.

Naruto flushed as the tips of his fingers brushed against the thin lips. He withdrew his hand quickly and in order to hide his embarrassment, he took another piece from the bag and pushed into his mouth quickly.

Obviously, Kakashi noticed the flush and so he remained silence and savoured the pink cube, filling his mouth with the scent of Damascus rose. As he expected, the blond recovered quickly.

"Ne... Kakashi, how to you normally kill your time? It seems so long-dattebyo." Naruto asked in a carefree way, as he licked his fingers, removing the flour.

"Ma... Nothing much really," Kakashi answered also in a carefree manner, "read a bit, ran some of the errands for An-niisan and take charge of our clansman swordsmanship classes, as you now know, I am the holder of the Tsuki."

"Oh... I see, it seems quite boring-dattebyo..." Naruto rolled his eyes as he popped another cube into his mouth.

"Sometimes it does, when we have done that year after year." Kakashi chucked cheerfully, "but then, it is interesting to meet someone that is different; someone that is least expecting."

"Hahaha, really?" Naruto asked and remained flushed as he caught the hint. The vampire was not referring anybody, but himself. "Then, why don't you get a partner? Just now, it seems that your clansman have found their mates."

"I used to have," Kakashi dimmed. "Before I have loss him." He turned and faced the blond, he looked into the blue eyes profoundly. "I am waiting for him to come back. I am waiting for his soul to come back to me. No matter how much he has changed, I am sure that he would have found me, if he actually border to engrave my existence deeply in his soul."

As Kakashi spoke, in some part of Naruto's soul, he was rejoicing, wanting to response to the vampire's calling. However, on the more conscious part of him, he actually felt bitter. He could tell that the vampire was deeply in love with his previous partner, which somehow, this fact upset him. He took another piece of the Turkish delight, but somehow, the sweet did not manage to sweeten his mood.

"But," Kakashi continued, "if he never come back to me, I have to learn to let go. After all, it's only us, the vampires have no choice. Mortal souls are much smaller than ours; they did not have the previous memories nonetheless."

"Oh..." Naruto responsed softly, and changed the topic as seamlessly as he could. "Ano-sa, I am going back to Konoha soon, as my mission here is getting the end. Will I ever see you again? Seems you guys are kind of busy here-dattebyo."

"I will be definitely see you again, Naruto," the vampire replied. "I need to go to Konoha someday next month, fancy meeting up sometimes then?"

"That's great-dattebyo." Naruto's expression was suddenly more cheerful. "So how can I contact you?"

"You can either use the Konoha bats or ask Kurama to give you one of the paper foxes," Kakashi spoke as he stopped by the church gate. "Well, this is it."

Naruto opened the gate slowly as he would not want to wake up Father Joshua. He wanted to talk to the vampire more, but he was not sure how. "Ano-sa..." he paused, "so I will see you when you are in Konoha, yea?"

"No problem," Kakashi replied crisply. He also wanted to stay longer, but he knew he should not. Even though he was truly planning to go to Konoha soon, he was not certain whether he got the time. Furthermore, he already began to miss Naruto's warmth, as well as his blood. He began to feel less confidence. He wondered how long he could keep himself away from the man. He wanted the man to fall in love with him again.

"So..." Naruto tried his best to produce a sentence, "yea... I hope I will still able to see you before I go..."

"Don't worry," Kakashi replied rapidly, "I will be around."

"Great." Naruto pulled his signature smile, "so oyasumi-nasai."

"Hai. Oyasumi," Kakashi replied and stepped forward, with his left hand holding the gate. He placed a soft perk on top of Naruto's forehead. "Sweet dream."

"You too-dattebyo." Naruto turned his gaze away from the vampire slightly, "good night, Kakashi."

Kakashi simply stood there until Naruto was out of sight. He took out a similar black silk bag from his trouser pocket. He opened the bag and picked out another pink cube. "You have already forgotten, my Naru... You remembered when I met you 100 years ago. It was not my favourite confectionery, initially; but it's your favourite." He sighed, "but nonetheless, you like it."