Three days-

Wolf had waited for Naru to get better for three days and finally around lunch time on the third day he returned to his room and found Naru wide awake and sitting up in the bed looking well rested and wonderfully tousled. She looked over at him as he stepped into the room and smiled at him, that sweet and innocent smile did funny things to his heart and stomach. Funny things that he wasn't sure that he could fight, but then again, he didn't really want to fight it.

He wanted to embrace it and use it. He wanted to pin the female to the bed and ravish her into submission, but held himself in check because her health. He needed her in one piece. "Naru. How are you feeling?" Wolf asked as he all but ripped off his Kage robes and tossed them aside along with the ridiculous hat that he was forced to wear, and walked over to the bed and sat down on the edge.

"I'm fine, Kashi-" Naru said as she wiped her eyes with her hands, missing the odd look of displeasure that crossed the man's face when she called him Kashi. She was about to ask how long she had been out when she felt his fingers sliding across her cheeks as he framed her face, jerking her head around to face him almost painfully and lowered his head as if he were about to kiss her. Naru's eyes widened and her heart thudded against her ribs as he closed the distance between their faces until his lips were almost touching hers, his breath fanning her face and he growled.

"Don't ever call me Kashi or Kakashi again." It was an order coupled with a softly veiled threat. She stared at him in shock, wondering what she had done to make him say such a thing when he brushed his lips across hers in a feather light kiss that sent a jolt through her body, surprising her before he lifted his head and let go of her then said.

"You will call me Wolf from now on so that there will be no mistake about who or what I am." He said in a cold tone as he reached out and used his index finger to trace the shape of her lips before abruptly moving away.

Naru stared at him with a frown, a confused expression on her face. He knew that she didn't understand, but he really didn't want to go into explanations about how he 'Wolf' was different from him 'Kakashi'. He figured that she would find out the difference between the two soon enough since his personality was more animalistic than Kakashi's whom was more human.

Hehad a perchance for mischief, and for being a sadist and loving to torment others.

Kakashi...had a perchance for just being a perv and a sadist.

Wolf loved playing Prey.

Kakashi only played with those that he intended to kill.

The list was endless. And for good reason since they wee technically two different people with two very different set of needs, wants and desires. But one thing was always constant. They needed Naru. They wanted her in ways that frightened even them. They had trouble facing their feelings-well okay, Kakashi was the worst at facing his feelings since Wolf was nothing but a being of pure feeling.

Kakashi tended to beat around the bush and try to talk himself out of things. Especially when it was something that he wanted. Where as Wolf had no problem with much of anything. He was a predator and lover by nature. If he saw a woman that he liked then he was right there on her front porch with in one hour, ready and willing to do whatever it took to get her naked and under him.

But in recent years he had noticed that he was holding himself back.

He seemed to be blinded by something and unable to see anything at all. Sure he could technically still see, he saw the village females, saw their beauty, but their beauty no longer stirred his interest in any way. He couldn't seem to see any female but Naru, so that was when he had started analyzing his own behavior patterns. And had realised that part of the reason that other females no longer held any interest for him was because he had met his chosen mate and his dormant blood line limit had activated.

Something that shouldn't have affected him for another five or six years, but he knew that he would need it to secure his mate and protect her as well as any young that their union might produce. But before he could do anything else, he had to woo her. Something that he was dreading since he wasn't really sure about how to attract her attention as a mate. He only knew how to attract her attention as a man.

And that wouldn't really work on her unless he was very, very up front about his intentions for her and if he was, she might try to run from him so...being completely up front was out. He was still trying to figure out his next move when she finally spoke up. "Um, Kaka-" She cut off her question when he gave her a blood chilling look.

Well okay then. So he was serious about being called Wolf? "Ugh...W-Wolf?"

He gave her an indulgent smile. Apparently happy that she hadn't called him by his name. God, he wasweird sometimes. "Yes, Naru."

"Umm, would you mind if I took another shower and went back to work?" Genma and the others were probably missing her at the missions desk. Wolf was quiet for a second as he considered her request. It might not be so bad if he allowed her to go back to work, just for an hour or so. That wasn't enough time to completely wear her out, but it was enough time for her to feel useful again. Something that he understood since it was just a part of her character.

But on the other hand-

She would be close to Genma, Tenzou, and any other male that was currently working the desk. And he didn't like that thought very much. Then again, maybe he should le her go. He could spy on her as his Anbu persona.

It would certainly give him a better chance to get to know her more intimately and learn what she liked and disliked about he people that she worked with and such. He smiled at her. "Sure. Go ahead and borrow some of my clothes. But I expect you to come right back here and take a nice long nap in two hours time. Understand?"

She nodded her head and climbed out of the bed and practically ran past him earning an amused chuckle as he slipped back out of the room to allow her some privacy.