Kakashi: Oh no... No, no, no, no...

Mito: What?

SpiralingPiplup: He be tranced because he knows what's gonna happen.

Naruto and Sasuke: What's gonna happen?

Sakura: I bet she's gonna say stuff.

SpiralingPiplup: Stuff.

Sakura: Told you.

SpiralingPiplup: ENOUGH TALKING. LET US BE STARTED!

SpiralingPiplup's Notes: I actually didn't change the name this time! I'm so proud of myself! :) Tee hee. Well, I passed all of my state exams, so I'm exempt from all of my finals once I turn in the one that I owe my World History teacher. Which means, yes, you'll probably see more frequent updates in the next three months since I'll be on my long awaited summer vacation!! =] Yay! And I have a good old Pokémon fanfic based around Looker coming up this summer. And that's about it, so I'm gonna get this chapter started!

A Flower of Hope and Love

Chapter 11 - Tsunade Arrives!

Kakashi and Mito were sitting out on the balcony of their apartment. Mito had fallen asleep in Kakashi's arms, so he resorted to just looking up at the sky. He had been thinking about Uchiha Obito since Mito had fallen asleep. His daily routine of visiting Obito's grave before meeting up with Team Seven had been broken when he came to Japan. A knock on the wall had broken his thoughts as he turned his head to see a blonde knucklehead at the screen door.

"What is it, Naruto? And don't be a loud fool when you answer either, okay?" Kakashi asked in a low voice. He didn't want to wake up Mito since he had a really bad feeling that pregnant women were bitches when they didn't get what they wanted. Kakashi didn't want to be on the bad end of that.

"Well, um... Sakura-chan said that she saw someone who looked exactly like Granny Tsunade and um... thought we should tell you," Naruto replied in a voice that was almost a whisper. Kakashi immediately got a look of seriousness on his face.

"Get Sakura," Kakashi replied. Naruto nodded and walked back inside the apartment to look for Sakura. Kakashi could barely hear Naruto call her name and Sakura's reply telling him to give her a minute. He let out a quiet laugh as he realized it was just like the good old times back in Konoha. It was a bit nostalgic to him.

"Yes, Kakashi-sensei?" Sakura asked quietly when she reached the screen door. Naruto was standing next to her, waiting to see if he needed to do anything else for his teacher.

"Are you sure you saw Tsunade?" Kakashi asked. Sakura nodded and watched as Kakashi closed his only visible eye.

"What did she look like then, Sakura?" Kakashi asked with his eye still closed.

"Well... She was blonde... had a green jacket on similar to Tsunade's.. She had a young appearance. And she had that diamond jewel looking thing on her forehead too. When I saw all of that, I kinda ran since I didn't want her to see me," Sakura replied quietly. Kakashi's closed eye reopened instantly.

"Are you sure?" Kakashi replied, literally forcing his voice to stay low enough for Mito to still sleep. Sakura nodded slowly. "Go inside." The two teenagers stayed in their positions, but looked at each other with confused expressions. They were already inside, but they assumed that Kakashi didn't notice that already.

"NOW!" Kakashi yelled. Almost instantly, the two teenagers ran away from the screen door just as Mito's eyes slowly started to open.

"What's with all of the noise?" she asked groggily. She slowly sat up with Kakashi's help and examined her surroundings.

"It's nothing. Nothing at all," Kakashi nervously replied. This earned him a well deserved slap in the face. Kakashi rubbed the slap mark on his face innocently, trying to get rid of the stinging sensation it left.

"Don't you dare lie to me, Kakashi Hatake! I am not afraid to beat the hell out of you!" Mito threatened. Kakashi stopped rubbing the slap mark on his face and sighed quietly.

"Alright, alright. Let's go inside and I'll explain it to you," Kakashi replied. And they did just that. Once they were comfortably seated on the couch in the living room, he explained everything that his students had told him. And Mito had apologized for slapping him just as there was a knock on the door. Kakashi lowered his mask and quickly kissed her on the forehead. He got up and adjusted his mask as he walked over to the door to answer it. When he opened the door, he was slammed into a wall as the door slammed shut.

"Kakashi, just what the hell have you been doing here?!" the voice yelled. Naruto and Sakura, who had heard the commotion ran out into the living room to see the very same blonde woman that Sakura had just described moments ago.

"Heh. Looks like you found me, Lady Hokage," Kakashi replied, trying his hardest not to laugh. Another slap was given to him as the woman now identified as Tsunade walked over to Naruto and Sakura.

"You two okay? I hope you're not being idiots like your teacher," Tsunade stated. The two teenagers shook their heads, trying their hardest not to laugh like idiots. "That's good. I was worried there for a minute."

"But Granny Hokage! How did you know we were here?!" Naruto asked. She showed them the letter that had handwriting similar to Sasuke's on it. Sakura let out a quiet gasp as she was the first to notice this.

"So... it was Sasuke-kun?" Sakura slowly asked. Tsunade nodded, which caused both Sakura and Mito to let out quiet gasps. Tsunade looked over at Mito and walked over to her next.

"So you're the one Sasuke and Asuma were talking about," Tsunade murmured. Kakashi disappeared from his current position by the door, then reappeared by Mito's side. It had shocked Tsunade and his two team members a bit, but he didn't care. He just didn't want Mito – nor Naruto and Sakura for that matter – to get hurt.

"Don't worry, Kakashi. I'm not going to hurt her," Tsunade stated. She looked over at Naruto and Sakura. "You two, would you mind leaving? I'd like to talk to them alone." Almost instantly, Naruto and Sakura nodded and ran out the door, slamming it shut behind them. "Alright, Kakashi. Just what the hell have you been doing here?"

"You should be asking that to Asuma," Kakashi replied coldly.

"Well, Asuma's not here, is he? I don't think so. Now answer the question," Tsunade replied. Mito looked helplessly at Kakashi. If he had any kind of common sense, she believed that he would tell Tsunade about what happened with her and Asuma. She really believed he would do it for her.

"Fine then. Since Asuma would probably lie to you about this anyways, I'll be glad to explain it to you. Asuma basically had sexual intercourse with my girlfriend. And now she's pregnant with his twins," Kakashi stated. He paused to take a short breather when Tsunade interrupted him.

"You haven't answered my question," Tsunade stated.

"I was getting there before you interrupted. I've been here because I care about Mito and I didn't want her to be alone through this whole pregnancy thing. I didn't want her to get hurt or have something bad to happen to her," Kakashi replied. Mito looked over at Kakashi and smiled happily, but Kakashi didn't seem to notice. Tsunade also smiled, then looked over at Mito, who seemed extremely nervous.

"So Mito, if you don't mind me asking, how far along are you?" Tsunade asked. Mito held up five fingers as Tsunade nodded. "Well, if you're willing to go back now, you can. There shouldn't be any erm... problems." Kakashi looked over at Mito, who smiled and nodded.

"Can we go tomorrow? I think Naruto and Sakura would like time to say good bye to the friends they made here," Kakashi replied. He looked over at Mito. "And... I'm sure Mito has some things she needs to do as well."

"I understand. I'll be staying at a hotel down the street, so if you need me, just ask for me. Meet me there tomorrow morning though, just so I know you haven't ditched me," Tsunade replied. Kakashi nodded and watched as Tsunade left. As soon as the door closed, Mito pulled Kakashi into a hug. She had started crying soon after since Kakashi felt the tears land on his shoulder.

"Mito... What's wrong?" Kakashi whispered.

"I-I'm scared," Mito sobbed. "I'm sc-scared that something b-bad is going to happen."

"Nothing bad will happen, Mito. I promise. I'll be with you the whole time, no matter what," Kakashi replied as he pulled away from Mito's hug. He lowered his mask and kissed her gently, smiling as he did so.

Naruto and Sakura sat inside a nearby ramen shop by themselves, happily and worriedly eating ramen. They had been discussing why Sasuke had betrayed them and told Tsunade about what was going on. They saw Tsunade walk into the ramen shop and walk over to their table, smiling.

"If you guys want to go back to your apartment, you can. I'm done talking to Hatake-san and Mito," Tsunade stated as Naruto and Sakura jumped up.

"Granny Tsunade, did you convince Kakashi-sensei to let us go back to Konoha?" Naruto innocently asked. Tsunade smacked him in the face, creating a red mark on his face almost instantly.

"I didn't say I was going to answer any questions! Just go back to your apartment and ask Kakashi, okay?" Tsunade replied as she walked away. Naruto and Sakura followed behind her as she left and slowly traveled back to their apartment.

Mito had fallen asleep in Kakashi's arms just recently. Kakashi had taken to gently stroking Mito's hair while glancing at the door numerous times. It was late and he was getting extremely worried about Naruto and Sakura. As soon as this thought crossed his mind, Naruto and Sakura walked through the door and nearly slammed the door shut. Kakashi didn't notice since he was finally able to let out a sigh of relief.

"Kakashi-sensei? When are we going home?" Naruto innocently asked. Sakura nodded in agreement as Kakashi looked down at Mito.

"I told Tsunade tomorrow... But Mito... she needs to tell Yuta. I don't know if she'll be up to telling him before then," Kakashi replied as he placed one of his hands on top of Mito's. The two teenagers looked at him with confused expressions. He had forgotten to tell Naruto and Sakura that Mito was going with them.

"What are you talking about, sensei? Mito isn't going with us... is she?" Sakura replied, looking from Kakashi to Mito. Kakashi smiled beneath his mask as he held one of Mito's hands in his own.

"She is, Sakura. She really is," Kakashi replied, the smile beneath his mask getting even bigger. Naruto frowned, but Sakura smiled and hugged Kakashi happily. Sakura had taken a liking to Mito while Naruto had come to have a brotherly dislike for her like Yuta had. Kakashi smiled as he pushed Sakura away.

"Please tell me you're joking, Kakashi-sensei. Please tell me that," Naruto begged. Kakashi shook his head, then made sure that Mito was still sound asleep. When he confirmed that she was, Kakashi took a small velvet box out of his pocket and handed it to Sakura. She took the box and opened it to see a beautiful diamond ring. Naruto snatched the box out of her hands and looked at the very same ring himself. He laughed quietly to himself, then handed the closed box back to Kakashi, who put it back into his pocket.

"Beautiful, isn't it?" Kakashi asked, looking to Sakura and Naruto. Both of them nodded, then smiled at their sensei. "Well, there's something I want you two to do."

"What is it, sensei?" Naruto and Sakura asked.

"I want you two to get Yuta for me. I don't want to leave Mito by herself," Kakashi commanded. The two young shinobi nodded and immediately left, leaving Kakashi alone with Mito once more. She was going to be woken up by the time Naruto and Sakura returned with Yuta.

Mito and Kakashi had returned to their seat on the porch. Naruto and Sakura walked in with Yuta unnoticed and unheard. Sakura innocently walked over to the porch's screen door.

"Kirishima-chan?" Sakura quietly called. Mito and Kakashi turned around to face Sakura. "Um, Yuta's here." Mito looked over at Kakashi, who smiled beneath his mask.

"Do you want me to go inside?" Kakashi asked as he watched Sakura walk back over to Yuta and Naruto from the corner of his eye.

"Y-yes... I-I want to talk to him alone," Mito replied, nervously. Kakashi nodded as he quickly lowered his mask and kissed Mito. As he stood up, he readjusted his mask. When he reached the screen door allowing him to go back inside, he turned back around to face Mito.

"Are you absolutely sure you want to be alone with Yuta?" Kakashi asked with a hint of seriousness in his voice. Mito nodded as she closed her eyes and took a deep breath. Reluctantly, Kakashi went back inside and gestured for Yuta to go outside with his sister, which he did with pleasure.

"Alright, what do you want, Mito?" Yuta asked with a hint of anger in his voice. Mito slowly opened her eyes only to close them again. She wanted to cry so badly; she knew that Yuta wasn't going to approve that she was leaving Japan. Leaving everything that she had.

"I... I'm leaving," Mito whispered, forcing the words out of her mouth just as she did when she first told Kakashi that she was pregnant. Yuta didn't look too pleased, but he didn't seem to understand what she was saying either.

"You're leaving with Kakashi?" Yuta asked, trying to figure out his sister's logic. She nodded slowly as Yuta jumped up out of the chair he had sat in. "Like hell you are! I won't let you!" At this, Mito slowly stood up.

"Yuta, I don't know if you realized this or not, but I'm much older than you and I can do whatever the hell I want whenever the hell I want to, okay? I realize that I'm giving everything up and that I may never see you again, but you know what, I don't care! I love Kakashi and I promised him that I would go to Konoha with him! So just shut the hell up, okay?!" Mito replied. The tears that she had bottled up began to fall from her eyes as Yuta scowled and slammed his fist into the metal railing. Kakashi, Sakura and Naruto ran over to the screen door and resisted the urge to go outside and stop the fight that they knew was about to happen. Soon after, Mito realized what she said and looked over at the screen door at Kakashi, then back over to Yuta. "Oh no..."

"Don't 'oh no' me! I already know about the Konoha you're speaking of. Sakura already told me," Yuta replied. Kakashi looked over at Sakura, who nervously laughed. She knew she was going to get it now. Mito, on the other hand, just slapped Yuta in the face. "What the hell was that for?!"

"Because it looks like you don't give a damn! So you know what, forget it! Forget I ever told you, Yuta! Just... just leave!" Mito sobbed as she sat back down in her chair. Yuta left as soon as Mito sat back down, shoving Naruto and Sakura out of his way. Kakashi grabbed him just as he started to pass him. Naruto and Sakura had stepped outside to try and comfort Mito.

"You just don't seem to care, do you?" Kakashi asked. Yuta shook his head as Kakashi dropped him. "I figured as much. That's alright. I was going to tell you something just now, but then I decided not to since you're being a little brat." Yuta gave Kakashi the finger as he left and Kakashi returned the favor with ease. As the door slammed shut, Kakashi walked over to it and locked it before stepping back over to the screen door and placing his hand on the wall. "Mito, are you alr– No, I know that you're not alright. I shouldn't be asking that. Are you gonna be okay is what I should be asking."

"Yes, I'll be fine, Kakashi," Mito replied. Her voice was muffled because she was sobbing into Naruto's jacket and shoulder. Kakashi slowly opened the screen door and stepped out onto the porch. He looked from Naruto to Sakura, then gestured for them to get up once he had Mito crying in his arms. Sakura had stepped inside, but Naruto stopped just before walking in and closing the screen door.

"You sure you want us to go, Kakashi-sensei?" Naruto asked.

"Yes, I'm sure. You two go get some sleep. Tomorrow's going to be a long day," Kakashi replied as he began to slowly and gently stroke Mito's hair once more. Naruto and Sakura disappeared into the home as Kakashi's free hand grasped onto the velvet box in his pocket.

SpiralingPiplup: Hee hee.

Naruto: Heh.

Sakura: Haha!

Kakashi: What's so funny?

Yuta: Yeah... what is so funny?

SpiralingPiplup: Oh, they just know what's gonna happen next chapter. That's all.

Kakashi: Wanna tell me?

Naruto and Sakura: No.

Kakashi: Jerks.