A/N: HEY!!! I'm not dead yet! XD I'm soo sorry that I didn't update sooner and I have no excuses for the lateness T.T But, I will add that I had soooo much fun writing this chapter!! (Especially the KakaNaru moment!! XD) Also, in this chapter, you'll probabely like my version of Sakura a lot and I'll remind you guys that there won't be any bashing on the story (Mishiba and Koyra is an exception 'cause everyone wants to kick their asses XD)
Big thanks to astarte lea for being my beta!
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"The Creepy White Room." is what Naruto will always call the room that Iruka temporarily lived in. Invisible cold shivers always went down his spine as he entered the room. The strangest thing is that this was the only room that was covered with the blank color. The rest of the hospital rooms were covered with different bright colors. Brushing the curious thought out of his mind, he took another step into the room. Sakura followed behind him, her steps made no sounds on the polished floor.
Naruto's cerulean eyes rested on Iruka. Iruka was sitting up and looking out the window that was beside him, a large blanket rested on his lower half. The sea green hospital gown contrasted with his skin unnaturally. His hair was not in its usual high ponytail but untied, letting his brown hair fall down onto his shoulders. The man didn't move at all as Naruto and Sakura entered the room. No sound was heard in the room. 'Maybe I should say something...' Naruto thought, shifting slightly uncomfortably. The blonde opened his mouth and spoke.
"Hi, Iruka-sensei!" Naruto greeted cheerfully at his teacher as he smiled brightly also.
"Hey Naruto." Iruka said, his voice hinting that he was surprised that he didn't hear them come into the room.
Iruka turned and began to smile at Naruto. The smile immediately disappeared when he saw Naruto's bruised cheek, ignoring that Sakura was behind the blonde.
"Naruto, what happened?!" Iruka said, his voice filled with concern as he began to shift and take the blanket off his body.
"Don't move Iruka-sensei! You're still injured." Naruto said as he quickly moved towards Iruka, Sakura following behind him in concern.
Iruka stopped what he was doing as Naruto moved towards him. Once Naruto stood in front of the hospital bed, Iruka looked closely at the bruise. The older man's brown eyes reflected concern.
"Who did this?" Iruka demanded, looking at Naruto straight in the eye.
"...Mishiba and Koyra." Naruto replied quietly, his eyes shifting slightly.
"What?! How did-" Iruka shouted, but was cut off.
"They knew where you and Naruto live a few days after Naruto ran away." Sakura explained, remembering the whispers from Naruto's foster parents about Naruto.
"You know about this Sakura?" Iruka asked, looking behind Naruto and staring at the pink-haired girl.
Sakura nodded.
"She's...the daughter of one of my foster parent's friends." Naruto said hesitantly.
Iruka's eyes widen in shock at the comment, but then narrowed his eyes in suspicion at Sakura.
"Why are you helping Naruto if you're one of the people who harmed him?" Iruka asked Sakura, not trusting her at all.
She winced slightly at the bitter question from Iruka, but kept her ground. She stared directly at the teacher.
"I don't want people to harm him again, especially when it comes to the injuries from Mishiba and Koyra." Sakura said with confidence.
"You do know that helping Naruto, you will lose your popularity with the other students." Iruka said, remembering that although other students didn't know what happened six years ago, they still carried the hate for the blonde from their parents.
"I don't care. I just don't want him to get hurt." Sakura said, taking a few steps until she was standing beside the blonde.
Iruka blinked, trying to hide his shock and failed. He is still suspicious of the young woman, but he had to admire that she was confident...either that or she's a good liar. He gave Naruto a warning look. Naruto nodded, understanding completely of the gaze. Sakura looked at her English teacher and the blonde, feeling small pokes of hurt in her heart at the lack of trust. 'What did you expect? You've just decided to help Naruto out of nowhere.' Her Inner voice said throughout her thoughts. Sakura mentally shook her head, agreeing with her inner self. After minutes of silence in the white room.
"How did it happen?" Iruka asked as he looked at both Sakura and Naruto.
Sakura also turned to Naruto, waiting for him to explain also. She, herself, did not see the scene or how Mishiba and Koyra managed to bring him back. Unconsciously, he shifted slightly as he felt uneasy under the stares. Never the less, he opened his mouth and retold the scene that had happened yesterday. Iruka's gaze turned to the polished white floor, looking as if the floor was an alchemy puzzle as Naruto continued to explain. Meanwhile, Sakura continued to stare at Naruto, showing that she was listening to every word.
As Naruto finally finished his story, everyone was silent. Iruka raised his eyes back up and stared at Naruto.
"..It's true what the lady said, I shouldn't have let you live in my apartment until I had the adoption forms and that your foster parents had agreed on the adoption." Iruka said, sadness showing in his brown eyes.
"But..." Naruto trailed off, as he slowly formed a happy grin on his lips.
"I'm glad you did."
Iruka's eyes widen at the comment, but quickly recovered. He showed his own smile at Naruto.
"Me too."
Sakura smiled at the moment with Naruto and their teacher. The moment was interrupted when a knock was heard from the outside. The three turned their heads at the sound.
"Come in." Iruka said, loud enough for the person outside to hear.
The copper knob turned and the door was open. A lady with blonde hair and amethyst eyes in a nurse outfit appeared. She smiled at Iruka and Sakura. Though, once she rested her eyes on Naruto, her smiled instantly formed into a sneer.
"I can't believe our security was that bad to not notice it coming here." The woman whispered to herself.
Naruto lowered his eyes to the ground not in shame, but in sadness. Sakura noticed the reaction and glared at the nurse, feeling a protectiveness alert in her.
"Hey, Naruto just wanted to visit his teacher!" Sakura said, continuing to glare at the nurse.
The nurse blinked.
"That monster has feelings?" The nurse sneered, actually surprised that someone stood up for it.
"What! Why you-" Sakura started angrily.
"Sakura, stop! It's ok." Naruto interrupted the pink-haired girl, trying to calm her.
"But-"
"Don't worry." Naruto said as a smile appeared on his face as he looked at Sakura.
Sakura nodded and stayed silent. The nurse blinked in surprise of what just happened a few minutes ago. She shook her head and began to speak to Sakura, completely ignoring Naruto.
"Visiting time is over. So, I need to ask you to leave. You can visit the patient tomorrow." The nurse said, sounding more like a robot reciting an letter.
"Ok." Sakura said as she began to walk towards the exit.
"Just...don't bring that thing next time." The nurse couldn't help but add, glaring at Naruto.
Naruto's fist balled up as he turned to Iruka, trying to ignore the nasty comment. Iruka blinked in disbelief and in anger of how many people hated Naruto. 'This is really too much for a kid..' Iruka thought, as he looked at Naruto. Meanwhile, Sakura was ready to punch the lady in the face and her inner self was only encouraging her more. 'But...I can't cause a scene or else Naruto and Iruka will be in trouble.' Sakura thought as she sighed, trying to calm the adrenaline in her veins.
"We'll see you later Iruka-sensei!" Naruto said as he grinned at Iruka.
"Bye sensei!" Sakura said her goodbye as she and Naruto went through the door and out of the room, ignoring the nurse beside them.
Iruka smiled and waved at the two. Both Sakura and Naruto heard the nurse speaking to their teacher as the door close, but they couldn't hear the words. Sakura looked at the clock hanging on top of the white wall in front of them. '2:45' Sakura read as she sighed. 'What are we going to do now? No doubt Mishiba is still angry at something.' Sakura and Naruto both headed towards the elevators.
'I have to make sure that Naruto won't be able to go to that house until I'm sure Mishiba is calm enough to forget about Naruto for a day.' Sakura thought as they stepped into the elevator. 'You know that will never happen.' A small eerie voice said in the back of her mind. 'Shut up. He'll calm down in a few hours.' Sakura thought as she blocked the voice. Though, the voice started to give her doubt in her plan.
"Sakura?" Naruto said, his cerulean eyes gazed at Sakura.
"Huh?" Sakura spoke, her head snapping towards at Naruto in surprise.
"You okay?" Naruto asked, wondering why Sakura hasn't walked out of the elevator once they reached the first floor.
"Yeah, I'm fine." Sakura replied with a reassuring smile as she walked out of the elevator.
Naruto tilted his head slightly at Sakura's back with a curious look, but he soon followed behind the pink-haired girl. Unfortunately, doctors and nurses were at the front entrance and they all stop in shock of what they were doing. Eyes followed Naruto's every move, all of them were filled with shock and horror that it was in the hospital. Sakura resisted the urge to stick her tongue out childishly at all of them, but settled with a glare.
The people's gazes were now turned to the pink-haired girl, wondering how would anyone could stand next to it. Though, Sakura kept glaring as Naruto ignored the gazes and looked at the front entrance door they were closing in. As they finally reached in front of the doors, both could hear harsh whispers, but kept looking forward. Once they stepped outside at the sidewalk and continued to walk, they took a deep breath they couldn't take in the hospital. They both walked side by side in silence. 'Urgh! What's with all the silence today?!' Naruto shouted in his mind, feeling the urge to pull his hair. He began to speak, but Sakura beat him to it.
"We still have lots of time left. Want to go to the mall?" Sakura said as she smiled brightly at Naruto, eager to go shopping like most teenage girls.
"Uhh...sure-" Naruto managed to finish before Sakura squealed in delight and grabbed his wrist (gently).
Naruto could barely follow Sakura's sprint as she half sprinted and half-dragged him towards the mall which was, thankfully, not far away from the hospital. Once they arrived at the same mall Naruto had waited for Gaara, the blonde only managed to have a seconds of rest before Sakura began to pull him gently towards the front entrance. As they went into the mall and began shopping, Naruto could only think of one word to describe the whole thing.
Chaos.
Naruto could barely keep up with Sakura's pace. One second she's at a clothes store and the next, she drags Naruto to a shoes store. 'I'm definitely going to lose some weight after this.' Naruto thought as he chuckled nervously, carrying a medium size bag in his right hand. Sakura stopped as she saw Naruto's nervous chuckle and released her death grip on Naruto's wrist.
"Are you okay?" Sakura asked, concern in her eyes as she wondered if she was pushing Naruto too hard on the shopping.
"Y-yeah, I'm fine." Naruto said as he rubbed the back of his head sheepishly with his left hand.
Sakura looked at Naruto suspiciously, but that was soon changed when she saw a sale in one of her favorite clothing shops. She gave out another squeal and dragged him towards the shop. The shopping chaos continued for hours and hours before Sakura finally sat down on a bench that was beside a small cafe store. Sakura sighed tiredly as she dropped the armful of bags onto the floor. Naruto dropped onto the seat and let out his own tired sigh. 'Need to remember not to agree with girls on going shopping ever again.' Naruto thought as he dropped another armful of bags to the ground. Sakura noticed the dozens of shopping bags they had on the ground.
"Oops. Sorry about dragging you to carry these." Sakura apologized, giving Naruto a sheepish smile.
"Nah, don't worry! Besides, I'll get some muscles from all this carrying!" Naruto said brightly as he gave Sakura his fox grin.
Sakura' eyes soften at Naruto's grin. She turned her head towards the clock in front of them at the far side of the other wall. '6:00 P.M' Sakura managed to read as she squinted. 'Wow. I didn't know we shopped that long.' Sakura thought as she widen in surprise. 'Mishiba should definitely be calm by now!' Sakura thought confidently. Again, small doubt began to rise inside her, but she ignored it again.
"Want to go back?" Sakura asked as she turned to Naruto, she didn't dare to say 'home' to him because she knew that place would never be home to him.
"Yeah." Naruto replied as a yawn came from him.
Both Sakura and Naruto stood up and grabbed each armful of bags. They walked outside of the mall and down the streets. They knew they were going to be extremely tired the next morning. 'I'm definitely going to be late for school tomorrow...' Naruto thought, knowing that he was going to ignore his alarm clock and oversleep. 'Better not, or else Mishiba will get furious and wake you up personally.' A voice in the back or his head warned him. He shuddered at that thought and thought that maybe, he would wake up as soon as the alarm clock sounds tomorrow.
As they finally walked towards their houses, lights immediately flashed. Three front doors from three houses slammed open, creating outraged voices from the neighbors that were trying to have a peaceful dinner time.
"WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN?!" Mishiba bellowed furiously at the two as he stomped towards them, talking more to Naruto than Sakura.
"Naruto and I went shopping." Sakura said calmly, even though millions of cold shivers came down her spine at the loud bellow.
"Wait, did you say that demon's actual name?!" Koyra said in disbelief at the pink-haired girl as she was behind her husband.
"Sakura! Where were you?" Dakun asked in a worried voice as he approached the two teenagers, but somehow, Sakura knew her father's worried voice was fake.
"Naruto and I went shopping!" Sakura said, clearly annoyed that she had to repeat her self again to another adult and ignored Koyra's question.
Naruto turned his head slightly, noticing Inoichi and Ino was also walking towards them. Either they were wondering why Mishiba was yelling or that they wanted to see what he was going to do to the 'demon', but Naruto knew that it was the latter.
"What's going on?" Inoichi asked, slightly annoyed that all the loud noise from outside interrupted his dinner.
"Sakura and it went shopping!" Koyra said with an outraged voice.
"I told you we were going shopping Koyra!" Sakura said as she looked at the older woman as she knew both her and Naruto slightly lied, but nothing more.
"I thought you weren't actually going to go shopping with that thing!" Koyra said again, her wrinkled brown eyes widening in surprise.
"Why would you think I was lying that Naruto and I were going shopping?" Sakura said as she stretched Naruto's name in her voice, hoping that people would start using his actual name.
Unfortunately, it didn't work.
"Why are you speaking that demon's name?!" Koyra shouted the question again at the pink-haired girl.
"Well, it is his actual name!" Sakura said as she glared at Koyra, hoping at her father would defend her from the yell from the older woman.
Dakun didn't do anything to help her and instead, stayed in the background. The pink-haired girl wasn't surprised at all, since her father hasn't helped her at all except when it comes to her job. Mishiba looked at Sakura as if she has gone insane and snapped his head towards Naruto with fury in his blue eyes.
"What have you done to her?!" Mishiba shouted, veins showing from his throat from all the shouting.
"Wha? I didn't do anything!" Naruto said as he looked at Mishiba, confusion in his cerulean eyes.
"Yes you did! You brainwashed her didn't you?!" Mishiba shouted again, his right hand clenching into a fist and slowly approached the blonde boy.
"I didn't!" Naruto said back as he stood where he was.
'I will not be blamed for something I didn't do wrong again!' Naruto thought furiously as he glared at his foster father. Mishiba continued to stalk towards him until he was close enough to reach Naruto with his arms. Mishiba looked at Naruto in surprise that he didn't walk backwards at the distance or that he wasn't showing fear for him.
"Well, looks like that the demon has some backbone now." Mishiba sneered in front of Naruto, trying to see some fear into Naruto's eyes.
Naruto kept his steady glare at Mishiba, no fear was in his eyes. This brought Mishiba into fury.
"Why you!" Mishiba growled as he raised his clenching fist above his head.
Naruto kept his eyes open as the fist quickly came down on him. 'I will not be afraid of these people again because of something I didn't do wrong!' Naruto thought confidently as his eyes showing the same confidence and courage.
However, he didn't receive a punch from Mishiba.
Naruto stood in shock as Sakura ran between him and Mishiba just as the older man quickly descended his fist. He watched as Sakura take the punch for him and fall to the ground from the impact. It took ten seconds before everybody to realize what just happened. As soon as he recovered, Naruto quickly kneeled down in front of Sakura.
"Sakura!" Naruto said as he gently lifted the pink-haired girl with his arms.
"I'm...okay, Naruto." Sakura said as she gave a reassuring smile to Naruto, but winced in pain from the bruise on her cheek.
Sakura slowly stood up and planted herself between Mishiba and Naruto. Dakun finally stepped forward and looked at his daughter.
"Sakura, are you alright?!" Dakun asked an obvious question that Sakura answered already to Naruto.
"I'm fine!" Sakura shouted at her father, angry that he didn't help her at all and only asked her a simple question.
Naruto also stood up, looking at Sakura with still shock in his eyes. Meanwhile, Mishiba was beyond furious at Naruto.
"DEMON! It's all your fault! Return the real Sakura back now!" Koyra screeched angrily at Naruto.
"I am not brainwashed!" Sakura shouted at Mishiba, fury was clear in her eyes.
"It seems that all of you guys are! Can't you see that Naruto didn't do anything wrong six years ago?! Just because you guys are angry because of the deaths of your loved ones, doesn't mean you take it out on a boy that didn't anything wrong!" Sakura said, hoping that they realized their mistakes.
Unfortunately, they ignored Sakura's little speech and continued to glare at Naruto.
"Move aside, Sakura! I'm going to take care of that demon!" Mishiba stated as be begun to crack his knuckle in preparation.
"No. I won't let you." Sakura said as she spread her arms to the side.
"You and what army?" Mishiba said, as he got more and more annoyed at Sakura's antics.
Sakura stood silent as she stood still like a small brick wall that was protecting Naruto. She heard someone walk beside her, helping her. She turned her head slightly and looked in surprise.
Ino stood next to her with her own arms spreading to the side. Inoichi looked in surprise that his daughter was going to help the 'brainwashed' Sakura in protecting Naruto. Sakura smiled brightly at Ino, who in return gave her a small glare. 'I knew she didn't believe that Naruto was a monster.' Sakura thought cheerfully.
"You have got to be kidding me!" Mishiba as he gritted his teeth.
"Naruto." Sakura whispered as she turned her head slightly behind her.
"You need to run, Ino and I will distract them." Sakura continued, her emerald eyes bored into his cerulean eyes.
"I can't leave you guys! What will happen to you?" Naruto whispered back, concern reflecting in his eyes.
"Don't worry. They won't hurt us since we're the only prostitutes they have." Sakura said, giving Naruto a confident smile.
Naruto looked into Sakura's eyes again and nodded.
"Thank you." Naruto whispered as he turned and ran down the streets.
Inoichi and Dakun did not notice the blonde running down the streets because they were to surprised at their daughters' reaction to protect the 'demon'. Mishiba gave out a loud angry yell when he saw Naruto run quickly down the streets. He stalked off towards one of the trees in their yard and punched in the center of the tree. Sakura and Ino winced at the sound and the look of the tree. The tree had now an imprint of a large fist in the center of it.
Once all of the adults walked towards their own houses in fury of having Naruto escaped again, Ino turned towards Sakura. She only spoke three words to the pink-haired girl before she walked towards her house.
"You owe me."
Sakura smiled at the words. 'I know.' Sakura thought as she walked towards her own house, wondering if Naruto was okay.
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Naruto continued to run across the streets, never looking back as he feared of seeing Sakura and Ino lying on the ground and Mishiba chasing him. 'Where am I going to stay?' Naruto thought frantically as he finally stopped after minutes of running. He looked around and felt relief that no one was chasing him. He soon thought of a place to stay. 'Maybe Iruka-sensei's apartment?' Naruto thought, but quickly shoved that idea away. 'No...I forgot to get the apartment key inside Iruka-sensei's apartment.'
He heard a crack of thunder and jumped in surprise. He looked up at the sky and felt a small drop of cold water on his nose. The drop of water turned into dozens and dozens of droplets of water everywhere. Naruto began to run again, water hitting his body. 'I need to find a place to stay now!' Naruto thought as the amount of droplets of water began to double. Soon Naruto suddenly stopped as a thought passed through his mind.
'What about Kakashi-sensei's house?'
Naruto didn't have the time to think about it before he ran towards the street where his tutor was. '11901 Nixu Street.' Naruto remembered as he recalled Kakashi telling him were his house was in case he had any problems or if something wrong happened after Iruka's accident. It was a bit far, but he managed to find his tutor's house. To Naruto's surprise, Kakashi wasn't living in a mansion nor an apartment, but just a simple house that was slightly bigger than a normal house. Naruto heard another crack of thunder and jumped at the sound. He ran towards the front door. Shivering, he pressed the door bell button beside the door.
"Hold on!" Naruto heard a male voice muffled through the door.
"Kakashi-sensei! It's Naruto!" Naruto shouted through the door, shivering from his soaked clothes.
The door opened and Naruto saw Kakashi with a black sweater and a pair of navy jeans in front of him. He surprisingly wasn't holding his favorite hentai book, but still had his mask and bandage (which was across from his left eye) on.
"Naruto? What are you doing here?" Kakashi asked as he looked at Naruto's soaked clothes and stepping aside for the blonde to enter.
"I kinda had a problem." Naruto said as he gave Kakashi a small grin, feeling warmth surround him as he entered the house.
Kakashi closed the door and locked it. He turned towards Naruto and noticed the bruise on his cheek. 'It must be his foster father again...' Kakashi thought. 'I'll ask about that tomorrow. Right now, he needs to change.' The silver-haired man thought as he looked at the drenched clothes the blonde was wearing. The clothes clung to him like a second skin, showing small curves and muscles through it. Kakashi ignored that thought and motion Naruto to follow him.
"You need to get out of those clothes before you get a fever." Kakashi said as he walked upstairs.
Naruto silently followed him. As Naruto entered the room where Kakashi was, he looked around as Kakashi tried to find some clothes for the blonde. The room was fairly large and had a queen sized bed in the center. There was a large, dark brown, wooden closet at the left of the bed and small table at the right. There was picture on top of the table that showed a young teenage guy who stood in the middle of the picture. He had black hair and black eyes, and was grinning in the picture. He reminded him of Sasuke without the big grin on his face.
Next to him was a teenage girl with short brown hair and brown eyes. She was smiling in front of the picture. The third and fourth person was-
'Kakashi-sensei and Arashi?' Naruto thought in surprise. He knew he shouldn't be surprised, but he couldn't help it as he continued to stare at the picture. Kakashi looked to be in his teenager years, but still had the same mask and bandage he always wore. Behind all three was Arashi himself. Like the dark-haired boy, he was grinning in the picture.
"The dark-haired boy is Obito Uchiha and the girl is Rin." Naruto turned his head towards Kakashi in surprise.
'I'm sure you know who the other person is." Kakashi continued, his right eye curving.
Naruto nodded. Kakashi tossed a pair of grey sweats and a black t-shirt. Naruto clumsily caught it in his arms.
"Those are the smallest sizes I have, since I don't have any clothes that could fit you." Kakashi said.
Naruto shook his head to the side, showing that he didn't mind. Kakashi walked out of the room, closing the door to give Naruto some privacy to change. Naruto quickly changed from his wet clothes to the clothes Kakashi gave him. As he finished changing, he noticed that the clothes were really too big for him. The sweats were pooled around him and the t-shirt was down to his knees. The t-shirt began to slip to the side of his right shoulder. Naruto took his left hand and quickly lifted the t-shirt back into its place.
'This is the smallest size he has?' Naruto thought as he sweat dropped. He knelt down and rolled up the end of the sweats, making sure that he wouldn't fall down the stairs. Since he couldn't do anything with the t-shirt, he left it and opened the door. As he walked downstairs and looked around for his tutor. He walked into the living room and soon found Kakashi sitting on the velvet couch, looking at the television. Kakashi turned his head and noticed Naruto in clothes that were way too big for him.
"Too big?" Kakashi teased as he chuckled.
"Haha." Naruto said as he pouted.
Naruto walked towards Kakashi and sat next to him. The side of Naruto's black t-shirt began to fall off his shoulders again, leaving exposed tan skin in front of Kakashi. The older man turned his gaze from the television and stared at the smooth tan skin. Naruto felt someone staring at his shoulder and turned.
"Wha-" Naruto began and saw his shoulder exposed again, seeing Kakashi staring at it.
"Eh, pervert!" Naruto shouted as he pulled the t-shirt back, feeling a blush across his cheeks as he tried to glare at Kakashi.
"Hey, your shirt suddenly fell off you shoulder! I couldn't help it." Kakashi explained, his eye curving.
"You-" Naruto began, but was interrupted by a loud crack of thunder.
Naruto squeaked before pouncing on Kakashi and burying his face in the silver-haired man's sweater. 'One minute, he's glaring and shouting at me. The next, he's pouncing on me because of the lightning.' Kakashi thought as he chuckled. Naruto felt soothing rumbles from Kakashi's chest as the silver-haired man chuckled. 'This feels nice...' Naruto thought as he instinctively snuggled closer.
"I didn't know you were afraid of lightning Naruto." Kakashi teased Naruto.
"I'm not! It's just that...lightning always surprises me." Naruto muffled through Kakashi's shirt, but Kakashi understood what he said.
"Surprised huh?" Kakashi teased again.
"Hey!" Naruto said as he snapped his head up and pouted angrily.
Naruto and Kakashi's face were only a few inches apart. Naruto looked at Kakashi with curiosity in his eyes, not realizing the blush that was emitting from his cheeks. 'What's behind that mask?' Naruto thought frustrated as he thought of that question for the thousandth time. Kakashi looked at Naruto's curious eyes and the blush from the blondes' cheeks. 'Cute..' Kakashi thought as his right eyes curved. Meanwhile, Naruto thought about how he was going to ask Kakashi about taking off his mask or bandage...and he decided to just ask him.
"Ne, Kakashi-sensei?" Naruto said as he continued to look at Kakashi.
"What is it Naruto?" Kakashi asked.
"Um...Can you...take off your mask or bandage?" Naruto asked as his blush turn darker.
"I mean, I want to see how you look like." Naruto continued, his eyes shifted to the side.
"I can't show you my face." Kakashi said as his right eye was back to it's natural; bored look.
"Oh.." Naruto said as he lowered his eyes in disappointment and slightly embarrassed at asking Kakashi that question.
"But, I could show you what's behind the bandage." Kakashi said as he pointed at the bandage that was covering his left eye.
Naruto snapped his head back up and looked at Kakashi with surprise and happiness in his eyes.
"Want to see it?" Kakashi asked, his eye curving at Naruto's forming grin.
Naruto nodded eagerly. Kakashi lifted his right hand and slowly lifted up the bandage. Naruto leaned closer, eagerly too see what's behind the bandage. Kakashi soon exposed his left eye.
Mismatched eyes met cerulean eyes.
Naruto's eyes widen in surprise at Kakashi's left eye. His left eye was red and had a long scar vertically on his eye. Naruto raised his right arm and looked at Kakashi.
"Can I?" Naruto asked.
"Sure." Kakashi said, looking at Naruto one more time before he closed his eyes.
Nodding, Naruto raised his right arm again and began to lightly trace the scar. Naruto stared in wonder as he continued to trace Kakashi's scar. He felt Kakashi relax under the touch. Though in a few seconds, Kakashi's right arm grabbed Naruto's right arm, stopping him from continuing as he opened his eyes. Naruto looked at Kakashi in surprise.
"Sorry." Naruto said.
Kakashi gave no reply as he lean downward towards Naruto. Naruto's eyes widen as he felt the mask material touch his lips. Naruto surprised himself as he relaxed and began to kiss back. 'What am I doing?' Naruto thought as he felt Kakashi rubbing circles on his back. 'I'm kissing my teacher!' Naruto wanted to push Kakashi off and yell at him for advancing on him, but...he couldn't. It was then he realized something.
'Thinking that this is wrong and that Kakashi was too old for me...They were all just excuses.' Naruto thought as he closed his eyes, melting into the kiss. 'I can't deny it now. I...really like Kakashi-sensei.' Naruto slowly wrapped his arms around Kakashi's neck and felt the older man's arms wrapping around his waist. The blonde felt Kakashi's hands brushed under the back of his oversized shirt and touching his skin. Naruto felt as if his face was on fire. He tensed slightly and Kakashi noticed it. He pulled his lips back and looked at Naruto. Naruto almost pouted at the loss of contact and opened his eyes.
"You okay? We can stop if you want." Kakashi said as he looked deeply into Naruto's eyes.
Naruto nodded, a deep blush was still on his scarred cheeks. The blonde rested his head on Kakashi's left shoulder as he unwrapped his arms from his neck, looking at the television that was still on. Kakashi leaned his back into the couch, as he shifted comfortably. A smile was hidden behind his mask as they watched the television in each other arms through the night.
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A/N: Doesn't that make you want to squeal at that KakaNaru moment? This really turned out better than I thought (I thought I was going to make a crappy scene -.-;). Though, it definitely won't be a smooth road for the cute couple (ya guys still remember Sasuke and Neji?). Sasuke will have his moment with Naruto in the next chapter so review!! XD
