Chapter 13

Cat Fight

"This is some bull…"

"I really wonder who is teaching you this language." Nai looked over her shoulder at Shikaku as he turned away innocently.

Shikamaru had heard about the return of Nai Hagane. In fact he was one of the first to find out that his godmother had returned. After Nai's sensei abandoned the village, the boy's father watched over her from a distance, noting her progress and nominating her to be a jounin.

"You can concentrate all you want Shika, you're losing."

"Whatever. Troublesome woman. I'm actually trying to figure out how I'm supposed to be technically related to that bastard Sasuke."

Nai frowned, "I'm guessing you don't like him."

"He doesn't have very good people skills." The boy answered back, moving his piece.

The woman sighed and moved her piece without moving her hands. A habit the boy couldn't stand. It freaked him out to see the shogi tiles moving on their own. "Well, what if we worked on them?"

"Why did you adopt him at all?"

"Shikamaru Nara! Stop asking her so many rude questions!" the boy's mother snapped at him.

Nai smiled sweetly at the woman, "It's fine Yoshina-san. He's just being really stingy with me."

The boy simply sighed and moved his piece. Nai smirked, "I adopted him because he had no one but me." She reached over to the board and moved her piece quickly, "You have a mother and father who love you… and me."

The woman stood and grabbed her shuriken pouch, kissing the boy on his forehead just to have him scowl and pout, "You're set for life Shika. Remember that."

The boy crossed his arms and shook his head, "Troublesome woman."

His father chuckled, "Troublesome maybe but she's the only person other than me who can beat you in shogi."

"Whatever."

Ok, exactly how was running around with a bunch of dogs training? Nai yawned as she leaned against the tree on the training grounds. She and Kakashi had trained team seven earlier that day so now she was watching her best friend run around the field with his dogs.

One of the little ones, a light brown puppy with long brown ears, brown circles around his eyes, a kanji on his head, and little spiky hair came over and sat in the woman's lap.

She smiled and scratched behind his ears, "You are so cute."

He yapped at her and licked her face, "Biscuit!" Nai looked up at Kakashi as he walked over, calling the puppy that just stayed put in her lap and wagged his tail.

"I definitely think he's staying over here."

Kakashi chuckled as the other dogs came and sat by his feet, "Biscuit normally doesn't like women. He's really wary of them."

Nai raised her brows, "Really? Well I guess I'm just that awesome. Right Biscuit?" the puppy yapped again, making her giggle.

The man bent down to pat the head of his big bulldog, "I thought dog's were supposed to hate cats."

The kunoichi stood with the excited puppy in her arms, "Well, you like me."

"Are you calling me a dog?" The mask ninja asked, feigning being offended.

Nai smirked at him, "Well from what I hear you've been around the female circle of this village once or twice while I was gone."

Kakashi chuckled, "I'm popular."

"Sure you are."

"Kakashi!"

The man groaned as the blond ran across the field towards them, "But sometimes I wish I wasn't… Hello Mai."

Biscuit started to go nuts in Nai's arms, growling and yapping madly at the blond kunoichi. Mai attached herself to Kakashi's arm and shied away from the puppy, "Kashi, that puppy really hates me."

'Kashi?' Nai thought, 'Stupid bitch can't even give the man a decent nickname.'

The blond glared at the other female as she noticed her standing there, "Nai."

"Mai." The hazel-eyed woman answered back.

"Anyway, Kashi, I was wondering if you wanted to go the bar with me tonight. Then maybe we could-"

"Kushi! I think I should be going." Nai put biscuit on the ground and turned to walk away.

"Wait!" she looked over her shoulder, "Let's make it a group thing."

Mai pressed more of her cleavage to Kakashi's arm, causing Nai to almost gag, "But Kashi…"

"I insist." The man pushed.

Nai shrugged and turned, continuing to walk away, "Whatever Kushi. See you tonight."

"Well look at you!"

"Anko shut up."

Anko threw an arm around her friend's shoulders. Both women were dressed nicely but comfortably all the same. Anko in long pants and a halter. Nai in long pants and a tube top.

"What?! I can't tell you you're hot? Did you look at yourself?"

Nai chuckled, "Apparently not cuz I had a skirt on and Sasuke told me to put on some pants."

"Pft. Tight pants."

Both woman laughed together as they entered the bar. "Nai!"

"Hey Iru!" The woman elbowed the man playfully; "I see you brought Yuki with you."

He blushed, "Well…"

"Pineapple head, you are so cute."

Nai was trying very hard not to rip Mai to pieces through the night. The woman was drunk and definitely trying to rape Kakashi infront of the friends. And it was even worse because the woman obviously couldn't hold her liquor. Typical bimbo and she had had more that six drinks.

Kakashi cleared his throat loudly as Mai's hand disappeared under the table. Nai balled her fists tightly and the man shrugged at her. She glared at him, not really sure why she was angry.

A song came on and Anko grabbed the woman, dragging her to the dance floor, "Is it just me? Or is Mai molesting Kakashi?"

"Trust me. It ain't just you."

Asuma and Kurenai motioned for the woman to go save the silver haired jounin. Nai rolled her eyes and marched to the table, "Must I do everything by myself?"

"Thank you." Kakashi said as she turned her back to him as the song changed.

"Yeah yeah. You love the attention from that horny drunk slut."

The ninja put his hands on her hips and came closer up behind her, "Such language."

Nai bit her lip and smirked, still dancing, "So, let me get this straight. Are you making her jealous, or trying and failing to make me jealous?"

Kakashi looked over his shoulder at Mai who was glaring at the duo on the dance floor, then turned back forward and put his chin on Nai's head. Smelling the lavender wafting off her body even in the small crowd.

Why was he doing this? Why did his body heat up whenever she touched him, why was he dancing with her like this? Why did he find himself thinking about her all the time ever since that kiss?

"I don't know. You tell me."

Nai turned to face him, "Kakashi, it's not my job to tell you whom you can or can't have. But you're screwing with our friendship, and I don't want to see it end badly."

With that the woman said goodnight to her friends and left the bar, Mai following.

"Hey! Nai!"

The woman turned around and glared at the woman a little, "What now Mai?"

"Stay away from him."

"Excuse me?"

"Stay away from Kakashi. He's mine and I don't care how much of a friend he is to you, stay away from him."

Nai just rolled her eyes and turned to walk away. But was jerked backwards as Mai grabbed her hair. "Ow!"

"You stupid bi-!"

"Mai! Stop it!"

Mai released Nai's dark chocolate locks but as soon as she did so the woman lunged at her, Kakashi caught the woman around the waist, "Nai!"

"I'll kill her!" the threat was followed by the woman hissing angrily like the feline she was.

Kakashi sighed and dropped the woman, making her notice that they were now outside of her house. She stood and pouted, "Thanks…I guess."

"I knew that hair would get you in trouble one day."

The woman tried not to smile, "Whatever."

"What am I gonna do with you?"

Nai pouted, "I don't know and I really don't care."

The masked ninja sighed, "Goodnight Nai."

"Night Kushi."