Naru pulled one of her hands free and reached up and touched Kakashi's face and muttered weakly. "G-Good boy, Kashi."

Before everything went dark.

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Kakashi looked down at his mate's face as the white haze vanished from his mind and realisation crept in. His eyes widened and his face paled to a chalky white. "What?" What was going on?

Naru lay pinned under him, there were bloody markings on her arm, her neck. He lifted a shaking hand and stopped. Simply frozen in horror as he caught sight of the blood on his claws. Not his blood. He would know if it was. It was her blood, he could tell by the scent that it was hers. "N-Naru..." He rasped in a shaky voice.

She didn't answer. Didn't stir. He could'nt even tell if she was breathing. "Naru." He said her name a little louder, pressed his clawed fingers to her neck and felt for a pulse and fought back the urge to scream in anguish. Her heart was'nt beating. Or if it was ist was so faint that he could'nt feel it. What had he done? What had he done to his little Naru?

He could'nt remember anything. All he knew was the stark reality of what he was seeing with his own eyes. He pressed his mouth against hers, tears slipped down his face. He could'nt feel a pulse. H could'nt feel her breathing. Please don't be dead. Please, don't be dead. Please. Please. Please... He silently begged as he gathered her small body in his arms and buried his face against her chest. His chest heaving in silent sobs as he held her.

"I'm sorry... I'm sorry... I'm so sorry Naru." He sobbed against her skin as he tightened his arms around her. There was a rattling sound in her chest, under his ear, a soft thud followed by another then another.

Kakashi jerked his head back and looked at her, and held his breath as she wheezed and started coughing. "Naru. Naru. Naru! Answer me!" Kakashi yelled as he shook her. She moaned softly as her eyes fluttered slightly.

Kakashi closed his eyes and cradled her against him as he thanked god that he had'nt killed her and quickly got up. He needed to get her back to the cabin and see how badly he had hurt her so that he would know what all he had to make up to her.

He held her for a second sub conciously counting the number of beats per second before he took off running back towards the cabin.

Once there he walked over the broken door and frowned. Jesus Christ, what the hell had he been doing? He wondered breifly as he walked over to the couch and gently laid Naru on it and combed her hair back from her face as he looked her over. There were bruises on her wrists, a bloody scratch mark on one of her arms, some fang marks on her stomach, and the bite wound on her neck would need to be bandaged since it was still leaking blood.

There was blood on the inside of her thighs along with some of his semen. He'd have to clean her carefully there to keep from hurting her again. He reached out to touch her and stopped, his hand hovering just shy of her cheek and turned and ran down the hall to get the bandages and other things he would need to take care of her.

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Kit? Kit? Are you okay?

Naru's eyes fluttered open for a second, then closed again. I'm... She wanted to say fine, but her body ached all over so instead she asked about Kakashi. Is he okay now?

Kyubbi was quiet for a second or so. He's...himself again, but he is still in heat and will need you again.

Naru frowned, she was'nt sure that she liked that. As much as she knew Kakashi to be a good man, she also knew that he had been rougher than nessisary with her and she didn't like that.

It could'nt be helped kit. Kyubbi said gently. I told you that he was'nt in his right mind before. He's a bit better now. He's able to reason again, and will honor your wishes no matter what they may be.

Naru was quiet as she slowly pushed herself up on one elbow, hissing a bit when she felt a painful twinge in her back. After a second or so she managed to push herself upright and looked around, noticing with some wariness that she was back at the cabin, on the couch. She shivered and moved to wrap her arms around herself for warmth when she felt the air stir around her and a blanket fell around her shoulders from nowhere.

"K-Kashi?"

He was quiet as he moved back away from her. Stepping back into the shadows that he had been using to hide himself for the past three hours and simply stood there watching her. She was moving so slowly, she must have been in pain.

His fault. He should have warned her before giving into his body's demand to sleep through the changes. "Kashi?" She said his name a little stronger, her voice shaking as she looked around, trying to locate him.

"I-I'm here Naru." He said in a raspy tone, his voice much softer than it usually was, probably because he had made himself hourse, crying. He didn't understand why she was calling him. Should'nt she hate him? Was'nt she scared of him now?

She sighed, huffing a little bit as she sank back against the couch and hung her head for a second and pushed her hair back from her face and then lifted her head again and started to twist around in the seat. "Stay still Naru. You were hurt badly and need to stay put." He said it a little harsher than he should have if the way she flinched was any indication at all.

"Why can't I see you?" She sounded worried, scared even.

He fought back the hysteria he felt rising in his chest. He didn't know what to do right now. He didn't know how to make this up to her, was'nt even sure that he could make what he had done to her, up to her. "I don't want you to see me." He said in a gentle tone, trying to assure her that he would'nt touch her again without permission. It would be painful, especially in his current condition. But he would try.

"Why?" She asked in a small voice and he blinked and stared at her dumbstruck. What did she mean 'why'? He had all but forced himself on her and she wanted to know 'why' she could'nt see him.

He felt ashamed. His stomach in knots. He had been puking for the past hour. He felt week kneed, shaky, and god he wanted her to hold him. He wanted that so badly. "Because you need to rest." He said gently, making sure to keep his voice as calm as he could, trying not to show his distress over his actions.

He's lying Kit. He does'nt want to get close to you again, he's afraid that you hate him now.

What's the point in that? I saw what he was like before. He really didn't have any control over his actions. So hating him for something that he can't control is pointless. I'll just have to pay him back when I go into heat.

"Kakashi, come here. I need to see you." Naru said gently holding her hand out to him. Kakashi sucked in a breath and stepped back farther into the shadows, his back hit the wall as he stared at her.

He was tempted to reach out. To take her hand, but he was'nt such a fool as to believe that she would forgive him so easily. "Go to sleep Naru. I'll be outside for the next few days, so don't worry okay." He said as he moved along the wall to the door and stepped out, leaving her alone in the cabin wondering what she could do to help him.