There was a light knock on the door that roused Kakashi from his sleep, soon after a louder knock. He looked down to see his covers were gone as was Dante, but once his senses kicked in he heard the water in the bathroom on and the noise of someone brushing their teeth. He threw on his gear in record time and answered his door. Asuma stood there a cigarette in his mouth and hands in his pockets.

"I heard the kid was up, is she okay to see Hiashi Hyuga today?" with that a smile broke out over his face as he looked over Kakashis shoulder to see Dante sneaking across the hallway to Kakashis bedroom in naught but his bed sheet. He grinned as his eyes fell back on Kakashi. "Hi Dante." He called and she squeaked ever so quietly before slinking back to Kakashis room her face red and her voice small.

"Hi Asuma."

"So ... uh she, fighting fit?" Kakashi had also watched the poor girl now embarrassed and probably chucking on her clothes cursing herself for not waiting or getting up earlier. He looked back at Asuma.

"It's not what you think." He said disinterested, it wasn't really a lie because Asuma assumed they had had sex, which they hadn't technically. "I'd say she is okay as long as she wants to do it. I won't make her fight him."

"Of course Kakashi." He laughed punching the other man playfully. "She's not a kid right?" Kakashi had to hold back a smile at Asuma using Kakashis excuse for the kiss. Only now what would the Hokage say. He couldn't blame Kakashi if Dante started it. He couldn't reject her, that may have upset her, and it had been a long time since he had felt so strongly toward someone in this way. That and now he needed to know how she met the fourth Hokage. Dante came out fully clothed in her ninja gear and hid behind Kakashi a blush on her cheeks as Asuma's eyes fell on her once again.

"Had a good night's sleep?" he asked and she nodded sheepishly back a small smile on her face remembering the night's endeavours. "Hey Dante?" he called her; she looked at him from just over Kakashis shoulder. "There's a few of us jounin that get together for drinks and some food at the bar just round the corner from here, Kakashi comes normally but he didn't the other night cos of your unconscious state. Did you wanna come, like a date for you two?" Kakashi tensed a little and that only made Asumas' grin wider. She was playing with a loose thread on her flak jacket.

She shook her head. "I wouldn't want to impose"

"Don't be silly kid. You won't be imposing." He pulled her from behind Kakashi and turned her so she faced Kakashi, his arm draped over her shoulder. "It'd be fun with you there and maybe you can make this grouch smile." He gestured toward Kakashi and her eyes settled on Kakashis feet.

"If you wanted me there than maybe I ..." her voice trailed off.

"Of course he does. Right Kakashi?" Asumas grin almost split his face in two. He was playing with a portion of Dante's hair, curling it around his fingers, playing on Kakashis newly discovered jealous streak. Kakashi smiled but it was forced, he knew that Asuma was playing with him just trying to work out how deep the feelings went for this girl.

"I wasn't going to go tonight. But if you want to go Dante, I can treat you to some dinner, you'll need good food after today." Kakashi smiled as he ruffled her hair like you would a young dog. But a smile broke out over her face none the less as she nodded.

"Dante there is a spare Hitai-ate in my room in one of the drawers, take it, you're free to have it. You're a ninja of this village now and you need a headband." She smiled and trotted off to Kakashis room to find said headband. Once she was out of earshot he turned to Asuma who still had a smile on his face. "You know once we get there the girls are either gonna question her or be rude to her, especially Anko."

"Then you either need to protect your girl or she needs to assert herself a place. If she stays here the other ninja need to know she can be trusted and just how good she is in a fight. Only an ANBU has seen her actually fight and although he just survived to tell us we don't know her strengths and we can't plan our strategies without knowing." Asuma had a point but he also just wanted to see something happen that wasn't Genma getting drunk and being all over Kurenai.

"She can be feisty." Kakashi warned.

"Then she'll fit in fine. See you tonight. See you later on tonight Dante." He called over to Dante and winked at Kakashi as he left, most likely to tell his father about the blossoming relationship between the two. She came back through to say bye and Asuma left as she handed the headband to Kakashi. He took it from her confused as Asuma took his leave.

"I said you could have it."

"I know but I don't know where to have it."

Kakashi looked over the young girl and settled on the top of her right thigh as she didn't carry a shuriken pouch her leg looked pretty bare for a ninja. He crouched to tie it and she jumped at his initial touch on her thigh but soon settled, a blush adorning her cheeks. She looked down at Kakashis handiwork with a smile.

"That's not too tight?" he asked. She jumped, kicked and ran on the spot.

"Perfect, thanks." She walked out into the street smelling the air and looking around. She was the happiest he had seen her yet and she was rearing to go. Kakashi had stepped out to meet her, a smile on his face before breaking down to seriousness and telling her what the day would include. She walked beside him a look of complete seriousness; she looked so adorable to Kakashi right now it was taking a lot for him not to kiss her.

"Right, we are going to see the head of the Hyuga clan today, you are going to spar with him he may or may not make you spar with other people. Just do what comes naturally and you should be okay, if you want to stop just call for me and I'll stop the match. There's absolutely nothing to be scared of. There is no way I'd let you get hurt. Okay?" they stopped outside the Hyuga clan house; he held her head to his, their foreheads touching. "Do you trust me?" she nodded against his head a smile on her lips. He smiled in return before running up the steps she followed cautiously, she was terrified, she had only been in one fight she remembered at the moment and she had almost killed the man, not that she was afraid of hurting the head of this clan she was pretty sure he could take care of himself, what worried her was that she would lose it like she had then and actually start to enjoy inflicting pain, she didn't want Kakashi to see that twisted enjoyment in her.

They were met by someone from the cadet branch of the family. Who gladly brought them to the court yard, where Hiashi and many other members of the clan were waiting; Dante was suddenly hit with stage fright and couldn't walk any further. Sensing her fear and watching her go from outgoing to as timid as Hinata Hyuga was, Kakashi really felt for her he grabbed her hand and pulled her along lightly, luckily she followed and didn't make a scene. Kakashi stopped and bowed his head with respect to the elder man as Dante hid behind him and did the same. He had let go of her hand now. "This is Dante, lord Hyuga"

"Well come here then, don't hide." His voice was hard and it made Dante recoil just that little bit more. Turning Kakashi didn't know she was hiding behind him or that now he looked into her eyes he saw how scared she really was, especially as her eyes sailed over all her spectators.

"It's okay" her eyes snapped back to Kakashi and also snapped her back to reality, her fear was replaced with a look of determination as she touched the headband on her leg. She stepped in front of Kakashi and into the middle of the court yard.

"So, I have heard from the Hokage that I am to spar with you. Well you seem a little timid and I'm thinking it could be a waste of my time. So you shall spar with my eldest. Hinata." A young girl came from behind him and stood before Dante, she recognised her immediately as the girl she had collapsed in front of. As well as the one that had a major crush on Naruto, she couldn't hurt this girl she needed to think of a way that would take her out quickly yet unharmed.

"Hey Hinata, thanks for helping me the other day, when I..."

"That's okay." She was quick to answer and avert her gaze. Her father Hiashi seemed to be slightly confused at the conversation that had taken place; Dante couldn't help but think that he didn't care a lot for his daughter. He must have known that Dante had almost killed an ANBU and that a newly made genin wasn't going to stand a chance against her. A voice was in the back of her head, like a memory telling her how to fight a Hyuga, she thought she could see her father, this angered her but if this memory would let her take down this girl without hurting her she would endure her father's voice. The pain started and her hand went to the bridge of her nose, pinching it as if to remain in the here and now, to not fall, Kakashi called to her went to run to her.

"I'm ... I'm fine." The pain had now passed. She knew how to fight; she would knock this man down a peg or two.

"Then you can begin." Hinata's father called, his face as stern as his eyes, these were the Hyuga eyes Dante remembered, this must be what she remembers her father telling her about.

Hinata took on the gentle fist stance on immediately and came for Dante not wanting to let her father down. It was simple, Dante could see she was aiming for her shoulder, to disable Dante from using shuriken and jutsu, a smart move but this was Dante, she easily grabbed Hinata's arm and spun her around an arm around her neck disabling her. Dante whispered in her ear before letting her go but the young girl stood there, to a trained eye it was easy to see she was under genjutsu.

For Hinata this was the worst thing she could have seen, Naruto broken and bloodied trying to call her name but choking on his blood. Calling for her help in the middle of the village but the more she ran toward him the further away he got. He was dying and there was nothing she could do to save him. Everyone watched on as the poor boy suffered then they disappeared and the village was nothing but piles of smouldering rubbish. A person in a cape over Naruto's broken body, standing on his neck to deal the final blow. She screamed.

She screamed and collapsed into Dante's arms. She lowered the girl and released her immediately; Hinata looked at her, her eyes wide with fear.

"It was just genjutsu." She whispered to the girl before she lost consciousness. Hiashi looked toward his daughter with disgust. At how weak she was. "She's not weak!" Dante shouted at the man who was caught off guard by the sudden outburst. "I knew what would make her give in, I made her see it, feel it and fear it. She is not weak. You can't judge her, make her feel unworthy. It can go two ways she will either try her hardest to impress you or she will take the other route, the one where she stops caring and does what she wants, acts on whims and impulses that could save or most likely end lives. Which one do you think she would pick? I know what I would have at her age." It was then Kurenai had walked in and saw the young genin in Dante's arms, quickly taking her with a look of thanks to Dante for standing up for the young girl. Hiashi stood obviously angered that this girl he deemed no more than a child managed to read him so easily, also that he knew she was starting to remember little by little the damage she had caused whilst young and unruly. He was almost certain the girl had remembered their spar when she was a teen.

"Neji." He only said his name and a young boy stood before Dante, only a year or two older than Naruto and Sasuke but more confident in his ability, the way he held himself he was strong, clear headed and knew what he was capable of, it would be a little harder to take him out. Dante was already summing up a plan. She had no idea what his fighting style was other than he used the gentle fist like the entire family, but that wasn't much of an advantage. Her only advantage was that this Neji boy didn't know her fighting style, only problem is right now she doesn't her own fighting style either.