!WARNING!: This chapter contains graphic adult material for mature audiences.

Chapter Twenty-One

With Guy, Yamato, and Aoba also gone with Naruto, many missions have gone to the few jonin who are not busy with any other tasks. This is mostly me and Kakashi at the moment. He and I have been on long missions that have lasted a day or two, leaving us no time to spend together. Tsunade has given me orders be very careful, afraid that the Akatsuki might want to come after me. Kakashi has also been aware of this possibility and has cautioned me to be careful and even asked Tsunade to let him accompany me on long-term missions. Even by leaving for a short-term mission I faced trouble. As much as she'd like to let Kakashi accompany me, she can't. She needs as many available jonin to perform multiple missions and tasks for her, especially with all the busy work of reconstructing the village and such. I reassure Kakashi, but he sends one of his hounds with me in case anything happens.

I'm currently walking through the village. I have just returned from a mission I left to do in the morning, and it is now sometime in the early evening. It's getting dark, but not so much to call it late. People are still out and the lights of some buildings and houses light the streets beautifully.

'Gosh…what a tiresome day…' I think to myself as I walk looking down a bit. 'I wonder how Naruto, Guy, Yamato, and Aoba are doing… I hope they're all right…'

I stop in my tracks as a small, beige dog wearing a blue cloth on its back appears in front of me, holding a small scroll in its mouth. It's one of Kakashi's dogs. I stand there, a bit puzzled as it sits there and stares up at me, wagging its tail. It places the small scroll on the ground and barks. I bend down and pick it up.

'A note from Kakashi?' I think to myself.

I open the small scroll, still crouching at the dog's level. To my surprise, I see that the scroll reads, "Follow me." I look at the small dog and see it begins to walk. I begin to follow it down the street and around a corner. We then reach a small clothing store. The dog stops and sits next to the entrance, stares at me, and then barks. I stand there at the entrance looking up at the store's sign.

"What are we doing here?" I ask.

I then feel the dog push his head against my leg, wanting me to enter the store. I walk in and see an older woman with light brown hair at the register of the entrance.

"Are you Denizu?" the woman asks.

"Yes…" I answer.

"Oh! Well, come with me!" she pulls me away.

"H-Huh? Wait, where are you taking me?"

The woman doesn't answer and simply leads me inside a changing booth.

"Here, change into this," she hands me an outfit in a dark plastic covering on a hanger.

"But, ma'am…" I say but don't finish because she's left and closed the curtain.

I hold up the outfit and sigh. Without much of a choice, I begin to change. To my surprise, it's a long, dark blue, short-sleeved summer dress. After changing, I fold my other clothing up and place my weapon pouches on top and katana over my shoulder with its sling and walk out of the booth.

"Don't you look stunning in that dress!" the woman smiles at me, holding a box.

"Thank you," I smile.

"Now here are your shoes," the woman hands me the box and then pulls a chair. "There's no way you're going to wear that dress with those ninja sandals on!"

I look at her in surprise and then down at my feet. I've forgotten to take my sandals off.

"Oh, yeah," I slight chuckle.

She takes my katana from me. I sit down and quickly change my sandals to some nice, comfy, black flats. The woman neatly puts all of my other clothing, sandals, and weapon pouches in a separate bag. I stand up, feeling a bit odd in this outfit.

"Great! You're all set!" the woman hands me the bag of my clothing and leads me to the front door.

"W-Wait, don't I have to pay first?" I ask her.

"No, it's been paid for already. Now, go on!" she hands me my katana and hurries me out the store.

I stand outside in front of the store with a confused look, holding my bag of belongings. I then hear the small dog bark, and I turn to it. It gestures for me to follow, and I follow with a wondering look.

'This just feels odd…' I think to myself with a sweat drop, fixing my katana over my shoulder.

After a while, the dog leads me to a restaurant.

"What are we doing here?" I stop and examine the restaurant.

The dog barks, telling me to hurry and follow. I do so and walk inside. I approach an old man and a young man standing behind a podium inside. They see me and walk over with friendly smiles.

"You must be Denizu!" the old man says. "Please, my grandson will take your belongings."

I hand the young man my bag and katana with a blank look.

"Please, come this way," the old man gestures for me to follow.

The small dog also follows as we walk through the many empty tables in the restaurant. I look around, a bit puzzled as we walk through the dimly lit place. The old man leads me to brown, sliding doors in the back area. He opens them and we walk in. I look up, surprised to see Kakashi sitting at a small table. He looks over at me and gets up from his chair. I stare at him, examining his appearance, and notice that he's wearing an elegant, dark green dress shirt and black dress pants, still obviously wearing his mask, minus the headband.

"Thank you," Kakashi says to the old man as he stops in front of me. "I'll take it from here."

The old man nods with a smile and walks out of the small room, closing the sliding doors after him. Kakashi holds out his hand for me to take. I do and he leads me to the table. He pulls out one of the chairs at the table and I sit down. He pushes my chair in, making sure I'm comfortable. I look at the table covered in a burgundy tablecloth and see the white, lit candle in the middle. Sterling white plates are set in front of us with forks, spoons, and knives, as well as wine glasses. Kakashi walks to the cart with food and grabs the bottle of wine from the bucket of ice. He begins to pour some into our wine glasses. After doing so, he closes the bottle, sets it on the table, and then heads to the food cart. He picks up two plates with coverings and places one on my large sterling plate and does the same to his. He takes the tops off, revealing a plate of delicious food: three pieces of sushi, four pieces sashimi, one piece of prawn, three pieces of veggie temura, half a portion of chicken teriyaki, and steamed rice. I stare in amazement at the mouth-watering food. Kakashi places the tops on the bottom of the food cart and then sits down on his chair.

"You look beautiful in that dress," Kakashi fixes himself in his chair. "I knew that blue would suit you very well."

I stare at him in wonder. He then turns to his small dog in surprise.

"You did well," he says to his dog. "Thank you."

The dog barks as it wags its tail before disappearing in a puff of smoke. Kakashi turns to me and notices my look of wonder.

"I take it you have many questions," he fixes he collar of his shirt.

"Kakashi…" I begin to say. "H-How did you manage to do all this?"

"Be a little more specific," he says jokingly.

"First of all, how did you pick this dress without knowing my dress size?"

"I had Kurenai help me out with that one."

"How did you manage to get this whole restaurant to ourselves?"

"The owner repays me for saving his granddaughter once on a mission."

"So you didn't pay to clear it all?"

"I only paid half price for the food and your outfit as well as my own," he looks at his dress shirt. "I don't usually wear this type of clothing, but I wanted to for this."

I stare at him with a gaze of amazement.

"I really want this to be our alone time since we haven't had it in a while," he pulls down his mask. "That's why I got us this private salon and had the restaurant cleared. I don't want to be hiding my face and not eating calmly with you."

I giggle lightly at his last remark.

"Well, at least now I can see how you really eat without that mask," I joke, grabbing my fork and beginning to pick at my food. "Even when we do make out, I don't even see your face most of the time because my eyes are closed."

Kakashi chuckles.

"Well, this is how I'm making up for it," he smiles warmly at me.

I look up at him as I stick a piece of chicken in my mouth. Chewing my food, I stare into his warm, thoughtful eyes and enjoy his smile.

"I love to see your whole face when you smile," I say after swallowing the piece of chicken.

He stares at me for a bit with that same smile before picking up his fork and beginning to eat his food. I stare back at him with a loving smile as I bite my lower lip and reach for my glass of wine.

It's been more than an hour, and Kakashi and I are now leaving the restaurant. The owner has handed Kakashi my belongings. We are standing in front of the restaurant, saying our goodbye for the night. Kakashi stands close to my left, making sure I stand up straight due to my tipsiness.

"Thank you very much for your service," Kakashi bows to the old man. "We really do appreciate this favor of yours."

"It was my pleasure," the old man replies with a bow as well.

"We really had a great time," I have a slur in my speech. "Everything…was awesome!"

The old man looks at me and chuckles.

"It seems that she enjoyed the wine very much!" he says.

"Yes, she really did enjoy it," Kakashi turns to me as I smile with an aloof expression. "Well, we'll be off! Thank you once again! Have a good night!"

With that, Kakashi begins to lead me down the dimly lit street as we wave goodbye to the old man. Kakashi allows me to take a hold of his left arm, helping me keep my balance.

"Wow, tonight was great, Kakashi," I say with a bubbly tone. "I feel so great."

"Is it because of me organizing this dinner for us or is it because of the wine?" Kakashi asks jokingly.

"Is it fair to say both?" I answer with a playful tone.

Kakashi chuckles at my answer.

"I hope you did enjoy the dinner I organized," he says. "I don't know if I did a good job or not."

"Kakashi, no, you did a great job!" I look at him, again with my slurred speech. "Best dinner I've ever had!"

"Is that the wine talking?"

I chuckle at his remark and he does the same. With a sigh, I lean my head on his shoulder. After a bit, we reach two streets: the one going to the left is where Kakashi's apartment is and the one going to the right is where Kurenai's apartment is. Kakashi begins to walk toward the right.

"Kakashi, wait," I stop and pull him back. "I don't want to go home yet…"

He looks at me in a bit of surprise.

"Why not?" he asks.

"I want to still be alone with you," I plead.

"Where do you want to go?"

"How about we go to your place? It's been a while since I've been there."

"Are you sure?"

"It's closer to here, anyway. I don't want to walk much more…" I sway a bit.

Kakashi looks at the street that leads to his house and thinks for a bit.

"You're right; my place is right around that corner…" he says. "You also look like you're going to collapse."

"You think so?" I ask with a drunken grin, slowly tilting to my right.

"Yeah, come on," Kakashi wraps his free arm around my waist to help balance me. "You need a place to sit down and rest."

Kakashi then leads us down the street and around the corner. We head toward the front entrance of his apartment. Kakashi sets the bags down, takes his keys out, and opens the door. I begin to tilt toward the left and he quickly holds me up straight. He grabs the bags and leads us inside, using his foot to close the door after us. We walk down the apartment hallway that's lit by small wall lamps. I manage to trip a bit over my own foot but Kakashi manages to keep me up. I begin to laugh quietly at myself.

"It's a good thing I don't live on a higher floor," Kakashi says. "Otherwise, it would be quite a task to take you up the stairs; you're even tripping over your own feet."

"Hey, who was the one who bought the wine?" I say in defense with a smile.

Kakashi chuckles as we arrive in front of his apartment door.

"Well, you got me there," he unlocks the door.

Kakashi walks us inside, slowly kicking the door closed behind us. He lets go of me so he can put my belongings on the couch. I feel myself slowly tilt to my left again. Kakashi turns around and sees this. In a panic, he quickly runs over to me, holding me up in his arms.

"I'm not that drunk, Kashi…" I say. "I'm just…uncoordinated right now."

"Uh-huh. Uncoordinated; that's exactly it," he slightly chuckles.

I hug Kakashi and lay my head on his chest. He wraps his arms around me as well and rests his head on mine. We stand there in silence for a few seconds, enjoying this feeling.

"It's been a while since I've hugged you like this," Kakashi whispers. "I've missed your touch…"

"I've missed yours, too…" I whisper back.

We pull apart a bit and look up into each other's eyes. I examine his dark right eye and his scarred Sharingan eye, seeing love and want in them. He sees me glance at his mask for a bit, taking it as a sign of it being in the way. He then reaches for it and pulls it down, revealing his handsome face. I examine every detail of his face as I place my hand on his cheek. I lean into his face, smelling a bit of wine in his breath. He also leans into my face as we slowly close our eyes, our lips meeting. We begin to kiss slowly, building the mood up. I move my hand from his cheek to the back of his neck. He moves his hands around my hips, caressing them gently. I reach for his shirt and begin to unbutton it. We continue to kiss as I finish unbuttoning his shirt fully. He begins to lead us toward his bedroom, not pulling away from our kiss. I walk backward into his bedroom as he keeps his arms around my hips and waist, making sure I don't fall back. I feel us heating up as our kissing continues. I pull the sleeves of his shirt down and he assists me by quickly pulling his shirt off and tossing it to the floor. Pulling apart from him, I sit on the bed and kick my shoes off. He takes his shoes off as well and his socks. I begin to climb on to the bed toward the pillows on the other end. Kakashi quickly follows after me as he takes his jointed mask-shirt off and tosses it to the floor. I sit up on my knees and begin to take my dress off. Kakashi begins to unzip his pants and takes them off, revealing his dark green boxers. I continue to pull my dress off, revealing my black bra and panties. I sit in order to pull my dress all the way down, which Kakashi helps me with. He tosses my dress to the floor and gently pushes me down on the bed, kissing me. I place my hands on his chest, feeling the long scar across his torso. I pull away from his mouth and begin to kiss the top part of his scar. He looks down at me and finds it affectionate and pleasuring. I place my hand on the back of his neck and kiss my way up to his mouth. He supports himself over me by placing his left hand on the bed and caressing my side with his right. I feel him reach down to my panties and pull them off slowly and then begin to caress my thigh. He then moves his hand behind my back, reaches for my bra strap, and unhooks it. I pull the bra off myself, feeling myself blush a bit. He sees my blush and smiles down at me with affection and then begins to kiss me again. I begin to caress his face as we kiss passionately. He moves his right hand up to my stomach and then to my left breast, beginning to massage it gently. He then begins to kiss me down my jawbone, to my neck, to my collarbone, and finally to my chest. He begins to kiss my left breast, licking my skin lightly. I bite my lip gently, loving the touch of his lips and his hands. I then move my leg and bump it into his, signaling that I want to move on. He understands and then begins to take his boxers off. I spread my legs to allow him to be in between them. Kakashi takes a hold of himself and then looks at me.

"Are you sure you want to do this?" he asks.

"Kakashi…" I look deep into his eyes. "You and I both know for a fact that this is something we've wanted for so long. I don't think we should hold back now."

Kakashi is a bit surprised as he looks down at me as I smile warmly. He then leans down and kisses me on my forehead.

"Don't worry; I'll be careful," he whispers softly into my ear.

With that, Kakashi positions and begins to insert himself inside me. I feel myself twitch a bit at the touch of his manhood. I look down in between us and notice how big he is. Kakashi presses the tip gently against my womanhood and looks down at me.

"Can I continue?" he asks.

I bite my lip and nod. He notices the hesitation in my face as I take a hold of his arm with my right hand.

"If it hurts too much, just tell me to stop," he says.

I look into his eyes with a smile and he returns it. He then slowly pushes himself inside me. At first, I don't feel much from him inserting the tip, but once he slowly pushes more inside of me, I feel the pain. Kakashi keeps moving himself inside me slowly. I press my hand on his left arm as I gasp a bit in pain. Kakashi looks down at me in concern. I shake my head and urge him to continue. He hesitates but continues, seeing the want in my eyes. After a few slow pushes, he is fully inside me. I let out a sigh of relief, having overcome the pain. Kakashi stays still for a bit, wanting me to get used to him inside me to avoid any more pain. Wanting him to proceed with the next action, I pull his head toward my face and kiss him. He pulls back a little in surprise and sees me smile sheepishly with a slight blush.

"I want you to start now…" I say a bit shyly.

Kakashi's surprised look then turns into a loving smile as he chuckles lightly at my shyness. With that, he begins to move his body back, pulling himself out of me a bit, and then moving his body forward, pushing himself back inside me. At first, it's a bit odd to feel, but after a few more of these very slow thrusts, I get used to it. Kakashi then notices that I'm ready, and then begins to thrust in and out at a faster pace. I feel both of our bodies move at a nice rhythm as we begin to feel the pleasure. The sensation of feeling our bodies' warmth against one another and the waves of pleasure with every thrust engulfs us. I place my right hand behind Kakashi's neck and he moves his head down to my face and we begin to kiss passionately. My left hand caresses his hard abdominals as he thrusts. Kakashi places his right hand on my left cheek and begins to caress it as we kiss. I move my right hand from the back of his neck into his hair, gently pressing my fingers into his strands of silver, soft, messy hair. He enjoys this as he lets out a low groan in between our kiss. He decides to pick up the pace and thrusts faster. After many of these faster thrusts, I begin to feel the more intense waves of pleasure. I stop kissing Kakashi and instead get caught up in the pleasurable feeling, closing my eyes a bit and moaning lightly. Kakashi enjoys the sound of me moaning and continues to thrust. He holds himself up over me and begins to grunt as he closes his eyes slightly. The warmth of our bodies and our movement causes us to sweat a bit and breathe heavily. After many of these thrusts, Kakashi and I begin to moan lightly. We look into each other's eyes as we pant. I press my fingertips more into his scalp with my right hand as my left hand touches his hard stomach. Kakashi places his right hand on my hip, increasing his thrusting pace a bit as he bites his bottom lip. We both begin to feel much more pleasure than before.

"Kakashi…" I moan as I close my eyes and tilt my head back.

With that, I feel myself reach my climax. Kakashi immediately stops thrusting after I relax. We both stay still, panting and trying to catch our breath. I look up into Kakashi's eyes and see so much affection. I return the gaze before he leans down and kisses me passionately again. He breaks away and pulls himself out of me. He lays next to me on my right and we both look up into the ceiling through the dimly lit room. After a few seconds of catching our breath, Kakashi sits up, reaches for the folded covers at the end of the bed, and pulls them over us. I place my head on his chest as he wraps his arm around my waist from under me, pulling me closer. I place my left hand on his hard stomach and close my eyes.

"I love you, Kakashi," I whisper to him.

Kakashi kisses me softly on the top of my head and caresses my hair.

"I love you too, Denizu," he whispers back.