Kyle sat on the misty beach, looking at the water. Kakashi sat beside him, looking at the waves as well.
"What's going on?" Kyle wondered.
"You gained an eyes, but after the surgery, Haku lied to you, making you think Aneko, your best friend, died." Kakashi said.
"I don't choose best friends." Kyle protested.
"I know, but you're friendly: that makes everyone your best friend. You were also drugged, making it nearly impossible for you to tell if she was lying or not." Kakashi said.
"Yeah." Kyle chuckled. "Probably should've told them about my low metabolism, and how it takes me a while to burn off medicine."
A/N: I don't know if that's how medicine works, but, for the record, I doubt it works like that. -MN1
Kakashi chuckled. "So, what's your biggest worry?"
"I messed up. I've got a older half-brother breathing down my neck about the Akatsuki...wait, is Sasuke older than me?" Kyle wondered.
"Yes." Kakashi said.
Kyle shrugged. "Itachi's breathing down my neck, I don't know how he even got the ring, and I'm confused about girls." Kyle blushed, never thinking he'd ever talk to Kakashi about his girl problems.
'Then again,' Kyle thought. 'It's not like I have a dad to talk to about this stuff.'
"What girls are you thinking about?" Kakashi asked, looking at Kyle.
"Annie- Aneko, I mean -and Haku." Kyle said. "I liked Haku, but she drugged me and hooked up with Gaara. Not to mention that she knew I liked her."
Kakashi nodded. "Quite the dilemma. Do you like bad girls?"
"Maybe. I don't like chicks who drug me, though. Not to mention she got punched in the face." Kyle said. "Gaara might kill Annie for that."
"Don't worry." Kakashi said. "We talked it over when we left the sand village."
"You did?"
"Yeah."
"Huh. Getting a drugged-up me out of the sand village. That'll haunt me."
"Probably. So, how do you like Aneko?" Kakashi asked, putting his hand on his chin.
"I used to think of her as a friend, right?" Kyle said. "But I don't think of her like that anymore. I think of her as a cute girl from the sound village."
"What changed?" Kakashi asked.
"Me. Her. I don't know." Kyle said.
"I understand." Kakashi said. "You had a moment of clarity when you were drugged up, and you realized something."
"How would you know that?" Kyle asked, then frowned. "Please don't tell me I started spouting nonsense on the way home."
"We used a jutsu to get you home immediately." Kakashi said. "I know that because this is a dream."
"Huh. That's gonna piss somebody off." Kyle said, standing and skipping a rock across the water. "Well, character discover is good, right?"
"Well, it's romance-related, and romance is good." Kakashi said.
"Yep. You're me," Kyle nodded. "Fourth-wall breaking is my thing."
"So, what are you going to do?" Kakashi asked.
"Give Annie a giant kiss far away from Ino? Maybe get some flowers for her? I don't know." Kyle said.
"And that's how you like it." Kakashi said, and they both laughed. "Right. You have to get up. Sasuke's coming to your room soon, so you know something big is going on."
"Right." Kyle nodded.
Then, Kyle sat up in bed.
"I'm in love with Aneko." Kyle smiled.
Sasuke opened the door, and handed Kyle a scroll.
"You've been asleep for a few days." Sasuke said.
Kyle shrugged, picking up the scroll. "How am I gonna read this?" Kyle asked.
"You can use one eye now." Sasuke said.
Kyle opened his right eye, and smiled when he saw the world just as he missed it.
"Sakura left you things." Sasuke said.
'Not very verbose are you, brother?' Kyle thought, turning to his bedside table. Then, Kyle picked up the headband and the eye-patch.
"Hm." Kyle said after putting the eye-patch on. "Just a plain old headband with black cloth." Kyle smiled. "I like it!" Kyle put it around his neck and looked at the scroll.