A/N: Sorry for the delay, a current Super Paper Mario addiction prevented me from writing much.

Anywho, there were some who didn't understand the reasoning behind Kakashi's decision last chapter. Therefore I'm now going to try and explain why he did so.

As I've mentioned countless times before, Kakashi has never really been in love before. He's not use to those feelings and doesn't know what to make of them. The only somewhat helpful resource he has at his disposal is Jiraiya's novels.

Also, he's confused about why he was so attracted to the other woman in the store (while Emiri was trying on clothes). The way he sees it, if he is/was truly in love then he should not find any other person aside from Emiri attractive. Makes sense, in a way-no? Using that logic, since Kakashi found the other woman attractive then he must not really be in love with Emiri, just infatuated. (Lust vs. Love)

He doesn't realize that even though a person is in love they can still be attracted to other people-The only difference is in the fact that even though he finds another person attractive that doesn't mean he still doesn't love Emiri. Why? Because when a person is truly in love then it doesn't matter if they find someone else attractive because that person still means nothing to them and they could never take the place of their true love.

Just because Kakashi flirted with the other woman doesn't mean his feelings for Emiri aren't real-they are. One moment of weakness could never replace Kakashi's feelings for Emiri, he would still choose her over anybody else. (And he will.)

So to test his feelings and see if he actually does love Emiri, or if his feeling are a simple crush, Kakashi decided to leave and stay as far away from Emiri for as long as possible. "If you love something, let it go. If it comes back to you then it's yours, if not it never was yours." If Kakashi misses Emiri enough and still can't get her out of his mind, no matter what he does or who he's with, then that means he loves her. If however his feelings are simply ones of lust then-in time-he should be able to completely forget about his feeling Emiri and move on.

I hope that makes sense and answers any and all questions anybody should have. If not, PM me and I'll try to answer your question(s) better. Okay?

It had now been about two months since Gai took over for Kakashi in guarding Emiri and she'd just about had enough of the jounin.

Annoying pain-in-the-ass stalker is more like it!

If she wasn't being bombarded with stories of how great the Green Beast was, turning down his relentless requests to take a walk and check out some romantic hot-spot, or rejecting his countless offers for help in even the most mundane tasks, then she was listening to yet another analogy about how beautiful she was. Now it's not like Emiri didn't enjoy the occasional compliment or two, but the shinobi took it a little too far. If nothing else Gai was blindly persistent.

On the up-side Chii is FINALLY being released tomorrow!

As for the infamous copy ninja, his time was spent on trying to return to activities before Emiri's arrival. Numerous dates and meaningless sexual escapades with many of his faithful admirers, missions with his team, and the occasional alone-time with his Icha-Icha collection. At first no matter what he did Kakashi's thoughts would find their way back to her, but over time such thoughts were suppressed and eventually forgotten.

"So, how long do you plan on hiding there, Master Jiraiya?"

"I dunno, how long have you been avoiding that woman?" Jiraiya replied, leaving his spot to stand next to Kakashi.

"Avoiding?"

"I've been observing some rather interesting changes in your behavior the past few days I've been here." Jiraiya stated. "The increase in away missions, your recurring absence from Genki, the way you change the topic every time SHE'S mentioned, and the obvious fact that you seem to be avoiding her like the plague. I have to say, I never imagined you to fall for the homely type."

Kakashi closed his book, cocking his eyebrow. "Excuse me?"

"Well, it's not like I blame you." the Pervy Sage smirked. "This Em-chan has her own, shall we say, uniquely charming personality. If I didn't know better I'd think she were Tsunade's daughter or something. And even though she isn't the optimum of what I'd call sexy, she does have a certain…"

"A certain what?" the scarecrow interjected.

Jiraiya smiled. "Oh, you know exactly what I mean. Just look…"

Kakashi looked in the direction that was indicated, finding Em-chan laughing at something Taku had said as he helped her unload some boxes outside the bar. (Emiri had managed to loose Gai by saying she had to use the restroom then climbing out the back window.) Taku seemed rather close and Emiri was obviously enjoying his company.

"What about it?" the jounin questioned, a tad perturbed.

"See, that's what I mean!" smiled Jiraiya. "Even now you seem to be slightly jealous that another man shows interest in her."

Kakashi looked at the sanin with supposed fake interest. "Is that so?"

"You'd have to be blind or stupid not to notice the signs."

"Such as?"

"Well for starters there's the increase in heart rate, the scent of raging hormones, the subtle changes in your posture, and the fact that you've yet to draw your sight away from her figure. I may not be a med-nin or Hyuuga, but I can notice the subtle signs that indicate when a person is in love. How else do you think I became such a renowned author?"

Kakashi took his gaze from the couple and looked at the knowing smirk upon Jiraiya's face. "Childish infatuation." he waved off.

"Is that so? Then I guess you wouldn't mind if someone else were to try and take her for themselves, huh?"

"Of coarse not, Em-chan may date whomever she wishes."

"Well that's good to hear, seeing as Taku just kissed her."

Within a split second Kakashi had jumped down from his perch and held Taku up against the wall by his throat, Chidori raging from his other hand.

"Touch my woman again and I'll kill you."

A/N: Sorry for the shortness and cliff-hanger. I hope the explanation above helped. And does anybody think that I had Kakashi and Jiraiya (too) out of character? Should I make changes?

Once again, please R/R.