A week after Shay's release from the hospital; Naruto was sent off on a mission leaving Shayera conveniently placed (via Tsunade's devious planning. The bitch.) in Kakashi's hands. Meaning that Shayera would be in his care for three or more days until Naruto returned.
Naturally Kaskashi was ecstatic over this turn of events. If beating his head on the nearest smooth surface then going out and getting so fucking drunk the night before the mission could be considered ecstatic behavior.
Yet he managed to roll out of bed the next morning and go about his routine before getting dressed and packing an over night bag then heading out to Naruto's place since the teen had set one or two ground rules for letting him stay with Shay to keep an eye on her.
Apparently Naruto didn't want Shayera in an unfamiliar place.
And though he trusted Kakashi (something that the copy nin would make him regret later on) he didn't want Shay to feel uncomfortable and figured that as long as she was in Naruto's apartment and knew every hiding place. That she might feel a little more comfortable about having a total stranger staying with her.
Kakashi doubted that this was the case. But he didn't say anything since Naruto was more or less gift wrapping the girl for him.
He walked up the steps to Naruto's front door with his over night bag slung over his shoulder, dangling precariously from his curled finger tips and bit back a yawn as he took the few remaining steps and stopped just outside of the door and lifted his hand to knock when the door more or less swung open and Naruto peeked out wearing nothing but a pair of his usual orange pants and blinked his sleepy blue eyes at him.
"Hn. I though it might be you." The teen said as he ran his fingers through his hap hazard blond spikes as he stepped back and let Kakashi in as he bit back a yawn. Kakashi stepped a little ways into the room and stopped when he noticed the slight figure wrapped in several blankets, laying on the floor next to the couch.
"Was I interrupting something?" Kakashi asked in a low tone, not wanting to wake the girl sleeping on the floor. Naruto stared at him for a second then grunted and shook his head.
"No. Nothing. She still wants to get to know me before she does anything with me." Kakashi looked at the teen and raised his brow at the small amount of disgust that he detected in Naruto's tone. He sounded a little disappointed that Shay hadn't wanted to do more than...whatever the hell she and Naruto had been doing together.
The copy nin might have said something to let Naruto know how lucky he was to have a girl in his life that even wanted to get to know him, if not for the affectionate smile that curved the blonde's lips. The same smile that Kakashi knew was going to haunt him every night from this day forward until the day he died. Because it was going to be the last time that he saw such a soft and tender smile on Naruto's face.
Because Kakashi was going to have a hand in Shayera's self destruction. "I'll move her to the bedroom so you won't accidentally trip over her like I did last night." Naruto said as he moved over to Shay's side and dropped down to one knee and started to scoop her up when Kakashi placed a hand on his bare shoulder and stopped him.
"No. Leave her there. She looks comfortable and I don't want to wake her." Kakashi said gently as he studied the sleeping girl. She looked like she was sleeping good if the bizarre and slightly uncomfortable looking angle of her body and the way that she somehow managed to sleep through any of the little twinges was any indication.
Naruto looked up at him for a second with an unsure expression on his face. "Are you sure Kakashi-sensei?"
Kakashi nearly cringed when Naruto called him Kakashi-sensei. Honestly of all the things he wasn't sure he could stand to hear at this moment, Kakashi-sensei would be it. Because it was a term of affection and respect. And Kakashi soon wouldn't be worthy of either sentiment.
"I'm sure Naruto. Now go and get ready for your mission." Kakashi said softly as he squeezed Naruto's shoulder slightly then moved over to the apartment door and quietly slipped off his shoes and set down his over night bag as Naruto stood up and walked out of the room and down the hall leaving Kakashi alone with Shayera.
Kakashi waited until he was sure that Naruto was in his bedroom and the door was closed before he made his way over to the girl and knelt next to her and very subtly placed a genjutsu on her to create an opening for him to use later on.
He would wait until later tonight before he used it to peek into her mind and see what had been done to her in the first place and see if there was anything that he could use to simulate physical harm.
He laid one of his hands over her forehead and pushed some of his chakra into her and tensed a little bit when her whole body jerked then went still again before he removed his hand and moved to sit down on the couch unaware that his former student had been watching him through the slight opening in the ajar door.
What the hell did Kakashi think he was doing?