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Thinking

Biju, etc. speaking

Biju, etc. thinking

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Kakashi had returned from his mission and had nothing immediate to do. He began making his trek toward the Memorial Stone but stopped cold remembering that he still had not discussed his marriage to Naruto with his old team.

"Team."

On the way back into the village, he had run into Asuma, who fortunately didn't mention anything about seeing him on his date with Naruto-chan at Yakiniku Q. What he did mention was something he dreaded: he'd be meeting his team later this week. He wondered how that was going to work. Kakashi had already refused the Sandaime's idea of just taking the team on as his own without the bell test. He also refused to give the teens his test and then pass them regardless of how they performed together. Sarutobi-sama had ideas on how to supposedly make that work, but Kakashi didn't give a damn. The brats would pass or fail on their own merit, or lack thereof. He'd never passed a team to date, and he doubted he ever would.

He wondered if he'd still get Naruto on this supposed team, however. Before everything happened, he had very little doubt that when his sensei's child graduated, the Hokage would force "him or her" onto him - back when he had no idea what his sensei's child's gender even was. The copy-nin groaned at that thought and what his mindset had been.

He had been pushed by the Sandaime over the years into seeing Naruto for many reasons, and the Hatake always refused for at least two of his own. One, he felt that he was too cursed to be near his sensei's sole legacy, and two, he ridiculously blamed her in at least some small way for the last of his pack's deaths - outside of his ninken, of course.

He knew he'd be assigned the Uchiha because the two of them were the last loyal Konoha nins with the Sharingan. The supposed prince - he was not one in any way, Kakashi knew - for whom the council had their heads up their collective asses, was truly someone he didn't want on his team. There was the nagging thought that he owed Obito's remaining clan member... No, he just owed Obito - but he could at least let the Uchiha take the test, for his old teammate. Kakashi sighed again, his feet taking control of his destination.

Did this Uchiha brat have anything to do with what they were trying to do with Naruto? One way or another, he'd watch the little shit. Some of his friends had mentioned over the past few years that the kid had an ego the size of the Hokage Monument. He didn't doubt them but still found it somehow surprising after having had his older brother, Itachi-kun, on his squad. Itachi, his little kohai. Kakashi shook his head. The older brother was such a good kid back then, so quietly filled with the Will of Fire… Kakashi felt again as if he was missing something extremely important about Itachi Uchiha's involvement in the massacre. The Jonin chastised himself. It wasn't involvement: he assassinated his entire clan, man!

He dove more into his smut as he walked through the streets, making sure he didn't run into anyone he wanted to avoid.

Sasuke couldn't have requested Naruto be his bride, right? Surely not: he'd learned during their "date" that Naruto hadn't even attended the Academy for the vast majority of it. She skirted around the exact reason why, but he had a sinking feeling something terrible had happened to her that prevented her from continuing to be educated at school. It wasn't just how she avoided the topic, quite skillfully he realized now, but he also remembered overviews of frequent hospital admissions and attempts on her life that had taken place until around the time she moved in with the Naras.

"Troublesome indeed," he mumbled to himself.

- At the Hokage Tower, the Jonin commander sneezed right in the Hokage's face. "Oh! Forgive me Sandaime-sama!" The Hokage used his robe to wipe off his face with an expression of dismay before waving Shikaku's apology off. They continued going through Genin team assignments.

Now that they were married, Kakashi wondered if Naru would even be allowed to be on his team. Who else would he get instead then? And more importantly, if she wasn't with him, who would Naruto end up under? He didn't like the idea of her being under anyone else if he was being honest with himself. That's only logical. Naru-chan was still wanted by the council to have multiple Uzumaki babies with whomever they deemed would "strengthen the village." Kakashi sneered at even the thought of that. He needed to keep an eye on her and any other boys or men around her. Yes, that's a good reason for her to be on my team. He'd have to make a request of the Hokage. Realizing his feet had met their destination, he looked up. He was at the Nara Head's estate. He sighed yet again and knocked on the door, and was finally greeted by a snarky teenager.

"Yo," the big brat said in a low voice, leaning on the side of the front door. Shikamaru crossed his arms and looked Kakashi up and down threateningly. He was the big brother, after all.

This… punk! "Ohayo, Nara-chan," Kakashi said cheekily. He enjoyed the frown that took over the kid's features at being called out as a child, (not disrespected, Kakashi told himself: he'd never do that! Internally he was snickering.) "I'm... looking for Naruto-chan?"

"Another question I see, Hatake-san."

Yes, Shikamaru heard a low rumbling growl come from the copy-nin in response. Naruto had told him about those "doggy" noises, as she called them in this life and in the last. He had to hold back a chuckle. Then again, Naruto had noticed since living with his family that all of the male Naras grunted like bucks. Well, now it's not so funny. Still, having Kakashi clarify whether or not he knew what he was doing felt like a good comeback, and he handed it right to me, Shikamaru thought. And seriously: does he not know why he's here?

Kakashi released his hands from the fists they were in inside his vest's pockets. Shikaku-san was always so cool and laid back - why did this brat have to act like this? "Amusing. Is Naruto here?" He wondered just how much testiness the Nara kid detected in his voice. Hopefully, it's a lot. As the Nara allowed him to enter at his mother's insistence, Kakashi chastised himself for being an ass - but the kid is being one too. Yoshino greeted him warmly and informed him that Naruto was at their new estate, and was concerned over furniture placement and such because Kakashi wasn't with her. He thanked them for their time - Naruto's so-called "aniki" was still looking at him like he wanted to throttle him - and left for his home-to-be.

Entering the estate, he was met with literally dozens of Narutos. Kakashi stood at the entrance of their home in shock. He'd seen her make shadow clones the day they got married and when she took down that Academy sensei, but she only made two of them each time! Looking up, he realized there was even a Naruto standing on the ceiling, and another hanging from a long light fixture.

"Oi dumbass, you're showing him the goods," one Naruto exclaimed to the other. All of the other clones quickly looked over at him while the one hanging from the chandelier pulled her skirt back into place, turning even redder. Kakashi ducked his head: those were tiny panties! Just like that, two shurikens whipped out from 3 o'clock and popped both the clone who had spoken and the one that was on the chandelier, struggling with her skirt. Poofs of smoke were seen all around as the remaining clones in the room dispelled.

"Don't mind them - they're idiots," the real Naruto said, blushing. "I'm so glad you're back! How was the mission?" she quickly deflected but looked him over as if she was worried and checking his appearance for injuries.

"Maa, it was fine, Naru-chan. Yoshino-san told me you were here." Naruto nodded her head.

"Come see!" Naruto grabbed his arm, holding it between her large breasts, unknowingly he supposed. "Now listen: we can move anything you like to wherever you want to put things, seriously! So don't be shy about telling me if you don't like something - or if you just prefer something to be somewhere else, okay? Oh, and I put your scrolls in the bedroom. I mean, the one you seemed to like the best: that bedroom! Not like it's our bedroom or anything!" She sighed and quietly said, "Kami-sama; I should shut up before I make even more of an ass out of myself."

"Maa, Naru-chan, it's fine," Kakashi replied with amusement. "Wow, it really looks different, ne?"

Naruto looked around the now-furnished and mostly decorated room, as he did. "Whoa, you're so right. You know I didn't even notice how the changes were coming together because I was doing things myself, plus there were so many of my clones running around… They're so annoying. Helpful though, ne?" She looked up at Kakashi and smiled brightly. He nodded his head once. For some reason he was being rendered speechless by his little wife on a regular basis, he realized.

The furniture and other items they'd bought for the house looked even better than he remembered. They had a lot of help from the furniture store owner, who managed to mix their tastes well. There were a lot of neutral colors he liked - although Izana-san had indicated that black and blue were not normally considered neutrals. Plus there were enough bright colors for Naruto, but not so much that it would blind anyone entering their home, (including me, Kakashi realized.) In the middle of the living room sat two sectionals that each made half of a huge conversational square. Naruto had set the huge sectionals slightly off of each other to make an easier entry into the area, plus it looked kind of cool, he thought. There were four large ottomans in the center of the sectionals, close enough to plop up your feet. Naruto had also purchased tiny tables that went underneath and over the sectional that could be used to hold drinks or things. He'd never seen anything like them before. Kakashi had also specifically picked out one of the recliners that looked like a bed he had seen Shikaku-san lounging on at his home. As soon as he had tried it out at the store, he realized it would be the perfect spot to read Icha-Icha.

Hey, some things were especially important!

Hanging over what he was sure would be his favorite seat in the house, he noticed that Naruto had placed a lamp, and added a side table that sort of wrapped around the recliner. He thought the table was weird when she bought it, but here at the side of their living room, next to the windows, it looked great. He could put his drink and book on it. Oh-ho! There's even a little drawer and bottom shelf for more Icha-Icha! Kakashi began to feel he could be quite comfortable in his new living quarters.

Naruto continued asking his opinions on this and that in each room she brought him into. She'd made more clones as they were speaking who went to work without orders. Her clones were quite "different," or "unusual" to put it nicely. They argued with their original and each other, and Kakashi noticed that some of them had personalities that seemed a little different than Naruto herself. He'd never seen anything like it; it creeped him out a little, although it was also amusing.

Kakashi had a lot of weirdness going on in his life, so how could he complain? Although there was that one clone who pinched his ass while the real Naruto was looking away... That clone had given him a flirty smile and dispelled itself. He noticed Naruto's eyes widen immediately following that, but she turned away from him and said nothing. Does she think she imagined it, or does she know the important secret of the Shadow Clone jutsu?

Naruto in the meantime wanted to crawl into a hole. I can't believe that bitch touched his ass! I haven't even gotten to do anything like that, Naruto ranted in her own mind.

"So go for it!'

"Baka fox! I thought you were asleep!"

"When you're boring me, I sleep," Kurama said, closing his eyes again. "You could still go for it. See if the ninken is into... pain?" Naruto covered her face with her hands and left her depraved partner and crappy mindscape as she tried to ignore his rumbling chuckles at her expense.

Grabbing Kakashi's hand - he was just standing there after all - she tugged him upstairs. "Wanna see my room?" she asked eagerly. Not waiting for a reply, she opened the door that was next to his own.

Kakashi inhaled sharply. Oh gods, my eyes!

So, so much… No! It's too much orange! For the first time in his life, he wanted to thank Gai and his minion for being moderate with the amount of green they wore in comparison. Kami-sama: her comforter was an enormous NEON orange plushy-looking thing that was fuzzy! And dear gods, there were curtains to match it! Blinking rapidly, he took a better look at the room of horror.

Frogs? Why does she have fucking frogs in here?!

"Oi! Those are toads, mister!" Naru said heatedly, her hand petting a large porcelain frog - no, a toad - as if it were real. Oops, Kakashi immediately realized he'd cursed about her fr… toads out loud. Crazy Namikazes and their slimy toads! Oh, he couldn't even remember how many times as a kid he'd been told they were toads and not frogs by Minato-sensei and even Jiraiya-sama. Then one day he asked a messenger toad for his name quite politely, and he was thoroughly scolded by the muculent amphibian because he was actually a frog.

Infuriating. Dogs or ninken = Dogs or ninken: easy. Better.

"No dog would say he was a cat," Kakashi mused, thinking of the superiority of dogs. Why am I starting a fight about this? With my "wife," no less?!

"Hmm. I have no problems with dogs at all! I like them," Naruto said.

When did she get so close to me? He wanted to back up for sheer safety and personal space reasons.

"And don't forget: foxes are considered canines," she added, smirking at him. "Or I guess 'vixen' would be a better word, ne?" She winked at him and blew him a little kiss as she waltzed out of her room. Kakashi really had to think about that, although he knew he shouldn't: the little minx!

No: "vixen:" she said so herself. At least following her out gave him an excuse to get out of the terrifying no-way-in-hell-I'm-having-sex-in-there room.

My room would be better. Realizing what he'd thought, Kakashi ran a hand down his face in vexation. Continuing through the estate, he realized they had a lot of work still to do. The upstairs study and basement, which they'd earlier agreed to make into a storage room for weapons, fuuinjutsu supplies, and more, especially needed attention. "I've been in my apartment so long. Somehow I forgot how moving was such a drag."

In the Nara Compound, Shikamaru sneezed on Ino, who attacked him. She was so out of control, Choji couldn't even pull her off of his future teammate. In her defense, it had been a messy sneeze.

It was getting late and Naruto offered to cook with the food and supplies she had there so far. Kakashi thought about it for a while. Considering how great that breakfast was before his mission, he wanted her to cook, but it was obvious that she'd been working all day on the house - maybe even throughout a few days before. It was hard to tell since she used so many clones. The clones took her chakra, though, so he asked if she'd like to grab dinner out.

"Ramen?!" Naruto asked excitedly.

Ramen it was.

The two chatted on the way to Ichiraku's, enjoying each other's company. At least one person on a roof above them noted how physically close the two were as they walked… at night. That person also noticed Naruto's smiles - different from the ones she usually gave out in abundance when he was tutoring her. Her smiles as she walked along slowly with The Porn Addict were tender, smaller, and definitely genuine.

Iruka was going to kill the masked bastard, and soon! How dare Porn-san mess with his student and little sister!