Part 2:

After breakfast was done, Hikari volunteered to do the dishes. Actually, that is not correct. It is more like Kakashi begged her to do the chore. On top of the dishes that were used for breakfast, she also had to wash the ones that had been sitting in the sink for the past week. She finally agreed to do them for a price. Kakashi sighed, knowing he had to keep his promise or she would never forgive him.

"I'm never going to let you forget your promise, okay Kakashi-kun?" Hikari smiled.

"Ah..." Kakashi forced a smile, laughing nervously.

Kakashi grabbed a small towel and dried as Hikari washed the plates and bowls and placed them onto the counter in front of him. Once that chore was done, she dried her hands and walked over to behind him. She slid her arms around his waist and pressed her body against his.

"Are you ready to go now?" she whispered.

"Hai..." he replied.

Turning around to face her, Kakashi quickly pulled down his mask and kissed her. Hikari took a moment before she began to kiss him back. They separated after what seemed like forever. He replaced his mask before scooping her up into his arms. She wrapped an arm around his neck and looked to see where he was taking her. He then placed her onto the bed before he sat down next to her.

They put on their sandals and made sure they had everything. Kakashi smiled, patting the pouch on his back, showing her that he had the money. She smirked, shaking her head because she knew that is the same pouch where he also kept his "Icha Icha Paradise" book.

Both got up and walked out of the apartment, locking the door behind them. They made their way into the center of the town where they were greeted by a smiling Iruka.

"Hey, Hikari-chan! Hey, Kakashi-san. I heard that you came back and I was just on my way over to say hello." Iruka spoke.

"Yeah, I'm happy to be back here. I missed everyone while I was traveling." Hikari answered.

"Are you going to stay here permanently?"

"Yup."

Iruka nodded to the both of them. "Good. Maybe we should catch up on old times later, ne?"

"Sounds great." Kakashi replied.

Looking at his watch, Iruka suddenly realized the time. "Well, I better start going. I have a class to teach. Take care, you two."

The couple waved and smiled, watching him make his way quickly to the school. Hikari shook her head and looked at her beloved.

"I know, he hasn't changed." Kakashi closed his eyes, sighing.

"Oh well... Iki-mashou?" she asked.

"Okay okay, I know how much you want to go shopping."

"Yatta!"

Grabbing his hand, the young woman led him to some nearby clothing stores. As they neared the entrance to one of them, Kakashi stopped and looked hesitant to go in. Hikari just pulled him one last time and dragged him into the store.

They were surrounded by women's clothes, underwear, jewelry, shoes, and any other things a woman would want. Maybe he could help himself relax by reading his book. Not letting go of her hand as she continued to drag him into the store, Kakashi then pulled out his "Icha Icha Paradise" from his pouch and began reading. Hikari saw this and decided not to say anything.

"Here, you can sit here and I'll model some things for you. Please tell me what you like, okay?" she asked sweetly.

"What do you mean...model?" he asked, looking up from his reading.

"I want someone's opinion of what looks good on me. And since you're here, you might as well be the one."

"...Can't I just read?"

"Dame. You have to help me or I'll buy up everything in the store and we'll be stuck with a whole bunch of useless things."

"You wouldn't..."

"Try me..."

Smiling at her victory, Hikari sat him down in a seat in front of her changing room. She then made her way over to some clothes racks and pulled out different styles in her size. Bringing all that she liked back to the room, she decided it was time...

After a few moments of changing, she came out in a simple pair of light blue jeans with a silver-colored tank top. Kakashi, with an eyebrow raised slightly, looked at her. He noticed that the tank top fit to every curve of her upper body, as well as the jeans did for the rest. He made a thumbs- up, approving.

"You're gonna' have to do better than that." Hikari smirked.

All Kakashi did was shrug and watch her go back into her changing room. A few minutes passed and she had still not come out. Kakashi put his book back in his pouch and slowly approached the door.

"Something wrong, Hikari-chan?" he asked, lightly tapping on the door.

"I'm trying to put on this dress, but I can't zip it up. Could you do it for me?" she spoke from behind the door.

With the click of the lock, the door opened to reveal a slightly embarrassed Hikari trying to hold up the top of her dress. Kakashi blushed slightly but silently grabbed the back of the dress and closed the zipper for her. Fixing the rest of her dress, she turned for him to look at it, putting on the second part of the outfit.

She was a stunning sight, wearing the sky-blue colored dress. It was a sleeveless short dress with a long, sleeveless sweater over it that ran down to the floor. It closed with a tiny latch just under her chest.

"You look...really nice..." Kakashi commented, suddenly becoming shy.

Content that he was participating, Hikari gave him a quick hug and kissed his cheek. She then went back into her changing room and began the process again. Hours later, they had bought enough essentials and figured that it was time to go home. Kakashi paid with the money the Hokage gave him and they began to walk home.

Hikari looked up at him, shifting the bags from one hand to the other. She only carried a few while he carried the rest. He really was not as lazy as many people saw him.

Feeling her eyes upon him, he turned his head slightly and made a sweet smile. "What do you want to do after?"

Hikari looked straight ahead of her, going into deep thought about this. "Hmm..." she sighed.

They walked the rest of the way in silence. Every now and then Kakashi would glance at her, wanting to know what she was thinking. Once they reached his apartment, they opened the door and went right inside. Neither spoke even then. They placed the bags in a corner of the room, not knowing what to do with them right away. "I don't know." She spoke finally. "And I'm not hungry either."

Kakashi then sighed, looking at Hikari. But then, he had an idea. Gently taking her hand, he led her out of the apartment and past the village. Once they reached the edge, they were standing on a tall hill. The sun was just setting; the sky was slightly orange and gave the sky a feeling of romance. The trees cast shadows but did not hide the sparkling of the nearby lake.

"It's so beautiful!" Hikari exclaimed, taking in the view.

Kakashi then appeared next to her, looking out into the sunset as well. "This is where we used to go to be alone. Don't you remember?"

It had suddenly occurred to her that the place did seem familiar. In fact, all too familiar. As they sat down, Hikari began to remember all of the times that the two would sneak off from training to come to this little place. Here they would sit down and talk, watch nature or read some of Kakashi's books. Remembering this little incident, she laughed.

"What's so funny?" Kakashi turned his head to face her.

"I was just remembering the time I took out one of your books and began reading it. You were so mad, it was funny!" she continued to laugh, nearly in tears.

"It was not. You know how precious my books are! And you stole them!"

"Look, it's not my fault you left them in open view. Besides, they were quite interesting and gave me some good ideas..."

Kakashi watched as the woman smirked devilishly, raising herself to kneel closer to him. Not wanting to reveal his face to anyone who could have been watching, Hikari decided to leave his mask on as she thrust herself upon him and kissed him tenderly. She forced herself not to rip off the skin-tight cloth from his face as it was in the way of her pleasure.

Gently lifting her from the ground, the male Joûnin sat her to straddle his lap. She purred into his mouth, wanting more. He removed his mouth from hers and smiled.

"You're too much, you know that?" he chuckled slightly.

"I missed you..." was all she said before overtaking him once more.

They continued to kiss for a long while after...

To be continued...

Miko: Well, here we are. Another chapter done. My apologies to everyone who complained about the dialogue smashed together like that. For some reason, when I use MS word, it did that when I uploaded the chapter. I guess I'll have to make sure the lines are separated.

And to those of you who asked if this was going to be a romance, all I can say is yes and no. Of course I do want to keep the relationship between my OC Hikari and Kakashi but there were a few other things going on and I didn't want to limit myself to only romance. So I kept it general.

I hope everyone likes this fic so far. So, wish me luck! Please Read and Review! Thanks! Byes!