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Chapter Sixteen: Waking up screaming

This time when Kakashi woke it was to a bright room and a light pressure on his chest.

'Huh?'

He looked down; Imako laid on his chest as though it were the most natural order of things. Her white robe had loosened over the night and her right shoulder was bared. Were it not for the wrappings he would have seen more. It startled him a little to see thick, almost parallel scars across her shoulder. They weren't made by any weapon he knew. There was no more time for contemplations as Imako stared up at him with unseeing eyes. Kakashi held his breath in hopes of her falling back to sleep; no such luck. Her eyes slowly came into focus and her expression turned to outrage in mere seconds. The Jonin braced himself for being yelled at, but instead received a sharp blow to his gut and was kicked out of bed.

"I don't remember giving you permission to sleep next to me," she growled before getting out of bed and vanishing in the bathroom.

Kakashi just sat there on the floor thinking he didn't deserve that. He was also surprised of her mild reaction; it could have gone worse. Sighing he got up off the floor. Since he was up the others should be too.

Naruto came too with a very painful headache and a soar back.

"What hit me?" he asked groggily rubbing his head.

"Sakura," came the pained reply.

Naruto pulled himself up by the blanket to see Sasuke doing the same. Both looked as though they had the world's biggest hangover.

"HA! You didn't get the bed!" said Naruto triumphantly seemingly forgetting his headache.

"Neither did you dunce!" snapped Sasuke.

Both sank back to the floor holding their head.

"I bet Sakura got a good night's sleep," muttered Naruto.

"Hey, the night's not over yet," said Sasuke.

Both boys climbed into bed and fell asleep with their backs to one another.

Imako looked at herself in the mirror; she had just finished scrubbing the black dye from her hair revealing her natural brown. She remembered changing it a few days after leaving Konoha to prevent instant recognition by others. And with her hitai-ate hidden under her pants bound to her thigh it was easy to later become a villager of Kiri. As long as no one knew she was a missing-nin no questions were asked. With a sigh she put on the clothes Kakashi had given her; his clothes. She remembered all ninja from Chunin up wore these in Konoha. It took a little getting used to and she had to tie a make shift sash around her waste, but it wasn't too bad actually. Much better than those rags she had worn. But the weirdest thing was still Kakashi's trunks. Imako tied her hair in a high ponytail like she used to, with her bangs hanging free and gingerly tied her hitai-ate to her forehead; its rightful place with her bangs pulled out and over. She had mixed feelings about wearing it, but it would serve her as a disguise, make people think she was part of a team.

Kakashi walked down the hall to the boy's room, his first victims. He knocked once and entered, stopping ta the foot of the bed with a wide grin spreading under his mask. They were still fully dressed, but practically knotted together in each other's arms.

"Sasuke, Naruto, get up!" he said loudly.

Both groggily opened their eyes; it couldn't have been more than five minutes.

"See, I knew you two would work things out," laughed Kakashi.

It finally hit the two how they were laying and they screamed, falling out of bed on opposite ends.

"What the hell do you think you're doing?!" yelled Naruto.

"Me?! You're the one who grabbed me!" yelled Sasuke in a strangely high pitch.

"Both of you get ready and come down," laughed Kakashi.

The boys ignored him and continued screaming at each other so the Jonin just left for his next victim; Sakura. He stopped by her door and knocked loudly.

"Time to get up Sakura," he called loudly.

When he didn't get an answer he cautiously poked his head in. Sakura was definitely asleep and covered in her warm blanket.

"Sakura," he said. "Wake up!"

She didn't even stir. He walked up to the side of the bed and shook her by the shoulder.

"Sakura!" 'She's sleeping like a log,' he grimaced.

A quick look around the room and he picked up a glass half filled with water.

"Last chance to wake up dry Sakura," he said short of shouting.

When the young Genin still didn't move to wake, Kakashi shrugged and poured the water over her face. Sakura immediately jumped up wide awake and screaming.

"Holy shit that's cold!!!"

Kakashi shook his head.

"Such language from a young girl," he said. "Come on, time to get ready."

Sakura looked at Kakashi and blinked a few times.

"Master Kakashi! What do you think you're doing?! Get out till I'm properly dressed!!"

Kakashi dodged a pillow and fell out of the room hitting the floor hard.

"What is it with this place?!" he asked shocked and confused.

Imako walked out of the bathroom to see Kakashi sitting on his side of the bed. The Jonin turned when he heard the door close and stared. Imako crossed her arms.

"What?" she snapped.

"You're hair," he said quickly. "I was wondering about that."

"Stop staring Hatake!" she growled.

Kakashi scratched his head.

"Sorry."

"I don't know what you're hoping to achieve with all this, but if it's an early grave then by all means, let me do the honors," she sneered. "I'm going to kill you anyway, so why don't you just save us both some time."

"You're delusional, Imako," said Kakashi.

"Don't use my name so familiarly Hatake!" barked Imako.

Kakashi just stood from the bed and walked past her into the bathroom.

"You look good in those clothes... Imako," he said before closing the door.

"Just you wait till the seal wears off Hatake," she snarled at the door.

Naruto walked out just as Imako came down the hall and stopped. He looked confused about something, steadily staring at Imako. It went on so long she angrily closed her eyes, fists clenched and right eye twitching.

"Why-are-you-staring-at-me-like-that," she said through clenched teeth.

"You look just like Master Iruka!" he said pointing.

"That's mostly what twins do!" she said surprised at this new level of sheer idiocy of the boy.

"I know twins look alike!" snapped Naruto.

"Her full name is Umino Imako, Naruto," said Kakashi coming up behind her.

"I know that!" snapped Naruto.

"Master Iruka's last name is Umino you dunce!" said Sasuke walking past them all.

"It is? HEY, THEN YOU'RE HIS TWIN!!" the blond practically shouted.

If it could, the whole inn would have fallen flat.

"Naruto, you're such a moron!"

Rofl! I love this little scene! I hope you enjoyed this chapter and look forward to your reviews. Thank you to all who reviewed the last chapter.

Later days, Imako the Demon Wolf