Chapter ...

Fall

WARNING:heavy yaoi, zero to none heterosexual pairings so far.And..yaoi

Zabuza trudged wearily behind the hyper blonde, stoic brunette, flirtatious strawberry-...haired..thing.., and the ever watchful silver haired Kakashi.

Occasionally the scarecrow would glance over his shoulder and make eye contact with him a moment before returning his gaze to their surroundings.

The Demon found it annoying, and he was loosing patience.

Naruto, however, was singing at the top of his lungs and hopping around everyone in circles now.

"Hn Dobe, don't you ever get tired?"Sasuke growled.

Sakura's eye twitched,"you heard Sasuke-kun!!Stop!"

The Uchiha glared at her a moment before he grabbed Naruto's shirt collar, pulling him back against him.Zabuza watched with a small amused smile as Naruto beat Sasuke's arms lightly with his fists while the brunette dragged him along.

Sakura watched, jealousy burning in her gaze before she hmphed and followed inches behind.

The wounds Zabuza recieved during the battle on the bridge were almost completely healed.His ribs were still sore, due to the fact he had broken a good number of them in the fight(And banged it against the corner of the tabletwitch).And right now it seemed to be catching up to him.Stumbling, Zabuza bit back a gasp of pain and paused, hands on his knees as he doubled over.

Kakashi chose this exact moment to look over his shoulder."Zabuza?"

"Fuck..."Zabuza spat.

Naruto twisted in Sasuke's arms and blinked at Zabuza,"are you tired already?"

"SHUTUP!"Naruto jumped and clung to Sasuke."I'm..."He sucked in another breath,"Not tired.My side.."He straightened and grabbed his side, gritting his teeth."Nevermind."

Kakashi closed his one visible eye and blurred.Zabuza's eyes widened as he found himself swept into Kakashi's arms, wedding style.

"WHAT THE FUCK DO YOU THINK YOU ARE DOING?!"He screamed, clinging to Kakashi's shirt and shaking him.

The scarecrow smirked and took the lead again.Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura followed, bewildered.

Zabuza blushed, wondering why he wasn't still struggling.He felt calm, and somehow..safe...And there was another feeling he couldn't identity as he hid his face in Kakashi's chest out of humiliation, scowling.

Zabuza didn't know for how long they walked, or leaped through the tree branches.All's he could focus on was Kakashi's scent, Kakashi's warmth, and occassionally, Kakashi's face.

-What the fucking christ is going on?!Why...I don't like Kakashi this way!-He repeatedly told himself.He was horrified to find himself blushing as he breathed in the jounins scent again.-Shit..-

Zabuza's eyes fluttered open and he was greeted with Kakashi's stare.A flush started to spread across his cheeks.He jerked and struggled.

Kakashi dropped him and stepped back as Zabuza leapt to his feet and glared."We're home."

Paling, he glanced around and took in his surroundings.They must have been traveling all day, because the sun had almost set.They were on a dirt road leading to massive wooden gates.

The silver-haired man's student ran past them, Naruto whooping in elation and pounding on the gates.

A ninja came from the trees to the side of the gates."Kakashi?"

"Iruka."Kakashi smiled in greeting.

An orange blurr leapt on Iruka, tackling him to the ground."Iruka-sensei!!!"

Iruka laughed,"welcome back Naruto."

"Can we get ramen?!"the blonde questioned with large blurr tear-filled eyes.

Naruto's former teacher sweatdropped and got to his feet, brushing off his chunin uniform."Of course.Follow me."Iruka's finally noticed the form standing behind Kakashi and his deep chocolate brown eyes widened and he hesitated.

"Kakashi?"

"Its alright."Kakashi replied with a smile.

"You don't intend to let him walk freely through the village-?.."Iruka asked, looking horrified.

"Iruka..."the scarecrow cut him off,"It's fine."

Naruto tugged insistantly on Iruka's arm, wanting his ramen.Sasuke and Sakura stood waiting patiently at the side entrance, a small wooden door hidden by the trees on the side of the gates.

"Hmph...Don't worry.I won't kill everyone.Not yet anyways."Zabuza stated.

Iruka's face turned an ashen grey as he stared at The Demon.Kakashi grabbed the chunin's arm and pulled him towards the door.

Iruka performed the seal quickly and the door creaked open slowly.Naruto instantly ran through the door followed closely by Sasuke, and the fuming Sakura.Iruka stood by Kakashi, glancing uncertaintly at Zabuza who was taking his sweet time.

"Hm...nice place you got here.."He said casually, striding through the doorway and eyeing Iruka when it slammed shut behind him.

"Well...I just need your report.I was going to tell you to wait till morning to see the Hokage...But then again I didn't know you would come back with him still alive.."He wrinkled his nose.

"It was an accident."Zabuza smirked.

Kakashi twitched,"The Hokage can still wait until morning.I'll see her first thing.Go take Naruto to get his ramen."He smiled.

Iruka returned the smile, gaze lingering on Kakashi before he turned and jogged away, shouting at Naruto to not run in the streets.

Zabuza's eyes narrowed,-Does that..Iruka and Kakashi have something?Are they together?-

"Why do you act that way around people?"Kakashi sighed and leaned against a building.

"Act what way?"Zabuza growled.

"That way.Like you don't give a fuck and you hate the world.You won't get very far in this village acting that way."

"I thought I was going to be executed."Zabuza blinked.

Kakashi chuckled,"if I can have things go my way.You won't.So don't worry about it."

"I.."Staring at the silver-haired jounin, Zabuza was unsure of how to react.-Why is he being kind to me?-

"Hm?"Kakashi's half lidded eyes met his.Zabuza flushed and was glad that it would be too dark to see it.

"Nevermind."Zabuza replied roughly,"Where's your house?"

Smiling, Kakashi led him through the thinly crowded streets and halfway across a bridge (It's night.Less people awake)before he stopped.He crossed his arms on the bridge railing and leaned foward, staring down at the water that glowing with moonlight.The scarecrows silver hair and also was seeming to glow from the inside with moonlight.

-If only he would take off his mask..-Zabuza thought.

As if hearing his thoughts, the jounin paused to reach behind him and untie the black mask that covered his mouth.The mask slipped and came free in Kakashi's hand.

Zabuza stared.Kakashi stared back at him with a solemn expression.Except for the scar over his left eye, the scarcrows face was perfect.The scar only gave him a more rugged look, adding to his beauty.

"You're the first person who's seen my mask off since I was a child.."He took a breath and stared back into the water."Zabuza..do you hate me?"

Zabuza mouth gaped like a fish as he tried to find the words."I.I..Fuck it Kakashi I don't hate you.You shouldn't wear that mask.Your face is..its...God you idiot."He flushed and glared down at the bridge.

Kakashi's face lit up and he hid his smile in his arms,"I like my mask.And I don't hate you either Zabuza."

"You dont?"Zabuza's head snapped up."I killed countless people you idiot I-"

"So have I."

"Eh?"

"I've killed more people than I can count Zabuza.And most of the time I don't give a damn about who it is.I don't think about what their family will feel or think when they find out that their only son or daughter is dead.I feel guilt, but I don't regret it.What you did when you were a child was wrong.The line of work you went into was wrong.And the destruction your group created was very wrong."He met Zabuza's eyes and held them,"but you can't take back your mistakes.You can only move forward.I didn't let you die for a reason Zabuza..more than one reason.But one of the reasons were that I know where you stand, and I want to help you leave it behind.Maybe you can start a new life in Konoha..with me.."

"Kakashi..."He blinked as he realized he had called the scarcrow by his name.

Kakashi's warm smile made his heart go wild in his chest, till he thought it would burst.He grabbed Zabuza's arm and pulled him over to the railing.He draped an arm over the demon's shoulder and rested his forehead against Zabuza's.

"Stop pushing everyone away.Let me in Zabuza.."Kakashi kissed away the tears coursing down Zabuza's cheeks.

-You idiot.Why are you crying?Stop..-He growled mentally to himself.But on the outside he was breaking down and he knew he couldn't hold it back any longer.The village of Konoha was silent as the two men stood in the middle of the bridge, moonlight encasing them as they embraced.

UGH..ok..that was a bit corny.Overdramatic and corny:XD

But I think this chapter was longer than the others.I know..they got together really suddenly and I didnt take a lot of time in building their relationship and making it ya know..seem realistic..But sudden love can happen!!-twitch-

Bleck.Anyways..reviews please?;-;