Disclaimer - I own nothing of Naruto, you should get the point by now. I do own my characters that I made up on whim, they do not reflect me, but other people that I find fascinating.

Author's Note - Thank you for all of the reviews, and even emails telling me to continue, if it wasn't for that, I'd probably let this story rot. (I've been in a down stage when it has come to writing, I don't feel like I am up to par anymore.) Sadly work has been taking up most of my writing time, (I normally write at night, and I work four nights a week, the other three include relaxing and or studying) as well as school. Next semester I should be lucky to get any free time at all.

I will be working to get this out in a timely fashion. I may need more people poking me, since I am turning out to be very lazy. /

WARNING - Chapter may be disjointed, and definitely OOC. The characters may not belong to me, but they dwell within my twisted imagination. Perhaps I may make a twisted fic when I have the time.

Other than that, enjoy the chapter. This one loves reviews, so let me know what you think of it thus far.

Merci.

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Chapter Four - Turnabout is fair play

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Rica had changed into fresh clothes and walked back into the master bedroom only to find that the bathroom door was still closed. Apparently Kakashi had a lot of unfinished business to take care of. A small smirk crept across her face as she walked to the other side of the room and grabbed a chair. She had made up her mind to wait for him to come out so she could have a serious conversation with him, if that was at all possible. She had a lot of misplaced emotions running around her brain that needed places, and hopefully her conversation to be would place some of the emotions in their proper places.

About an hour later…

Rica had fallen asleep on the chair. Her head slumped forward causing her hair to cover most of her face. The only part of her face to show was her lips and chin, only if one were to bend over and look. She had no idea how long he'd stay in there, apparently it was long enough to make her fall asleep.

Kakashi hummed happily to himself as he unlocked the bathroom door. He had spent the last hour reading his Icha Icha Paradise along with the various magazines which were stuffed into the make-shift magazine rack Rica's father had made a few years ago. He stepped out into the bedroom only to stop short. Rica was blocking his path. He chuckled quietly to himself as he looked down on the sleeping girl.

"I should do the right thing…" he said as he placed his book in one of his pockets.

He stood there in silence as he watched Rica doze uncomfortably in her chair. An eyebrow quirked as he noticed her twitch in her sleep.

"Kinda sad…scratch that, really sad." he said as he cracked his knuckles. He knelt down and picked her up carefully as not to wake her and placed her on the bed. He threw a blanket over her and sighed.

"Whatever you wanted will have to wait till morning." he whispered and turned around to leave the room.

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Downstairs…

"Dammit Naruto gives Sasuke the remote control already!" Sakura bellowed as Naruto balanced on the couch with the remote control in his hand.

"No can do Sakura-chan." Naruto said happily as he balanced on one foot before the fuming pink-haired girl.

"Dobe." Sasuke muttered as he jumped on the couch to get the remote control from Naruto's grasp. He began to form hand signs as Kakashi walked downstairs. Kakashi noticed the hand signs and quickly appeared at Sasuke's side.

"I don't think destroying someone else's home is a good idea." he said calmly as Sasuke put his hands back into his pockets and jumped off the couch. "Naruto, give me the remote." he said as Naruto quickly handed over the remote to his sensei.

"But sensei…" Naruto whined, but Kakashi cut him off.

"Sakura, you take control of the remote, make sure neither of them get it." he said as he motioned to Naruto and Sasuke. Sasuke looked unconcerned over the idea of having Sakura hold onto the remote, in fact it make him feel better. Naruto on the other hand, looked like he was about to cry.

"Dobe." Sasuke said shooting an icy glare at Naruto.

"Bastard." Naruto shot back.

"My students.." he muttered quietly to himself as he walked into the kitchen.

Upon entering the kitchen he found Luca fast asleep on a stool. Half of her body lay on the countertop as she snored quietly. Kakashi walked up to her and gave her a gentle shake. Luca roused slowly and blinked several times, trying to get the sleep out of her eyes.

"Yeah…what?" she said as she got into a sitting position and looked up at Kakashi.

"Shouldn't you get home to your family?" he said arching an eyebrow.

"…oh yeah, that'd be a good idea." Luca said as she jumped off the stool and stretched. "They must be worried about me…I guess." she said in between yawns and groans. Once she was in a semi awake state she exited the house and slowly walked home. Kakashi stood by the kitchen door and watched as the girl made her way home.

"Strange…" he said a loud as Sakura walked into the kitchen to get a glass of water.

"What is strange Kakashi-sensei?" Sakura said as she opened the refrigerator door.

"Oh nothing of interest Sakura, I'm going to go to bed. Make sure Naruto doesn't ruin anything for me alright?" he said trying to force back a yawn.

"Alright sensei." Sakura replied, closing the refrigerator door.

Kakashi walked past Sakura and up the stairs to his temporary room. He had no intention of sleeping on the floor like he did so many times when Rica and Luca had spent time at his home. He took off his shoes, socks, jounin vest and shirt before climbing into bed. Rica was still asleep as he turned off the light and laid back. He didn't fall asleep quickly, but instead he laid there awake letting his eyes adjust to the dim light which came from the two windows in the room. He turned his head to face Rica, who had turned over in her sleep and was only a few inches away from his face. The sudden closeness caught him off guard for a second, but did not make him jump. He smiled as he watched Rica sleep. Her gentle breathing lulled him into a half-awake state as his eyes became heavier.

As he watched her through sleep laden eyes he realized how much Rica had changed since he last saw her. Her hair had grown out as well as her childish features changing for those of a more grown up form. And as much as he'd hate to admit it, she had grown in the places it counted most. He immediately shook his head, not believing what he was actually thinking.

He sighed and turned over onto his side and pulled the blanket over his head in an attempt to actually get sleep. As Kakashi rolled over to his side, Rica stirred slightly. Her eyes opened slightly to find that she was in her parent's room, in the dark. She didn't say a word as she opened her eyes wide only to find that she was again sleeping next to Kakashi.

Why in the hell do I always find myself in these situations? Its really starting to be ridiculous.

Rica quietly propped her head up and looked at the covered mass that was Kakashi. It was honestly a mystery to her that she always found herself in these kinds of situations with that man. Part of her thought it was nice, while the more rational side was really starting to get annoyed with it. These kinds of situations only caused her emotions to become more confused, and that made her feel worse. Rica enjoyed his company, and it was becoming more obvious that Kakashi had the same feelings in that respect. Though sadly she had no idea how deep those feelings actually were. Little did she know, Kakashi was thinking the exact same thing. He too was confused and unsure what to think of things.

Rica took a deep breath and shut her eyes. Letting out an exasperated sigh she let her head fall onto the pillow. Her eyes shot open to find that her hand landed onto a hand, which held her head gently in place.

"You're awake." Kakashi said sounding a little tired.

"Yeah, I'm awake now. Now why are you holding my head?" Rica said, turning a slight shade of pink as his hand still held her head.

"Well, I wouldn't be if you moved it. Why were you watching me?" Kakashi said, trying to mimic Rica's tone.

Rica immediately moved her head and propped it back up again. "Do you have eyes in the back of your head or something?"

"No, I sensed that you were awake, so I only assumed that you were looking at me." Kakashi said, smirking a little.

"Don't give yourself too much credit." Rica said as she placed her index finger on Kakashi's forehead and pushed.

Kakashi blinked as he was pushed back slightly and did the same to Rica. Rica rubbed her forehead slightly and grimaced at Kakashi.

"Damnit, that hurt you know." she said sharply.

"You're no lightweight either you know." Kakashi shot back.

Kakashi rolled onto his back and looked up at the ceiling. The headlights of a car illuminated the ceiling for a few seconds and faded away. After a few minutes of obviously awkward silence Kakashi spoke up.

"You've turned awfully bitter you know." he blurted out, not thinking.

Rica didn't say anything for a few seconds as she let his words sink in.

Perhaps I have become a bit bitter…yet I have no reason in which to be…

"You're right…" Rica said taking a deep breath. "I don't know why I act the way I do, lately everything I feel, think and do seems to be out of place. It would be nice to make heads or tails of everything, but since you all arrived I haven't been able to think straight."

Kakashi suddenly felt bad for blurting out those words, he could hear the hurt in Rica's voice.

"I'm not saying that you guys being here is a bad thing, in fact its almost a dream come true." Rica paused for a couple seconds trying to think of what she was going to say next. "…In fact I never had a chance to properly say goodbye to any of you, so seeing you all again makes up for it."

"Mmmhmm." Kakashi said as he kept staring at the ceiling.

"All you have to say is 'Mmmhmm'?" Rica said sounding a little confused.

"What do you want me to say?" Kakashi said softly, trying to fight back the sleep that was already trying to take hold.

"Jesus…I don't know…anything I guess." Rica said as she stifled a yawn.

Anything she says. Alright, I'll give her anything.

Kakashi rolled over, he was again only inches from her face. "Well Miss Rica I must say you've grown into one lovely young woman. Its only been a year and to me you've changed a lot, and for the better too." he gave a quick smile and rolled back over to his side and covered himself up again.

Rica laid there, frozen.

Mr. Sarcasm eh? I'll show you sarcasm.

Maybe he actually meant it…

Yeah, right. His voice was laced with sarcasm, you saw the way he smiled and quickly rolled over. It was as if what he said was the equivalent to a "Goodnight."

Mr. Sarcasm, damn you.

Rica inched over to Kakashi and whispered into his ear, mimicking Kakashi's tone of voice. "Well Mr. Kakashi I must say that your age lies, you are still as handsome as you've ever been. Its only been a year and I must say you've changed for the better as well." Rica grinned as Kakashi shifted position and stared directly at her, his nose pressed against hers.

"Why the sarcasm? I actually meant every word I said to you." Kakashi grinned as Rica's face visibly paled in the dim light. She rolled over onto her side and pulled the covers over her head.

I win.

Kakashi laughed softly and patted Rica's back.

"I know you meant every word you said to me, so don't be shy now."

Rica hissed from under the covers, her pride obviously hurt by Kakashi's sudden turnaround on the situation.

"Goodnight to you too." Kakashi said trying to hold back his laughter as he too rolled onto his side and covered himself up.

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Downstairs…

Naruto had fallen asleep on the armchair as Sakura dozed happily against Sasuke's shoulder. Sasuke was no longer phased by the pink haired girl's attempts at trying to get closer to him. He was actually starting to like the feeling of her head on his shoulder. He looked around the room before slipping an arm around Sakura's waist as the other hand idly flipped through the channels. Once he had gone through all of them, he turned off the tv and looked at Sakura, who was still asleep next to him.

He shook his head as he removed his hand from around her waist and stood up. He laid Sakura down on the couch without waking her and looked around. Everyone seemed to be asleep. He stretched and looked down at Sakura and sighed.

"I guess I should put you in your bed." he said to himself as he carefully put Sakura over his shoulder and climbed upstairs and into their room. He set Sakura down in her bed and covered her before getting ready for bed himself. He took off his shoes and laid on his bed. It didn't take long for him to drift off to sleep as well, luckily for him he had no distractions keeping him awake.

Meanwhile…

Naruto fell off the arm chair he was sleeping on, the fall did not wake him in the slightest. He just curled into fetal position and let out a soft sigh before breaking out into a steady snore.

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Damon quietly slid in through the back door, shutting it behind him softly. He knew it was late, and if his little sister found out that he was gone in the morning, all hell would surely break loose. He took great care in navigating through the dark house, his shoes lightly scraping the tile floor of the kitchen. He quickly make his way to the staircase and looked around. He heard Naruto snoring consistently, so he only assumed that everyone else was asleep. He put a foot on the first step as it made a loud creaking noise. He froze instantly just in case Naruto woke up, but the blond ninja slept through it without a care in the world.

He let out a sigh of relief and made his way upstairs and into his own room, shutting the door behind him. Damon dragged his feet towards his bed and collapsed on top of it, falling asleep almost instantly. He had a busy day ahead of him tomorrow.

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It was around 6:00am when Kakashi opened his eyes. The room was still dim with the approach of sunrise. He half expected Rica to have already went to her own room to sleep, but to his surprise she was still there sleeping soundly. He reached over and touched her cheek lightly. Even in sleep Rica shrank back slightly to the light touch. Kakashi shook his head and sighed, there was a lot that he didn't know, and he had his doubts that he'll ever find out what was inside that shrewd little head of hers. He had finally faced that fact that he was attached to the small body only a foot away from him, yet he knew nothing of what she felt.

It wouldn't work, so I shouldn't try.

He rolled out of bed and got dressed, it was just before sunrise so no one would notice him leaving the house. He wouldn't be long, just a walk around the street. He pulled his vest on and headed downstairs to find that Naruto was sprawled out on the living room floor sleeping soundly.

"No one bothered to put you to bed, poor boy." he said to himself as he unlocked the front door and exited the house.

The burst of cold air was refreshing as Kakashi stretched. The street lamps were still on as the sky to the east began to turn a pale orange. A few people were already awake and heading to their cars for another day of work. Kakashi rubbed an eye as he watched one man take off down the road on his way to work He walked down to the sidewalk and looked from left to right.

"Now which way to start…" he said as he placed his hand under his chin trying to think of a direction.

Kakashi shrugged and took off down the street to the right. The left didn't seem to appealing due to the seemingly never-ending track of homes. Kakashi watched as the lamps that lined the street went off one by one. The sky began to grow lighter by the minute as he reached a main road. Cars whizzed by as he took another right and walked down the street. It wasn't long until he reached the business district. It was only 6:45 in the morning, so no stores were open just yet. Though that didn't stop Kakashi from peering into the darkened windows and seeing what each store had inside.

"I guess we're quite similar after all…" he mumbled quietly to himself as he removed his face from the glass.

Though the peaceful solitude of the early morning was calming, Kakashi was growing bored of it quite quickly. There was little to do in the morning hours, at least not in Rica's neck of the woods. Normally he would try to get a little training out of the way, but since he was stripped of his weapons he could do nothing. Out of habit, Kakashi patted down each of his pockets that contained either kunai or shuriken. To his surprise he had one kunai in his leg pouch and pulled it out. He smiled brightly as he twirled the blade around and dropped it back into it's pouch. He had seen a park on the way to the optometrist's office yesterday and took off in the direction of the park. Perhaps he could busy himself with a little training, but he had no idea what he could possibly do.

The sky was a delicate blue as he made it to Cedar Park. The park was almost completely comprised of trees, which made for good cover. Kakashi smiled and jumped up into the branches and looked around. Few people were out, mostly couples taking an early morning stroll through the park. He made his way stealthy through the trees and stopped at the edge of a clearing. A woman's scream reached his ears as he turned around to face the originator of the scream.

A man ran below him holding what appeared to be a woman's bag. Shortly after he saw the man run by, a woman came screaming at the top of her lungs. Kakashi immediately took after the man from above, taking the roundabout way as not to be seen by either the man or the woman. As the man holding the bag neared the other end of the clearing Kakashi deftly took out his kunai and threw it at the man, and lodging into a tree right above his head.

The man stopped dead in his tracks as soon as the kunai struck the tree right above him. He dropped the bag he was carrying and took off into the small forest of trees before jumping the fence which separated the park from the residential area. The woman eventually reached the other end of the clearing and saw her bag laying right under a tree. She stood there for a few minutes and caught her breath before picking up her bag. It appeared that nothing was stolen. She looked up and silently thanked whoever that stopped the man from taking her bag and walked off in the direction in which she had came.

Kakashi watched as the woman disappeared from his sight. He quickly jumped down and took his kunai out of the tree. He quickly placed it back into pouch and disappeared again into the trees.

Around 7:15 Kakashi reached Rica's house. He rubbed his eyes yet again before opening the door. He opened the door and took a step back as he was faced with a livid Rica.

"Where were you?" she said as she tapped her foot violently on the floor.

Kakashi blinked for a couple seconds trying to get what Rica said to register in his brain.

"Around. I don't need to tell you where I go, I'm a grown man if you haven't noticed." Kakashi said as a small smirk played across his face.

"Well I'm making it my responsibility to make sure I know where you all are at all times. You have no idea what trouble you can possibly get into while staying here." Rica said, her cheeks turning a violent rose color.

"I can handle myself in every situation." Kakashi said confidently as he stepped inside and shut the door.

"In Konoha you certainly could. But guess what, you're not in Konoha anymore, bub. You're in my time, so that means you gotta play by my rules." she crossed her arms across her chest. "That means I need to know where you are. I prefer not to bail you out of jail or anything of the sort."

"Jail?" Kakashi said as he cocked his head to one side.

"Yes, jail. You have no idea what the laws are in this place, there are police everywhere." Rica replied.

"Well, maybe I'll know if you tell me what these laws are." Kakashi said trying to fight back the annoyance that was brewing.

Rica let out a low hiss and slumped her shoulders. "Perhaps that's what I need to do then."

She walked from the doorway to the foot of the stairs and sat down.

"Alright, since you asked, I'll give you a quick rundown of what not to do here." she took a deep breath and continued. "No weapons of any kind, if a cop or a civilian sees you with a kunai or a shuriken, they'll question you and most likely arrest you on the spot. Do not perform any jutsus in public, that will attract unwanted attention. Don't let anyone see you doing any ninja stuff, period. And I hope you understand that violence is not accepted here, nor is vandalism." Rica stopped and eyed Kakashi to see if he was listening to any of what she just said.

Kakashi yawned and spoke up. "That's pretty much what I gathered." he sighed and took the kunai from his leg pouch. "Take this then. I'm going to go change back into the clothes you girls picked out for me, or just go back to sleep." with a lazy wave Kakashi disappeared upstairs.

Rica shook her head and went upstairs as well, but this time she went into her own room and shut the door behind her. She climbed into bed and set her alarm clock for 11:00am and sighed. Keeping track of everyone was going to be damn near impossible, but she was determined to keep them out of trouble. Just as Rica was drifting off to sleep she heard a loud crash downstairs shortly followed by Naruto cursing loudly. Rica tried to move her legs to the floor, but she couldn't do it. So instead of running downstairs to see what Naruto had done, she placed a pillow over her head and drifted off into sleep. She would survey the damage when she was fully rested.

"Goddamnit Naruto, what did you do now?" Sakura said as she slowly walked downstairs.

Naruto had knocked over the armchair he had fallen off of the night before. He was putting it back into place as Sakura made it to the foot of the stairs.

"I just knocked this over, no big deal." Naruto said as he moved the chair to where it was originally and fell down onto the couch and yawned.

"I'm going back to sleep." he said as he shut his eyes. Sakura just stood there and shook her head. She had gone downstairs for nothing. With a low grumble she made her way back upstairs and went into her room.

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End Chapter

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After notes -

This is not the best chapter in the world. Call it a filler chapter if you will. Read, review, you know this drill.

I'll try my hardest to come up with something interesting in the coming weeks.

Thank you all for the kind reviews, I appreciate it. I guess what I write is worth reading after all.