After a good night sleep on the floor thanks to Aino, Kakashi decide it be nice for the whole team to meet her.

"YOUR LATE, AGAIN!!"

screamed Sakura and Naruto.

"Sorry about that."

Kakashi rubbed his head.

"Why are you late this time."

Sakura asks but Naruto interrupts with

"Woo how did you get that huge mark on you face?"

He point to Kakashis left cheek.

"Oh...umm this nothing really."

"Heh sound like something. I bet it was that girl we found yesterday."

Sasuke said with a little grin.

"Wow, what did you do to her?"

ask Naruto,

while the three of them got closer to see the bump on Kakashis cheek.

"All I did was asked was her age was."

"YOU DID WHAT!?"

yelled Sakura.

"You never ask a woman her age thats just so rude!"

Kakashi puts his hands in front to clam her down saying

"I know, I Know."

Several minute went by just try to explain the whole cheek thing. After that they all decide to go to the hospital to see Aino.

Aino was sitting up in her bed looking out the window when Kakashi came in and introduce his students.

"Aino this is Sasuke",

a boy with median length black hair,

"Sakura",

a girl with pink hair and green eyes,

"and Naruto",

a boy with some-what spiky blond hair, and blue eyes.

"Please to meet you"

Aino said with a faint smile.

"I'll be right back."

Kakashi said while turning in to leave the room, before anyone could say a thing.

'Whats his problem; you think he was scared of Aino or something.'

Naruto and Sakura thought.

Aino reached under her pillow and pulled out a deck of cards.

"Want to play a game of cards with me?"

she said with a smile.

Everyone just stared at her while she shuffled the cards.

"Whats wrong did I say something immoral?"

Naruto starts rubbing his head saying

"oh nothing its just-"

Sakura butts in

"What Naruto is saying is that since you gave Kakashi-sensei and bump on his cheek-"

Sasuke blurs out

"we thought you would be more vulgar than this."

Aino only laughs.

"What so funny"

Naruto shouted slamming his hands on the side of the bed.

"Oh nothing. Now let's start. Do you now how to play Poker?"

"I don't"

Naruto replied

"How about Bridge?"

"No"

"Gin?"

"Nada"

"Solitaire?"

"Non"

"Old Maid"

"Nein"

"Geez Naruto dont you know any thing!"

Sakura cried.

"Well I know Go Fish."

Naruto said sheepishly.

"Cool thats my favorite game any way."

Aino smiles.

"Pss I not playing."

Sasuke said it a childish game.

Aino just shook her head

"you're wrong it can help you be skilled ninja"

"How is that?"

Sakura wondered.

"Well it helps you learn to read you opponents face and body language."

"Wow then what are we waiting for lets get started."

Naruto says with eagerness in his voice.

"You want to play to Sasuke?"

Aino asks.

Sasuke sighs

"All right"

Aino smiles then deals the cards.

After three hours of Go Fish the group was on the finial game winner take all. Aino only need an Ace to win. Sasuke need a Jack and a Two. Sakura needed a Three, Four and a Queen. Naruto needed an Ace. Aino looked at the teens faces it was hard to read their faces so she just had to guess.

"Naruto do you have any..."

Aino was cut off from victory when Kakashi and a doctor walked in.

"All right Miss Misaki thats enough for today."

The doctor said.

"Come on Doc I was just about to win."

Aino protested.

He just laughed. The doctor looked inside Ainos mouth check her breathing and made sure the rest of her was OK.

"Well if seem thats you ready to leave here Miss Misaki, you're in prefect health. Which is odd consider the way you came in."

he finally said.

"But it was probably just something you ate or some kind of allergic reaction."

He finishes with a smile.

"None the least you are free to go home with Kakashi."

"WHAT!"

Aino roared.

"There is no way I'm going with him. I got to leave the village now. I have no time to stay and vacation."

"Its not my choice. The Hokage order me to keep an eye on you."

Kakashi said.

"Uh...fine I'll go, just let me get change first."

It didn't take long for Aino to change out of the Hospital clothes in to a little out fit the looked like Sasukes shirt on top but like Sakuras dress on bottom.

"I'm glad the hospital kept my clothes I came in. The Nurses did nice job of hemming them up." Aino said walking out of the bath room.

Everyone just stared at her.

"If you guys want to look at me all day take a picture I swear its hell of a lot better that me giving a black eye."

Aino howled.

Everyone stopped staring.

The group left the hospital on there way home. Half way through the city the teenagers when their own way home while Aino and Kakashi continued to walk together in silence.

"Why did you save me"

Aino finally asked.

Kakashi looked toward the setting sun.

"I don't know really why I did it I just did."

Aino looked toward the ground

"You should have just let me die."

Kakashi looked at Aino then smiles

"Whats the point in living if you just want to die"

he said try to cheer her up.

Aino stopped walking and muttered

"for me...to cause people suffering."

Kakashi heard what she said and was surprised. Someone who acts so happy around Naruto, Sakura and Sasuke could act this tortured inside. Kakashi just looked at Aino then grasped her right hand and started walking again. They walked the rest of the way in stillness

They reached the house and went in

"Ladys first"

Kakashi said opening the door for Aino.

Glancing around the house she could tell that Kakashi lived by himself.

"Come on I'll show you to your room."

Kakashi said to Aino pulling her toward his room.

"This is where you can sleep."

Aino looked around the bedroom.

"What is this you guest room or something?"

"No this wear I usually sleep but for the time being you can sleep hear"

'why is he giving me his bed?'

Aino contemplated.

"Where will you sleep Kakashi?"

Kakashi went over to his closet and pulled out a sleeping bag.

"On the floor next to the bed. Is that OK?"

"Well um-uh yeah sure"

Aino said trying not to be tongue tied.

"But before we even think about hitting the hey lets get something to eat."

Kakashi said.

Just then Aino stomach growled, they both just laugh.

"I'll fix us something to eat"

said Kakashi as he walked out into the kitchen.

"No wait I'll do it"

Aino argued.

"You're the guest you shouldn't do the work."

"Yes but as the guest I should be pulling my own weight."

Aino said with a simple smile.

Kakashi was speech less. Aino gave him a nice friendly tap on the cheek and walk into the kitchen to start cooking.

Fifteen minutes past and Aino had a banquet ready. Kakashi was surprised at what she cooked it was unbelievable. She cooked: Turkey and Pasta with peanut Sauce, Yosenabe, Osso Buco, Fruit crisp, and Snow white Jelly for dessert.

"Wow you really made all this"

Kakashi said with a little drool seeping threw his mask.

"Yeah. Go ahead eat."

"No thanks I'm not hungry"

Kakashi said.

Aino walked close to Kakashi

"Why not its not like you don't have a mouth under that mask."

Kakashi eyes came closer to hers. At this point it look like there was going to be a fight but Aino just walked away. Aino started to put up the food.

"We might as well go to bed now if theres nothing else to do"

Kakashi said watching.

Aino gave him an evil glare but continued cleaning up.

"Why didn't you eat anything, you were hungry?"

Aino just stood there and start turning different colors of red.

"Well I um-hum I"

Aino try to spit out the words. Kakashi was face to face with her again.

"You what?"

Kakashi said.

Aino looked away

"Well I... ate some food while I was cooking OK!"

Aino looked up too him with tears in her eyes.

"Thats ...It?"

Aino smiles

"Yeah thats it."

Aino walks past Kakashi and slaps him on the ass. The slap sends shivers up Kakashis spine.

When Kakashi was able to move again he found Aino asleep in his room. He pushes hair away from her face and sat down and watches her sleep.

'Its hard to believe that she might be apart in the deaths of so many villages. Other than her grabbing my ass, she's pretty normal. But why dose she want to leave so soon and what is she running from. I got tomorrow maybe then she'll tell me.'

Kakashi went to his dresser and change in to some black boxer with a silver dragon spines a round them. He turns out the lights, laid down on the sleeping bag and went to sleep.

Later that Night Aino started having a nightmare.

Nightmare

Aino was running toward the village, it was swimming in flames. People ran from the village but Aino ran toward it looking for her friends.

"Naruto, Sakura, Sasuke, and Kakashi!"

she yelled through the fire.

She could feel the fire and smell death all around her. She yelled again but no reply. She had a pain in her chest and it was getting harder to breath. Aino kept calling but only hear the roar of the flames and people in the distant screaming. She soon came upon a bunch of bodies in a pool of blood. She saw three bodies to the side. Aino rushed to only find that it was Naruto Sakura and Sasuke. Naruto had a kunai in each arm and one running though his gut. Sakura had thin line mark on her neck, most likely from being strangled. Sasuke only had two kunai in his eyes. Aino check to see who was a live but sadly only Sasuke was still breathing.

"Sasuke, Sasuke! Can you hear me?"

Sasuke didn't answer right away he slowly guided his left hand feeling Ainos face.

"W-why did.you do t-this to us?"

Sasuke said in a harsh-hush tone.

"What do you mean?"

Aino asked tears streaming down her cheeks. Before Sasuke could answer his heart was struck with a kunai. Aino whirled a round to see a small girl with long purple hair in pigtails.

"Why?! Murali, they knew nothing about me, why?!"

Murali pulled out her flute from her kimono and started blowing a tune. The ground start to shake and the next thing Aino knew she was standing in front of a large tree. The tree had bodies hanging from it and the ground under it was covered in blood. Behind her Aino could hear foot steps, she turn to see a badly wounded Kakashi.

"KAKASHI!"

she screamed running towards him,
before she could even take one step she was pulled back and tied to the tree with wire. She saw Kakashi fall to his knees and wire wrap around his body. A guy with short white hair and piecing blood red eyes appears from no where.

"Well look what we got here, is this your new boyfriend Aino?"

the guy said.

"Leave him alone Phoenix he doesn't know anything."

Aino screamed. Phoenix pulled the wires tighter on Kakashi and Aino.

"Poor Poor Aino, haven't you figured it out. Doesn't matter if anyone knows the truth about you all they have to know is you."

Aino just stared at him with a profound hatred.

"You know you lose either way."

A girl with black hair and dark purple eyes said from beside the tree.

"Leave him ALONE!"

Aino cried.

Aino try to pry herself from the tree but the wires only cut deep into her skin. She could feel blood running over and down her body; she didn't care, all she want to do was at least save one friend. Phoenix pulled the wires even tighter around Aino.

"I guess well just have to teach you the lesson again. Salil you want to have this one?"

Phoenix said to the girl with the black hair.

"Sure."

Salil said with pleasure stirring in her voice.

Salil slowly moved from the side of the tree to wear Kakashi was. She bit by bit drew her sword from its sheath.

"Stop! Stop Please!"

Aino bawled tears flying from her eyes. Kakashi gradually looked up his eye directly looking at hers.

"Why?"

he said

"Why didn't you tell me?"

Kakashi suddenly changed into a young man with short blonde hair and broken glasses around light red eyes.

'Nobu?!'

Aino thought shock to see her belated best friend. Nobu turned back into Kakashi the minute Aino blinked. Salil hang her sword over Kakashis neck, swinging high into the air then swinging down with great speed. Seconds seemed like minute, minutes seemed like hours, Aino struggled to break free from the wires but the only got tighter the more she struggled.

"Kakashi!"

she yelled then the sword was inches away from cutting Kakashis neck in two.

"KAKASHI!!"

End Nightmare

Aino awoke screaming a blood curdling scream.