The early morning sun shined through the window. Kakashi awoke inhaling the sweet scent of Aino's hair. The smell of an Ocean breeze mixed with a hint of cocoa butter seemed almost soothing. He could feel Aino grip his shirt while snuggling closer. Having Aino around made the hospital feel like a tropical paradise. Kakashi looked down to see hair blocking the natural beauty of Aino's face, with a chuckled he moved it and held her tighter. Aino was a wake but didn't open her eyes fearing it was all just a dream.

Nurses would walk by time to time, looking in and smile seeing two love birds together.

When Aino finally had, enough courage to open her eyes she saw Kakashi's missed matched eyes. Aino dreaded going and training the teams with Gai. She much rather stay wrapped up in Kakashi's warmth unfortunately she knew she wouldn't be able to live it down if she didn't go so unwillingly she pushed herself away from Kakashi and got up.

"Sorry Kakashi but I got to go help Gai."

"Go help with what" Kakashi asked sitting up.

"I got to help him with training."

"Help with Training?"

At this time, Aino was bending down to touch the floor stretching out her legs.

"Yeah I'm training Naruto, Sakura, and Sasuke while you're recovering. Gai is helping along with his team."

"Why are you training them?"

Aino looked him in the eyes

"because I feel like I owe you so much"

Aino smiled a bright cheerful smile

"besides Iruka is helping me understand Jutsu."

"Well I'm recovered so I can start training again."

Kakashi put his feet on the floor and started to stand up.

"Oh no, you don't. You need to rest some more."

Aino said trying to push him down but since he was taller than she was, it was like pushing a wall.

Upon taking his first step, Kakashi started falling toward Aino

"KAKASHIIIIIII!!!!!"

Aino Screamed falling, gripping Kakashi on reflex. She fell hard on her back hitting her head on the tile floor. As soon as the dust cleared Aino saw Kakashi face first in her breast, causing her to turn over 100 different types of Red. At that moment, a doctor walked and saw them

"Am I interrupting something?"

turning around to take her gaze off the embarrassing sight. In a flash Aino Smacked Kakashi into a near by wall yelling

"YOU PERVERT YOU DID THAT ON PURPOSE!"

Falling out of the wall Kakashi landed on the bed with a colossal bump on his cheek, bigger then the first one that Aino ever gave him.

"Hahem"

the doctor cough.

"As I was about to say is that I'm surprised that youre a wake so soon Kakashi but as I can see you and your Girlfriend just couldn't wait to go home."

"I'M NOT THIS SUPER PEVERT'S GIRLFRIEND!"

Aino yelled ,vein vessels popping out of her skull, pointing at the doctor. 'although we did kiss last night'

"Oh my mistake by the way Kakashi was laying on top of you I guess that you were his girlfriend but I was wrong."

"you right about that."

"yeah. You're not his girlfriend you're just a slut."

"WHAT??? HOW DARE YOU CALL ME A SLUT YOU LOUD MOUTH IDIOT!"

"Are right Kakashi even though you woke up earlier than I thought you are free to go home just no training for a week and get plenty of rest."

"DID YOU HEAR ME LOUD-. Wait did you say Kakashi can go home?"

" I sure did."

Aino runs over to Kakashi and puts him in a death grip hug. With a smile, the doctor left in silence.

"You ready to go Kakashi?"

"let. Me. Breath. First."

He said gasping for air in between words.

"Oh sorry?"

Aino let go and sat down beside him.

"I'm ready to go but I want to stop some where first."

"where's that?"

"some where I go to every day but I haven't been there in a while."

"why haven't you been there?"

Kakashi looked at her with a sad smile in his eye

"oh I see"

'it because of me'

Kakashi grabs Aino's hand and starts to walk out of the Hospital.

"Come on let's go"

In a clearing surrounded by trees and bushes stood a black triagle-ish shape stone. When Aino and Kakashi got near it, Aino could see names written one it.

" A memoral Stone. Did some one you know die?"

"Yes my best friend Obito."

Aino could see a deep sadness in kakashi's eye like she never seen before.

"So I guess this why your always late."

"yeah but how did you figure it out."

"I guess by the fact when I frist trained with you team naruto and Sakura yell "you late again" by the word "again" and today I was able to piece it together."

Kakashi just contiued to stare at the stone.

"If you don't mined, how did Obito die?"

Minutes ticked by with no answer from Kakashi. The wind rustled their hair as leave glided over and across their feet.

"Obito shares very similar qualities with Naruto and is in a way Naruto to Obito as Sasuke was to me back then. He was always late and made up dumb excuses. I was the one who followed every rule. Obito considered team mate very important and any anyone who left a team mate behind as worse than trash in his mind, none the less I was like that. Obito met his end while trying to help his friends and his body was crushed by a earth cave in Jutsu. While he is near death, his newly acquired sharingan was given to me as a gift for being promoted to Jounin level . I guess in a weird way he helped forged the Kakashi you know today."

"Kakashi"

Aino held Kakashi's hand in her's

'So this is what Iruka meant when he said Kakashi had a rough life. heh and this episode was suppose to be a funny one '

"I come here every day and think about what I could have done differently. I know I could have done something that maybe he would be here and alive now."

Aino grip tighten

" Kakashi things...things happen for a reason wheather we know or not. Besides if he did survive you still would not be the you, you are now."

"I KNOW!I know but I can't help but feel responsible."

" I understand how that feels."

"how? What happen to you understand?"

"well you see um...well uh"

"don't worry about it. I believe you have to help Gai train the teams to day."

"holy crap I forgot lets get you home first."

"No I want to stay here you go on I'll meet you at home."

"You're sure?"

"Yeah"

Aino slowly let go of Kakashi hand and sped off in search off Gai.

Gai was sitting on the bench looking at his watch.

'why is she so late. Geez she hung out with Kakashi so long that his late-ness is rubbing off on her.'

"GAI! GAI!"

He turn toward the sound off his name to see a line off dust coming his way. Aino saw Gai sitting on the bench looking at her but unfourtionly when she came to slow down her breaks won't stop and she left a long, deep, line in the path and about 10 feet on her main stopping point. When she got back to the bench Aino was holding her chest and gasping for air. She sat down and leaned her head back resting her head.

"I see hanging with Kakashi as made you-"

Aino evil glare stopped him dead in sentence.

"um never mind."

"where's the teams?"

"What?"

"where's Naruto, Ninji, Sasuke Tenten, Lee, and Sakura?"

"oh I sent them home."

"WHAT WHY DID YOU SEND THEM HOME?"

"You were so late I saw not point in waiting after I all ready trained them."

"oh sorry I was late, its just Kakashi woke up last night and-"

flash back

"What's the matter Kakashi don't trust me to keep my eyes closed"

"With this surprise, sort of."

"Hey is that any way to treat a lady for being worr-"

Aino's words were cut off by the feel of warm strong lips on her lips.

'Kakashi is kissing me? It's a hell of a lot better than Phoenix. It's just live Heaven maybe even more.'

Kakashi's tongue creeps in to her mouth and so dose she dose the same to him the spend hours just kissing but when aino try to put her hand to his face he pull out of the kiss and said.

"Not yet"

with that kakashi pulled up his mask and untied the hand band from Aino's head.

End Flashback

"Aino hello are you in there? Aino"

Gai said waving his hand in front of her face.

"Oh yeah what was I saying?"

"you were taking about how kakashi woke last night then you stop. Did something happen between you, and Kakashi?"

Aino's face turned a bright red

"well uh. OF CORSE NOT WHAT WOULD HAVE GIVEN YOU THAT IDEA!"

"well when you were in your own world you started blushing bad so I thought that you and kakashi did the horizontal tango or something like that"

Aino gave Gai a right hook in the face and a left hook in the gut.

"I WOULD NEVER DO ANYTHING LIKE THAT WITH THAT...that"

Aino sat back down un able to think of a name to call kakashi that would prove to Gai that she didn't have feeling for him. The truth of the matter was she did have feeling and the more time she spent with Kakashi the harder it was to hid them.

"Hey Aino you want to go for a walk with me"

"Yeah sure"

Aino got up from the bench and began to walk. They talked about how much time they would be training together, and joked about what she had missed.

"You should have seen it Aino, Lee, Naruto, and Sakura were in a huge argument."

"What was it about?"

"They wouldn't tell me which was odd on Lee's part, but what I heard it was something about you."

Oh"

'they better not know, if they do and tell any one I swear I'll kill them personally.'

"Would you know what they'er taking about?"

"Uh no not at all"

In the bushes Lee laid in wait, he was holding a wire in his hand, that he laid just a few minutes ago. He peeked out of the bushes to see Aino and Gai coming around the corner.

'Finally I can help Gai-sensei win the woman of his dreams. He will be so proud of me.'

Lee saw Gai walk past the wire then he pulled with all his might. Aino step next, tripping over it screaming

"GAIIIIII!!!!"

In a smooth swoop, Gai caught Aino, and turn the fall face first in to a soft dip.

"Are you all right Aino?"

"Yeah thanks Gai."

'Come on Gai-sensei make your move'

Lee screamed in his head peering through the bushes.

Gai face drew close to Ainos.

"Aino there something I want to tell you"

"w-what is it?"

Aino asked feeling her face go red.

"Aino I-I love...you"

Those three words brought back flash of memories.

Flash Back

Aino and Nobu where sitting on the side of a lake, letting their feet hang off the side.

"Aino there is something I want to tell you."

"What is it Nobu?"

"You know how you said you where going to leave in the beginning?"

"Yeah what about it?"

Nobu pulled Aino into an embrace.

"I love you and will always protect you no matter what so please stay."

"n-nobu I-I will"

Nobu looks Aino in the eyes, his eyes shinning with love, care and a look that seem like he was about to do something hoe should not. Next thing Aino knew Nobu had pushes her into the lake.

A week later Aino awoke in the mid of the night on the out skirts of the town to see it burning. Aino ran toward it but when she got there all the villagers had a look of hate on their faces

"what happen? Who did this?"

Aino asked.

"Please don't act innocent with us."

A woman in the background yelled,

"We'll show you. You are the one who destroyed our home it all your fault."

"I wouldn't do this you should know all of you. You know I'm not like that, you can ask Nobu if you want.

The children started throwing sticks, rock and every thing else, they could find. An old man came out from the crowd with a sad expression.

"We can't ask nobu because his near death."

"What? Let me see him."

"NO"

the man roared

"It's all your fault that nobu is going to die you're the one who planted the wounds on him. It is all your fault."

Aino left the village runs through a forest that seemed end less

'Why me, what dose everything happen to me'

Aino thought

end flask back)

flash back 2)

"If I was you I won't get too etched to any one or thing. I just might destroy them too."

The voice said

end flash back

those word echoed in her head.Aino came from her thoughts to see Gais Face inches from her. On instinct Aino punched Gai sending him flying and landing on his head.

'How could I forget about what Murali said and what happen to Nobu? How?'

"What was that for Aino?"

Gai cried still on his head

"Sorry Gai its jus I dont feel the same thats all."

With that, Aino dashed off toward home.

With out warning something hard causing her to hit the ground hard

'Geez I'm just falling all over the place to day. What did I hit now?'

"Miss Aino are you alright?"

Aino looked up to See Iruka and Naruto. Iruka helped Aino up and helped her dust off.

"Where you heading to in such a hurry, Aino-sensei?"

Naruto asked with hands behind his head.

"Well I wanted to get back to Kakashi as soon as possible and-"

"but the Hospital is in the other direction Miss Aino"

"No you do not understand Kakashi was able to go home to day"

"so Kakashi-sensei is out!"

Naruto yelled with glee.

"Yeah"

"Cool, you want to come watch a movie with us Aino-sensei?"

"Please Naruto call me Aino, just Aino. You to Iruka"

"ok"

both the guys said.

"So Aino will you?"

"Well I have to get home-"

"please Aino. Pretty please with Raman on top"

"sigh ok I'll go"

"yippy"

howled Naruto jumping up in the air.

The three got their tickets, popcorn, soda and their seats. The Movie stared Naruto favorite actress: Yukie Fujikaze. Aino sat in the middle of the guy munching down popcorn like no tomorrow, in the middle of the movie Naruto left saying he had to go bad. He ran out with his hands between his legs screaming,

"I'M NOT GOING TO MAKE IT!"

'Thats what he get for drinking 25 gallons in an hour and fifteen minutes.' Iruka and Aino thought watching Naruto run as fast as lighting.

'Now for operation Iruka-sensei and Aino.' Naruto thought sitting on the toilet. 'Using this.' He said holding up a thin red thread.

Naruto snuck back in the movie and sat behind Iruka and Ainos seats. Naruto slowly lower the thread toward the unsuspecting victims hands resting next to each other. The thread was almost under Ainos pinky went she moved it to scratch her noise. Naruto help his breath try to keep from screaming. Aino put her hand back down and Naruto tried again. This time he mange to get in under her pinky and was working on getting it under Iruka's when Iruka moved hes hand to drink his soda. Narutos cheeks got bigger holding even more fury. The third time he had the thread under and around both pinks when both Aino and Iruka move their hands for popcorn. As the last two times Naruto cheeks grew triple the normal size. Naruto tried four more time with little to no results, by this time his cheeks were taking up practically the whole row. Good time there was no one sitting there. One the eighth time Naruto was so close all he had to do was tie a knot. Sweat started to from on his forehead, his hands started to shake, and he could feel lumps from in his throat. One more pull of the thread when all of a sodden Aino sneezed pulling her hand up to her mouth along with the thread. That was the last straw Naruto couldnt take it anyone and shout so loud that is shock the roof off the theater.

Out side the theater Iruka was yelling a Naruto while Aino just leaned against a near by wall

"Geez Naruto I thought your pranking days were over. This is so not like you Naruto. What were you thinking?"

"Well I was thinking that um well...um"

"Just drop it Iruka, Naruto was just being Naruto."

Aino said pushing off the wall.

As she walked past Naruto, she whispered,

"Next Naruto if you want to mess with my love life let me now fist, oh and tell Lee what I said too."

With that, Aino walked kakashis house.

'How..how did she know? Ainos scary?'

The sun was setting, Aino looked up at it remember in the first time she saw a set with Kakashi.

'That really wasnt to long ago but I must admit that Ive changed but I can't stay here any more.'

"Hey Aino"

she heard a female voice cry.

Aino turned around to see Sakura running to her.

"Hey Sakura what are you doing out here so late?"

"I was training with Tsunade and the training end up going longer than planed."

"I see"

Sakura and Aino resumed walking and taking about Sakuras training when Sakura said

"I know what happened last night between you and Kakashi."

Aino head turned red, sweat came down her forehead like a raging flood.

"w-what are you talking about? Nothing happened I swear."

"I was training late with Tsunade yesterday when I walked passed Kakashis room. I saw the back of your head and Kakashis very close to yours. So did you kiss? Did you see his face? Well how was it?"

"Well I...um...well NO I DIDN'T SEE HIS FACE!"

Then Aino scurried off faster than ever on the road to home.

Slamming the door behind her Aino slid down the wall looking and the nice bamboo floor. Kicking her shoes off, she walked to Kakashis room. On the bed, she saw Kakashi fast asleep with the covers covering up to his eyes.

'Why didn't he want me to see his face? What am I just now wondering what he looks like under the mask? I'm officially labeling myself weird.'

Aino got down on her knees and gradually began to move the covers back. The cover slid passed the nose and was almost off his upper lip, when she was slammed into a wall with strong lips pressing against hers.

"Kakashi"

She whispered when Kakashi stated kissing her neck.

"What is in Aino?"

he said moving his lips up to her ear lope

"Why didn't you want to show me your face last night?"

Kakashi stopped kissing and whispered in her ear

"because I want us to be alone with no doctor or nurses to bug us. You want to see my face now?"

"I um...I"

Kakashi arose to show Aino his face but before she saw any thing she pulled kakashis mask up and buried her head in his chest.

"Aino whats wrong? Why are you acting so weird?"

"Kakashi I got to leave the village now."

"Why?"

"Because, I've over stayed my welcome."

"You can't!"

"WHY CAN'T I?"

Kakashi pulled Aino in to a deep embarrass.

"Because I...I l-"

"DON'T SAY IT! Please Kakashi don't say the "Three Word Phrase", please"

"Aino"

Aino hauled herself way from Kakashi and began to walk out. Kakashi appeared in the doorway blocking any escape.

"I'll make you a deal you stay here and help me train for the next time we have to face Phoenix and his group and if you still dont feel like I can't protect you then you may leave I won't stop you. "

"And if I leave now."

"Then I'll hunt you down and bring you back here if I have to. So what will it be? "

Aino sat down on the bed with her hand over her eyes

"I'll stay but on one condition."

"What?"

"We forget what happened last night or any thing leading up to it, catch what I mean?"

"ok"

They both shook on it and made arrangements Aino was going to sleep on the couch so Kakashi could sleep in his bed to help him heel.

While lying on the couch thought ran through Aino head faster than a super sonic jet.

'I know I did the right thing to keep Kakashi from telling me how he feels and all but why do I feel so bad. I guess I am just going to erase this feeling and just repeat over to myself that Kakashi and I are just friends and nothing more. Yeah that's what I'll do.'

With that, Aino fell into a deep sleep of loneliness that she had fell into so many times