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I got bored so I'm doing another chapter. Whoohoo! Sorry but I'm running on Skittles and Pepsi! Hey Gara want some?

Gaara: Keep that stuff away from me unless you want to die.

Me: Aww come on! What's so bad about it?

Gaara: Look what it's done to you…

Me: Theres nothing wrong with ..OH MY KAMI! Where are my eyebrows?

Gaara: See what I mean?

Me: Gaara……why are you holding a shaver in your hand?

Gaara: what shaver? I see no shaver. –shifty eyes-

Khristo slumped down ontu his makeshift bed. It's been a couple days since the day of his kiss. Ever since then he's been avoiding everybody. It was embarrassing! And the fact that people tease him about it doesn't help. Well he couldn't blame them. They were just teasing out o fun. He knew it but still, well it did feel good..Ack! what was he thinking! His body was tired from training all day and so his mind was able to take over. Kakashi came in. "Yo." He said monotonously and waved. Khristo gave a weak 'hey' and then became silent with his thoughts. Kakashi just shrugged his shoulders and went to his room looking for tomorrow's book. Kakashi frowned. All his books he's read 100 times each. Kakashi sighed but brightened up a second later. This was almost perfect timing. A new series of Icha Icha Paradise just came out and will be sold in 30 minutes but Kakashi had to meet the Hokage before that. He was in a tight situation. A light bulb appeared atop Kakashi's head as an idea came to his mind, which he promptly put in his pockets for later. Another light bulb, another idea but he was going to use this one now. Exiting his room and walking up to a dormant Khristo and smiling beneath the mask. Khristo noticed his gaze and could see his smile. This was not gonna be good.

10 minutes later….

A nervous Khristo stood outside an Icha Icha bookstore while walking back and forth. It would not bode well for him if he were accused of being a pervert. So he used a henge to disguise himself as the one who stole his Pocky. Khristo smiled at the memory of beating him senseless. That's what he gets for touching my Pocky. The light finally flickered on inside as the owner opened shop. Khristo, disguised as Chouji, came in right after the owner opened the door. Slightly tired the owner was a little irate, "Up so damn early. You people have no lives." Khristo had to agree with him but couldn't. He just wanted to get the books and get outta there. "New series of Icha Icha Paradise please." The owners eyebrows arched, "new series eh? I know nothing of no new series." Khristo fumed and dropped the henge. But the owner didn't seem that surprised. "Kakashi-sama sent me for nothing!" he started ranting but the owner stopped him. "Kakashi sent you? Ok then wait here while I get the order." Khristo was so confused. "Didn't he just-what?" The guy came back with a large stack of books. "Kakashi's my number one customer and he's had these on order since..well..since before they were released. I guess if Kakashi trusts you to get his books then I can trust you. But be careful, the hokage patrols these streets sometimes. And anyone she catches with a Icha Icha book is beaten up and the book burned." Khristo gulped 'Kakashi-sama sent me on a suicide mission!' "I'll keep that in mind." And was about to take the books when the owner stopped him. "What are you doing? You cant carry all these books at once and even if you could the Hokage will surely catch you."

"I'll take my chances, besides if Kakashi feels about his books as much as I do about my Pocky, and he loses them, everyone would die." The owner nodded. "Be careful now, all our lives depend on you." Khristo nodded and took ahold of the books. Surprisingly they weren't heavy at all! The owner just stared as Khristo bounded out the door and quickly vanished like a ninja. The owner shook his head. "That's one thing you don't see every day."

Khristo moved with all the energy he had. The books must be delivered safely. He ran through the alleys. Zigzagged and crisscrossed through the streets. He thought he was going to make it but he was stopped by the one thing he thought wasn't going to happen… "Bark!" a stray dog stood guard inside a cramped alley. Khristo wouldve either jumped over it or around it but there was no room. Khristo turned back and tried another alley but the dog was there too! And no matter where he went the dog followed, blocking his path. Argh! Ok! That's it! This means drastic measures!' and used the highwind palm technique with one hand. Knocking the dog senseless. "Sorry!" he told its unconscious body, "But lives are at stake here, even yours." And bounded off to Kakashi's house. Khristo was able to sigh in relief once he was in and had set the books down gently. Khristo relaxed for a bit before noticing something…Kakashi-sama's place was a dump! Everything was laid everywhere carelessly, the only thing clean and organized was is book collection! Khristo breathed a sigh of defeat and rolled up his sleeves. 'Might as well get started.'

Pretty soon the place looked clean and normal when Khristo decided to stop. Still having some energy he went to the fridge and started making tea. And sure enough Kakashi barged in the door then, surprising Khristo so much that he started choking on his tea. Ignoring his near-death roommate he yelled for his books. Miraculously surviving, Khristo managed to point in their general direction. Though there was no reason to because a big stack of books is kinda hard to miss. Kakashi felt like a boy in the girl's showers and welcomed to join in. Giggling like a maniac he opened the bag and started reading the one he was on. Khristo finished the rest of his tea in silence except for the usual perverted chuckle every now and then. Khristo just stared at the one he had called his eternal idol. All his life he wanted to be as strong as him and trained himself to sleep every day. With the dream of meeting his idol and now that he met him…all his views were shattered. No wonder everyone laughed at him in the academy when everyone was asked who their idol was. It was usually the Raizekage or one of the seven swordsmen but for Khristo it was Hatake Kakashi, the Copy ninja. They laughed at him and now he knows why. Khristo sighed deeply. This was loud enough to disturb kakashi's reading. "What?"

"N-nothing! Just wondering why you're like this and why those books are so good. It's just all perverted."

There was silence, as Kakashi seemed to think about it. "I'm like this because I am and these books are just that good." Was all he said and went back to his reading. Khristo didn't like the answer he got so he stormed off, knocking over a picture frame at the same time. It hit the ground and all time seemed to stand still. Khristo turned around at the noise and Kakashi picked up the picture, checked for cracks or dents and finding there were none, set it in it's place gently while gazing at it fondly. Then turned a glare at Khristo who was just wondering what was going on with the picture. "Be mad at me all you want, I don't care but don't break other people's valued things." He said coldly. His eye seemed to blast right through him. Finally he turned back to his book and noticed a page was bent. There were mutterings of "My precious! I'm so sorry!". Khristo payed this no need and went to get a closer look at the picture. There was a tall blond man, grinning like a fool with his students standing in front of him. A younger Kakashi with two others. Khristo couldn't understand why this picture meant so much. "Kakashi-sama, who are these people with you?" A silence fell after the question. Kakashi placed his spot with a bookmark and snapped it shut. Still staring where the book once was, "My sensei and my team."

"When's the last time you saw them?" Khristo asked intrigued. Kakashi was silent once more. "For far too long."

"Well? Why don't you go see them?" a silence, "I do..every day..at their graves."

"Oh….." Khristo was silent as well. He finally figured Kakashi-sama out. He just was alone in the world, his precious people all gone. Left with nothing, he used his perverted-ness to mask who he really was. "I didn't mean to knock it over." Kakashi sighed. "I know, I know." There was a long silence after that. Then khristo did the unthinkable. He grabbed vol. 1 of Icha Icha Paradise. Kakashi picked up and opened his own volume. "Someone's finally coming out of the closet. You pervert, you.' Khristo glared at Kakashi, "Shut up! I'm just trying to see what makes these so darn good to you." Kakashi laughed, "Riiight. Sure you are." Khristo placed the book in front of his view of Kakashi. "You're not here. You're not talking."

Kakashi smirked. 'Ahh corruption'

They had to close their books a little later. Time for a new day. Khristo complained, "Aww, but it was just getting to the good part!" Kakashi smirked underneath the mask. Khristo realized what he said and just grumbled and went to get changed. Kakashi yelled to his retreating back, "I'll wait here for you."

"Why?"

"Tsunade wants you to team up with my team today for a mission."

"Okay whatever" 30 minutes later kakashi was tired of waiting. "What's taking so long?"

"Sorry! Grah…stupid headband..how does he get this to work?" Needless to say Kakashi was wondering what the hell he was doing. So Kakashi went to where Khristo was and laughed. There was Khristo, in his usual attire but trying to get kakashi's headband style on right and failing miserably. It kept falling off. Khristo growled. "Don't just stand there, help me!" Kakashi was still chuckling as he expertly tightened Khritso's own headband to cover his eye. Just like his. "Ok there you are but whats with this?"

Khristo looked away and mumbled something. Kakashi dismissed it. Kakashi didn't know why but he didn't mind letting the boy take after him. "Just don't color and style your hair like mine." Khristo looked up at him. "Why?"

"You'll see soon enough." He sighed.

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Kakashi and Khristo finally came to their destination. Having to take the long route because a black cat crossed their path. Apparently Kakashi had a fetish over black cat superstitions. They were greeted warmly..not. Two loud voices ripped the air, "You're late!" Khristo covered his ears, "Ow! Make the ringing stop!" Kakashi just casually took out his earplugs, "Told you to put your plugs on. Next time you'll listen correct?"

"Ow! Yes Kakashi-sama." Khristo whimpered. "Why are you late this time?" a blond yelled which could only be Naruto. "And who the hell is that with you?" Kakashi tried to calm the blond down as Khristo looked at the other two and almost fainted. Sakura and the Uchiha. Khristo sweatdropped, This was not going to go well. Sakura came up to Khristo eyebrows raised, "Khristo? Why are you wearing your headband like Kakashi?"

"Long story." She just shook her head. "Never mind I don't wanna know. But how was your date with Ino?"

"What date?"

"The one from 2 days ago." Khristo shrugged. "That wasn't a date. We just met and she just latched onto me after that." Sakura nodded, she knew Ino well enough to know he was telling the truth. "Okay but what are you doing here?" Khristo closed his eyes. As if thinking. And after awhile of no answer she wondered what would make him think so long. Kakashi just came up and smacked him upside the head, "Ow! I'm awake! I'm awake!" Khristo turned to Sakura, "Sorry didn't get any sleep, I'm running on fumes right now. What were we talking about?" Sakura asked him again. "Oh! I really don't know. Something about a mission you needed my help with." Sakura wondered what mission could they possibly need help with. Kakashi cleared his throat, getting everyone's attention. "Ok our mission today is to gather special materials in Cloud country. These materials will be important in medical research for something that will revolutionize medicine."

"Revolutionize medicine? Really?" Khristo asked. "No but I like to think everything is getting revolutionized these days." They sweatdropped. "But why him?" Sasuke asked, glaring daggers at Khristo. Khristo saw this and just sighed. 'Well can't win em' all.' "Well seeing as he comes from Cloud country he could help us with certain things while were out there. He's greatly respected there. The people praise him highly." Hearing this everyone turned to Khristo. "Don't know what youre talking about. ..wait how'd you know I was from Cloud?"

"Your headband." Khristo sweat dropped. "Yeah that'll be it." Kakashi smirked. "Come now, you have to help 'Tiger of the Wind'." He said aloud and leaned close to Khristo, "Or ill tell everyone you read Icha Icha Paradise." Khristo turned blue. "I hate you so much right now." He hissed and they separated. Sighing Khristo spoke, "Ok I may know a passage thatll get us there in half the time that it would take if you took the main road, but there is a problem."

"Whats that?" Naruto asked. Khristo rubbed his forehead, "It's located in the desert."

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