Etto...um...I guess usual disclaimer applies? I don't see why people put one at the beginning of every chapter. One during the duration of a story should be enough, ne? Anyhow...the "humor" in this fic is very light. But I didn't know what other genre to put this story under. hehe. sweatdrop. This is mostly a fic centered on Kakashi and all the little secrets Kireina has and is keeping from him :) Oh right, there are also light mentions of Shikamaru X Temari and eventually there might be some Naruto X OC if I have the brain power to come up with another character >P
The next morning...
Kireina woke up when her biological clock began to ring. In other words, she had to use the restroom. She stumbled out of bed groggily and felt her way out the door to the bathroom. Her eyes were still closed and she was too tired to activated her Byakugan. Bad choice on her part. When she found the doorknob to the bedroom she felt her way along the hallway, but stopped when her hand came in contact with something soft and warm. She frowned. That was weird. Walls weren't warm. Stupidly, she began to pat the object trying to figure out what it was. Unfortunately for her, her instinct was to pat down.
"Whoa there!" someone said catching hold of her hands.
Startled, Kireina cracked open her eyes to peer into the amused face of Kakashi.
"Kashi-kun?" she mumbled.
"You might want to watch where you put those hands of yours," Kakashi said.
Kireina glanced down and shrieked when she realized how close she had come to violating him.
"Oh Kami-sama (God)! Sumimasen (Excuse me)Kashi-kun! I was tired and I didn't realize what I was doing and I didn't know it was you," Kireina had turned an interesting shade of red and was obviously very flustered.
Kakashi chuckled and leaned his face close to hers, "It's okay. Just warn me next time so I'll know what to ask for in exchange."
He winked. If possible, Kireina turned even redder and hurried to the bathroom.
Kakashi laughed quietly and thought, 'Maybe I shouldn't have teased her so. She resembles a tomato now.'
He shrugged then went to sit on the couch. A few moments later, Kireina joined him obviously still very embarrassed. She was in light blue today.
"I'm sorry, Kashi-kun," she mumbled, "I don't know what I was thinking."
Kakashi just laughed it off, "I already said it was fine."
Kireina turned red again but gave Kakashi a quick thank you hug then went to the kitchen to prepare breakfast. After a few minutes, she called Kakashi to have breakfast. The two of them began eating, Kireina allowing Kakashi to eat slowly again. He was finished before her and began to study her.
"You look nice today," he said.
Kireina started, "Uh, thank you."
She wondered what he meant. She looked no different from yesterday. The only difference was the color of her top, sash, and sandals.
"The blue looks nice with your hair and eyes," Kakashi explained as if reading her mind.
"Oh."
"And plus," he added devilishly, "You sort of match with me so we look like a couple now."
Kireina turned bright red again and looked away from Kakashi's grinning face.
Kakashi laughed, "Okay, I'll leave you alone for now."
"For now?" she muttered turning back toward him, "That means you'll tease me more later."
Kakashi looked pleased with her deduction, "That's right!"
Kireina stuck her tongue out at him and fumed to herself silently before cleaning up. Kakashi went with her to help with the dished. While she washed, he dried and put them away. Kireina had obviously been affected Kakashi's teasing because she avoided physical contact with Kakashi as much as possible. After the dishes were done, the two left for the meeting place. When they reached there, they discovered Naruto hadn't arrived yet. Sasuke nearly fell off the bridge when he saw Kakashi. Sakura did fall over, but to the ground.
"Kakashi-sensei!" she gasped, "You're early!"
Kakashi frowned, "Am I not allowed to be on time?"
Sasuke had resumed his cool demeanor but he was obviously still surprised.
"Ohayo minna!" came a cheerful voice.
Everyone turned to see Naruto run up to them.
"Eh! KAKASHI-SENSEI? Why are you here?" Naruto wondered, "You shouldn't be here for another 3 hours!"
Kakashi frowned again, "Why is everyone so surprised?"
"Because you're always late!" The three chuunins yelled. Yes, even Sasuke.
Kakashi blinked, "Oh. Well, let's go get our mission then."
The other four face-faulted as Kakashi turned to leave.
"Tsunade-baachan!" Naruto exclaimed flinging open the door of Tsunade's office.
Tsunade looked up in shock, "Y-Y-You guys are early! Did you leave Kakashi behind?"
"Maa, I'm right here," Kakashi announced his presence grumpily.
Tsunade blinked once, twice, then pinched herself, "Okay, definitely not a dream."
Kireina giggled, "Is he really that bad?"
"YES!"
Kireina fell back in fright at the amplitude of the reply and started to edge toward the door when it was flung open.
"Hokage-sama! Cloud shinobi have been spotted at the main gate! They've severely wounded two and Shikamaru-san is fighting them right now! He can't hold them off for long though! There were two chuunin and two jounin!" the messenger was frantic and out of breath.
Tsunade jumped up, but Kireina and Kakashi stopped her, "We'll go."
Kireina and Kakashi jumped out the window and sprinted in the direction of the gate. Tsunade and the chuunin ran to the window to see the disappearing figures. Kireina and Kakashi arrived at the battle scene to find two Cloud shinobi dead, one Leaf shinobi dead, one severely wounded and close to dying. Shikamaru was doing his best to hold off the others, but a chuunin was no match for a jounin, nonetheless two. Kakashi quickly took over for Shikamaru while Kireina healed the Leaf shinobi then healed Shikamaru.
"Mendo kusei na (How troublesome)," Shikamaru muttered.
Kireina looked up at the lazy chuunin, startled, then smiled. He would be okay.
"I'm Namino Kireina. You must be Nara Shikamaru, the Shadow Ninja. Temari talks a lot about you. Hajimemashite (Nice to meet you)," Kireina introduced herself with a bright smile, "There. All done. Get some rest. Kashi-kun and I will handle these two."
Shikamaru frowned. "Kashi-kun?" he muttered to himself, "And did she say something about Temari?"
Kireina winked at him then leapt up to aid Kakashi. Within seconds one Cloud jounin joined his dead comrades and the other was at the mercy of Kireina. Shikamaru was stunned. He didn't even have a chance to see what she had done. Kakashi looked bored as he walked over to where Kireina and the remaining shinobi stood. Even in captive, the shinobi was still very cheeky.
"You're pretty," he winked at Kireina, "How about you let me go and the two of us can run away to Cloud?"
"How about not?" Kakashi retorted taking the captive shinobi from Kireina and dragging him to his feet.
Shikamaru and the healed Leaf shinobi picked up their dead comrade and the group headed back to the village with their hostage in tow. The group reached the Hokage tower where Tsunade and Team 7 were waiting for them. Tsunade sighed when she saw the dead shinobi. She motioned for her assistants to take him and instructed them to find out who his family was. She dismissed Shikamaru and the other shinobi to the hospital. The rest went to her office. The cloud shinobi was bound with rope to a chair with Kireina and Kakashi standing guard. Team 7 stood in a corner to observe the interrogation procedure.
Tsunade got straight to the point, "Why are you here?"
The cloud shinobi looked at her lazily, "None of your business, old lady."
Tsunade was taken back by his rudeness, "You realize by this attack you have just declared war on Konoha."
The cloud shinobi looked at Tsunade spitefully, "That was the point."
Tsunade frowned and turned to Kakashi, "I have a mission for your team. You are to escort this man to the Hidden Cloud and inform their Daimyo that they have just declared war on Konoha."
Kakashi nodded grimly and untied the man from the chair but his hands were still bound behind his back. All his ninja weapons had been taken away from him. Kakashi pulled him up and dragged him out with Kireina and Team 7 behind him. They left that day and were there in a few hours. They delivered the message, then left Hidden Cloud with minimal resistance. Or rather, what resistance they met was reduced to a minimum. Kireina looked up from another dead shinobi, annoyed.
"Don't they ever learn?" she asked.
Sasuke, Naruto, and Sakura were dumbfounded. They had just watched Kireina take on two elite jounin with no problem.
"How come you can use such a variety of jutsu?" Naruto gaped.
Kireina winked, "Ask your sensei. He should know the answer to that."
The three chuunin turned questioning gazes toward Kakashi.
He rolled his eyes, "You should know the answer to that question."
"Oh! It's because of the Sharingan! Just like how Kakashi-sensei copied all those jutsus, Kireina-san was able to, too!" Naruto said.
Kakashi nearly fell over hearing this come from his "dumbest" student.
Kireina laughed, "Not quite. But you're right, I have copied a lot of jutsus, but remember I'm an Uchiha and a Hyuuga, too, in a way, so naturally the Katon jutsus were all taught to me as well as the Hyuuga family secrets. I've also been sent on several missions by the Kazekage so I've traveled quite a bit. He allowed me to stay longer in some places and learn their jutsus."
Kakashi snorted, "You're not giving yourself enough credit."
Kireina sent Kakashi a sharp look that clearly said, 'We're not talking about that.'
Kakashi sent back a look that said, 'They deserve to know.'
The three chuunin wondered what all the glares meant.
After a long staring contest Kireina gave in.
"All right. Since Kakashi insists, I'll tell you guys while we're going back to Konoha."
Sorry if it seems like Kireina and Team 7 became friends a little too fast, but I'm trying to emphasize the point that Kireina is an extremely friendly person and people open up to her quickly.
