Third Person's POV

Akira was peacefully sleeping, she rather feels really comfortable. She stretches, her eyes still closed. She still didn't want to wake up, her body feels so tired, and she feels like she could sleep for the entire day. She freezes when she bumps into someone, also noticing the different feeling of the bed.

Kakashi jolted awake by the sudden noises. Things falling can be heard throughout his apartment. He quickly stands up and looks at the person standing near his table a kunai in her hand, her eyes darting everywhere as if memorizing every corner of it, finding for an escape.

"Ma, calm down, Akira" Kakashi said in a reassuring voice. He looks around seeing his books scattered on the floor.

"S-Sensei?" Akira said kunai still pointing towards her Sensei's direction, still not convinced. That's not a henge, is it, and she is still in Konoha?

Kakashi stared at her as he fixes his hair. He is glad that Akira didn't blow up his apartment, right away.

Akira tilted her head examining her 'Sensei'. She tried to release a bit of a chakra which confirms that it was really her Sensei.

"Oh, it's true" She whispered with a sigh. She sleepily walks toward her Sensei's bed and flops down on it. The exhaustion of her body came back as the adrenaline slowly go down.

Kakashi follows Akira who drowsily walks toward his bed, and is seemingly not shocked that she is in his apartment.

"Akira?" Kakashi said when she lay down on the bed again, a pillow in hand already.

"Does something hurt?" Kakashi quickly asked when her t-shirt and jacket slightly pull up, noticing the bandage on her back that the nurse put last night.

"no..." Akira said sleepily as she shakes her head.

Akira groaned. She is confused why she's here, of course but she just feels so tired, all she wants to do of all things right now is to sleep.

Akira sits up looking at the bed sleepily. "Why am I here?" She said as she closed her eyes.

Kakashi watches in amusement as Akira close her eyes as if she is trying to sleep while she interrogates him. He clears his throat "Well you collapse last night and-"

"and Naruto isn't home, our apartment is lock?" Akira said looking up at her Sensei.

Kakashi raised his eyebrow and nodded. Well she knows, that means he didn't need to explain.

"Ohh, well, I get it now. Thank you" Akira said flopping on the bed again, as she hide her face in the pillow.

Kakashi just watches her. She's really gonna sleep again?

Akira opens her eyes feeling the bed move. She removes the pillow covering her face.

Kakashi sits on the bed and grabs the book near his bed and leans to the bed's headboard. He looks at the person beside him, he got startled when purple-eye stares at him intently, as if she is peering into his soul.

"Why are you staring at me like that?" Kakashi said his eyes averting to the wall behind her.

"Nothing" Akira said as she quickly stands up from the bed. She will not be able to sleep now. She looks around noticing the book scattered on the floor and sweatdropped. She caused that?

"You don't really have to do that, it's fine" Kakashi said seeing Akira pick up the books and put them on the shelves. Sometimes she will open it and scan the page but she immediately closed it and continue arranging the shelves.

"Where does this go?" Akira said looking at him.

"Just put it beside the red book" Kakashi said with a sigh. Well, Akira had already arranged it, he didn't want to stop her from being kind for once to him, the thought make him chuckle.

Akira puts the last book on the shelves as she crosses her arm. What is she supposed to do now? Right! she should eat breakfast, she thought nodding her head.

Oh...she still needed to go back to our apartment... She groaned at that. It was still early and she needs to walk already.

Kakashi stares at Akira's back. He tilted his head confused why is Akira nodding her head and hearing a tired sigh. Akira looks at him, making him quickly avert his eye to his book acting like he is reading it.

Akira squints her eyes seeing a picture on the table beside his Sensei's bed. She walks towards it, her feet were acting on their own.

Kakashi looks beside him when Akira looks at the picture on the table. He raises his eyebrow and also looks at the picture. He looks at Akira with a soft smile

"That's my teammates..." He said making Akira looks at him.

"Oh..." Akira said putting back the picture next to their team picture.

"I see..." Akira said smiling at her Sensei.

"Thank you for letting me sleep here, Sensei... I think a should leave" Akira said still smiling.

"if you don't mind I'm going to use this, Sensei" Akira said opening the window as she quickly jumps down, leaving her Sensei stunned.

Kakashi just stares at the window with confusion and shock. That smile... and why Akira is such in a hurry?

His shoulder dropped as he sat up on the bed. He runs his hand through his hair and throws the book on his bed as he stands up.

"So much happening early in the morning..." Kakashi said with a sigh, as he went to his bathroom.

Akira jumps from house to house as she covered her eyes.

"Damn, this is blinding" She said looking at the sun. What time is even is it? She just continues to jump toward their apartment direction, as she squints her eyes a little.

-skip-

Akira was lying on her bed when she hears a knock. She quickly walks towards it and opens it. She tilted her head confused. Why are they here?

"Akira, you are being summoned to the Hokage office" The Anbu said,

"ohh, okay..." Akira said with hesitancy.

"They needed you now" The Anbu said, which make Akira stop closing the door.

"Ohh, wait" Akira said as she closes the door and wears her jacket.

She quickly fixes herself still confused and went outside where the Anbu is waiting.

Kakashi's brows knitted as he sees Anbu jumping from house to house a small figure following them. He quickly put his book down and jump following them recognizing who is the small figure with them. Akira? What is she doing with them?

Kakashi stops and watches from a distance as he hides when Akira jumps on the Hokage's window.

Akira jumps on the window which makes the Anbu stops. They were supposed to walk through the door, they scratch thier head, not knowing if they should just also enter from the window.

"Yo!" Akira said as she lands. All eyes look at her with disappointment except the Hokage. She thought it was only the Hokage what is this other geezer doing here?

The Hokage looks at her giving her a smile. He averts his eyes to the Anbu "You may now leave, I'm just going to talk to her" He said making the Anbu stops walking inside the Hokage office. The Anbu look at each other and nod, as they disappeared.

"So... why am I here?" Akira said tilting her head.

"I'll make this quick... Since your team consists of four-member one of you needed to take the chunin exam alone or need to back out" The Hokage said as he take a quick glance at Danzo.

"Ohh... so that's me?" Akira said as if she is expecting it from the very beginning.

"Yes, and you weren't allowed to make any contact with your other three teammates, especially at the second phase of the exam." Danzo said making Akira and Hiruzen look at him, with the same confusion.

"Hiruzen it was decided earlier, so don't look at me like that" Danzo said with an edge in his voice.

"Ohh... so is that it?" Akira said boredly. Danzo and Hiruzen look at her.

Danzo can't help but smirk. Same old same old, if Hiruzen didn't just get in his way. Akira would be loyal to him with just a little more pull...

Hiruzen put a smile on his lips. "Yes that's all..." He is really worried. He actually wanted Akira to back out from taking the chunin exam.

"Hiruzen you must have forgotten. Team 7 needed to be complete till the 2nd phase..." Danzo said.

"What do you mean?" Akira said tilting her head, confuse. Don't tell her that...

"Which means if you didn't pass the 2nd phase the rest of the team will not be able to continue on the last phase and vice versa." The Hokage said with frustration. It wasn't supposed to happen but Danzo is always making things complicated for him.

"What do you mean by that? Are you trying to crash our team?" Akira said with frustration. What are they trying to do?

Danzo smirks. It was talked with the council earlier. It just simple, they are trying to prevent the Kyuubi holder from being able to pass the chunin exam. After all, Naruto should be kept in the village. Also, they trying to protect the last Uchiha from dying, what their doing wasn't a bad thing they were just protecting the village and its power.

"That wasn't our intention Akira. You know you can prevent that from happening if you will not join the chunin exam in the first place" Danzo said with a smirk. But he knows Akira, she will take it no matter what... they were playing right in his hands.

"Tch... I'm going to take it" Akira said calmly

"If that's all, I'm going to leave. Hokage-sama, Danzo-sama" Akira said leaping out the window. The bitterness is clear in her voice saying Danzo's name. Damn it! What are the council and that Danzo trying to do? Are they preventing Sasuke and Naruto from passing the chunin exam by using her? Tch, for all she knows they are trying to keep the two in the village for their own good...

Kakashi perked up seeing Akira jump out of the Hokage office but his smile drop seeing the frustration in Akira's eyes. What did the Hokage said to her? Didn't the Hokage just inform her about her status for the chunin exam?

He looks at the Hokage office. His fist clenched seeing the other person in it, seemingly arguing with the Hokage.

"Danzo-sama..." He whispered as he avert his eyes to Akira. If Danzo was there that meant something had changed... what is it that makes Akira look frustrated.

He quickly leaves his spot and follows where Akira went.

-skip-

Kakashi's brows knitted when Akira stops at a very rarely- never used training ground. It was surrounded by railings.

"Kakashi-sensei why did you even follow me here?" Akira said looking up where he is as she touch the railing.

Kakashi sighs and leaps out of the tree he was hiding at.

"Ma, you look really frustrated earlier I can't help but get worried." Kakashi said as he puts his hands in his pockets.

He looks around, he didn't actually know this place. Maybe he knows this but didn't pay attention to it. It is almost located in a very secluded part of the village, it's dark even if the sun still shining on every street of Konoha. Trees inside the railing kept the sun from shining inside it. It's almost like something tragic happened in this area. What is she doing in this kind of place?

"This is the first time I went here" Kakashi said making Akira looks up at him.

"How did you know this place?" Kakashi said touching the railing but he quickly let go feeling an electric shock.

Akira chuckles at that. "When I met Naruto..." she starts but shakes her head.

"I find it by accident... Well, the place is really thrilling you know. When I was five I ask the Hokage if I could train here..." Akira said placing her hand on the railing again.

Kakashi watch in amusement when Akira didn't get any electric shock from it.

"Well, he said why would I want to train here. This place is really creepy, it's like someone will snatch you out of nowhere..." Akira said chuckling.

"I guess, my cuteness work on the Hokage so... it results in me being allowed to use this training ground...he said I could even name it mine since no one using it and I'm the only one that-" Akira said but stops and shakes her head.

"And why would anyone want to stay in a place like this" Akira said with a smile.

"But this place, it's like a haunted place. Someone like you shouldn't go here" Kakashi said with concern and confusion, what Akira is going to say earlier?

"Well, you can't say that now. Besides I really like this place... It's like keeping my sanity together" Akira jokes, chuckling again.

Akira opened the gate and looks back at her Sensei with raised eyebrow.

Kakashi takes that as permission to enter the place. Once he entered he felt the chakra surrounding the whole area. But unlike what it looks like, he feels calm, he feels safe. Akira's chakra... it felt so light and calm.

Akira walks inside the forest, yes it's getting dark but they can still see something.

"Sorry for this part, I really don't know what happened here" Akira said waving her hand, knowing that he will feel it soon.

Kakashi got confused but stops immediately. The chakra surrounding the area wasn't as light and calm anymore. It's like the place becomes so enclosed despite the fact that the area was really large.

He heaves a sigh and quickly follows Akira not wanting to be lost in such atmosphere.

"You know Sensei you are the third person to enter this area." Akira said as she stops and flops on the grass.

Kakashi stops. He knows that they are still not in the middle of the forest. He wants to know what is inside the forest, and he wanted to explore it. He wants to see what Akira has been doing here since she was still little. He looks around and just sighs, maybe Akira didn't want him to go any further. " Who are the others? If you don't mind me asking" He said sitting beside Akira.

Akira looks at him "Naruto, and... the other one is secret" Akira said with a smirk.

"Do you still use this?" Kakashi ask looking around.

"This is the only time I went here again. I stop going here when I turned ten, the time when I entered the academy." Akira said tilting her head.

There was a silence in between them. Akira closes her eyes, she can fall asleep in this place. For her, this place is like her comfort zone, it feels safe for her. It feels familiar to her the first time she step her feet in this place. When Naruto wasn't around this is the place she always use to go. She actually thought that this place would be occupied by someone else. The presence of her chakra was still here, she thought the seal she put in this place would be destroyed after not being used for a really long time.

Kakashi looks at Akira. A smile appeared on his lips. Akira looks so peaceful as if this place was healing her in some way. He also lies on the grass.

"So, what did they tell you?" Kakashi said looking at Akira.

"...Tch, I know you're stalking me..." Akira said with a chuckle.

"Well, they said that I will have to go to the chunin exam alone." Akira continued eyes still close.

"The team will fail if I fail in the second phase of the exam..." Akira said making Kakashi stare at Akira dumbfounded.

"They said that?" Kakashi said brows knitted. The Hokage didn't say that to him. So that means Danzo might have suggested it?

Akira hums as she opens her eyes to look at the sky.

"Don't worry Sensei I will not let them fail" Akira said with a smile glancing at her Sensei.

Kakashi just stares. Now he knows why Akira went to this place... Just like what she said this place might be the one keeping her sanity. This place might be the one she always goes to when she is in turmoil. He wonders who is the other person, is that person not around anymore? Or is that person here in Konoha, does he knows them? He shakes his head to stop the questions from filling his mind. He feels worried, looking around this lonesome place, this wasn't supposed to be Akira's comfort...It's like a place hidden in the shadow of Konoha.

Akira sighs, she still didn't want to leave this place but she needed to. She still needs to check for Naruto, who knows what happened to him. Akira stands up very quickly.

"You know Sensei, I'm trusting you with this place I just needed to go somewhere..." Akira said touching her Sensei's hand.

Kakashi sat up when Akira just run away not even waiting for his reply. Where is she going? She didn't look worried she rather look excited though...

-skips-

Kakashi's hand twitches. How in the hell would he get out here without being shock...

He looks at the gate and slowly reaches for it. He closes his eyes and readies himself for the shock as he touches the railing. He quickly open his eyes when he didn't get any reaction from the railing. A small smile appeared on his lips. That Akira, what else can she do...

He takes a last look at the place before stepping outside. The chakra quickly fades, as the feeling of calmness also disappeared. Now when he looks at the area, it appears ghostly and unsettling once more. He chuckles as he completely closes the gate.

He can't believe that he spent two hours just lying in the same position where Akira left him. He didn't want to explore the place without Akira. If he does that, he feels as though he will invade her personal space. He is just thankful that he didn't get lost in there.

If he had a chance he wanted to go in here again. He wanted to be surrounded by the same chakra again...