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He couldn't help it! "Maa, maa, seems my lucky day, Lee-kun!" Kakashi chuckled, as the black haired-man struggled to cover up his bare-naked ass that was hanging from a sling facing the Hokage. "So this is what fully encompasses the springtime of youth, ne?"
"Sumimasen, Hokage-Sama! And no, sir, I find this position to be highly unyouthful!"
"Maa, I'm not sure Gai-kun would agree with that Lee!"
"Kaka - Hokage-sama!' Lee nearly shrieked out in embarrassment,
Aa, so fun to mess with the idiots, Kakashi thought. "So Lee-kun, what brings your adorable little behind to the hospital this evening?"
Lee turned as red as a beet; he feared his rear end in the sling might even be red! So this is the teasing Sakura-chan has always complained about… I hope. "You aren't being... serious, are you Hokage-Sama?"
Kakashi rolled his eyes at the blue beast. "Maa, you're no fun, Lee-kun! But seriously, what happened?"
"Do you promise not to tell?" Lee asked quietly.
Honestly, what a question! Of course, he wouldn't tell, probably. It all depended on just how laughable the situation was that brought Lee into the hospital like this! He did need to discuss Sakura with the man, though, so decided to show a bit of compassion for the moment. "Don't you have respect for your Hokage, Lee-kun? Have I been such a poor leader that you wouldn't trust me?" He purposefully made his fake-pout larger to be seen through his mask.
The look on Lee's face was comical. Eyes wide, shaking his head yes and no as he was bullied, Kakashi began to feel the most at ease he had since that ranting and raving bastard broke into his office and stole his girl.
"I trust you with my life!" Lee eagerly replied. He was so sincere that Kakashi began to feel bad - but not really, the Hokage mused. "It's just… if Sakura-chan finds out…"
Oh, interesting! "What will happen if she finds out, Lee-kun?" his Hokage asked.
"Well… Sakura-chan's been working very hard," he began. He continued to speak beast-ease about his "beautiful wildflower" as Kakashi tried to get past all of the talk about youth and such, something he was way too accustomed from dealing with Gai. "...and one - not me - but someone might say that her, uhh… hormones," He paused, looking around guiltily. Kakashi really did offer him some sympathy then. After all, he had never had to deal with a pregnant kunoichi for more than maybe an hour, unlike this man. And as a wife? And it's Sakura, who's dangerous enough without pregnancy hormones? Yeah, he pitied the fool.
"All right, all right, I promise. Well, depending, I might have to tell Gai-kun."
Lee shook his head madly. "NO! Gomennasai, Hokage-sama, I didn't mean to yell!" Kakashi waved off his apology. "It's just…" Lee went on to explain that Sakura had thrown him to the ground in order to get to the hospital quickly, and had inadvertently broken or fractured his tailbone: he wasn't sure which.
Sounds like Sakura... This poor guy. Well, not everyone can have someone like Naru… Kakashi thought to himself.
Lee noticed that even though his superior was tired, he was obviously in a far better mood than he was a relatively short time ago… after THAT happened. He shook his head, trying to move past the vision of his fellow genius-of-hard-work's face in death, and listened to what his leader had to say.
"...I'm going to bring Sakura in here tonight. She's obviously exhausted and was working overnight again, and I believe she had a shift before that, ne?" Kakashi asked.
Lee nodded his head anxiously. If the Hokage - even though he was Sakura's genin sensei - was here speaking to him about his beautiful wife, then Sakura must not be doing as well as he had hoped or supposed. Unyouthful! In the morning I will do 10,000 push-ups to punish myself for neglecting her! And 1,000 squats for our baby! If Sakura lets me. He shivered: the thought of disobeying Sakura was not one to take lightly.
Sakura sat staring at the wall, next to her sleeping teammate who was suffering from C.E. Chakra-exhaustion, Sakura snorted. Bet this is the first time Naru - or Naruto - has ever fully had to deal with it, unlike Baka-sensei. The pink-haired woman moved her head over on the wall so that it could lean against Naru's bedrail - the bottom part of which was broken and hanging from the bed. Kakashi had put all of the machines upright and had ordered new ones to be brought into the room replacing those that were broken. That's gonna cost a lot of money and affect my budget. She began counting up the tally in ryo as her head ached, unwittingly falling asleep.
The next thing she knew, she realized her masked sensei was carrying her out of the room. She quickly looked around and realized that either the Kakashi carrying her or the Kakashi standing next to Naru's bed was a clone. "I had a bed brought into your husband's room: you're staying there tonight."
"What about you?" Sakura was glaring at Kakashi, looking formidable even though she could barely move.
"Just like you. Staying here and sleeping with Naru," Kakashi explained simply as he continued to walk forward. Sakura began squirming in his arms, trying to get away, and began swearing.
"...You big pervert! No way am I going to let you sleep with my patient!"
"Maa, Sakura-chan, at ease. I'm fucking exhausted and just want to sleep."
Hmm. For Kakashi to curse out of nowhere like that likely meant that he really was exhausted - and he should be. Plus he was walking very slowly. He'd better not be a clone - and he better not drop me! All she could do at this point, though, was to threaten him to keep his hands off her teammate and order that "no funny business" go on between them.
Kakashi only nodded tiredly; he could give her a hard time in the morning, which was coming too soon. Sakura had already given him several pieces of her mind about what she caught them doing, (and the thought of what they were doing brought a smile to his face,) before Naru's chakra went wild. Shouldn't have smacked me, Pinky. His head still hurt! Damnit, I still have threatening to do.
Hiashi Hyuuga was both infuriated and exasperated. He had been defending his home and village from some cretin pretending to be the horrendously inappropriate "sexy-jutsu" form of Minato-kun's deceased child, and what had the Hokage done? The brat sealed him! Him, the prestigious Head of the greatest clan in Konoha! How dare Hatake do this!
When he attempted to use hand signals to converse with his nurses, he had been struck with an electric sensation. Because he was a great warrior, he reasoned to himself that he could get through the pain. However, with every hand movement, the sensation became stronger. The Hokage had somehow placed lightning chakra in the seal! The Rokudaime definitely had some explaining to do!
Somehow he had fallen asleep while the nurses avoided his glares and now he had no idea of how long he had been here, left as a victim to this nonsense. They had served him tea, but it was of an inferior quality that made him grimace. He wasn't even able to voice his disgust of the offering! The nerve! And where were his daughters? Surely a few of his clansmen within the compound would have seen the fight - if you could call it that - and his capture afterward. No doubt his girls would go running to the village leadership in order to ask questions and rescue him, whether it was from their own military or not!
His daughters, Hinata and Hinabi had, in fact, learned that there was an altercation involving their father at the compound. Hiashi didn't even consider what actually happened as soon as the sisters were alone together after hearing the news. The young women activated their dojutsu to ensure that they were alone, then high-fived one another, and walked away, both smiling serenely. Each was thinking similar thoughts: being alone and in peace with their significant others at least for one night - whether it was with Kiba-kun, or Konohamaru-kun, respectively.
Hiashi's hospital room door opened, and in walked the foolish Hokage. The Hatake brat looked tired and didn't even raise his brow at the scowl the Hyuuga met him with. The Rokudaime activated a silencing seal against the wall and pulled up a chair, obviously considering something serious.
"Maa, I'm not sure how to explain this - or if I even want to," Kakashi began.
Damn him! Damn that Hatake "Maa" before half of their sentences: this brat and his father, both! Hiashi gnashed his teeth.
"I'm going to give you a choice, Hyuuga-dono," the Hokage said tiredly. He pulled out another sealing tag. "I can tell you the truth - maybe - and if you don't heed my order, I'll just slap this paralysis seal on you and erase your memories." He looked at the Hyuuga with the eyes of the dead.
To say that Hiashi was shocked would be putting it lightly. And tonight he had already been shocked enough, literally, thank you very much! He knew that he must be giving the man his most fearsome glare - the one his twin brother always ran from when they were kids - as he inadvertently activated his Byakugan. He liked to scare his brother for fun back then, and now he could only hope that his fearsome visage would likewise scare the Hatake. It did not.
"Enough said," the Hokage sighed, slapping the seal on the Hyuuga Head's arm. Immediately Hiashi went limp and couldn't move - not even the muscles in his face!
I am putting in a complaint! I'll bring it to the Clan Heads and the Council! I'll make multiple complaints! Hiashi continued to rant in his mind, finally stopping when he fully realized that it was doing him no good. He tried to calm himself, thinking of the one and only seemingly-small positive of the day's fiasco thus far: at least I can blink and breathe.
The Hokage continued to stare at him, looking as if he might go to sleep at any moment. Hiashi became infuriated again and then the leader began to speak. "Maa, I've classified this as an SS-classed secret, due to the party involved and his or her relationship among shinobi, as well as this person's current status." Hiashi was interested, but realized he was being evaluated for a reaction, but what could he do? He was paralyzed! A couple of minutes passed while the Hatake continued that dead stare of his: it was unnerving. Finally, he continued. "The person you attacked earlier is a citizen of this village. Royalty. She - this person is… Not someone I think you'll believe me about, actually."
Suddenly the lazy act was gone and Hiashi saw the Hokage sailing through hand signs faster than he could see, followed by his palm slapping him in the forehead. "No!" was the last thought in the Hyuuga's mind before everything went black. He didn't wake up until the next day, and when he did, he didn't remember why he was in the hospital and being discharged at all.
Kakashi strolled away from the stuck-up Hyuuga's room and took a deep breath. He had to check on the brat. Would he like to kill him? Sure, but he was a good shinobi and loyal to the village. Plus, if Naru got her memories back, she would be mad at him for doing it. There were a plethora of reasons for not killing the Nara, but the thought of him stealing away his woman made him consider taking him out, just the same. Kakashi was tired, though. Maybe he could think of something fiendish to do to the brat tomorrow.
He looked into the Nara's hospital room, and there the bastard lay zonked out, getting fluids and being attended to by a nurse. Kakashi sighed tiredly. The nurse with Shikamaru gave him a flirty smile and Kakashi winced. I'll deal with the little shit tomorrow.
Making his way into Naru's room, Kakashi dispelled his clone and turned towards the door. Standing in the hallway was an ANBU, the ever-faithful Lion. Who knows when Lion bothered showing up or if he had been following him the whole evening, but the silver-haired man was a little glad he was there. The Hokage ordered that his meetings were to be canceled for the next three days and that he wanted absolute privacy. He walked into Naru's room, slapped yet another tag on the inside of the door, and followed it by placing three kunais between the door and it's jam to make doubly sure that no one could enter. One more seal on the wall facing away from the hallway was his last task. Slowly he began to undress.
Kakashi picked up the object of his affection and scooted her to the side of her bed. He climbed in over the broken railing and put his arms around her, snuggling her into his embrace. Taking a deep breath of her scent, he immediately fell asleep.
Naru felt like crap. After cuddling into her amazing-smelling pillow, she fought to open her eyes. It was too bright, and did she ever have a headache! She felt her pillow move and absently realized that she hadn't moved her arms. Drowsily, she wondered what was happening.
Kami-sama! It's a man! Her eyes opened to bowl-sized proportions, before shutting them again tightly. Oh gods, oh gods: WHAT DID I DO?! Screwing up her face, she very slowly looked up to reveal the mystery man holding her tightly. Kakashi…
She didn't, did she? She couldn't have! Oh Kami no: he'd never forgive her! And if I can't remember, it must not have been very good! Naru wondered what the heck she was supposed to do now, lying in her friend's arms. She finally decided that whether she'd taken advantage of the man or not, he had to share some of the blame, too, at least a little in this situation. He was holding her tightly, after all.
VERY tightly, Naru decided, as she tried to pull her nose slowly back from his chest. Whoa - that's a nice chest! Kakashi's blanket was wrapped just above his hips, and she could see his broad, sculpted chest and torso. And here I thought he was kinda… fluffy. They were each on their sides facing one another, and as Naru's eyes roamed his body she came to the realization that she was under the same blanket as the Hokage. Just as her mind entered panicked mode, she heard a snort. But Kakashi was still asleep! She looked behind her and around the room carefully, attempting to let her friend continue his slumber. She needed to get out of here!
Naru began to move but was held in place by strong arms. She froze, but heard him groan. "Maa, Naru-chan - you okay?" he asked in a sleepy, very low voice.
"Umm, yeah!" Naru squeaked. She closed her eyes tightly again and went stiff. Kakashi's hand began rubbing up and down her arm. Oh: duh! I have clothes on! She suddenly felt much better.
"You hit your head pretty hard. How are you feeling?" Kakashi asked lazily, with an even deeper drawl - one that she had never heard from him before. Naru felt him looking down on her and struggled to bring her eyes up to his: this was just too embarrassing.
"Ano, my head and neck hurt. I feel really super tired, too - not like my mind, but my body instead, ya know?" Naru replied quietly.
"I do. Chakra exhaustion," he replied, although she didn't know what that meant. Kakashi's arms brought her body up and closer to him, snuggling her up under his chin. Hearing her "EEP!" he looked down on her too-cute but scared little face. Fuck. She doesn't remember. He sighed heavily, thinking about how he was cock-blocked and wanted to throttle Sakura; just throttle her a little bit, that's all. "Maa, Naru-chan. I've been meaning to ask you something," he paused: might as well man up and get this over with now. After all, it had been a long time in coming… "I want you to be my girl."
Naru looked him in his mismatched eyes then, her eyes wide and face blushing. Kakashi was smiling down on her gently, and he kissed her forehead. "I want more than that, actually, but this isn't the time nor the place to ask things like that," he stated seriously.
Naru's mind was whirling. Does he mean what I think he means? Kami! They hadn't been together for very long, and only as friends, for the most part. Right? Naru's head began to spin and she was only brought out of her panic by a deep and amazingly attractive chuckle. The smooth baritone made her lose whatever composure she had but as she thought to kiss him, the pain in her head banged.
"You think about it, I'm going to call for some pain medicine for you." Kakashi turned and picked up a button and asked to have something for pain immediately delivered to "Patient 9."
Why in the world she was called Patient 9 whenever she was at the hospital was a mystery to Naru, but she had gotten used to it at this point. Now that she gave it some consideration, she realized that the only people to call her by her name were the man lying next to her and Sakura-san. That's kinda sad… Before she could ask about it, Kakashi got up from the bed and put on his shirt. His bare back took her breath away: how can he be so muscular when all he does is sit at his desk all day? That brought back into her mind Kakashi's question.
As Kakashi left the room, she had to admit that she was definitely attracted to him. She wondered just how long she had been fighting it - thinking that he was just a perverted flirt and was probably that way with many women? No: she hadn't been thinking things like that at all, she realized. Sometimes it was like he was too good to be true! Why would someone like him be so interested in me? He's so kind - an and considerate… so good-looking, and Kami: he's a super great kisser. Suddenly and to her dismay, memories of their previous encounter in the hospital bed came clearly into her mind. I totally forced him on top of me! I totally manhandled him! Oh gods no: I'm the pervert!
Kakashi reentered the room along with a nurse to give Naru her pain medicine. He bemusedly looked at the woman he loved who was hiding under her sheet. The only thing he could see of her was a bit of blonde hair, and then he noticed her hand poke out and grab the blanket to pull it over her head as well. He waited for the nurse to leave and placed his kunais back in the door jam, then pulled the woman's covers away from her head.
Naru was blushing, hard. Her eyes were squinted closed and she was breathing fast. Not knowing what was wrong, Kakashi tried to get her to respond to him but only received as a reply her head shaking back and forth. Worrying that she was in terrible pain, he climbed into the bed and placed his arms around her - but that only made her squeak. "Naru, honey - the nurse just put some kind of pain meds into your IV. Just take it easy," he said quietly, holding her close despite her protests.
"That's not it!" Naru said shakily. "I basically… Oh gods, I basically molested you last night!"
The Hatake paused a moment before letting out a low laugh. "Well baby, if that's what you did, feel free to do it any time!"
