Kakashi walked back to the office trying to think of somewhere Katsumi could go that was safe from Sasuke. He doubted she would be safe staying at Konoha but he wasn't about to make her move another village. He knew that Gaara would welcome Katsumi with open arms to Suna. He also knew she would properly never press charges against Sasuke, no matter how much he tried to convince her. He only thing he could do was assign a guard to her when Sasuke came back but Katsumi would be too proud to have one so he would have to make sure they stayed hidden unless there was trouble.
Once he walked into his office, he saw that Naruto was waiting for him. He was in for an ear full.
"Where have you been!?" Naruto shouted at him while waving his arms in the air as Kakashi calmly walked over to his desk. "Kakashi-sensei, you can't just pick and choose when you want to work!" He added slamming his hands down on the desk when Kakashi sat down. "Are you even listening to me?" He then asked annoyed.
"I was busy Naruto." Kakashi answered his earlier question. "And I'm not your sensei anymore." He added with a small eye crinkle. He wasn't in the mood to deal with Naruto right now.
"You went for a quick break, not a four-hour disappearing act!" Naruto whined at him.
"I ended up taking an old teammate to the hospital that was all." Kakashi told him, he didn't want him to know it was Katsumi, she wouldn't forgive him if Naruto suddenly turned up on the doorstep asking all sorts of questions.
Naruto was Sasuke's best friend and even though he thought of Katsumi like a sister, he doubted Naruto would believe what Sasuke had done. Sometimes Naruto could be blinded by his heart, this was something Kakashi had tried teaching him for years. If Naruto truly wanted to become Hokage, he would have to learn to keep his emotions out of important decisions.
"And that took four hours?" He asked confused, Kakashi resisted the urge to roll his eyes at the boy.
"Yes." Kakashi said simply and looked at the pile of work he had yet to start. Most of it were permission slips from other ninja's coming into the village to complete their missions. "Naruto, can you ask Iruka to come to my office after he finishes at the academy?" He ordered more than asked.
"Sure, but why do you need to see Iruka?" Naruto asked skeptically it had anything to do with work.
"It's personal, Naruto, just go tell him." Kakashi told him, signaling for him to leave. He needed to think about where he could put Katsumi and how to keep Sasuke away from her. Naruto groaned and walked out.
Two hours later there was a knock at Kakashi's office door. He called them in and Iruka walked in.
"You needed to see me?" Iruka asked slightly confused, it was rare he was called to the office unless one of his students was causing a lot of trouble. The last time that happened was when Naruto was still in the academy.
"Yes, I need you to go my house." Kakashi said without looking up from his work. Iruka gave him a funny look. "Katsumi-chan is staying at mine and I would like you to go round and check on her for me." He then added, earning a concerned look. The first thing that came to Iruka's mind was Katsumi wasn't being loyal. He had never expected that of her, he had taught her and she wasn't anything like that. He would have thought of Ino being like this.
"Why is she staying with you?" Iruka asked the last thing Kakashi needed going around the village was that he was sleeping with the only surviving Uchiha member's girlfriend.
"She has no water or heating in the house so I suggested she stayed at mine till Sasuke returned." Kakashi explained.
But Iruka didn't miss the way Kakashi said Sasuke's name with venom.
"Don't lie, Kakashi-sama. What's going on?" Iruka asked he was now really hoping this wasn't an affair. Kakashi sighed and finally looked up from his paperwork.
"You must swear to tell no one or even let Katsumi you know of this." Iruka noticed the seriousness of both Kakashi's voice and face.
"Of course, but what is it?" Iruka was getting more concerned now.
"Sasuke has been abusing her." Kakashi said after taking a deep breath, he wanted to keep it short, he didn't want to go into detail. Iruka looked at him in shock. "I only found out today. I took her straight to the hospital and then went back to get her stuff. She'll be staying with me till I can find her somewhere to stay where she'll be safe." He added. "I need you make sure she hasn't gone back. It took me awhile to convince her to leave but I'm not sure if she would go back." Iruka nodded, trying to take the information in. He couldn't believe that one of his students would do that. He knew that Sasuke was a bit rough around the edges and he did become hell bent on revenge but he was over that. "Could you also take her suitcases up to the spare room? I don't want her pushing herself with the injuries she's got." Kakashi asked bringing Iruka out of his thoughts.
"Of course, Kakashi-sama. I just can't believe he would do that." Iruka answered still in shock.
"As am I and Katsumi doesn't seem to understand that he shouldn't be hurting her. I'm not sure what kind of hold he has on her." Kakashi said with a sigh. "You're dismissed." He added looking back down at his paperwork. Iruka nodded and left quickly.