None of this is cannon. I don't own and rights to Naruto, just my character Aurora! Please R&R!

Iruka's View:

Kakashi was pushing himself to the breaking point. At one point I had caught him sleeping in a tree, if I was able to sneak up on him anyone could have. Aurora was playing in the flowers just below. If I hadn't known better, he looked like he was just reading, but it was the angle of the book that gave him away.

"Kakashi!" I holard up to him. He jumped awake, nearly falling out of the tree.

"Maa, sensei. Just the man I was thinking of." I rolled my eyes at him.

"Father is tired." Aurora informed me while holding up a bunch of blue flowers she'd picked. "This help?" She asked me. She was so thoughtful.

"That's nice, but I think a good night's sleep would do him some good." She still gave me the flowers, hoping to try and help.

"Maa...who needs sleep?" The silver haired Jonin finally came down. On closer inspection, he looked more pale than usual, his visible eye had a dark ring under it and he looked thinner than normal. How I missed that I'm not sure.

"Come one, let's get you both home." I took Aurora's hand, Kakashi lagging behind us. I was sure if he kept going like this, he'd surely would pass out.

Once at his place, I ushered him upstairs. Twice I had to keep him from groping my ass and pulling me into bed with him. Even a sleep deprived Kakashi was quite strong and hard to get away from. Finally, after pinning him down, he agreed to sleep for a while. I promised I'd keep watch and that had his sleepy mind put at ease. I quietly exited the room, making sure the door didn't creek or slam.

I found Aurora still downstairs, playing with the doll house.

"Shall we made dinner?" I asked her, which of course excited her. She loved helping me cook.

An hour after I put her to bed, Kakashi was up and looked dazed. He hadn't slept enough.

"Kakashi, why are you up?" I whispered, not wanting to spook the tired Jonin. He looked at me at least, seeming to wake up a little more.

"Food?" He asked, which I had to laugh at. Of course the smell of food awoke him. I doubted he'd eaten much when I wasn't here. He probably made Aurora food but none for himself, living off ratios bars at best. Typical.

Kakashi's View:

I wasn't really sure how I would've survived if Iruka wasn't there to take care of me. I hadn't even really made it more than down the stairs last night before falling back to sleep on my couch. That's where I woke up, dazed by the fact I had allowed myself to get to this state.

"Figured out that you don't need to push yourself like this yet?" Iruka asked from the bottom of the stairs. I didn't hear him come down.

"Eh...well…" I sighed, not wanting to admit he was right. "You stayed?" I quickly changed it back to him. He blushed as I eyed him, he'd forgotten his shirt upstairs and had his hair down. If Aurora hadn't come bounding down the stairs seconds later, I might have had him up against the front door.

"Father, what are you doing down here?" She asked. I noticed, to my dismay, her baby talk was fading. My heart sank, she was growing up too fast. Even in her tiny sleep dress, she looked more grown up.

"Late night." I waved it off, hoping she wouldn't ask anything else. It was too early and I was in a crisis of my baby growing up. I couldn't cry like Gai, that'd scare both of them and I'd for sure be institutionalized.

Iruka had classes today and I had a two day mission to leave on, which left me no choice but to leave her with Gai. She'd gotten used to his strange antics, but she had yet to meet his team. She had the pleasure to meet Lee first when we got to the training field. That's where I was supposed to just drop her off, but Gai of course challenged me and I was forced to do a stupid compatition with him.

"Yosh! That eighty to eight one!" He said as I beat him to the top of the tree. I really hadn't been keeping track and didn't care too.

I hopped down to see Aurora learning to make daisy chains with TenTen, and Lee saying how proud he was that she had learned it so fast. Neji was leaning on the tree near them, watching with his Byakugan active. He must have picked up her odd chakra.

"Well, if that's all, I must be going." I told them as Gai landed in front of me. Now what?

"Alright, my rival. Good luck on your next mission! She'll be safe with me!" He gave a good guy pose before letting me say goodbye to Aurora. She put a daisy chain on my head, telling me it would be good luck. I didn't have the heart to take it off until I was out of their sight.

Aurora's view:

I have no idea who this other guy in green was, but he's just as odd as Gai-sensei. Both of the strange green men walked on their hands for hours. TenTen-chan and Neji-kun showed me how to do it, but we didn't do it as long as they did. Neji taught me to backflip after that, but all I could do was roll. I promised to practice.

TenTen showed me her pretty kunai, telling me to be super careful 'cause they were sharp.

"Can you show me how to use them?!" I asked, watching her eyes sparkle.

"You're so cute! Of course I'll show you." She threw the kunai straight into the tree in front of us, happy it had hit a knot in the wood.

"Ok, hold it like this. Good! Now put one foot here and the other there." I shifted my feet into the correct stance. She took my hand and guided me through how to throw and when to let go. "Ok, ready? Throw!" I threw it, but it landed in the dirt in front of the tree. "Good try! That's further than I got my first time." I could tell she was being nice.

"K-kkk-keep going Auro-chan!" Lee said, straining as he tried to keep himself on his hands. His arms were all shaky and he looked like he might fall over.

"Keep pushing Lee!" Gai-sensei cheered, not even breaking a sweat yet. TenTen just gave them a look like she was done with their antics.

I kept throwing kunai at the tree while Gai sensei changed it up, having his team spar. Neji-kun was really good, but Lee-kun was able to keep up. I wanted to know why Neji had strange eyes, but I hadn't had a chance to ask. There were different from Sasuke-nii's and Father's eye. I over hear Lee saying "byakugan" but I didn't know what that was. TenTen was really good with weapons, some she used I'd never seen before.

After the tenth miss, I was getting frustrated and threw one as hard as I could. It finally hit, I guess I wasn't throwing hard enough. After figuring that out, I was able to hit the bark over and over, almost in the same area each time. This caught Gai-sensei's attention and he was now focused on me.

"Very good! Now, I want you to try with the other hand. It's never too soon to learn to use both hands in a fight!" I was confused by what he meant by that. I always fought with both hands. Father had made sure of that. He took the kunai and put it in my other hand. "Now go!" He beamed. I didn't like all this attention on me, and felt scared under his watch.

From behind him, I saw Neji-kun looking at me with those eyes and felt uneasy under his gaze. It was like he could see right through me. I dropped the kunai, stepping back towards Gai-sensei to get away from his stare. He just followed me with his eyes.

"Your chakra is unstable." Neji-kun said, no emotion in his voice. "It's like looking into a pool of water, full of chakra. How is that possible?" What was he talking about?

"Now Neji, it's not nice to do that. Everyone has a different chakra." Gai-sensei scolded him.

"I've never seen one like hers." The white eyed boy said to me in a dark tone.

"Neji, you're scaring her, stop it!" TenTen crossed her arms and stepped between us. "I don't think she can explain why. Those aren't questions for a child to know the answer to." At least she understood.

"I was her age when I learned what I was…" Neji-kun had turned his hate to her, but she didn't seem to let it get to her.

Gai-sensei sent them home after that, wanting Neji-kun to "think about others feelings."

He sighed heavily and he knelt in front of me, putting his hand on my shoulder.

"Sorry about that, kiddo. Neji has a hard time letting people in. He has yet to learn the proper way to talk to people." Gai grinned. "Now then, let's get back to weapons training!" Before he made me, I had questions I needed answered.

"Why are Neji-kun's eyes weird? Why did he say my chakra is...instable." I tried, wondering what that word meant. "Why did he get upset?" Each question made Gai's smile drop a little. "What does chakra filled water look like?"

"Uh...well. His eyes aren't "weird." They are the Byakugan, a Dojutsu." I had no idea what that word was. "It's a kekkei genkai that's only in the Hyuuga clan. It can see people's chakra points. As for what he saw in you, I don't know. But! It was rude of him to do that to you." Gai smiled again. "Does that help?"

I shrugged, still not knowing what the Hyuuga was or what a Dojutsu is. It did clear up why I felt invaded. He saw my chakra points. After that, it was back to training.

Gai-sensei had me switch back and forth between which hand I threw a shuriken or kunai. Soon, I was able to hit the targets he set up closer to the center. I was getting tired, but he forced me to push past it and continue. I hated it.

"Can we please stop?" I panted, I couldn't move my arms.

"Once more!" He was still full of energy. I couldn't anymore! I felt my chakra start seep from me, the air turning cold again as I lost control. The more tired I was, the less control I had. Father and daddy both told me I should try to control it if I could, but they didn't understand how hard that was. It reacted to my feelings, which I couldn't control.

"I can't." I begged him not to make me do this; my control slipping and the ice started to form under me. He had his back to me though so he didn't see. He was punching a tree, while standing on the other hand. He'd been switching arms when I switched, "to keep it fair," according to him.

"Yosh, ready, left hand!" he switched, and my control slipped when he wouldn't listen. I hated it when grown ups didn't listen.

The ice spread in a spiral pattern towards Gai-sensei.

"Gai-kun!" I cried, as it hit him, freezing him solid as he flipped to his feet, a stern look on his face. I froze him in this pose. I hurt him. "GAI?!" I cried, tears running down my face. I didn't see, but the ice around me turned a dark purple as I ran to Gai. My foot steps causing the ice to spread. I hugged the ice around him, hoping it would unfreeze like it normally did, but it didn't. It turned dark purple around the edges. That's when I looked around, the forest around us had frozen in a mix of dark purple and white; snow was falling around me.

"No...no please!" I sobbed, trying to undo what I did but I couldn't stop crying. I couldn't stop feeling guilty for hurting Gai. " I'm sorry! Please, Gai!" I didn't know what to do.

I felt someone land behind us but was too upset to turn around. "Aurora!" I recognized that voice. I turned around and wiped my eyes, it was the guy in the mask. The one Father said was ok...Tenzō-oji?

"Please! I can't!" I begged him to help me. In a blink of an eye he was behind me with his hand in the middle of my back. I felt my chakra drain from me, the ice around us vanishing as I fell into his arms.

"I've got you, it's ok." the man I think was Tenzō-oji said as I fell asleep.

I woke up in a weird white room, daddy was next to my bed fast asleep in a chair. I looked out the window and saw it was daytime again. How long did I sleep? I tapped his hand, waking him up with a sudden jump. He smiled and hugged me tightly.

"Aurora! You're ok." He said softly. He looked sad.

"Is Gai ok?" I asked, for some reason my throat hurt.

"He's fine. Lady Tsunade was able to get him out of the ice." Iruka said as he handed me water. It helped my throat. "What happened?"

"Gai and I were training, and...I told him I couldn't anymore and lost control." At least he didn't look angry, but he had the look he got when he was sorry for someone. "I'm sorry…"

"Sorry? What for?" He let me go to look at me. "For Gai? It's...going to be fine."

Iruka's View:

Aurora looked so guilty for what happened. She didn't mean to and all of us were still learning what set off these outbursts. So far it was emotions and I was starting to think when she got tired, she lost more control over those. It made since, she was still young. I got her to settle back down and rest, telling her she can visit Gai when she was better.

Kakashi's View:

The second I get home, Tenzō found me and informs me of everything that's happened. He also told me he knew I had broken into the ANBU archives, which had led a ROOT operative to the same conclusion I had found. Well, shit…

"That's not the worst part…" I glared at him to just get on with it. "Kiri tracker ninja have been spotted." He told me as we landed on the roof next to the hospital. "The moment I heard, I rushed to find her before anyone else had the chance. I wasn't the only one that found her and Gai…" he informed me.

"Danzō…" I growled. Tenzō nodded, his mask over his face making it hard to read him.

"As I teleported us to the hospital, he showed up. He told me he'd get his hands on her. I've sent my team to guard your house around the clock. He won't get her on my watch."

The best news I got that day was about Gai's condition; mild hypothermia. Compared to everything else, it was great.

"Iruka…" I said softly as I entered Aurora's room. Tsunade had her under watch for sever chakra depletion. Ma...guess she takes after me after all. I couldn't count all the times I'd been here for the same reason.

"She just fell back to sleep. Did you just get back?" The chunin smiled tiredly at me as I sat next to him. I nodded, watching the heart monitor connected to my daughter. At least it was steady.

"What happened?" I knew from Tenzō, but Iruka knew the full story.

"Gai pushed her over her limit. She said she tried to stop it, but she couldn't. " Aurora shifted, she seemed to be having a nightmare. "She was more upset about hurting Gai than anything."

After a few days, Aurora was allowed to go home, but she had changed. She wasn't my happy girl anymore. She was sullen and upset, never talking about much of anything. I was worried about her.

"Aurora?" I called her as I watched her play in her room with her elephant and bunny. Something seemed to be wrong with the elephant, as it was on its back and the bunny was trying to help. "Can you tell me what happened?" I asked, concerned at what she was doing.

"I froze Gai-kun…" She said sadly, light blue ice surrounded the bunny and elephant now. So the color is what she feels…

"Hm, I see." She looked up at me, her eyes seemed hollow and void of life. She had a kind heart, one that broke too easy. "Gai is fine, you didn't hurt him. However, we do need to work on these outbursts." I must have sounded harsh, but I couldn't leave her if she kept losing control. "Let's try something different. I want you to meditate when you feel upset. Try to calm yourself." It was worth a shot, she wasn't the type to punch trees to shreds when she got upset.

Iruka was better suited to teach her meditation and she was practicing it almost daily. It took her until winter to get things under control. Still, she had outbursts, but at least it wasn't the middle of summer anymore. Ice and snow was easier to play off in winter.

However colored ice was not. She learned a little after I did that they showed her emotions. Her favorite color was pink, so she'd get frustrated just to get that color. She was too smart for her own good.

Other children noticed she could make these colors and would ask her to make a piece of ice in different colors. It didn't work that way, she tried, but each piece turned the same colors as her feelings changed.

It also didn't take a lot of chakra to change ice that was already formed, so she was able to practice for much longer. She learned that the snow was easy for her to mold chakra into and would throw snowballs that way. Our elderly neighbor didn't appreciate getting hit while letting her cat out, so I put up a net along the fence. So, of course she moved to the other side of the yard and proceed to pelt passersbys with the stray snowballs.

"Oi! Watch it!" I heard someone yell while I was still setting up the net on the opposite side. I sighed, defeated.

"Maa, sorry!" I called, taking Aurora's hand. "Aurora, please don't play by the fence." How many times did I need to tell her this. The person that had yelled at us was thankfully Iruka. He came to the gate, snow still stuck in his hair and an annoyed look on his face.

"Little lady, you know better." He scolded as he came into the yard. "No snowballs thrown higher than the fence." I helped him brush the snow out of his hair.

"I didn't mean it…" She pouted. She just didn't understand that the wrong person could see and take her away.

"Maa, why don't we call it a day? It's getting cold." Aurora had shown that she didn't really get cold, so she didn't get that Iruka and I were freezing.

"Ok…" She sighed, wanting to play in the snow more.

With it being so cold, the threat of kidnapping went down, least they wanted to freeze themselves. I also knew that kidnappers didn't want to risk the 'cargo' freezing to death either, so for now, she was safe. After years in the ANBU I had the sick pleasure of meeting a few of those kinds of people.

"Kakashi, please put something on." Iruka said as I stood by the window. He'd come downstairs when he didn't find me next to him.I looked down but didn't see what was wrong. I had my tank top on,the one with the mask attached and my boxers. I was dressed, but I guess I wasn't dressed warm enough for Iruka. He was in long sleeve pajamas, and had a blanket over his shoulders.

"What? I have pants on." He snorted at me, scoffing at my stubbornness.

"You'll catch a cold." He threw the blanket over my shoulders, deciding for me that I was cold. "You know they would be stupid to try at this time of year." He at least agreed on that with me.

"I know." The erie glow the snow cast in the dark was the only light in the house right now. I could easily hide my concern from him in this light. But, this was also Iruka, the man who I shared custody of Aurora with, and had been fucking for the last four months. He could read me like a book, even in the dark.

"Come back to bed." He said, wrapping his arms around my waist and laying his head on my shoulder. I knew he was trying to use his body to convince me, but I had a feeling deep in my gut that something was wrong. I ignored him, even when he nips at my earlobe.

"You know I want too…" I told him, taking hold of his hand as he tried to slip it under my waistband. "But something is wrong." ROOT hadn't made a move in far too long and the hunter nin just disappeared without a trace. Something was going on, and I intended to find out what.

"Don't let yourself get that way again." Iruka held me tighter, knowing I was not going back to bed with him.

Just like I had thought...ROOT was the reason the hunter nin disappeared. Now the Mizukage was pissed that her men were dead. When asked why they were there, she informed us there was a rogue ninja thought to be in the area. It was supposed to be a covert capture and return, but it went south. Now the Hokage wanted to know why I had known about these hunter ninja being around and who told me. I wasn't about to sell Tenzō out.

"You know how rumors are. Some turn out to be true." The busty blonde was not having any of my games today and crushed the glass she had been holding.

"Damn it Kakashi! What are you hiding this time?" Her hazel eyes full of killing intent. Of all people, I thought she would have known.

"You know my daughter." This got her to calm down at the mention of Aurora. "I thought the Kiri ninja were after her. But, it seems I was wrong." Though I still wasn't convinced it had all been a cover up. "That's all." I left out the fact that I knew of her true parentage.

"So, you were the one that broke into the library…" The angry vein on her forehead making an appearance. "Why didn't you tell me?" So she made the connection too. "Damnit...now we have a mess to clean up." She finally sat back into her chair. "The Mizukage wants answers. What am I going to tell her…?" There was no choice now, the secret would be out about Aurora by the end of the day. It was out of my hands, and I was helpless to stop it.