It was only a few days after his visit with Kyrie that she came to him, running up to him in the village square. "Come with me," she ordered urgently, pulling him by his arm away from people.

"Kyrie, what's going on?" he asked concernedly, once they could talk in private.

She adjusted her glasses. "It's Naya," she started in a hushed voice. "She's getting confirmation on Shinjou's location."

Kakashi blinked. "What? How? From whom?"

Kyrie glanced around before speaking again. "I told you I would let you know when I thought she was in danger. I think by getting this information from her current source may result badly."

"You think she's going to go after Shinjou alone?" he asked. "She's terrified of her!"

Kyrie nodded. "I was surprised too. She asked for my help and to not tell you anything. She didn't want to concern you."

"Well, she has," Kakashi said irritably.

Kyrie continued. "Naya's been meeting with a man named Akito. He frequents a bar just a few blocks from my clinic. He's one of Shinjou's main drug distributors. For the last month or so, she's been working on getting close to him to extract information from him. So far, it's been successful."

"So far?"

Kyrie nodded again. "She's been extracting a lot of information from him. As long as she keeps him drunk and happy, she can get him to tell her anything." She looked at Kakashi seriously. "I want you to be there to protect her. I'm afraid something is going to go wrong tonight."

"Why me?" he asked. "She would recognize my chakra before I even entered the bar."

"Maybe so," Kyrie said thoughtfully, putting her hand under her chin, "but she's been training to control it, right? Regardless, I want you to be there." She put her hands on her hips, staring intensely at him.

He crossed his arms. "It doesn't seem like you're giving me much of a choice."

"I'm not," Kyrie replied, moving past him. "Come on. Let's get you a good disguise so nobody recognizes you in the bar."

When they arrived at Kyrie's apartment, she rushed him upstairs to a spare bedroom. "Sayo's gone for the weekend so I don't suppose she would mind if we borrowed some of her makeup." She turned around to face him, holding a small pile cosmetics in her hands. "Sit there," she ordered, nodding towards a chair in front of a table and mirror. Kakashi sat while Kyrie placed the bottles and brushes on the table. "Well, take off your mask, silly!" she said. "Can't exactly give you a good disguise if people can't see your face. They'd know who you are in an instant."

"But my eye-" Kakashi started as he pulled his mask down from his face.

"Simple fix," she said waving her hand. He frowned, but let Kyrie apply different creams to his face. She especially worked to cover the scar on his eye, carefully blending in the colors to make it look natural. She handed him a small container. "Put these on your eyes. They may be a little uncomfortable at first, but these eye drops help."

After several agonizing attempts to put the colored contacts in his eyes, he was finally able to blink them into place. Kyrie helped him put on a brown wig, making sure all of his silver hair was hidden beneath it. Once she found an outfit for him, Kakashi changed into it. When he finished, he let Kyrie back into the room.

"Wow!" she exclaimed, admiring the costume. "I really have outdone myself this time! Though, your disguise was definitely much harder to put together than Naya's. She knows how to put on her own makeup."

Kakashi looked at himself in the mirror. He was first impressed with how Kyrie had managed to cover his scar and his sharingan eye. His eyes were now green and his hair was brown and curly. He wore a dusty colored poncho that was much too large for him with a matching baggy brown shirt and pants. He had left his gloves and sandals on. "Nayamae has a disguise too?"

"Yes, but hers is much simpler. You'll find Naya in no time, I assure you."

"Alright then, since I know how to spot Nayamae, then how do I know I've spotted Akito?" Kakashi asked, adjusting the poncho.

"From what she's told me," Kyrie said, putting away the makeup into a bag, "Akito has dark red hair and golden eyes. Sometimes wears glasses I think." She paused to push her own glasses up her nose. "That's all she told me. I would assume he'll just look like a shady character altogether," she surmised with a shrug.

"Thank you, Kyrie. You've been a great help," he said, giving her a small peck on the cheek.

Kyrie playfully punched his arm. "Go away! You got work to do!" She laughed.

Kakashi entered the bar, glancing around at all the people. His disguise gave him little comfort, even though Kyrie insisted he looked unrecognizable. At the bar, he spotted a man with red hair and golden eyes who was staring into his drink. Akito. Kakashi ordered a drink and went to sit down at a nearby table.

A woman with long, silky black hair made her way up to Akito. Her cherry red kimono was purposely slit up her legs, exposing her pale skin. She had adorned gold jewels in her hair and around her neck and on her ears. Her face was covered in heavy makeup, but she still looked very beautiful. Kakashi almost didn't realize it was Nayamae.

He took a long gulp from his drink, the alcohol burning his throat, as he watched Nayamae put her arms around Akito's shoulders. She whispered something into his ear, playfully teasing him and making him smile. Kakashi didn't like the way he was looking at her. Irritated, he took another gulp of his drink.

"Come on!" he heard her say as she grabbed his hand. "Let's go upstairs," she said enticingly. Kakashi knew it was an act on her part, but he felt increasingly uncomfortable and angry. He watched her lead him to the stairs on the far side of the bar as someone else sat beside him at his table.

A blonde woman, who was dressed similar to Nayamae, but wore a revealing pink kimono was staring at him. "I saw you starin' at her. No use tryin' to get with that woman!" she told him. "She refuses to get with anybody else but him. No mattah how much money she's offered!" She shrugged. "But," she said, leaning closer to Kakashi, "if you're lookin' for a good time, I can show you a night you won't fahget!" She batted her eyes at him, pressing herself against him.

Kakashi moved away from the blonde woman. "No, thanks, really," he said, standing from the table. If he wasn't uncomfortable before, he certainly was now. "No thanks," he repeated, quickly dashing across the bar floor towards the stairs.

Once upstairs, he found a long hallway with closed sliding doors on either side. His heart pounded loudly in his chest. He wasn't sure what he was going to do once he found Nayamae, but he had to decide quickly. One of the sliding doors was cracked open. Through the crack he could see Nayamae straddling Akito's lap. They were at a standstill, each with a kunai in hand. Nayamae held hers tightly against Akito's ribs, while he had one at her throat. Their eyes were intensely glaring at each other, waiting for the other to make the first move.

"I should have known you were only getting close to me to get information. Did the Hokage send you?" Akito asked her. "Deciding to be the Leaf Village's lap dog, ha! That's very low for a fox like you, Naya. Surely, Abba taught you better!"

"I actually sent myself," she replied shortly, tightening the kunai against his ribs and drawing a bit of blood. Her voice was cold. "Where is Shinjou?"

Akito hitched his breath in pain then laughed. "You mean you don't remember where she is? It hasn't changed since you got Ryu killed!"

Nayamae pressed the kunai into his ribs, drawing more blood. "Then why should I waste any more of my time questioning you?" she hissed as he pressed his kunai harder to her throat in response.

Before he could stop himself, Kakashi had opened the door and entered the room. Nayamae and Akito immediately turned towards the intruder.

"Who the hell-?!" Akito started, but was quickly silenced by a kick to the face, knocking him out cold.

Nayamae was now standing, having jumped from his lap, she looked down at Akito, then at the intruder. Her kunai still in hand, she went to attack Kakashi, but he took hold of her wrists before she could do anything.

"Hey! Hey!" Kakashi said, disarming her and letting the kunai fall to the floor. He had accidentally pushed her against the wall with a loud thud. "It's me!" She continued to struggle against him so he held her wrists above her head. He tore the brown wig from his head, revealing his silver hair. "It's me! Kakashi!"

Nayamae paused, staring at him. "Kakashi… what the FUCK are you doing here?" she spat angrily.

"He was going to kill you!" he argued. "Kyrie told me what you've been up to. She said she didn't feel good about tonight and I think she was right."

"Akito caught on to me a while ago," Nayamae told him simply. "I was waiting for him to make a move. And are you wearing makeup?" she asked, noticing the makeup he was wearing that disguised his face.

"And you were just going to let him hurt you? You don't think that's a problem?" Kakashi countered, ignoring her question. "Why the hell would you let him do that? And on another note, why the hell did you not tell me you were doing this? You shouldn't have done this alone! You aren't trained enough!"

"You're Hokage approved it, so I don't see an issue." Nayamae glared at him.

"That's besides the point!" Kakashi said exasperated.

"Oh? Then what is it? What is the point, Kakashi?" She tried to move her hands out from beneath his grip. "Let me go."

Reluctantly, Kakashi let her go. He glanced down at Akito, who was still very much unconscious. "What do we do with him?" he asked.

"Leave him here," Nayamae said, stepping over him to head towards the door. "ANBU will be by soon to take him into custody." She looked back to Kakashi. "Your disguise is ridiculous," she told him bluntly.

"Tell that to Kyrie," he said, picking up the brown wig from the floor. "We should probably get going. Does ANBU know where to get Akito?"

"I'll let them know," Nayamae told him, picking up the kunai.

"I'll come with you," he said putting back on the wig.

"I can do it myself," she argued, straightening up.

"I'm not letting you do this alone anymore," Kakashi replied firmly, adjusting his wig into place. "You haven't been trained nearly enough. You shouldn't have been doing it on your own in the first place."

"Why are you so concerned about me?" Nayamae questioned, annoyed. "I was doing fine by myself!"

"Like hell you were! I'm only concerned because you don't seem to care about your own life, so I'm going to do it for you!" Kakashi yelled, exasperated. Nayamae stared silently at him, her hands falling slowly to her sides. "You keep thinking you have to do these things to prove yourself, but you don't. Not to me," he added softly. He stepped towards her. "Let me help you capture Shinjou. You don't have to do it alone. You can trust me on this."

She continued to stare at him, seemingly unsure about his offer. "But don't you have students now?"

"I failed them for the exact reason you're being difficult right now," he answered quickly. "If you're going to help Konoha, you have to abide by our rules. Teamwork is one of them."

Nayamae was quiet. "We should go," she muttered.

Kakashi nodded in agreement, following her downstairs and out of the bar. He waited for her as she contacted ANBU to inform them where Akito was before she meeting him further down the road.

"Come on," he said when she approached, "let's go get cleaned up."

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