Chapter 1 : Prologue

Chapter 1

Prologue

The word 'TENTEN' used to mean nothing much for Hatake Kakashi. Unlike lately, he found himself could be distracted so easily by just hearing that word.

'TENTEN' is a name of the girl who used to be one and only Gai's female student. She acted pretty much like a tomboy. She talked like a boy, tough like a boy, easygoing like a boy. She's the only girl who had ever passed all of Gai's hyper-lessons in the same level with Lee and Neji.

Kakashi deeply wished he could still look at her in that same way.. If only 'that incident' didn't happen..

Kakashi flushed apparently while he was thinking up quietly alone on his bed about the earlier incident..


It was about 2 years ago... Shortly after Kakashi's retirement. Kakashi, Gai and Tenten took another Onsen trip together as usual.

On the 2nd night of that trip. After the eternal rival's serious table-tennis match was over, they all splat up for doing their own things. Gai exhaustedly went to bed earlier than everyone else. Tenten enjoyed her time alone in the splendid outdoor Onsen. And Kakashi went out to get some drinks, some snacks and just came back to the Ryokan.

There was no one else around when Kakashi was walking into the Ryokan's hallway. Suddenly he heard a woman screamed loudly. He ran toward to that sound without even thinking that he was heading into ladies changing room for the Ladies Outdoor Onsen.

As soon as he got in there, a long-haired woman ran out and bumped roughly into him by accident. Next thing Kakashi knew, he was sitting on the floor with the woman who smell so good in his lap. Her still wet body was trembling madly in his lap, sitting between his arms and legs. He almost couldn't resist himself not to hold her. She had only a towel that almost fell off wrapping around her, exposed her smooth skin and sexy curves of her body to the man's eyes.

"Ma'am?! Are you okay, Ma'am?! Are y..."

The woman raised her face up looking at him with her big brown teary eyes. As soon as his eyes met hers, a word unintentionally slipped out from his mouth lightly..

"..(Are y-)..you...gorgeous..?!"

Kakashi was stunned.. It took him a few seconds to break away from that magical eye contact moment. He coincidently set his eyes on her appetizing lips, didn't expect the word would slip out from those shaky lips as she saw him..

"..Sensei...?!"

In that moment, he finally recognized that the woman in his lap was no one else but Tenten. She grabbed a sleeve of his yukata by her shaky hand and seemed to be more relieved to see his face...

"..Huh..? TENTEN..!!?"

"Kakashi-sensei..!!!"

Kakashi's face flushed apparently when Tenten unexpectedly sank her trembling body closely into his chest. Normally, a famous Copy-Nin as Hatake Kakashi wouldn't be so excited just to see a naked woman. He had seen tons before, but he never seen anyone like her. Plus, he never thought of her to be so shapely as she actually is. She's truly a combination of innocence and pure sexiness, aroused his desire so deeply in the most indescribable way. He took her in his embrace without any hesitation, because it was so clearly to see that she was scared of something. (Moreover, this unseen side of her made her look so adorable in his eyes..)

"What's wrong?! Tenten.. What happened?!"

She pointed one of her hand to the Onsen while the other was holding her own towel so tightly over her heaving chest.

"A snake... in there..."

Kakashi tightened his warm embrace around her. His hand was rubbing her head softly to calm her down until her body stopped shaking little by little. Kakashi just tried to do anything that would help her. But he didn't expect himself to become really nervous for what he was doing when he had (almost naked) Tenten in his arms.

"Um.. Tenten.. I have only one stupid question left before I get in there... Is there anyone else in there? I don't want someone to get me wrong that I'm some kind of pervert or anything..."

"No. I was the only one in there."

Kakashi took off his short robe that he had wore it over his yukata and gently put it over her shoulders to cover on her still wet body. He tenderly stared into her brown teary eyes...

"Please put this on first to make you feel warmer. It could be worse if you catch a cold during the trip. All you have to do is Stay as you are, Wait for me here and Let me handle this, Okay?"

He smiled warmly to her as if he was trying to soothe a little child. The only thing she could do for response was nodding her head... He glanced down to her who slowly let go off his sleeve as she spoke..

"Kakashi-sensei.. Please be careful."

Kakashi grabbed a few shuriken out from his sleeve to be ready and carefully stepped into the Onsen.


Unexpected for Kakashi. He found a dead snake was pierced through its head, pinned onto the hard wood floor by a normal wooden hairpin. With this high level of skill, it's definitely Tenten's ability without conclusions. Maybe she threw her hairpin out to the snake by her instinct before she ran off.

"All Clear! There's nothing you should be worried abou..."

Kakashi lost his words in the air as he walked back and fully saw what a breathtaking woman she is. He simply stunned on how sexy she looked in that normal white towel with her pretty face and her long gorgeous legs..

"..?..Sensei..? Are you okay?"

-DAMN IT!!- He was distracted again.

"Oh! Right! The snake is dead, Tenten. I guess that red hairpin is yours. Probably you migh..."

"Kakashi-sensei...!!?"

He noticed Tenten's anxiety appeared across her face. Then he noticed her hand was covering over her right ankle. She was bleeding with 2 small holes in same plane. It's definitely a wound of snakebite. He had to do something about it right away.

"Hey.. Don't worry Tenten... Trust me. Don't move, okay..?"

Kakashi untied a sash of his yukata and tied it tightly a little higher than her ankle. He took of his yukata and put it over her lap to cover her short towel as he made her sit with her knee up. That's why he had only his boxer and his mask left on his entire body. His masculine body made Tenten blushed apparently.

Kakashi leaned his face over her wound but Tenten slightly pushed him out, pulled herself away in the same time as she tried to stop him...

"Kakashi-sensei.. Are you going to suc...?! Don't do it!! I'm still fine, still can walk and can go to see doctor. Kakashi-sensei,. Don't take any stupid risk because of me.. I'm not worth it..."

Kakashi raised his face up, staring into her eyes while his hand forced her bleeding ankle back to him...

"This is what I'm willing to do.. You can do nothing to stop me Tenten. You have to trust me. I will handle this.."

Kakashi leaned closer to her ankle again. He rapidly slid his mask down and pressed his warmest lips over her ankle. He hurriedly sucked the venom from her wound and spitted it out, over and over until her blood's color changed from diluted red to normal red blood. He slowly drew his lips away from her sexy ankle and pulled his mask up to where it should be...

"How do you feel, Tenten...? Hold on, Let me help you get up..."

Kakashi was going to get up from the floor so he could help Tenten to get up too. He lost his balance and blacked out of nowhere. He collapsed onto her lap, glancing up at her face who was panically saying something to him. He saw her lips moving but couldn't hear her voice anymore while Tenten seemed to become more panic and started to cry.

-Looks like the snake venom is poisoning me already. I have no regrets for doing this. At least I saved someone. I'm glad you're safe..-

He was looking at Tenten's face, reached his weak hand out strugglingly to wipe a tear off her cheek and questioning himself quietly...

-Why wouldn't I notice her beauty earlier? Am I too late again? Just like always... Why do I keep making the same mistake...? Obito! Rin! Where are you guys now?-

That was the last thing Kakashi remembered before he passed out, head fell onto her lap while Tenten held him up into her embrace. She couldn't stop crying and calling out desperately for help...


Kakashi blurrily woke up in the room that he shared with Gai at the Ryokan. He looked around the room and saw Tenten was sitting and fell asleep at the small table nearby him. He wanted to check on her but it was a bit difficult for him to go any further with a saline drip on his arm, so he pulled it off. He felt too dizzy to stand up so he slowly crawled closer to see if she's okay. Her sleeping soundly face reminded him of what happened before he passed out. He flushed, his heart raced when he saw her face again.

-Thank god. She seems fine...-

Kakashi's eyes were on her pretty face, her long eyelashes, her beautiful nose and a longer paused on her perfect lips.

-I didn't expect this to happen.. Especially with someone I'm so close for so long.. Damn it!! I know I shouldn't feel this way.. She is Gai's student.. But...I..-

Kakashi reached his hand out, wished to feel her hair but stopped as soon as he felt someone was getting closer behind him.

"Good! You're awake. How do you feel Kakashi?" Gai asked while he was sliding his wheelchair into the room.

"I'm fine now. Thank you, Gai.. You must be tired too. Sorry about that.."

"Me? I didn't do anything, excepted for changing those boxers for you a few times.! You should thanks Tenten.. She's the one who carried you all the way back here.."

"Really?! Wait!! She carried me back here..?! …all by herself!!?" Kakashi's eyes widened in shocked, looking back to Gai while repeating Gai's words.

"What are you shocking about Kakashi!!? Don't underestimate her. Tenten is my student. I'm sure she can carry both of us in the same time if she had to. Actually, I was the one who should be shocked when I first saw Tenten wearing only a towel, carried you back here in your underwear only. First I thought she knocked you out for peeking or something… hahaha."

Gai's sound became more serious as he continued.. "She told me what happened and how you helped her. I must say 'Thank you for saving her' Kakashi.".

"Is she okay now?" Kakashi asked

"She's totally fine, but she must be tired, because she haven't slept for 2 days already. She was so busy on everything about you. She watched over you. She kept wiping you down when you had a fever. She kept checking and changing your clothes. I told her to get some rest or eat something but she refused. She wanted to wait for you to wake up first. She just fell asleep about an hour ago. Well, what can I say.. Tenten can be stubborn sometimes in her own way. She's truly my student who isn't gonna give up so easily. I couldn't be more proud of her."

Gai smiled so proudly of her. "You should get some rest, Kakashi. Please do so. At least for her sake too.". Gai said and left the room.

Kakashi still sat there watching her and thinking quietly for awhile. He noticed that Tenten's body was shivering up. He crawled back to his futon for a blanket and gently put it over Tenten's shoulders, tried not to wake her up. He froze immediately as Tenten's hand rapidly grabbed his wrist that just went across her face with her eyes still closed.

"Kakashi-sensei??!! Really??!!"

She woke up, blinked her brown eyes looking at him wonderingly...

"Yes... I'm alright now.. How do you know it's me?"

"I can scented your cologne on your wrist.." She closed her eyes again as she softly sniffed his wrist in her hand.. "It's unique."

She didn't know at all that 'Hatake Kakashi was almost melted by her actions'.

"Thank you so much for taking me and my underwear back here safely."

"Actually, I was intended to save only your underwear too.. but you were in attach.."

He chuckled slightly when he realized how stupid was his sound and continued… "Gai already told me some about what happened and what you did. So..". Kakashi bowed his head to the younger lady without any conceitedness.. "Thank you for taking care of me and everything, Tenten.."

"No! No. NO! Don't do that!! It supposed to be me who said THANK YOU to you!!!" She buried her face into his hand. Then, she raised her teary eye up to him while his palm still cupped on her cheek.. "I'm glad you feel better.. Thank you for coming back to me, Kakashi-sensei.."

She smilingly glanced back into his eyes.. With only one glance from her could easily made him flushed. Kakashi couldn't forget the way she looked in that moment. She looked so lovely and uniquely charming, made Kakashi's heart pounded so quick...

After that incident, Kakashi couldn't look at her the same way like he used to anymore. Tenten was no longer just Gai's tomboyish student who close to him but became something more. He knew this kind of feeling, but hadn't felt it so clearly for so long ago. Something about her seemed to easily affect his weaknesses a lot. He couldn't stop thinking of those sparkling big brown eyes with a breezy smile she had on her face at all. He noticed how himself became so nervous around her. However, he still had no idea how to handle his strange feeling for her until now..


A/N: This is my first Naruto fanfic. And as you can see, English isn't my language. I know I still have a lot to learn and a lot more to improve. PLEASE kindly REVIEWS and Feel free to Leave me some advices, opinions, suggestions or anything to let me know your feedbacks. I will try my best to make it better. THANK YOU for reading. I hope you will like my story.

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