He knows she's dangerous, she thinks she could control him and perhaps she can, but there are things they don't know...
Outside the girl's room, Kakashi smiled to himself. He had never been so amused making someone mad at him, but he just couldn't resist the temptation. And there were so many things about her that he liked and hadn't seen in the village girls so far. First off her long fiery red hair was driving him nuts, her yellow cat eyes, her luxurious milky skin, her shapely figure, her defiant personality and the short temper. It sounded like an entertaining challenge to him and after all she was an Uchiha so maybe if he pissed her off enough he'd be able to copy her techniques. His thoughts were interrupted by a worried Iruka.
'Kakashi, how is she?' Raising an eyebrow he answered 'Good enough to kill you if that's what you want to know' he winked. Iruka looked confused but went on 'Well, the committee wants to know if she's can still fight, if she is then her next match will be...' his voice abandoned him when she appeared at the door 'Go on, my next match will be when and with who?' He stared stunned, she was really breathtakingly gorgeous, but the murderous intent in her eyes really freaked him out. She gave him an annoyed look and he hastily began to give her the details of her next match.
The committee decided that Kakashi was to supervise her at all times and especially be observant of her fighting. During her matches it was his job to watch out when she intended to make a final blow so he'd intervene and save her opponent from painful death. She would always stare back annoyed but inside she smiled that so far he'd be the only one to notice the exact moment when she'd make the final move. After winning all her matches undefeated and unscathed, she reached the final rounds.
She could sense the fear on everybody in the arena, even her opponents were scared. Surely this year's Chuunin exam's number one shinobi would be her, soon after she'd probably try for Jounin and so on until she were accepted by the ANBU which she was sure would impress her clan. She imagined the terror her enemies would experience by facing a masked ninja that controls mind and body. Lost in her evil thoughts she unconsciously smiled unaware that the copy ninja was staring. 'Damn she looks so beautiful smiling, and I bet she's thinking of killing' he thought somewhat amused.
'Two more matches and everybody will have to acknowledge me as the best of Konoha, not to mention the Uchiha clan...' Confident as usual she stepped on the arena not even trying to think of what her opponent was like. She'd do as usual, close her eyes and gracefully dodge every attack then activate her technique once her opponent began tiring. But nothing would've prepared her to face a strange boy from an obscure dust-using clan, and to make her case worse, he had carefully observed all her matches and knew he'd win.
Before she closed her eyes he disappeared from view. She looked around wondering where he had jumped to, but he was nowhere to be seen. Something scraped her arm and when she looked there was a red string of blood. He scraped her other arm but there was nothing to be seen. She though maybe he was so fast that she couldn't see him and that would explain the dust appearing all over the place. Finally something interesting she thought, but no matter how fast, she'd see him with sharingan.
She became a bit bewildered when she realized she still couldn't see her opponent. And she needed their eyes to meet for her to whisper the signature technique and pull him into her trap. She jumped to the wall, but still he kept scratching her. To make things worse, every time he touched her he would drain some chakra. With the sharingan activated and him sucking chakra at that rate, not to mention the blood loss, she's have three minutes tops before she'd pass out.
She didn't notice when a carpet of dust that gathered underneath her feet and threw her off the wall. She got up and began coughing violently. Had she watched his previous matches, she would've known better than to breathe the dust. She felt the scraping on her insides and began vomiting blood. Kakashi looked around and saw how everybody seemed pleased by the turn of events and nobody intended to save her from a sure death. Unable to watch her die such a horrible death he jumped to the arena and declared the dust user a winner, thus ordering the boy to abort the technique.
As the dust flew out of her mouth, she fell into Kakashi's arms, unconscious and nearly dead. The dust gathered in front of them and the shinobi appeared smiling and pleased that he'd defeated the overconfident redhead. Reluctantly the medics appeared and took her way, murmuring under their breaths that Kakashi should've let her get what she deserved. He looked at them threatingly and they hurried away as he went towards a motioning Iruka.
'What the hell was that all about? You know it's against the rules to kill the opponent during the exams' Kakashi blurted angrily to a serious-faced Iruka. 'Let's go somewhere more private... You know I'm against it too, but the committee determined that she's too dangerous and if she were to die in an accident then we were ordered to not intervene. They knew that she probably wouldn't be able to counterattack a dust-user and that's why they arranged that match. I'm not saying what you did was wrong, but just know that if they look at you angrily is because they would rather she had died.'
Kakashi couldn't believe what he had heard from the gentle Iruka. 'Were the medics ordered to harm her too?' Iruka shook his head 'Don't think so, but I'm sure that since she survived there might be an Uchiha or two who will try to visit so I suggest you stop looking daggers at me and run off to protect her while I inform the Hokage of the situation.' The young shinobi then rushed separate ways.
On his way to the girl Kakashi mused that were it not for Uchiha Obito's lessons on being humane, he would've watched her die. And maybe the fact that she was so stunning made him somewhat softer. During the operation he watched carefully as the medical nin reconstructed the areas where the dust had eaten away tissue. Some hours they declared her life was out of danger and might regain consciousness in a day or two judging by her strength. Kakashi smiled pleased and sat on a chair, ready to wait out her waking as long as necessary.
The next morning when she opened her eyes the first thing she noticed was the copy ninja uncomfortably sleeping on a chair. She got off the bed and without a sound walked towards him. Cradling his head in one hand, he was leaning towards one side, his closed eyes facing downwards. She crouched under him, looking straight into his face, inspecting whatever features she could guess from the young man's covered mouth and eye. She was feeling attracted to him and resisted the urge to run her fingers through his spiky silver hair.
Right outside the window Kakashi stared amused as she inspected his shadow clone. He knew she was dangerous but wondered how she'd react to the clone waking up and trying to make a move at her. One of the fake Kakashi's hands descended on her shoulder and she stepped back in a flash. It opened its eyes looking confused at the angry kunnoichi. It lifted the head protector to supposedly activated sharingan but in a split second it disappeared as a kunai pierced it and lodged itself in the wall behind it.
The real Kakashi couldn't contain his amusement and laughed so hard that suddenly he found himself staring into two angry yellow eyes looking out the window. His face turned serious and he readied himself to fight the dangerous girl, but she just closed her eyes and walked back to the bed. 'Aren't you going to try to kill me for pulling a prank on you?' She stared annoyed 'Maybe I will' 'Supposing you could even get close to touching me... geez and if that weren't a clone you would've touched my hair, I saw you...'
She stared back defiantly but her cheek began to burn. The only times she had blushed was when she was furious but strangely she was feeling peaceful. He smiled acknowledging her reddening face and she sighed unconsciously, surprising herself while at it. She took a pillow and covered most of her face with it, pretending to hide her shame as she stared straight into his eyes. He was too enraptured to notice that behind the pillow her lips were moving and in a flash her sharingan activated and he found himself again on the lonely hill.
He recognized the place and knowing he was trapped sat on the grass to wait out till she got tired and released the technique. It was a sunset too and he smiled as he saw a formation of birds fly into the distance. There was a cool breeze dancing around him and he found himself enjoying the surroundings. He felt so peaceful that at first he didn't notice the figure of the girl that approached from behind and sat quietly next to him. He stared into her eyes and whispered that he thought she was very beautiful. Then unable to contain himself he leaned towards her and pulling his mask down put his lips against hers.
The technique was instantly released and when he blinked he saw that his lips were in fact pressed against hers as he sat in the corner of the hospital bed. He slowly withdrew and she reopened her eyes looking shocked and bewildered. They both blushed as inside their heads each one realized they had never kissed anyone before. He heard someone approaching and in a flash he was sitting on the room's chair, mask in place and pretending to look out the window. When Iruka walked into the room, there was no way he could've ever imagined what had just happened.
The Hokage had sent as member of the Hyuuga clan to watch over the supposedly unconscious girl as the young shinobi walked towards a special meeting. 'I heard what happened from Iruka and I am ashamed that the committee members didn't try to save one of our own village, no matter how unpleasant they found her. I am also aware that the Uchiha clan treats her like an outsider, much like they treat you, Hatake Kakashi. For that reason I am placing her under your care, anyways that should provide a good opportunity for you to train as well. If there are any complaints I will handle them personally as well as the punishments for trying to harm her. If there are no questions you are all dismissed.'
Satisfied with the Hokage's orders, Kakashi rushed back to the room, unable to wait until the next time she'd trap him in her world. Iruka watched concerned as he saw the copy ninja rush off eagerly and without a word to him. Last night he had read a disturbing medical report and knew that if Kakashi found out he'd go berserk. He reasoned it'd be better to try to convince the Hokage to take back death sentence implanted by the medical nin. As the Hyuuga shinobi left the room, Kakashi happily walked into the girl's world.
Yes, the side story has kind of taken over, but I can't help it... I'm so exited, it's like they finally found their match. Do you like it so far?