Disclaimer: Still own nothing but OCs.

It was six months later and I had been living in an apartment the Hokage had given me for free for the first few months while I got back on my feet, then I had to start working to pay the rent. I worked at a general store when I wasn't training. I was up to 35 kilometres before I would start to hurt everywhere and lose my breath. Naomi turned out to be a very stern sensei and pushed me to my limits nearly every day. It was really hard and I absolutely hated it at first, but now that I've come so far, I really appreciate that she refused to give up on me. Actually, it was the nicest thing I remember anyone ever doing for me. Then again, quite a few memories are missing or really foggy.

Now, she told me to meet her at Ichiraku because she had something important to tell me. I was slightly suspicious it may end up being another surprise training session, but decided to go anyway. When I got there, Naomi was waiting for me and seemed extremely excited. I was almost afraid to approach and considering walking away before she spotted me, but it was too late. She was waving me over frantically.

"Luna! Guess what!"

"You finally passed the chunin exams?" I asked, then laughed when she swatted at me.

"No! Shut up about that!" She whined, then went back to being excited. "The Hokage helped me find a way to unseal your chakra!"

My jaw dropped in shock, but I recovered quickly and started to hurl questions at her in rapid succession. "But we couldn't even figure out why or how it was sealed? How did you convince the Hokage to help you? Let alone find a way to unseal it? What is this unsealing thing you found anyway?"

"I made a bet with him."

I gave her a slightly disappointed look.

"Well, I said if I didn't become a chunin next exam, I would do his paperwork until the next exam and if he could find a way to unseal your chakra, I would do his paperwork anyway. He tracked down this old lady who he wrote a letter to, then she wrote him back telling what was needed along with a scroll. So, now all we have to do is convince the famous copy-ninja to help."

"Wait, who?"

"Kakashi. He's a jonin."

"Oh."

"So, all we've gotta do is convince him to help us out with this." She held up the scroll I assumed was the one she mentioned before.

"How're we gonna do that?"

"I don't know. I figure we'll just ask nicely first." She said while paying for the ramen she ate, then motioning me to follow her to the roof of some building. Honestly, jumping from rooftop to rooftop still kind of freaks me out, but I was too focused on the issue at hand to notice I was doing exceptionally well for not paying full attention.

"And if that doesn't work?"

"Well, we'll come up with something."

I grinned at the lack of preparation. "Okay!"

When we found the guy, he was reading a book I recognized as something Naomi told me never to touch. She told me it was really bad. Anyway, the guy had white hair, one eye covered by his slanted forehead protector, and most of his face covered by a black fabric mask, so only one of his eyes were visible. He also had the Leaf's vest on that I often saw shinobi wear after becoming chunin. I personally thought they were heavy and uncomfortable when Naomi made me try on her sensei's, but that's probably just because I'm so physically weak compared to chunins right now that I might as well be a little kid. Or, that's what Naomi said anyway.

"Hey, aren't you Kakashi?" Naomi asked the guy that was closer to her age than he seemed apparently. He seemed pretty mature. Well, I guess it's not hard to seem mature to someone who's getting dragged over by Naomi like I am. Anyway, from what I'm told, he was pretty young when he became a jonin, so I guess that's a reason someone seems mature to me, who is about the same or maybe lower than an academy student skill-wise.

"Yes. What do you need?" He asked, not looking up from his book. He sounded bored, if anything.

"I figure that maybe you could help out my little buddy here and preform this unsealing jutsu on her." Naomi got straight to the point and pushed me out in front of her.

He didn't even look up. "Isn't there someone else to ask?"

"Well, there is, but there's not anyone who would be as effective as you."

"I'm busy." He said, shooting Naomi down quickly.

She pouted and dragged me a couple feet away into a small huddle. We both sighed, then I looked at her with disappointment.

"What're we gonna do now?"

"We'll leave him alone for today." She said while we were walking away. "We'll come back tomorrow."

"Okay, but I have a question."

"What is it?"

"Why does it have to be him?" I asked her, slightly suspicious. "I mean, how does the unsealing jutsu even work?"

"I'm not supposed to tell you the second thing. We need Kakashi because he has a lightning style jutsu that will help unseal all the chakra, not just some."

"That's," I paused, thinking about it for a minute. "Odd. I know he's strong, but isn't there someone with lightning style that would be able to do the same? Hey, you use lightning style. Why can't you do it?"

"I…Don't have the heart for that. I can't tell you about the jutsu, but I can tell you that if I did it, you'd only get a fraction of the chakra you're supposed to have and after the jutsu unseals whatever amount of chakra, you can't do it again to get the rest."

"Why is everything getting so complicated?" I whined.

"Just give it a few days. We'll break him." She smirked mischievously.

"Do you know him or something?"

"I saw him at the Hokage's mansion a couple times, and I heard about him being the Forth's student, but other than that, not really."

"Oh."

And so, we went back and asked him again for three days until she told me to ask him while he was looking up. I guess she figured the problem was that he never even glanced at us once every time we asked.

"Hey, uh, Kakashi?" I asked, looking back at Naomi unsurely, but she just gave me a thumbs up. It didn't help much. How the hell was I supposed to get him to look up?

"I told you I'm too busy to do it." He said, now exasperated with our persistence.

"I wasn't going to ask that." I said irritably, which seemed to catch his interest, since he glanced up. I know I was supposed to ask him again, but something else was bothering me and I couldn't resist.

"Hm?"

"Why won't you do it? I know you're not busy, so don't say that. I want the reason."

He sighed and closed his book. "Look, I don't know how to unseal your chakra. I don't know who told you I do, but I can't do it."

I grinned, happy that Naomi's plan had worked out even if I didn't stick to it completely.

"We have the scroll, you just need to follow it." Naomi said, holding up the scroll.

He sighed. "What's in it for me?"

"Uh, um, Luna will do whatever you tell her to for a year!"

"Well, I am supposed to test a new team. Maybe if they pass I'll get you to train with them, so I don't have to."

"Wow, how respectable of him." Naomi muttered sarcastically. "No one passes his test anyway." She whispered to me.

I just nodded, ignoring Naomi. "Okay, I always need more training. And especially once I get my chakra back."

"Give me a couple days to learn the jutsu." He said, taking the scroll, then disappearing.

Naomi sighed in relief, wiping her forehead. "I can't believe that worked out so well."

I glared at her and crossed my arms. "Are you kidding? You just sold me to a guy that we don't know and was reading a pervy book! My chakra better be worth it!" I shouted at her, chasing her down the street while she laughed. Sometimes I think she really likes to torture me or something.

A/N: To anyone actually reading this, sorry for the delay. I was a bit busy over the last week. Hope you're enjoying the story.