Kakashi's mission had been a dud. He decided to take it slow on the way home and enjoy himself, since he wasn't expected for another week. Although the Hokage may see this as laziness, Kakashi saw it as a much needed reading break. He sat down in a small coffee shop, in a small town, in a small nation far away from Konoha. He thought here he would get some peace and quiet, with no distractions. He read through a couple of chapters of a certain dirty novel and reclined in his seat as he savoured his alone time. He saw across the shop a lady who was also reading. Kakashi stared at her for a long time. She was tall, for a woman at least, and had long dark hair. She was drinking black coffee. Kakashi couldn't stop looking at her. Well, who was to say he couldn't make new acquaintances in this place? While Kakashi was busy planning his move, the woman looked up and caught him gazing dreamily at her.

"Hello," She said, catching him off guard.

"Oh, Hello!" Kakashi smiled at her through his mask. She watched him, her big eyes wide with patience as Kakashi struggled to find his cool. "I couldn't help but notice that you're reading also,"

"Yes, it's the head guide." She said.

"You're a bounty hunter?" Kakashi asked. This woman looked simply not buff enough to take on dangerous shinobi.

"Mmmhmm." She said. "You seem surprised."

"I am. That's quite a dangerous profession you find yourself in."

"It can be, but I've been doing it for quite some time. I know how to take care of myself." She took a sip of coffee. "You must also be in a dangerous profession if you feel the need to hide your face like that."

"I suppose I am in a dangerous profession." Kakashi said.

"Is that why you're wearing a mask?" She asked

"No, wear it because it's terribly comfortable. What's wrong with wearing a mask, anyway?"

"A man cannot show what is in his heart if he hides his face." She replied earnestly.

"You want to see what's in my heart?" She laughed.

"My name is Rhyllo, I'm from the water country."

"My name is Kakashi, I'm from the fire country." He smiled at her again. She grabbed her book off the table and left the coffee shop, while Kakashi watched her leave. He ran out after her. "Dost I offend?" he called. She was walking away quickly and ignoring whatever it was he was calling to her. "Hey, Rhyllo!" He easily caught up with her since he was so long his strides were three to her one.

"Leave me alone." She said. She stopped walking and looked up at his face. "It's not you, it's just that I don't like to deal with Konoha."

"You don't even know who I am." Kakashi said.

"I know exactly who you are. You're pretty much the number one from Konoha, if the Hokage dropped dead right now you'd be in her office tomorrow."

"Does it bother you to know how powerful I am?" Kakashi teased. He quickly realized Rhyllo wasn't the sort for witty banter.

"I'm wanted in Konoha." Rhyllo said flatly.

"But we're not in Konoha now, are we?" Kakashi said. Rhyllo laughed and then smiled at Kakashi.

"I'm not going to get rid of you easily, am I?" Kakashi shrugged apologetically. "Then let's go. You can buy me dinner." She said, walking away. Kakashi walked next to her.

"You're quite presumptuous." He said.

"Please, we both know you just want to get in my pants."

"Ha! Shows what you know. You think I just travel around between missions screwing every girl I come across?"

"No, just the girls who play hard to get."

"Is that what you're doing?"

"Maybe. On the other hand, I could just not be interested."

"We'll see." Kakashi said. Rhyllo giggled and shook her head. Kakashi pointed to a good restaurant he'd been to before and held the door open for her.

It had been five months since Kakashi met Rhyllo. They became fast friends, and Kakashi got really down when he couldn't be with her since she wouldn't come anywhere near Konoha. Kakashi had hoped that Rhyllo would have changed her mind about him by now, but what she said when they first met still rang true, Rhyllo wasn't interested in Kakashi like that. It was really too bad, the two of them seemed every part the happy couple when they met up in a small town together. Until they went to sleep in separate hotel rooms. Rhyllo was begging Kakashi to ask the Hokage for her immunity so she could come and visit him at his home. The Hokage had finally agreed, mostly hoping that this 'Rhyllo' would be Kakashi's woman and make him happy. So Rhyllo walked through the gates of Konoha and headed for Kakashi's house. She knocked on his door and he opened it instantaneously. "How'd you do that?" She asked, walking in to his humble abode.

"I saw you coming. I was looking out my window for you." Kakashi said. "Are you hungry? I made lunch. Did you want some?"

"Yeah, thanks. You look great, by the way. How have you been?" Kakashi grabbed her bag and put it on the couch, as she took off her coat and made her way to the kitchen.

"Oh just great. I've been really great, Rhyllo. Back in the day I taught a squad of three kids. Well, one of them had some issues and was out of the country for quite some time. Then just three weeks ago, one of my other kids managed to find him and bring him back. It's like my family is back together or something. I'm on top of the world."

"You'd die happy? Right now?"

"Well, almost. I'm glad anyway."

"That's really great. How long was the kid gone for?"

"Almost five years." Rhyllo ate her lunch thoughtfully. "What do you think of Konoha?" Kakashi asked her.

"It's pretty," She said quietly. Kakashi laughed.

"You hate it here." He said humourously.

"Yeah. I wouldn't come within a hundred miles of this place if it weren't for you."

"Thanks for braving this horrible country just for me."

"Yeah, whatever." Kakashi laughed. "Are you seeing anyone now? I figured by how happy you looked when I came in...but by the looks of this place no woman has set foot here for a while." Rhyllo looked around in distain at the piles of old newspapers, upswept floors, and dirty dishes covering every surface.

"Come on, it's not that bad. And no, I'm not seeing anyone." Kakashi said. "Are you?"

"God no. No offence, Kakashi, but men are like dogs. I have to feed them, take the out all the time, give them attention, they bark at anyone who comes close, and they slobber all over me."

"You're so cynical." Kakashi said sourly.

"I'm not. It's just, I don't think an ordinary relationship would suffice for me."

"What do you mean, 'ordinary'?"

"I don't just want a boyfriend. I want my partner to be my best friend. And I don't think I can get that."

"Of course you could. You could have anything you want."

"That's not true. It takes a certain person to be able to stand me, let alone someone who would love me."

"I love you," Kakashi offered. He watched Rhyllo with big sad eyes as he gave up on any hope of Rhyllo returning his feelings.

"Sure, but you're, like, my only friend."

"Isn't that what you just said you wanted?" Kakashi said. He was being flirty now and Rhyllo could see he was turning up the charm. He had Konoha's will of fire, he could never give up on Rhyllo. All of a sudden what he had said hit her in the face like a water balloon. Kakashi was exactly what she needed. Rhyllo got up and sat on the counter right in front of Kakashi, pushing his sandwich out of her way. She hesitantly reached for his face, but he beat her there and slowly pulled down his mask. Rhyllo was slightly disappointed, she imagined his face was either scarred or extremely handsome, but he looked fairly ordinary.

"You're kind of cute," She said dreamily.

"I want to have sex with you. Would that be okay?" Kakashi said.

"You don't waste a minute, do you?" Kakashi shrugged.

"I'm just being honest," He said. She looked down to see he already had an erection.

"Okay, let's go, old man. Who knows how long that'll last." She said as she patted his crotch.

"I'll forgive you for the old joke because I think you're serious about sleeping with me."

"Oh I am. I love you, Kakashi. You're all I need. I think you're the greatest. I want to be with you." She patted his crotch again. "Let's go," She whispered.

"Wait," Kakashi said. "I am old."

"No you're not. I just said that to be funny."

"I mean, I'm getting on. I don't want any moment with you from here on to be wasted. I want to marry you, Rhyllo. We're perfect for each other. I have never loved someone like I love you right now."

"My god, Kakashi." Rhyllo whispered, breathless.

"Will you marry me? Let's not spend a single day apart ever again." Kakashi plead. Rhyllo realized he was right. Kakashi was so sad when the two of them had to be separated. She thought he was just being silly, but she realized now that it really did hurt him when they couldn't' be together.

"Yeah. Let's get married." She said. Kakashi kissed her, and their first kiss lasted for just an instant, but they felt it last an eternity. "Kakashi, I'm really horny now," Rhyllo said. Kakashi kissed her neck as Rhyllo twitched all over, her pent up sexual frustration was begging to be released.

"No more bounty hunting." Kakashi said.

"No more," Rhyllo echoed. "Please, Kakashi," He brought her upstairs to his bedroom. She started taking her clothes off and she thought back to the last time she had sex. It had been years. Many years. She felt nervous all of a sudden, but she looked at Kakashi's sweet face smiling at her and that was all the reassurance she needed. Wearing only her panties now, she crawled across the bed to help Kakashi take off his clothes.

"I want you to come live with me." Kakashi said.

"I'm not living with you in this dump." Rhyllo pulled off his t-shirt and threw it in a pile of clothes in the corner of the room. He was taking off his pants now, but Rhyllo stared at his perfectly sculpted chest. It was beautiful; it was like she was in bed with a male underwear model or something. He was sexy. Aside from the fact that his eyes were mismatched and there was a light scar on his face, he could have been pulled from a magazine. Rhyllo looked down to see he was completely naked now and she unconsciously reached to squeeze his firm muscular thighs that were twice the size of her own. "You're so hot," She said. It was easy to forget this guy was a ninja, in perfect physical condition. Although Rhyllo was also a ninja, she never was very fit. She was just pretty average.

Rhyllo lied down on the bed and Kakashi hovered over her, taking off her panties which were already slightly wet from fantasising about his gorgeous body.

"I haven't done this for a while," Kakashi said, frowning. "But it's like riding a bike, right? You can't forget?"

"Yeah, let's hope so for both our sakes." Kakashi hesitated, hovering over her with his arms on either side of her holding him up. "Do you need a refresher or something?" She rubbed his sides and opened her legs up around him. "Come on, Kakashi." She pled softly. "What's wrong?"

"I just can't believe I'm in bed with you now. I love you, Rhyllo." He tried to get into a better position and then he found it.

"I love you too," Rhyllo said.

Rhyllo knew Kakashi liked kids, he taught them and cared very much for team seven, and she was sure that he wanted a few of his own. She sighed, elated at the news she got from her doctor that morning. Rhyllo didn't want to waste a minute, so she left her house to go find Kakashi. She wandered down to team seven's usual training place and there they all were. Kakashi was being yelled at by Naruto, Sakura was complaining to nobody in particular and Sasuke sat gloomily off to the side. "Hey guys!" She called, jogging over. Kakashi smiled at her and the rest of his team stared in awe of her. They never got used to 'someone as beautiful as you marrying such a pervert.' as Sakura put it.

"Hello!" Naruto said. He was so cute when he was calm and polite.

"Sorry to interrupt, but I have something to tell you guys."

"You're taking Naruto away and giving us someone who behaves instead?" Kakashi offered. Sasuke smirked. Rhyllo laughed.

"Better than that. I'm pregnant."

"Finallly." Sakura said. Sasuke gave her a genuine smile which Rhyllo had never seen before and would never forget.

"That didn't take too long!" Naruto said.

"You told them?" Rhyllo shouted at Kakashi. "You told them we were trying?"

"Rhyllo, dear, they're family. They had to know."

"What are you going to call it? Can I help deliver it?" Sakura said. She started freaking out in excitement. Naruto punched his sensei in the arm.

"Good work! I would never have thought you had it in you-"

"Shut up, Naruto." Kakashi said. "You guys can go home now, we'll meet tomorrow, same time same place. I'm going to walk my beautiful pregnant wife home." He put his arm around Rhyllo's shoulder and walked away. She waved to his team, who started arguing about something soon after you left.