A/N: Thank you all for your reviews, everyone. Sorry for the long wait. I've actually been working on another project, while working on this one at the same time. I'll probably mention it on my profile, seeing that I'm having too much fun doing this Naruto fanfic.

Anyway, in the next chapter, it's one that you've been waiting for. Kakashi is starting to realize his feelings for Rin and gets caught up in a few fantasies. hehehe. You shall see. Read and review, everyone. Thanks!

Shattered Reflection-Chapter 15

There was something different, he could tell. As soon as Kakashi stepped into his apartment, he sensed that there was something in there that hadn't been there before. He could feel a shiver going up his back as if he felt like there was going to be an attack. Slowly, he stepped into the dark room, cautiously looking around. Carefully, he began looking around, looking behind doors and everything that someone could be hiding. But he found nothing.

With a sigh, Kakashi rubbed the back of his neck and went over to his couch to lie down. He was a little exhausted after the day's events. He couldn't believe what had happened that day. He couldn't believe what had happened between him and Rin. He had come very close to kissing her and if it hadn't been for Naruto interrupting them, he'd probably be getting killed by Tsunade when she heard that he was hitting on her old student. He could already imagine Tsunade being in his apartment trying to kill him.

There. He heard it again. The footsteps in his apartment.

Kakashi quickly sat up, grabbing a kunai from his hip pouch to fling at whoever was in his apartment, only to freeze with alarm. His eye went wide at the sight of what was standing behind his couch. The only thought going through his mind was "Now that wasn't something you see every day."

Standing in the middle of his living room was Rin, wearing a silky red robe, which cut pretty short below her thighs. And what was more, she wasn't wearing pants. He could see her long, milky legs peering right at him from under the robe, while she stood there, looking very bashful.

"Kakashi." Rin spoke in a dreamy sort of way.

He swear he was going to get a nose bleed from this. This was something he got out of his books not real life. Wait a minute, was this a dream? If this surely was, please do NOT wake me up. He thought, as he inwardly smirked. "Uh, Rin…what are you doing?"

Rin tilted her head, looking as innocent as can be. "Kakashi, you do know how much I like you, right? I've always wanted you." She said taking a few bashful steps towards him. Kakashi felt his throat dry up as he tried to swallow. But for some reason he couldn't. He tried to sit up but as soon as he blinked, he was alarmed to see Rin was now bent over him, smiling almost seductively at him.

"Oh gods, Kakashi. You are such a perve, you know that?"

Kakashi blinked again and turned his head to see someone now standing in front of him and the couch, for strangely Rin had vanished. But his mind didn't have time to even register that she was gone. For standing before him was Obito Uchiha, and a dead one for that matter. He looked the same age as he did when he died, but he also looked the same when he DID die. There was blood all over him, his cloths were shredded and the right side of his face was smashed in as if a landslide had landed on him. He was pretty much decayed as well. "You are the most despicable friend, you know that? Moving on my girl, Kashi. Some friend you are!" Obito said dryly. "I know I'm dead, but come on!" He snapped at Kakashi.

"KAKASHI HATAKE! WAKE UP, YOU MORON!"

Kakashi jumped on the couch, feeling like he was flying in the air before he came crashing to the floor and into the coffee table.

"Ow." Kakashi muttered into the floor boards. He became very aware of what had just happened. He had been asleep on his couch, dreaming of Rin and it turned into a nightmare of a dead Obito. What was more, his knee had smashed into his coffee table and by the stabbing pain in it, he just broke his knee cap. Kakashi winced as he tried to push himself up, before he realized that there really was someone in his apartment. He lift his head quickly, immediately recognizing Tsunade's feet then he looked up to see her staring dryly at him. Next to him, there was a wincing Jiraiya.

"That looked like it hurt." The Fifth Hokage said, just as dryly as she looked.

Kakashi groaned again as he tried to pull himself off the floor, wincing when his knee ached again. "No shit." He muttered bitterly before plopping himself down on the couch. Jiraiya chuckled as he tilted his head to the side. He had found that rather amusing. Not only moments before, he and Tsunade had came to Kakashi's apartment and had spent five minutes knocking on the door. When Kakashi didn't answer, Tsunade got impatient and kicked the door open. Her temper was still as fiery as ever. "Have a nightmare?" The Legendary Pervert asked.

"It's none of your business, Jiraiya." Grumbled Kakashi as he tried to examine his knee to see how bad it was.

Jiraiya laughed again, as if he understood before he really started grinning. "Ah, I see. You were having a wet dream. Good for you, the student of my student!" He then pointed at Kakashi. "Your nose is bleeding, by the way."

Kakashi's eye snapped wide open as he realized that his mask had slipped a little to below his nose and that it was a little damp. He inwardly cursed knowing exactly why his nose was bleeding. 'That's it!' He thought as he leaned his head back to slow the flow. 'I am not reading Icha Icha anymore before I go to sleep!'

Tsunade rolled her eyes while her former team mate continued to laugh at Kakashi before she turned and slug him in the chest to shut him up. As expected, the pervert doubled over, gasping for air. She turned back to Kakashi and took two stomps towards him, slapping her hand onto his broken knee. And as expected, Kakashi jumped with a loud yelp of pain, his eye tightly shut as he tried to keep himself from actually screaming. "Kakashi, I don't want to know who you were dreaming about, nor do I want to hear the details in Jiraiya's behalf!" Tsunade snapped as she concentrated her chakra through his pants and began healing the broken kneecap. "Kakashi, we have a really big problem that I need you to deal with."

Kakashi swallowed hard as he kept his eyes shut as the Fifth Hokage was healing his knee. It wasn't exactly comfortable with her healing it. But then again, she really didn't care too much about his pain right now. He was one of the top ninja that really annoyed her. So he knew she was not going to be gentle on his behalf. "What is it?" He muttered once she finished healing his bones.

"There are five ANBU dead, Hatake."

Kakashi's eye shot open and he looked at Tsunade as she stood up and backed away. He gave her a surprised look before he stood up and faced her. "What?"

Now Jiraiya looked serious, now longer finding Kakashi's embarrassment hilarious. So if he wasn't laughing, the situation wasn't funny at all. And he usually wasn't serious. "Last night, someone got past the guards. The alarm wasn't sounded when it should have been because that someone killed the guards who were suppose to sound the alarm." He shook his head as he glanced at Tsunade.

"Accordingly, late last night, one of the ANBU were at the medical clinic and had heard Shizune give a shout in her office. Suspicious, he went to investigate. There were papers everywhere but he didn't think anything of it. He was going to leave when someone cut him down from the shadows and killed him. That was the first." Tsunade told Kakashi. "I have a few reports that this morning, five ANBU were found dead, along with six Jounin who were on watch last night at the western gates. So we have lost eleven ninja to an intruder."

Kakashi grew very grim as he could only think of one person that would kill eleven of their ninja. "Zangetsu." He said knowingly.

"We're pretty sure it was Caligo Zangetsu." Jiraiya said as he folded his arms. "We do have a witness though. Mr. Chow near the west gates, he said he saw a group of men, all in black, kill the western gate Jounin, while carrying two women."

Even grimmer, Kakashi narrowed his eye at his sensai's old sensai. "And Shizune? She was one of the women?" He received a nod from Tsunade and the perverted ninja. "And the other? Who was the other?"

"Hinata Hyuuga." The Fifth Hokage announced between her teeth.

Kakashi winced to hear that. He knew for a fact that there was going to be A LOT of trouble with the Hyuuga Clan, and Naruto, when they find out about Hinata's abduction. Of course, the Clan might already know about it. "Ouch. What was Hiashi Hyuuga and Neji's reaction to that?"

Tsunade looked weary to even think about that but she shook her head as she rubbed the bridge of her nose. "When I told Hiashi, he reacted just as I thought he would. He trashed his house in a rage that terrified his servants. As for Neji, I'm not sure just yet. He's on a training mission with Rock Lee and Tenten but we have sent a messenger after them to abort the mission due to the fact that it's Neji's cousin who's in danger." Her lips curved upward though. "But I'm pretty sure that his reaction is going to be worst than his uncle's. Seeing that he and Hinata have gotten close because of that loud mouth former student of yours."

Kakashi winced as he thought about Naruto again. He knew for a fact that Naruto didn't know about Hinata yet. Because if he did, everyone in the entire villa would have knew about it by now because that knuckleheaded ninja would have the biggest fit ever. Even bigger than Lord Hiashi and Neji's fits put together. The entire village probably would have heard him if he knew about it.
"As you might have guessed," Tsunade said dully as she folded her arms in front of Kakashi. "Naruto doesn't know yet. That's why I want you, Kakashi, to break it to him and your students."

Kakashi sighed as he ran his fingers through his silver-white hair and shook his head. "Man, put me on the spot, why don't you?" he shook his head as he moved towards his bedroom, seeing that he had made a mess out of his mask. He needed to get a new one, which no one actually knew that he had a collection of masks that he used. "Does Rin know about this? Her, Sen and Chiro?"

Both Tsunade and Jiraiya glanced at one another before they looked back at him, not moving as he moved into the next room. They couldn't see him anymore but they knew he was listening. "What do you think, Kakashi? Of course they know. When we heard about the intruders, we went straight to them and asked them if it was Caligo or not. I don't know what the hell the Zangetsu brothers look like." The Fifth Hokage said grumpily. "I tell you what, they are not happy at all."

"How did Rin take it?" Kakashi asked as he tore his mask off of his face and brought a new one out.

Tsunade rolled her eyes with a little annoyance as she waited impatiently for Kakashi to come back out of the room. But once he did with a fresh, clean mask, she shook her head. "Didn't I just say it, Hatake? They were not happy at ALL! In fact, Rin's going on a guilt trip right now. She think its her fault that this happened. She actually had the nerve to say that if she would have not brought Sen here, Caligo and Sei Zangetsu wouldn't have followed them here and they wouldn't have kidnapped…...!" She cut off short as soon as she saw a flash of silver rush right past her and slammed the door open.

"Lock the door on your way out!" Kakashi yelled over his shoulder before he was gone.

Tsunade just stood there, looking very alarmed before she glanced at a smiling Jiraiya, who seemed to understand exactly what just happened. He covered his mouth with one hand and shook his head. But then he glanced at Tsunade as she gave him a suspicious look. "What?"

"What the heck was that about?" The Fifth Hokage asked moodily.

Jiraiya shrugged as he looked back at the door, lazily. "I have no clue." He lied. He knew exactly what it was about but he wasn't sure what Tsunade's saying would be. He knew very well how much Rin meant to the woman, for she meant that much to him. He knew for a fact that long ago, even though she was not the strongest in their team, Rin had been Minato's favorite. He had cared about her like a daughter and in a way, Jiraiya felt the same way. That girl, who was now a woman, was special. Almost as special as Sakura Haruno was.

Of course, there was the fact that he just thought up a great new Icha Icha story to write and it made him chuckle evilly and rub his hands. Tsunade just sighed with a sweat drop on the side of her face as she made her way out of Kakashi's apartment. "I am not even going to ask." She muttered before she left.

At Rin's new apartment, the three of them were sitting in silence, a deep cloud of misery hovering over their heads. Rin was curled up on the futon, looking at her hands with sorrow and guilt. She felt so guilty for what happened to the two medical nin. She knew she had to do something to help them. Maybe she should try and trade herself for them. She knew that she'd probably die for it but she had do something.

"Rin….." Sen said weakly as she wiped tears from her eyes. "What….what are we going to do?"

Rin lowered her gaze to the floor while shaking her head but then she let her honey colored eyes flicker over to her charge. "I don't know but you are not going to do anything. Chiro," She said as she stood. "Please, watch over Sen."

Chiro frowned, almost looking as if he already knew what was on her mind. "Rin, don't even think about it. If you think trading your life for those two medical ninja are going to help……" He was saying. Rin gave him a sharp look, though her eyes were filling with tears. She even clenched her hands into fists, almost digging her nails into her palms. "Chiro, I may be Sen's charge, but so are you. And I have a duty to my own village. I was a Shinobi long before I became Sen's bodyguard. I'm placing you in charge of her now. I HAVE to go save those two Shinobi medics!" She said as she turned and started towards the door.

Sen was immediately in tears as she stood up and hurried over to Rin. She threw her arms around the kunoichi, holding onto her as if she was dying. "Please, Rin! Don't go! Please!" She begged, burying her face into Rin's back. Rin stopped moving towards the door and let out a long sigh. She knew that this was hurting Sen pretty bad. Gently, she turned around and wrapped her arms around Sen. "Sen, I love you too. But I have a duty to fulfill. I am a Leaf Shinobi. My duty is to my village. I'm protecting you because you are my friend, and your father hired me to protect you. But I still have to protect my village too. I'm sorry." She then pulled away. With a sudden rush to the door, she was gone.

"No." Sen whispered before she fell to her knees and began to cry.

Chiro sighed as he just stood there watching her. He wanted to comfort her but he knew it wouldn't do any good. He thought Rin was being very stupid right now. Giving her life to Caligo and Sei Zangetsu was probably not going to save the two medical ninja that they had kidnapped the night before.

Suddenly there was a sound of someone running and then a screech as Kakashi appeared before the door, looking around. He noticed Sen first, then Chiro but no Rin. His face fell as he quickly looked around. "Where's Rin?!" He gasped under his mask. Chiro and Sen both looked at him; the girl still crying hard. She immediately stood up and threw herself at Kakashi, startling him. He only stood his ground and caught her, holding her close. "Sen, what's wrong? Where's Rin…..?"

"Kakashi, you have to stop her! Please!" Sen gasped into his chest. "She's going to get herself killed if she goes after Caligo!"

Kakashi's eyes widened as he immediately pulled away, his hands on Sen's shoulders. He gave her a very alarmed look but then looked at Chiro. "What?!" he exclaimed. Chiro nodded as he folded his powerful arms over his chest. He knew that if there was one person who could, and would talk sense into Rin, it would be Kakashi. "Rin just left to go find Caligo and Sei. She wants to trade her life for the medics that Caligo kidnapped last night." He told him.

"Dammit! Rin! You idiot!" Kakashi cursed loudly before he turned and dashed down the hall and out of view. Chiro just smiled as he went over and put an arm around Sen. He knew that Kakashi would probably catch up to Rin in no time. It was best to leave it in his hands. So without a word, he closed the door and drew Sen towards the futon where they would wait for Rin and Kakashi to come back.

Rin was running along the tops of the trees as fast as she could; her face twisted with determination, yet hatred for the Zangetsu brothers. She was going to make them pay. She swore it. She was going to save the medical ninja that Caligo had taken. She knew that if she didn't, the two, Shizune and Hinata would probably die. She knew that Caligo would probably kill them once they finished healing Sei. And if that every happened, she swore by her own blood, she would kill both of the Shadoai.

"Rin! Stop right there! NOW!!"

Startled, she almost fell out of the tree she had tried to come to a screeching halt in. She had to catch herself on the branch she almost fell off of before turning around to see Kakashi practically materialize right out of the air. He was breathing really hard as if he had been running really fast, which he probably had been. Still, him being there surprised the kunoichi. "Ka-Kakashi." She said breathlessly.

"Where do you think you are going, Rin?" Kakashi asked as he stood in front of her, his arms folded over his chest.

Rin frowned deeply before she turned away and hopped down from the tree, only to be followed by the Copy Ninja. She began walking away, but had to stop when her old friend snatched her arm, pulling her back. "Kakashi! Just let go of me!" She told him as she tried to pull away, tears filling her eyes. "I've got to go save them! This is my entire fault!"

"Stop blaming yourself for things that isn't your fault, Rin! Everything that goes wrong is not your fault!" Kakashi told her sternly as he refused to let her go.

Rin turned to face him, glaring hard into his one good eye. "Kakashi! If I wouldn't have come back here, none of this would have happened! Konoha is in danger because of me! And now Shizune is in trouble! I led Caligo and Sei here!" She told him as she finally yanked away and folded her arms around herself. "How can you say that it isn't my fault?! My mother sure thinks so! Because of me, my father is dead!" She exclaimed. Kakashi glared at her, his fists balled onto his hips. "Rin, you're mother is a foolish woman! She is angry at you for something that you didn't do!" He told her. "And throwing your life away like this isn't going to help Shizune and Hinata! We have to plan this right." He told her.

"I have my plan, Kakashi." Rin said dryly. "I'm going to find Caligo and Sei and kill them so that they don't endanger Konoha, you, Naruto, Sen or anyone else." She turned to leave again but Kakashi quickly moved around her, blocking her path. She gave him a dirty look for it and tried to move around him but he kept moving to block her. "Kakashi! Just stop it! It's my life! If I want to die killing Caligo and Sei, then it's my choice!"

Kakashi just shook his head as he moved again when she tried to go around him. "And it's my choice to stop you from killing yourself!" He said sharply. "I won't let you do it, Rin!"

Rin looked at him fiercely with tear filled eyes, her face twisted with anger. She just didn't understand why he would let her die. Why wouldn't he let her go? "Why not? If we were teenagers still, you would have." She said bitterly before turning away. "Because you promised Obito to look after me? Well, I don't want you to keep that promise, Kakashi. What do I matter to you?" She told him spitefully.

"We are still a team, Rin." Kakashi said, sounding a little stressed.

Rin lowered her head, her eyes tightly shut. She did not want to get into an argument with him right now. She just wanted to go find the Zangetsu brothers and just get it over and done with. She just wanted to free Shizune and Hinata. "Kakashi, the team is broken! Team Minato no longer exists! We've lost Obito and we've lost Master Minato. We are not a team anymore. I died the day Obito did." She told him before she started to walk away again.

However, Kakashi lashed out and caught her arm again, pulling her back. "Rin, I refuse to let you do this to yourself. We are what's left of Team Minato. Master Minato would want us to survive. He would want us to carry on." He told her.

"Kakashi," Rin spoke slowly before looking up at him with tear-filled eyes. "I am like a broken mirror. A shattered reflection. My heart can't take the pain anymore. I can't take the rejection or allow anyone to suffer because of me. I'm sorry, but I have to go. I have to do this." She said in a low voice before she slowly pulled her arm out of Kakashi's grip. "You've rejected me once. You can do it again."

She turned away again but had to stop when he seized her shoulders and forced her to spin around. Before she could say anything else to make him let her go, she was startled enough to feel his arms wrap around her, pulling her into a crushing embrace while his lips came crashing down on hers. Everything seemed to freeze for Rin. She was taken by so much surprise and she couldn't believe that this was happening. Not with Kakashi Hatake. He was kissing her, even through his mask. She wondered if he was just trying to distract her. In a way, it was working. She didn't feel like pulling away anymore. She just stood there, awestruck.

Finally after a long few seconds, Kakashi pulled away, turning sharply away and closing his eyes. "Sorry." He muttered.

Rin just slowly shook her head as she reached up and touched her lips. She still could feel his lips on hers, could still feel the heat on them. She couldn't believe he had done that. Not to her. It was strange as it was. Kakashi Hatake had actually kissed her. Her childhood crush. She frowned as she looked up at him, seeing how annoyed he was with himself. He was even cursing silently for what he just did. Rin tilted her head, frowning even more softly and thoughtfully before she reached up, grabbing the collar of his vest and making him turn and face her.

Before he could speak, Rin reached up and grabbed the fabric covering his chin and pulled it down. His eyes widened in surprise but he found himself unable to stop her. He couldn't help but just stare into her liquid brown eyes as she looked up into his. He didn't even seem aware that she had just pulled down his mask till it was under his chin. Rin tilted her head as she looked at Kakashi's clean shaven, scar-less (other than the scar covering his left eye but that was hidden still under his forehead protector), but very handsome face. Rin narrowed her eyes a little in thought before it softened as she continued to look into his eye. She smiled softly as she slid one hand behind his head and carefully pulled it down towards her. She was glad that he didn't even resist and happier when he decided to go with the flow and dipped his head down until their lips met one another's.

It was their very first kiss, other than the one that Kakashi just given her. This time, they kissed with such passion.

Several moments, they were returning to the village, side by side after having a silent word. They knew that now was not the time to try and find the Zangetsu brothers. Still, hand in hand, they moved towards Konoha to tell Kakashi's students what had happened.

As she was starting to return to reality, her head was pounding as if she had gotten drunk off of sake. But she knew for a fact that she hadn't gotten drunk off of sake. She didn't even drink it if she could help it. Too many experiences with Tsunade had her terrified of getting drunk, much less drinking at all.

"Owe." She moaned as she reached up and rubbed her forehead, her eyes still closed.

But when a timid hand touched her shoulder, she froze with surprise. It took her a moment to gather the courage to open her eyes and look at who was touching her. She was only half relieved to see Hinata looking down at her with worry. "Hinata…." She then realized that they were in a darkened, but unfamiliar room. She jerked up to a sitting position, wincing only a little as she felt the pounding in her head again before looking around. It was a cabin. And there was a futon close by with a man sleeping on it. Next to it, was her captor.

Caligo was watching Hinata and Shizune with his dark eyes, but he was being patient for them to recover. He had watched the young girl, Hinata wake up and look around with fear. But she hadn't said anything to him or tried to escape. She only crawled over to the older woman and held onto her tightly, waiting for her to awaken. In the mean time, he kept glancing over at Sei, waiting for him to wake up next. He had been asleep since before he left to kidnap the new medical ninja. Caligo would now and then look back at the woman who had tried to poison him. He couldn't help but just stare at her as she had slept. He found her very interesting. She might have not been able to put up much a fight with him the night before, but she did have a lot of courage. So did the young one. But he found the woman a whole lot more interesting. Not only was she brave, but she was actually rather attractive.

Now that she was awake, he just looked into her terrified brown eyes as she looked into his black ones. The Shadoai almost smirked to see the terror immediately melt away, turning into a very bold and brave look. She was looking at him fiercely, almost dangerously.

"You!" She snapped as she pulled away from Hinata and started to push herself up to her feet. "You kidnapped us! How dare you!"

Hinata cringed in fear as she tried to stand up and hold Shizune back from rushing at the dangerous Shadoai, not that she needed to. Shizune was not stupid enough to go near Caligo, especially when she was feeling too dizzy at the moment. "Shi-Shizune." The young girl whimpered while holding onto her arm. Shizune only glanced at her before wrapping an arm around her and holding her close. "It's okay, Hinata. I won't let him hurt you." She told her, trying to sound convinced herself. She then turned her eyes back onto Caligo, glaring hard at him. "What do you want from us?! Why have you taken us from Konoha?!"

Caligo just looked at her lazily before he tilted his head to look down at Sei, who was somewhat stirring. He was quiet for a moment then he looked back at Shizune. "I told you last night. I've brought you here to heal my brother, Sei, which one of your ninja tried to kill." He dipped his head, looking her right in the eye, ignoring the fact that she was glaring at him. "You will heal him completely. And if you so much as try to hurt him more, I will intervene." His eyes now narrowed dangerously. "And believe me. You do not want that to happen."

"And if I refuse to heal him?!" Shizune asked savagely. "What will you do if I do that?!"

Caligo looked annoyed for a brief second before he smirked and turned away from them. And as he did, he vanished in a black cloud. Both Shizune and Hinata jumped with alarm but before they even try to look around for where he went, Hinata was yanked away from Shizune making them both cry out. For behind Hinata, holding up a long bladed kunai to her throat, Caligo had appeared. He was holding Hinata tightly against his chest, the point of the kunai nearly touching the young girl's throat.

"No!" Shizune gasped but she didn't move. She knew that if she did, Caligo would probably slit Hinata's throat.

Caligo just nodded while smirking at her. "That's what I thought. You refuse or try to hurt my brother anymore than he already is, your young friend will die." He warned her before he roughly pushed Hinata away and into Shizune's arms. "Now, if you are hungry, I can have one of my men make something to eat. But as soon as you are fed, you will get to work. I want him healed by the end of the day." He grinned at the fierce look on Shizune's face. "Do you want to question me any further?"
Shizune glared at him but she sighed and nodded. She looked down at the frightened look on Hinata's face. "Give Hinata some food. I will start now and will eat later." She told him before she looked over at the slumbering Sei. She glanced at Hinata, who was trembling terribly before giving Caligo a dark look and pulling the young girl with her to sit next to Sei's bedside. "But I swear, if you ever threat Hinata again, I will kill you."

Caligo didn't seem to care for that threat, even though he seemed one that would. He just smirked at her before motioning her to Sei. "You may begin." He then turned with a swish of his black cloak and called for one of his men, giving them an order to make food for the medical ninja.