Disclaimer: as far as I know I still don't own Naruto...but I'm trying! Until then, I hope you enjoy my fantasy as much as I do lol :P
A.N. Each chapter will be a meeting between Mika and Naruto, and this one I need a little help. Mika has a nameless brother, so please if you have suggestions let me know! Oh and there are a few hints to Karuka/Ikashi (KakashixIruka/IrukaxKakashi for those who don't know what I meant)
Accidents Happen
The second time they met - it was about three months after her first run in with him - her team had been assigned to infiltrate Konohagakuru and obtain information about the Hokage and a ninja boy who apparently was the host of the nine-tailed fox demon, Kyubi. She had split up from the rest of her team to wander around the village. She was passing by a ramen stand when a loud voice caught her attention.
"But Iruka-sensei, I want one more bowl!"
"Forget it Naruto! You've already had six bowls and, until just now, failed to tell me you were broke! I'm not paying for eight bowls of ramen!" shouted a second voice that sounded very angry.
"Please Iruka-sensei, just one more!" Naruto pleaded.
"No! Now get down to the training fields before you're late!"
"Psht, like me being late will make a difference. Kakashi-sensei's always two hours late, so what should it matter if I'm a few minutes?"
Naruto and his companion - the man named Iruka - walked out of the stand, and Mika found herself wondering why he - Iruka - was blushing. Both Konoha ninja must have been distracted, because next thing Mika knew, Naruto had walked right into her and both of them fell to the ground.
"Watch where you're walking!" Naruto snapped
"You ran into me! I think you should be watching where you're walking!" she snapped back.
Naruto untangled himself from her and stood up.
"Hey, it's you again, what are you doing here?" he exclaimed, when he recognized her.
"Naruto, don't be so rude. You knocked her down, so help her to her feet," Naruto's friend scolded.
"Huh?"
The older man sighed and offered a hand to Mika. She blushed, but took his hand none the less. Once on her feet she smiled and thanked him.
"Nah, don't mention it. Someone has to be courteous when Naruto's involved. Are you alright, he didn't break anything, did he?" Iruka asked.
"Yes, I'm fine, thank you for asking."
"Hey, stop ignoring me! I asked you a question!" Naruto interrupted.
"Sorry, Naruto. I'm here because I'm visiting a cousin," Mika explain. She was able to lie so quickly because she had made up an excuse, for being in Konoha, before she and her team had arrived.
"Wait, you know her, Naruto?" the eldest inquired.
"'Course I do. I met her in Suna. She helped me find Sasuke. Remember when we had that mission? Well. Sasuke-teme ran off and I couldn't find him. So...what was your name again?" Naruto asked turning to look at her.
"Mika."
"Right, so Mika helped me find Sasuke," he finished turning back to Iruka.
"Well that was nice of her," the older man commented.
"Ne, ne, Iruka-sensei, do you think Kakashi-sensei would mind if I invited Mika-chan to training? She could come and watch!" Naruto exclaimed.
"I'll ask him, but I doubt he'll be paying much attention to what I'm saying. He'll probably have other things on his mind."
"Huh?" Naruto asked, cocking his head to the side.
"Um... I mean...never mind...I uh gotta go, I'll talk to you later. Nice meeting you Mika," Iruka babbled, blushing redder then a tomato (AN: or as I like to say, "Redder then Gaara's hair!") Iruka wandered off without letting either Naruto or Mika reply.
"Riiight...anyway, would you like to come to practice with me? You can meet my other teammates, Sakura and Kakashi-sensei. Sensei'll be late, as he always is, but Sakura's really nice," Naruto asked; turning to Mika after Iruka had disappeared.
"Uh...sure, but I can't stay too long, my te...cousin might get worried," Mika accepted, wondering how well the loudmouthed blond could spar.
"Great, follow me!" he yelled, grabbing her hand, and leading her down the road to, she assumed, the training grounds.
When they arrived, Mika saw Sasuke sitting under a tree relaxing and a girl with bubblegum-pink hair sitting beside him. She was staring at him like he was some god to worship.
"Sasuke-teme, you lazy baka, get up!" Naruto shouted, startling - Mika assumed - Sakura.
"Naruto, shut up, you'll wake him up!" Sakura shouted.
"And you shouting in my ear won't?" growled Sasuke.
"Who's with you, Naruto? I could sense her chakra since you two were about a block away," he added.
"Oh, this is Mika-chan, don't you remember her? She helped me find you when we were in Suna."
"And why is there a sand village ninja in Konoha?" Sasuke demanded.
"I-I'm not a ninja, I-I'm just here visiting m-m-my cousin," she stammered, trying to sound nervous.
This boy was smart and if she wasn't careful she might be found out, which would jeopardize her team's mission, and she didn't want to do that. No matter what Konoha did to her, her punishment, once home, would be far worse.
"Do you think Kakashi-sensei will mind if she stays to watch us train? I know its just genjutsu we're working on, so he shouldn't mind too much, should he?" Naruto asked his teammates.
"Not at all Naruto, if your friend wants to stay and watch let her," came a voice from behind he and Mika.
They both jumped in shock and spun around to see a man with grey hair; a mask on his lower face and his headband covering his left eye, standing directly behind them. Mika squeaked and fell backwards onto her butt.
"Kakashi-sensei! What are you doing here so early?" Naruto and Sakura shouted in unison.
"Eh, I decided to skip the path of life today," the masked man replied with a shrug, "I'll go later I guess, there's nothing more enjoyable then a late night on the path of life."
"Tch, pervert," Mika heard Sasuke mumble.
"What was that Sasuke?" his sensei asked.
"I said you're a pervert! What makes you think I we want to hear about your sex life?"
"Who said I was talking about sex?"
"Oh come on, it's pretty obvious you're talking about it. I mean you'd have to be Naruto not to realize it."
"Yeah what he said..." Naruto replied, "...wait...Sasuke you teme! Did you just call me slow?!"
"Uh yeah, and you just proved my point, dobe."
"Don't call me dobe, teme!"
"I'll stop calling you dobe when you stop calling me teme!"
"Boys enough! Stop fighting and let's train. Mia, you can go sit over there and watch if you like," Kakashi instructed, pointing to a large black stone, that Mika had an odd
feeling was a cenotaph.
She nodded her head, got up off the ground and walked over to the stone. She nodded her head slightly, when she was close enough to see there were names written on the black stone. After she sat down something occurred to her.
"How did he know my name?" she asked herself out loud.
"I knew you brother, you look very much like him," a voice said from behind her again. She squeaked again and fell to the ground...again.
"How did...when...you knew my brother?"
"Yes Hitari was a very nice man. He was constantly talking about his sweet little sister Mika, and how she wanted to be a 'ninda like her big bwoder.'"
"So you know who...or should I say what I am?" she asked quietly, ashamed she had been found out and had ruined the mission.
"Yes I know. But if you're anything like your brother, who I'm sure you are; I'm not worried about you. However your teammates..." he cut himself short when there was a shout from Naruto.
"Kakashi-sensei, Mika-chan, look out!"
Mika and Kakashi looked up to see a surge of chakra heading toward them. Kakashi was out of the way in seconds, but Mika wasn't quick enough and was hit head on by the energy. Her vision got fuzzy and she started to feel dizzy. She could just make out the others running toward her before everything went black and she passed out.
When she woke up, she was in a gown lying in a hospital bed; Kakashi sitting in a chair beside her bed.
"Ah you're finally awake. We were worried Naruto had sent you into or coma, or worse killed you," Kakashi said looking up from and orange book in his hand.
"H-how..." she rasped out, her throat extremely sore.
"You've been out for about three weeks," he told her.
She shot up and stared at him wide eyed.
"Th-th-three..."
"Yes, but don't strain yourself. The chakra, Naruto hit you with, super charged your body. It couldn't handle all the extra chakra and shut down."
Taking deep breaths, she sat back in the bed and gestured to Kakashi 'pen and paper.'
"I'll be right back then."
He got up and walked out of the room. Instead of Kakashi walking back through the door, however, it was a blond, with a very large bust, who did.
"So you're Mika, the genin kunoichi from Suna?" the women asked.
"..." Mika remained silent, and not only because it hurt to talk.
"My name is Lady Tsunade; I'm the med-nin who took care of you. I'm also the current Hokage, and I was informed that your team - who left two weeks ago without you - was found out. We knew you were here as soon as you crossed the border into the Fire Country. Kakashi has explained to me who you are. I knew your brother as well; he has a very kind heart. When Konoha and Suna were still allies, I had the pleasure of working with Hitari for a while. You were all he could talk about," the women explained.
Mika blushed and looked down at her hands. She had been found out and when she returned home she'd be punished severely.
"Pl..."
"No, no talking for now. You need to rest and heal," Tsunade interrupted. Mika nodded her head as Kakashi came back in holding a pad of paper and a pen in his hand. He handed them to her then turned to Tsunade.
"Now tat she's awake, I'll be leaving. Naruto will want to know she's alright. Thank you for your kindness Tsunade-sama. Hitari would have thanked you for being so merciful to his sister. After all she was all he had left."
Mika quickly scribbled something on the paper and handed it to Kakashi.
'Thank you. My brother thanks you.'
"You're welcome Mika, anything for the family of a good friend," he replied. He handed the notepad back then left.
"I'm shocked, a stranger, from a village we're at war with, got Kakashi Hatake to stay in a hospital for three weeks. The only other person able to do that is Umino, and that's only because of the fact that Iruka bribes Kakashi into staying," Tsunade commented.
Mika's eyes widened for a fraction of a second and then she wrote on the paper and showed it to Tsunade.
'What did you say his name was?'
"Kakashi Hatake."
'The famous Copy-nin?' Mika scribbled down.
"Yep that's him."
'But he seems so kind. I heard that he was a cruel ruthless killer.'
"Nah, not Kakashi. Even when he has to kill, he's neither cruel nor ruthless. Kakashi is a good man, a little unorthodox, but a good man."
'I'm glad it was he, and not someone else, who found me then.'
"I'm sure most others would have been as kind. Hitari was well known in Konoha. He was a skillful med-nin and helped train many of our own. Now, you need to rest, I'll come back to check on you in a little while."
Tsunade left, Mika set her pen and paper on the table beside her bed and got comfortable so she could sleep.
So there's chapter 2 hope you enjoyed. please review!
I'll post up chapter 3 as soon as I'm finished.
I apologize if there are spelling mistakes, this hasn't been beta'd yet, so there probably are a few. I'll send this off to my lovely Lovely Spell as soon as I can get a hold of him.