Chapter 19- The Test

~Tsukiko's POV~

Kakashi kissed me... We've finally had a no mask legit kiss! BUT I CANT SEE IT! Seriously though…I would suffer through hell all over again if was able to be with him like this forever. He's a very strong person…not only strong but incredibly wise and I've loved his sense of strategy. He's always has this interesting yet cool way of protecting…his calmness is admirable and makes me love him even more. If he was angry or unstable and unfocused during an emotional mission, I don't know what to do. Same goes for if he was ever in a situation where he had no idea how to get out of something, that's how I know he's in real trouble. He's my pillar…he's always been a strong pillar for me and for his team. He's strong in the times when I am not…I know this from spying on him and the others from time to time these past few years. Every time I was sad or felt like losing myself to insanity in hell, I would go and watch him teach or protect his team mates and my Naruto and immediately remember that I have to stay strong too…I fall in love with him more and more every day.

"Almost 12 years…why didn't we do this before?" He finally whispered after we slowly parted lips.

The softness of his lips is unreal. I'm sure he puts Chap Stick on in the morning and then his mask, it keeps his lips soft and less likely to chap as fast. Why am I obsessed with his lips all of a sudden!? I guess it's because this was my first real kiss and his fit perfectly with mine.

He rested his chilled forehead protector on mine and we closed our eyes. I don't think he noticed how quick I was to unzip his jounin vest and rub circles into his back during the kiss.

"Things would have been unbearable if we were intimate before my death." I said quietly as I rubbing my right leg up and down his left side intimately and unconsciously.

"Things may have been different though if we were that way. I wouldn't have let you join the anbu." He then said.

Even if you tried…the deal my mother made still would have happened either way.

"There was no way of stopping my fate Kakashi. I was supposed to die at that time. My mother is the one that made me deal with that fate."

"What? Your mother?" He said in surprise as he got up.

"She traded my life for her health before I was born." I said as I gently pushed him up.

"Kiki...I don't know what to say. You were dead before you even got a chance to live." He said sadly after sitting up.

"No need to dwell about it. My mother is alive now and living elsewhere. I forgive her for what she did…it took me a long time but I forgave her. I just want to start being happy for once…just to see what it's like. That starts with you and the village." I said with a heartwarming smile.

I didn't hear very much from him but I think he was smiling.

"Well we will start as soon as tomorrow but for now, its bed time." He said in his sexy husky voice before I felt him grasp my waist with his strong arms and lift me up.

I felt that his vest was still undone so I was able to feel his muscles flex before he picked me up and ran us home with unbelievable speed.

"-giggles- ninja speed is so much more fun when your blind." I said happily after he placed me down inside his entrance.

"I think you're having way too much fun being blind."

"I'm actually used to it now. I only have one more week right?" I said as I calculated the time.

"You're adorable looking when you think." He said before I felt him gently guide me against the wall and then stroke my sides with his hands.

"Ka..kakashi.." I muttered in shock as I felt the butterflies once again go on a rampage.

He gently yet eagerly kissed me again and continued to pin me against the wall.

"You've been gone for way too long…sometimes I fear that when I wake up in the morning…you'd be gone and it'd be like this never happened." He said as I felt his forehead rest in the nape of my neck.

"Shhh I'm here. I'm really here and I don't plan on leaving for a long time. It seems a bit strange though…I feel like it's all going so fast…like we were 16 and 19 yesterday and now 12 years older today." I said as I stroked his soft silver hair.

"Looks like we need to make up for lost time then." He said quietly as he continued to snuggle into my neck.

Things were finally looking up between us…maybe it was good that Tsunade placed us together again.

~One Week Later~

"Well look at that! Good as new." Tsunade said happily after unraveling the bandages.

I kept my eyes closed but touched my face to see if the scars were there and sure enough they were but they were only the size of a hair…barely noticeable. I then gently tried lifting my eyelids and smiled widely when I noticed that my vision was clearing up like ripples settling into a calm water. I looked around to see that Naruto, Kakashi, Sakura, and Tsunade were all in a bright hospital room with me smiling like idiots. I couldn't tell from Kakashi since his mask was on but he looked pretty happy.

Yes! Now that I can see, I can finally kiss Kakashi and figure out what's under his mask for REAL!

"Onee-san how's your vision?" I suddenly heard Naruto say on Tsunade's left side.

"Naruto? You look just like your father." I said with a bit of shock since I saw the resemblance as clear as day.

"My father?" Naruto asked curiously.

"Yes…you look just like him… I missed you so much little brother!" I said happily as I stood up quickly and surprised Naruto with a big heartwarming hug.

"Big sister is here now…no more being alone." I said to him as I felt some tears coming as I held him tightly.

"Onee-san..." He said happily in the hug. I could tell he was about to cry too.

"You're so tall! I mean the last time I truly got to hold you, you barely mastered walking all by yourself! You are such a handsome young man now." I said as I rubbed his spiked yellow hair and smiled like an idiot.

"I have so many questions for you! I can't wait for you and I to catch up. Believe it!" He said with a wide teethy grin.

"That will all happen in time but for now, we need to figure out a test for Tsukiko so we can place her in a rank…that's if she wishes to stay in the village and remain a ninja." Tsunade said.

"What a silly question! Of course I am and I'm ready!" I said.

"Tsunade Sama and I spoke earlier about what we should test you on. We decided that you will be fighting Asuma, Kurenai, Gai, and me along with two anbu at once. We want to see how much you were able to learn since you were gone for so long. Please don't hold back." Kakashi said as he kept one hand in his pocket and looked casual.

"I love me a good challenge. Can we use summons?" I asked him curiously.

"Yes. In fact, I will be using mine as well." He replied with a hidden smirk.

"Granny this will be so totally wicked! Can I come watch too!?" Naruto asked with excitement.

"As long as you stay out of the way Naruto. This is not your test so if you cannot interfere." Tsunade stated.

"LET'S GET THIS STARTED!" I said with excitement before stretching and pumping my fist in the air.

~Outside Konoha's Gates~

"I have brought Yagou here to help me sense everyone's positions and Hinata to watch chakra flows. You will be tested in the woods. Knowing all of you, this would be messy. You will be testing for 24 hours so wait until 3:00 p.m before you finish." Tsunade said.

"Don't go easy on me! Especially you two!" I said as I pointed to the anbu.

"Hai Kiki-chan." They said to me.

"Begin!" Tsunade said and we all disappeared into the woods.

~Yagou's POV~ (Author's note: Yagou is the purple haired anbu from earlier in the series when the chuunin exam began)

I could see that all of them were successfully able to hide. My fellow anbu are well hidden within the trees like Kurenai-chan. Asuma and Gai are closest to where I last spotted Tsukiko but the problem is…I can't even sense her presence!

"Tsunade-sama, I can't even sense Tsukiko's presence anywhere." I said as I looked out at the field.

"What do you mean? Is it like she's not even out there?" Tsunade asked with a bit of surprise.

"Where did she go?" Naruto asked with a bit of shock himself.

"I can see her chakra. She's hiding in the ground just below Asuma Sensai. Her chakra is extremely difficult to see though." Hinata said.

"So, it's as if she's almost invisible to the eye and sense. Looks like her opponents will have a hard time finding her." Tsunade said.

~Tsukiko's POV~

Okay, not only am I up against two of the best anbu in Konoha but also my fellow comrades. Kakashi specifically will be difficult to defeat…especially if he can find me with his hounds. I must not touch or cut him at all or else his hounds will for sure find me. So for Kakashi, I will only use my nin-jutsu. The anbu I can deal with easily with gen-jutsu and tai-jutsu as well as Subaba and Zukicabe my tracker wolves. Then I can probably get Asuma and Kurenai with nin-jutsu as well. If one of them even cuts me or gets an article of clothing, Kakashi will find me easily so I must result from using Tai-jutsu.

It didn't take long for me to plan so I did the first move. I first summoned my wolves shadow clones and send two of them after the anbu. Then I sent the other clones after my remaining team mates. I will continue to hide in the ground with my earth style and control each clone carefully.

After a few hours, I finally defeated the two anbu hiding in the trees. One of my clones is having a hard time with Kurenai since she, along with Kakashi, are the only users here that specialize in gen-jutsu. Another few hours later, Kakashi defeated two of my clones with Asuma as a team. This was making my situation a little harder since I was running out of clones but its kinda fun to hear the frustration start since they are only fighting clones.

Eventually, I was able to separate Kakashi from Asuma and tried some simple jutsu I learned in the anbu before I was killed but he used his sharingan to counter attack perfectly.

"You're holding back Tsukiko. That's not very nice of you." Kakashi said calmly as we stood on a lake together.

"With the way I planned this attack on you, I'll be honest and say that it's tricky to keep up with all of you…even with the amount of chakra I have." I said with a devious smile.

"Why are you holding back then?"

"I've been dead a long time; it's still new to me to be alive and fighting without being linked to pure evil. Just be glad I have to hold back." I said with the same devious smile.

Kakashi's distracting with conversation, he's really hiding behind me in the bushes.

I had my clone make another clone and suddenly took a kunai up and quickly threw it high above me and while Kakashi was watching the kunai, my clone went to attack his and with the speed of the infamous yellow flash, I appeared behind Kakashi.

"So fast!" He gasped in shock before I kicked him out into the lake.

"Kakashi-kun…" I said with a sexy tone.

"Yeah?" he asked cautiously.

"Got you." I replied before my clone came up from the water and tried attacking him but he kicked her out of the way and started a water style jutsu.

"Water style! Water Dragon Jutsu!" Kakashi said after completing a series of hand signs quicker than I could see.

The speed of his hand signs is unbelievable!

"Water Style! Water Bullet!"

As Kakashi's water dragon appeared out of the water and heading right towards me, I was able to create a giant sphere of water and shot it quickly at his dragon. The bullet penetrated and caused a huge splash of water. The rain dripped eloquently from the early morning sky and caused both my clone and Kakashi to get soaked.

I chuckled at the level of Kakashi's skill, he's very strong. Just as he was setting up another water style, I decided to impress him with a jutsu I developed myself that involves morphing the 5 elements together into one deadly sphere.

"Ninpo! Elemental destruction!" I said before I clasped my hands together and spread them apart to show that I weaved wood into a Celtic looking sphere that was three times the size of the Rasengan. Then I snapped 3 times and each time, a marble sized ball of fire, water, and lightning all weaved in and out of the spaces of the sphere. I did a wind style jutsu real quick and made the ball spin in incredible speed as I ran towards Kakashi but he just froze and looked at me with wide eyes.

"Focus Kakashi!" I said but as I got to him, I was about to punch him in the torso with the sphere when suddenly, the real me was in massive pain.

Wait a minute…something's not right…why does my chest hurt so bad?

I suddenly stopped and my clone dropped to its knees in the lake.

"Kakashi…something's wrong…" I said to him before my clone was forced to be dismissed.

My wood barrier was strong and it hid me well but the test needed to end now…something very bad is wrong.

"Zukicabe, dig and try to come get me. Subasa, howl to notify my location then bring up Calcifer." I said in the wolf mind link.

A few feet above me, I could hear the clawing of one of my demon wolves trying to come get me. Just as it started, I also heard a loud howl from Subasa.

I hope they find me in time…

~Tsunade's POV~

"Lady Tsunade something isn't right! Tsukiko's chakra is gone but her heart rate suddenly increased." Hinata said.

"Her presence is still nowhere to be seen but I have a bad feeling about this." Yagou then stated.

All of our attention was directed to the woods as a surprising wolf howl echoed loudly through the woods.

"Is another demon is after her?" Asuma asked.

"Find her!" I said before jumping down from a high tree that we were all resting on.

I ran at unbelievable speed with the jounin behind me and Naruto. I found Kakashi immediately at the lake he was just battling Tsukiko at.

"Kakashi find Tsukiko!" I said before I went to help the others.

~Kakashi's POV~

What went wrong? Is she being attack by an outsider or another demon? That howl sounded like a plea.

I did some handsigns and bit my thumb. My ninja hounds suddenly came to the surface.

"Tsukiko needs us to find her now. Help me find her wolves." I said.

"You got it boss." Pakkun stated before all of my hounds scattered.

In less than 2 minutes, my dogs found the wolves and I was able to reach that destination within seconds. However, Tsunade-sama and the other's haven't come yet and Tsukiko is nowhere to be seen.

I did notice however that there were now three wolves including Calcifer vigorously digging up the ground.

"Kakashi, you need to penetrate her wooden prison and get her out! She has another demon inside of her!" Calcifer said eagerly.

I immediately summoned my chidori and the wolves moved out of the way so I could penetrate her wooden prison and I carefully pulled her out from inside.

"Stay with me Tsukiko." I said to her as she breathed heavily and clenched her shirt.

"Kakashi…it hurts!" I heard her say to me in moans.

"I know what this is!" One of the wolves from next to me stated after a laid Tsukiko on the ground.

"Can we get it out of her?" I asked.

It's a lot harder to keep calm when I know something as bad as this is actually happening to Tsukiko again.

"I'm afraid not. Before Calcifer was born, I've seen the devil use this curse once before. It's called the Six Demon Poisons. It consists of six demons but it looks like only 5 remain inside of her. I remember Ulva telling me how she pulled the first demon out of Tsukiko when she first came to the surface…but Ulva didn't recognize this curse because is not as old as Zukicabe and I." I heard the dark blue wolf with silver markings state.

"Kakashi there you are! What's the status?" I suddenly heard the fifth Hokage ask in restrained panic.

Everyone including the fifth soon rushed over to my side and gasped at what was happening.

"That black mark on her chest is expanding! What is that!?" Naruto asked with a great deal of concern.

"Kiki's wolves told me that the devil put Six Demon Poisons inside of her. We got rid of one of them the day she arrived up here but now a new one has surfaced." I said calmly as I held Tsukiko's hand.

She was breathing heavily and moaning in pain again. This was truly working like a poison…her body temperature has spiked and she seems to be getting a fever. Beads of sweat formed on her chest and face as she tried to fight it.

"Get…it out of me!" She said as she tried taking a kunai to stab at her chest but I was quick to take it away from her.

"She has to fight this on her own, there is no way we can extract the demons with her shadow like last time." The other wolf stated.

"Help me…please I'm so scared... I don't know how to defeat this all by myself Kaka-"Tsukiko tried finishing before she black out for a moment with her eyes open.

"Kiki!" I said eagerly to try and shake her out of this state.

After a few moments, she blinked and stretched. Then, as if nothing happened, she smiled.

"What a great nap! I wonder what time it is." Tsukiko said cheerfully as she stood up.

"WOW do I feel out of proportion! Did my chest grow bigger while I was asleep!?" She asked with shock as poked her breasts.

"Kiki-chan?" Kurenai asked from behind me.

"Kurenai, Onee-chan, Kakashi, Asuma, Gai…why do you all look so old? Kakashi you look like a teacher…what happened to your anbu unform? Is this a joke!? Why do those teenagers look like the children from the village? Especially that one! He looks just like Naruto!" Kiki exclaimed towards Tsunade.

"Oh no…she was poisoned with the amnesia demon." The dark blue wolf stated.

"Amnesia Demon?" We all asked in confusion.

"Whatever! I am starving! But I can't even think to keep my balance with such huge breasts!" She said as she looked around.

Tsukiko…this is not good at all.

Six Demon Poisons? Really? Things just keep happening to poor Tsukiko! Why can't she just be happy with Kakashi!? I don't know guys I'm only the author XD Please please please leave comments and reviews because I have not received any and I'm just winging this so please let me know if it's any good so I don't look like a complete BAKA! Thanks for reading! Posting the next chapter soon!