GaiKaka Gai x Kakashi ... Kakashi's got an agenda, and is overstressed. Gai thinks it might be his own fault. Mishaps and Misunderstandings...

Final chapter. Warningless. I'll leave an after-note for this one.

Chapter Ten: Good Morning

It was dark... incredibly dark. Kakashi wondered if he had gone blind.

He opened his eyes a little. That was better.

It was early, far too early for Kakashi to be awake. He rolled over and felt around for the man that had kept him warm all night. He had disappeared.

Suddenly Kakashi's eyes flew open… and he sat up… too fast, because his head swirled and he staggered a bit.

"… Gai…?" he whispered out the door.

There was no response.

"….Gai!" he whispered, a little louder.

"Good morning, Kashi," came a voice from behind him. Strong arms wrapped around his waist and he leaned back. Kakashi chuckled.

"What, pray tell, is so funny?" Gai asked, concerned.

Kakashi thought for a moment… "Nothing… nothing at all."

Asuma picked himself up off Tsunade's floor. His head spun.

"Jeezus…" he said, shaking his head, "some party."

"Yeah," Tsunade agreed, laughing at Asuma propping his head against a wall, "too bad Gai and Kakashi couldn't make it…"

"Tch…" Asuma grunted in agreement, although he was more concerned about his pulsating temples…

"C'mere…" Gai said, dragging Kakashi over to the window.

"Oh man, what now, Gai?"

"See for yourself."

Kakashi did see.

Orange. Yellow. Pink and white. Fluffy cascades of clouds, serenading streams of new-born light. Hailing the day, the night, the earth. A new day had begun.

Kakashi sat down next to Gai and placed a chaste kiss on his lips.

"… I love you."

Naruto stood outside Gai's door.

He had no doubt where his Sensei was right now.

"He's probably sleeping…" Naruto figured. He scrawled a note and shoved it under the door.

"Consider it my parting gift, Sensei…" he grinned, bounding off.

"What was that?" Kakashi asked.

"Probably another note… I'm getting a lot of them these days, it seems…"

Gai walked to the front door and picked up the scrunched note. It was messily written. He squinted… "I think it's for you… Kashi…"

Kashi took it:

Hey Sensei:

Leaving with Jiraiya, thanks for everything!!

Naruto

"How considerate…" Gai said after a while.

"Yeah…" Kakashi thought, "it's just…" he paused.

"Just what?"

"Well, how did he know I was here…?"

Gai thought for a second.

"And, how did the room we were locked in yesterday become so suddenly… un-locked?"

Realisation dawned. Their eyes widened.

"Naruto!!!"

End.

To the reader. Thank you for reading, I hoped you enjoyed it, and to the few who kept up with it the entire time, I hope it was what you were looking for. Now that the entire thing is done-done-done, please review!! For those interested, I'm currently writing a SasuNaru AU, which might take a while. I like to have them almost finished before I post them; I get easily distracted that way.

Thank you for everything