A/N: So I lied. I updated before the 14th. I decided that I really don't care if I fail or not on my tests. I love this story too much. O well can you flunk college? Is it possible? O well here's the next chap
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General POV:
By the time Kakashi reached Arune, the ninja's had knocked her unconscious. Kakashi used his sharingan to figure out a tactic to release Ruin from the hands of the kidnappers. Kakashi threw some kunai at the Nins who let go of Arune and ran away.
"Too easy," thought Kakashi. "They'll be back with more ninja's next time, probably," said Sai.
""Sakura please come over here and see if Ruin- I mean Arune- is alright," said Kakashi.
"She's just unconscious. She's going to be like that for a while. There's no physical damage so I can't heal anything but we should probably carry her since she won't wake up for a while," said Sakura.
Kakashi came over and picked Arune up bridal style and proceeded to walk. He was thinking of a plan and several reasons as to why the nomad's would hire ninja's to kidnap Ruin.
Far behind Kakashi, Naruto and Sakura were exchanging smiles with Sai who all knew that the ninjas were a few shinobi in training from the Leaf Village sent by Tsunade to help them with their "new mission." Mission Get Kakashi to understand Arune---which was mainly being led by Naruto.
Kakashi led the group out of the forest since the ninjas already knew that they took the forest route. Arune was still unconscious when Kakashi led the team into a hotel. Naruto seemed to be a little apprehensive about staying at a hotel because he wouldn't be able to get Arune and Kakashi together.
But Naruto had a trick up his sleeve. Using one of his clones he went to the hotel and told them to make sure that only two rooms would be available- one a honeymoon suite for Kakashi, and Arune and the other a normal room for the three others. At the hotel Kakashi took both rooms, using Arune's money because he was such a cheap stake. He told Sakura that she and Arune would stay in the honey moon suite while he would stay with Sai and Naruto, who on cue started arguing with who would get the larger bed and other things. Sakura, being a splendid actress after spending a long time with Tsunade, convinced Kakashi that she would stay with the guys to keep them apart and that he should stay with Arune so he could keep an eye on her.
Kakashi POV:
Where the hell have I landed myself? I opened the door of the honeymoon suite and laid Arune on the bed and tucked her in. Unconscious she was very cute. Sometimes she would bury her head close to me while I carried her to the hotel. I didn't know what to do so I just let her rest her head, I was thinking of more important things.
I wonder why the nomads would want her. She has no bloodline limit, her family is not the wealthiest, she wasn't a demon holder like Naruto, and she didn't even have a grudge against anyone it seemed. It's all so odd. None of the pieces fit together. I should be able to figure this out. But her father called her his heir but I do remember a boy a little older than me. Her brother- what happened to him?
I remember the day Arune was born; her brother dragged me out of my meditation and took me to see her. I was only four but I knew that she was a bit different. Something made me want to hold her. Of course I was still a kid and she was a new baby…kids always want to hold babies. But her brother didn't let me. He said I couldn't hold her because I would get the chance to do so later in life. I still don't get what that was supposed to mean. After that incident I always got a scowl from him in front of our parents; well actually my mom had died before Ruin's birth, but in private he was much nicer to me. He was just so odd.
I guess I'll ask her about him when she wakes up.
"Ugh Kakashi please!" she said in a moan while still unconscious.
I walked over to the bed and noticed that she was burning up. She had a real high fever. I ran over to Sakura's room only to find that she was asleep and I knew that waking her up was not going to be good. I took a thermometer out of Sakura's bag and took some medicines back to my room. I checked Ruin's temperature, it was 103. Too high, that's dangerous. I started putting wet towels on her forehead to cool her down, but it wasn't helping much. Hmm what helps cool people off? I opened the window since there was no A/C in the room. It didn't help much. Thankfully there was no way anyone could see into the room because the opposite of the window was a brick wall. Damn it, I'm going to have to remove her clothes to ease down her body temperature. She's going to kill me when she wakes up.
After I removed her shirt and jounin pants, I covered her up with a thin but useful sheet. I didn't look at her naked body, much, partly because she was a family friend and partly because I didn't take advantage of women when they are vulnerable. I maybe a pervert but I'm not a rapist, in any form. I got back up and put warm towels on her forehead and opened her rosy lips to slip some medicine in her. Man those lips, so soft, so pink, and so tempting. SNAP out of it Kakashi!! What the hell.
There's an unconscious, sick women here and all you do is think about her lips. Everyone's right, you are a pervert.
After a re hours I took her temperature again and it had gone down to 98. Phew, normal. I walked over to the couch and collapsed. I lay there for a while listening to Ruin's grunt in her sleep something about me accepting her, and not freaking out. Maybe I'm too mean to her. Maybe I should give her a chance. Slowly but surely, sleep took over that was well deserved.
Arune POV:
I'm cold. I pull the sheets up closer to me without opening my eyes. Right now I don't care where I am and who I'm with. It doesn't matter. I had the worse dream while I was out cold. Kakashi said he didn't care about the arranged marriage thing. He said it didn't matter to him if my clan was wiped out, he didn't think that even a marriage like this was worth it, even to save her brother and his pregnant wife. In the dream I begged him constantly to help me with my mission. I told him I didn't care what he did or who he did as long as he simply wed me as per the contract.
That dream was a reoccurring dream. Every day since I turned 25 those dreams would haunt me. I guess I'm scared that he won't care enough about his clan or mine to sacrifice his freedom. I really don't care what he does in his free time. Even after we marry I wouldn't hold him back, I'd prefer it if he spent time with me, but I know he doesn't and won't ever care. O well.
I tried to recall the events of the previous day. I remembered that Naruto's ninja friends had held me and then Kakashi came to get me. I was pushed back and I fell on near the river bank by the pressure of the two ninja's that were holding me. Everything after that is blank. I think I hit my head somewhere. Brrr God it's really cold in here. I got out of the bed, feeling dizzy and went to close the window. The breeze hit me ever so brutally. I looked down at myself. AHHHH I lost my balance. I expected my butt to meet the floor but…
"Kakashi" I said aloud and griped his shoulders as soon as he caught me.
He wasn't wearing his mask around his face since it was around his neck. I didn't look up though because I knew he didn't like anyone to see his face. Even though I knew the reason he wore it, I had known him since I was born so I had seen his face. I respected the fact that he kept his face hidden. And I knew that I was the one who caused his to wear it. That was probably the biggest reason he hated me. Whether he admitted it or not.
"You always need me to save you," he stated. I could feel his arms on my back holding me from falling and I could feel his breathe on my neck because his face was barely inches away from my body. Suddenly I felt really cold and remembered that I was in my underwear. Damn it. I kept my gaze low and stabilized myself on my own two feet. I ran quickly to where my clothes were. Kakashi had taken that time to raise his mask and turn around letting me change. He started to explain why I was in my underwear and I thanked him for spending all of that time taking care of me.
General POV:
Sakura knocked on the honeymoon suite's door and was let in by her sensei that seemed to have just gotten out of the shower. She looked around for Arune but found that she had ventured down into the kitchen asking for more supplies for their trip.
Sakura went and examined Arune, as well as questioning her about the night and the entire honeymoon suite. Arune told her exactly what happened and then went out to pay the cooks for giving her the supplies she needed. She was running short on money but she could have sworn that she had more before the attack.
She confronted Kakashi since she knew all of his habits and simply put her hands in his pocket and took out his wallet.
"What the hell do you think you're doing?" demanded Kakashi
"Taking my money back you ass," Arune replied. Kakashi chased the girl around the suite until they tripped over the bed's frame, causing Kakashi to land on Arune and break the bed. After what seemed like centuries of locked eyes and intertwined bodies, they both reached to a conclusion.
"Kakashi I'm not paying for the bed. I won't take the hotel money back but you have to pay for the bed," said Arune gathering her stuff.
"Fine but that's all I'm paying for. It's my mission to keep you safe not pay for all the things that you need or want," said Kakashi with his cool and calm attitude. He was sure to demand the money for the bed back in his payment when he reached Konoha.
"Just a mission. I keep forgetting that part. Your only here for that," Arune said with pain in her voice. She left the room with her belongings and headed to the teens' room.
Kakashi wondered why she was so upset when he told her it was just a mission. It was the truth to him it was just a mission, a nicely paid mission but a mission nonetheless. He went to gather his stuff when he noticed a shiny object where Ruin's stuff was.
Kakashi POV:
A blue diamond necklace with a pendent of silver lightning bolt was found on the bed.
Why the hell does she have this? No one had seen this for ages. This necklace has been missing for such a long time. After my mother died, my father told me to keep this necklace. It was a family heirloom to be given only to those who would join the Hatake clan later on. There was something wrong here. There's no way she would have this. She wasn't Hatake and she certainly wasn't getting this back. It belongs to me.
But I do remember something about this. I put this on someone before, when I was teen. Goodness am I that old that I can't remember such an important thing?
----FLASH BACK----
"Ruin come back here. Give me my mother's necklace. Come here you little twerp."
"Kakashi please stop chasing me. Your father gave me this necklace. It's mine now and I'm never going to take it off," said a geeky fat Arune.
"Hell no not if I can help it. That belongs to my future wife. Not you. I'd never marry a weak, tomboy like you."
She stopped running and looked straight at me, with her eyes filled with some liquid.
Hm like I care. Ruin's not going to cry. She never does. She pushed me away and ran straight to my father complaining.
He came and told me that Arune was to keep the necklace and that sometime in the future he would explain to me why she was allowed to keep it.
I complained and told him that mother wanted me to give it to my future wife. He just smiled and ruffled my hair while taking Arune with me.
-----END FLASHBACK----
I was mean to her. Father died before he could explain it to me. Maybe I should ask her.
General Pov:
The team left the hotel and headed back on the way to Konoha. This time they switched between the paved road and the unpaved road, traveling much faster. This was their third day on the way back and they needed to be there before the next two days.
Kakashi tried to catch up to Arune to discuss the necklace but she had other things to discuss.
"Kakashi I finally figured out why you truly hate me. It's because of what I did to you when I was training isn't it?" said Arune with genuine concern in her voice.
A/N: So I ended it on this note that Arune is guilty about something, and it has to do with Kakashi not liking her... uhoh. another stupid reason. O and btw Kakashi is 29 in this and Arune is around 25 she's four years younger, born for a purpose since well the youngest in the family has to marry the youngest in the Hatake clan...If her brother was the youngest ( only child) then it wouldn't work, and I made Kakashi's mother die before Arune was born so that he couldn't have any possible siblings. Just clarifying.
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