NC-17 Warning.

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Maiku shuffled around his office in one of the worst moods he could ever remember being in. He'd just had to talk sense into around a dozen concerned, over dramatic citizens, half of whom were losing their metaphorical shit due to his brilliant son, Tama. Maiku just could NOT believe he had gone through so much damn trouble just for that idiot to ruin it all in about four seconds. Why did he even bother.

He turned to file his incident report and nearly leaped out of his skin.

"AHH! Oh...oh, sweet blessed...why wouldn't you just use the door..." Maiku panted, a hand clutched over his strained heart.

Kakashi remained silent from his crouched position on the window ledge. Like water, he slipped down and landed so lightly on his toes that it was completely inaudible. His grace seemed to perturb Maiku further. He did not change his startled position at all, and regarded Kakashi as if he was a snake poised to strike.

"I'm glad to see your son wasn't injured." Kakashi commented airily, slowly advancing on the counselor. "He seems nice."

Maiku backed away with every step Kakashi took. "Look, we already went over this. I told you everything I-"

"-Told us everything? You have been nothing but dishonest." the copy-nin interrupted, the fake jovial smile he flashed the counselor making the other man recoil slightly. "'Hanj' and 'Yu' are two of the most talented shinobi I have ever met. And yet, they were both injured during a routine protection mission."

Kakashi seemed to tire of slowly whittling away at Maiku's decency and rushed up to him. In less than a second, they were standing toe to toe, with the counselor looking like he was about to scream for help. "Do you really think it is of the best interest to the protection of your son for half of his body guards to be unfit to protect him? And I do not mean just physically. The most important aspect to a successful mission is being prepared. We were not prepared."

Maiku's mouth formed a few empty words before he cleared his throat and was able to continue without whimpering. "Listen. I, ah...understand your frustration, which is why I am going to lift the 'civilian' err..portion of this mission and allow you all to act as you will." the counselor offered with a large, exaggerated smile. "It is only fair."

Kakashi stared down at him with obvious distaste . "How thoughtful."

The loud, forced laugh that echoed through the room made even Maiku shudder at himself. "Yes, yes, well...you've done such a wonderful job already."

Silence echoed between them. The smallest bead of sweat collected at Maiku's brow and slowly travelled down the side of his face. Kakashi let him stew in anxiety for a few more loaded seconds before he continued.

"This wouldn't happen to have anything to do with Tama kissing Hanj in public, would it?"

Maiku swallowed loudly. He winced. Obviously, the council man was trying to keep his cool, and he knew he was failing miserably. In his own defense, he had never been openly intimidated by a high level shinobi before. Considering the circumstances, he thought he was doing pretty good. He considered trying to cover himself up, but the sharp intelligence in Kakashi's eyes told him that to do so would be a gigantic mistake.

"Ah. Well, perhaps. What does it really matter, though? You are free to protect him in any way you wish. That is all that matters. I can even provide a uniform for you and your team, to protect your identities."

With a loud sigh, Kakashi rubbed one of his temples absently with his index finger. He looked like he was fighting for control of his temper, which did nothing to ease Maiku's distress. "I have a theory; correct me if I'm wrong. You wanted us to be undercover so that no one would know what happened between Waterfall and Flower. Which, may be fine. But, you didn't want it for any real diplomatic reasons, but merely because you are ashamed of your son and are desperately trying to hide the fact that he likes men instead of women." Kakashi levelled him with a glare. "I doubt I'm wrong, though."

The shuffling of Maiku's feet gave away his desperately quick mental scrambling to decide how to deal with the situation. Suddenly, his own personal indignant anger seemed to win over. His entire face bloomed into a splotchy red hue, his body language betraying how cornered he actually felt.

"You have absolutely no idea what it takes to run a village. You also seem to have no idea what kind of danger Tama would have been in if people found out how he royally screwed us. The entire village would turn against him! We made an enemy of another village because he couldn't just suck it up and make one small sacrifice for the good of Waterfall."

Kakashi seemed completely unswayed.

"Turn against him...or you? Were you afraid they would blame you too, and want you fired? For Tama to take such a strong stance, I am more than certain he was willing to accept the consequences. You, however, were not."

Maiku's jaw hung loosely from its hinges. He, obviously, just got owned. Kakashi shrugged, turning to head back to the window. "Thankfully for you, we're quite good at our jobs. You don't have to worry about Tama's safety any longer. What you tell your village as to the reason Tama needs protection is up to you. Since you're so apt at lying, I don't see why you wouldn't continue."

Kakashi leaped up to the window ledge, but paused before he jumped through. "Oh. I expect those uniforms to be brought to our hotel room."

Maiku seethed with rage.

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"Oh, come ON!" Genma growled, throwing his arms up. Kakashi's reiteration of his conversation with Maiku was, predictably, not going over well. "Nothing about this mission makes any damn sense."

"That's because it was designed around Maiku's pride, and not the protection of his son." Kakashi explained calmly. Mostly because his rage had already been vented. "This entire mission would have been handled differently otherwise."

Tenzou sighed. "I am actually surprised the Hokage accepted this mission, it is so full of holes."

"It isn't uncommon for the mission details to be vague, but only if the client is present on the mission to fill in those holes. Maiku supplied us with nothing."

Everyone shook their heads with various disproving sounds of irritation.

"Fine. What do we do now?" Genma leaned back against the wall and folded his hands behind his head. "Do you want to blow the whistle on the whole undercover thing and just surround Tama with body guards? It'll deter further attacks, at least in public. Which, honestly, is what it sounds like Maiku wants."

"I don't think Maiku knows what he wants." Kakashi grumbled. "But I was also thinking of that. I'm beginning to really feel for Tama. He's in tight situation, and all because he had the guts to go against a very old, outdated system. Arranged marriages for the sake of village ties are extremely uncommon these days. I do want to make sure this mission is set on the right track, for him."

Teznou exchanged a very pleased smile with Kakashi at his captains words. Tenzou had a good feeling about Tama from the beginning, and he knew Kakashi would have too, if the circumstances were different. It made him feel warm and fuzzy to see that Kakashi had come to terms with Tama on his own.

"Why can't they just draft up an agreement? No one needs to get married; just shake hands, exchange some weapons and move on. I don't get it."

"Marriage is a very old method of uniting villages." Kakashi explained to Genma. "It's just for the symbolism, really. They could make another agreement, but perhaps Flower feels slighted. Waterfall now has four of their ninja in prison, though. That would be a good bargaining chip."

"I propose we act as hired body guards. It would make sense, given the attacks, and it also gives the village the impression that Waterfall had not seen the attacks coming, and needed to hire someone to watch Tama as a result of the threat." Gai offered. "Which means the Council has the opportunity to cover up the marriage fiasco and protect Tama's reputation. What they will tell them is beyond me."

Tenzou suddenly sighed loudly, looking distraught. "I think Tama kissed me when he did to help us. I saw how upset he was that we were injured. I think he did it on purpose to take the pressure off of keeping us undercover. If his 'big secret' is out in the open, it basically moots the point of Maiku trying to cover everything up. I hope he doesn't suffer because of that."

"Wouldn't people know about the marriage, though...? I mean, if they were so gun-ho about it, they wouldn't have kept it a secret. If everyone knows he's into dudes, wouldn't they automatically assume the marriage was a bust?" Genma tentatively suggested.

The room was silent for a moment.

"Maybe." Kakashi whispered. "We'll continue with our plan. It's the best solution we have; it gives Tama the most protection, its the most logical step for a village to take given the situation, and makes things far easier on us. What happens to Tama and how the Council handles the village is unfortunately out of our control." A fact that Kakashi looked genuinely sorry about. Despite looking like he cared about nothing that was going on in his immediate vicinity all the time, Kakashi was actually an extremely passionate person who took most things to heart. The situation was unfair and Kakashi didn't like it. But, he also knew when he was helpless, and this was one of those times.

"Does anyone else have anything to say?" Kakashi threw to the room. Everyone gently shook their heads, and Kakashi stood, signalling the end of the meeting. "We'll be getting some kind of uniform from Maiku. We will look like mercenaries that way. I like the idea of not associating our village with this mission. It would raise a lot of eyebrows that Waterfall went as far as Fire Country to hire help. Until then, I would like for Genma and I to keep a long distance watch over Tama. We don't know that the attacks are over, and while he is technically safe in the council right now, he won't be when he gets back to his home. Gai and Tenzou, rest a little longer and wait for the uniforms. It'll be night time soon, so we won't need them now, but you'll need them for the morning. We'll see how you both feel then."

"I feel starved..." Genma grumbled.

Everyone glanced at each other. The general looks of astonished 'oh, me too's' convinced the team that dinner was in order. Kakashi decided he would handle that as well.

"Gai, Genma; go order dinner."

Two unimpressed stares answered him. Kakashi gently rolled his eyes. "Maa. I want to talk to Tenzou in private."

Genma snickered, but Gai looked quite happy. "Aha! We must let the two young lovers placate their mysterious hearts through the power of eloquent speech and united minds!"

The look on Genma's face could only have been crafted after years of listening to Gai's exaggerated exclamations. "...what? What do you ever even say?"

Gai cleared his throat. "Let us leave them in peace." he translated, then grabbed Genma's upper arm and dragged him out of the room. The forceful exit was completely unnecessary as the other ninja posed no resistance whatsoever. He merely sighed with acceptance and allowed himself to be forcefully removed from their lodgings.

When the door was closed, Kakashi turned to Tenzou looking surprisingly shamed. His eyes drooped just a little lower and his mouth was set in a small frown. "I owe you an apology. Your gut was right about Tama and how to deal with him the whole time. I should have just trusted you to do things your way. I'm sorry."

Tenzou thought maybe he had been poisoned by something and was hallucinating. "Ah...well. I was really just...reading the situation, kind of..."

"I know. I wasn't there to read it, so I should have trusted you."

For some reason, Kakashi's apology was making him feel guilty. Maybe it was the hurt look on his captains face that made his heart squeeze so painfully, or maybe Kakashi was just THAT good at manipulation. Both were possible and both could be applied simultaneously.

He smiled up at his captain and placed both his hands on his chest as if to physically restrain his thoughts. "You shouldn't feel bad, Senpai. I don't think I would have acted any differently in your position. If it makes you feel better, he said you were extremely attractive and that you must have women throwing themselves at you constantly. I don't think anyone could ever say anything like that about me."

Kakashi's smile was so warm it made Tenzou shiver slightly. "And yet you're the one he wanted. Why do you think that is?"

"...Uh..." Tenzou found that the soft tone of Kakashi's voice and the way his half lidded eyes seemed to pierce into his soul left him slightly breathless. "I'm...more easily attainable?"

Kakashi's laugh rang pleasantly through the apartment. "No, Tenzou." he breathed. "That's not why."

The atmosphere instantly became thick. It felt like Tenzou's lungs completely seized, his throat constricted, Kakashi's gaze claiming all of his faculties. Time seemed to completely freeze, and it felt like they were back in their room at the ANBU base, in their own village, everywhere that felt familiar and warm. Kakashi gently cupped his face with his hands, grazing his thumbs along his cheeks. They stared into each others eyes for a time that could have been however long, neither had any idea. The moment was so genuine, so calm, but when Kakashi's lips met Tenzou's the kiss was hard and lustful. They both inhaled sharply through their noses, and then Tenzou's hands were shoving back Kakashi's jacket, Kakashi forcing Tenzou backwards by advancing on him, their kiss fast, deep. They bumped into the side of the divide for Kakashi's apartment and spun to correct themselves without flinching. Tenzou felt like he was burning up, like he'd go insane if he didn't have Kakashi now. Their friends could come back at any moment, but he didn't care.

Kakashi kicked Tenzou's feet out from under him when he'd directed him close enough to the bed. He didn't even wait for the brunette to settle on the bed before he crawled on top of him, tossing his half discarded jacket to the ground. He bent his head to kiss Tenzou again, their tongues clashing heatedly. Tenzou's back arched and his chest pressed against Kakashi's as he struggled out of his clothing without separating the sizzling contact between their lips. However, their lungs had other plans. As soon as they broke apart for breath they began shedding clothing in a frenzy, their eyes locked together. Tenzou had never hated layers so much in his life.

Kakashi grinned down at his kouhai as his frustration at being so heavily clothed became apparent. Clearly, Kakashi had more experience being dolled up as he rid himself of his collar, obi, and shirt easily. Tenzou had gotten through half of those layers when Kakashi flattened his hands on Tenzou's stomach and pushed his shirt up, his palms grazing heated flesh. Kakashi's mouth followed his hands, the tip of his tongue drawing a teasing like from the hem of his skirt up to his ribs.

"Senpai..." Tenzou whined, his hand threading roughly through Kakashi's hair. The copy-nin growled and practically tore the rest of Tenzou's clothing off of his body. As soon as he was naked Tenzou surged forward and pressed their bodies together, revelling in the feel of Kakashi's warm skin, his hard muscles and his quaking heartbeat. They kissed again, their hips fitting together and grinding against each other in a natural reflex of their passion. Tenzou moaned against Kakashi's lips, the fire in his groin so strong he nearly begged for it. Begged for him.

Kakashi gripped Tenzou's hair on the back of his head and yanked, exposing his strong neck. He pressed a soft kiss under Tenzou's jaw and worked a gentle trail down to his collar bone. He bit down and dragged his teeth lightly down until he reached Tenzou's pec, where he began to place light kisses to his nipple. He bit down again and felt Tenzou squirm underneath him. He smiled around his flesh, grinding their hips together again, feeling his kouhai respond and the electric sensation that followed. He wanted Tenzou so badly he could hardly see straight. Kakashi quickly crawled down Tenzou's body, wrapped his hand around the base of his cock and took it into his mouth till his lips touched his own hand.

"Ah!" Tenzou gasped, his back arching, eyes squeezing shut. He reached back and raked a hand through his hair, gripping the strands tightly with the waves of pleasure that wracked his body. "Oh, Senpai...oh..." he whispered, breathed, as Kakashi sucked his way back up and flicked his tongue over the head of Tenzou's penis. Tenzou's hips buckled. Kakashi drew his lips down again, tongue swirling. He knew Tenzou wouldn't last long like this, so he pawed behind him for his discarded jacket. Kakashi was pretty sure he should have won some kind of porn medal at actually finding his pocket and producing the oil he'd stashed there 'just in case' without missing a beat with his lips. He brought his hand back up and gently pressed against Tenzou's entrance with his fingers. He could hear Tenzou's breath catch at the contact.

Kakashi lifted his head, releasing Tenzou's cock. "Do you want this?" he purred, pushing the tips of his fingers into Tenzou slowly. He felt Tenzou shift, saw him lift himself up, felt their foreheads press together and his strong arms encircle his shoulders. He hadn't been expecting that, but he loved it, made him want Tenzou more. Wanted to fuck away his sweetness.

"Yes, Senpai...please..."

Kakashi kissed Tenzou's cheek while he lubricated his fingers. He pushed one finger in and met no resistance, only tight warmth. He pulled out slowly, heard Tenzou's breath quicken and felt him clench around his finger. He wanted him, alright. It almost burned Kakashi alive how Tenzou responded to him, like he'd want anything as long as he gave it. He added another finger, rotated them, felt Tenzou stiffen slightly before he relaxed. Kakashi could hear Tenzou's heart beating frantically in his chest. He placed his hand on Tenzou's shoulder and gently guided him down to press his back against the bed. The mokuton user wrapped his legs around Kakashi's waist and the copy-nin gripped his thighs and pulled them up, angling his hips. He freed one hand to position himself against Tenzou, and as he pressed in, he felt his kouhai clench around him as he sucked in a breath. Kakashi waited, Tenzou relaxed, and he slid all the way in to the hilt. Stars exploded behind his eyes, and Kakashi let out a low groan at the tight warmth around him. He wondered how he was going to control himself. He had never craved someone so much in his life.

Kakashi gripped Tenzou's thighs again and rocked into his body, rolling his hips, pulling out, and rocking in again. Tenzou gripped the sheets beneath him as pleasure began to coil and burn in his abdomen and up his spine. He clenched around Kakashi and moved with him, their hips rocking together, Kakashi's pace slow and even. Tenzou moaned low in his throat, his back arching.

"Haaa...Senpai..." he breathed, his voice cracking. Kakashi dug his fingers into Tenzou's thighs and quickened his pace, his hips falling into a steady rhythm, their skin slapping together lightly. Tenzou groaned and shot up, wrapping his arms around Kakashi's neck and digging his nails into his back. The mokuton user couldn't think, couldn't see; he could only feel. His entire body was electric, his nerves were on fire, the pleasure in his abdomen building and twisting and surging. He sunk his teeth into the crook of Kakashi's neck and in response, the copy-nin bucked against him so hard Tenzou cried out against his skin.

"Yes...yes..." Tenzou panted, and Kakashi responded immediately, slamming into his prostate with a low, raspy moan. Tenzou raked his nails down Kakashi's back with a shrill keen as Kakashi fucked him quickly, and when Tenzou tightened his legs around his waist and sucked on his earlobe, he fucked him hard, too. Both of them were lost in each other, floating in a void. They heard nothing but each others quick breathing, throaty moans, the hitching of breath. They had no sense of time.

A knock sort of registered on their consciousnesses. Kakashi angled Tenzou's hips higher and placed an arm next to Tenzou's head for balance as he bent over him. Tenzou let out a long cry as Kakashi rolled into him hard. The knocking sound cut into their senses. It was enough for Kakashi to slightly raise his head.

"I know you guys could totally be screwing, but you could also be dead, so I'm going to need you to answer the door in the next five seconds."

Tenzou felt his entire face flush so red it amazed him he had blood in any part of his body but his cock. He felt Kakashi pause for just a second, and then he continued, sucking on Tenzou's neck. Tenzou felt himself on the edge, every nerve in his body felt like it was ready to pop. He squirmed, he bit, he dug his nails in deeper.

"Just give us a second." he heard Kakashi say cheerfully all the way at the entrance to the room. It took his muddled brain a moment to realize it was probably a shadow clone. Genma snickered and then he heard the soft sound of the door clicking closed. He moaned loudly.

"Kakashi-senpai..I...hhaaa..."

"Yes..." Kakashi breathed, and after the next few thrusts Tenzou came moaning Kakashi's name into his neck. The copy-nin held him tightly, his thrusts continuing until he gasped, climaxing into Tenzou with his face buried in his hair. They lay still against each other, their breath slowing, their hearts calming. Kakashi placed a gentle kiss against Tenzou's temple and gently untangled their bodies. Tenzou followed his lead with an adorable, dopey smile on his face. Kakashi laughed lightly.

"How are you feeling?"

"Great." Tenzou answered, his eyes dancing. Kakashi couldn't resist giving him a quick kiss.

"My clone is talking to our fellow teammates outside. You can clean yourself up a bit if you like, they won't come in yet."

All Tenzou wanted to do was lay beside Kakashi, but they couldn't very well do that in the middle of the day on a mission. He blushed slightly, wrapping his pleated skirt around his waist, and padded off to the bathroom. Kakashi quickly dressed himself in his absence. The two of them were able to get back into some kind of tidiness before Genma and Gai waltzed into their room carting their dinners.

"Man, it's probably freakin' cold by now. Great timing." Genma grumbled, sinking down to their dinner table. Gai was silent, but he had a large smile on his face. Tenzou did not want to face him. He was totally embarrassed, although he felt incredible and regretted nothing. He and Kakashi had returned to their room shortly before their friends arrived. The copy-nin gave Tenzou one last, gentle kiss before he winked and strode out into the lions den.

Genma smirked at him.

"You would look that smug, wouldn't you?"

Kakashi blinked in his usual doe-eyed innocent manner. "Don't I always look smug?"

"Whatever, eat your dinner, you perv."

Kakashi and Genma practically wolfed down their meals, as they technically were supposed to be guarding Tama. Tenzou made a meek appearance and was relieved when Genma was too busy inhaling food to needle him. In no time, Kakashi and Genma were ready to go. They stood quickly, Genma waggling his eyebrows at Tenzou as he flew out of the room, and Kakashi smiling down at him warmly.

"We'll be back in the morning." was his goodbye. He nodded to Gai, who grinned back, and then he was gone as well. Tenzou let out a long, content sigh, then nearly smashed his head into the table when he remembered Gai was still in the room. He slapped his hand onto his face. He heard Gai laugh heartily.

"All's well that ends well, eh, Tenzou?"

"...Ah. Yah."

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Around an hour later a soft knock penetrated the room. Tenzou got up hurriedly to answer it, as he found he had a strange amount of giddy energy he needed to dispel. A young man smiled and held up a long cardboard box. Tenzou lifted the lid slightly and saw what he expected; their 'uniforms'. He took the box, thanked the messenger and shut the door lightly.

"I have a feeling Maiku personally picked out these uniforms." Tenzou commented with a light laugh. He placed the cardboard box on the table and lifted the lid. Gai sat down beside him and peered into the box. Tenzou lifted one up.

Gai's eyes went wide.

"Uh...does he have some kind of vision impediment?"

Tenzou laughed, dropping the uniform right back into the box. "No, Gai. He sees just fine. We should really take this as a compliment."

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The next morning when Genma and Kakashi returned from their night watch, Tenzou greeted them with a grin, some tea, and their new uniforms. Genma, naturally, had the first say.

"Sooo...he basically hates our guts."

"Or, he doesn't want to give Tama any ideas." Tenzou laughed.

"The guy didn't hit puberty yesterday..." Genma grumbled, grabbing the offending piece of fabric from Tenzou's lax fingers. "He isn't going to hump our legs if we wear tight pants."

"I guess Maiku never got 'that talk' from his parents." Kakashi commented, sounding as uninterested as ever, though he eyed the uniforms with obvious distaste. "At least no one will recognize us."

The topic of everyone's disapproval and definite distaste was a black, bulky, one piece uniform. The smallest one looked to be about two sizes too big for even the smallest of them, which happened to be Genma. He slipped into it, frowning hard, lifting his arms and watching around three inches of fabric hang down like elephant skin.

"This is utterly unnecessary." he commented with a loud sigh.

"Maa. No one will know how fashionably offensive you are." Kakashi held the matching mask up with a fiendish grin. It was a full fabric face mask, complete with a strangely creepy slit as a mouth hole.

"Kakashi. Is the mask you usually wear breathable?" Tenzou slowly asked, eyeing the mask as if it would come to life and rape his face.

"Yes." He answered simply. Genma shook his head.

"So the guy hides my hard earned, sculpted ass, then gives me a mouth slit for Tama to stick his tongue into? I just don't get it."

It amazed Tenzou that Genma still had the vocal maturity of a teenager, yet was one of the most reliable people he'd ever had the pleasure of associating with. Gai and Kakashi seemed to agree, as their body languages said they were amused, but their facial expressions looked confused and slightly put off.

"Good thing for Maiku that you're going to be on background duty. Tenzou and Gai will stay by Tama's side, and Genma and I will be watching, hidden. If anything happens, we'll be the first to see it, and will be able to act first."

A worried expression flashed across Tenzou's face. "Kakashi-senpai, you and Genma worked all night. My wound is fine, the nurse mostly healed it. I can protect Tama."

"As can I." Gai quickly added. "I have sustained FAR worse than this measly flesh wound. I think that having two guards watching from above is optimal, but let Tenzou and I have the brunt of the work."

"You two have already had the brunt of the work." Kakashi cut in sternly, but the warmth in his voice disarmed his friends. "We can handle a little lack of sleep. There is no reason for you to take on the whole mission."

Tenzou and Gai looked like they were about to protest, but Kakashi put up his hand to stop them. His eyes flashed with affection. "That's an order."

Their shoulders dropped in defeat. Can't argue with that.

The team proceeded to dress themselves in their unflattering, unofficial uniforms. Tenzou tripped on his pant leg and nearly went flying into Gai, but righted himself at the last minute. It was looking so ridiculous he might actually have issues fighting in it.

When they were all zipped up, masks included, they took a moment to survey each other.

And promptly burst out laughing.

Gai fit into his uniform the best out of everyone, since he was the tallest, broadest and most muscular, but that wasn't saying much. The cloth around his ass sagged so much it made him look like an obese 80 year old. His crotch was almost down to his knees. The cloth around his legs bunched so much at his ankles it looked like he had elephant feet. The same essentially went for everyone else.

Kakashi sighed loudly, wiping a tear from his eye. "We can't have this. Gai, pass me my pouch. I have some extra bandages."

The rest of the team followed suit, and after twenty minutes of desperately wrapping themselves, they looked slightly better. They had sectioned off the bagginess to the middle of their limbs, wrapping their calves, forearms and abdomens.

"I look like a giant muffin..." Genma deadpanned.

"Wait, who is watching Tama...?"came the concerned mumble from Tenzou as he ripped off a piece of bandage with his teeth.

"He's hidden inside the council. We will have to get to him soon. Is everyone ready?" Kakashi asked, scratching at his mask. He was used to cloth on his face, but not this much. And the mouth slit weirded him out.

His team nodded, and he jerked his head to the side to initiate their departure. Gai and Genma took a deep, unhappy breath and shuffled along uncomfortably. Kakashi placed a gentle hand on Tenzou's chest to hold him back a little, then lifted his mask and smiled down at him when the others had left the room.

"I'm sorry...our time together didn't end as romantically as it should have, considering. I'll make it up to you."

Tenzou slowly peeled his mask up, his entire face red at the memory. "Ah...I'm...not complaining."

The smile on Kakashi's face widened with warmth. He leaned down ever so slightly, bringing their faces closer together. "I could eat you alive, Tenzou."

For a few embarrassing seconds, all Tenzou could do was stare with his mouth slightly open. He blinked out of his daze, his flush deepening.

"...Oh..."

Kakashi's smile turned slightly feral.

"When we get back, we'll have our own room. By the time I'm finished with you, you won't be able to walk."

With that, Kakashi winked, lowered his mask, and walked out of the room. Tenzou took slightly longer to follow. Thankfully, his pants were extremely baggy.

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OKAY. So...that took longer than usual because school is back in session. I may have to end this fic a LOT sooner than I originally intended because i'm not going to have the time to write it. That, or I'll take a lot longer between updates. We'll see. Hope ya'll liked!