Hours later-

Naru lay in the sleeping bag that someone had lent to her since she hadn't really wanted to sleep in Naruto 5000's sleeping bag, listening to the sound of the soft even breath's of the people in the room as they all slept.

It had been like this for several hours now-since everyone had finished picking her mind and asking questions about the person that they had never known. After words everyone had settled down for the night, ate their dinner of rations and wild duck then talked a little bit about sealing the three tailed demon and how they could do it, then grabbed their sleeping bags and dragged them as close as they could to Naru and formed a little circle around her and went to sleep.

Naru sighed softly and slowly pushed herself upright, it would seem that she wouldn't get any sleep tonight since she hadn't managed to doze off yet and carefully moved through the mass of sleeping bodies and sighed once she was home free. She knew that the group meant well, and didn't want her to feel alienated or alone, but the sudden closeness of so many people made her nervous. She just wasn't used to it.

She quietly made her way towards the railing and paused when one of the jounin turned over in his sleep and flung an arm over his head and muttered something. Her oddly colored eyes looked from him to the dark haired medical nin, Shizune; then to Kakashi who was half leaning his shoulder against the railing, his arms crossed over his chest, and his legs bent and drawn close to his body, his chin resting on his chest. He looked like he was in an uncomfortable position.

She dropped down to one knee next to Naruto's pack and picked up the jacket that she had taken off earlier and stood back up and quietly made her way over to the man and carefully, so that she would'nt wake him, wrapped her jacket around him and then slipped down the stairs and out the door.

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Kakashi was too restless to sleep. He had been feeling restless since he and the others had gone looking for Naru. But that didn't stop him from closing his eyes for a second or so to rest them since they were starting to burn. Nor did it stop him from watching Naru creep across the floor after freeing herself from the circle of bodies. Apparently she was too restless to sleep too. He mused as she silently made her way across the room and stopped to look at Tenzou and Shizune before glancing at him.

A frown on her beautiful face, before she dropped down to one knee and picked up her jacket and moved towards him and then wrapped him in the thick material so that he wouldn't get cold since the night air was a bit on the cool side, then slipped outside.

He made a soft humming sound and carefully unfolded his long legs and got up, the jacket slipping from his shoulders, he grasped it in his hand and draped it over his arm and followed the girl out so that he could keep an eye on her since there was still enemy nins running loose everywhere.

He walked around for several minutes before he finally found her, not too very far from the cabin, but still a little ways from it. She was sitting on a large rock staring up at the sky, not paying attention to anything, which was probably why she seemed so damn startled when he snuck up on her and dropped her jacket around her shoulders.

Her response to the unknown was immidiate. The fur on her tail stood up on end and she jumped up and went for a weapon. She was fast, amazingly fast, but Kakashi was faster. He grabbed her wrist and wrapped his other hand around her throat and stopped as she realised who he was.

0.3 seconds.

Not bad since it usually took Naruto-the ones that he had known before at least ten seconds to freeze up completely. She blinked up at him in the pale moonlight and he smiled in the dark. Somewhat amused that she reacted like Naruto did to such a situation. "Were you having trouble sleeping?" He asked as he reluctantly let her go.

She rubbed the spot over her neck where his hand had been and frowned at him before answering. "A bit. I was feeling a bit suffocated."

He made a humming sound and sat down on the rock, next to the spot where she had been and patted the stone with his hand, indicating that she should sit back down. She did and he looked at her. "The kids mean well. Finding out that the person that held your world together and cared for you has died and then later finding out that the person taking said friends place is his daughter; is a bit on the difficult side to take..."

"I know. I'm not saying that having everyone surrounding me isn't nice. Uncomfortable but nice. I'm just saying that I'm not used to it, that's all."

"I know, but look at it from their point of view. They lost one Naruto and gained his daughter, and now that they understand what's been happening. They don't want you to disappear either."

She opened her mouth to ask him if he would attach himself to her side too and he gave her a pointed look that caused her to shut her mouth as he said. "In a heart beat. I sort of already have, since I'm out here instead of sleeping inside."

She thinned her lips and looked away. "Sorry."

He gave her a curious look. What was she sorry for? She hadn't done anything wrong.

"It was'nt my intention to be such a bother."

"You aren't." Kakashi assured her. And it was true, she wasn't a bother. He found her presence rather calming, himself. She was quiet, soft spoken, caring-yes she was a very calming presence to him. He could easily sit next to her and say nothing at all and still be happy. They were both quiet for several minutes before Naru looked up at the sky and sighed.

"The stars are beautiful tonight."

"Yeah."

Silence, again. Kakashi pulled his knees up against his chest and rested his chin on them as he tried to think of something to talk about with her, to bond a little bit now that everyone else was out cold and there wasn't anyone to interfere with his bonding process.