He was true to his word. Naru mused as he walked with her down the hall to the Hokage's office and opened the door for her and waited for her to go in. It took a second or so. mainly because she didn't want to turn her back on him, she didn't know him and she certainly didn't trust him. But after a second or so of hesitation she quickly ran into the office and sat down in the chair that she had been in the other day when Iruka had brought her here.

Sarutobi looked back at Kakashi as he entered the room and gently closed the door behind him and smiled. "Ah Kakashi, did Naru give you any problems on the way here?"

"No my lord. She was as quiet as a mouse."

Sarutobi gave the man a tight lipped smile and moved around the desk and handed Naru a piece of candy and dropped to his knees in front of her and took her small hands in his own. "Naru, angel. There is something of great importance that I must speak to you about. Kakashi, this young man here-" Sarutobi said as she turned her head and looked at the silver haired man blankly.

"He has asked for my blessings to marry you. And I have given them because I know that you must feel so very lost and lonely without Sara. I know that you wanted to spend the rest of your life with her, and it was a tragidy what happened to her. But she would have wanted you to be happy, and I honestly think that Kakashi could make you happy. He's already agreed to take care of you and love you. He's even agreed that he would help you kill everyone in the village when you finally decide that you can't take any more."

"I'm going to be marrying the two of you today and sending you out of the village to a cabin to get to know each other a bit better."

Naru looked from Sarutobi and Kakashi, her face pale, her expression panicked. No! She didn't want this! Sara was her lover. Sara was her companion, her heart. She could'nt forget her. She could'nt find another, it would make Sara sad! She pulled her hands free of the Kage's grasp and quickly got out of the chair and ran over to the door and tried to pry it open.

Sarutobi swore as Kakashi used his palm to keep the door closed, he had'nt expected her to react like this. He knew that she would be scared. Unhappy about this turn of events, but he had'nt expected her to actually try to run away from him. "Naru. Stop. Even if you get the door open, I won't let you leave the office without me."

Naru gnashed her teeth and opened her mouth to tell him to fuck off as she turned to look at him but Sarutobi called out a warning. "Cover her mouth! If she speaks you'll be trapped under her thrall!"

Kakashi didn't really understand what the elder meant but he slapped a hand over her mouth anyways. Naru let out a loud, muffled scream and tried to knock his hand away, but he easily subdued her without removing his hand from her mouth.

He pinned her to the door to keep her struggles to a minimum as the third Hokage came walking over shaking. Gods that had been a close call. One word from her would have sealed their fates. "Gods child..." The elder said in a shaky voice as Naru glared at Kakashi, silently willing him to let her go so that she could tell him to jump off a cliff or something.

"My lord. What was she trying to do? Why do I need to cover her mouth?" He asked worriedly, he had'nt heard her voice since she was a child and had longed to hear the sound almost more than he longed to breathe.

"It's not really her. It's more along the lines of what the Kyubbi had done to her."

"Sir?"

"Her voice Kakashi, is a deadly weapon with the ability to enthrall anyone who hears her speak. It so pure and beautiful that it is addictive. She sometimes uses it to kill. She's upset and not thinking clearly or she never would have opened her mouth." Sarutobi said as he stared at the distraught girl. Kakashi looked at Naru at a loss.

He didn't know what to think. "Why would the demon do something like that?"

"I think it was it's way of trying to protect her. Think of it Kakashi, anyone hurting her just has to hear one word and they fall completely under her spell. They would do whatever she asked them too. Let her go. Stop hurting her. They would do anything. Anything at all to make her love them and continue speaking to them."

"I see." Kakashi said as he glanced at the elder. "Cover your ears Lord Hokage." He said a second or so later. If Naru had something to say then he wanted to hear it. Even if it killed him to do it. Sarutobi looked at him like he was nuts but did what he asked as he slowly removed his hand from Naru's mouth.

"What is it Naru? Does the thought of being my wife frighten you so much?"

"Yes." Naru's voice was weak and raspy from lack of use. And it was the most enchanting sound that Kakashi had ever heard. So soft, and lyrical almost like the sound of an angel's voice.

"I don't know what you want from me. I can't...I can't. I don't know how to be a companion to someone alive." Kakashi frowned. She was'nt making any sense. What did she mean by she didn't know how to be a companion to someone alive?

"Slow down honey. Tell me what your talking about from the begining."

"I had a mate...she was killed and I can't care about anyone but her. It's my fault-" She started crying then, tears slipping down her face as she tried to breathe. But it was so hard, it felt like her insides were being ripped out.

"It's my fault that she's dead. If I were anyone else... If I were normal...she might still be alive. I would be happy. Gods I want to be happy, I miss being able to smile and laugh. I miss laying in bed next to her, holding hands." Everything came pouring out, her hatred, her pain and her sorrow leaving her feeling empty, and hollow inside. Sara had been her dream, her hope for a future and family and love and when she had died.

When she was finally done speaking Kakashi's heart was aching so much that he was dangerously close to tears as he used his thumbs to wipe her tears away. She had such a despolate look on her pretty face, such a pained look that he could'nt stand it.

All of her pain and suffering could have been avoided. "Naru...you can have those things again if you want them. I'll do anything you want me too. I will kill anyone that you want me too. But please, please, please give me a chance to make you happy. To give you the things that you need and want and desire. I can give you a family. I can resurect your dreams. I can keep you safe if you would let me."

Naru stared up at him with a lost expression on her face. She wanted to stay mad and rant and scream at him and Jiji both but she could'nt when they were trying so hard to try and give her back the things that she had lost. Her risistance melted away. "I can't forget Sara."

"I'm not asking you too. We'll build a shrine to her in our home, and we'll talk to her every day if you want too."

"Sara and I always talked about kids. As many of them as we could stand."

Kakashi smiled and framed her face in his hands. "I'll give you dozens. And we'll name seven of them after Sara."

"But-"

"What is it honey?"

"What if we are'nt happy?"

Kakashi blinked as he noted the way that she had included him in her sentance. 'We'. He smiled and leaned down and whispered.

"We will be. You have my word that we'll make it work."