Kakashi's expression became murderous.

"Shut up." Kakashi snapped and the Anbu stopped speaking. "I don't know what you've been told and I really don't care. My mate, is staying with me. And if the council wants her, then they'll have to go through me. Personally. Naru is staying right here, until it's time for us to return to the village. Gai...get down." Kakashi said as he looked pointedly at the man he called his brother and watched as Gai automatically dropped to the ground as Kakashi tripped two of his most lethal traps and smirked as kunai, shuriken, and flames engulfed the four Anbu.

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Gai screamed and started running around in weird little circles.

Kakashi stood there with an amused expression on his face, simply watching him run around. More than a little content to let his pants stay on fire. The bastard, if he didn't move soon to help him, he was going to literally have no ass. The flames were eating away at his clothes, burning into his flesh.

"...ai." Mmm. Flames. Pretty. Kakashi thought as Gai ran within arms reach of him for like the third time in so many seconds.

"Gyahhh!"

Mis matched eyes looked heaven ward. As if to say, 'Why do I always have to deal with this shit?'

"Gai."

"It burns us!" Ah. Gai was having a golem moment. Probably having a deep conversation with himself about how he was going to become a disfigured, ass-less monster who would never get a girlfriend and have to live in the sewers or something...he should just let him burn then.

Kakashi walked across the ground quickly and swiftly, making a bee line towards his friend and planted his foot in Gai's face, knocking him over while the silver haired man stomped him out. It took all of ten seconds, but it seemed like an eternity to Gai before Kakashi leaned over him and growled. "Done now, stupid?"

Gai blinked back tears and latched on to Kakashi's ankles when he tried to take a step away from him, wrapping his arms around Kakashi's legs and pulling the man's legs almost out from under him. "Thank you! Thank, you. Thank you. Thank you...hey wait- that was a deliberate attempt on my life wasn't it, you son of a bitch!"

Kakashi looked rather pleased with himself, but other wise said nothing. Instead he just shrugged his shoulders and said. "Not really. I did tell you to get down, it's not my fault that your butt stuck out too far. Now let go of my ankles, I have to go check on Naru." Gai let go of him and jumped up. Temporarily forgetting the fact that he had just been on fire three seconds ago.

"Then Naru really is here with you? You really did marry her?" His voice was an odd combination of shock, and excitement.

Kakashi gave him a humming sound as he looked towards the cabin twenty feet away. His ears flattened back against his head. He could hear Naru moving around inside. Could here her trying to walk across the bedroom, down the hall. He could hear her stumble, and hit the nearest, closest surface and stay still for several seconds while she stood there panting. Her breath coming in little ragged breaths.

Hard and fast. He could almost hear the sound of her heart, speeding up to match the irregular rythem.

Kakashi moved away from Gai and walked over to the front door and just stood there for a second, his tail twitching back and forth behind him as Naru made her way over to the front door on weak and unsteady legs. She staggered over to him, and leaned her small body against him and made a whining sound.

She could smell the strangers' charred and burnt remains and had come out of a sound, exhausted sleep to see if Kakashi was all right. He wrapped an arm around her slender shoulders and pulled her against him and tipped her head back and kissed her briefly and tenderly on the lips before turning to say something to Gai, and blinked when he found himself alone again with his mate.

That little ass-

He'd have to kick Gai in his burns the next time he saw him. He'd have to kick him really, really hard.