Zero editing on this chapter. I re-wrote it so many times I was sick of it. Sorry.

So episode 85 of Shippuden: where did Kakashi's vest go? I'm watching the show as I write this, just so you all know, and I'm tempted to write a Shikamaru-Kurenai fic. Would that go over well, do you think? He's just like "I'll take care of your baby" and in my head I tacked a "and you" onto the end of that whole speech… I'd be a cool fic, I think, very low key, no real drama as far as the relationship goes, just kind of a "oops, guess we're together now, ok…" I think I'll have to get a plot together first, but I'll give it a try. Maybe. I don't know. When I'm done with this one.

The ending song changes on episode 91… I love that song… lol. The dance is perfect… Like really love it. I'm gonna go try to do it… ok… failed. Felt silly. Won't try again.

It's two in the morning when I wake up, judging by the clock on the wall, and Kakashi's head is gone from my lap. I sit up, rubbing my eyes, and slouch up to the desk. The girl there smiles up at me, her smile not quite so bright at such a wicked hour, and then yawns. "Haruno-sama," she says softly. "You're awake, how can I help you?"

"It's actually Hatake now," I say softly, shaking my head. "A woman-"

"As in, Kakashi Hatake?" She asks, cutting me off as she leans across the desk, "I mean, I heard you two were together… but you got married?"

"Yes," I say with a scowl. "Now, there was a wo-"

"Wait," she says, cutting me off again. "Was it because you had to get married? Are you pregnant?"

I smile softly. "What's your name?"

"Ruka," she says easily.

"Ruka," I repeat. "Mind your own damn business and do your job." She sits back in her chair and shuts up. "Now, there was a woman brought in here only a few hours ago, goes by the name of Zen, do you know what room she's in?"

"Private room, 213," she says after glancing at her computer, blushing. "There's an Anbu guard."

"Thank you," I say easily, leaving without another word.

I sigh heavily as I make my way to Zen's room. That's probably what everyone is going to think once they figure out we're still married after the end of that mission. Pretty much everyone knows it was a mission now, and pretty much everyone knows we ended up together after the end of it. So far it hasn't really been an issue, but so far we haven't really done many 'couple activities' on the streets. Minimal hand-holding, no date nights, no kissing because of his mask. Outside of the bedroom (and my office) we really haven't changed much. If I heard of someone in the same position as Kakashi and I, and then found out they were married I'd guess pregnancy immediately as well. I could ignore that though, until people started telling me I couldn't drink or asking how far along I was.

I smile at the Anbu in front of door 213. "Is there another one inside?" I ask as I approach. "If not there aren't enough guards here."

He glances at me in surprise. "The Hokage's inside," he says simply. I recognize that voice; and the mask after a moment. I healed his broken arm just last year, completely shattered.

"How's the arm?" I shake my head, realizing I shouldn't ask that. "Do you want to tell her I'm here or can I just go in?"

"Uh, go ahead," he says after a moment. "Thank you," he says simply as he steps out of the way of the door.

I smile, knocking once lightly before entering the room without waiting for a response. "Lady Tsunade," I say as I step in, seeing her sitting by Zen's bed, slouched with her elbows resting on the mattress, Zen's hand resting on her back.

"Sakura," Zen whispers, holding her finger up to her lips. My eyes widen in realization as I see Tsunade is asleep, head resting in her hands. "I think she knows about our secret, she looks annoyed," she says with a little laugh.

I smile, coming closer to sit on the other side of the bed. "How you feeling?" I ask quietly.

She looks down at her leg, smiling sadly. "Can't feel it."

I stiffen. "As in… can't feel the pain or…"

"Can't feel it," she repeats. "It itches, actually… like… on the inside."

I start to pull the blankets back to look at it but she stops me. "No, don't worry about it Sakura, it's unsalvageable." I open my eyes in shock but she just laughs breathlessly. "My time is almost up this time around, I'll be re-born in roughly a year's time… a little more, I hope."

I stare at her in shock as the gears turn in my head. "You're going to die?"

She nods. "With this child, I think," she says, putting her hand on her stomach. "No matter though…"

"Wait, no, you can't just accept that," I hiss, so very conscious of Tsunade's presence.

"You're so much like her, Sakura," she says, looking down at Tsunade tenderly. "When I told her my death would be soon… she cried herself to sleep…" She shifts carefully. "I need to apologize Sakura," she says after a moment. "For what I have done… and what I will do to you…" I scowl at that, backing away from the bed not in fear, but in confusion. "When I bit you…" she trails off. "I was being selfish; I wanted to insure I would be born into my own life… I wanted to make sure I would remember…"

"What did you do?" I ask carefully, glancing over her.

Just then Tsunade stirs, sitting up. "Oh… Sakura," she says after a moment. "What are you doing here?"

"I was just checking on Zen," I say with forced ease. "To see how she was doing."

"Ah," she says, nodding, "Then you know… too many nerves were damaged… she won't be using this leg for much in the future."

Normally I would argue, try to find a way to make her more stable, but with what she was about to tell me… "I see," I say simply. "Well, it's late, I should probably be getting home."

"Right," Tsunade agrees. "Have a good night."

"Sweet dreams, Sakura," Zen says simply. "Perhaps you could come see me again, keep me company?"

"Perhaps," I say simply. "We'll see." I slip out of the room without another word, nodding to the Anbu before walking swiftly down the hall. I pause at Hinata's room, smiling as I look through the window to see Naruto and Hinata curled up in that little bed, fast asleep, with their daughter between them. With a sigh I continue down the hall to the front desk, where I wake Ruka. "Was Ka-"

"Oh, Kakashi-san just came by, looking for you!" She says, sitting up. "He was out with Hiashi-san."

"You know, Ruka," I say, leaning on the desk. "Traditionally when speaking of adults of whom you are not familiar you should call them by their last names, and with two men as honorable as my husband and Hiashi you should say 'sama'. Are you familiar with either of those two?"

She shrinks back. "No, Hatake-sama," she says with a gulp. "Sorry ma'am."

"Good," I say simply. "If you see my husband again tell him I went home." I leave without another word, laughing once the door is closed behind me. I really have no idea why I hate her so much. As I leave the hospital I pause, glancing at the bench across the way, where a man sits, leaning against the fence behind him. "Is that…"

The man suddenly stands up, yelling my name and waving his arms. "Sakura! Sakura!" He slurs, making me sigh with relief. If he wasn't drunk this would be weird for him, too weird. "I'm an uncle!"

"Very good, Neji," I say gently as I walk towards him, trying to get him to be quiet. "Have you seen your niece yet?"

"Oh she's beautiful, isn't she?" He asks, stars in his drunken eyes. "I think she might be perfect. Except her eyes… what's up with those? Pupils and everything."

I almost laugh at that, catching him as he starts to lose his balance. "I think I should get you home," I say with a smirk.

"You're place or mine?" He asks with a cocky wink, his eyes suddenly widen. "Wait, yours, please take me to yours." I scowl at that. "Hiashi-san doesn't like us to drink… and forbids us to come home drunk. If I do he won't let me in… I'll have to spend the night outside. Please… Sakura…"

"Alright," I sigh, "but all you get is the couch… I'm not even gonna find you a blanket," I say with a sigh, starting towards home. When we get there he trips in the doorway. I catch him without much thought at help him to the couch, sitting down next to him with a sigh. "Kami," I sigh, eyes closed.

"Sakura…" he mutters, very close to me.

"Hmm?" I ask, still not opening my eyes. I've never actually had to deal with Neji drunk before. I kind assumed he'd just be the type to get more and more quiet until he passes out. Guess I was wrong.

"Open your eyes…" he mutters.

I sigh heavily and do just that. He's sitting with his knees to his chest right next to me, staring at me intently. "Green, I knew it."

I laugh at that, rolling my eyes and starting to get up. "You're insane," I mutter, yelping in surprise as he pulls me back down.

"Let me tell you a secret, Sakura," he says simply. I nod. "Hinata and Naruto want to name the baby after Kakashi," he says with a laugh. "But they can't think of a girl's name that sounds like Kakashi…" he snickers, edging closer to me. "And since the baby will be an Uzumaki…"

"Neji…" I warn, "Don't steal their thunder, they'll tell us her name when they're ready."

Neji snickers. "Don't steal Thunder… ok." He laughs again, "I won't then, and you can just wait and see." He leans very close to me at that, nose almost touching mine, then glances down at my lips.

"No," I say roughly as he leans forward, pushing him off the couch as he tries to kiss me and quickly going upstairs.

"Why not?" He calls after me, hitting the floor over and over with the back of his head.

"I'm married," I say simply, slamming my bedroom door shut. I take a quick shower to wash all the blood and grime off of me, and then slip into one of Kakashi's old shirts I'd taken to using for sleeping when Kakashi's not home since nights are getting a tad cold to be sleeping alone naked. I then crawl into bed, snuggling into my pillow.

I'm woken several hours later just when the sun is rising by a shift in the mattress and the sudden realization that someone is above me. I assume its Neji, remembering he's sleeping on my couch, but the soft brush of lips along the side of my mouth makes me realize it's actually Kakashi. I smile, reaching up to wrap my arms around him.

"Sakura," he whispers, trailing his kisses down to my neck.

"Mm?" I ask softly, unable to open my eyes with how tired I am.

"Why is the Hyūga boy asleep on the couch?" He asks, still kissing my neck.

"He was drunk," I say with a sigh, stretching slightly. "Said Hiashi wouldn't let him come home drunk."

"If that's the house rule Hiashi's breaking it as we speak," Kakashi mumbles, a little chuckle to his voice.

I reach down with a scowl, pulling Kakashi up to my level. "You've been drinking," I state to his saké breath and hazy eyes.

"Maybe a little," he admits. "I had to take the new grandfather out for a few drinks, it'd be criminal not to."

"Are you just getting home?" I ask in shock, glancing at the hint of sun out the window.

"I went back to my place," he says with a shrug. "My intent was not to come back drunk… but I guess I failed at that…"

I sigh, rolling my eyes as he just smiles and kisses me some more. "Hinata and Naruto wanted to name the baby after you," I say as he kisses my neck with kisses so soft I hardly feel them. "Or so said Neji."

"Why's that?" He asks, sounding distracted.

"Maybe because you helped deliver their baby, or you're such an influential individual in their lives and they admire you greatly…" I trail off as Kakashi licks my collar bone, making me shiver. "But that seems weird, who would admire you?" He bites my neck a bit too harshly, making me squeak in surprise and squirm away. "Ow," I complain rubbing my neck. "Sadist."

"Take it back," he says with a pout as I push him away easily, so he sits at the end of the bed. "Plenty of people admire me."

"No one admires you," I hiss, looking down at my hand to see a slight tint of red. "You're worse than Zen, you made me bleed, jerk!"

"Because that's the first time that's happened…" he teases, trailing off with a drunken smirk and then pausing suddenly, "Zen bit you?" He asks, crawling back towards me, eyes wide and suddenly clear.

"Yeah," I say, swatting his hand away as he reaches out to push my hair away. "What is wrong with you?"

"Let me see!" He demands, grabbing my wrist and pushing my hair back. "Kami," he growls as his fingers brush over Zen's mark on my neck. "Damn it! The bitch…" He pulls away, jumping from bed. "What the hell was she thinking?" he practically rants, running his fingers through his unruly hair and pacing the room twice.

I raise an eyebrow at him, rubbing at my neck carefully. "What's wrong with her biting me? This isn't some psycho jealousy thing is it?"

"She didn't even tell you?" He roars, stopping to look at me with wide eyes. "Oh the immature little brat, how dare she drop this on my shoulders?"

"Kakashi, you're starting to scare me," I mutter, watching him with something just short of fascination. "What's wrong?"

"Fuck it," he growls, pulling on a shirt and mask and starting for the door. "I'm going to kill her."

"Kakashi!" I gasp, jumping from bed to follow him, pausing to grab some underwear. "Where are you going?"

"The hospital!" He yells over his shoulder, grabbing Neji from the couch as he passes him and throwing him out the door. I follow, muttering a short apology to Neji as he sits in the street, slightly stunned and half-asleep. As we run through the streets in the early morning light to the hospital I'm stopped by Ino, just opening the flower shop.

I try to push past her, but she won't let me go, demanding I speak to her on the subject of Kakashi. With one glance at the form of Kakashi, getting further and further away, I bite my lip and growl in frustration. "We're married, ok?" I growl, pulling my hand out of hers when she shows her shock. "We're married, and living together and now I have to stop him from doing something stupid."

"What's he going to do?" Ino asks, running alongside me as I follow Kakashi.

"Kill Zen," I say simply.

"Zen? The woman who was living with you?" I nod simply, ignoring her eyes as they rake over my state of dress. Underwear and Kakashi's shirt. Brilliant. "Why?"

"She bit me," I say, bursting through the hospital doors and passing the desk straight to Zen's room.

"She bit you?" Ino repeats, surprise evident in her voice.

A roar from down the hall sounding suspiciously like Kakashi cuts my patience short. "Ino, just shut up," I growl, my heart sinking at the unconscious Anbu by Zen's door. "Help him," I demand. "Don't come in."

I'm slightly surprised, and more than a little relieved, to see Kakashi held between two Anbu when I come into the room. He's struggling like crazy though as Zen simply watches him from her bed, tears in her eyes. "How could you?" Kakashi practically screams, making me want to cover my ears. "After all she did for you, you pull this crap? She's a saint!" Kakashi pulls against the Anbu guard again, making one of them stumble in surprise, but Tsunade's stepped between the two now, which gives the Anbu a chance to tighten their grasp on him.

"Kakashi, I didn't-"

"Shut up!" He growls. "She took you into her home, and took care of you! She protected you, and gave you everything your wicked heart could desire, and how do you repay her?"

"I panicked!" She sobs, pulling her good leg up to her chest to bite her knee. "I'm so-"

"Don't you dare pull that shit with me!" He snarls; his voice so deep I shiver. "At least when it was me I knew going into it what it meant! I didn't like it, but I knew! But you don't even tell her?" His clench fists shake, probably longing to reach out and strangle her. "Would you take in your husband's ex if she were in trouble?" He demands, "Would any woman? She's the only decent person in this room, and you choose her?"

"Don't you see?" She sobs. "That's why I chose her!" Kakashi stills at that. Zen's eyes dart over to me, and the quickly to the floor. "In the past when I've chosen them…" she pauses, swallowing harshly. "I just…"

"Zen…" I whisper. Kakashi's gaze darts over to me for only a moment, the back to Zen. "What did you do to me?"

Zen pauses, tears streaming from her eyes. "Oh Sakura, forgive me," she whispers meekly. "In each life I bite two people… a man and a woman," she pauses, swallowing nervously as she glances at Kakashi. "I… I bit Kakashi a long time ago, years ago… he didn't want me to, said I'd never be re-born if it was him who… since he would…"

"Spit it out," Kakashi mutters.

"The two people I bite, in one life," she says with a little cough, "will be my biological parents for the next."

I pause… glancing to Kakashi, and then back to Zen as the room seems to darken slightly. "You mean…"

"You'd better not die anytime soon, Zenitha," Tsunade says with a dry laugh. "These two aren't ready for children."

"Oh…" I say with a soft sigh as the floor rushes to meet me.

Funny. I've never fainted before, not like that anyways. I've fainted from exhaustion and blood loss, but never just from surprise. I squint at the florescent lights before I even open my eyes, groaning softly. In a moment a warm hand touches my cheek, a slight shuffle by the edge of the bed surprising me.

"You're awake," Kakashi's voice says after a moment. "Are you ok? How are you feeling?"

"Fine," I sigh, pushing him away. "What's going on?"

"You fainted," he says carefully. "When you were told… that um…"

"That we're going to be the parents of an immortal being?" I state dryly, making him shift again in discomfort.

"Sakura, I'm so sorry, I should've told you…"

"Told me what?" I ask simply. "That if Zen was dead I'd be pregnant?"

"It's actually one of the reasons I was hesitant to be with you," he edges quietly. "Why it's so important to me that I protect her."

"Oh joy," I say, rolling my eyes.

"Sakura, really, I swear, I'll find a way to-"

"Forget it, Kakashi," I say simply, cutting him off. "Don't worry about it."

"But-"

"Just shut up," I mutter, raising a finger to my lips. "My head hurts, stop talking." He doesn't say anything, but even with my eyes closed I know he's just watching me. What is there we can do, anyways? Zen chose us to be her parents in her next life. Ignoring the fact that she must have known it would be awkward for Kakashi to raise a child who had previously been a lover, and assuming this wasn't just some sick joke of hers, she must have a better reason for it. Perhaps it's for the genetics. Being a Hatake would without a doubt a beneficial to one who lives as a ninja, but no more so than any other ninja family of Konoha. I would think being a Hyūga would be better.

But then, she's a brilliant ninja without any of that. Even someone like Lee can become one of the best with enough practice, and she's had hundreds of years. So maybe there's another reason. Perhaps something more could come from Kakashi and I being her parents. If she chooses her parents every time she's re-born then perhaps they know it, and raise her as such. Maybe she doesn't want to remember her past lives so early. Maybe she wants to experience something else first, something simple, before she remembers herself to be a killer.

I doubt her remembering who she is has anything to do with the people around her though. In fact, I'd think that the more time she spends with people from her former life the quicker she'd remember. So maybe it's not for selfish reasons at all, maybe it's for Kakashi and I. A practice run, of sorts?

"Kakashi," I whisper, reaching out to rest my hand on the top of his head. He looks up, but doesn't speak. "We'll make a good home for her, won't we?" I say after a long moment.

Kakashi pauses, and is silent for a long moment, before he brings his hand up slowly to rest on my free hand. "Of course," he says softly. "If that's what you want."

"What else is there to do?" I ask softly, lacing my fingers with his.

"You're not… angry?" he asks after a moment.

"Not with you," I say with a sigh, taking my hand from the back of his head to brush some hair out of his eyes. "I wish you'd said something though."

"I never thought-"

"It doesn't matter now," I mutter, scooting over to make a spot for him on the bed. "Come here," he obeys my whisper with little thought, wrapping his arms around me as he settles in by my side. "If we're going to be parents I think we need to talk about this nonsense of you keeping your own place."

"Does it bother you?" he asks, lifting his head slightly to look at me.

"It's not necessary," I say with a shrug. "My place is bigger, nicer, and already paid for," he pouts at that, apparently not liking my obvious distain for his home. "Better than you renting forever, and you pretty much live with me anyways. As long as you don't intend on leaving…"

"Never," he says, kissing my temple.

"Then… you'll move in with me?" I ask quietly, suddenly scared he'll say no.

"Of course," he says easily. "But you might be wishing that I had kept my own place after a few months."

"I can put up with you," I retort. "I have for years."

"Not in such close proximity," he warns; a joking edge to his voice.

"We'll figure it out," I assure him, pinching his arm lightly to end the argument before it begins.

"I'm sure we will," he agrees, kissing my shoulder. "I'm sorry I bit you."

I smile, ruffling his hair. "It's ok," I whisper.

"I love you," he whispers back, just as a soft knock sounds from the door.

I smile, kissing him. "Come in!" I call to the door.

The door opens slowly, revealing a quiet nurse who had been job-shadowing me last year. "Sakura-sama," she whispers. "Naruto-san is here to see you."

I smile, pushing Kakashi off the bed. "Send him in," I say with a nod.

Kakashi waits on the far side of the bed, leaning against the window as Naruto comes in, so as not to upset him. Although he's voiced his acceptance of Kakashi and I he still seems perturbed every time he sees us together, and if he really is naming his daughter after Kakashi I certainly didn't want that hatred he had expressed earlier to resurface. My efforts are in vain though, for the minute Naruto comes into the room his eyes settle on Kakashi. Thankfully he just laughs and sends Kakashi a wink. "Sorry to interrupt."

Kakashi just nods with an eye crease. "What's up, Naruto?" I ask with a smile.

"I was just going to get Hinata something 'real' to eat," he says, holding up a bag of what looks like take out. "She said not Ramen and not hospital food… that was it. No other requirements. On the way back in Tsunade told me you were here, so I thought I'd come by… Hinata and I actually wanted to talk to you guys."

"Oh?" I ask, arching an eyebrow. "About what?"

"Um…" He brings his free hand back to scratch the back of his head nervously. "No-nothing, just…"

"You know… Neji came to see me last night," I say, biting my thumb to hide my smirk.

"Wha-what'd he say?" The panic in Naruto's voice is just short of hilarious.

"Oh nothing much," I say with a smile. "A bunch of drunken babble, really."

Naruto sighs in relief, leaning against the door. "Well that's good."

"What might he have told me?" my question immediately starts him panicking again.

"Uh, no," he says with a laugh. "Nothing interesting, just…" he reaches for the door blindly behind him, frantically trying to open it. "Just come see us when you're feeling better." He finally spits out, disappearing into the hall.

"What was that all about?" Kakashi asks as he pushes off the wall to sit next to me again.

"I already told you this morning," I mutter. "They're naming her after you."

"Oh…" he mutters. "Well… that'll be interesting."

"I can't believe you forgot," I scold quietly.

"I was distracted," he says with a simple shrug, moving me so I lay more on top of him than next to him.

"We should go see them," I say softly.

"You're feeling alright?" Kakashi asks, making me scoff.

"I'm fine," I laugh, pushing off of him to slide off of the hospital bed. "Come on." Kakashi follows me in a moment and walks slightly behind me as I lead the way to Hinata's room. I knock on the wall next to the door, seeing as the door is open, and look around the corner. "Hinata?" I ask, making Naruto turn around to look at me, his daughter in his hands.

"Sakura, come in," Hinata says softly, waving me forward. "Kakashi-sama, you too."

"Oh please, Hinata," Kakashi laughs. "I think we're past such formalities… just Kakashi will do."

Hinata blushes terribly, making me role my eyes at Kakashi "Stay away from her, old man," Naruto says, his voice soft but his tone deadly.

"Naruto," Hinata scolds. "We've decided on her name, and we wanted you to be the first to know outside of the family," she says without pause, reaching over to pull Naruto so he sits on the bed next to her. "We wanted to name the baby after you, Kakashi, for all you've done for us but…"

"But we couldn't give her a boy's name," Naruto cuts in.

"Right, and since you're so well known for your lightning blade… we thought…" Hinata blushes, looking down at her daughter in Naruto's hands.

"What follows lightning?" Naruto leads in, smiling proudly.

"Kaminari," I say softly, looking at the child.

"Right," Naruto says, laughing as Kaminari grabs at his jacket. "Nari, for short, I think. Kami wouldn't really work…"

"Nari," Kakashi muses, looking down at the girl thoughtfully. "People will think you named her after yourself, Naruto… I like it."

We all laugh a bit at that, and I don't miss how Kakashi's eye lights up when Naruto holds Nari out to Kakashi slightly. "Want to hold her, sensei?"

I smile, pushing him forward as he just stares in shock. "I don't really know-"

"It'll be good practice," I say with a smirk as he awkwardly allows Naruto to hand the baby over.

"Sakura," Hinata says, catching onto the words Naruto didn't. "Are you-"

"Oh!" I blush in surprise, holding up my hands. "No, no, no," I shake my head, laughing as Kakashi ignores the situation entirely. "It's just that… apparently Zen… I'm going to be her next mother… when she dies…"

"Zen's dying?" Naruto asks in shock.

"Well… not for another few months," I say quietly, looking down at my feet.

"Nine months?" Hinata asks, meeting my gaze in a way that lets me know she's aware of Zen's condition. Damn, the girl is insightful. "Or more?"

"Should be about that long," I confirm. "Eight, or so."

"I see," Hinata says softly. "Well, at least she'll be born to good parents."

"Thank you, Hinata," I say with the brightest style I can manage. I glance over to Kakashi, watching with pride as he cradles Nari in his arms with the up-most care, and a surprising sense of ease. "Do you know how long they'll keep you here?" I ask softly, moving closer to her bed as Naruto passes on all the baby-knowledge he's learned in the past few hours to Kakashi. I recognize most of it as what nurses are supposed to tell new fathers who don't have a clue.

"A bit longer than normal," she says with a sad smile. "She's a bit early, you know… they want to monitor her, or at least make sure she's 'functioning properly,' as they put it."

"I'm sure everything's fine," I say easily, and with complete confidence. She tries to stifle the yawn, and almost succeeds, but I still hear it. "Ok Kakashi," I say with a sigh, "Give Nari back, it's time for us to go."

"Awe, Sakura, come on," Naruto whines.

"No, she's right," Kakashi agrees, passing Nari back to Naruto. "We have a broken window to fix, anyways."

I sigh, remembering what a mess the house is, but say my goodbyes all the same and leave with Kakashi. "There are also some broken cabinets," I say softly as we leave the hospital, the stupid girl with the bright smile wisely keeping her teeth to herself when we pass her desk. Just for kicks I take Kakashi's hand in my own, lacing our fingers as we push through the double doors.

"How cute," he mutters down towards our hands. "What'd she do to piss you off?"

"She meddles too much," I say simply.

"And?"

"She thinks I'm pregnant," I continue.

"I'd imagine a lot of people do," Kakashi says with a shrug.

"She calls married men by casual names," I growl.

"Ah," he sighs, understanding completely. "A little jealous, are we?"

"Not at all," I say, holding my chin high. "She shouldn't show such disrespect, people will begin to talk."

Kakashi just chuckles under his breath. We both pause, glancing up to the sky as a crow passes overhead. "Ah, damn," Kakashi mutters. "I was hoping to get some sleep."

"Should have done that last night instead of going out drinking…" I tease half-heartedly. "Come on,"

It's nearly noon when Tsunade releases us from her office. Kakashi stifles a yawn as we trudge down the steps, which makes me yawn as well. Genma's laugh come from beside me and I glance over to see Aoba and Raidō laughing as well. "What?" I ask at the end of my yawn.

"You two do everything together, don't you?" Aoba asks with a little laugh.

"Hey Kakashi," Genma calls. "What are you wearing of Sakura's?" I'd gotten teased throughout the entire meeting, and not just by the out-spoken ones like Genma and Tsunade, but even Shizune had teased me for showing up in just Kakashi's shirt. All this for a simple S rank volunteer's needed mission. I'm ready for bed.

"Shut up," Kakashi mutters. "I'm sleep deprived and I will kill you if you piss me off."

"What a charmer," Raidō teases as I continue with Kakashi, the three following us.

"Eh, Sakura, wouldn't you rather be with someone who doesn't lash out in public, someone who keeps all the wild behavior for the bed room? Someone like me?" Genma taunts.

"On the contrary, Gen-baby, I like my men to be wild and unpredictable everywhere," I say with a smirk. "Especially in the office." I'm pretty sure Kakashi blushes at that, but it could also be the suggestive way I lick my lips and dip one shoulder so my sleeve falls down my arm.

Genma smirks as well, shaking his head. "Alright sweetheart," he says nodding his head. "My ego can take that hit, it can probably use it, actually. But there are quite a few things I could tell someone like Kakashi about you that I'm pretty sure you don't want him to know."

"You wouldn't," I growl, eyes narrowing. Of all the secrets I had told Genma in the short while we were together there was only Kakashi didn't know about. The only reason I had told Genma at all was because he was willing to… 'Roll play'.

"I might," he says with a smirk.

"I had a crush on you as a Chūnin," I say quickly without thought. Kakashi raises an eyebrow at me. "Can't now, can you? He knows everything else."

"Damn it," Genma growls, laughing. "Alright, you win, if you're willing to tell him that I don't think I'm willing to get into this with you."

"Thank you," I say with a smile. "Let's go, Sen-sei…" Kakashi does blush at that, but follows me without a word, ignoring the cat calls that follow us.

"Seriou-"

"Later," I cut off, pulling him quickly towards home.

Once the door is closed securely behind us Kakashi turns on me. "Seriously?"

"Only for about a week," I say easily, a smile on my lips. "Genma's very good at the transformation jutsu."

"No way," Kakashi mutters, seeming fazed.

"I got over it really quickly," I say with a shrug. "Or… so I thought…"

"When you were a Chūnin?" He repeats.

I lick my lips slowly and nod. "So… bed?"

"Yeah," he says immediately, snapping out of his daze to follow me up the stairs easily, if not a little slowly.

"You too tired for this?" I ask with a flirty smirk as I close the door behind us.

"Never," he replies, peeling off his vest. Sarcasm drifts into his voice, though it's light enough that I'm not worried. "Give me a little credit; it's only been a little more than twenty four hours since I last slept." I laugh at that, closing the black-out shades to leave the room in a dim light from around the corners of the curtain instead of the midday light outside. Once any peeping eyes are blocked out I slip out of Kakashi's shirt, leaving me in just my underwear. "Hot damn," he mutters eyes raking over me shamelessly.

I back up towards the bed as he pulls off his shirt and squirm up the bed. At the top I pull the sheets up around me, watching him with a little smirk as he finishes undressing. "Sensei…" I whisper, beckoning him forward with my eyes as I kick off my underwear, tossing them off the edge of the bed. He grins widely, sauntering to the end of the bed and un-tucking the sheets from the bed frame. I bite my lips in excitement as he lifts the blankets, and then disappears beneath them, crawling his way up my body under the blankets. His first kiss lands on my knee and I moan at the idea of where he'll go next. He doesn't disappoint. "Kakashi," I whisper, tugging at his hair. "I don't want you to fall asleep on me, get up here."

He laughs at that one but kisses his way up my body all the same. He pauses to dip his tongue into my belly button, which makes me giggle through a moan. He pulls away at that, looking up at me from under the covers. "What was that?" he asks, smiling. When I don't respond immediately he does it again, enticing the same reaction out of me as before.

"Stop that," I laugh, smacking the back of his head lightly.

He laughs and continues up my body, moving as he goes so he rests between my legs. I instinctively bend my knees to allow him to rest perfectly between my legs and when he pulls back for a moment to shift his weight to his elbows I marvel at how the blankets over us make me feel safe and secure. I feel less like having sex and more like making love.

He kisses me as he finds his way to my entrance and we both pull apart as he enters me, groaning against the other's parted lips. Kakashi shifts his weight to one arm as he trails his other hand down my body, gently pulling me by the hip up against him. He sets the pace slow and leisurely, and I'm perfectly fine with that. In fact I find it to preferable, as I have time to feel every little movement, to embrace it, and then prepare for the next. Of course one look in his eyes tells me he's doing this more out of exhaustion than because it's romantic.

I sigh heavily before I lower my right side into the mattress as much as possible and then roll us over, so I can take charge. Kakashi smiles, grabbing my hips and moving his hands along with my movements. Not as a guide, but just to feel me closer to him. I feel the blankets slide down my back a little more with each movement and when they pool behind me I move my hands from the mattress to his chest, digging my nails into him as I arch my back. He mutters a string of low profanities, sitting up a bit to take a little more control for himself.

I shudder on top of him as I tumble over the edge and he follows, making me shudder and collapse on his chest. "That was good," he mutters in my ear, breathing heavily, thoroughly exhausted.

I kiss his neck, simply because it's close to my lips. "Goodnight, Kakashi," I whisper softly. "I love you."

He tenses underneath me and starts to lift his head to look down at me, but then seems to change his mind, and lets it drop back to the pillow. "I'll react to that in the morning," he says after a moment. "Remind me."

Um… sorry this took so long. My lap top disk drive broke and I was just going to exchange the laptop, but then I returned it, (I don't know) so I have to use my parent's computer, which means everything is on a flash drive now, and the USB um… (reader?) doesn't work properly on this computer so I have to restart the computer every time I want to write. Plus, it's like 200 degrees in the computer room. And I keep having other ideas of things to write so yeah… but anyways…

I was going to name Naruto and Hinata's daughter Hotaru, but turns out, there's already a Hotaru on the show; I just haven't met her yet. GAH! I'm on episode 127 now, by the way. The episodes about Kakashi's childhood. Nungh! I love them. Except they don't really make sense as far as the show's plot goes… why did they go into the story line right there? There wasn't even a lead-in. Or out. It was like "Oh, we forgot to show you this earlier…"

Anyhow… if anyone can guess what movie I kinda stole that sex scene from… kudos. Really, I'll be impressed… mostly because it's just very loosely based on one small scene in a small movie but whatever. If you don't remember the title the main character's name will do. Although if you know the main character I have no idea why you wouldn't know the movie title…