Author's Note: I own nothing except Reyna; even Kayha and Katara are creations of a friend. Everything you recognize is property of Masashi Kishimoto. Characters are slightly OOC but that was the point of this; a friend and I decided that they needed to have some fun in their lives! Chaos ensued and this was the result.
Character Notes: Reyna has the ability to shift to a wolf as well as all the perks of being one (heightened senses); Kayha and Katara were two of Orochimaru's experiments. If there is interest I will post Reyna's story eventually as well. That's all I have to tell you now...ENJOY!
AFTERMATH AND HUNGOVER TRAINING
The next morning, Kayha woke up and rolled over, not really comprehending the fact that she was not in her own bed. It took her a few seconds to finally realize that she was, in fact, lying in Gaara's bed. Slowly she pulled herself up to a sitting position and glanced around the room. Even then, it took her a second to see Gaara sitting in the corner of the room, settled into an overstuffed armchair.
"Hello," Gaara spoke when her gaze finally landed on him.
Kayha groaned, she couldn't remember the last time she had actually had a hangover, let alone a headache that bad, "Hey."
"I have some things that have to get done this morning," Before Kakashi starts training his team he added to himself, "So are you alright?"
Kayha nodded carefully, "Yeah, I think I'm just going to die for a couple hours in here if that's alright."
Gaara nodded to her as he rose to his feet, "That will be fine. If you require anything, call for one of the aids."
With that Gaara disappeared out the door, pulling it closed behind him. Kayha fell back onto the bed and closed her eyes with a grimace. She really wished she could remember what she had done the previous night to make Gaara treat her so…coldly.
Kakashi woke slowly the next morning and slowly opened his right eye to glance around the room. He tried not to move too much, despite the angle he found his head in, when he realized that Reyna was curled tightly in against his side. She had her head pressed in against his neck where it connected to his shoulder, with one arm tossed over his stomach and one leg crossing over his at the calf.
He smirked to himself under his mask and very carefully shifted the arm that she was laying on top of since it was completely numb by now. He briefly considered making her repay the way she had made him sleep with a massage the next evening. Then again, he could get a massage and still torment her about the previous night as well. That sounded like a much better plan. Of course Jiraiya was never going to learn that he was right about the way the wolf felt about Kakashi.
Reyna shifted slightly and groaned at the pain in her head. There was no way she was even attempting to open her eyes yet. She was warm and comfortable curled up against a warm body and she shifted closer against her companion.
Wait, who am I sleeping with? She asked herself, unconsciously tightening her arm around said person's torso when they moved.
"Morning, Reyna!" Kakashi purposefully spoke loudly and closer to her ear than was actually necessary.
Reyna groaned and burrowed her head a little tighter against him, "You can be a real bastard you know that, Kakashi?"
He chuckled at that and now that he knew she was awake, moved her just enough that he could straighten his neck out and start to get some feeling back in his arm. Reyna knew that she should move off of her team leader, that this was a horrible position to find herself in, but decided that moving would just hurt too much.
"How long do you think Naruto and Sakura are going to be unconscious today?" he asked.
"From what I actually remember from last night, I would think probably quite a while. That and I'm pretty sure if I moved right now, I'd have to kill myself," she groaned in answer.
Kakashi smirked, "So you don't remember much about last night huh?"
Reyna very carefully shook her head against his shoulder, "After around the point of Sakura following me around wanting to give me a bloody make over, not a whole hell of a lot."
"So you don't remember what you asked the Kazekage, Rey?"
Reyna shot a brow up at that and finally lifted her head off his shoulder with a slight grimace at the pain that shot through her temples, "What? Please tell me I didn't completely destroy relations between the Sand and the Leaf single handed," she was just starting to panic when what he called her registered in her mind, "And since when am I Rey?"
"Ever since I became Kashi," he replied, "and no, you didn't destroy relations, in fact, you may have strengthened them."
Reyna quirked a brow, "And how the hell would I have managed that one?"
"Oh, I'm pretty sure you can figure that one out for yourself, but if you can disentangle yourself from around me, get your ass out of my bed and get Sakura and Naruto up and semi functioning, I may tell you some of what happened last night."
Reyna groaned at that but slowly managed to slide her leg from around his and pull herself to a sitting position. Kakashi sprang to his feet and stood leaning against the wall while she struggled to pull herself to her feet.
"Um, where are the rest of my clothes?" Reyna asked, shooting a glance at him as she gained her feet and found her balance.
"They're on the roof. Once you're up and have the others gathered, meet me at the training grounds where you and Naruto trained yesterday after we got here. I'll meet you all there in two hours," Kakashi spoke while Reyna slowly gathered her scattered articles of clothing and pulled them back into place, forgoing her vest for the day.
She nodded to Kakashi as she stepped out of his room and headed down the hall towards Naruto's room. She carefully schooled herself into ignoring the pain in her head and the fatigue in her limbs, moving as though there was nothing out of the ordinary; although she knew that she was not going to do well in the training that Kakashi had planned for them.
An hour and a half after leaving Kakashi's room, Reyna had managed to rouse the other two Leaf ninja, deposited her vest and changed her clothes in her own room and was dragging the others out to the training grounds she'd been at the day before. Naruto was, for the most part, managing to walk on his own accord, but Reyna still had a solid grip on the shoulder of his shirt to ensure that he kept pace with her. She was far from being in a good mood and the heat of the morning sun was only making her head pound worse and the wolf harder and harder to keep at bay. Sakura, she had by the back of her collar and was dragging her more than the medic-ninja was walking.
They reached the training grounds almost exactly two hours after Reyna left Kakashi, but of course the Copy Ninja was nowhere to be seen. Reyna growled and released the other two ninja who slumped to the ground while the wolf paced around the area, growling under her breath. The group waited nearly forty-five minutes before Kakashi appeared in front of them, hand up in greeting.
"Sorry I'm late, but I had to help a child get her kitten off a roof."
Reyna growled at him as she turned to face him, moving far slower than she usually did. The heat was really starting to take its toll on her body that day. The other two barely even glanced up at him, but instead just groaned at him. He quickly got the other two on their feet and they all dropped into ready stances. Naruto made the first move against Kakashi as Reyna hung back, testing her ability to cope with the heat and her hang over. The clang as the two kunai struck one another echoed through the grounds, causing Reyna to flinch. There were times that having sensitive hearing was a really bad thing.
Reyna shook off the discomfort, and launched her own attack. With a single hand sign shadows sprung up around Kakashi, grabbing his ankles and wrists. However, the elder ninja had seen the hand sign and knew what was coming. At the last instant, Kakashi used the replacement jutsu and the shadows grasped a rock rather than the real ninja.
Naruto took full advantage of it and turned towards Kakashi, creating the hand signs as he turned, the nine-tailed fox already starting to burn off the effects of the previous night, "MULTI SHADOW CLONE JUTSU!"
As thirty clones of the blonde appeared from thin air, Reyna, who had been standing barely ten feet from him, collapsed to her knees, clutching her head. In mid strike every Naruto stopped and popped out of existence while Kakashi launched to Reyna's side. The wolf was growling softly under her breath, fingers digging into her temples as she attempted to keep her head from breaking apart at the pain.
"Reyna, are you alright?" Kakashi spoke softly, one hand resting on the back of her neck.
Sakura was slowly moving towards them, sending small amounts of healing chakra to her own pounding head while Naruto dropped to his knees on Reyna's other side. Very slowly, Reyna lifted her head to look at Kakashi, her gaze blazing amber and more animalistic than human. Kakashi could tell that she was fighting for control the entire time though, and held his ground beside her.
"Naruto, Sakura, tree climbing exercise, except use the natural rock outcroppings nearby, and I don't care how the hell hung over you are, you need to have the same kind of control over your chakra, regardless of how you feel. Now go," there was an edge to Kakashi's voice that neither of them was willing to challenge.
While they headed off, grumbling under their breath to do as instructed, Kakashi tightened his grip on the back of Reyna's neck while he untied the headband from around her forehead guessing that the pressure from it wasn't helping her headache much. He could feel her trembling under his hand, striving to maintain her hold on the dangerous wolf persona.
"They could have stayed," Reyna finally muttered though it sounded more like a growl.
"It's easier to help you out if I don't have to worry about them accidentally making it worse. I know that Naruto knows what you are but I don't think he completely understands the implications. Sakura doesn't have a clue and would have probably tried to heal you. You forget I was there when Tsunade tried to heal you when you got back after your capture. I still don't know what held you back," Kakashi kept his voice soft and even as he spoke.
Reyna sighed, she did know what had stopped her; she just didn't have any idea as to why it had stopped her. She fell silent, focusing on maintaining what control she had left before she went on a rampage through the Sand Village and royally pissed off the Kazekage. That would not look good.
"Reyna, you can control this. Focus on me. Focus on the sound of my voice, the feel of my hand on your neck, hell, even my scent if it helps. Just breathe and focus on me."
"Normally that would work. The problem is," Reyna looked back up at him, her eyes having turned a bit more animalistic, "the wolf still comes forth, she's just placated...and a few other things."
"Other things?" he was trying to keep her talking, thinking that if she was talking she would hold onto her humanity longer.
She shook her head, managing to hold her tongue, "It doesn't matter. Let's just leave it at that. You know if it wasn't for this damned heat I probably would have been fine."
Kakashi sighed, not really sure how he was going to get her back inside without drawing attention to her current state. That and he was finding that he was extremely curious as to what, exactly, those 'other things' were. He also knew better than to push his luck when it came to Reyna and her wolf side, so instead he remained silent for a few moments.
"We should get you back inside then," he finally muttered, stuffing her headband in his pocket before pulling her to her feet.
Reyna flinched and growled under her breath as the world shifted under her feet and her head pounded, "Might be a good idea."
Slowly the two of them headed back for the main house, passing Sakura and Naruto still training while Gaara looked on. Kakashi spoke to Gaara briefly as they passed asking if he would mind training with the rest of his team. Gaara jumped at the chance to do some sparring and Kakashi left Naruto and Sakura in Gaara's hands. Reyna fell in step beside Kakashi as he walked off again, occasionally using his shoulder and side to keep her upright when the earth decided to tilt out from under her feet; at least until they reached his room.
A/N: There will be one more chapter, but it deals more with Kakashi trying to get Reyna to trust him than anything. Some of Reyna's past will be revealed! Until then, please give generously to keep my muse fed and happy at home; she loves reviews!