A/N: Two in one night…yay me! I still don't own anything other than Reyna though!

KAKASHI'S BIRTHDAY

The next few months gradually started to improve Reyna's mood as she started to get over the whole pack issue. Kakashi had been right about the village being her pack now, and she was finally starting to realize it. Naruto, Sakura, Kakashi, Iruka and Jiraiya rallied around her and she started to feel more and more like her old self as the days passed. It was nearly September by the time she finally got over her guilt from lying to her team. Nearly everywhere they went, Kakashi whined about having to wait until the fifteenth of September to get the Make-Out Paradise movie. The release date had been pushed back for some reason. Reyna, of course, had already pre-ordered it so she could pick it up first thing in the morning and the entire village had once again agreed to pull one over on Kakashi. As far as he knew every copy that every stored had ordered was spoken for.

One morning when she was heading to the Coffee Hut for her daily fix, she realized she was standing behind Kayha in line. While she still didn't feel like she could trust her, Reyna decided that she really did need to talk to her about what had happened that day when they had been training with Naruto.

"Kayha?"

Kayha turned around and leveled a cool gaze at Reyna, "Yeah?"

"Look, I just wanted to apologize for that day when we were training with Naruto and Kakashi. I never should have attacked you the way I did; there was no reason for it and there is no excuse for my actions. It's just hard to trust you after…what I saw. I'm willing to try to get past that."

Kayha stared at the wolf for a few more minutes and shrugged, "Its fine. I guess you had your reasons; Naruto filled me in a bit on what was going on with you. For now why don't we just try to tolerate each other?"

Reyna nodded and Kayha turned around to order her coffee. Reyna ordered hers a minute later and they left together in silence. Kayha headed off in one direction down the street and Reyna headed in the other. She had a meeting with her team about an upcoming mission and she was damned if she was going to let Kakashi rub off on her and start making her late.

During the weeks leading up to the fifteenth, which Reyna had already told her team was also Kakashi's birthday, the three of them started planning what they were going to do for the occasion. Naruto sent a message to the Sand Village and even Gaara had agreed that he would find some way to attend. Naruto was even managing to keep the whole thing a secret from, not only Kakashi but the rest of the village as well.

During missions the three of them started planning the party for their fearless leader. Reyna had gotten Tsunade to give them that week off so that they would have time to actually pull it all together. The next thing they decided on was the guest list. Jiraiya was one of the first that they decided to invite from the Leaf. After they decided on Jiraiya they decided on the rest of the guests; Tenten since she never seemed to have any kind of fun, Gai just because of his rivalry with Kakashi, and since they doubted Tsunade would come, they chose Shizune. Naruto had already gotten Kayha to agree to join them as well. Their final choice was Shikamaru because they knew that Temari would be there as well and they were curious as to whether Shikamaru was going to actually ask her out.

The last mission they were sent on before the week of Kakashi's birthday was to the Land of Rivers, escorting a merchant back to his home. Kakashi watched his team from the corner of his eye, wondering what in the world they could possibly be discussing but any time he tried to get closer to them, Reyna would scent him and their conversation would end abruptly before he could discover anything. Over the course of their trip to the Land of Rivers, they noticed that Kakashi would check his hip pouch and a look of relief would cross his face when his fingers brushed the familiar book. Reyna and Naruto would grin at one another each time he did so and shake their heads wondering how he could possibly think they would try the same thing twice.

The mission went quietly with only a small group of bandits attacking them on their journey. The ninja dealt with them quickly enough and before they knew it they were on their way back to the Leaf Village. Tsunade had kept them extremely busy once she had learned of their plan for Kakashi so that it wouldn't seem so suspicious that she was giving them a light week where they only had to train. Once they returned to the village, they set about getting things ordered and ready for the fifteenth. While Reyna kept Kakashi busy with random training; Naruto, Sakura and Kayha tracked down the rest of the people they wanted to invite.

It was Naruto who tracked down Jiraiya one day who had decided to stay in the village until the pack issues were resolved, "Hey! Pervy Sage!"

"I told you to stop calling me that!" Jiraiya spun to face his student.

"Yeah, well, it's what you are, but that's not what I've been looking for you to talk about."

"Well, what do you want? Come on I don't have all day. I have some very important research to conduct."

Naruto glared at him for that but got to the point anyway, "Well, we're having a birthday party for Kakashi-Sensei and we wanted to invite you to it!"

"For Kakashi, you say? My biggest fan? Tell me, is Reyna going to be there as well?" he asked a plan forming in his head in order to force Kakashi's hand when it came to the girl.

"Yeah, she is. Why? I wouldn't get pervy with her!" Naruto warned.

"Oh would you relax. Hey do you guys have a cake ordered yet?" Jiraiya grinned.

Naruto shook his head, "Nope. Why?"

"Don't worry about the cake. I know this girl who can make a cake look like anything. I'll get the cake!"

Naruto looked nervous at that thought, "Um, no offense or anything but we are going to have the Kazekage there too. And Shizune. Can you not get a pervy cake?"

Jiraiya cuffed Naruto in the side of the head, "Of course it's not going to be one of those cakes if you brats are going to be there too. No, I was thinking it would be fun to make Kakashi cut a cake of himself."

Naruto chuckled and shook his head, "I don't even want to know where you come up with these ideas but alright. I'll tell the others that the cake will be there. Be at Kakashi's apartment at five on Saturday."

Jiraiya nodded and Naruto sped down the street in search of his next invitee. By the end of the afternoon everyone on their list had been invited and agreed to come. Gai had been overjoyed at the invitation and had actually shed a couple of tears. While the others were handing out invitations, Reyna had managed to get away from Kakashi and was frantically running through the village ordering the good sake, and lots of it if Katara and Kayha were there as well as lots of random snack foods. Everything was ordered to be delivered to Kakashi's apartment on the afternoon of the fifteenth.

Over the course of the week, Reyna began following Kakashi around the village. No one even really looked twice at the fact that they were always together anymore. It had become such a fixture of the village that people actually looked twice when they were out alone. Somehow they managed to keep Kakashi from finding anything out about the party, although Reyna was beginning to tire of his whining about not being able to find a copy of his movie.

The morning of the fifteenth, Reyna rolled out of Kakashi's bed and locked herself in the bathroom. After getting dressed and ready to face the day, she headed back out into the living room, where Kakashi was reading his book and looking for the entire world like he was pouting.

"Kakashi?" she asked but he didn't even look up from his book. "Alright, what's wrong?"

"Make-Out Paradise comes out on DVD today and I can't find a copy anywhere," he whined.

"You don't even have a DVD player," she pointed out.

"I could have bought one but now I have to wait for the next shipment to come in and no one knows for sure when that will be."

"Relax, Kakashi, I'm sure it'll all work out for you. Hey, I'm going to go and grab a coffee. You want anything?" she asked.

"Yeah, my movie," he muttered and she left the apartment grumbling under her breath about how whiny he could be.

The first stop she made was, in fact, to get her morning coffee, but after that she didn't head back to Kakashi's apartment. She ducked into a video store where she had ordered a copy of the DVD and picked it up. The girl working laughed at her, asking if she was really going to buy that smutty of a movie and Reyna growled under her breath even as she felt the heat rise in her cheeks. Snagging the DVD she headed to her own apartment where she wrapped it quickly then bolted to where she was meeting Jiraiya.

She handed him the wrapped present and he promised to keep it safe until he got to Kakashi's apartment that afternoon with the cake. Along with the DVD she handed Jiraiya her key to Kakashi's apartment. It had originally been his spare key, but since she spent nearly every night over there anyway, it was simply easier for her to have her own key rather than having to pound on his door every time he locked her out. Now all she had to do was find a way to get Kakashi out of there for the rest of the day. She puzzled over that one on her way back and stepped back into the apartment to find Kakashi in the same spot on the couch.

"Are you just going to sit there all day?" she asked incredulously.

"Yes. We don't have training since the rest of our team has other things that they promised to do for the Hokage and therefore I am going to sit here and mope," he replied.

"Well, I'm not going to allow that, Hatake. It's your birthday and I'm going to make sure you have some kind of fun if I have to drag you kicking and screaming out the door and pour sake down your throat!" she headed towards him.

"Alright, fine. What do you suggest?" he muttered, not willing to find out if she was bluffing about that or not.

"Hot springs. My treat," she pulled off the top of her head.

"Sounds good to me," he was on his feet and heading for the door before she had even finished speaking.

She rolled her eyes but followed him out the door. She managed to keep Kakashi at the hot springs for the majority of the day but found that they were heading for the apartment an hour too early.

"Hey, how about we grab something to eat before we head back? My treat again since it is your birthday," she suggested.

Kakashi shrugged, "Sure, why not."

She pulled him into the first restaurant they came to and they proceeded to order supper for themselves. She figured the others would just have to figure something out. She managed to keep Kakashi in the restaurant for the needed hour and they finally headed back toward his apartment.

"So you were keeping me out all day because you guys are having this party at my place, aren't you?" he asked as they walked.

"What party?" Reyna asked.

"You know what party, Reyna."

"How did you find out?"

"Why else would the Kazekage suddenly show up in the Leaf?" he asked and she mentally kicked herself.

"Can you at least act like you didn't know?"

"Of course. It's not like I'd have a reaction to it anyway. It is me."

Reyna chuckled at that as they climbed the stairs to his door. He pushed the door open and braced himself for what he was going to walk into. He was actually shocked when he realized they hadn't really done much for decorations. A banner that read 'Happy Birthday Kakashi' hung from his ceiling and there were a few balloons but that was about all.

"Surprise!" the small group of guests called out and he was happy to see that they had kept their guest list to only a few.

"Am I ever surprised?" he asked, though the shock at what he saw did show through in his eye.

Naruto laughed and bounded over to Kakashi and before the Jounin realized what was happening he found himself being hugged by Naruto. Reyna quirked a brow at the blonde as Kakashi attempted to get out of his grip. Jiraiya walked over to the two, balancing three glasses in his hands. He handed one to Reyna and once Kakashi managed to get Naruto off of him, Jiraiya handed one to him as well.

"Happy birthday," he stated raising his glass in a toast and draping his other arm around Reyna's shoulders.

Kakashi quirked a brow at his antics but didn't say anything. He sipped his drink and shook his head at Jiraiya. Reyna turned her attention back to Naruto who now had a glass in his hand as well, not even really paying attention to the arm that Jiraiya had around her since he'd done it to her for years.

"To the power of youth!" Gai hollered, raising his own glass before throwing back his drink.

"Naruto, how much have you guys drank already?" Reyna asked the blonde quietly.

"Well, Kayha and Katara have had a bottle each and the rest of us have polished off three bottles," the blonde replied with a smile.

Reyna groaned as she sipped her drink, "This is going to be interesting."

"In my defense, most of that was drunk by Jiraiya and Gai…"

Reyna shook her head and moved off through the rest of the guests. Kakashi was lamenting the fact that he didn't have his DVD yet to Jiraiya who was laughing about it. Kayha and Gaara were catching up on the couch. Temari was avoiding Shikamaru who was trying to find out what the hell she had been talking about in the video he had found on Ninja book. Gai, Sakura, Shizune, and Tenten were talking in one corner. Reyna finally made her way to the CD player and hit the play button, not even knowing what Kakashi could possibly have in. Kankuro, already drunk, was trying to convince Katara to strip tease again.

As soon as the music started, Jiraiya walked away from Kakashi who turned his attention to the rest of the guests. Jiraiya headed for Reyna and grabbed her arm with his free hand. Reyna glanced up at him and quirked a brow.

"Jiraiya-Sensei?" she started but he cut her off.

"We're dancing. Let's go," he muttered, determined to put his plan into action as soon as he could; he would get Kakashi to admit his feelings about Reyna.

"Um…do I not get a choice in this? I think I need more sake," she muttered even as Jiraiya started to dance with her.

Seeing no way to get out of the situation, she followed his lead, feeling weird about the whole situation. Naruto started to laugh, as did Shikamaru and the two immediately pulled out cameras. Reyna groaned as they started snapping pictures of them. As soon as the song ended she managed to get away from him and grabbed a bottle of sake from the cases sitting in the kitchen.

"I need a hell of a lot of sake after that," she muttered to no one in particular.

Before she had even managed to pour herself another drink she found herself being pulled back into the living room, although this time it was by Gai. If she had thought dancing with Jiraiya was bad, Gai was even worse. She did manage to get away from him faster than she had Jiraiya though and gave up drinking from a glass, she just started a bottle to herself.

Shikamaru had finally pinned Temari in a corner of the living room and was demanding an explanation. Temari, who had been drinking just as much over the course of the day, finally glared at him.

"What the hell do you think it meant, you idiot? If you didn't think everything in the universe was so bothersome, you could have had me as your damn girlfriend!" Temari ground out at him.

"Ah, man. So now what do you want me to do? Ask you out or something?"

"Whatever! If it's too much of a bother, don't worry about it."

"I didn't say that…" they were cut off by Naruto who stumbled into Shikamaru, sending Shikamaru into Temari. They had been in each other's faces and now they found their lips pressed together as Naruto apologized and stumbled away, not realizing what he had done.

The two quickly separated and Shikamaru disappeared into the kitchen while Temari dropped onto the couch beside Gaara. Gaara was still talking with Kayha, and barely glanced over at the shell shocked Temari. Both he and Kayha had drinks in their hands and periodically someone would wander by with a bottle and top them up.

Shizune settled in a corner with Sakura as they surveyed the party. Eventually Tenten joined them and they began laughing and mocking the rest of the party guests. They had a couple of bottles at their feet that they continued to fill their glasses from. Sakura was watching how fast she was drinking this time around, having finally learned her lesson from the last two parties in the Sand.

Kakashi ended up having to cut the cake around ten that night as the masses were starting to complain that they wanted cake. After five hours of drinking even Kakashi was starting to feel the effects and loosened up considerably. He laughed at the design of the cake.

"So does this mean I have to use a kunai or something?" he asked.

"Sure, use whatever you want," Jiraiya grinned, standing next to Reyna and wrapping his arm around her waist.

Reyna, who had been drinking heavily ever since she had had to dance with Jiraiya and Gai, didn't protest this time around and actually found herself leaning against him as the earth swayed under her feet periodically. Kakashi noticed the whole thing but for a few moments didn't say anything as he set about cutting his cake. He very carefully avoided cutting the face and head, instead starting at the feet.

"Jiraiya. Would you please take your hands off of Reyna?" he asked as he passed them on the way back to the living room.

"Now why would I do that, Kakashi?" Jiraiya asked sweetly.

"Because if you don't, I will have to remove them from your person," Kakashi replied so quietly only Jiraiya heard him speak next to his ear.

"In that case…"Jiraiya removed his arm from around Reyna.

"Hey, this is getting boring!" Naruto exclaimed. "How about we play truth or dare again?"

Those that had been involved in the previous game of truth or dare shot down the idea, and even those that had only seen the pictures and heard about it second hand disagreed with that plan. Amidst the grumbling , however, it was agreed that they needed something to liven up the night again. It was approaching midnight by then and they were all well past the point of being drunk.

"Temari! Put that damn fan away!" Kakashi suddenly exclaimed as Temari was brandishing her fan at a rather terrified looking Shikamaru.

Reyna jerked around to see what was going on and stumbled against Kakashi in the process, "Shit that was a very bad idea."

Kakashi quirked a brow at her but didn't say anything as she seemed to get her feet back under her and addressed the group, "Alright! Everyone deposit your weapons in the kitchen pantry. After the flying kunai incident at the Sand, we do not need weapons in drunken people's hands. The pantry has a lock and I'm sure I'll remember where the key is in the morning!"

Amidst much grumbling, the group deposited their various weapons and even scrolls into the pantry. Gaara even parted with his sand gourd and Reyna locked the pantry door after they were finished. With the threat of immediate dismemberment gone, they returned to drinking and Jiraiya once again found his way over beside Reyna who stumbled in against his side. With the whole issue of putting weapons away and locking them up, the group had forgotten the previous plan to play spin the bottle for which Reyna was exceptionally happy about. After all her former teacher was present and that could have just ended up far too awkward for her taste.

Jiraiya was the first one of the group to end up passing out from drinking too much that night. All of the girls shared a look before starting to giggle and heading towards the unconscious Jiraiya. The men at the party gave each other worried looks, vowing not to be the next one to pass out. When the group of girls finally stepped away from the Toad Sage, everyone present started to laugh. They had managed to French braid Jiraiya's hair adding glitter to his hair and clothes.

"Should we do his make-up too?" Sakura asked with another giggle.

"No, I think I'd rather keep my head attached to my shoulders tomorrow," Reyna replied, stumbling against the arm of the couch and ending up falling onto Kakashi.

The next person out was Gai who passed out randomly on the floor in mid-challenge to Kakashi. The group started to laugh and Kakashi pushed himself unsteadily to his feet.

"I'm thinking that I'm about done for as well. Let's go, Reyna," he offered her his hand to help her to her feet.

Reyna pushed herself to her feet and glared at him, "I don't want to sleep with you! You hog the bed and steal my blankets!"

"If you remember correctly, it was you who kicked me out of bed," Kakashi shot back.

"Only after you told me to fetch!"

"Fine, if you want to sleep on the floor and let these cretins attack you with glitter, be my guest," he snapped back before disappearing into his room and locking the door.

Reyna stuck her tongue out at his back before dropping onto the floor by Jiraiya. The rest of the group also started to drop soon after Kakashi went to his bed and Reyna was no different. Rather than finding a comfortable place to sleep, she fell onto her side, her head on Jiraiya's shoulder and fell asleep.

A/N: Okay, so not my best party scene…sorry! Still please review cuz now I'm onto the next morning and I'm trying to make up for the lack of funny here with it! Until then (hopefully in the next hour actually)…