Calixta woke only an hour later. Since Naruto appeared to be asleep in his chair a few feet away, she carefully swung her legs over the side of the bed.
"Where are you going?" the young man asked in a tired voice.
"Oh, you are awake," she started a little at the sound of his voice, "Since that's the case, would you mind handing me my purse?"
"That's it?" he asked lazily.
"That is all," she giggled.
He didn't say anything, just handed her the bag and watched to make sure she was going to stay in bed. To his surprise and sleepy delight, she was but she wasn't going back to sleep. Rather, she turned on the little light above her bed, pulled out a sheet of paper, along with a pen, and started writing. However, before she could finish, she nodded off again only to awaken when the first streams of light started coming through her window.
"Shit!" she shot upright.
Naruto started awake at her sudden expletive. "What's wrong?"
She finished frantically writing on the paper and hastily folded it. "Please, take this to Gaara. I know they probably left the village already but I'm sure you can catch them."
"I-I would but, I'm not supposed to leave," he hesitated even though he was already holding the paper.
As soon as he started to protest, Calixta pushed the call button. When the on duty nurse came in, "Go, please, before he gets too far," she pleaded with Naruto. Once the young man was gone, she turned to the nurse and asked for the machine used to express her milk.
"Hey, wait up!" Naruto called after the team of sand ninja a few minutes later. She was right, they had already left but they still weren't far from the outer edge of the village.
"What is it now?" Baki snapped. "We've wasted enough time in your village."
"Uh, yeah," Naruto managed as he finished his hurried approach. "Just this," he pulled the paper out of his jacket but when he saw Baki reaching for it, he quickly redirected, "It's for Gaara."
Had it been for either of his other two students, Baki would have snatched it away. Gaara was permitted to take it without interference. "From who," the sensei asked instead.
"It's from Calixta-san," Naruto replied, feeling as though he was telling a secret. "Uh, that's it. See ya," he dashed away.
He contemplated reading the note right away but his team seemed a little too interested to leave him be about it so he tucked it in his clothes without a word. However, he couldn't help taking a little peak at it now and then, even if it was just unfolding the top to see his name written in her delicate but unwavering pen strokes. Then, when they made camp for the night, he sat down next to the fire and read it.
Gaara's relationship with Calixta perplexed Baki, which was why when Kakashi asked him to come over so they could talk, he accepted.
"Ah, Baki, come right in," Kakashi mentioned. "Tea?" he offered. He had been planning to make some for himself anyway and thought it polite to offer.
"That's fine. Tell me about what happened to Gaara and Kankuro," Baki requested, wasting no time with pleasantries.
"Calixta told you at the hospital what happened," Kakashi replied evenly.
"I want to hear it from you," he pressed.
Kakashi sighed. "You don't trust her even an inch, do you?" he half-teased.
"My trust is not the issue here. I want to know what happened to my students," he resolutely replied.
The copy-nin sighed again and gathered his thoughts before retelling the story from that afternoon, fleshing out some of the details that Calixta had left out, not because she was hiding anything but because she most likely wasn't aware or didn't remember. When he was finished, Baki still appeared displeased. "What's the matter?"
"How can you be so relaxed about this? She's manipulating the people of your village and I'm starting to think she's got you too," he accused.
"Baki, you sound paranoid," Kakashi eased. "It's not like she just goes around charming everyone she meets," he took another moment to explain the nature of some of the training he had her do.
"I'm surprised she hasn't been driven out with torches and pitchforks by now," the sand ninja scoffed.
Kakashi laughed loudly at the notion. "Actually, everyone she's charmed has taken the news very well since they found out.
"Because they were charmed by her," Baki countered.
"I can see there's no convincing you of her general good will. That's fine. It's not really the crux of why you're here anyway." When Baki glared at him in response, he continued, "You're more worried about her relationship with your strongest and least stable student."
"That's true and frankly, I think you should be too," he snapped.
"I would be worried if I felt like there was anything I could do about it," the grey-haired ninja shrugged.
"You can always do something. Forbid her to see him anymore," he suggested.
Kakashi laughed again, "Don't you realize that's the fastest way to make them want to be together, whether it's good for them or not?"
"You're not convinced that letting them even spend time together is a bad idea," Baki accused.
"Well, you know Gaara far better than I do so I trust your judgment of his demeanor but as far as Calixta goes, she was no worse for the wear due to their encounter. Has Gaara been himself since their first meeting?"
Baki thought for a moment, first about the answer to that question then how much of it he wanted to reveal to the other man. "He was…calmer, more agreeable," he managed.
"Is that bad?" Kakashi half-joked.
"It is if it's her fault," Baki snapped harshly.
"Because you think she's manipulating him," the copy-nin jokingly surmised.
"The fact that he was called here by her like so many others proves that she is," he nearly growled.
"One time and it wasn't her fault. On top of that, I think she's much stronger for the experience," Kakashi reasoned.
"Good for her…It only makes her more of a threat."
"Suit yourself. If I'd've known you were only seeking validation for your existing notions then I wouldn't have asked you in. As for me, as nervous as it makes me, I intend to encourage their relationship."
"By doing that, you undermine my authority," Baki growled.
"I'm sorry you feel that way. If it makes you feel any better, look at it this way. Neither one of them is very normal, each for their own reasons. Have you ever seen Gaara look at anyone like that before?"
"Those aren't his expressions," Baki insisted. "They're her doing."
"I think Gaara would be extremely offended that you doubt his control that much," Kakashi pointed out.
Baki grumbled and left a minute later feeling unsatisfied.
Gaara
I feel compelled to apologize to you one more time for the circumstances that brought you to me. Please, if you can find a way, extend those apologies to the rest of your team. Regardless of all that, I greatly enjoyed seeing you again. It is my sincere hope that we will meet again, soon, and under better circumstances, but you already know that. Which is why this letter will be short, I need not even attempt to put my feelings into words. You know how flimsy and subjective words can be when offered to those who don't want to understand. Suffice to say, then, that I will miss you greatly and look forward to the day when our paths cross again.
Calixta
Gaara couldn't help smiling at it a little. His intention had been to toss it into the fire as soon as he was finished reading it but it wasn't as embarrassing as he thought it would be. If someone else happened to read it, they wouldn't learn anything particularly special.
"What's it say?" Baki asked when he saw Gaara finish reading it for the second time.
"Nothing really. She says she's sorry about what happened," he curtly replied.
"That's it?" Temari pressed incredulously.
"She wants to see me again," he added with a slight smirk.
Baki had been worried about something like that. He didn't particularly trust Calixta before and now to find that she had pulled two of his students away from their village without warning, he pretty well disliked her. However, she made his most antisocial and aggressive student much more reasonable. He was torn. "Gaara, be careful when you deal with that woman." He knew that the fastest way to get them together would be to forbid their relationship outright, as Kakashi reiterated, so he hedged, still giving the same underlying impression.
Gaara shot his sensei a dark look that questioned the conviction of the statement. "Fine," he agreed nonchalantly.
Now Baki knew he was the one being placated but since Gaara wasn't angry for the suggestion, he felt a slight victory. "Good. She's too much trouble anyway."
Gaara almost laughed at that. Out of the four of them, Baki knew Calixta the least. Sure, he might have been privy to certain details from his discussions with Kakashi about her, but he hadn't actually spent any time with the young woman. This was mostly out of the grown man's fear of being overwhelmed by the young woman, something that would be far too humiliating to allow.
Kakashi had intended to be at the hospital to walk Calixta home the following afternoon but was detained by other matters so he sent Sasuke to do it for him. All things considered, it only seemed fitting.
When they exited, she held her palm up with the ladybug in it. "Go now, back to Shino. He's probably wondering where you are!" she urged the insect and it finally flew off. "Thanks," she sheepishly told him as they watched it fly off.
"Whatever. Kakashi-sensei was busy, or he'd do this himself," Sasuke replied.
"Not just for this, for that night. I'm glad you came after me. I don't know if I would have made it back here if it wasn't for you," she told him.
"You wouldn't have gotten stabbed if it wasn't for my knife," he retorted.
"If it wasn't that, it would have been something else, a tall tree, a precipice with a rocky bottom," she managed.
Sasuke shook his head with exasperation. "You were really gunna do it, weren't you?"
Calixta couldn't maintain eye contact after that. "Yes, yes I was."
"Who's Kujo?" he suddenly asked.
She visibly started at the name. "Someone I knew…long ago," she barely replied.
"A lover?" he rudely asked.
She started again. "N-No, not exactly," she managed and when she realized they were nearly at her door. "If you'll come in, I'll tell you about it."
That piqued Sasuke's curiosity further and he entered.
"Kujo was the first," she began.
"To be affected by your chakra?" he assumed.
"Precisely. We were best friends as children and people thought we would be a couple when we got older. It probably would have turned out that way if not for my chakra."
"I don't understand. If you two really liked each other that much, why not get together?"
She laughed a little. "It would have been convenient, wouldn't it? But that was a lot of the problem," she sighed. "I'll try to explain. He was a couple years older than me and the son of one of the high clergy families in my home village. After the changes started, it didn't take me long to figure out that something was strange, even stranger than puberty usually is," she almost laughed again.
"So, what changed?" he couldn't help prompting.
"I was too young at the time to realize he had a crush on me at first. It took my mother pointing it out for me to notice. We used to playfully bicker and generally give each other a hard time, like you and your friends do. It was nice," she added nostalgically. "But then he started to change. I would try to tease him and he would take me seriously, even change his behavior because he thought it would make me happy. Of course, it didn't. I liked him the way he was, as my friend. Then, one day, he kissed me. I tried to be nice about it. I didn't want to hurt his feelings because he meant so very much to me but it freaked me out when he said that my very presence aroused him, that he couldn't help the way he behaved. When I tried to talk to my mother about it, she said that was just how boys at that age are…but this seemed different some how. Sometimes, he would come to my window at night, said he was drawn to me in ways he couldn't explain."
Sasuke nodded with understanding but let her continue without interruption.
"It really worried me but I didn't want to hurt him so I tried to redirect him to Sena, the woman from the other night. She cared for him in the kinds of ways that I couldn't. I wanted his friendship; she wanted his heart. At first, she appreciated my efforts to get them together and it might have worked if not for my chakra, but as time passed and it continued to fail, she grew bitter and angry. She felt I was rubbing his attraction to me in her face. You must believe that I would never do something like that," she nearly pleaded.
"I believe you," he barely replied so that she would continue.
"His behavior embarrassed his family. He had always been such a pure and honorable young man until it started, then his behavior became erratic, even overtly perverted and he didn't seem to care. They blamed me for leading him on. I think they did that because they couldn't think of another way to deal with the changes in their son. Then, as if all that wasn't bad enough, others started to react to me in similar ways and it all just snowballed from there. My parents didn't know what to do. My father blamed me, thought as Sena did, that I was a tease, leading others on to the point where they did bizarre things. My mother gave me the benefit of the doubt but it did little good except that she was willing to help shoo away potential suitors. When it was clear that things were getting out of hand, she took me to some of the strange, outcast elders of our village. They were the first to realize that it was my chakra causing all the problems." She gave a deep sigh and looked out the window as though she might see someone familiar.
"So? Then what?" Sasuke prompted almost impatiently.
"They tried a bunch of different things but nothing seemed to help. In fact, some of it seemed to make matters worse. As time passed, Kujo became increasingly jealous of all the others attracted to me, refused to believe that it was out of my control and it made him angry that I wasn't meaner when I tried to turn them away. But you must understand that I just couldn't do that. I felt their affection and it made my demeanor softer, even when I wanted to be harsh. The situation drove him mad and he killed himself because of it. Sena, his parents, nearly everyone in our village blamed me for it and I ran away." She had to grab a tissue because of the tears welling up in her eyes.
"Of course…I didn't realize. I'm sorry I made you drudge it up," he managed.
She gave a sad little laugh. "You're the first person I've told about that wasn't trying to coach my abilities," she admitted. "And it's okay, really. After you saved me from myself, you deserve to have such questions answered."
"I can't believe she stalked you like that for so long," Sasuke commented.
"I've seen her since then, in various places but she never confronted me like that before," she added.
"She couldn't stand to see you succeed," he replied.
"I suppose so. I still feel bad for her. She loved him dearly, almost killed me for what happened," she told him.
"Sounds like she went mad too, if you ask me," he nearly scoffed.
"Love does strange things to people. Some even call love a form of madness," she replied. "Do you think that's what I do, make people mad?"
Sasuke couldn't help laughing at that. "If you'd asked me that after the first time we'd met, I'd probably agree to that. Now that you have control over the degree to which your chakra affects people, I don't think so," he told her evenly.
"I appreciate that. After all, you're the only other person who's had the kind of power that I have, at least that I know of anyway," she smiled a little. "I appreciate your insight. Tell me, have you used your copy of my chakra abilities on anyone else?"
Again, Sasuke chuckled. "No, I haven't."
"How come?" she pressed.
"It never seemed…like the most useful technique for the situations I've been in," he managed and when she quirked an odd smile at that he couldn't help questioning it, "What's that look for?" He had to ask because it made him feel warm inside, a pleasant feeling he wasn't entirely comfortable with.
"But you would use it, if the situation called for it?"
He looked away, "I suppose. It's foolish to dismiss a technique out of hand because you never know when it will be useful."
She nodded. "I appreciate that. Actually, I sort of lied to Lee and Neji about that," she admitted mischievously.
"How so?" she managed to pique his curiosity again.
"Well, when I was explaining my abilities to them, as Guy-sensei asked me to, they asked if you ever copied them. I told them that you thought it was beneath you," she answered.
"Why's that?" he pressed.
"For the sake of your modesty, for one thing. Besides, it's not like you could use it on either of them…well, not without the sexy jutsu, which would probably be more than enough by itself anyway, if you don't mind me saying," she giggled. "And it was while Kakashi was having us train together. I didn't want them asking you embarrassing questions that would make that any more difficult than it already was."
"I appreciate that," he half-smiled at her.
"I thought you would. Though, they did tell me that you called me a succubus," she teasingly told him.
He shifted uncomfortably. "Um, yeah, I-uh…I was still pretty mad about what happened during our trip here."
She gave a gentle smile. "I understand. Actually, I found it an amusing mischaracterization coming from you."
"What's that supposed to mean?"
She laughed at his offense, "Just that, with your sharingan, you have the potential to be much more of a succubus than I could ever dream of."
He found himself laughing a little as well, that is, until she gave him another odd look. "You're giving me another weird look. You know how I hate that."
"I didn't mean to," she replied in place of an apology. "I was just wondering if you missed it, that's all."
"Missed what?"
"Oh, don't play coy. It doesn't suit you. Do you miss our little training sessions?" she pressed.
He shook his head in exasperation. "There's no right answer for that and you know it. I don't miss letting you control me," he half-lied because he realized there was a certain erotic appeal to giving someone else control, "But some of it was pretty fun," he admitted.
That made her smile in a way that made his stomach flutter.
"Perhaps we could…start our own independent training exercises then?" she proposed with a naughty undertone in her voice.
Sasuke couldn't help blushing a little. "Perhaps," he agreed in spite of his embarrassment.
"I'm sure you'd like to get a better handle on those techniques and I would be more than willing to let you experiment on me," she offered with a little wink.
It was his turn to quirk an odd expression.
"Now you're the one giving me weird looks," she playfully accused.
"You never cease to amaze me," he shook his head in exasperation again.
His responses now were so much different that they were months ago. It seemed like now they were finally getting along. Most of the tension between them had dissipated and it made her bold. She couldn't help scooting closer to him and pulling him in for a kiss.
He started at the sudden affection, even though it wasn't that sudden. Her approach had been slow and she had been watching him for signs of apprehension or revulsion. Finding none, she pressed forward, closing the gap between them. In spite of being startled, he gave into her affection because he could feel it warming him inside and out and because of his experience with her, he wasn't concerned by it. He knew it was the outward sign of her actual affection for him rather than the feeling of her strange chakra.
When their kiss broke he was nearly breathless and was having trouble catching his breath because of how intense their eye contact was. Luckily, or otherwise, he was saved from speaking by a knock on the door, followed immediately by an urgent barking. "Expecting a visitor?" he dryly commented, knowing exactly who it was.
"No," she blushed, then giggled at the idea of the three of them together because of how audacious it would be.
"What's that stupid laugh for?" he scoffed.
"If you changed into sexy jutsu and answered the door with me, Kiba-kun might die of sudden blood loss," she laughed.
Sasuke shook his head again, "Just go answer the door," he dismissed because of how tempting it was.
"Kiba-kun, how nice to see you. Would you like to come in?" she motioned, surprised that Akamaru just kept barking.
"Kuromaru…she's in labor…" he gasped as he tried to catch his breath from running to her door.
"Oh, my goodness!" Calixta gasped. "Should I bring anything?"
"I think we have everything we need," he replied.
Calixta turned back to her original guest. "I'm sorry, I have to go."
"Why do you care if his mom's dog's having babies?" Sasuke stood and started for the door.
"Because she offered me one of the pups!" she enthusiastically replied.
"You sure you're up for that? They just let you out of the hospital today," Sasuke warned.
"I should be fine. I can always go home if it's too much for me," she reasoned but he didn't appear convinced. "If you think I shouldn't go, I'll stay here," she disappointedly offered.
"No, it's okay. Go ahead," he conceded and received a quick kiss on the cheek as thanks before she ran off.
Calixta was practically weeping by the time Kuromaru's puppies were born.
"Are you okay?" Tsume asked when she heard the young woman sniffling.
"Oh, I'm wonderful! This is amazing! I've never been able to witness a birth before," she awed. Shortly after, the spectacle caused her milk to let down and she had to excuse herself to express it. She made it back just in time for the last couple of puppies to come out. Once they were cleaned up, they started nursing from their mother and she set down a bowl of milk next to the mother.
As she was setting down the bowl, Tsume gave her an odd look, "Kuromaru's got her own milk."
"Of course. I would never interfere with that. This is for Kuromaru. I hope it will help her recover faster from the physical trauma," she told the woman. "If you'd rather I didn't, I completely understand," she retracted.
"Oh, no, that's perfectly fine," she was almost startled by the young woman's thoughtfulness.
Naturally, when asked which puppy she would like to adopt, she chose the runt of the litter.
"Are you sure you want that one? I'm not sure she'll survive," Tsume carefully told her.
Calixta just smiled up at her. "That's why I want her," she replied simply. "I'd like to leave the rest of my milk here for you to give her," she told the older woman because the puppy's siblings didn't seem inclined to share their mother's milk with her.
"Of course. Thank you. They won't be ready to leave their mother for a few weeks, but you may visit whenever you like," Tsume offered and received another smile in response.
"Thank you, thank you so much!" she hugged the older woman, who found it awkward at first but then her own motherly instincts kicked in and she hugged her back.
"It's nothing. I'm sure you'll take good care of her. What will you name her?" she asked as the younger woman withdrew.
She blinked a couple times, "Uh, I don't know, actually. I was so excited about the idea of a new born puppy that I wasn't worried about names," she admitted.
Tsume nodded. "Well, you have plenty of time to think it over. Now, you look very tired," she observed before turning to her son, "Why don't you walk Calixta home?"
"Oh, I can make it myself," Calixta offered.
"I'm sure you can but since you just got out of the hospital, I would be much more comfortable if someone went with you. Besides, I thought you liked my son," she teasingly chided.
Calixta and Kiba both blushed.
"Mom!" Kiba scolded because of his embarrassment, which caused Calixta to giggle.
"Please, walk me home," Calixta turned to the young man.
He blushed again but agreed and led her out. "Sorry about my mom," he tried once they were out of earshot.
"No worries. I'm just glad she likes me and doesn't mind us spending time together. I can handle a little embarrassment for that," she offered.
That made Kiba smile because he hadn't thought about it that way before.
"Either way, thanks for walking me home. I am rather tired. It's been quite a day," she smiled and took his arm. "What do you think about Satu?" she asked after a few minutes of walking.
"Sugar?" he blinked at her with confusion.
"Yeah, Satu, as a name for my puppy," she clarified.
"If she lives…" he muttered. "I think it's a great name," he conceded.
"You don't think she'll make it either," Calixta accused quietly.
"It's just that…the runt of the litter rarely does. I don't want you to get your hopes up only to be disappointed. I'm sorry, I don't want to depress you," he tried.
"Give her your positive energy as you have to me. Think well of her and don't deny her your affection simply because of what she is," she advised seriously.
Her response left Kiba largely speechless. He was just about to say something to try to make up for his previous statements when she smiled warmly up at him and the feeling that it gave him stole his words. He bit his lip and smiled back at her.
"You'll keep a special eye on her for me, would ya?" she asked.
"Yeah, I can do that," he agreed.
"I appreciate that," she said as they walked up to her door. "Thanks for walking me home. I'd invite you in but your mother's probably waiting for your return. Though…if you wouldn't mind coming and getting me some time tomorrow, I'd like to see her again."
"Sure thing," he nodded confidently. Then, in a moment of boldness, he leaned down and kissed her good night.
Kiba did as she asked and kept an eye on the girl puppy she'd chosen as her own but found that he didn't really have to. Akamaru had taken it upon himself to make sure that the little runt had her own space during feeding, even going as far as to push some of the bigger puppies out of the way to make room for her. Kiba wondered how his dog knew which one to care for. It wasn't like Calixta had been able to hold the little thing, or even do more than point at it. In fact, he couldn't even tear his own dog away long enough for him to go get Calixta to visit the next day.
She had been waiting all morning for Kiba to come get her but she didn't tell him that. "I'm happy to see you but where's Akamaru?" she said as they started off.
Kiba laughed a little, "Taking care of Satu," he replied.
"Really?" She sounded surprised.
"Hasn't left her side since we came back last night," he recounted some of the more caring things he'd done for her.
"Really? Wow," she marveled. "Can we stop off at the market on our way?" she asked suddenly.
"Sure. What for?"
"Doggy treats," she answered with a smile.
"The puppies are too small for that kind of thing," he advised.
"Not for them. For Akamaru and Kuromaru, silly," she laughed.
"Oh, okay then," he agreed and helped her pick out the dogs' favorites.
With the help of Akamaru and the positive energy of those around her, Satu exceeded the expectations of most and thrived. Calixta was able to take her home eight weeks later and in the meantime, the Inuzuka family helped her prepare her home for the new arrival and gave her tips for care and training, which was greatly appreciated as she had never had a pet of her own before.
She was surprised when she came home with the little puppy to find Kakashi waiting on her porch. "Sensei, did I forget something?" she fretted. She has been so caught up in getting her dog that she was worried about forgetting her normal duties.
"Not at all. I just brought a little present for your new arrival. I hope she doesn't have one already," he pulled a little rubber bone from his vest.
Calixta beamed at his thoughtfulness and her puppy barked with excitement, jumping from her arms toward the teacher holding the toy.
"You are a friendly one," he knelt down and gave Satu the toy.
"She knows good people," Calixta commented with a wink.
Shortly after, Satu and Akamaru were playing in the yard while the others watched with delight.
In the meantime, there was one near-holiday that she almost missed with all the excitement. However, she remembered Kakashi's birthday just in time to bake a few cupcakes and deliver them that evening.
"Happy birthday!" she greeted loudly when he answered the door.
He smiled widely enough to be seen through his scarf and let her in. "With all the commotion, I almost forgot it myself," he admitted.
She just smiled back. She also had a present for him but that would wait until later. "What would you like for your birthday?" she asked as though she had nothing prepared.
He pretended to think for a long moment. "Actually, there is one thing," he told her slyly as he scooted closer to her, wrapping an arm around her waist.
"You know I won't argue but I'd rather give you something you haven't already had," she teased.
"You didn't let me finish," he playfully tapped the end of her nose.
"Oh? Then by all means," she conceded.
"I want you to cut loose on me, hit me with every last little bit of that sexy chakra of yours, short out my brain cells, and let me completely give into my desires for you," he nearly pleaded.
Her eyes grew wide with near-horror, then, she laughed at him, "You really had me there for a second," she brushed it off as a joke.
"I'm serious," he told her, pushing her forcefully to the ground. "Over the last couple weeks, you've proven that you have a good handle on your chakra, that even when you're pushed to the extreme, it's going to take quite a bit for you to lose control. Frankly, I don't think you ever completely lost control. Exercise your power on me, that's what I want," he told her surely.
She gasped at his words as he started to nibble on her neck in ways that made her squirm. "B-But after so long of resisting me…" she barely spoke but she could feel his words were honest, that the desire he spoke was true, so she offered no further arguments.
As she started to focus her chakra on him, she could feel conflicting desires bubbling up. Part of him wanted to be forceful with her, to pin her down and ride her with every ounce of his strength. The other part wanted her to take complete control of him and use him to fulfill her own desires. At first, she didn't know what to do with these conflicting desires but as their embrace became more intimate, she started to get a few ideas.
Her focus on Kakashi increased and his eyes started to glaze over, "Yessss…" he nodded vaguely as she rolled them over so that she could be on top. His unerring compliance made her giggle and she felt him shudder because of it. Then, much to his dismay, she withdrew from him entirely. He gave her a disappointed look and tried to approach her again.
Calixta smirked and held a finger out between them, shaking it from side to side as a warning not to approach further. Just as he was about to speak, she interrupted him. "Strip for me," she ordered in a soft, sweet voice.
Kakashi gave a wide, silly grin and complied but when he reached for his bandana, she spoke again.
"You may leave that if you like. I know it drains you to have it exposed," she offered.
He left his one eye covered because she was right about it draining him and he wanted to give her as much of his energy as he could.
"I know this is what you want…I just find it difficult to believe," she told him as he finished undressing.
"That I could trust you so much?" he slyly prompted.
"That you would voluntarily give up so much of your personal control, no matter to whom," she corrected.
"Does it make you uncomfortable?"
"No more so than many of the other things you've asked me to do, and it's likely that's just because it's for your personal benefit rather than my advancement as a ninja," she answered.
That made him chuckle with understanding. "So…is there anything else you'd like me to do? Or do you just like to have me naked?" he half-teased.
"Having you naked is rather pleasant. You've got incredible self confidence," she remarked.
"I'm confident because I know you think I'm attractive," he replied simply.
"I was hoping if you wouldn't mind eating me out, sort of like you did my first night here. That was really good," she smirked and received a grin in return.
He practically rushed over to her, pushing her back to the floor, pushing up her dress and pulling her panties off. Just as he started to nibble on her inner thighs, he summoned a clone of himself to hold her hands.
"Ah! What the-?" she looked up with surprise, having all but forgotten about that particular turn from the evening that seemed so long ago.
"You said like the first night," Kakashi told her as he teased the hood of her clit. "Would you prefer him to leave?"
Calixta considered for a moment before fitfully shaking her head 'no'; she liked the extra attention as well as the idea that it was, in actuality, all coming from a single individual.
She had lost count of the number of times she'd cum for him when there was a tentative knock on the door. Without thinking, Kakashi summoned another clone to answer it so he could continue uninterrupted. Unfortunately for the person at the door, he didn't have the forethought to have that clone put some pants on before answering the knock.
Clone or otherwise, he was still surprised to find a very awkward Sasuke standing on the porch. "Sasuke-kun, is there something I can do for you?" he asked.
Sasuke had come because he sensed Calixta's nearly unbridled chakra. He hadn't been drawn to it as he had when she didn't have full control of it but the intensity worried him. It worried him even more when it was coming from his sensei's house and he could sense no one else inside but her and his instructor. "Um…well…" he shifted uncomfortably due to the older man's nudity and the fact that he could still hear Calixta's cries of pleasure emanating from somewhere inside. "I-I could feel Calixta's chakra and it was sort of like when she lost control…I just wanted to make sure everything was okay," he looked at his feet.
The Kakashi clone laughed. "She's just giving Kakashi his birthday present," he replied, which earned him a look of skeptical shock.
"Who is it?" Calixta called when she noticed the third clone and the other voice.
"It's just Sasuke-kun," the clone called back, "He was concerned that your chakra control might be slipping again."
"Hey," she pulled the real Kakashi's head away by the hair, "Stop for a bit," she ordered and he complied without question even if he did look a bit disappointed. Then, she stood, pulled her dress down, and hurried over to the door.
Sasuke was disconcerted by how easily the clone was shooed away. "I'm just gunna go…" he tried but she stopped him.
"You don't have to," she winked and received a glare in response. "Oh, don't be like that. Either way, you don't have to worry. If you can keep a secret, Kakashi-sensei asked me to use my chakra on him as his birthday present," she told him quietly.
He blushed even harder. "Okay, fine, whatever. I just wanted to make sure everything was okay," he turned to leave again.
"Sasuke-san," she called after him.
"What?" he grumbled.
"Have you gotten your sensei a birthday present?" she chided.
"He never mentioned his birthday," Sasuke countered.
"You wanna see something really funny?" she tried.
"What?" he grumbled again.
"Oh, I think you know. Just work some of your sexy jutsu magic and we can pick up where we left off the other day before I had to run off. I'm sure he'd enjoy the show and I can guarantee he won't lay a finger on you…unless you want him to," she offered.
"Look, you know I really don't-" he began but she cut him off.
"You know he won't tell anybody. It'll mean too much to him to speak about to others. It's completely the opposite of what he expects so you could even catch him by surprise," she taunted.
That last bit was what made Sasuke turn around, seriously considering her words.
"Just a few little kisses and gush!" she made an exaggerated hand motion.
"He might pass out from sudden blood loss," Sasuke smirked.
She nodded in affirmation.
"Okay, I'll do it, but dismiss his clones first. One Kakashi-sensei is bad enough," he bargained.
"Deal. Come on in," she led him inside and closed the door behind him.
"What's this?" the real Kakashi questioned curiously.
"Get rid of the two extras, one of you is plenty," she told him evenly and a second later, they were gone. Then, she gave Sasuke an expecting look.
"What are you up to?" Kakashi asked, almost concerned by the mischievous look they both had in their eyes, but instead of a verbal response, Sasuke changed into a naked female and the pair started making out right in front of him. His eyes grew wide and his jaw dropped almost to the floor.
As if the spectacle wasn't arousing enough, Kakashi could feel how much it aroused Calixta. He might have been able to keep his nose from bleeding too badly if not for that. The extra push she gave him to keep her own nose from bleeding, made his practically gush as he blinked almost stupidly at what he saw.
Sasuke was a moment away from pushing Calixta's dress down off her shoulders when she pulled away from him. "Oh dear!" she playfully fretted. "What a mess!" She drew the young ninja's attention to his sensei.
"Oh no!" Sasuke played along. "Though, not as messy as I expected," he commented to Calixta and Kakashi didn't seem to notice.
Calixta grabbed a box of tissues off the table. "That's only because most of his extra blood is down here," she told him as she lightly fondled the older man's erection.
Sasuke blushed, "Oh…" he managed.
"Here, you clean up his face and I'll get the rest," she told him and he complied if only because he only had to touch his instructor's face.
"Wh-What…Why?" Kakashi barely asked of the young man, turned young woman, carefully cleaning the blood from his face.
"Happy birthday, Sensei," Sasuke replied with a wink.
"Uh, yeah…thanks," Kakashi managed.
Then, Sasuke turned back to Calixta, "You sure he's okay? I've never seen'im this out of it."
Calixta giggled and Sasuke actually saw his sensei shiver. "He's fine," she dismissed.
"Never better," Kakashi added with a silly grin. "But I guess you're gunna go now. Thanks for the visit," he told his student, a slight undertone of disappointment in his voice.
Sasuke had been intending to leave but the disappointment in the older man's voice made him second guess that intention. He shot Calixta an unsure look.
"Do as you please," she told him.
"What are you going to do?" he asked anxiously. Part of him wanted to stay but the other part felt as though he had intruded enough.
She smiled at them. "Oh, a little of this, a little of that," she offhandedly replied.
"A little?" Kakashi pouted.
"Or a lot, it's up to you, dear," she smiled gently at the older man and received a wide grin in return. "Would you care to stay a bit longer?" she asked Sasuke.
"I-I don't know what-" he began but she cut him off.
"What to do?" she assumed. "No worries. I've got ideas," she told him.
"I bet you do," Sasuke rolled his eyes.
"Why don't you let him taste you? In spite of all your bitter words, you are quite sweet," she half-teased.
"What about you?" the young ninja snapped.
Calixta smiled because Sasuke didn't object to the idea of receiving oral sex from his sensei. "I'm gunna take care of this," she started to massage Kakashi's erection, making the older man groan. However, she could still see hesitance in the young ninja's features. "'Kashi-sensei, why don't you ask him nicely?" she prompted, momentarily intensifying her focus on him.
As her chakra focus intensified, Kakashi's eyes became increasingly unfocused but he didn't think twice before doing as she suggested. "Yes, Sasuke, please, let me taste you; let me give you pleasure. I want you to feel good, to feel ecstasy because of me. You're so sexy no matter what form you take," he babbled. "Please, let me make you cum."
Sasuke was already aroused and tempted so his sensei's frantic and heated babble only served to clinch the deal. "Yeah, okay," he nodded and felt his heart skip a beat at the greedy grin he received in response.
Without further hesitation, Kakashi grabbed his student's round hips and positioned them so that he was laying on his back with Sasuke's knees on either side of his head. Once in position, he wasted no time in lapping at the young man turned young woman's slit with his soft warm tongue. During this, Calixta was glad that Sasuke wasn't facing her because she was worried that her pleased expression would have deterred the young ninja.
Sasuke's first whimpers of pleasure made Calixta take further action by positioning herself over Kakashi's erection and slowly slide down. Both Kakashi and Calixta moaned deeply at the penetration and the intensity of the vocalizations startled Sasuke a little but the renewed vigor that it sparked in the man between his legs made him quickly forget. Before he knew it, he was moaning along with them and thrashing his head back and forth with fitful orgasms.
After Calixta's first orgasm from that, she spoke. "'Kashi-sensei, please, turn Sasuke-san around."
Kakashi obeyed without delay even though Sasuke questioned the request.
"Wh-What for?" he demanded, half because he didn't understand, half because Kakashi had to stop tonguing his clit to do it.
"I want to see your face when you cum. You make the sexiest faces and sounds," she told him breathily.
Sasuke sneered at that but it didn't last because Kakashi's tongue was inside him and bringing him closer to his next release. So that the dark-haired teen wouldn't be as self-conscious about her observation, she brought their faces close together and started to kiss him. Before he realized what was happening, they were making out and groping while simultaneously receiving pleasure from the same man, who seemed more than content beneath them.
Kakashi found he had to sit up a little to keep working on his younger student when Sasuke's groping had started Calixta's milk flowing and he began lapping it up from her skin without a second thought. Because of all this, Kakashi was quickly approaching his own orgasm. He held it back as long as he could because he didn't want the experience to end but figured that regardless of when it happened, the pair riding him would be satisfied because they had both cum more times than they could count.
However, when he did finally give into the pressure building in his groin, he found that his release didn't come. He groaned and bucked his hips even harder against Calixta's, which had already been hitting him with significant force, but still he hung on the precipice of orgasm. After another few minutes of this, he spoke. "Why? Why can't I cum?" he almost pleaded.
"Oh?" Calixta coyly replied. "You want your orgasm now?"
"The pressure…so much," he winced because it was almost painful.
Calixta giggled. "Why didn't you say so, silly?" she teased but before he could reply, she let him have the release he longed for and he came hard inside her, not realizing that the tight grip he had on Sasuke's hips might leave bruises. Bruises or no, it didn't matter, the milk the dark-haired ninja had consumed would more than take care of such minor injuries.
Once spent, Kakashi lay limp on the floor, sprawled out, thoroughly satisfied, and half-conscious.
As Sasuke dismounted, he gave Calixta a suspicious look, "You kept him from cuming," he accused as he changed back into a clothed male.
"It was…an experiment. I wasn't sure if I could do it so I didn't say anything. Either way, I'd like to think it was a pleasant surprise for our dear birthday boy," she looked affectionately at Kakashi who was nodding vaguely at her admission. "It's nice to know I can do that for a male partner…though I can't help wondering if I could do the same to a female. I'm sure it would be far more difficult," she mused.
Sasuke shook his head with exasperation and stood. "Happy birthday, sensei," he said with a slight smile and left.
Even in his daze, Kakashi could see Calixta's slightly disappointed expression, "What's the matter?"
"He always leaves so quickly," she playfully pouted.
"It's his way," he shrugged and pulled her down to snuggled next to him on the floor.
"Did you enjoy your present?" she asked as she slowly started to reign in her chakra, fearing that doing so too quickly might be disturbing for the individual she had been working on.
"Do you even have to ask?" Kakashi chuckled. "I'm surprised you got Sasuke to stay. Was he part of your plan?"
She laughed at that. "I had no plan. As he said, he came here to make sure my chakra wasn't out of control again. And I'm just as surprised as you are that he decided to stay and play. Though, I did promise him you wouldn't say anything to anyone about it."
"He doesn't have to worry about that. Even if I did tell anybody, they'd never believe me. Thank you, that was amazing. Best birthday present ever," he told her seriously.
"I'm glad. I didn't want to disappoint you," she playfully told him.
He gave her an odd look. "You were really worried you might disappoint me, weren't you?"
"Well, yeah, of course," she managed.
"But why? You can sense what I like and what I don't," he reasoned.
"It's hard to explain…you expect a lot of me. I don't know if you realize it, but you do sometimes. I got the impression this was one of those times," she carefully replied.
He hadn't realized it until she pointed it out but, she was right. "No matter what I was expecting, I'm completely satisfied," he grinned.
She left later that evening but left a special present in his mail box, her notes about him.
Kakashi awoke early the following morning feeling thoroughly refreshed. Usually after a romp that good, he would have slept in. He was enjoying a good rest in his hammock when the mailman came. The mailman noticed the copy-nin stirring just as he opened the mailbox. "Ah, Kakashi-sensei! It looks like someone got to your mailbox before me this morning," he called with a smile.
"Huh? Who?" Kakashi sat up with marked interest.
"Doesn't say…but it's got a pretty string tied all nice around it," he replied cheekily.
The grey haired man had the little bundle of paper in his hand in a matter of seconds. The papers had been folded into the shape of a small box. He smirked a little when he saw her handwriting on the parts he could see. Then, he quirked an odd look, which was largely lost due to his facial coverings when he realized he shouldn't have been surprised that she was skilled at origami. With the combination of her natural dexterity and the incredible spans of time alone, he realized that he would have been surprised if she hadn't at least dabbled in it.
"You know who it's from?" the mailman pressed curiously.
"Perhaps," he dodged. "Is that my mail?" he motioned to the small stack of envelopes still in the other man's hand.
"Uh, yeah, here," he handed it over.
"Thank you, good day," he sauntered back inside. Even though he didn't know exactly what it was, he was pleased by the sudden gift nonetheless.
The pages were folded in such a way as to resemble a cube with perfect right angles but instead of being self-contained, he found that when he pulled loose the string bow that was tied around it, the box opened up into the shape of a flower with more layers and peddles than he could count. At the center, folded tightly into a near-circle, was the portion he decided to read first. Carefully, he pulled and turned the disk of paper until it turned into two sheets.
Kakashi-sensei - sensei of the three who escorted me to the Village Hidden in the Leaves; oddly immune to my chakra, find him handsome and charming even though he hardly shows any of himself, was kind, doesn't seem to suspect my encounter with his student, wonder who-if anyone-will tell him
Took me on as an extra student after a strange, almost ritualistic, meeting with the higher ranking ninja of the village, still showed great resistance, even managed to pull away, wonder what allowed him to pull the way he did
So difficult to reach, hesitated the first night because of how distant he was, how self-contained, didn't think he wanted me or maybe he was testing me, I know what the elders would expect me to do but this man obviously does not think the same way, perhaps he will open up to me over time, as unnerving as it is, it is oddly comforting that I do not have to block him out, was amazingly good to me that night but stubborn, would not let me repay him, makes me feel further indebted to him
First rule: no apologizing at all
I cook and clean here because I have little else to do sometimes, seems to think I do these things for other reasons, like the previously mentioned debt or out of affection or because it's what I used to do when no one was around, he may be right, I need friends but where to start? what to do? makes me feel like I'm not trying sometimes, usually when I don't know what to do
That was all that was on the first two pages so he carefully folded them into a shape of his own because knew he couldn't replicate what she had done. Then he turned his attention to the rest of the flower, doing the same with the subsequent sheets.
Started a strange 'training' regimen today, charm the fifth person who makes eye contact with me for more than three seconds; Guy-sensei was the first; then the young male shopkeeper who works weekday afternoons; then a young woman from the academy; then a middle aged man working on one of the shops
Then Master Jiraiya, I didn't want to tell Kakashi about him because I think they know one anther fairly well, also didn't want him to think I failed or that I was giving up, don't want him to know that as much as I want to do as he asks, I find too much genuine comfort from the older Master to honestly try to charm him; it wouldn't work anyway
There were a few more idle details about the 'conquests' she had brought him. Then, the topic shifted to her training with Sasuke, which he only skimmed because he'd gotten more than enough detail on that while reading the sheets with the teen's name on them. Even from that, he could tell she was more than a little irked that he had Sasuke take his place to meet her demand that her abilities be copied and used on her.
The next few pages gave her impressional account of the night she caught him snooping though her trunk of papers.
Told Jiraiya that I felt betrayed by K-sensei after finding him going though the black box, still not sure if that was the right word for it, felt so many strong and conflicting emotions at the time that was all I could come up with, still not sure if there's a word for it now, I think more than anything, I was angry that he make me feel that way, I knew he'd gone through my things before, even left things askew to let me know, surprised it took him as long as it did to find my papers, like so many others he asked for these, it's unsettling to have him take so much of me without any sign of giving even a little of himself, must remind myself that he is my sensei and I am his student, distance is necessary
The rest of his reading was less eventful by comparison but he was not left wanting. The only things missing were the pages from when she was in the hospital. He reasoned that was because she wasn't permitted to do much writing while there. Regardless, he was more than pleased and immediately started thinking of a way to show his gratitude.
As he was folding her papers into a flock of cranes, Naruto came to visit. "Come in, I'm back here," he called from the study. "Ah, Naruto-kun. To what do I owe the visit?"
"I never got to give you my report from when Gaara was here," he replied regretfully. As he was on his way back into town, he received mission orders and had to leave for a couple days before he got the chance to hand it in.
Kakashi looked up from his folding to see a short stack of papers in his student's hand. "Uh, look, Naruto, I've done a lot of reading this morning. My eyes are kinda tired. Why don't you just run through the highlights for me and I'll look at that later?" he proposed.
Naruto frowned and set the papers on the desk. "He came to her, like you said he would," he began.
The grey-haired sensei nodded. "And?"
"She wanted to see him so I let him in," he continued awkwardly.
"And?" he prompted again.
"He was…good, didn't try to hurt her or anything," the teen managed.
"But you saw how nice he was to her at the sand village, why would you think it would be different here?" he pressed distractedly.
"I dunno…Gaara's a weird guy. It's hard to tell what he's going to do," Naruto reasoned.
"But Calixta can tell what he's feeling. If she felt threatened by him, she wouldn't smile at him the way she does," he pointed out.
"I'll try to remember that," the blonde agreed.
"Good. Anything else?"
The blonde visibly squirmed. "They-uh, sort of…Well, they-that is-" he stammered, only offering up the information because it was Calixta they were talking about.
"Oh? Did they now?" Kakashi chuckled. "Are you sure of that?"
Naruto wracked his brain for the best way to say it. "I-I…I was there at the time," he managed.
That actually made Kakashi look up with surprise. "Wait, you were there at the time? Were you also involved at the time?" he teasingly pressed.
"What? No! Of course not!" Naruto blushed furiously at the notion. "Look, I caught Gaara about to sneak into her window. He wasn't going to leave without seeing her so I ducked inside to check with her to make sure she was up for it. I almost got sick to my stomach when I saw her. Sensei, the nurse had strapped her to the bed!" he nearly pleaded.
Kakashi frowned. "Did she say why?"
"'Cause she wouldn't stay in bed. I made a deal with the nurse. I stayed with her for the night so that she could be unstrapped," he elaborated.
"I see. It's not usually like her to be so stubborn about something so simple but I'm sure she had a reason. I think you did the right thing. So, what did you do? Just stand there and watch?"
"No…I didn't watch. I just sorta sat in the window trying not to listen," he snapped.
Kakashi gave an impressed nod. "You did well," he went back to folding.
"What are you doing anyway?" Naruto suddenly asked, snapped out of his embarrassment by the praise.
"Oh this?" he held up a half-folded crane, "Just a little side project," he dismissed. "Is there anything else?"
"Actually, I had sort of a question," he blurted out because he knew if he thought about it too much, he would lose his nerve.
"What's that?" Kakashi barely prompted.
"Well, it has to do with when they-uh, ya know," he began.
"Okay, Naruto-kun," Kakashi interrupted. "If we're going to have a discussion like this, you're going to have to at least be willing to say that they had sex," he advised.
The blonde teen pursed his lips in a moment of frustration before beginning again. "When they were…having sex, I didn't really see any of it," he clarified, "But when I did turn to take a look at'em when they were done, he was bleeding. He didn't realize, but I told him and he seemed…happy about it."
"Wait, bleeding? From what?"
"Like I said, I didn't see exactly but I can take a pretty good guess. She scratched the hell out of his back, and left dark bruises on his neck and shoulder from biting him," he explained.
"Okay…What's the question?" Kakashi pressed, amused as he was disturbed.
"Is that normal?" he finally asked.
"Not really, no," Kakashi managed, setting down the crane he had been working on so that his student would understand he had his full attention. "Some individuals enjoy that sort of thing more than others. Even so, as far as I know, that is atypical behavior for Calixta. Did Gaara leave any marks on her?" he asked suddenly.
"No, he was animate that she not be hurt. He freaked out when I made her nose bleed and not because he was jealous or anything like that. It was 'cause he saw her blood, I'm sure of it."
"Then I think it's safe to say that the fetish is Gaara's and to be honest, it's not terribly surprising. There would be no reason to do something like that to her if she didn't enjoy it. It shouldn't surprise you to know that, especially with as close as Gaara and Calixta appear to be, if he did cause her pain, he wouldn't come away from it unscathed."
"What do you mean? She doesn't stand a chance against him if he lashes out at her," Naruto pointed out.
"When enough of her chakra mixes with that of her partner, they become…intertwined. So, when one of them feels pleasure, it is felt by both. The same goes for other emotions. The more give and take there is, the stronger the link becomes. That's why you get that funny feeling in your stomach when she smiles at you sometimes," he added.
Naruto's eyes grew wide. "But Calixta and I don't…" he trailed off until he remembered the advice he received a moment ago, "have sex."
"That's why it's only that little feeling. For those who have had intimate experiences with her, it has the potential to be much stronger."
"He's just using her then, to feel good," Naruto weakly accused.
"That is one of the layers to the situation but keep in mind, he can't do that without wanting the same for her. If he didn't really care about her, or if he wanted to hurt her, it wouldn't work."
"Do you like that kind of thing, Sensei?" the blonde teen suddenly and boldly questioned.
"I think that's a little too personal. Besides, if I answer that, you'll just have more questions," he half-teased.
"Oh…" Naruto gave a perplexed look. "Can I go now?"
Kakashi gave an affectionate chuckle. "Of course. I'll see you tomorrow."