Kiitsu: I swear my brain just sorta turned off for this entire chapter. I almost feel bad posting it. Maybe i need reviews... *hint hint* Come on guys. I got like 300 viewers yes viewers not just hits but viewers in the past like week and a half. Can't one of those 300 review? just one? please? feel like i'm barkin up the wrong tree *sigh* fine. Well i have nothing atm so maybe a review will get me kicking again and get me to post another chapter huh!

Chapter 13

Kakashi stood in Tsunade's office impatiently, waiting for Shikamaru, Tenten and Gai to return to that he could go to Nikiya. "Kakashi, please stop that tapping!" Tsunade said, taking a sip of sake. Kakashi stopped tapping his foot immediately.

"They need to hurry up." He muttered, watching the door for any sign of human beings.

"I understand that you're anxious. She'll be fine. They already said that she was gradually stabilizing. That's a good sign. Kakashi, give me twenty more minutes, then I'll let you go back to her. You've been acting so strange since she got here. I understand why, but I need my shinobi Kakashi back." Tsunade said with a concerned look on her face.

"I'm sorry. Once we figure out what's going on I think I'll feel a bit better about this." He sighed. A knock echoed through the room.

"Come in." Tsunade called.

Tenten walked in. Kakashi noticed that she was no longer shaking. That girl could handle a lot. He wondered what could have scared her so badly. "Tsunade-sama." She said, bowing. "The hostage is secure at the hospital with two jounin guards. Medics are working on stabilizing him now. They said he should be ready for questioning in a few hours. They also told me to tell Kakashi-sensei that Nikiya is doing much better and with chakra therapy should wake up in two days if not less depending on the amount of chakra they are able to give to her. They do warn however that when she wakes up she shouldn't use her sharingan for quite some time." Tenten reported quickly and efficiently. Kakashi nodded with a smile while Tsunade took another drink of sake.

"Do you truly have no idea what caused the damage that we saw out there?" Tsunade asked carefully.

"All that I saw was Nikiya look at me with her sharingan before lighting up with a strange blue light. I blinked and she was suddenly in a tree and the other eight shinobi were scattered around the clearing." Tenten gripped her hands behind her back as she spoke.

Kakashi reached forward and placed a hand on Tenten's shoulder. "I think she has told us all she can Tsunade. Why not let her go home?" he squeezed Tenten's shoulder gently. She took a deep breath and noticeably calmed down. Another knock echoed at the door.

"Tenten, I want you to stay for a little bit longer while I talk to Gai and Shikamaru. Come in." she called to the door after addressing Tenten.

Shikamaru and Gai walked through the door and bowed respectfully. "Any new information?" Tsunade asked.

"We found nothing other than the one live shinobi. You did send Sakura, correct?" Gai asked warily.

"Yes, I did. We're going to need to come up with something to ward off this attack. We can't be second guessing every piece of information and every order given." Tsunade raised a hand to her forehead. "Did anyone other than Tenten see what happened during this fight?" she asked. Shikamaru, Kakashi and Gai all shook their heads. "Fine. Looks like we'll just have to wait for Nikiya to wake up in a couple of days. Shikamaru, Gai, be prepared to be called to either my office or the hospital at a moment's notice. Same with you Tenten. Kakashi, I assume you'll be staying in the hospital anyways?" she asked. He nodded. "Good. Be prepared for an interrogation if this mystery shinobi wakes first and a story if Nikiya does. You are all dismissed." She said almost angrily. She had been hoping to get more information out of them but everything seemed to be difficult lately.

Everyone left, except for Kakashi. "Kakashi, what are you still doing in here?" she asked, annoyed.

"I never did get to finish my business with you before Shikamaru burst in here." He said with a half-smile on his face.

"Ugh. Fine. What did you need?" Tsunade asked while taking yet another sip of sake.

"I asked if you would perform the ceremony for Nikiya and me. And if you would, then when." He said softly.

"Yes, I'll perform the damn ceremony. Before she showed up I was about to tell you that you needed to get married soon anyways. You need to continue your clan. Ninja around here don't last all that long. Sarutobi was a great exception. Most don't make it past thirty and I don't think you want your children going without parents before ten now do you?" she smiled at him. "I'll perform the ceremony one week after she wakes up. Now get going."

He smiled under his mask and walked to the hospital with thoughts of his upcoming marriage flooding his mind. Now he only wished she would wake up soon so that she could hear that it was going to happen a week later!

Kakashi walked through the door to Nikiya's room. The medics had told him that he could take her home the day before. It had been five days since she had been found and according to those that had cared for her, she should wake up within the next couple of days. They had been amazed by her recovery rate. When they had first received her, they had thought it would be around fifteen days before she would wake up.

He sat in a chair that was placed next to her bed. She lay peacefully in her bed, breathing deeply. He smiled as he looked over her gentle features. "Wake up soon." He murmured, pulling his mask down and kissing her forehead carefully.

Kakashi sat in the silence, reading, for hours before he heard a knock on his door. He stood and walked back to his front door, reaching with his sense for the chakra signature. He could feel none.

He warily opened the door, looking around carefully. A man in a black cloak stood before him. "Hello, Hatake Kakashi. I will not bother you with my name. I have come to ask if the girl is here. She has black hair with blue in it. She should be about 24 years old. I know that you know her."

"Why are you looking for her?" Kakashi asked, wondering why this man might be taking a different approach. It was then he realized that he was being distracted. He bolted back to Nikiya's room to find her in the arms of another black cloaked man. "Don't you people ever give up?" Kakashi yelled as he slammed a kunai down on the man's arms. He dropped Nikiya if only out of shock. The other man was in the doorway. Kakashi picked Nikiya up, bridal style, and made a hand sign. He disappeared in a puff of smoke.

Tsunade woke with a start as the smoke cleared in her office. Kakashi stood before her with Nikiya in his arms. "Kakashi, we really need to stop meeting like this." Tsunade said with a soft laugh.

"Tsunade, I need a different apartment, preferably hidden, and I need to have the records of said apartment to also be hidden. No one can know that Nikiya and I are there. They attacked me at my own home and attempted to kidnap her while I was occupied with one of them at my door." Kakashi spoke quickly, his face serious.

"What do you need from home?" Tsunade asked, her hand at her forehead.

"I can get it later." Kakashi reasoned.

"No. I'm sending you somewhere safe with whatever you need and assigning Nikiya a guard so you can sleep. Shizune!" she called. Shizune opened the door and slipped in. "Shizune, get whatever Kakashi tells you from his house. If you can grab more than he asks you to, grab that too. Pack what you can into this." Tsunade handed her a large bag. They would carry enough for a couple of days. "When you're done teleport, do not walk, to the apartment we discussed a few months ago."

"Yes, Tsunade-sama. Kakashi-san, if you would?" Shizune said softly. Kakashi quickly explained what Shizune should grab for them. Some clothes for Nikiya and him, a few books, and all of Nikiya's weapons, as well as a few of his.

"The rest of you stuff will be moved later. For now we want as few people entering or leaving as we can have. I'm going to entirely mask your chakra signal. The house is entirely stocked with food and has a full bath. Treat this as a vacation. Is there anyone in particular you want guarding for you?" Tsunade spoke quickly, making sure that they could move as soon as possible.

"I trust Kurenai and Asuma with my life." Kakashi said easily, knowing what this would mean.

"Their teams might have to come with them or else lose training for however long Nikiya stays asleep." Tsunade said, confused as to why he would choose them.

"Send the teams in shifts. It will be good training and I can place gen jutsu if I need to in case they are not as stealthy as they should be." Kakashi reasoned.

Tsunade sighed heavily. "Fine. I'll be teleporting you there. Are you ready? You won't be able to leave for a while."

"I'll be fine. Maybe send Gai's team once after Nikiya wakes up. She's friends with Tenten and I'm sure they will both be anxious to see each other after what happened. I'm not exactly being smart about this, am I? Let's just go."

"I'll find a way to keep you safe. We'll just keep the shift changes to a minimum." Tsunade said before grabbing Kakashi's arm and making all of the disappear in a puff of smoke.

Kiitsu: So yeah... Like i said, brain = dead. Writers block up the wazoo. it took me like hours just to come up with the last half page of this chapter! It was like pulling teeth! so yeah review! I kinda know where i'm going with the story. just not how to get there really. And i mean i keep leading up to it then going wait no i need to do this first! No i need to do this first! and then... not... doing it... lol so yeah throw some little ideas my way! REVIEW YOU 300 PEOPLE!