AN: This chapter was rather interesting. I moved it too quickly for my typical liking but it was sort of fun. Especially the end.
Chapter 18
It had been a month since Kakashi and Nikiya had been married. Tsunade had given them a week for their honeymoon as they had already had nearly two weeks of time where they hadn't been doing anything. They were back to training Naruto, Sasuke and Sakura. Nikiya stayed with team seven as there hadn't been any new Genin in the past few weeks. She had only just left Tsunade's office with a promotion to Sanin.
"Should I be calling you Nikki-sama now?" Kakashi asked jokingly as they walked together down to the training grounds. Team seven would have been waiting for three hours.
Nikiya laughed lightly. "No. Nikki is fine. Besides, I wouldn't want you to feel inferior to me." She smirked and kissed him on the cheek lightly before bolting ahead. "Race you to the training grounds!" She called out.
Kakashi bolted after her, trying to catch up but failing, as usual. He knew he could never match her speed, especially when she didn't have any weights on. Every day was a new adventure with her lately. She would find something new or do something different. It was rare that she would have nightmares anymore, thought lately she had had more than usual. Each time was the same. Both of them were becoming uneasy about these dreams. He was sure that Nikiya had told Tsunade about them when she had been in her office.
No message had come back from Hoshigakure though they had sent three more to make sure that they understood. Nikiya was almost more worried about that than she was about her strange nightmares. If her arranged fiancé had tricked the entire village once, what was saying he couldn't do it again? He was no longer her fiancé though. Nikiya was married to Kakashi now and nothing would change that if he had any say in the matter. That didn't change the fact that the lack of messages worried him as well though. They had nearly taken her the last time. This time he was sure they would have an even better plan.
"Kashi!" The yell pulled him from his thoughts. He came over the hill to see Nikiya standing in the training ground, pushing Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura behind her as a large group, maybe forty or fifty, of Hoshigakure shinobi came towards them.
"You three will follow everything I tell you to do. Understand?" Nikiya said softly to the Genin behind her.
"Hai, Nikiya-sama." Sakura said softly.
"I'm staying to fight, ttebayo." Naruto stood next to her in a fighting stance.
"I'm staying as well." Sasuke was on her other side.
Nikiya sighed. "Kakashi will be here soon. Sakura, go to Tsunade. Tell her that Hoshigakure has decided war is the better option. If you see Shikamaru along the way, send him to me. Sasuke, Naruto, I want you to go with her and keep her safe in case this isn't the full force that Hoshigakure has sent." She ordered, shoving the three of them back further. She made a simple hand sign and murmured. In a puff of smoke, Ryo appeared. The small blue dragon looked a bit miffed that he had been summoned but happy as well since he hadn't seen Nikiya in a month and had missed her.
"What do ya… Holy shit. You get yourself into a lot of trouble, don't you?" He had turned to see the Hoshigakure shinobi.
"Why do you think I summoned you? Get a few of your siblings. Decide on whether or not we need your mother. We need to protect Konoha." Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakure, upon seeing Ryo and hearing what she had said to him, left as quickly as they could, heading for Tsunade.
"Is this supposed fiancé of mine so scared that he can't come get me himself? He has to send shinobi to retrieve me like common dogs instead?" Nikiya yelled.
"What are you doing?" Kakashi asked, coming to stand next to her.
"Buying time." She muttered.
"He has come this time. I am not afraid to reduce this village to ashes if they will not set you free." A man with similar stature to Kakashi's stepped out of the ranks of shinobi. He pushed his hood down to reveal black hair with blue streaks like hers.
"Who are you?" Nikiya asked.
"I am your fiancé, of course. My name is Hosho, in case you forgot that as well. Have these leaf nin really brain washed you so much?" The man asked.
"My siblings are here, waiting above us for your signal. Mother will come if she is needed." Ryo whispered in her ear.
"They have not brainwashed me! They have raised and protected me when I had nothing. You people did nothing to find me until I had already moved on. Leave me and my village alone." She yelled. Mutterings were heard from amongst the Hoshigakure shinobi. Clearly, they had been tricked into thinking that she apparently needed rescued again.
"Ryo, have your siblings check the borders of the village. If needed, have them make a shield around it. I don't want anyone in the village to get hurt." She whispered, glancing up to watch the many dragons split off around the village.
"I have an idea." Kakashi stepped forward.
"You have no say here, leaf!" Hosho snapped.
"I do when you are trying to take my wife!" Kakashi yelled back.
"Your what?" Hosho glanced between Kakashi and Nikiya. "You little whore! Going off and marrying one that isn't your fiancé?!"
"You won't speak to her that way. She made her own decision." Kakashi blocked Hosho's way to her.
"I will just have to kill you then." Hosho drew a sword, sneering at Kakashi.
"Hang on. That was part of my idea. We fight. If I win, you and your people leave and leave Nikiya alone to do as she decides. If you win, you can kill me and continue as if I had never been here." Kakashi spoke calmly.
"Kashi, no." Nikiya grabbed his arm tightly.
"I will win." He whispered back. "Shikamaru, hold Nikki back, will you?"
Shikamaru was suddenly there, pulling Nikiya away from Kakashi. "Come on, Nikki. Tsunade will be here soon. Everything will be fine."
"Although she is already mine and I should just kill you now for stealing her, I accept your challenge." Hosho examined his gloves and pulled them tighter. He slipped his cloak off, revealing a black tunic and pants. He slid into a fighting stance, waiting. Kakashi pulled his headband up and shook out his limbs before doing the same.
They stayed like that for a while, staring at each other, waiting for the other to make a move. Nikiya knew what Kakashi was doing. He was the copy ninja, after all. He was waiting for something to copy.
Hosho made the first move. He made hand sign after and hand sign. They could barely be seen. Kakashi followed his every move. They both leapt into action at the same time, running directly at each other.
AN: SO sorry to leave you on a cliff hanger ;) I'll try to get the next chapter up quickly. Hope you like it! Review guys! Seriously... I'm starting to run out of fuel and we're almost done!