The Hidden Countries;

Chapter Thirteen,

Kakashi's book

"Fred and George Weasley, I swear to Merlin if you don't give that back to me right now, I'll-!"

"You'll what?" Fred asked gleefully.

"Eat us?" George continued.

"Dismember us?"

"Disembowel us?"

"Oh for the -! Just shut up!" Remus moaned trying to massage his forehead.

"Not until they give me my wand back!" Rose snapped, glaring at the two red-haired boys.

"Fred, George," Remus began. "We could be attacked at any minute and Rose is going to need that."

"Mary needs to loosen up a bit," George commented.

"Don't call me that!" Rose yelled at the top of her lungs, as a knock at the door sounded.

"I'm getting the door," Remus muttered as he walked out of the room, leaving Rose to glare at the Twins.

"I'm so scared," Fred mocked with his famous wicked glint in his eye. They were assembled in Haku's lounge room again. Ron was still sleeping and Hermione had disappeared early in the morning saying, 'I have something of importance to attend to.'

"Dreadfully," George agreed.

"I will kill you both, I promise, I will kill you if-"

"Mary, what have I told you about threatening to kill people?" Fred asked with a smirk as Remus and surprisingly enough – Kakashi walked into the room. Rose could already see Remus sighing.

"It's not a threat, it's a promise," Rose muttered, turning to Kakashi. "Can I borrow a knife?"

Kakashi seemed to pause, as if assessing if she was being serious.

"Rose," Remus began reprovingly. "Do not kill Fred and George, no matter how immature they get. Promise me?"

Rose huffed and glared at the floor, her wand somehow had been hidden already. The problem was that Rose didn't know where. "Fine, I won't kill anyone… today."

"Alright then… we have a guest," Remus said motioning at Kakashi. "Hatake Kakashi."

Rose huffed and glared darkly at the floor. "Names Fred, this is George, nice to meet ya."

"What's up Kakashi?" Rose asked, getting out of her darkish mood.

"I've come to get Fred-San and George-San for the shift to look over Naruto," Kakashi stated, sounding bored, but amused. Was that even possible?

"Excellent," George grinned.

"Let's go then!"

"Come Mary~!"

"But I don't-!"

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Rose rubbed her temple slowly, already having enough of Fred and George – had they gotten worse since she had left? Was that even possible? Rose wasn't sure, but she was glad to have gotten rid of them for a few hours.

They were a handful.

"They're like older versions of Naruto," Kakashi commented, as the two started to walk back to Haku's apartment. Rose still wasn't too sure how she had managed to get dragged along with all of this.

"Twice as difficult to handle though," Rose muttered. "Dead funny… most of the time."

Kakashi smiled, and then looked away. "Hokage-Sama needs to see you," he mentioned, as he turned in the direction of the Hokage's tower.

Rose blinked. "You know why?"

Kakashi seemed to tense. "No."

Rose nodded her head slowly. "Alright then, is something wrong?"

"Hm? No, not really."

The rest of the walk towards the Hokage's tower was done in silence. An uncomfortable silence. Rose really wasn't used to uncomfortable silences with Kakashi – it was sometimes hard for her to remember that they really had only known each other for little over a month.

"Hey, uh, Kakashi, is there any time where we could perhaps… talk?" Rose asked, after a small bit of hesitation, as they approached the Hokage's tower.

Kakashi's eyes slid down to Rose. "I'm going to be training Sasuke, outside of Konoha for the next month."

Rose nodded her head slowly, as they walked in though the first set of doors. "And surprise visitors will be regarded as….?"

Kakashi shrugged his shoulders. "Depends who the 'surprise visitor' is."

"Batman," Rose replied with a straight face but Kakashi just looked confused. Rose sighed. Why did nobody ever get her batman references?

Kakashi knocked on the Hokage's door and a deep, 'come in' was heard from the other side. Kakashi held the door open for Rose to enter with. Rose shot Kakashi a smile and entered the room. Kakashi shutting the door behind him.

"Rose-San, I'm glad to see that you came."

Rose nodded her head with a smile. "Yeah, you just have to call… What do you need me for, Hokage-Sama?"

"I'll be honest with you," The Hokage said leaning back in his chair, a serious look on his face. "I want you to take a DNA test."

Rose blinked her face slack with surprise. "What?"

The Hokage sighed deeply. "It has come to our attention that you could be related to one of our ninja. We will only use your blood as a purpose to determine the nature of the relationship."

Rose raised an eyebrow. Rose didn't really feel like telling the Hokage that it was basically impossible for her to be related to anyone here – because she was from a different dimension. But Rose guessed that it didn't matter, and in the long run – how could this even hurt her?

Rose shrugged her shoulders. "If you want, then sure, I guess."

The Hokage looked surprised but seemed pleased with how cooperative she was being. "Excellent, Kakashi can take you to get your blood tested straight away."

"Oh, I just have one question," Rose responded, actually confused for the first time in her life.

"Yes?"

"Who is the ninja?"

The Hokage gave her a piercing stare that frankly made Rose uncomfortable.

"We shall tell you when the DNA results have come back," The Hokage answered finally when he realised that Rose really didn't seem to have a clue about what he was saying.

Rose had to hold back a pout – now really.

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"That is an awfully big needle. Needle's shouldn't be that big. You know, I don't really care about relations, let's just skip this needle, yeah?"

The needle was massive; it was like, 7 inches long. Nice, silver and deadly looking – Rose didn't want to get killed via needle thank-you-very-much. The Nurse chuckled. "It's okay Potter-San, you won't feel a thing."

Rose made a sound of disagreement. "Yeah, maybe… But maybe we shouldn't take the chance… What do you think Kakashi?"

Kakashi was slumped against the door, almost as if he was cutting the way off, in case she got crazy and ran out of the door. The thought had crossed her mind – as long as the one where she jumped out of the window.

Kakashi shrugged his shoulders. "Are you afraid of a needle?"

"No," Rose disagreed. "It all just seems much unneeded and -!"

Before Rose could finish her sentence, the Nurse had plunged the needle into her arm, and had drawn the blood in ten seconds flat. Rose gasped. Kakashi and the nurse smiled.

"There all better dear? You can go now."

Rose nodded her head realising that it hadn't actually hurt and walked out of the room with Kakashi not too far behind. A very amused Kakashi not too far behind her.

"You're scared of needles?" Kakashi asked with amusement.

"No, they're just… very sharp looking."

"Don't you usually get over it after the first few times you get a needle?" Kakashi asked amused.

Rose huffed and glared at him. "That was my first needle."

Kakashi stopped walking and gave Rose a hard stare. "You've haven't had your shots?"

Rose blinked blankly. "Shots?"

Kakashi grabbed Rose's upper arm and started to drag her right back towards the Nurse. "Hey, what are you-!"

"You need your shots," Kakashi explained.

"But I'm fine without them…"

"No."

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Rose rubbed her arm sourly. How many of these shots had she missed out on? One needle might not hurt, but twelve certainly did. Rose felt she was allowed to dislike Kakashi to a degree now…

"Rose?"

"Hm, what?"

Remus sighed and leaned back. "Were you paying the slightest bit of attention?"

"Of course not," Ron answered for her.

Rose huffed. "I felt like the subject didn't need my attention."

"Do you even know what we're talking about?" Hermione asked with exasperation.

"Puppies?" Rose asked taking a wild stab at an answer. Okay, so she really didn't know what they'd been talking about. Sue her.

Hermione rolled her eyes, and Remus sighed. "You say I'm bad…" Ron muttered.

"Rose," Remus reprimanded. "We were discussing what to take back first. The first place we hit is going to be the most important."

Rose shook her head. "Na, the place we strike is going to be the last, and only."

"I don't understand," Ron said confusion in his voice.

"Rose is under the impression that everything will be settled in one fight," Hermione responded briskly.

"If Vol-You-Know-Who and I are there, it's going to be a battle to the death," Rose explained.

Ron nodded his head in agreement.

"I think we should take Hogwarts," Rose said.

"Hogwarts? What advantage would we get with Hogwarts?" Remus asked with scepticism.

"Field advantage?" Ron added in.

Remus shook his head. "You-Know-Who probably has more experience at Hogwarts."

"It's a fortress," Hermione finally said. "Hogwarts is one of the most important landmarks in England."

Remus nodded his head reluctantly. "Hogwart's is full of death eaters, now that Snape is Headmaster… It's not going to be easy to take."

Rose gave a grim smile. "Yes, but we have eyes in Hogwart's as well."

Understanding dawned on Ron and Hermione's faces and they smirked, nodding their head.

"We should move out after the Chunnin exams are finished," Hermione added.

"That's almost a month, Hermione," Remus said sounding astounded.

Ron nodded his head slowly. "I can understand that. I agree, Rose?"

Rose hesitated, did she really want to wait a whole month to get back to England. Who knew how many people Voldemort could destroy in a month? A lot. Rose knew this but… "I agree."

Don't even bother asking her for motives. You wouldn't be able to get one. Rose would just mutter something about not wanting to burden Haku..

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As quietly as she could Rose tried to sneak up on Kakashi. Who was leaning against a tree, his eyes scanning his small orange book. Seriously. What was in that thing that was so interesting? This had to be his what? Third time re-reading it?

"You're making quite a racket."

Rose pouted briefly, and decided against trying to be stealthy. Rose walked over to Kakashi and sat down right next to him, leaning against the same tree. "I wasn't being that obvious was I?"

Kakashi tilted his head to the side, his eyes not moving away from the text on his book. "I've known you were there for the last ten minutes," Kakashi informed her, as he turned the page.

"And you didn't think to tell me that?" Rose asked incredulously.

"Where would the fun in that be?"

Rose rolled her eyes, suddenly realising that Sasuke was meant to be there. But before Rose could get a word in about the fact that his student wasn't here, he bet her to it.

"He's running ten laps around the field. He'll be back in about ten minutes."

Rose blinked. "How did you know I was going to ask about Sasuke?"

Kakashi shrugged. "I know you."

Rose nodded her head in acceptance. She watched as Kakashi turned another page of his book, and she really couldn't contain her curiosity much longer. "Hey, what is in that book, you never put it down?"

"Nothing interesting really."

Rose turned so she was facing the white haired ninja. "Come on! Let's see."

Rose moved forward so she could grab the book out of his grasp, so she could read the page he was on, but he pulled it away from her hands. Rose raised an eyebrow.

"You really don't want to read that."

"And if I do?" Rose quizzed back.

"You don't."

Rose made a noise of disagreement. She wasn't one to quit. Rose nodded her head slowly, and moved her arm back just as sluggishly. Kakashi eyed her warily.

"Why don't you want me to know what you're reading?" Rose probed curiously. "Is it really that bad… Are you reading cheesy romance novels?"

The tips of Kakashi's ears turned red. "Something like that."

Rose huffed. "Please?"

"No."

Rose eyed him slightly before completely backing up. Kakashi seemed to be wary but happy enough to read his book again. That was until Rose pounced on him. Kakashi's eye went wide, and he tried to push Rose back slightly.

Rose smirked. He wasn't getting her to move that easily. They grappled over the book for a few minutes before Rose used a small bit of magic to get the book. Rose back away with a satisfied look on her face, the book in her right hand.

Kakashi looked slightly ashamed. "I was beaten by a civilian…"

Rose waved his book in front of her face. "Yes, yes you were."

But before Rose could open the book to a random page to read, Kakashi was in front of her and snatched the book out of her hands.

"Hey!" Rose exclaimed.

"I'm not sorry."

Rose huffed. "It's the least you could do… You know, he who made me get a hundred needles."

"It was five," Kakashi replied, pocketing his book in the pocket on his chest near his heart. Rose huffed.

"I disagree."

"How did you find me anyway?"

Rose's grin widened. "Wouldn't you like to know?"

Kakashi raised his one viable eyebrow. "I need to know just in case anyone else can find us."

Rose shrugged her shoulders. "I doubt anyone else can use my method."

"Humour me," Kakashi responded dryly.

"Magic."

Kakashi chuckled, and Rose's lips twitched. She had technically told him – he just didn't believe her. Not her fault.

"You're not telling me then?" Kakashi asked.

Rose shook her head. "Nope."

As the words left Rose's mouth, a loudly panting young pre-teen stumbled his way into the field. "I am finished Sensei."

"Good. Two hundred push-ups."

Sasuke raised his head to glare at Kakashi, when he spotted Rose. "That's why…" He grumbled.

Rose raised an eyebrow, was Sasuke taking lessons on being cryptic from his Sensei? Rose hung her head.

"I changed my mind. Three Hundred push-ups."

Rose openly gaped at Kakashi, but then she shrugged her shoulders. Realizing it was something that she had to pass off as a ninja quirk.

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"Rose-San… Why are you still here?" Sasuke asked blankly, as the three of them sat around a fire, as Kakashi seemed to be roasting some rabbit.

"Honestly?" Rose asked, getting a nod from Sasuke. "I'm dead bored. We decided not to leave until after the Chunnin exam…"

Sasuke gave her an incredulous look. "Are you serious?"

Rose shrugged her shoulders and offered Sasuke a small smile. "It beats doing nothing."

Sasuke gave her a calculating look. "I really need to train."

"I'm not going to stop you – don't worry."

Sasuke eyed her warily. "Try not to distract Kakashi-Sensei to much."

Rose blinked owlishly. Sasuke sighed haggardly, like he was talking to an idiot, who still wasn't getting what he was saying after half an hour of explanations. "Try not to flirt too much. It's distracting to Sensei."

Rose chocked on thin air. "What!?"

Sasuke looked decidedly uncomfortable. "…Don't make me repeat myself."

Rose blinked her mouth wide open. They didn't flirt… did they?

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"Sasuke, spar with Rose."

"What?"

"Wait, what?"

Sasuke looked over at Rose who had been in the process of looking though Kakashi's bag in the process of 'looking for food' when she was really wondering if she had another copy of his book.

"I can't fight a civilian," Sasuke pointed out calmly.

Kakashi shook his head. "You have had to notice that Rose is no ordinary civilian. She has a fighting style just like Gaara; it would be for the best."

Rose nodded her head in understanding. "You don't mind do you, Rose?"

Rose shook her head. "If you tell me what's in that book of yours then maybe…"

Kakashi sighed. Sasuke looked incredulous. "You don't know what's in that garbage-"

Suddenly Kakashi's hand was muffling Sasuke's voice. "We can ignore him."

Rose's lips twitched upwards. "Alright, fine. Are you ready Sasuke?"

Sasuke pushed his teacher away from him. Kakashi wisely backed up. Rose ginned at Sasuke, pausing briefly to wonder what Kakashi thought she could do.

Almost hesitantly – like he really didn't want to hurt her, Sasuke walked forward, a kunai in hand. It was kind of cute.

Meanwhile, Rose pushed Kakashi's bag to the side, but other than that didn't bother moving. Why move when there was no point? Rose had seen Sasuke fight and whilst he had a frightening speed, he couldn't beat Rose.

Sasuke stoped, and he glanced back at his Sensei. Kakashi nodded his head. Sasuke sighed and moved forward with a frightening pace.

"Protego," Rose responded, only to see Sasuke rebound off her shield and hit a tree. Rose's lips twitched. She really shouldn't find that funny.

"See," Kakashi said, stepping in stopping Sasuke from getting up again. "You can't just charge though with brute force, Sasuke. The result will always be the same. Just like it was right now."

Sasuke hung his head; a dark glint entered his eye. "I understand Sensei."

"By the end of this month, I want you to be able to avoid Rose's shield."

Sasuke nodded his head with more determination. Rose felt like Kakashi had started something that shouldn't have been started.

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"Sasuke?"

"Yes Rose-San?" Sasuke asked dully as he sharpened some of his knives when the sun had gone down, and he had to take a break.

"What is in that book?" Rose had made sure that Kakashi was out of hearing range when she asked that. Mainly because he seemed to be really insistent that she didn't know what was in it.

Sasuke looked around warily. "It's porn."

Rose's eyes widened, and she had to stifle a snort. "Seriously?"

Sasuke nodded his head, his pale white cheeks having a pink tinge to them. Rose couldn't help it – she laughed.