Kakashi wasn't sure how to respond to Naru's soft almost tormented words. Nor did he like the heart breaking expression on her pretty face. He racked his brain, trying to think of something. Some thing that he could do or say to let her know that he wouldn't change his mind. He wouldn't break her heart.

Finally after a second or so he came up with something. It was an iffy plan at best, but it was something. A way to show her that he would take care of her and never hurt her. He could use one of the Hatake clan's greatest justu to bind her to him. He could use the soul binding technique to bind her soul to his own.

It was one of the most powerful jutsu's ever developed, and without it the leaf village would never have been founded because of how the shinobi way, way back in the day used to war with each other overt every little thing.

They even went so far as to develop this particular jutsu so that it would be easier to steal women from their enemies and use them and their bodies to create a new generation of shinobi. It was supposed to be an form of torture and insult for their enemies to know that their wives, sisters and daughters were being used to bear children for the ones that they had sworn to kill.

And in most cases it had worked, however there were a few who had used the jutsu and lived their lives quite happily with their stolen mates and raised many wonderful children.

The entire idea behind the jutsu was to sort of bind the woman to you with a chakra seal, seared into the skin over the females heart, and take her as you see fit. However because the jutsu had been developed by the Hatake clan, there had been certain protective measures laid out in the seal and the design to protect the female from being passed around, raped and abused.

The concept had been, Never harm the female that will bear your young.

If the males used the jutsu and tried to force themselves on a woman that they had stolen, the jutsu either squashed their ideas through crippling pain, or it killed them.

And while it would bind Naru to him, it couldn't make her love him. In fact the seal would hold absolutely no sway at all over Naru's heart. But it wasn't the same for the male. Especially if that male was a Hatake.

If there was any real love in his heart for her, then he would find those feelings amplified and he would be irreveracally drawn to her. He would literally feel like he was in heat all the time.

His heart rate would increase, his predatory instincts as one of the Wolf clan would be dragged to the surface. And not just the good stuff either. A lot of the predatory instincts in Hatake males centered around territorial impulses, protective instincts, and defending ones mate and offspring.

His aggression levels would sky rocket, he would need to be with in reaching, smelling, hearing, and touching distance of her at all times or there would be bodies laying face down in their own blood all over the fucking village.

The only really good thing about the seal that he was absolutely sure of was that 1) He would never harm his mate. No matter how pissed she might make him, or how vexed and irritated he became. He would literally be incapable of laying his hands on her unless it was in a tender and loving manner. And 2) Sauske wouldn't be hassling Naru any longer once Kakashi got his hands on the little fucker.

His protective instincts would assure that the Uchiha line died the very moment that the seal was in place, because the first thing that he would do to show his devotion to Naru-

Would be to hunt down the Uchiha bastard and kill him with extreme prejudice.

But before he could do anything, he needed to get Naru to agree to marry him. An idea occurred to him and though it was a lie in some small way, he swore to himself that if this worked and she still didn't want him, then he would kill himself and free her since it was the only way to break the soul binding jutsu.

The one who placed the jutsu on Naru would have to die for her to gain her freedom to live her life and be happy.

"I'll make a deal with you Naru. Marry me and give me three years. Three small years of your life and I will do everything in my power to make you happy and give you the affection, the home and the life that you have always desired. If at the end of the three years you still aren't happy...you'll never have to see me again." Kakashi said, hoping that she would take his bait.

She wiped her eyes and looked at him with such trusting eyes that he felt a sharp pain in his chest for lying to her even a little bit. "Three years?"

He inwardly grinned knowing that she was hooked. All he had to do is reel her in.

He nodded his head sagely. "Three years. No more-" No less.

"And if it doesn't work? You'll really let me walk away?"

Again he nodded his head. "Yes. You can have everything. The house, my money, our kids. I'll be destitute an you'll have everything-" This wasn't the wisest thing to say to Naru considering that she had grown up an orphan with nothing but the clothes on her back to her name.

He mentally cursed himself for saying it like that when she gave him a horrified look. But really if he went off to kill himself, then what did it matter if she had everything he had worked all his life to obtain? He wouldn't need it if he killed himself to free her.

"Sorry. Sorry. I didn't mean to say it like that-" He said quickly as he tried to fix the problem that his careless words had just created and put her mind at ease. "What I meant to say Naru, is that I wouldn't leave you with nothing. You'll be my wife, and even if things end badly between us and end. I will not leave you without a means to live your life. I will amend my will so that my estate, my money, my every treasure will go to you to be passed on to our children-"

"What if we don't have children?" Naru asked softly almost a little worried about what would happen then if things didn't work out.

Kakashi laughed and lifted his hand to caress her cheek, his voice was so very soft. "Then everything will go to your children when you remarry and have them. I'll even set aside a sizable amount of my money to provide a dowry for you so that you can marry anyone in the world. But the money will belong only to you. And only you will be able to touch it." Just in case she remarried some asshole who tried to take advantage of her. Or felt that she owed him for marrying her or some stupid shit like that.

"You're...really serious..." Naru said in astonished awe as she stared at him. He bit his bottom lip almost anxiously and nodded his head again. "I don't understand Kakashi. Why would you do such a thing for me? Why offer all of these things?"

He felt the nearly overwhelming urge to shake her. Or kiss her into a swoon. "Because I care about you. I've always cared about you Naru-"