The next chapter will have a month time skip where we'll get to see Kakashi trying to woo Naru.

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He didn't bother going back to Naru's little apartment, no matter how much it had become his home too. He simply couldn't risk going back and walking into an ambush. So instead he took Naru to the old Hatake estate in the center of the village where the other clans lived.

He'd sent Gai there earlier to check out his old childhood home which had been remodeled about a year after Tsunade had become Hokage. Which Kakashi had seen as a slightly subtle hint for him to settle down, marry and have a kid or two so that his bloodline wouldn't end with him.

He hadn't felt so inclined to do so then.

But now... Now everything had changed and for better or worse, he wanted to do what was right. In the time it had taken for him to walk from Ibiki's to the middle of the village where his old childhood house was he had already decided on a plan of action to make Naru untouchable.

First off, he would be rejoining the Anbu black ops.

Secondly, he was going to marry Naru and make her the head of the Hatake house. Which meant that he would be relinquishing part of the power he'd held all these years to her along with the fortune and lands his father had left for him before he had died.

This was a slightly terrifying idea to him for reasons he didn't understand.

But dammit! He was already commited to the idea and he was going to go through with it. Besides his son/daughter would benifit from his being married to Naru.

The third step would be to dethrone Tsunade and either take over himself or place Naru in the office of the Hokage and merely stay close to her as a personal bodyguard.

He shook himself from his thoughts just in time to pause outside the house, right at the bottom step and looked up at the place he'd lived in up until his father had died and felt Naru shift against him a little bit. Turning his head slightly so that his mouth was close to her ear, he hesitated for a moment knowing that there would be no turning back from this and whispered softly. "Welcome home sweetheart."

Walking up the steps he made his way to the door and opened it and blinked in surprise when he caught sight of the darkened living room aglow with candles. But that wasn't what he found the most suprising. No- it was the futon spread out in the middle of the room a few feet from a small table with food spread all over it.

His eye widening in apprehention as he realized what he was looking at.

Oh dear god- This was just...bizarre. Even by Gai-ish standards. Flushing under his mask, Kakashi let his eye wander around the room. Taking in even the smallest of details.

There wasn't much in the way of furniture.

So the candles had been carefully arranged so that they were out of the way enough not to be knocked over while still shedding enough light to see. The food consisted mostly of cooked clams, shrimp, lobster tails, mussels and salad with home made dressings and sauces.

Everything looked like it would the day Kakashi married Naru with the exception of everything being covered in flowers.

This is eerie. Kakashi thought as he continued to look around. Standing there peering into his old home as if it were a crystal ball that he was looking into. Naru rubbed her face against the side of his neck and stirred from her sleep. "Kashi?"

Somewhat startled by the sound of her voice, Kakashi jumped a little before answering. "I'm here Naru."

"Do I smell food?" Naru asked as she brought her arms up to wrap around his neck, her tone curious as she sniffed at the air. Blinking his eye and wondering how he hadn't seen that one coming, he stifled a laugh by biting the inside of his cheek and set her on her feet.

And watched her look around her new home curiously and couldn't help but feel a bit anxious about what she thought of the set up that Gai had put together. Would she like it? Hate it?

Or would she be like him and wonder what the hell they were supposed to do? Because his mind was going in a million different directions at the moment and he was trying desperately to keep it out of the gutter for Naru's sake.

She finished looking around and glanced back up at him with a peculiar look on her lovely face that Kakashi found just adorable. So much so that he got this odd fluttering feeling in the pit of his stomach.

Butterflies? He thought in shock. When was the last time he'd had butterflies about anything?

He wondered as he found himself reaching out, his mind blanking for a moment as he leaned down and managed to kiss her square on the mouth before he realized what he was doing and jerked back, and nervously cleared his throat and managed to rasp in a near breathless tone, "Lets eat something."

For some reason he didn't understand he was suddenly feeling ravenous.

He just hoped that Gai's cooking was as good as it looked. He didn't want to wind up in the hospital tonight. Nor did he want Naru to wind up in the hospital. Especially since getting food poisoning could put too much stress on her and cause a miscarrage. Then he'd have to murder Gai and do something with his mangled body and he just wasn't in the mood now that he'd kissed Naru.