Alright, so second installment of Jigokuen no Taka. I think What I'll do is put up three chapters at a time, because there are a lot and as said this is already completed on my computer so the only waiting you guys will have to deal with is if I'm busy or not. Anywho, please enjoy!

Chapter 2: Lesson Number One

Kakashi's POV

I sigh as I walk my way back to the hospital, though this time I'm not with a passenger. Instead, I'm walking at the Hokage's side. I really do hope that the girl decided to be good due to my clone's orders. It'd be a real problem if something happened and she acted out.

"Kakashi," Hokage-sama speaks up, "Before we enter the hospital and go see our new friend, I have to say this. Should she appear stable, I will be putting her under your care. You are to teach her to talk, take care of herself, and if she can how to use chakra. Until she is deemed fully functional, she will also stay at your home. You have too rooms at your apartment, no?" I give him a nod. "Very good. Do you understand this long term duty?"

"Yes sir. But what if I'm called out to a mission?" I question.

"You will remain with just this duty until she is at least able to talk and dress herself, if not prepare simple foods for herself," Hokage-sama answers. By the time he's done talking, we've already made it to the room in which the girl will be staying. We've been told that Kyuzo-sensei is already in that room and waiting for our arrival. "Oh," Hokage-sama stops before opening the door, "And think of a name. We can't just call her 'hey you' all the time". Me? Why me?

Upon entering, I hear the sound of a heart monitor as well as the sound of gentle and calm breathing. Kyuzo-sensei stands from the chair he has set next to the closed window, looking at the sun as it finishes its duty of setting upon the village. "Ahh Hokage-sama, welcome," he greets and nods to me as well.

"It's good to see you, Kurogo-kun," Hokage-sama greets with a calm smile. He walks to the side of the bed, while I occupy the other side to look down at the girl who now lays in bed with a hospital gown on her person. "What have you found out about our guest?"

"She's definitely of Orochimaru's work, sir," the doctor begins, "One of the few master pieces that he's managed to make. However, those were all literal beasts, chimeras. This girl however, while not human, is no beast". Not human? "Her DNA is of an unknown species despite her human physic. However," he turns and picks up a book from under the chair he was sitting on, and opens it up to a dog eared page. Hokage-sama and I come to look over his shoulder and at the picture he shows us. It is of a beautiful woman, dressed scantily in black clothing that looks to be leather. Her figure is beautiful even to my young and inexperienced with the opposite sex eyes. Her hair is long and flowing, her mouth slightly parted to show two fangs, and her eyes are made to look at whomever is looking at the picture hungrily. However, that's not what I'm paying attention to. Instead, my eyes are drawn to the wings on the woman's back, as well as the long claws that sprout from the beds of her finger nails. The nameless girl's claws sprout from her wrists, but they are still rather long. Seemingly sprouting from her rear is a long tail. I leave Kyuzo-sensei's side, and look the girl over. She has the wings, and the tail, and the claws...What of the fangs? Gently, careful to not wake her up, I lift up her upper lip. Lo and be hold, there are two fangs in her mouth. I look to the doctor. "This woman here is the same as I believe this girl to be based off of. A succubus. A demon of ancient myth and said to be something of a sexual vampire; luring men into having sex with them to impregnate them and continue their race, and then take the life of the man through a kiss. As this picture is, they're said to be captivating women. While this girl isn't human, I do not think she is a succubus but instead simply based off of one as I said". He pauses to let questions come if need be. When neither I nor Hokage-sama ask, he continues. That's her physical attributes. In terms of chakra, the pool that lays in her is massive; an ocean is the best way for me to describe it. She is only a child, and yet she has a well of chakra that could be compared to Kisame Hoshigaki". You've got to be kidding me. "Mentally she is stable; she just needs to learn how to take care of herself and how to talk again. Two things I highly doubt will take long due to the fact that she's not stupid, she just has to remind her mouth how to form words. Lastly, she seems about thirteen years old, two years younger than yourself Kakashi".

"I see...Very good Kurogo-kun," Hokage-sama nods out, eyes lain on the girl. His eyes then fall to my frame, "You know what you must do then". I nod.

"Kurogo-kun, she's okay to be discharged, correct?"

"Yes sir," he answers.

I take that as the okay and begin to gently pull the IV needle out of her arm, and begin to take off anything else that's been placed on her body such as something to monitor her heart. "I've figured out a name for her," I tell the men, turning their attention to me. By now, I finally have my Sharingan covered, and I can feel the drain it normally puts on me pulsing through my body. "Cross". I don't know why I've chosen that name. However, I've never heard of that name belonging to someone else, and she's something I've never seen before. Something new with something new.

"Cross," Hokage-sama repeats, "It's a fitting name for the girl. Why don't you get yourself and Cross-chan home? You should begin her lessons tomorrow".

"Hai," I tell him. As the village's leader opens the room's window for me, I put a foot on the ledge before taking off and traveling by roof top. This way, it takes me little to no time at all to get home, and soon enough I am walking through my front door, closing it with a foot, and looking around. My apartment is a simple place, having a living room with gray carpeting, a matching couch and a medium toned coffee table in front of it. It's attached to the kitchenette which also holds a table to dine at, white tiling, simple wooden counter tops and just as simple cabinets. From the living room is a simple hallway that goes straight for a few feet and then branches off to the left and right. Right in front of the end of this hallway is a bathroom of average size with white tiling, white counter top and sink, toilet and a standing shower. The room that is in the hallway to the right is my room. The one to the left is the empty room that will now be Cross'. I take that left, and manage to open the door after shifting the apparently thirteen year old girl in my fifteen year old arms. The room is based off of tones of golds, just as the living room was based off of simple gray tones. The bed is as simple as they come but it's pretty comfy by the looks of it. The carpet is an eagle eye's gold, reminding me of Cross' own orbs. The walls are that of a washed out gold, but not yellow. The covers of the blanket are the only thing that's not gold, going for simply being an off white. Three's a closet and a dresser for her to use when we actually have clothing for her- which we should get tomorrow- and there's a desk that she'll probably use when she's working on reading and writing after the lessons I've given her. Lastly there's a full body mirror on the back of the closet door. I sigh through my mask. How I'm standing, I don't know. I'm too tired to do anything really. I put the girl under the covers before leaving, closing the door behind me, and heading to my room. My room is simple like Cross'. With a tan carpet and white walls and a bet with green blankets, there's a desk in the corner of the room just under the window, and there's a nightstand next to my bed which sits across from the dresser and closet. The only thing I bother to do is kick off my sandals and slip off my hitai-ate before slipping under the covers myself.

Cross' POV

When I wake up, I'm no longer naked, nor am I in that all white room that Kakashi left me in. This worries me slightly. Did the old man decide to hand me off to some stranger? I don't want to be with some stranger! I want to be with Kakashi! And no one but! I sit up and look around the room, taking in the different golden tones of the place. It's nice. The nicest I've ever been in as far as I know at least. I continue to investigate. I'm on a squishy thing, which I'm pretty sure is called a bed, but as mentioned before it's not the same one from before. I push the covers off of my small frame and find my way to stand on the floor. It's nice and soft, and it keeps my toes warm. The sensation makes me smile. There's a wooden table thing not far from my bed, and then there's another one, this time with boxes in it, next to another door. Next to the box holder, I see...Myself? What? I walk forward, and the picture of myself does the same. This spooks me, making me stumble backwards. The picture does the same. My brows furrow and I make my way onto all fours in order to more closely inspect the copying picture. However, another door suddenly opens and I'm spooked again. I try to stand up to my feet, but stumble and end up on my butt like the klutz I apparently am. The person I see holding the door open is someone who makes me very happy, "Kakashi!" Beam. I don't see his red eye, but that's okay, I know it's covered up for whatever reason. He's dressed differently this time, wearing long pants like last night, but this time his shirt is a dark blue- almost black with swirls on the upper arms. He's still wearing that mask around his face, making me only able to see a singular dark eye.

"Oh," he lazily speaks, "You're awake". A hand goes to the back of his head. "Good...I guess".

"Ah!" Yes! It is good to be awake! That way I know you're real. I had a dream that I was still in my glass prison. I didn't panic though, because Kakashi told me to be a good girl. If I panicked, then something bad would happen and then I'd be a bad girl. Then, I remember the picture that he distracted me from. "Su?" I question. Hopefully he can understand that until I learn how to talk, that's how my mouth forms the word 'what'.

"'Su'...?" He looks at me before following my pointing finger to the copy picture. "Oh," he states, walking further into the room and standing next to me. Amazing! The picture can copy more than one person! "That's called a mirror. It gives off something called a reflection when something stands in front of it. Right now it's reflecting me and you".

"...Ah," so that's what a mirror is. I stand to my feet, collecting my weight onto them and fully stabilizing myself. With the help of the mirror, I finally get to see what I look like. The first thing I see are my eyes. They're gold. That's the name of the color that comes to my mind. Not only that, but molten gold. My skin is pale like Kakashi's, something I notice almost right away. Hair is a color I've never seen a person's hair color be, be it from those we passed on the way to the old man's place or the doctor place, or simply from memories that I have no recollection of making. Still, it's not light blue, nor dark blue, bur more like something in the middle. The gown I wear is nothing but white.

"Well...We've got a lot to do today. Do you want breakfast? That's the first meal of the day," Kakashi offers. "And then we'll really get a start on the day".

"Su?" What are we gonna do today I wonder?

"There's that 'su' thing again...Is that supposed to mean what or something?" He ruffles his hair. "I'm gonna teach you how to be a person basically. You know, read, write, talk, cook, everything you'll need to know if you ever need to protect yourself. I'm gonna teach you the way of the shinobi too. Shinobis are people like me and Kinoe; we fight to protect our home and to make it money".

I don't quite get all that he's told me, but for the most part I understand, "Ah," I tell him to show him that I get it. He nods to me, and motions for me to follow him. I do so, and he leads me into a room that looks like it's two in one. One side is made of tones of gray, and the other with white. I don't bother to try to figure out what is what, seeing as I figure I'll learn that another time. He pulls out a chair for me, and then moves on to sit in his own. I follow the motion of sitting, sitting forward on it so that my wings aren't uncomfortable. In front of me are three white and black triangles that sit on a plate. I look at them curiously, and then look to Kakashi for guidance. However, his are gone already. How did he do that so quickly. "Su?" I question.

"They're rice balls. You eat them with your hands". I do, picking one up and biting it from the side only to get rice basically everywhere, as well as the filling that apparently was inside. Bit by bit I pick up the rice pieces. I look to him with an innocent tilt of my head. "...Eat the top first. That makes them less messy".

"Ah!" So that's how you do it! It's not long until breakfast is over and we're headed out of the building. Fortunately, Kakashi didn't me just walking around in a hospital gown, so he let me borrow a gray shirt and a pair of shorts and a belt. Everything is baggy on my smaller frame, but it'll have to do. As we go along the streets, I realize that no one has wings like myself, nor a tail. It makes me a bit self conscience, and therefore I furl my wings to my back as much as I can, and my tail remains wrapped around my waist. Otherwise, I wear I smile the entire time we're out of his home, my eyes looking this way and that. There's so many things and places and people to see! I see big people and small ones my size and even smaller all about. Kakashi says the big ones are adults, and that we'll be adults when we're older. He says he's fifteen, and I'm thirteen years old. That apparently means that I'm two whole years younger than he is. The ones smaller than he and I are called children. We were once children ourselves according to him.

"This is going to suck...Getting a girl clothing. I don't even know if she needs a bra or something...That won't be fun," I hear Kakashi mumble as we walk through the crowded streets. I just trail behind him as he pulls me along by my hand. He's apparently holding my hand so that I don't get lost.

There's a casual chuckle from not far from us, and I look to my right. Who I see is the girl from the night before. Like Kakashi, she's not wearing the same thing she did the night before. Instead, she's wearing a red shirt with short sleeves and black pants. "That's why Hokage-sama sent me to give you a hand, Senpai".

Kakashi and I stop, and I can hear the relief in his voice, "He thinks of everything, doesn't he?"

"He's not the village leader for nothing," she chuckles out. That old man from last night is their leader? But he's so old. I watch as the girl's eyes land on me, and a light smile spreads across her face. "Hi," she greets me, offering a hand to me, "I'm Yugao. I'm a friend of Kakashi's". She is? Then I guess she's nice. I look at her hand for a moment before taking it, thinking that she's gonna lead me along as well. However, she shakes our hands up and down a few times. "That's was called shaking hands," she tells me as I give her a clueless look, "Strangers do that upon greeting each other more often than not". She now looks to Kakashi, "Does she have a name yet?" Yes I do. Kakashi gave it to me.

"Ask her," Kakashi states, looking to me as I let go of Yugao's hand, "I told her it this morning. She managed to learn how to say it pretty quickly". It's true. After my second rice ball, he told me of how he was told to give me a name, and that he decided on it. It took me a couple tries to get it, but I did get it down.

Yugao's eyes now land on me, and I offer her a friendly fang filled smile, "My...Nam...Is...Cross," my mouth works to form the words, but I get them out easy enough.

"Cross huh? What a pretty name for a pretty girl! You know, I'm told you're about thirteen; just a year younger than me," Yugao tells me. "What do you say to coming with me and getting some real clothing? We'll leave Kakashi to get some different stuff for you and then later we'll meet up with him. Okay?"

Kakashi meets my gaze with his own, and lets go of my hand, "You go with Yugao, Cross. She'll take good care of you. Understand?"

All day, ever since Kakashi taught me to tell people my name, I've been paying close attention as to how words are formed. I can't see how his lips move under his mask, but I'm lucky enough to be able to figure out how the sounds are made for each word. I will learn how to talk properly. I don't want to be talked to as though I were some animal my whole life. "Un-der-sta-n-d," I tell him with a nod and a smile. I see his eye crinkle upwards, showing me a small smile which makes me proud of myself. I let Yugao take my clawed hand and pull me along.

We end up in a building- apparently called a store- filled with all sorts of clothing that smell funny. Apparently people are separated into two different genders. People who are built like Kakashi have what's called a penis and are male. Where as people like me and Yugao are women, and have breasts and a vagina. According to Yugao, I'm old enough and developed enough to wear something called a bra. It supports our breasts and keeps them from bouncing all over the place when we're doing something like fighting and running. Undies are worn under pants like bras are worn under our shirts. We spend a decent amount of time trying to find something that will fit my frame and my current personality perfectly fine. The end result is a simple black shirt with pants of the same color and same with the shoes. She says that since I'm going to be like her and Kakashi, a shinobi, I should get used to wearing dark clothing; shinobi apparently need to be good at hiding in shadows and bright clothing doesn't help with that. It's not until later, when I'm back with Kakashi, that he decides that it's time for me to really start learning how to talk. He says he was told that it shouldn't take me too long, that I have to remind my mouth how to form the words. And that he believes that this is true, seeing as I've already started saying words I wasn't saying earlier this morning. Words such as 'come', 'go', 'stay', 'try', 'this', mostly words I managed to get down by watching Yugao's mouth forming such words.

"Alright. I guess first we'll start with the alphabet," Kakashi states. "The alphabet is basically what makes up the basis of all the words we make. Each word is made of at least one or two letters. The first letter is 'A'," and that's how the rest of the day goes really. Well, at least until I've got the alphabet and the words, 'yes', 'no', and 'kind of' down. This takes up our time until a little bit passed lunch, which is apparently the second meal of the day. Around that time, he decided we'd take a break and he's make lunch. It was rice balls again. When I asked another word I got down, 'why', he told me because it's simple and we still have a lot of stuff to do. After lunch, we moved onto something different. And let me tell you. I don't think he holds a single thing back. However, I'm willing to learn and retain everything and anything he teaches me. "Okay. We're going to start your shinobi training. It will include everything else you need to know in order to be like any normal person, but it will also teach you to be like Yugao and I. Okay?"

I sit before him on the floor as he sits on the couch in front of me. On the table between us are multiple books varying from thin and thick. Some are opened up to certain points. However, because the alphabet is different from kanji, according to Kakashi, I can't read any of these. "Yes," I tell him, eager to learn. If all this can make me less of a hassle for the boy that saved me and brought me to a place I can call home, then I'll do anything and everything in my power to learn.

"Chakra is essential to even the most basic technique; it is the molding of the physical energy present in every cell of the body and the spiritual energy gained from exercise and experience. Once molded, it can be channeled through the chakra circulatory system, which is to chakra as the regular circulatory system is to blood, to any of the 361 chakra points (called tenketsu) in the body. Through various methods, the most common of which is hand seals, the chakra can then be controlled and manipulated to create an effect that would not be possible otherwise, such as walking on water, exhaling fire or creating illusions. By molding different ratios of the two energies, new colors and much stronger types of chakra can be formed. Most ninja have a natural affinity to one type of chakra, but they have the capacity to create elemental chakra apart from their own affinity. There are five basic types, each stronger and weaker to another, but their relations, weaknesses, and strengths to each other are all explored. There is also the dealing of Yin and Yang and the balance of mental and physical energies. In addition to these five elements, certain kekkei genkai can mix elemental chakra to form new natures, for example it is possible to mix water and wind into ice. While many ninja can use more than one type of chakra, very few are able to use them simultaneously". He pauses to look at me, making sure that I'm paying attention. "Do you understand?"

"Yes," I nod out. And honestly, I really do. Surprisingly, the explanation of chakra comes as an understanding to me much faster than just learning words or how society works. I'm happy to find something that comes so easily to me. That means it'll make the process of becoming less of a pain to Kakashi will go faster.

"Good. We'll go to sleep then. It's a little early, but I'm still tired from yesterday and you just learned a whole bunch of stuff today," Kakashi stands and stretches. "You know where the shower is and how it works. If you want a shower, then take one and then go to bed. Good night, Cross". By the time he's done talking, he's already headed in the direction of where he showed me earlier.

"Go'ght, Kakashi," I slur out in my broken up speech.