Jigokuen no Taka

by Void'sEclipse

Kakashi Hatake, a man powerful and skilled; a genius or prodigy among his fellow shinobi. When this young man comes upon something found in one of Orochimaru's abandoned labs, something not human, he decides to take her to his home. When told to raise her, turn her into a shinobi, he does as told. But what happens when as they both age, and there's a stirring in his gut?KakashiXOC

3. Chapter 3

Chapter 3: Growing Up

After that day, things sped forward like never before. By the end of that week, Kakashi and I had a routine that we would go through. Wake up, I'd shower and he'd make breakfast. We'd go visit his friends' graves and then we would simply walk through the village. He would show me where different things were so that by the next week I already had a good idea of what the lay out of the village was like. After that, we would go home and he'd help me learn. He taught me more about chakra. He taught me about the origin of this village, and of other villages. Of the wars this village has been through. He taught me about himself and his past, and of what he's been through. He taught me to cook and how to over all fight. By the time I turned fourteen, I was deemed worthy of a shinobi title. A month after I was made a Genin, I was promoted to Chunin due to my field work. And four months after that, I moved up to Jounin.

That may seem impossible, but I have to tell you that it's the truth. It took me up to a whole year to perfect my speech patterns, and until recently I still had problems forming words and I would stutter her and there. But again, that was up until recently. Currently, I have no issues with my speech patterns. Anyways, being a shinobi was, and is, what came to me as the most natural thing in my life. That and flying. Anything having to do with physical action that allowed my body to gather information, I learned best. I have to say that I think that before I was captured by Orochimaru- when that was, who knows- I had already started training to become a shinobi. And that's why things came so easily to me. Or. At least part of the reason. Six month after my reach to Jonin, I made it into Anbu, team Ro of all teams. That means that I was put onto Kakashi's team.

Over the year that has gone by, I have grown a lot. From nothing but a mere scrap of a girl, so a young woman already toned and hard for battle. I know I'm not fully developed, being only fourteen, but still, I'm apparently more developed than most women, already having most of my curves in the right places and what not. My hair, which when was first found was down to the middle of my back, had quickly grown down to my knees, flowing like a river in that it is smooth and shiny with a ripple of a wave here and there. I keep it in a pony tail where just the ends are tied off most of the time. Bangs do frame my face, being longest along the sides of my face. The middle of my bangs is next longest, collecting to rest over my nose, while the rest of my bangs just barely over my eyes brows. My hitai-ate rests around my neck as a choker. My clothing had also changed to fit my more womanly physic. Going from simple cloth and the standard shinobi clothing, I've moved to something easier for me to move. in. My shirt has no back so that my wings are free to do as they please, and it stands as a leather corset style black thin strapped top. The cut is low, showing off a good portion of my bust despite the fact that that seems dangerous. My pants are also leather, made to make sure that they along with my shirt don't make a single noise when I move as some leather is known to do. On my feet are a pair of steal toed high heeled boots, made to fit perfectly to the foot and remain comfortable no matter how long their worn. It cost me half my savings just to get these babies. My shuriken pouches rest on either of my hips. I don't use kunai due to the black bone claws that are just as sharp as any sword. Along with the rest of my body, my wings have grown much bigger, and just like me they're not done growing; the same goes for my tail.

I sigh from my position in front of Team Ro's meeting room. I'm honestly nervous about meeting the team. I mean, all of them are older than me. And they're probably much more experienced in just about everything than myself. However, I should be happy. Hokage-sama decided to put me on Kakashi's own team, therefore making me more so able to fit in with at least someone. I bite my lower lip, but am careful not to bite too hard lest my fang break the skin and make me bleed. Wouldn't that be great? I knock before opening up the door. The room is relatively small, and filled with lockers on either side. There's a bench in the middle of the room. Just like the lockers, men are on either side of the room, looking at me both curiously and knowingly. In the center of the room, at the other end of the bench, is none other than Kakashi himself.

"Ahh, there you are," Kakashi greets, "You were almost late!". His eye lazily looks from man to man that surrounds me, "Men, this is our newest addition to the team, Cross. She's a good friend of mine. Welcome to the team, Cross. Team Ro".

I can't help but smile lightly to the boy who saved my life and gave me a new one. "Thank you, Captain," I smile out.

"Cross huh?" I hear a slightly familiar voice speak up from behind me, "Pretty name for a pretty girl. Nice to meet you. I'm Tenzo". I turn to see a boy who's slightly taller than myself, but shorter than Kakashi. His eyes are naturally wide and black, and he wears a metal sort of face frame to support the hitai-ate on his face. His hair is short and black, and like everyone else save myself, he wears the standard Anbu armor. "Thanks for taking my spot as new guy by the way," he adds on.

I smile myself before shrugging, "My pleasure," I offer a clawed hand for him to shake, "It's nice to meet you too, by the way".

His eyes fall to my black clawed hand, eyes falling on the sword sharp weapons, "Woah! Those things are wicked! How strong are they?"

I hear a new voice speak up from behind me, "Why don't you find out, Tenzo? We were going to spar today once everyone was changed into their armor," I look over my shoulder to see Kakashi standing directly behind me. He looks down to me, "You don't mind, right Cross?"

I offer him a grin, bearing harmless fangs at him, "Not at all".

"Good; follow me," he nods and walks passed the lot of us, with everyone else following after him. I find myself in the middle of the walking twenty some odd men.

I feel a hand on my shoulder, and find myself looking up and to my right. I meet light blue eyes, lightly tanned skin, a strong jaw and reddish brown hair framing it all. His clothing is that of your usual Anbu, and by the looks of things, his tattoo is on his right arm. He offers a large hand to me, and I take it in the form of a shake, "Nice to meet you, Cross. My name is Saiai. I figured I'd introduce myself to a cute girl such as yourself before you showed us how much of a lioness you are". He doesn't look that much older than my fourteen year old self.

"Nice to meet you yourself," I offer a smile to him, taking the complement in stride. "I'm not that much of a lioness, trust me".

"You're kidding me," his voice sounds from my other side, making my eyes widen, "With those claws on your hands? You're not even carrying a kunai pouch. That's saying something". This time, his eyes are a light green. He offers me his hand, and I shake it, "Nice to meet you, I'm Saiai's brother, Nikun". His eyes fall to my first side, and I blink dumbly. Twins? By now, we're behind the Anbu building. Well, more so we're in Hokage Mountain, having gone through a tunnel that leads into said mountain and now we're in a cave without a top-letting in the sun- and trees surrounding the clearing. Nikun seems to realize what I'm looking at and chuckles. However, as he moves to answer, his mouth isn't doing the work. But it is his and his brother's voice.

"Like it?" I look forward to see a third copy of this man. However, this eyes are heterochromic, his right eye being a light blue and his left a light green. "There's a whole bunch of clearings like this one within Hokage Mountain. One for each team. This one belongs to Team Ro. You're free to come here and train for however long you like whenever you want". Now he offers his hand, "Nice to meet you; I'm the middle brother of us three, Churitsu. Saiai is my older brother, and Nikun is my little brother".

"So you're triplets," I grin out, "It's my first time seeing triplets".

"Then it's a good thing we're on the same team huh?" I look to my right and find Saiai there, his hand no longer on my shoulder. I nod in agreement.

"By the way. What the hell Saiai? Hitting on the new girl?" Nikun questions with a scoff, "Couldn't you of held back for at least a week?" He looks to me, "Sorry about him. He's an ass who likes to hit on women he thinks are pretty".

I smile, "Thank you. And to think I'm not done growing".

"Eh?!" Nikun and Saiai intone as one, exact same surprised looks on their faces. "How old are you?"

I hear a chuckle, and my eyes fall onto Churitsu, "She's only fourteen guys; four years younger than ourselves". It's not my fault I have the body of a sixteen year old in not just body shape but also height.

"Four years huh?" Nikun laughs out. "Damn! You're gonna be drop dead sexy when you're fully grown".

"That's true," Saiai nods out. "I seriously thought you were older than Kakashi all this time". He laughs at his own mistake and looks to his younger brother, "How'd you know her age?"

"You know I've always been good at that," Churitsu.

"I'll keep that in mind," a voice speaks up from behind him.

I can't help but chuckle lightly as Churitsu spins around to look down at the smaller Kakashi. "Ah! Captain!"

"If you three are quite done harassing our newest member, Tenzo is quite ready to spar her," Kakashi states, sending an eye smile my way. "Are you ready, Cross?"

I beam to him. I've always loved the way he says my name. I don't know why. He just says it and it comes so nicely from his mouth. "Of course!"

He eye smiles at me before turning and leading the way through the men and to Tenzo. Said shinobi is kindly waiting patiently while other men have by now created a sort of ring with their bodies for us to spar in. I step into this circle, lacing my fingers behind my back as I walk to stand across from my sparring opponent. We stand still as Kakashi gives the simple rules of this being an any jutsu fight, but of course a no kill or maim fight. If we step out of the ring more than once, we give up our chance to spar, and the game is over.

A single leaf flutters between us...It hits the ground and we're at it like two rabid ninken. A kunai meets my a fist of curled claws, causing sparks to fly. I smile to him as our eyes meet, and my free clawed hand reaches forward, lashing out at his face as he continues to try to over power me. He backs up, pushing us apart, only to throw that kunai at my face. The thumb belonging to the hand that had slashed at him points up, and as though brushing something off my nose cockily, my hand moves to the side. The claw of this thumb meets with the metal of the kunai, and cuts through it like a hot knife through butter.

I watch as Tenzo places his hands together, clasping them as though praying or something. However, the result is sudden pillars of wood shooting at me at a rather impressive speed. I purse my lips and narrow my eyes. My hands slap together quickly to form needed hand signs of dog, hare, ox, bore and then tiger. "Katon: Bokaheki!" At my simple command, a wall off fire rises in front of me, leaving the wood to lash out at that, while I run around the wall and along the pillars of wood. However, what I wasn't expecting was for the pillars to be able to sprout from one another as though they were some sort of plant. I grunt as one slams into my gut, causing me to fall off course. I block a kunai that aims for my throat and cut through it with the help of that same hand's claws. An elbow is thrust backwards, coming in contact with skin, and my eyes fly over to the pillar's source to find nothing but a wooden clone. I pivot on the ball of my foot, lashing out close to the belt with blood yearning claws. I catch the front of his armored vest, ripping away the cloth, making me grin. Just a bit closer. However, I gasp as a thin branch of wood finds its way through my wide. I look down at it, and then to the person controlling it, seeing a hooked finger as though having just finished gesturing for it to do as he commands.

"Ohh...Looks like she's still got some training to do," I hear someone mutter to another person. I can't help but smile. Wrong.

My mouth forms one word, "Boom".

From my position disguised as one of the pillars that had been fighting the fire wall that went out as soon as my clone had been hit, I watch as said bushin explodes not in destruction, but simply sudden fire that catches him and burns him as it pleases. I grin and release the hinge, and rush forward. I know it's the real him. If he were another wooden bushin, then he would have dispelled his lively look. And yet here he is, jumping way from the fire. I on the other hand rush forward, lowing my body to the ground and letting my strong legs push me to the speed I need. While he's patting out the fire that's caught him, I'm leaping at him through the fire. He sees this though, and manages to catch me on the sword that's been laying over his shoulder. I gasp as there's a squelching sound, and I look down to see blood dripping from my stomach, hands holding the hilt. My eyes are wide, and the meet his even wider ones as his body begins to shake and tremble. He just...Ran me through with a sword.

"O-ow...," I whimper out, my own form shivering. I step away from him, blood splattering to the ground as I do so.

Tenzo looks around wildly, "Medic! We need a medic asap!" He looks at me, and comes to me, placing a hand on my shoulder. However, when he moves to do so his hand meets nothing. I watch from behind him as his head whips around confusedly, "W-what?! I know that wasn't a genjutsu! It couldn't of been!"

I smile from behind him. "And it wasn't". He turns around only for him to just barely stop himself from running into a hand with gathered fingers so that the claws ultimately form a single tip. He turns to his right, finding another me. Again to his right, and again another me. He repeats his one more time before fully facing me again. "At least...Not entirely. Yield, Tenzo. I win".

He blinks at me, and then looks at me before clasping his hands together, four pillars of wood shoot up around him, destroying the kagebushin that had cornered him. Where was I really, you ask? He looks around rapidly, a hand on the hilt of his sword and his other hand holding a kunai at the ready. "Where are you...?" He questions. "Not right, left, up, down, or in front of me. That leaves-".

"Behind you," I laugh out lightly. I had never left my hiding spot as posing one of those pillars of wood. This time it is the real me, and this time the position is much more deadly. I giggle lightly into his ear, resting my chin on his shoulder. Around his waist, one set of claws is set. The claws themselves are splayed against his hard stomach, heel of my palm actually touching him while the rest of my hand does not but the claws' points do. With a pinky claw pointed directly over his stomach, a ring finger's claw pointed over his left lung, the middle claw over his heart, the pointer claw over his right lung over his liver, I'd have to say that all I have to really do is make a fist and he'll have multiple rather painful wounds at the very least. If I miss his heart, which is highly unlikely in this position, he'll bleed out. My left hand all the while is casually, almost seductively, wrapped around his neck. Two fingers rest on one side of his chin, slightly curled to threaten entering the skin, while the thumb is on the other side and in the same position. The last two fingers are both positioned over his throat directly. "Yield for real this time. Tenzo. You can't get away from me," as I say this, my tail reaches around me and places itself in the space between my torso and his back, aimed at his spine. Unknown to most, even my tail is deadly. Not only is the tip as sharp as my claws, but it has a powerful paralyzing poison that I doubt anyone has the antidote to; not even I have it. Luckily for everyone, I have to stab someone with my tail for it to release the poison in the first place. And I'm immune.

Tenzo is silent for a moment before he speaks, "I yield". I release him, and back away. He turns around to meet my gaze and offers me a hand. "Man. You're really good! I'm really glad you're on our team. Seriously! You had me in so many spots, I forgot to count them all!"

I beam to him, happy with my victory, "Eight places," I tell him. "I had you done for in eight places; all of them deadly".

There's the sound of clapping, and I turn to face those who are doing it. Those who made the circle that is. Towards the front to my left, is none other than my scarecrow of a friend, Kakashi. He eye smiles my way, showing that he's proud of me. This just makes me smile even bigger. If he's proud of me, then I'm happy.

"I think that concludes today's sparring. Tenzo made enough of a show for one day. That is, for me at least. If any of you want to continue sparring, feel free. Just don't majorly hurt each other," Kakashi states before turning in the direction of the tunnel that leads the way out.

I move to follow him, and luckily I manage to get through the group of pats on my back and 'that was awesome's and stuff like that. When I do catch up to the silver haired Anbu Captain, he's already off of Anbu grounds. "You could have waited for me," I pout out to him lightly.

Kakashi looks at me from the corner of his eye, seeing as I'm walking on his right, "You would have caught up as it was," he tells me. True. "Why didn't you end it in a single move?"

I sigh and roll my eyes, being efficient is only good when when you're on a mission in my eyes. He knows this. "Because it would have been boring," I tell him in the form of a huff.

I can see he's about to say something when, "Oiiiiiii! Kakashiiiii!" A rather loud voice calls out. We stop, and turn to see someone- or rather something- I wish I had never seen. Running towards the silver haired young man and myself is a young man dressed in nothing but a full body green spandex suit. Around his waist like a belt is his hitai-ate, the cloth holding it being red. Around his legs are orange leg warmers, however I can see that in they're also weights. On his torso is the usual Jonin flack vest. His black hair is shiny and in a bowl cut to go with his super bushy eyebrows and his black eyes.

"Oh no," I hear Kakashi mutter lowly under his breath.

"Kakashi! My eternal rival! It's been forever since we saw one another! Has Hokage-sama had you busy on an important mission all this time?"

"Yea Guy," Kakashi says, hands buried in his pockets deeply, "That's exactly what happened".

"How youthful! However, seeing as it's been so long...I challenge you!" The not so good looking young man, Guy apparently, declares. As though finally realizing that I'm here, his eyes widen and a bright blush covers his face. Next thing I know, Kakashi's no longer at my side, and the one in green is badly whispering to my friend. "Kakashi! Why didn't you tell me she was there?! Oh man, now I've made a fool of myself in front of a pretty girl!"

"She was there the whole time," really, I was.

Guy growls at Kakashi before rushing his way energetically to stand in front of me. He smiles widely, his oddly white teeth sparkling once as he gives me a thumbs up to complete his 'good guy' look. "Nice to meet you miss! I'm Might Guy! Who might a young woman of your beauty be?"

I blink dumbly for a second, trying to understand what he just said, seeing as the speed at which he said it was a bit too fast. However, when I've registered everything, I smile and offer my hand for a shake which he happily takes. "Nice to meet you Guy. My name is Cross. You're a friend of Kakashi's?"

"Yes! Ever since the academy!" Guy nods out. His eyes slide back over to Kakashi. "That reminds me. Why don't you join myself and the others for some lunch? Cross-chan can come too. It's Asuma, Kurenai, Iruka and myself. What do you say?"

Kakashi stares at the green clad male before shrugging and sighing, "Sure. You up for it Cross?"

I smile and shrug, "Sure. I'd love to meet your friends". He makes his way back to Guy and I, taking to my free side while Guy takes the one he was at and we begin walking.

Guy blanches at these words for whatever reason and he looks incredulously to Kakshi and I, "Kakashi...Don't tell me you and Cross-chan are...".

It seems his trail off clicks right away in Kakashi's mind, but I don't see how. Are...What exactly? "No," he tells bushy brows, "We're not like that; we're just friends". Guy seems relieved by this.

It doesn't take us long at all to get to the place that apparently the aforementioned friends were gathered to eat. Upon seeing them, I can't help but feel a bit of an intruder. Just looking at them I can tell that they're all good friends. However, Guy, Kakashi and even I am greeted by smiles.

"Hey Kakashi," one of the two young men there greets with a wave of his hand. From his lips hangs a cigarette while his hair is on the slightly long side, coming down to mid neck almost and being a bit choppy but nothing more. His eyes, like his hair, are dark, and his skin is on the bit tanner side of what I've seen people have. His clothing is casual, but I can tell that he's a shinobi through an through by the look in his eyes and the way he sits. He wears a simple gray shirt and dark gray pants. "Took you long enough to get here Guy".

Guy offers this stranger with a good guy pose, "Well I did run into Kakashi after all! Brought him and the lovely Cross-chan along with me too! You should be thankful, Asuma".

The stranger, Asuma apparently, rolls his eyes. He flicks some ashes off the end of his cigarette before those dark eyes land on Kakashi. "Long time no see. Been on a long term mission I bet". Kakashi gives him a man, "Then welcome home". His eyes now land on me, "And you must be Cross. Nice to meet you," he gives me a nod, "Sarutobi Asuma at your service. This here is Yuhei Kuranai and Umino Iruka".

The young woman Asuma gestures to is beautiful even for just a mere young woman. I wouldn't be surprised if she's already a heart breaker as it is. With long wavy black hair and vibrant red eyes, she's pretty as mentioned. She has pale skin and she wears something of a red and white dress with- I'm guessing here- shorts underneath. She offers me a smile, "It's a pleasure to meet you. A friend of Kakashi's is a friend of ours".

The last one of the group seems to be a bit more on the shy side, but that doesn't mean he's any less nice looking. He wears the standard Chunin uniform, long sleeved black shirt and long black pants. His hitai-ate rests on its namesake. His skin is a rich tan, and his eyes and hair are both a dark brown. He blushes lightly as he meets my gaze, "Uh...N-nice to meet you! Please...Come sit".

I smile and nod, but let Guy and Kakashi sit first. My spot is already made for me, having me sit between Kakashi and shy Iruka. "A pleasure to meet you all. Thank you for taking care of Kakashi and for being his friend. I know how hard doing so can be".

Asuma chuckles, "You got that right. But that's okay; Kakashi's well worth it".