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

26. Chapter 26

Chapter 26: Illness; Good Night Daddy

The fact that I have to weave around tree after tree is bad enough. But now we've got nukenin on our tail? Tch. Might as well as take care of this quickly. Maybe I'll pull an Itachi and take 'em out with genjutsu. That'll probably be the easiest way. "Razboi," I call down to the fire eyed tiger, "Take Itachi and keep on going. Don't stop. These guys are nothing," I tell him. He nods, and speeds on forward while I slow down, spinning around to land backwards on a branch.

"Hey boys! Lookie here! The girl stopped! Looks like she's gonna defend her sickly boyfriend!" One of them states. I don't bother to take in what they look like; they're small fries.

"She's a pretty one too, eh boss?" Another coos as he hangs onto the body of another tree like some sort of monkey. "Let's beat 'er up and then have some fun!~"

A lower voice growls out the words, "Fuck you. We're not raping a woman just because your tiny pecker hasn't had any action in a while. We'll just kill her and take her into the bounty place. She might have some money on her head". Not that I know of.

I sigh and stand from my crouched position. "Listen guys," I sigh out, "I really am in a hurry here. Otherwise I would be tearing Tiny Tim over there a new one nice and slowly. However, you three need to die quickly". I pause, making sure that each of them are looking my way. "Kagebushin no Jutsu," I command, creating two clones of myself. We rush the trio full speed hands latching onto each of their shoulders with claws digging into skin. I get Tiny Tim, Sharingan awake and spinning into Mangekyo Sharingan. "Tsukiyomi," I snarl as he meets my gaze. Seconds later, I release him, and my clones disperse done with their jobs. I take off, full speed coming from my person and me going above the trees so I can catch up to Razboi rather quickly. When I find him, my eyes are already back to being black. The rest of the trip is silent, I don't even need a 'welcome back' to know that Razboi knew I was coming along. We rush through the gates, not bothering to pause and say 'hi' to the guards. And once Razboi is through Tsunade's constantly open window- she's learned that that's the only way I really like to enter and leave by- I fly in after him.

"Cross?" The woman stands to her feet, tawny eyes wide with surprise. "What happened to Itachi?"

I pant a bit. Going full speed like I have been is a bitch. "Itachi has a fever. He needs that cure now Tsunade-sama".

Her brows furrow before she nods, "Very well. Bring him to the hospital; I'll meet you in room 375".

"Hai," I nod before looking to Razboi. He's panting, tongue out of his mouth and shoulders heaving. Even for a big guy like him, constant high speed is hard. "I'll take him Razboi," I tell him lightly, tugging at Itachi's form by wrapping an arm around his waist and one of his arms around my shoulders.

"Thank you, Cross-sama," he nods, "I'll be on my way then".

"No Razboi," I tell him, "Thank you". He nods and disappears with a poof of smoke, returning to his home. By the time I'm done talking to Razboi, Tsunade is gone. I shuffle Itachi's larger frame and pull it to the window with me. With a heave and a strong grip on his frame, I take to the sky as is fastest way to get to the hospital. It takes me little to no time for me to get Itachi to that room, Tsunade is already there.

"Cross. You need to get going. You made it there and back in three days. However, Yukigakure is about four days' travel. More if you miss the ferry. Go now or else you're crossing the ocean by wing and foot".

My brows furrow as she and I ease Itachi onto the hospital bed, "What about Itachi?"

"I will take care of him," Tsunade tells me. "His illness isn't so bad that a fever would have killed him. However, I'm glad that you got him to me all the same. Leave the rest of the work concerning him to me; he'll be as healthy as he was before the illness by the time you get back in three months. When you get there, send Kakashi back; we're still rather low on shinobi ever since the invasion".

I nod and sigh before looking to my brother figure. You better accept this cure you bastard. I exit via window, taking off at full speed. My wings are going to be so fucking sore when I can finally relax. I had only barely made it to the ferry to Yukigakure. Barely meaning that I had to fly an extra mile just to catch up to it and then pay the captain directly for my boarding. The number of days that I was actually able to let my wings rest were the days when they decided to hate the ever living hell out of me. You know the feeling you get after pulling a muscle? Try the feeling of pulling every muscle in your body and putting it in each of my wings. Yea. That bad. When I do step off the ship, I look around and glare at my black haori. Damn it for not having longer sleeves. I'll be able to deal with the cold...So long as it doesn't get any colder than this. In other words, I need a coat.

"Cross!" My head snaps around in the direction of the voice carried on the wind. But I see no one. "Cross!" Again, the familiar voice calls, and I search but don't see. "Down here, bird girl," the gruff voice speaks up, and I look down with a smile. Only one being is brave enough to call me such a name.

"Pakkun," I greet, crouching and placing a hand under his chin to scratch it. "Kakashi ask you to wait for me here?"

"Basically," the summoned dog nods out. "It's my job to take you to him and Sasuke," he tells me, pulling from my petting hand and turning to take off.

I sigh. No rest for the wicked I guess. The hideout itself it four hours off the coast, hidden in an area known for its blizzards amongst those who live here. When we make it there, my skin is turning blue, and I have to keep chakra dancing under it in order to keep it from freezing. I really should have stopped to get a coat or something. As I walk into a solo building far from society, I sigh as warm fire greets me and my frame gladly soaks in the heat. "That's so much better".

"You're crazy for not thinking to bring a cloak. Normally you're better than that," Kakashi speaks up from his spot next to the fire. "What happened?"

"Itachi's illness kicked in not long after we got to the Akatsuki hide out," I tell him.

I don't get a chance to elaborate, "He's okay though right? You got Itachi to Tsunade, didn't you?" Ahh Sasuke, ever the loyal little brother he is.

I nod to him, "Rozboi and I managed to get him to Tsunade. He was about to be given the cure when I left". My eyes trial to Kakashi, "You need to get back to Konoha; the ferry leaves in five hours".

"Then I'd best leave now before a storm kicks in," Kakashi stands to his feet and places a hand on Sasuke's shoulder, "Take care of her, will you?"

The young Uchiha's eyes meet the Hatake's single one, a look of utter determination in them, "With my life". Obviously for himself, not for Kakashi. But I don't think Kakashi cares at the moment.

"Thank you," Kakashi nods. He looks to me and takes off his cloak, "The hide out is another six hours' travel from here. This is the closest we could get without being detected being Konoha shinobi after all". His cloak goes around my shoulders, and he wraps his arms around my shoulders in place of the kiss I know he wants to give me- and the one I want. "After I leave...You two are on your own. We can't send out reinforcements and get immediate results". His hands fiddle with the hitai-ate around my neck, and I watch Sasuke remove his from his forehead. As Kakashi separates from me, he takes my hitai-ate with him, and is handed Sasuke's. "You have to have 'defected' so you won't be needing these until you come back". I nod. "Do everything and anything in your power to succeed. I know you know how much of a stress reliever this would be for not only the village, but for every Konoha shinobi out there". I nod again.

"We'll be back in three months, Kakashi," I tell him lightly, placing a hand to his covered cheek. My eyes trail to Pakkun, "Pakkun, make sure this idiot takes care of himself while I'm away?"

The dog smirks, showing me sharp teeth, "You got it bird girl. Let's go Kakashi; we've got four hours of running to do". Kakashi nods and then looks to both Sasuke and I before leaving us alone.

It's silent until Sasuke motions towards the fire, "Why don't you warm up before we go anywhere? We can plan how we're going to do to get on Orochimaru's good side".

I nod once to myself before taking off the cloak and settling down. "So...I know you'll be welcomed with open arms. But me? Daddy dearest knows that I wouldn't so willingly come unless I had a good enough reason to...But...I know my origin. I'm plenty strong too". What the hell could I use to my advantage?

Sasuke is silent as I ponder until, "What about love?"

I blink, pulled from my thoughts, and my dark orbs meet his own, "Hah?"

His face is blank as he says this. Ahh, the famous Uchiha 'mission mode' runs strongly through his veins. "Women, when introduced to love, tend to fall hard enough that they'd follow the man they love to the ends of the earth. When you factor in a kunoichi's average loyalty level into that, these facts only become stronger. What if you pretended to love me?"

My eyes narrow, "You know what you're implying...Right? That would mean that I'd have to cheat on Kakashi with you just to take Orochimaru down".

"He said do anything in our power. Orochimaru needs to go down," you sly fox. Have you been spending time with Naruto? Only a fox like him would bend words like that to convince another.

Even so, fox-bent words or no, he's right. I've seen- and felt- what love will do to a kunoichi. While it makes them weak in some aspects, it also makes them strong. The same thing goes for shinobi, but not as intensely. "...Very well," I tell him with a sigh, "Up until the mission is over, from this point forward...I love you, Sasuke". His eyes widen to the point where I think they'd pop out of his head if they became wider. However, as they hold that position, I can see the look in his eyes. It's similar to the look that entered Kakashi's when I said 'yes' to going out with him, yet...Something even stronger. Thus is the power of his obsession over me.

He opens his arms, a small smile spreading across his face as he does so, "Come here then". He wants me to sit in his lap? "You're gonna have to get used to me holding you if you want it to be realistic," good point, "We'll leave tomorrow. Tonight...We stay here. Come here".

I sigh before standing, and walking to the young man and standing in front of him. He reaches up and takes my hand with one of his own, and pulls me down so that I'm sitting between his legs. His frame doesn't fit as perfectly between my wings as Kakashi's does, he's a bit thin, but I'll get used to it somehow. It seems the scent of campfire is something that is shared between the two brothers. But where Itachi smells of mint and campfire, Sasuke smells of campfire and cinnamon. Over the years, I've learned that I am a scent person. I love to smell things, and it's even better when I smell them and find that I love the smell. This is why when ever I can, I cuddle close with Kakashi- though I make sure he's fine with it, he normally is- and just breathe through my nose. He's yet to be beaten in the art of smelling good. Like I said when he asked me out, he is the god of smelling good. Sasuke, like Itachi, smells pretty damn good himself. Nothing in comparison to my lover, but still pretty damn good. I feel him wrap his arms around my waist once I'm settled, and his chin lowers to rest on my shoulder. As he does this, I can feel the hold on my frame tighten. My dark eyes travel to look at him the best they can, "You okay?"

His eyes trail to me, "...Now I am," he tells me. "This feels...Right to me. I can't wait until three years are up. Then I can show you how strong I've gotten".

"Sasuke...Love isn't about strength," I tell him, "It has nothing to do with how strong you are. It has to do with the kind of person you are". I was hoping he'd realize this by now. "And how compatible it is when it comes to the one you think you love. If you find yourself going out with someone, and the relationship last years through thick and thin, then you've most likely found the one to spend the rest of your life with. If that happens, then you won't have an issue with knowing everything about your other half. You say you love me...But the truth is, we barely know anything about each other".

Sasuke is silent, and again his hold has become stronger unwilling to let go. I watch his facial expression go from confusion, to understanding, and then back to determination within three hours. That's right. For three hours I just watch him and sit there in silence. Boring as all hell, but still it needs to be done. "Then...Let's get to know one another," he tells me, "Let's see how compatible we are with one another".

"...Just like that?" My brows furrow.

"I know I love you. I want you to see that you love me too. If that means we have to better get to know one another then yes," the young Uchiha insists. Damn it. He's still stuck on that? In his defense...I guess I did kind of word that wrong.

I mentally sigh. Damn my inability to word things right! "Alright," I concede, "We'll play a game called 'twenty questions'. You have to be absolutely truthful, got it?" He nods, "Good. You go ahead and ask me questions. Careful what you choose them to be; you only have twenty and that's it".

Sasuke nods, "...Are you really Orochimaru's daughter?"

I shake my head, "I don't consider myself to be. He says I got my eyes from him during my creation, but I don't know whether that's true or not. Over all, I don't consider him a father nor myself his daughter".

"If you could choose," he starts, "What would your name be? Other than the one you have now that is?"

Other than the name I have now? But my name is so fitting! "I'd have to go with the name 'Jikken' for experiment. Seeing as that's what I am".

"What's your favorite color?"

"Blue, like my Aoikassai jutsus".

"How old are you really?"

"That's a good one...I'm...Kakashi is twenty six...I'm currently twenty four- two years younger then him, three years older than Itachi, and seven years older than yourself".

"How is it that your transplanted eyes can switch between Sharingan and normal eyes, when Kakashi's can't?"

"I'm not really fully sure on how it works. They were given to me as normal black eyes as you know. But when I tried to channel chakra into them, they became the Sharingan. Maybe I have Uchiha blood in me? Or maybe the fact that Kakashi can't turn his eye back is because chakra was trapped in Obito's eyes when he was killed, and it did something to the eye for it to be unable to turn back".

"If you could get rid of one of your oddest attributes, which would it be?"

"That's a good one...But I don't know. My tail is already gone; I used it the least in general. But even though my wings get in the way from time to time, they carry me faster than I can run. And I love flying in general. My claws get in the way too, but I can sheathe them," I hold up a hand of sheathed claws, "So it's not like they're a huge bother. My fangs? I don't bite people unless I really have to, but they're not an issue either". Fourteen more questions to go.

"What's your favorite commonly used jutsu?"

"Mmmmm...Commonly used?...I'd have to say...Probably Gokyaku no Jutsu".

"Your favorite combination?"

"Gokyaku and Kami Kaze. Those together are insanely awesome," I grin, harmlessly bearing fangs.

"If you were to consider yourself a master of a type of chakra nature transformation, which would it be?"

"Uhhhhh...Well, I'm evenly good at doing Fuuton and Katon...But my real specialty comes through pre-molding the chakra in my body before it's released to make Aoikassai. My weakest attacks can be stronger than A-ranked attacks of either Fuuton or Katon. And if going against either of them, Aoikassai is just made even stronger"

"What's your weakest nature transformation?"

"Water, by far," I laugh out, "Can't ever get jutsus for that element to work with me. It's like we're natural enemies or something". I see a small smirk on his lips. Two more.

"What is your favorite tea and food?"

"Jasmine tea all the way baby," I grin out, "As for food...Gyoza".

"...What's your biggest regret?"

The grin falls from my lips in an instant. My biggest regret. The hate I feel for myself but keep hidden from even Kakashi himself..., "...My biggest regret?" My hand raises up to the scar on my neck, the one Tobi gave me when I was fighting him for the first time. When he killed Saiai, Churitsu and Nikun, he made it bigger. It's the length of my middle finger now; just the finger, not the claw. "...Not being strong enough to protect those I care about". Sasuke is silent. "I'm plenty strong, yes, an Anbu Captain. But there's those out there who are S-ranked and could kill my loved ones in no time at all. Those such as Tobi, Pein- the leader of the Akatsuki- and anyone really from that group. There are enemy shinobi who would gladly kill my friends and make me watch as punishment for being weak. I know I can get there," I look at him, as my eyes had dropped to my lap, "But there's just...something blocking my way. Like a wall or something like it is keeping me at my current state". I sigh. "If I end up training under Orochimaru...I hope to finally pass that wall. Finally break through it as I've been trying to do ever since I reached Anbu level. I know it seems that I'm constantly getting stronger; you saw how easily I took out Guzen...And then I'm stronger than Kakashi who's a high A-ranked shinobi. But in reality, with Guzen I wasn't trying hard and that's one of the few times you've seen me fight. With Kakashi, I have to go all out. However...I just can't make it to S-ranked like I want. There has to be some way for me to reach that goal. If I can do that, and use that power to protect my loved ones...I'd be happy".

Sasuke is silent until, "You'll make it. I know you will; a wall can't stop you for much longer. It's your turn to ask questions".

I sigh before nodding once, "Alright then. First question. Do you like sweets?"

"No," is his immediate answer. A shame.

"Favorite color?"

"Blue. Like your hair and Chidori".

"Why, when you were pretending to not remember me, did you refer to me as an angel?"

"Because that's what you looked like even before your wings had feathers. To me you were an angel that came to protect me. My guardian angel. My angel," he answers, meeting my black gaze. A hand trails down the edge of one of my wings, causing a shiver to run down my spine. They're sensitive appendages. Kakashi likes to run his fingers through my feathers when he wants something, when he's trying to get me to forgive him for being stupid, or even when we're about to or are having sex. I said they're sensitive, touching them is also a turn on to an extent.

"What's your favorite jutsu?"

"Chidori".

"Who do you want to fight the most?"

"Kakashi. After that it's Itachi and yourself".

"If you could change your name, would you? If so, to what?" Fourteen left.

"I wouldn't change it".

"Favorite animal?"

"Crow" Heh. Just like his brother. Maybe it's an Uchiha thing?

"Would you consider yourself a master at lightning nature chakra transformation?"

"No. Not yet".

"What do you primarily use your Sharingan for?"

"Predicting moves and seeing through genjutsu. Copying jutsu is just a bonus".

"If you had no choice, as in they were the last two women on earth, who would you rather have sex with? Sakura or Ino?"

"Sakura. At least she's of decent strength and isn't that annoying anymore. Ino is still fairly annoying".

"If you had succeeded in defecting from Konoha...Would you have ever come back?"

"Not until he was dead". That's...Understandable.

"Were you ever told the plans for the Uchiha clan before Tobi came along?"

"No".

"I'll tell you. Itachi and Kakashi were to trap the stronger members of the Uchiha in a powerful genjutsu and make them think that the village was under attack. It'd be contained, and the clan was to tear itself apart. Anyone who survived- other than yourself- was going to be killed by my hand while Kakashi and Itachi recovered from doing the jutsu. With that in mind...Do you still love me?"

Sasuke is silent for a moment, and from the corner of my eye I can practically see the wheels turning in his head until, "Yes. The fact that it didn't happen is what matters".

Stubborn and loyal huh? What a combination. "What's the nature transformation that you're worst at?"

"Wind".

"What's your strongest natural element affinity?"

"Lightning". Five left.

"In the past you openly hated Naruto- made fun of him, put him down, the works- do you still hate him?"

"No. I've realized that he just learned a different way than I did. The fact that he's a Genin still is frightening. He should be a Jonin like myself. He's more of a brother and rival now".

"Have you ever had alcohol?"

"Not really. A taste from Itachi but that's it".

"When you come of age to drink, are you gonna go to the bar or drink at home?"

"Most likely go to the bar; there is no drinking alcohol in our home".

"If you can't win my heart, what will you do?"

"I don't plan on being unable to win your heart".

"Last question: If you were to have a child with whomever you end up with in the future- myself or someone else- would you want a boy or a girl?"

"So long as they grew up to be good a good person and a strong shinobi, I don't care". Oh, good answer kiddo. Something that any woman wants to hear- it's a good thing he's telling the truth. "We should sleep; it's getting late".

I nod, and move to stand, only for my frame to be kept in Sasuke's hold, "We're going to bed, right?"

"This place was just made with a single floor. We're sleeping on the floor".

"Okay...Still, you wanna let me go?" I question, looking to him with a raised brow and a twitch of my wings. He looks at me for a long while before sighing, and letting me go. I in turn stand and stretch before laying down before the fire on my left side. My left wing stays furled to my back. The other stretches out over my body. I sleep soundly that night, up until Sasuke decides he's going to roll me over and pull my front to his. Too tired to push him away- and the valid point of having to get used to cuddling with someone not Kakashi, especially what with our mission- I simply deal with it, and wrap my wing around him as well like a blanket.