Musical Hands: chapter 14

Summary: Kakashi had been listening to an anonymous piano player for years till silence happened. After years of silence, his heart is picked up by the sound of music once more and goes looking with his comrades. Finding an-inner scarred beauty. Naruto has always hidden her real gender till one day she is no longer able to hide. A scarring incident stopping her from living her life, till she met Kakashi.

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Sasuke gently woke Naruto up and held a finger up to his lips to stop her from yelling at him for waking her up in the middle of the night. "Everyone's a sleep. Let's do this now, Dobe." Sasuke whispered and showed Naruto the time. It was 2am.

Naruto smirked and sat up, yet her body was still in pain from being poisoned and hissed.

Sasuke immediately helped Naruto to sit up and looked to her with calm worry. "Dobe, what's up?"

"Just don't tell anybody." Naruto muttered and got Sasuke to agree. "A couple days ago when I was home alone, Sakura…she threw a poison bomb into the house and got me with over 100 types of potent poisons. My body is still getting accustomed to the changes thanks to Kyūbi saving me. He won't be awake till late this night. She tried to kill me."

Sasuke's sharingan sprang to life and pushed Naruto back under the covers. "Dobe…let me handle this." He saw she was about to protest and did the one thing he knew Naruto wouldn't deny him. "Please."

"B-but I want a piece too…" Naruto whined yet she didn't try and get up. Sasuke rarely said please.

Sasuke chuckled and poked her forehead with two fingers. "Don't worry, Naruto. I'm just going to soften her up for you. I'll get her mentally and break her down a few pegs and when your body has recovered, you can take her physically and make sure she never rises and resorts to such methods on innocent bystanders. I may have left you alone in this village, but I am still loyal to Konoha. If we allow Sakura to keep heading down the path she has set without reparations, more people will be hurt…and you can't allow that can you, Dobe?" he smirked when she grinned in understanding. "I shouldn't be more than 15 minutes. I'll place her in a genjutsu and quickly come home. She won't know what has happened to her and will be stuck in my genjutsu till 6 before she starts screaming."

Naruto nodded. "Okay then. But tell me what you placed her in over breakfast. I want every detail before I start maiming."

Sasuke nodded and tucked Naruto under the covers before moving out of her room. Greeting the similar sharingan eyes of his older brother and sighed. "Guess you are coming along for the ride, Itachi."

The eldest Uchiha nodded. "She is our sister, Sasuke. We owe everything for taking us back in so willingly. I will place that girl in the genjutsu and you shall rearrange her wardrobe for something more…suitable to potential scare the child for a long, long time."

Sasuke shuddered. "You've been looking after Naruto too much, Itachi."

"You tend to pick up a thing or two from a natural prankster. I plan to give that girl a month long nightmare that she'd be too afraid to go to sleep and regret what she has done to our Naruto." Itachi replied and turned his back and headed downstairs. "Let us go, Sasuke. We have much to do."

Sasuke just sighed. His brother was very contradicting when it came to the Dobe. Sasuke guessed he was too. He wasn't one to prank somebody, but being around Naruto changed people for the better. He just couldn't wait till Naruto beat that girl into the next century.

Sakura's dream:

Sakura was playing in the meadows with a content smile on her face as she stroked the silver hair of her husband that was lying on her lap. She giggled when he sneezed and asked. "Are you okay, Kaka-Saiai?" Gently tracing his masked jaw-line with a painted finger. The afternoon sun was nice on her skin as the air was filled with love.

Kakashi nodded.

Sakura smiled sweetly and leaned down to take his lips, but he held a hand between their faces. Sakura looked confused. Kakashi never refused her. "Kaka-Saiai, what is it?"

Kakashi just pointed to his mask.

Sakura nodded in understanding and reached for his mask. "A kiss on the lips, My Kaka-kun?" she asked with him nodding silently. Sakura grinned and pulled down his mask…only to scream in horror. "AAHHHHAAHHAAHH!" she shoved Kakashi off her lap and began crawling backwards in fear. Barely noticing that the beautiful meadow around her was wilting away as the skies were suddenly painted red. "S-stay a-a-away from m-me!" Sakura screamed in horror as Kakashi sat on his knees in confusion. Where the mask once was on his face revealed a horrific sight to Sakura. Kakashi wasn't handsome like she had dreamed…he was a monster. The lower half of his face bares no skin and was all muscle and bones. She could see his muscles moving with every facial movement as his teeth were daggered like knives. He was a freak! "Go away!" she screamed as her eyes stung when Kakashi tried approaching her with hurt and confusion in his eyes.

Sakura stiffened at hearing a taunting giggle with her eyes widening at seeing a dead-looking blonde rising up behind Kakashi. Sakura's eyes were bulging by now and couldn't believe her eyes. She was supposed to be dead. Why was she alive? "W-what have y-you done to m-my husband?!" Sakura screamed as she could only conclude that the dead woman behind Kakashi was the reason why Kakashi was disfigured.

The blonde only giggled hollowly as her arms draped around Kakashi's shoulders. He leaned into her embrace. "Foolish child. Did you enjoy killing me? Did you enjoy marrying the so-called love-of-your-life?" she petted Kakashi's raw cheek and made him purr at her touch as her two-toned eyes held no life, but glee at seeing the pinkette's fear. "And here I thought you were madly in-love with the Uchiha boy…hehehe…what a complete bitch to jump from one handsome man to another. Just goes to show how hollow your heart is. Even going so far as to kill me for Kakashi…but look here, pinkie. Kakashi only recognises me as a woman…as his woman." The blonde cackled again with Kakashi wrapping an arm around the blonde lovingly as he sent her eyes of adornment.

Sakura screamed when she saw Kakashi's muscles move about to place a kiss on the dead woman's cheek. "You're dead! DEAD!" clutching her head in pain and fear as the 'dead' blonde only laughed more. How did this woman even know about Sasuke?

The blonde chuckled bitterly. "Dead? Me? Foolish child. I cannot die. Not when Kakashi loves me and not you. He will never love you the way he does for me. Better yet, let's talk about your Uncle." With a swish of her hand a burning man appeared screaming for death as he rolled about the dead meadows. Kakashi didn't take notice.

Sakura's mind was exploding. "STOP IT! YOU'RE KILLING HIM! KAKASHI, DO SOMETHING! PLEASE!" She begged the love-stuck mutant husband of hers.

"Nu-uh." The blonde teased darkly as Kakashi nuzzled into her neck. "You've killed me and took my man. You've threatened me with rape and beaten me when I was vulnerable. You must pay, pinkie. You must suffer just as I have suffered by your hands. You must suffer just as much as all the other victims of yours. Suffer." Her eyes glowed fanatically with Sakura's screams being heard all throughout the meadows.

Sasuke watched as Sakura began sweating in her sleep and looked to Itachi. "What's going on in there, Nii-san?"

"Karma." Itachi replied and faced Sasuke. "Have you done your part?"

Sasuke nodded and held a bag filled with Sakura's clothes. "I've replaced her clothes with baggy, unstylish earthy toned ones that smell like old people just as you have asked, Nii-san. But why that type of clothing and not those green spandexes Gai and Lee wear?" Sasuke asked.

Itachi just smirked. "Silly little brother. Fashion means everything to teenaged girls…except Naruto. Tsunade-sama buys her clothes."

Sasuke sighed. "Whatever. As long as I'm there when Naruto beats Sakura to her place then I'll do whatever. What happens now?"

"I've placed Sakura in a reoccurring nightmare that comes whenever she sleeps. The affect lasts a month before the genjutsu wears off and the damage is done to her mental state."

"You do realise that Naruto is going to beat Sakura up as soon as she has recovered, right? As in, tomorrow or maybe a day after that." Sasuke frowned. "Who cares anyway? Sakura needs to learn her place and hopefully after the month is up, she will seek a therapist."

"That is the plan. Pitiful child has been stained and corrupted since birth by her mother and Aunts." Itachi shook his head distastefully. "Be glad that our little sister isn't like this, Sasuke."

"Hn."

Without another word between the two, they both disappeared into the night and towards the compound.

Naruto:

Naruto couldn't go back to sleep when Sasuke had woken her up and placed on a nearby sweater and shoes before leapt out the window. Ignoring the pain in her body and took off running in the forest. She already figured that Jiraiya knew she left the home and thanked him silently for not giving chase for her to rest. Rest wasn't in her vocabulary. Running past the trees, Naruto ran the circumference of the land. Though on her fifth lap, she noticed something odd and stopped just by the lake, yet on the other side she was accustomed to. She tilted her head in confusion when she saw a pile of chopped wood and building equipment from where her sanctuary used to be. The Kyūbi Jinchuriki channelled chakra to her feet and walked across the lake when she spotted movement. "Who's on my land?" She muttered as she got closer and closer. She folded her arms with a slight frowned as she stopped at the edge and asked. "What are you doing, Kakashi?"

Kakashi was startled and dropped the plank of wood on his foot and hissed in pain. Looking to Narumi with a caught expression and began stuttering as he gestured between the lake and the items.

Narumi sighed and pinched the nose. "Never mind." She muttered and turned too walked back across the lake. She wasn't ready to face Kakashi after yesterday. He had caught her off guard and as she thought, he was hard to shake off.

Kakashi scrambled to the edge of the lake and called after the blonde. "Wait! Narumi!" He saw her pause and looked over her shoulder. He gulped and took a single step forward. "I'm not sure if you want to hear me, but I've been taking…uh…taking…for my…issues…um…"

"Therapy." Narumi figured out and turned to Kakashi as he looked away in shame. She frowned. "Why?"

Kakashi looked to her and admitted. "I may be an elite shinobi of the leaf, but there is a certain area I have little control over."

"You don't need therapy." Narumi muttered. "There's nothing wrong with you."

Kakashi looked to the confused blonde and replied. "You know, when you say something like that, it gives me hope." He took a step on the lake and saw that she didn't move. Though she did stiffen at his words. He took that sign to walk slowly towards her. "I don't know who destroyed your safe-haven, Narumi, but I do know that when I saw nothing in this place, I felt my heart ache. As if it were breaking…would you like to know why?"

"Stop…" Narumi whispered as she looked down to the water passing by her shoes.

Kakashi didn't stop walking or talking. "I can feel what you feel, Narumi. Barely, but I can feel it. I came knocking on your door before when I felt your pain and didn't leave till your brother invited me in. On the surface you looked fine, but I could still feel the pain deep inside. Physically. Emotionally. I know you, Narumi. I know you." He stopped right before her with their feet touching and knees brushing against one another. "Do you want to know why?"

"Please stop this, Kakashi…" Narumi whispered once more as she felt his breath on the back of her neck and resisted the urge to shudder. It didn't help that her fox was tiredly telling her to give in to Kakashi.

Kakashi lightly grazed a hand up her arm till he cupped her neck and held her cheek. Gently tilting her head till she was looking at him. "How can I stop when neither of us wants to, My Lunar?" he whispered tenderly as he traced her lower lip with his thumb. She didn't protest against his words. "We shouldn't deny each other because we are both aware that we belong together."

"P-please…" Narumi pleaded weakly against Kakashi. She couldn't tear her gaze away from his sole dark grey eye. She closed her eyes tightly when Kakashi connected his forehead with hers. Her breathing shuddered momentarily.

Kakashi took in her features and muttered. "I know you are aware of what you are to me, My Lunar. I know you have pushed me away because of this fact. I should've told you sooner, but I was scared that you would reject me. You're not the only one that is afraid, My Lunar. You are a strong woman. One of the strongest I know. Whatever is going on in that wondrous head of yours, I can wait for you to finish, whatever obstacle you are going through. Just please don't look so sad. It brings me pain in every aspect. You are precious to me. Very precious to me indeed, My Lunar."

Narumi opened her eyes slowly and gulped nervously. "You don't mean that." she whispered with a shake of her head, but she knew it was all true. That and the fact that her Bijū was growling at her for being so stubborn. Why couldn't the blasted fox just sleep like he was supposed to?

"You know that is a lie. You are important to me and you know exactly why." Kakashi didn't back down from the blonde pianist.

"Don't…please don't…" Narumi pleadingly whispered with Kakashi as tears pooled at her eyes. "Don't say it. Please."

Kakashi shook his head gently. He was almost there. "You once researched about me, my clan and our counter-parts and I told you that night that you missed one fact and I would tell you later on. I'm going to tell you now, Narumi, and you will listen to me. You are my mate…" He caught her hitch in breathing. "…And I know deep down inside of you that you have accepted me as such. We are mates. I will protect you, provide for you, love you, cherish you, talk to you, hold you, bear your burdens and give you my very heart. The Hatake clan rarely find their mates. About one in one thousandth chance. It's why my clan was never so big and dwindled down till it was just me. My soul can feel what you feel, Narumi. I love you."

Narumi cried silently and gave in. Burying her head into Kakashi's chest and held tightly onto his jonin vest. Confessing to the stubborn Hatake through her sobs. "I'm not safe in Konoha, Kakashi."

Kakashi wrapped his arms protectively around his mate. She had accepted him. He nuzzled into her blonde tresses and took in her scent as he said. "I can protect you, My Lunar."

Narumi shook her head into his chest. "You're not enough to protect me, Kakashi." she looked up to him with pleading eyes and begged. "Please, Kakashi, don't do anything rash. Please."

Kakashi petted her cheek smoothly with a frown, yet he didn't want to hear her beg him again. Ever again. Well…not this type of begging anyway. Kakashi pushed away the perverted thoughts and asked the blonde woman in his arms. "Can you at least tell me, My Lunar?"

Narumi shook her head. "It's dangerous and my problem that I intend to solve on my own. As much as I crave your presence to help me, I have to do this on my own." She saw his frown deepen further and grabbed his face lightly and pulled his head down to hers. "Please Kakashi, I know this isn't right, but you said that you would wait for me and I would be more than delighted to wait for you. Please wait for me and when I return and you still want me, I will explain everything to you." she cried. "I won't lie or hurt you anymore than I have done. I just ask that you don't intervene, Kakashi."

"I will always want you." Kakashi voiced as he placed his hands over hers that were on his face. His heart ached as he understood what she was saying. She was leaving…she was leaving him when he had just gotten her back. "I have to ask more than anything, My Lunar, do you love me as much as I love you?" he looked her in the eye for this.

Narumi gasped lightly before her eyes harden in resolve and nodded timidly. "If there was a full moon tonight, I would ask you to join me for a swim, Kashi."

Kakashi's eye widened before they softened with pure adoration for the woman in his eye. "Thank you." He whispered. Kakashi wanted to stall, but he saw her expecting eyes and sighed heavily as he asked. "When do you leave?"

Narumi gave a weary smile. "Tonight."

Kakashi stiffened and gazed to his mate in shock. "Tonight. Just when I got you back!" He was mad, but the moment he noticed how affected she was by it too, he calmed down and rested his head on her shoulder and wrapped his arms around her middle tightly. "I just got you back." he muttered sadly.

Narumi didn't let the tears fall this time as he hugged Kakashi back and whispered in his ear. "I know and I'm sorry it has to be like this Kakashi."

"When do you come home? When you come back to me?" He softly spoke into her shoulder. Kakashi feared for her answer, even more so when she didn't answer. "You don't know, do you?" Her shoulders slumped.

"I'm sorry."

"You don't have to apologise." Kakashi pulled back and cupped her cheeks within his hands. "I would wait forever for your return." Wiping away the stray tear that fell onto her cheek.

Narumi could easily see that Kakashi didn't want to let go of her. Reaching up on her toes, she drew Kakashi into a kiss and whispered. "We only have today together, Kakashi. So, make love to me."

Kakashi looked to her with shock and bare restraint. If he made love to her, he would forever be bound to her as her mate. Kakashi was about to question Narumi about this big decision when he saw that she was sure of this and without a seconds delay, Kakashi picked her up in his arms and slammed his lips against hers as they disappeared from the clearing. He didn't feel like going to work anyway.

Itachi and Sasuke:

The Uchiha brothers returned home from their escapade and saw Jiraiya up and early packing up the house. Sasuke was the first to ask. "Where's the Dobe?"

Jiraiya released a perverse giggle and replied. "You shouldn't worry about her right now, boys. There are boxes ready to pack and placed in storage. Let's get cracking before Tsunade finds you boys in the village."

Sasuke eyed the man suspiciously before Itachi nodded for Sasuke to do as he told. Itachi waited till Sasuke was out of hearing range before asking the toad Sannin. "Really, Jiraiya-sama, where is Naruto?"

Jiraiya looked to Itachi with an approving grin. "She's in safe hands, Itachi."

Itachi's brow rose fractionally before smirking. "Very well."

Kakashi and Narumi:

The two reunited lovers fell to the ground of Kakashi's apartment in a heap as their lips never left one another. Though Narumi pulled back and looked to Kakashi in confusion. "You're holding back. Don't." she growled at the man above her.

"I can hurt you." Kakashi replied as he began nipping at her neck. Eliciting sweet mewls from the blonde.

"K-Kashi…" Narumi panted as she tugged at his silver threads to regain his eyes. "I need you…all of you. Don't hold back. Let me see you."

Kakashi's will snapped and growled and picked Narumi up around her waist with her legs automatically going around his hips. Picking them both up and slammed her against the nearby wall and attacked at her neck greedily as she bared him access with a low moan in pleasure. He grew frustrated when he couldn't taste her and pulled back. Gaining her annoyed eyes and just smirked. Pecking her nose and muttered. "Give me a minute, My Lunar. I want our first time to be right." Quickly flicking away his jonin vest, Hitai-ate, weapon pouches and kicked off his sandals. He wanted to see her with both eyes. All at the same time he kept Narumi pinned to his wall waiting impatiently. Kakashi looked to her and swallowed nervously as he reached up for his mask.

Narumi saw his movements and caught his hands. "Don't show me unless you are ready, Kakashi. I can wait."

Kakashi removed her hands with a shake of his head. "It is law by my people to show our faces to the one we are bound to mate with. Even if we weren't mates, I would show you my face."

Narumi frowned. "How come I feel like I'm being cheated when you say that?"

Kakashi just chuckled. "Well…let's just say by a certain law if you see a clan heir naked you have to marry them. Same rules apply for the Hatake, but for their face."

Narumi gasped scandalously. "Kakashi…" she hissed in annoyance and amusement.

"What?" he voiced innocently. "But, I'll have you know that mating and sex are completely different."

Narumi looked nervous. "I'm not sure I want to hear this."

"Too bad." Kakashi grinned mischievously. "We're going to do it anyway. Usually when I have sex, I pull out before I cum inside. This time, I plan to release inside of you. It's how we mate."

Narumi was gaping like a fish while the Kyūbi was barely hanging onto consciousness with a howling laughter. "W-well…h-how…unexpected?" she lamely muttered. Seeing Kakashi's hand approach his mask again, she halted him. "Wait! If you get to leave a mark on me then so do I. It's only fair." Reaching behind her neck and unclasped her necklace and placed it around Kakashi. "It belonged to my father. He got it from my mother when they first made love together. He hid it a lot and only brought it to light when it was just him and my mother." She explained the story as she pressed her chakra into the stone. "It has been passed on throughout my mother's family and now…" she saw the seal activate and gasped as she could feel Kakashi in her pours. "And now it belongs to you."

"What just happened?" Kakashi asked when he felt his body shudder.

"I'm now bound to you as you will be bound to me in a few minutes." She smirked slyly and made Kakashi growl as if say oh-no-you-didn't. "Yes, I marked you first. I am now all yours and yours alone."

Kakashi felt heat rush to his groin at her words. He growled into her lips. "Oh yes you are." Delaying no further, Kakashi tore of his mask and ignored Narumi's yelp when he tossed her over his shoulder. Kicking down his door and tossed her on his bed.

Narumi bounced in surprise and looked to Kakashi. "Oh shit…" she muttered when she got a good look at his face. It was like Kami had sculpted his face herself…and when he smiled. "Fuck." Narumi hissed when she spotted dimples. "Now I see why you have your clan laws."

Kakashi just smirked and peeled off his shirt before crawling onto the bed. "You should save the cursing for when I start touching you, My Lunar and don't think this is all going to end in one round. I only have today with you and I'm going to make it count. I'm going to make you forget about your past plights and only think of the future…with me." He purred. Completely ignoring the nagging voice in his head that he still needed to inform Narumi of a little detail. Meh, she would find out later.

Narumi's breathing hitched as her body sparked with fire. "Oh shit. Kyūbi, you didn't?" she barked at her Bijū, whom didn't choose to reply and pretended to sleep. Narumi's eyes darkened. It seemed the Kyūbi did.

Kakashi seemed to pick up on the sudden change of temperature in Narumi's body. Making his eyes darken in delight. "Are you…?"

"Yes." Narumi purred. "It seems I'm going into heat just for today."

Kakashi groaned in delight. His woman was so mysterious and only further turned him on. He would definitely wait for her. Especially when she wagged her finger for him to come on closer. Kakashi pounced.

Danzo:

Danzo paced back and forth before his kneeling men. "Have you found her yet?"

"No, My Lord. We cannot enter the property owned by the Yuki Family nor can we deduce if they are on those lands. They are a skilled family that can hide their presence completely." One of the ROOT ANBU reported.

"What of the incident a few days ago with that Umino teacher?" Danzo questioned as he continued to pace.

"Indeed the Umino and Yuki family are blood relatives, My Lord. The Yuki Family seems to harbour a bloodline, My Lord. The Hyōton Kekkei Genkai. Only Narumi-san has shown proficiency in harbouring her clan's bloodline. It is assumed that this is why her family have her sheltered and not in the shinobi ranks. Sandaime-sama seemed to have known of the Yuki clan and Narumi-san's abilities and have granted the family safety within Konoha. The purge was still known back then and coming to a village that loves bloodlines, the Yuki family were safe here." Another ROOT member relayed what she had found.

Danzo paused. "Ice chakra? She carries such a powerful Kekkei Genkai and has been hidden all this time. What was Sarutobi thinking?" he cursed the dead Hokage. This just made Narumi all the more desirable and perfect in his eyes. No wonder he hadn't recalled hearing of her or her family before. She was hidden within the village by Sarutobi. "Is there anything else on the Yuki family that you have gathered?" he voiced sharply. He needed Narumi more than ever now.

"No, My Lord. Nobody was speaking about the incident. They held their tongue in fear of the Yuki Family's skills. Ice is a rarity and the populace of Konoha that saw her use her Kekkei Genkai seem cautious of the Yuki Clan. They wish not to prod a powerful clan and have them leave Konoha."

Danzo frowned. That would seem true. Konoha loved their bloodlines and scaring them off would prove fatal. "Then of the girl?"

"We cannot track her, Milord. The Fūinjutsu around the lands are of high calibre that only Jiraiya-sama can decode."

Danzo tsked. Pulling a black scroll from his clothing he tossed it at one of his men that caught it without looking up. "Send that to the gates of the Yuki Compound. With this, they cannot deny me of that woman. Dismissed." Scattering his men and women to the darkness. Danzo moved into his office and sat down with a victorious smirk. "Yes, my plan shall succeed. You cannot hide her from me forever, Sarutobi. That girl will be mine and bear myself great heirs with a powerful bloodline." Nobody, not even the current Hokage could stop his plans. It was law after all. Instilled by the Shodai Hokage himself.

-A current Elder without a spouse may choose to wed any member of Konoha's populace and take on a maximum of five spouses, to ensure the knowledge for future generations to proceed.

Danzo smirked as the law briefly floated in his head. Whomever he chose were not allowed to deny the law, but the elders were never interested in taking part in such law…expect him. He had a reason for such law. Even if Narumi was secretly wed to a noble or into a prominent clan, he was still allowed to take her and force her into a divorce. Even, if by some miracle, she was mated into the Hatake clan, she would still be his and his alone. If she had children, they would automatically be his to command. All of Narumi would be his for the taking. Nobody could take her from him, but death and he didn't feel like dying anytime soon.

Oh yes, Danzo would enjoy taking Narumi's hand in marriage. Such a perfect and powerful woman belonged to no other man than himself.

Kakashi's apartment: Midday

Kakashi gazed to the naked back beside him with a soft smile. Tracing the dip in his lover's spine that made her stir. He couldn't remember how many times he made love to Narumi, but it had been a new experience that he thoroughly enjoyed. He stopped counting after eight rounds, but right now, he wanted her to rest after their non-stop passionate mating. Kakashi, for the first time in his life, felt at home. He pulled the tangled sheet further up Narumi's body till it covered her hips and began counting all the love bites he placed on her as he kissed over them gently. Yet it seemed he wasn't gentle enough as she giggled and rolled onto her back to gaze at him. What Kakashi saw took his breath away…her eyes were swarming with love. "How can I let you go?" he voiced out loud accidently.

Narumi frowned a little and ignored the slight pain in her hips. Kakashi was a damn animal in the bed and was dead sure he wanted to try it on the kitchen table or perhaps a wall. "Sacrifices have to made, Kakashi." He was naked too, except for the necklace around his neck. It shone golden yellow with a deep grey tint to the edge. "We are shinobi after all. We know more than anybody else what this feels like." She rubbed her sensitive neck where Kakashi had bitten down hard enough to draw blood and leave a damn mark. She couldn't see it, but she knew that this mark wouldn't fade over time.

Kakashi gazed to his own mark on her body. It was a small crescent moon with his initials inside the mouth of the moon. It looked perfect against her tanned skin, yet he sighed and leaned down to capture her lips in a soft and intimate moment. "So…when you get back…"

Narumi nodded. "Everything will be revealed. Trust me, it wasn't my choice to be like this." She chuckled a little with a memory clouded look in her eyes. "It was the Sandaime's idea."

"Lord Third?" Kakashi muttered. "Iruka told me about your relationship about the Sandaime." Kakashi looked to Narumi sheepishly when she narrowed her eyes suspiciously. "Uh…you weren't supposed to know that."

Narumi just rolled her eyes. "Well are you going to keep talking about my relationship with the Sandaime or are you going to finish what you started?"

Kakashi raised a brow and soon gaped when Narumi pulled the sheet off her frame enticingly slow. "A-aren't y-y-you tired…?" he stuttered distractedly as his eyes continued to follow the sheet's path.

"I have high stamina." Narumi smirked as she saw Kakashi's needing look. She slipped out of the bed and ignored her weak knees as she walked towards the bathroom with her hips swaying. "When you've come back around, I'll be waiting in the shower for you."

Kakashi didn't need to be told twice and ripped the sheets from his frame and chased after his playful mate into the bathroom for a nice long steamy shower.

Sakura:

Sakura's hand couldn't stop shaking as she tried to pick up her chopsticks to eat the food her mother had prepared. That dream, that nightmare seemed all too real and had scared her right down to the bone. "Was it really worth it? Killing an innocent woman…well somewhat innocent. She did burn my Uncle." When Sakura thought of her uncle, she shuddered and started wondering if the charges Tsunade had told her about her uncle were true. In the nightmare she had seen difference woman and some men that she had seen around the village being violated by her uncle. They were all begging for it to stop, but her uncle…there was a deranged look in his eyes and only laughed at their pitiful state. Sakura's spine shuddered uncomfortably. The nightmare portrayed her uncle as a monster…more monstrous that Orochimaru. Sakura looked up to her cheerful mother and asked. "Okaa-san…did Uncle really hurt people?"

Sakura's mother paused as her husband flicked his eyes between the two woman. "What makes you think that, My Daughter?" she asked.

Sakura looked down at her food as her palms began to sweat. "I…I'm not sure. Sorry I asked." Excusing herself from the table and went up to her room to study.

Sakura's father glared at his wife. "You shouldn't lie to her anymore. Look at what you and those vile sisters of yours have done to her. That confident child I remember and love is now gone and replaced with a tempered and cynical bitch that I refuse to acknowledge as my daughter. You have ruined this family, Harata. You have ruined our daughter."

Harata slammed her palm down on the table with furious green orbs. "I did what was right for our family. I saved us all from shame and disgrace! Sakura needs to marry a wealthy clan heir to secure our future in this village, Tamaki!"

Tamaki stood up with a glare at his wife. "I would rather live in shame and disgrace than lose my daughter to you and your sister's rubbish. What you are doing to her is killing Sakura and you're too blinded by greed to see it yourself! Our daughter is gone and we are left with a fake! I've had enough of your dealings, Harata. I can't see what you have done to our only child anymore."

"What are you talking about?"

"I want a divorce and I'm taking Sakura with me. I'm placing her in therapy. The best I can buy to save what is left of my daughter. No longer will Sakura be a plaything to get what you desire. She is my daughter and my daughter deserves to be happy and I won't ever give up on getting my daughter back. I will fix everything you and your sisters have done to her."

"Y-you can't leave me!" Harata screeched.

"The fuck I can!" Tamaki hollered back and marched upstairs towards Sakura's room. He would come back at night for their belongings. Right now, he needed to get his daughter away from her mother and start worrying about just them. Tamaki knocked on Sakura's door before entering and closed the door behind him as Harata was following him. "Sakura, my precious daughter, we're leaving." he voiced softly and for a flicker of a moment he saw his daughter before confusion swarmed her eyes.

"What's going on, Father?" Sakura asked as he allowed her father to touch her. She had never seen him so serious ever since she entered the Academy. There was a flicker of warmth in her chest that she hadn't felt in a long time in the presence of her family. What was it?

Tamaki resisted the urge to flinch at the title she had given him. It was always father now. He missed the days she would run to him screaming 'daddy' with a large smile on her face. "What I should've done years ago, My Precious Daughter. I'm going to make everything alright now." Just as Harata kicked the door, he shunshined with his daughter to a safer location. It was a good thing he didn't get rid of his old apartment or stopped his shinobi training.

Kakashi's apartment:

Narumi was panting lightly on the bed as she was on her stomach and sweating. So much for the shower. Narumi groaned when she tried to sit up and wrapped the sheet around her frame. Turning her body so that her back was resting against the headboard and looked to Kakashi who was sleeping beside her. Her eyes softened immediately and stroked his hair. It was already 4 o'clock and Narumi doubted Kakashi would be up anytime soon after all the exercise they have both been doing. "I better leave now." She whispered regrettably and shuffled out of the bed quietly and picked up her underwear with a grunt. Kakashi had destroyed her panties beyond use. She just tossed them back to the ground and picked up her bra and clipped it on. Pulling on her pants with a slight hiss to her sensitive hips before tossing on her shirt and jersey.

Narumi looked to Kakashi once last time and walked to his side of the bed. She didn't want to leave, but she knew the laws of Konoha better than anybody…considering it was her dream to become Hokage and wanted the knowledge to run the village correctly when the time came.

She knelt next to Kakashi's sleeping frame and smiled sadly. "I love you, Kakashi Hatake." She turned red. Good thing he was sleeping. "I hope you can find it in your heart to forgive me when the truth comes to light. Even with our short time together, I've come to crave you, Kakashi and I don't ever want to lose that. If you hate me for my lies, I'm not going to give up on you because you didn't give up on me when I pushed you away." She left a gentle kiss on his temple before saying one last thing. "I think…if my parents were alive, they would approve of you immediately and probably knew this was going to happen."

Narumi stood up and moved over to the window. Taking one last look to her mate before disappearing with the wind with a soft smile. Yes, she could finally admit that she was madly in-love with her perverted and chronically late teacher. Narumi reappeared within the family home and allowed her knees to give out with a groan. Only to be caught by Itachi as he helped her to the sofa.

Jiraiya chuckled. "How was it, Kid?" already knowing the rituals of the Hatake clan. He wondered if Kakashi told her about a certain detail. Meh, she would find out soon enough.

"Gave him my parent's necklace." Naruto admitted and made Jiraiya choke on air. She smirked. "Yeah."

"Well shit." Jiraiya voiced before his eyes turned serious. "We have to leave earlier than expected, Naruto."

Naruto's eyes widen when she saw Sasuke come into the room holding a black scroll. "Well shit." She muttered her Master's words. "The old fart sure does move fast for his old age."

Sasuke grunted and placed the scroll on the coffee table. The house was already packed up and ready to leave. "We leave in ten minutes." He voiced mainly to Naruto. She would have to give Sakura her beating later.

Naruto muttered a curse under her breath. "I'll get changed quickly and we can leave." Rushing up the stairs after a few tumbles. She was looking forwards to giving Sakura the beating of a lifetime for trying to kill her and her assaults. She mentally reminded herself to ask Sasuke for the details of the genjutsu he placed Sakura in.

Sasuke watched Naruto with a frown. "What's up with her?" Noting her weak knees.

Itachi and Jiraiya shared a looked with the former saying. "Special training." Sasuke seemed to accept the answer while Itachi looked to Jiraiya as if saying –who's going to tell him?-

Jiraiya gave back a pointed look. –Not me. He might just kill Kakashi.-

Itachi shook his head. Poor Hatake.