(Ruby's Point Of View)

"So your in the Anbu huh" I asked Kakashi as he takes off his Anbu mask. "Yes, Minato - sensei recommended it. He said he wants me to be his right hand man." I nodded as I looked at him with weary eyes. "Well, I hope that this helps you be..." He looked at me with stern eyes. "Hope it helps me what?" I looked down and started to play with my dress. "I hope it helps you with further training." I couldn't tell him that it would help him get over their deaths, it would crush him.

We are hanging out in his apartment because it is our day off, so we wanting to spend some together. Once he was finished changing, we went out for a walk down Market Street we saw Asuma, Genma, Gai, and Kurenai all hanging out at the dango shop. Gai called us over to hangout with them for which Kakashi kept walking, not even sparing a glance. I walked faster to walk right beside him. "Why do you ignore everyone but me? They want to help you to, ya know!" He kept walking, not answering my question.

I grabbed his wrist and ran to the park that was ahead of us. Kakashi sat on the swing as I stood on it and swung. My eyes looked over at him and sighed, "so are you going to answer my question or am I going to have to squeeze it out of you." He looked up at me for a split second then looked back down at the ground. Sighing again I sat down on the swing and swung that way. I see Kakashi start to swing a little which made me smile because he usually doesn't do stuff like that.

"I don't need them," he said as I look over at him with wide eyes. "What are you talking about, you need all of your friends." He shook his head, "That's not what I meant. I meant that I don't want to get close to them because I will lose them as well." My eyes soften then look up at the sky. "Then why are you close to me, if you are afraid to lose the people close to you." He scoffed and said something I couldn't hear because he mumbled. "What? What did you say?"

I see him smirk under his mask as he looks up at me, "I said that you need to be close to me so I can protect you." I widen my eyes and everything fade around me and it all focuses on Kakashi. "I will always protect you, Ruby. Even if i takes my life." He stood up and walked in front of me. "You are a precious person to me and I will never let you go. And no one messes with my precious people." He leaned down and kissed my forehead through his mask. I blush madly as my eyes widen even more.

He stood back up straight and put his hand on my cheek and rubbed it with his thumb. "You will always be the most important to me, and it will never change." He leaned back down far enough for his mouth to be close to me ear. "I will always be by your side, Ruby. Because I will always love you." With that sushuned away leaving me with my thoughts. I look around to try to find him but he just disappeared. I start to walk home with one thought on my mind.

'If only you knew, that I felt the same'.

**********Time skip brought to you by Jacksepticeye: World of Diving Oculus Rift**********

It has been two days since that day, and I have not seen Kakashi at all. I have gone to his house and the training grounds, but he was no where to be found. I am guessing that he is on a mission, but I would at least seen him once in town or the training grounds. I decide against asking my brother because it is private and he is the Hokage, so he is really busy. I really wish I could see him again, I miss him.

I am in my room, lying on my bed just thinking about what happened between Kakashi and I. I remember our dance at nii-san's wedding party and the way he looked at me. I am the only one he doesn't act cold to these days and he only wants to be around me. I remember Rin having a crush on Kakashi, so I would try not to get to connected to him so I would not fall for him. I wanted to keep Rin as my best friend, so I tried to get the two of them together, but that did not happen.

His eyes were the kind that would get you sucked in and you would never be able to get back out. His hair that defy gravity framed his face that was covered by his navy blue mask. The way he act towards me made me feel weird inside my chest and made me have butterfly's in my stomach. I remember at the carousel of him picking me up and putting me on the figure, and the feeling of him holding me made me want to stay there for ever.

I remember us accidentally kissing at the Christmas party which actually felt...right. I know that it was wrong but to me it felt like it was the right thing to do. Lastly, I remember him at the park telling me that he would protect me even if he had to sacrifice himself. He said that he loved me then kissed me on the forehead. Even though it was through his mask, it felt like his lips were actually on my forehead.

I sat up on my bed and looked out the window. I thought to myself about everything I remember about our encounters at the academy to Team Seven to now. I think that it is true and I cannot deny it. "I am in love with Kakashi..." I sigh and got up to go downstairs to see what Kushina-nee was up too. Coming down the stairs, I see Minato-nii at the front door talking to his wife.

I come up to them asking if everything was alright. He smiled at me and rubbed my head. "I actually have a proposition for you, my little imouto." I cocked my head to the side which made Kushina-nee go into kawii mode saying that I was adorable. I giggle at her antics then ask my brother what the proposition was.

"Well, I am thinking that you are ready to move up to Jounin rank." My mouth drops in shock as I started to think to myself. 'Me...a Jounin...wow!' Minato laugh at my face saying that I am really cute which made me shake out of my thoughts. "I would love to!...I mean...It would be an honor." He laughed out loud saying that I don't have to be so formal around him because we are all family. He then said to get ready for the test and to be at Chunin Exam Arena.

I went upstairs to grab my ninja gear and my Crescent Rose then headed to the Arena. Once I got there I saw Minato-nii, Might Gai, and some dude that I did not reconize. The Fourth Hokage clapped his hands saying that it was time to start. "We will start with Taijutsu then move on to Ninjutsu. We will not being doing Genjutsu because I already know that your Genjutsu is nonexistent. Gai will be your opponent for the Taijutsu part and Shizuyo Nishi will be your opponent for the Ninjutsu part."

I got in front of Gai in the middle of the Arena and got into a fighting stance. Minato-nii put his hand up signaling the fight is about to begin. "Ready...Set...GO!"

Gai ran around me at full speed, I could barley see him coming at me. My hand went up to my headphones and I turned them on. I could feel the 'arua' flowing through me and I focused it all to my feet and hands. I ran right in front of Gai making him surprised that I could move that fast. He tried to kick me in the gut but I grab him and threw him a few feet into the air.

He tried to kick me from the top but I moved out of the way leaving a trail of rose pedals behind me. He caught up to me and started throwing punches at me and kicking me in the stomach. This went on for about two minutes with no success, and Ruby got bored. She kicked him in the gut, then started running around him in full speed making a dust storm with rose pedals in it. This confused Gai and made him lose sight of me. 'This is my chance!' I thought as I stopped running, but the dust storm was still happening.

I ran up to Gai and kicked him into the air above the storm, so now the Hokage could now see them. He kicked my side as he dodged my fist. I then grabbed his waist and started to spin towards the ground. Once we landed the dust cleared and all that could be seen was Ruby standing over Gai who is clutching his head in pain from hitting the ground. Minato-nii clapped at our performance and asked if Gai was alright for which he stood up and gave him a youthful pose saying that he was full the power of youth.

I laughed at him as the man named Shizuyo Nishi came in front of me and got into a fighting stance. I did as well as Minato-nee brought his hand up and told us to begin. Shizuyo jumped backwards and made hand signs and shouted out "Fire Style: Great Flame Flower" then many fire balls came at me for which I dodged by running around and dodging them.

I brought my hand up to my headphones and twisted the dial to the song "Will Rock You To The Mountain" by Shrillex. I used my speed to run up to the dude and started throwing punches then I kicked him to the wall. I into the air and brought out my Crescent Rose into the second stage and shot at him. He did hand signs again and called out "Fire Style: Fire Style Jutsu" which deflated my bullet.

It was about the middle of the song and I shot a bullet into the air which confused Shizuyo to no end. What he doesn' t know is that this bullet is connected to my music. The bullet came back down to the ground and made an earthquake which confused him and he could not see from the dust into the air. Then I came in front of him with a rasengan in my hand for which is about to hit his face.

Right at the last second, I canceled out my brothers jutsu and did a cartwheel to make me stand behind him with a kunai on his neck. He brought his hands up saying that he gives up. The Fourth Hokage clapped again at the preformance and asked again if my opponent was okay for which he said that he was fine. He came over to me and said for me to come to his office. Putting a hand on my shoulder, he teleport us to his office.

Once we arrived he sat down in his chair and I stood in front of his desk. He looked up at me with a serious face. "Ruby Namikaze, by popular demand by your comrades, your skills in battle, and your intelligent mind, you have been promoted, signed by the Fourth Hokage." He gave me a certification saying that I have become Jounin.

My brother smiled at me while sitting up from his desk, and said congratulations to me as he hugged me. I thanked him as Kushina-nee came in squealing, also congratulating me for becoming a Jounin. "We should celebrate this wonderful occasion...I know! We should go out to a fancy dinner!" She said as she took my wrist and brought me down to Market Street. "We shall first go shopping for a dress for you and me!"

I smirked as we went into the clothing store with Kushina-nee fangirling over every dress she saw. I just sat down and pulled out "Tale Of A Gutsy Ninja" and just waited until she found dresses that she liked. After five minutes she came to me with about six dresses with a proud smile on her face. Then she looked at me and saw that I had no dresses on me which made her mad. "Go get dresses to try on! Now!" I hurry and got up and went over to the teen dresses.

I looked for awhile until I found a dress that is similar to my ninja attire. It was red and black with short sleeves and the dress went to the middle of my thighs. I smile and walk over to Kushina who has pick out her dress that she wants to wear which looks beautiful on her. She is wearing a blue dress that went down to her ankles and lace on the top part. She sees me walk over with the dress in my hands and she gives me an approving smile. I walk into a stall and put it on then walk out to look in the mirror. I smile at myself while Kushina squeals in excitement. We bought the dresses and headed home to see Minato reading the same book I was reading before.

He smiled at us and asked if we had fun for which Kushina answered with a "Of course we did", but what she didn't notice was Kakashi was sitting in the chair on the other side of the room. My breath hitched as I saw him and I can feel a blush creeping onto my face. He looked up at me and I could see a faint blush on his face as well. "Kakashi just came back from a mission and I told him to come celebrate you becoming Jounin with us. 'So he was on a mission...' I thought Kakashi walked over to me and stuck his hand out saying congratulations.

I shook my head and hugged him instead and I whispered thank you into his ear. I can hear his breathe hitch and I smile at his antics. I take a breathe and I breath in and smell his scent that relaxed me. 'Yep, I am in love, great.' I let go of him and look at what he is wearing which is a black suit which is buttoned up and has a black tie. I squeal and I see him blush under his mask and rub the back of his head. Minato laughed at us and Kushina slapped him on the arm.

I looked over at my brother to see him wearing a blue suit with a bright blue tie and a napkin sticking out of his pocket. I told him that he looks amazing and he also rubbed the back of his head, being embarrassed. He told his wife and I to go get dressed then they would go to dinner. I went up to my room and put the dress on while putting on high heels that are open toed like ninja sandals.

Coming down stairs I see everyone waiting for me. I waved to them and I see Kakashi widening his eyes while also stuttering, trying to say that I look beautiful. I laughed at him and said thank you to his complement. We walked to the Tempanyaki which is a Japanese cuisine and they also cook the food in front of you.

Once we arrived we were seated at a table and we all joked around until the chef came and prepared the food which was so cool because they made the iron griddle light on fire and did cool tricks with the cooking knifes. I ordered Tempanyaki salmon with white rice and green vegetables. Once we were all done, we decided that Kakashi was to stay the night with us for which I was fine with.

Kakashi stayed in my room and when I thought he feel asleep I stood up and knelled down next to him. I kissed his forehead and whispered an "I love you" then went to bed. What she did not know was that Kakashi was not asleep.

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