I pressed my back to the store and peeked around the corner filled with love. Guy's booming laughter made me smile as Kakashi sat next to him at a restaurant with their backs to me. A few empty bowls between them.

I was to far to hear what ever conversation was between them, besides the fact Kakashi is making him laugh I also did not want to eavesdrop. I closed my eye's just hearing the laughter and a small noise of Kakashi speaking.

I wanted to go join them in the fun but this was their moment.

I looked to the sky and smiled at the cloudy day before I walked away.


Kakashi stood in the middle of the road as people moved around him. I walked up in front of him but he never noticed me coming with him staring at the ground, Hands in pocket's and a hurt look on his face. I stepped up and paused, he slowly looked up at me the hurt not fading.

I looked at him worried and he looked away embarrassed, I shifted into his view asking him what was wrong with my face.

"I was told I smell like an old man today." He looked at the sky I wanted to burst into laughter, took everything not to so I just nodded leaned forward and sniffed him. He looked even more embarrassed and stepped back with one foot a blush lighting up his cheek.

"Ah ya."

"What?" He looked offended.

"No, you just you smell like." I sniffed him again. His hand slid from his pocket and then through his hair as he looked to the sky. "Tree's and."

"Stop sniffing me." He sounded mad.

"I am sure you smell me more then I smell you. Like dirt."

"Dirt?" His eye was big as he looked so scared.

"Like man soap." I sniffed.

"Man soap?" He cried.

"Ya man soap. You know. Man soap."

"Stop saying man soap." He looked down on me and I smiled up at him. "I smell like man soap and dirt." I nodded and bit my lip.

"But it is not bad or anything, at least you smell clean."

"Ya, whatever." He looked a little flustered.

"I love finding new smelly things to clean myself with if you want me to for you." He looked like he was thinking about it. "You smell fine, honestly it is comforting, It is Kakashi." Using my hands for emphasis.

He seemed to enjoy that statement. "I want a divorce." He spoke to me.

"Ya?" I fake glared. "Maybe my next husband will smell better." He then looked defeated again. "But no one has an ass like yours." He stared blankly as I looked at the setting sun. "I am late to meet Kure for a girls night." I patted him. "Don't worry, you smell fine." I spoke seriously before moving away.

"Ah girls night." He sounded wispy as I passed behind him.

"Well, you want to come?" He looked back at me. "Have a sleepover with some movie and snacks."

He looked me over considering it as well. "Well that is where I will be, come if you want." I spoke knowing he will avoid us.


I slid on my long pjs as Kure sat on my couch looking between three movies to watch. I placed a bowl of popcorn and a bowl of chips on the table. "Pick one yet?" She shook her head when there was a knock on my door and then Kakashi just walked in.

He looked awkward and we were both confused as he wore a black top and some pj pants. Noticing I smiled at him and nodded for him to join us. Kure looked at me excited. "Maybe you can pick." She held them out to him. "And the nail polish for Kei." She pointed at them on the table her eyes landing on mine saying I wonder if he will pick.

I had just done her's, that is all I know you do on a girls night. I never had one but I love he might be joining us.

He picked a horror movie and we sat down to watch as Kure pulled the bowl of popcorn on her lap.

He grabbed an ugly blue polish and grabbed my hand and started to paint it. He held my so carefully it made me nervous. I looked down as he tried to do it well but was getting paint all over my finger's. He focused and got a little better.

Once he was done the first hand of failure I held it up. "Damn that is perfect." I smiled making Kure chuckle. He grabbed my other hand pulling it to him as I now sat awkwardly on the couch with it crossed over my chest. "Have you done this before?" I asked as he was doing better and he shook his head no. "Do you want some color?" He shook is head again sitting quietly I frowned wanting to do his.

"What else do girls night do?" He asked halfway done. I looked at her and she looked at me and shrugged.

"Honestly I don't know." I said to him.

Was not long until the movie got interesting and we all just watched. I heard a noise and looked at kure who was sad the popcorn was gone. Looking at the table the chips were low as well.

Grabbing them both and from her hand she smiled at me as I walked to the kitchen to refill, I was waiting on the popcorn.

"You are missing it." She yelled.

I moved back so fast as I threw myself onto the couch with ninja speed spilling the chip bowl a little and almost sitting on Kakashi staring at the movie wondering what I missed. If there was no wall behind my couch I would have knocked it over.

I noticed I got some chips all over the table, couch and Kakashi's lap. "Oh." I said moving to wipe it off him and he grabbed my wrist.

"I got it." He started to knock it to the ground with his other hand.

"Ya right." Just noticed what I was about to do and laughed before looking back at the tv at the moment she was fighting back at her attacker. I mindlessly tried to clean up the table when a jump scare happens and Kure yelled. "No."

"I thought that was the main character. Why is she dead?" I mumbled shocked.

Kakashi spoke. "They did foreshadow it." We looked at him.

"When?" We asked at the same time.

"She kissed the man and at the start his ex died."

"That is a jump." I sighed.

"Ya but women always die, men are the ones who survive." He said again.

"I don't watch enough horror then to know that." I said softly sliding my feet under me again before I remembered the popcorn and jumped up to get it hoping it was not burnt or cold.

"How sad." Kure spoke about the movie. "Damn."

I dumped it in the bowl it was fine and headed back. Kure snatching it out of my hand and I sat back down sliding my feet under me so content and happy. "Okay." She picked up the other two. "What is next?"

"Something funny." I spoke up.


"Give me all your winning's dude." This large man spoke about the gambling game I just won a decent amount. I stood outside an alley and stepped back like I was scared. We were already closed in but I needed more alone time with this man.

He smiled at me with his sword in his hand like I was an easy target. The thick and heavy outfit I wore made me wonder if he knew I was even female. I had a hat on my head and a mask like Kakashi over my face to hide the fact I was just a girl.

He placed his sword right over my heart the tip barely poking through the outfit.

"Come on." He spoke with anger. "Hurry up."

I shoved the sword away and slammed my break into his chest while bashing his head on the wall. He slid to the ground with his ass out and I walked over to the restaurant to get to my new post.

Curtain Village is a dark place. It hosts a black market, most citizens live in poverty or crime. I am sent to watch over it again for a time. There is nothing we can do personally but the fire council likes to get information on it from time to time.

Watch for rogue leaf ninja selling there stuff from headbands to information. Both of which can be used to get into our city. I am here to get a layout, a basic understanding on how it is doing and take down anyone that may pose a threat to us.

I am just mostly here to make sure we know what is going on even if the mission is just me alone hanging around.

I gambled a little to blend in, look tough but not like I lived in one of the great five nations. I needed to keep people from trying to rob me so it was a dance on how I looked and already that failed.

I sat at a small wobbly table looking like nothing but a dirty shinobi ordering a virgin drink. Watching everyone and some people have looked my way but not in the way I worry about.

I saw a few shinobi that walked around with their bounty poster on the wall filled with many, poster on top of poster. No one cared. I know some bounty hunters sometimes would come by just for that fact.

I got a layout, took down what buildings were new, what buildings were gone. One was burned to a crisp an old weapon shop of dangerous and illegal kinds. I was happy it never reopened then I found out it was literally underground behind this restaurant I was now sitting at, so it was a perfect spot to rest, drink fake alcohol and watch what comes out.

No leaf, plenty of others.

I would tic down people I recognized like a mist shinobi known for stealing jutsu but I was not sent to take all these people out but to just get information. Only ones I was to attack are the leaf. I was happy for no leaf excited to just go home.

There.

Shit.

Damn a leaf with his scratched headband. I looked trying to place him in my mind as he looked familiar. He walked into the restaurant as I listened not moving from my spot and then was sent into the basement out of ear shot.

He wants a weapon.

I saw him next with this weird contraption, it was a large bulky object on his right arm slightly covering his hand. I watched him until he left the town through the forest and I followed. When we were far enough to not be heard I sent my nervous break into him but it did not harm him at all. He paused, took a stance and was ready to fight.

Hm.

Just to test I sent the sleeping genjutsu into his head and again, it did nothing.

"I feel it." He laughed darkly. "You can not harm me, come out you creep."

I made a shadow clone and sent it to him. "Hi there." She spoke walking out of the forest as I watched from high up. I don't like shadow clones for the amount of chakra it splits but I wanted something solid.

"Who are you?" He looked me over but she was pretty covered with not sign who I was or where I was from.

He did not wait turning the weapon on her. "Good get to try this out real quick." He smirked when lightning came out. It was one straight line but pieces broke off hitting the ground in many breaks and the tip hit my clone with such force she was gone.

He yelled excited as he focused it to the sky, it crackled and moved into the sky trying to reach something but hitting nothing. "Come out, come out." He giggled like he was crazy.

"Why would I do that?" I yelled before moving and he faced where I was. I got behind him. I sent a few earth kunai covered in wind towards him in focus as I moved them around. I needed to focus hard and if he knew where I was I was in the open.

He dodged and ducked and blocked and then put the weapon on them as they chased him.

It worked they turned to dust.

I shoved chakra into my feet, I slid on the ground behind him about to stab him with my wind dagger. He turned trying to hit me and I ducked slicing into his leg instead, I avoided his kick and blocked his arm. He tried to knock my dagger away but it was chakra and I sliced out again.

He jumped back focused the weapon on me and I traded with a log in the tree's.

The place lit up in light. The log was on fire burning away with a lot of flames. That thing must hurt. Could just cook me with one shot.

I was not worried, I was not trying hard.

I sent another shadow clone through the tree's with kunai and paralyze seals wrapped around them and blended them into the weapon unseen. She threw them and he dodged, they stuck into the ground.

Goals.

I ran at him again, the weapon was tough and spread pretty wide making me duck back into the forest mid attack. He was about to follow in a burst of speed I then threw more kunai making him jump backwards while testing the metal with his weapon but they stayed digging into the dirt.

I did it again making him jump backwards again while laughing at my failure to hit him.

He stepped on the small area of one of the seals and I froze him in place.

I ran at him wind dagger in hand, I moved to slam it into his body but I let it fade before I killed him as my head was next to his I stared into his face shocked and worried while also looking behind him.

The fear on his face reminded me of Kaito he looked at me with dread and shock but I could not move with my hand pressing into his unhurt chest.

The seal then let him go and his fist came at me kunai in hand lightly cutting into me when my body just moved and I shoved him away jumping back looking at him. His eye's filled with confusion as he looked me over.

He turned his weapon on me. "This was made to win fights." He sounded pissed. "You will regret not taking me out." The thing started to glow differently as I stared. "I may not be strong enough to be a jonin but I will win now." A creepy smile crossed his face.

It made a noise as it started to glow in spots and I still stood there frozen.

"Sakai?" I said so softly thinking of my old friend. He looked at me startled.

"So you know me."

That shocked me and made me cold.

I just saw my old teammate standing in front of me and I could not move. I could not cry but I felt like doing it. Is this what he would have looked like? This well fit man.

A gray storm raised above my head. "Ah here, I got it now." Blue light like veins running through it. Not only was the world getting darker I watched the lighting come out like I paused in time snapping me out of the zone I was in.

My body just moved with one hand I fell into the ground below and swam away from this man deep underground. I popped up a while away and jumped into the tree. Sounding like cracking wood and a bright light yards away. The storm fading in the sky and the smell of fire was thick in the air.

I needed to run.

I headed back to the town but I paused. Would I get in trouble leaving him. What if he does something stupid. How long do I let him learn whatever crazy new weapon he just got got.

But Kaito.

My Kaito.

Coming closer I saw him waiting for me with this smile on his face. I landed into the open. "Your not Kaito." I spoke to him pulling my gloves tighter trying to be serious but all I could see was him and I don't know if I could do it.

His face turned into horror as he looked me over.

"You knew Kaito?" He spoke softly.

"He was my teammate."

"You're a leaf? That is why you have attacked me. Wait you let him die!" He glowered at me pointing the weapon at me.

"Yes." He lowered it as he looked me over.

"I am his older brother." I felt both so cold and so sad.

"It is a shame you left the village. Maybe we could have been close."

We stood staring at each other both sizing each other up.

"It is to late." He almost looked sad. "I already joined the sound village, heading there after this."

That shocked me and took out all sadness. Really? Another one. How do I get him home without my mind. I watched his face notice mine and we got ready to fight.

"Why?" I took a stance. "Where is it?"

"I had no one left in the village and they would not give me what I wanted." He also took a stance. "It is underground." He is speaking? Underground? "It is not one place."

New information.

We stood there quietly for a moment.

"I am going to let you go." He spoke to me like he would win.

"Why?"

"You were loved by my brother." He stood up.

Do I let him go? The thought of watching Kaito die again hurts and to really be the reason behind not only Kaitos death but his brothers to. What do I do?

He jumped into the forest and ran away as I stood there staring at the ground. He was gone fast and I could not get my legs to move to follow him.

I am sorry village. He would have been a great source of information.

I headed back to the town to finish my mission spinning a kunai in my hand unsure if I did wrong.

I am going home. I am done here.

A deep feeling that that was a mistake.

I stopped and wondered if I should find him and end him.

Again I could not move.

I breathed and pushed down my emotions so I would not cry or feel like I just betrayed someone. I should look up his family when I go back.

It might even be my fault this man deflected.


I lost in a training war with Guy early morning after coming back, we do it a lot in the mornings when we are free and I owed him a meal. I was glad because if he lost he would do 1000 pushups, 1000 sit ups. He always ups the game but only for himself.

He wanted BBQ.

I sat across from him at the restaurant cooking my own meat. "I think you just need more muscle. What if you wore weights?" He asked I looked at him.

"That is a childs thing."

"Why not try it, something heavy." He stared at me as I ate. "More speed if you take them off."

"I guess." I spoke. "I could use more speed."

"Your speed is pretty good." He smiled. "The difference it is now then when we were kids is quite amazing." I smiled at the flattery.

"You are so different." I smiled shaking my head. "Painful."

"I never stop training."

"Admirable." I smiled. I do train but not as much as I used to, if it was not for him pushing me I would just use missions to get better.

"I am going to be a genin sensei next year." I looked at him curious. "My team and Kakashi's team will work together and rival each other."

"Ya, your made for it." I looked at my arm where he cut me deep and still had some blood. "Just maybe be a little kinder when you hit them." I joked.

"You shall be one and we will be a great group of genin leaders." That scared me I just laughed nervously.

"I don't know about that." I slid food in my mouth. "Count me out of that." His face was sad as he stared at the meat and we sat quietly, I did not know what to say.

"Oh Guy is on a date." I heard peeking to the left. "Does not look like it is going well." I smiled staring at Guy who did not seem to hear it.

That was funny.

I pulled off some meat dipping it in the bbq.

"I will not be a teacher but if you ever need me I will be there." I spoke.

He perked up. "I wonder what kind of kids I will have." He seemed dead set on it. I nodded with a smile as he grabbed some food. "The youth of the leaf village will be like a blooming flower and I will be it's water."

"You should also be a poet." I mumbled frying more up.


Kakashi was not home, most day's I consider his ears so I blared music loudly when he is nowhere around. I dried my hair from a shower. I threw on just panties and a small top feeling free before cleaning the mess of a home I live in.

There was a smell when I got back from that mission so I needed a deep clean and I finally had the time.

I was lazy as I held my broom looking at the mess all over the floor.

I picked up the dust pan walked to the farthest side of my Kitchen and brought my wind up. It was weak and lightly moved my plants around like a windy day shoving the dirt everywhere in here away from me as I slowly walked through to my living room and then just swept up the line of dirt off the floor.

Dancing and singing as I put away laundry and did the dishes. I was vacuuming the living room mat everything was loud.

"Is that a panda on your ass?" I jumped and spun as Reili was standing at my open door. "On the back of your very unflattering panties." He giggled speaking loudly. I almost could not hear him over the music. I was next to the remote so I turned it off not too ashamed in what I wore with him, I was about to go put on pants I even started walking towards my room as I glared at him embarrassed but he got a good look already.

When Kakashi was suddenly about to open his door and then paused looking in the room. I ran to my room so fast he would have barely seen me.

"Oh, hey man." I heard Reili speak.

"Been a while." Kakashi spoke back.

I heard his door shut and then mine. "Okay he got hot." I smiled at Reili as I walked out. "Is he still a dick?"

"He can hear you."

"Good." He spoke just as loud.

"What do you want?" I walked out. "And who leaves a door wide open like that with a girl half naked."

"Ah your panties are endearing."

I felt ashamed. "Ya, they more comfertable for missions then something that rides up your ass crack. I tend to not wear anything but when I need to, these are just better."

"Ya, I can see that." He squinted at me like he was judging me. "Anyway I am here for some jutsu I know you could help me with." I looked at him curious. "I want your ice and to make it its own jutsu."

I smiled interested. "What is your idea?"

"You will see." His cheeky smile was adorable.


I was standing in front of an old home with a large yard and a for sale sign, the grass was crazy and untended. I walked up and broke into the front door of the abandoned place. Furniture left and dusty. I passed an open courtyard with a pond, a tree and a nice table. Again plants growing through the stones and rocks.

There was a few pictures on the wall. One was a large family photo making my heart drop. There was Kaito, his brother, his mother and father and two random people I did not know. This seemed to be taken the year we were sent to the war by how he looked.

I feel like an asshole, I never even came to find them but even if I knew somethings, Kaito did not talk about anyone but neither did Itsuki or I and perhaps he thought we would hate it. I feel like an asshole and wished I made him tell me about these people.

What happened to all them in this large home.

His brother had left what seems like ages ago so ya, it really was to late to come back. I wondered around peeking in rooms for anything. I came to his and I sat down on the smelly bed in the messy room dust flowing around me.

My heart reaching out to him.

There was nothing to take and I made my way out of the home.

I strolled along the road lost in my head feeling like the biggest asshole and took a seat on the cold stone bench covered by a tree. I leaned forward. "What can I do?" I asked Kaito.

"You can sit in tree's and read books." I jumped looking up and behind as Kakashi was literally doing just that above me. I was so startled a small amused noise came out. "What is the issue?" He looked down on me casually.

"Nothing." He rolled his eye and looked back at his book. Why is he here being weird? "I was just at my old teammates old home, I did not know they were all gone." I gave in and told him. Someone to talk about it, I don't think Kakashi would judge me and if he does I don't think he would tell on me. "I ran into his brother and I had to kill him, he is now a missing nin."

He looked at me seriously and jumped down fast standing in front of me.

"I let him go." I looked at his feet as he slid the book away.

I sat quietly as I stared at the ground. Looking up he just stared down on me sadly. "Do you know why I was here?" I shook my head. "Obito and I have a history with this bench." I looked at the stone and back up with a smile. "I come here a lot."

I slid over and he sat next to me. We did not speak but I know he get's it and I get him.

I did not know how to talk about something so serious and he seemed not speak as well. I was worried he was mad at me but he just stayed quiet. I looked up at the cloudy sky feeling like an asshole when he patted my hair.

I smiled at him looking his way and he also just looked at the sky dropping his hand.

"Aw." I mumbled at the fact he stopped touching me a small head shake from him and I slid down on the bench getting comfertable just being with him in silence.


I leaned on the tree with my eye's closed sleepy and ready to give up when a kunai landed next to my head. I sighed and looked at Reili. He was spinning another kunai glaring at me. "It is not working." He yelled.

I moved my arm and grabbed the one next to my head pulling it out. With my other hand in two signs my wind turned the air into ice around the blade.

I tossed it at his feet, the ice slowly moving around the blades area making him jump back.

"Come on help me more." He whined making him less less attractive for such a pretty boy.

"I don't know how." I sighed. "At least this tells me I would suck as a teacher."

"Ya I would feel sorry for your kids." He brought some hands together and tried again.

"Maybe you just suck at wind." I sighed again.

"You can do it." I barely herd making me bite my lip.

"Asshole." I mumbled walking to him and got close he did the signs to really watch again when a small change in air surrounded me, he was staring at his kunai focusing and did not notice. I stepped closer really taking it in, he was changing the air around him.

His eyes focused an the kunai but the air got cooler and cooler as he focused.

"You know, I think your doing it wrong." He glared at me. "But your doing something else." He looked confused and I just gave him a smile saying lets mess around.


I dropped the groceries on the floor in the kitchen when there was a knock, I looked to my door and it opened, in peeked the covered face of Kakashi. "You dressed?" He looked at me.

"No." I spoke.

"Good." He already spotted me. He walked in as I smiled about to dig in my bags and put away my food. "I came across this." He held it out.

"Oh a good new book?" The real me stepped forward from my bedroom as he faced my clone. I startled Kakashi, his face snapping behind him and I took it from him. "Oh?" It was a bingo book. My clone moved to put away my food as he looked between us.

"Lazy or what?" He asked before looking down at me. "From the land of earth." He pointed. "I flagged the page." He scratched his nose. "We are trying to get more peace between all the villages."

"I know." I mumbled. "Might be mad you have this." Maybe one day I might be able to look for my dad. Hm I never think about that, I wonder who he is.

I opened it and there was this horrible picture. A girl with a weird nose, a pink ponytail with choppy badly cut bangs. The color of my eye's were right but weirdly shaped. It was me but I did not look like me. I hope. I looked at him confused and angry then at my clone before looking back down. Ya I don't look like that, then my clone vanished and it was an odd moment seeing Kakashi from both sides.

"Inokei Yamanaka, The mind thief." I smiled and chuckled. "The mind thief, damn I am in a bingo book." I looked at the page after me and some missing nin from the land of earth and back to me.

"A security threat to be eliminated on sight." I made a noise nodding my head. "Sounds tough. Not sure what I think of the nickname." What if we get peace, are they still going to try and kill me on sight?

"Better then mine."

"No, don't like it? The copy ninja." I smiled back. "I know, it is true though." I looked at him, it was not that bad, sad he does not like it. "Maybe Kakashi: the unseen face."

"Kei: the worst cook." I smiled at that.

"Hm. Kakashi: The Ass." I paused. "Hole?"

"Where were you trying to go there?"

"I wanted to compliment your ass but I blanked."

"I like it best." He smiled at me. "Anyway got to take it back to the hokage, just wanted you to see it." I nodded as he took the book. He stood there and I waited, not sure how long we stood just staring at each other. I was so confused, what does he want. I looked to my kitchen, food? Then again I am a bad cook?

Feeling a tiny salty over that.

He then seemed like he could not say what he wanted and headed to the door. He opened it and paused again. "I am impressed with you." I was thrown and looked at him kindly. "I know you had some help but you became a legend all on your own, you gave your clan new abilities even when they treated you like crap." He looked at me and my heart grew for him, how much does he know about me?

"So did you." I spoke back as he looked at me. "Again you had some help but you did you all on your own." He touched his covered eye. "Even without that." He looked back and gave me a fake smile. "You are amazing." I looked at my feet and back up, he gave me this look that made me wiggle. Kind, caring? He then moved to leave again.

My mouth just moved. "The speed of your hand signs makes me want to lock you in my bedroom." He paused and looked out my door frozen before his face went red under his mask. He did not look my way and just walked out making me chuckle.

I love messing with him but why do I do that when things get serious?

I stared into my bathroom mirror at my face, I pulled on my ponytail the part they got right. I took it down and moved it around wanting it more curly, maybe get a curling iron and leave it down.

The reason I always had it up was my mom and my grandpa and with no need to be a part of my clan anymore I think I am going to leave it down. It was very long almost to my ass.

I went and got it cut to the middle of my back with some layers and a better face framing bangs. Long enough to place it in a ponytail or piggy tails if I feel like it. Maybe I would be not so recognizable in the future. It is flattering to be in a bingo book but it is also scary to think people would just try shit randomly.


I was getting ready to ask for a mission when there was a knock on my door. I skipped over and opened it with a smile. It dropped confused as leader Inochi and another Yamanaka standing in my frame.

"May we come in?" He looked serious. I nodded and opened my door larger to invite them in. "I brought him to check you out." He nodded at the man next to him I did not know confusing me even more even if he did look familiar.

"That jutsu you came up with, where you destroy minds is amazing and useful." Inochi spoke waving the man to me. "But it is now a forbidden jutsu as it will slowly destroy your own mind." I was shocked as the mans hand glowed in green and pressed to my skull.

I stood silent and worried not liking the invasive energy in my skull.

"I am sorry but I worry with the information we now have on it." He spoke so serious and I felt kind of warm that he is looking out for me and worried about my own mind.

"You are mostly alright." The med Ninja spoke letting me go.

"Mostly?"

"You will be fine in time as long as you don't use it." The med ninja spoke. I nodded worried. "But you do have a dark spot on your brain and I don't know if it goes away." That startled me. "It is very small and has not stopped any brain function just yet."

Inochi walked forward and gave me a hug startling me as I lightly moved one arm around him. "Good to see your okay." He backed up and smiled. "If I hear you continue to use that jutsu." He gave me this look that left me cold. "I will be very angry with you." They then left.

I was stunned and worried as I grabbed my head. It is not like I feel different. Damn that jutsu was so useful. I sat on my couch with a sigh.

I wonder how they figured that out. I grabbed my head and focused on me. At least he thought to tell me.

There goes ease.

Mostly okay, I wonder what that means and what does it do in the long run?

They left before I could think about it.


I placed food on Kakashi's table for him, I just went and got takeout so included some for him. His front door opened as I was about to leave. He stared at me still in his kitchen and walked to me tired. "Steal more food?" He walked passed me.

"Oh you left some this time." He noticed and walked to it taking off his vest and I made a small noise as he was stripping. "Nice." He hung it on the chair.

I was about to leave but his face was so happy, it was like he was surrounded with sparkles. I watched him sniff it and then started to pull down his mask.

I was staring right at his face my heart beating up, he looked beautiful with that smile already. He pulled it to his nose looked at me gave me a fuck you fake smile and put the food down leaving it on.

"Tease."

"What do you mean?" He smiled at me innocently lightly cocking his head looking like a puppy.

I stared at him loving the trick wanting to get back at him but unsure how.

I got nothing.

I looked at him stepped to his cupboard not looking away and then reached for the cup on the highest shelf, my shirt rising as I pushed out my ass stretching to reach on my toes. "Oh." I made a noise before turning to fill it with water as I stared him down and slowly drank it leaning on his sink.

He blankly looked at me. "Your flirting has been better, that was more like being seduced."

"Ya." I sipped. "Kind of like your style." He looked me over like he just noticed looking up for a moment and nodded.

He closed his eye and held it for a moment making me smile. Then he looked at me a little sad for some reason making me stand up putting the cup down. I walked forward in worry.

What is wrong?

He wrapped his arms around me and pulled me in with one quick move around my neck. I froze for a moment in shock but wrapped my arms around him. His head on mine as my face was pressed into his neck and chest.

I felt warm and safe and slightly loved.

"Thank you." I was even more confused when he pulled me tighter so I pulled him closer, his heart calm in his chest. Not sure what is going on inside of him. "You did not give up on me."

"You deserve the world Kakashi." I spoke into him slightly rubbing his lower back. It was quiet and we stood there for so long just like this. It was taking a bit of time but I also really did not want him to let me go.

"I am not." He stopped talking unsure what he wanted to say, I waited but nothing.

"I thought you were the coolest since the minute you saved my face from old man junk." He made a noise..

He then let me go. "Way to ruin a moment." He walked to his food and sat down.

"Ah I thought it was flattering." I smiled putting my hands behind my back and smiling as I rocked on my feet. "Does it give me an opening to see under that mask?"

"No." He looked at me blankly again. I laughed and moved to leave.

"Enjoy."

My body was vibrating. I shut the door and breathed leaning on it for just second. He really is just the coolest.

I never knew a hug could be so amazing my mind still focusing on it like he still held me.


I stood there rocking on my feet looking around bored. Asuma next to me smoking like always leaning on the restaurant wall, just us alone waiting. "Like to smoke?" I asked stupidly, I rolled my eyes at myself.

He nodded. "Love them." It got quiet again.

I looked away awkward and looked down the road for Kure and Guy.

It was silence for another five minutes. "You ah, good life?" He nodded again also looking tired or something. "Ya." I spoke leaning on the wall. Where are you?

Looking at the sky they are very late.

Guy and Kure were walking up the road chatting fifteen minutes later being way late.

I was holding Asuma's weapon putting my wind in it, loving this. A fist weapon made with metal that enhances wind chakra was amazing. I need this metal made personally for me. I should find a perfect weapon to make something out of it and not a kunai. Not sure what.

I showed him mine and he showed me his version of coating weapons.

They were similar in a way but different.

I was impressed at the range of his with his wind on his weapon, if he misses he still hits. He showed me how to wield it and best way, mine does not go as wide but it was almost like a shield the way it covered it making it easier to deflect weapons.

Teaching each other as I held one and he held the other.

I never got along with him so much and we were so into it we never noticed they showed up, watching us lost in his fist weapons like gushing fan girls.


I was a shadow in the dark, never to be spotted. I peered behind the large barricade as my pray was looking around and opening objects. Watching the dark covered man as I peered through a hole behind him.

I slid my mind into him.

"I heard sandalwood turns men on."

"Why on earth would I want that?" Kakashi looked around for me. The lady a little down the isle looked at him like he was crazy, put the object back on the shelf and tutted away making me chuckle.

He gave her a smile and spoke again. "I do like it." She looked back with some face that was hilarious to me. He then looked at the bottle he was holding, sandalwood, and put it back. I jumped over the tall shelf landing next to him.

"I do love fruity but men don't like wearing it." I looked at all the manly smells. "I did not lie when I said you smell fine." I picked up a bottle cracked it open and sniffed it. "Hm." I held it out to him, he looked at me leaning over and sniffed it, I don't think he hated it.

"Do you clean with body wash or shampoo?"

"I use soap for everything." I looked him over like he was crazy, he smiled like he did at that lady, my eyes landing on his amazing hair wondering how just soap does that.

"Ya I guess I should try that then? I do like sandalwood." I spoke. He looked at me blankly as I picked up a version of sandalwood in the soap section.

He looked like I was trying to mess with him.

"I think it smells good, I know, but men and women like it and it is natural. Vanilla is great but not so natural." I stepped forward and sniffed him. "You don't have to change but if you want." I shrugged.

We sniffed some more in silence.

I handed him a different soap. "This is nice." I then looked down for my basket. Where is it? I spun around looking at the floor like a dog trying to lie down as I was running out of time for a mission.

"You did not come with one, Idiot." He understood not looking my way but sniffing the soap and made a small nod like he likes it.

I sighed and jumped the isle and picked up what I was buying. "Your perfect Kakashi." I headed out down the isle.

"I used to look up to him but if he talks to her." I heard and paused passing the lane with Kakashi locking with his eye. I peeked into the next isle where that guy that lived across from me stood with a girl a recognized from one time I tried to train and they kicked me out.

They gave me a look knowing I heard as I peeked and stared at me like I was a loser with a cocky smile on their faces. Kakashi walked my way as I stood in the line more and looked at them. Insulting Kakashi?

"I will shit your pants." I spoke blankly as Kakashi stepped behind me standing up for myself. They laughed like I was not serious.

"You mean your pants." She laughed. "What a stupid threat." I shook my head staring at them with darkness.

I felt a noise from behind me.

"You can't do that." He spoke with a slight worry in his tone his eye's landing on the man behind me even more worried.

"Are you sure." I smiled at them and they stepped back a little.

"She can use dance." The girl whispered blocking her mouth with her hand and looking away and then they looked at me with fake pride before scoffing at me and walking away a little quick.

"Can you do that?" I looked at the shocked look on Kakashi's face.

"I am unsure." I patted him and headed to the snack section. "Maybe I should try on them."

"If anyone deserves your bully tendencies it is them."

I paused and smiled back. "Might be where it comes from." I looked at the smell he grabbed. "Can't wait to smell you later."