"Kakashi."
The silver-haired man blinked, his eyes blurry as he opened them some time later that night, his attention immediately drawn to the woman sleeping in his arms. Or rather, he realized as his Sharingan closed once he'd rubbed the crust away, the woman in his arms, anyway.
Because Sakura wasn't sleeping.
She was on her knees in between his legs, her hands slowly running up and down the insides of his bare thighs. A low groan rumbled through his throat as she smirked up at him, her head dropping out of focus before he gasped sharply at the feel of her hot, wet tongue teasing the shaft of his already hard cock.
"What are you-" he tried to speak, his words cut off when her mouth took him inside. His head fell back against the pillow, eye closing again. He stifled a moan, his hips lifting up against her face. "Fuck, Sakura."
He moved a hand to her brow, his fingers pushing the hair away from her eyes so that he could meet her gaze as she sucked half of his length down in one go before lifting off and repeating the motion several times. Her eyes were wide awake and dark green, an almost predatory look in them as she pushed herself to take the last four inches of him as she had the night before. The hand on her brow slid to the back of her head, his fingers catching in the mussed pink strands.
Another moan, this one loud, passed his lips as he felt the head of his cock pressing against the back of her throat. She hummed around him, the vibration of it nearly enough to push him over the edge he'd placed himself on earlier in the night. He pulled her off, his abdomen rippling in protest at the sudden loss of her mouth.
"Come here," he told Sakura, gripping her hair and pulling her body up so that she was straddling him. He leaned up, using his other arm to support his weight as he kissed her lips with bruising force. "Put me inside yourself," he growled against her ear when he pulled away, tugging her head back so that he could see the look on her face as he filled her.
Sakura kept her eyes trained on Kakashi's lone grey orb as she used both of her hands to ready him at her slick entrance, her swollen bottom lip trapped between her teeth. He watched the way her mouth fell agape as she slowly sunk down onto him, one of her hands going to her lower stomach and the other gripping his arm.
"Ohhh," she sighed, her head attempting to roll back as his hips thrust hard up against hers, making her take all of him in one stroke. The hand in her hair didn't allow her to move, his lips curled into a smirk that mirrored the one she'd given him moments before.
"Tell me how good it feels," he told her, tugging on her hair to bring her down on top of him as he let himself lay back down. He wrapped both arms around her, one hand splayed across her upper back and the other curled around her hip, fingers digging into her skin. He began thrusting his hips up harder now and he grunted as he felt her nails scrape harshly down his chest, her lips pressed in an open-mouthed kiss to the side of his arm.
"S-So good," she whispered, tilting her head so that her gaze met his briefly before her eyes closed and she let out a long moan. "I w-woke up needing-" her words abruptly cut off as he used the hand on her hip to spank her left ass cheek. Kakashi grinned, repeating his action on her other cheek.
"Needing what, Sakura?" He pressed her, smoothing his hand over her hip and around to the front of her. A sharp gasp fell from her lips when he found her clit with his middle finger and began rubbing it firmly.
"Y-You," she whined. Kakashi watched as Sakura's hands roamed up her own body, her fingers tweaking her hardened nipples, her stomach sinking in when he began moving his finger faster. Her head rolled, her forehead now leaning against his chest, her breaths shallow as she continued breathlessly, "Your cock."
Kakashi's head fell back at her words, his hips jutting hard against hers as he bottomed out. She clung to him; her knees knocking him in the hips at the intensity of it, his name falling off of her lips in a loud cry. He could feel her arousal seeping around his cock, dripping down onto his skin and smearing as she rocked against him.
"You woke up wanting me to fuck you, didn't you?" He spoke; his words rough, like leather against lace. Sakura trembled at the way his tone sent a strong jolt of electricity coursing through her veins; starting at the tip of her toes, creeping slowly up her calves, her knees shivering and then her thighs; up her spine and ending with a hard jerk of her body when it finally exploded in her brain. His movements were just as rough, the finger on her clit only moving faster.
"Yes!" She cried out, her fingers clawing at her chest as fire overtook her body, burning everything within and leaving only desperation for his touch. Kakashi's eyes focused on her face, taking in the way she looked. Her head tossed back against him, her thrumming neck exposed to him as her fingers pulled at skin too tight to contain her desire.
Kakashi grunted; the hand on her back moving to tangle in her hair, tugging her head up so that she was looking up at him through her lashes, eyes wide and endless oceans of green, her mouth parted in a silent cry as the grip on her head sent delicious tingles down her spine.
"Do you want to cum?" He asked her, his grey eye dilated, only a sliver of grey visible as he leaned up to capture her pouted mouth in a hungry kiss that she was quick to return. Her answer was a moan against his lips as the tip of his cock brushed against her g-spot at the same time his fingers gently pinched her clit. He smirked, the shape of it pressed against her mouth as he said, "Use your words, Sakura."
She groaned in frustration, her breaths shallow as her hips began jerking, her words choppy. "I want," she groaned, reaching up with one of her hands to grip his hair as he did hers, her nails raking against his scalp. "To cum."
He rolled them over so that she was beneath him at last. He pulled out just long enough to shove her legs up to her chest, folding her body in half. "Hold your legs like that," he told her, shimmying in between her lifted legs and filling her with his length again. Her calves bounced against his shoulders as he plowed hard and fast, his eyes completely focused in on her.
"Please, Sensei," she whispered, her tongue darting out across her lips. Kakashi groaned, feeling his own orgasm closing in as he felt her hands gripping his shoulders, pulling him down on top of her. They were mouth to mouth; skin to skin as their hips found a sloppy rhythm, his hand soaked with her juices as he continued his pleasurable assault on her clit.
"Cum for me, Sakura," Kakashi groaned against her ear, grazing his teeth along the outer shell. His body stiffened at the way she arched above him, a series of soft sounds and sharp cries falling from her lips as the fire finally ripped through her skin, flowing out of her as molten cream. Her cries canceled Kakashi's own quieter, throatier sounds as he came, unable to bring himself to pull out as several ropes of his cum shot up inside of her. She shivered, her nails digging into his muscle.
A heavy breath fell from her lips as she collapsed against him a few moments later, her body and energy completely spent. Kakashi's own breaths were ragged, his chest heaving up and down as he lay next to her, his arms quickly pulling her against him, nose buried in a muss of pink hair. The sun still not up yet, the two of them lazily drifted back off to sleep.
-x-
Late the next morning, Kakashi and Sakura were hard at work inside the house. Sakura had decided to tackle the bathroom upstairs and had spent the earlier hours scrubbing the thick layer of dust off of the walls and vanity. Kakashi had been downstairs by the breaker box, trying without success to figure out where the problems lay with the electrical issues. There had been a flash of hope when the chandelier in the kitchen had flickered to life, but then they'd gone out again and he'd had no luck since.
He decided to check on Sakura's progress, too frustrated with his project and he made his way up the steep steps, grumbling to himself as he tripped on the last stair that he was going to replace them.
"Kakashi?" Sakura's voice called from the bathroom down the hall. His footfalls landed heavily as he made his way to her, a grin tugging at his lips when he found her bent over in front of the window. She was scrubbing the wooden baseboard, her ass raised and the soles of her bare feet facing him.
"You've gotten a lot done," he noted as his eyes quickly glanced around the room at her hard work before settling back on her rump with an appreciative gaze.
"I had some company to make the time go by a bit faster," she replied, not bothering to turn around as she dipped her scrub brush into a bucket of soapy water. Kakashi arched his eyebrow, an amused smile on his face.
"Did you, now?"
A tapping sound at the window was his reply, and Sakura giggled as she looked up to the glass at the same time he did to see a large, black crow sitting on the windowsill. The way its beady black eyes watched him, unblinking and completely focused, unnerved Kakashi.
"Weird," he shrugged, breaking his gaze with the bird. "There never used to be crows out here. The barn owls usually keep them away."
"Well, I'm glad he stopped by. I think he's cute," Sakura answered him matter-of-factly as she finally dropped the brush in the bucket, satisfied for at least the moment that it looked good enough. She stood, turning to face Kakashi and stifling a giggle when she saw a smudge of soot across the bridge of his nose.
"Don't ask," he scowled, not wanting to talk about the small shock he'd gotten just before giving up on the breaker box. She held up her hands and bit her bottom lip, though there was no hiding the twinkle in her eye.
"Do you wanna take a break? Maybe go for a walk?" Sakura asked him, reaching for his hand. He mock thought about it, a smile already tugging at the corners of his lips. As he leaned in to brush his mouth across hers in a chaste kiss, his eye caught the crow's again; still watching, still unblinking.
"You wanna maybe tell your friend to come back another time? He seems to like watching," Kakashi grumbled against her lips, waving his hand at the bird in a failed attempt to startle it off. She rolled her eyes, blowing a kiss at the crow.
"We could always give him a show worth seeing," she suggested, trailing her free hand up his chest. He grabbed it with his and shook his head with a small smile, walking into the hallway and crossing to the extra room. He glanced out the window towards the road.
"I think we're about to have unexpected company," he sighed, keeping his eyes trained out the window. A heavier sigh fell from his lips as he saw two familiar figures approaching the farmhouse. Sakura joined him, her eyebrow shooting up when she saw them too.
"What's Lady Tsunade coming here for?" She asked, glancing up at him. He shrugged, tugging her hand towards the stairs.
"Who knows?" He replied, though his mind was thinking of a million things she could be there about - nearly all of them having to do with Team Ro and their old mission. Had she had a breakthrough on whatever Danzo was planning?
He walked down the stairs first, moving slowly so that should Sakura stumble, his body would catch her fall. By the time they'd descended to the bottom stair, a loud voice was already ringing through the space as the door creaked open.
"Knock, knock!"
"Hello, Lady Hokage," Kakashi greeted her smoothly as they rounded the corner and entered the living room, where she was standing and looking around the place. Genma stood behind her, looking as bored as ever.
"How are things coming along?" Tsunade asked him. Kakashi opened his mouth to reply, but before he could, the blonde was speaking again. "I thought to myself when I walked into my office, what a waste of such a beautiful day to be stuck inside. Then I remembered that it's been too long since Sakura and I had a proper training session."
"More like, you didn't want to do all that paperwork," Genma couldn't help but add, earning a sharp look from Tsunade and a giggle from Sakura.
"That's a great idea," Kakashi agreed with a nod of his head, his gaze glancing towards the window, where another crow sat perched on top of a tree branch, its gaze fixed on Kakashi just as the crow upstairs had been. Tsunade noticed it too and huffed, animatedly shaking her hands at the window.
"Why on Earth are they following me today?" She grumbled, giving up when the bird didn't fly off. Kakashi's brow shot up, and he glanced at the bird warily.
"Following you?"
The Hokage nodded, folding her folding her arms across her chest. "Yeah," she answered shortly. "Ever since I got here. You breeding them or something?"
"Maybe there's a nest nearby," he suggested, turning to look at Sakura before he continued, "Why don't I meet you at the training grounds this evening. We could grab a bite to eat before coming back here."
She nodded in agreement and then muttered something about needing to go grab her stuff from the tent, already halfway out the door by the time she finished speaking. He chuckled, leaning against the wall as Tsunade glanced at the dusty shelves.
"You think you'll be settled in by winter?" She asked him, stepping towards the kitchen and smiling at the chandelier. "It's beautiful," she called to him from around the corner.
"If I can get an electrician and a plumber out here, we-" he paused when she glanced around the corner with a smirk at his use of the word, continuing as though he hadn't seen it, "-might be able to at least set up the first floor and the bathroom by the end of September."
"Did you hear that, Genma?" Tsunade spoke to her bodyguard as she came back to the living room. "He said we."
"He did," Genma confirmed with a smirk.
Kakashi glowered, crossing his arms over his chest. "What about it?" He shot back with a shrug of his shoulders. "She spends nearly every night with me anyway."
Neither Tsunade nor Genma spoke, the looks they shot one another saying plenty. He sighed, looking up as Sakura came back into the house, her footsteps heavy as she bounded into the living room.
"All set?" Tsunade asked her, glancing over Kakashi's shoulder at her young pupil, who nodded. "All right, then. Let's head to Training Ground 4."
Sakura leaned up, giving Kakashi a quick kiss goodbye before she and Tsunade walked out first, followed by Genma and himself. The silver-haired man stayed in the doorway, watching as the trio slowly disappeared into the forest. The shrill call of another crow pulled his attention to his left and a sharp gasp fell from his lips, his grey eye widening in reaction to who stood less than ten feet from himself.
"What are-" Kakashi started, cutting himself off mid-sentence as the world shifted around him; the sky shifting from its beautiful, crisp blue into a sickening reddish-orange, a large blood red moon replacing the sun. The fluttering of thousands of bird wings flapping filled his ears, a calm voice speaking above them.
"We need to talk, Kakashi."
Kakashi was rendered speechless as he tried to understand why Uchiha Itachi was standing in front of him again - and why he was once again trapped in his Tsukuyomi. He found himself paralyzed in place; no cross to which he was fixed like his last experience, but trapped and defenseless nonetheless. Just as before, the Shinobi was incapable of breaking the elder Uchiha brother's mental grip on him.
"What is there to talk about?" He asked Itachi coolly.
The coal-eyed man gave him a faint smile, waving his hand and warping Kakashi's perspective again. He looked around; with everything inverted, it took him a moment but it finally dawned on him that he was somewhere familiar.
"I thought this might be a more fitting place for our conversation," Itachi ignored his question, nodding to their environment. "Do you remember this place, Kakashi?"
"The North Pass," the silver-haired man spoke more to himself than the Uchiha. "Why are we here? What do you know about this place?"
"I know that this is the place that Nokogiri Koishi died," Itachi began, motioning to the cave's large, dark mouth. The dim flicker of a fire burning at the back could be seen, and Kakashi felt his lungs deflate as the younger man continued, his words laced with bitterness, "Or, at least; I know that's what Shimura Danzo has you believing."
"Koishi?" Kakashi murmured. "So that was her name."
"She did not die here," Itachi spoke again and with another wave of his hand, they were standing in front of another place; a place Kakashi knew well - the Uchiha compound. Itachi continued, "She died here on October the First all those years ago, with the rest of my clan."
Itachi gave a brief moment to allow his words to fully sink in for the other man, whose mind was reeling as he tried to connect the dots. Seeing that he was drawing a blank, Itachi began speaking again, his voice even. "Seventeen years ago, your Team Ro left what you believed to be her corpse behind in the North Pass. It was a mistake anyone could have made," his last words were spoken with a brand of empathy Kakashi hadn't been aware the man possessed. Itachi continued, "As I'm sure you've pieced together by now, Aburame Yoji poisoned her. Not unlike how he..." a weary sigh fell from his lips, "That doesn't matter. It was an elaborate plan devised by Shimura Danzo to capture the girl from Iwa. The Third Hokage had disagreed about using her as a weapon when that was the very reason her father had wanted her to come to Konoha in the first place. While your team was resting outside Tako, a second team from the Leaf made their way to the cave."
"You were on that team," Kakashi surmised flatly.
Itachi nodded, his deep voice calmer than his features as he continued his story, "Danzo tasked me with taking care of her. He had intended for me to train her; guide her into becoming the weapon he so desperately wanted. And...For a time, I did. She fought it at first, of course; her heart was not built for a shinobi's life. But within a year, she became..." a flash of admiration crossed his face, "...strong. And in that time, we became...close," he chose his words carefully.
"She was the girlfriend," Kakashi realized out loud.
Ignoring him, Itachi spoke again. "Nearly every day that I wasn't dispatched on a mission, I spent training with Koishi. By the time I turned fifteen she'd been in Konoha for over a year, and Danzo took note of our affections unbeknownst to me. Our relationship continued developing over the course of the next five years. She was there for me throughout everything; from the moment Shisui died, during the chaos that ensued. She was a beacon of light in a never-ending darkness."
Kakashi's face softened in spite of himself, knowing that feeling all too well as thoughts of Sakura came to his mind; how she'd been there for him even when she hadn't realized she had been. Before he had a chance to say anything, Itachi was speaking again.
"The year I turned twenty...She became pregnant. The child was born and Danzo made his plan. So, we made our plan." Kakashi saw a flash of something unreadable in Itachi's dark eyes; something akin to remorse, but it was gone before he could recognize it, Itachi's deep voice continuing, "I was supposed to kill them all; kill them both..."
Kakashi heard the words Itachi left unspoken.
Kill myself.
"Obviously, I failed in killing them all. I left Sasuke alive; another story for another time, perhaps. I killed Koishi quickly," the corner of Itachi's mouth twitched and then he continued, "But as I looked down at my daughter, I simply couldn't bring myself to kill her. So I took her somewhere I was sure Danzo would never track her down."
Kakashi arched his eyebrow. "She's still alive?"
"Yes," Itachi answered him quietly. "She's almost eleven, and lives with a trusted friend in the Sky District. The reason I am here, Kakashi, is because that friend reached out to me recently with news that Root agents have been spotted lurking nearby."
Neither man spoke for several minutes as Kakashi absorbed everything Itachi had just told him. He suspected that it wasn't the whole truth, but it rang true enough that he believed the Uchiha when he said he had a child out there somewhere. And then there was the fact that the girl - Koishi, Itachi had called her - was dead. That raised some significant problems for him considering that in the wake of the Uchiha clan massacre, Team Ro had buried the majority of the bodies in a mass grave.
There would be no body to return to her father upon his audience with Tsunade.
"Why are you telling me all of this?" Kakashi finally asked, his voice terse.
Itachi blinked, thinking for only a moment before he spoke. "I am asking you, Kakashi, to go to the Sky District and ensure the girl's safety. I believe it a fair ask, considering all the information I've freely given you."
Before he could answer, the world righted itself and he found himself back in front of his farmhouse. Itachi was already gone, leaving Kakashi behind with a mind full of racing thoughts.