Kakashi, Kala, and Iruka walked down the street right next to each other. Every now and then someone would give Kala a strange look, but because she can’t see she didn’t care much.
“So...I’m hungry! Can we get something to eat?” She suddenly spoke up.
“Like what?”
“I don’t care. Anything! As long as it’s eatable!” Kakashi could only guess what she meant by that.
“Well you’re in luck!” Iruka said whipping out a couple of pieces of paper. “I just so happen to have a couple of all you can eat tickets for the ramen shop.”
“What was that!?” A young annoying voice rang out. Suddenly Iruka was pushed to the ground by a blond ninja.
“You’re going to get me some of that aren’t you Iruka sensei?”
“Who this?” Kala asked. “He’s one of the people who were chasing me earlier. He was a bit load.”
“My name’s Naruto Usumaki! And I’m going to be the next Hokage! Believe it!” Kakashi sighed but Kala got an amused smile on her face.
“I like people who dream big. Just be sure not to get cocky.”
“Too late.” Kakashi muttered.
“Hey!” Naruto shouted and tried to attack his sensei. But he was easily held back with the palm of Kakashi’s hand.
“Do you want Ramen or not?” Naruto stopped and started walking in the other direction.
“Hurry up!” He shouted.
“How did you know that?” Kala asked him.
“He’s one of my students.” Kala started giggling. “That’s right laugh it up.” He just went past her and started following Naruto.
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   “Uh...Kakashi sensei?”
“Yes Naruto.”
“Is she feeling okay.”
“I think so.”
“Then how on earth did she eat 37 bowls of Ramen!” The group was sitting at the shop next to a mountain of bowls. Kala let out a sigh, sat back, and smiled.
“You uh...always eat this much?” He could help but ask.
“To tell you the truth I haven’t eaten something this good in a while. And I told you I was hungry!”
“Thank the lord I don’t have to pay for that.” Iruka said, sweat on his face.
“You just ate 37 bowls of the stuff. That’s three times more than Naruto eats. And you’re still that skinny.”
She just shrugged, “Why didn’t you have some?” The entire room was quiet.
“Kakashi never likes eating in public.” Naruto said.
“Why?”
“Honestly! Are you blind woman!?” Kala got an look of anger on her face and Kakashi and Iruka just sighed. “What?”
“Well just a little information kiddy...I AM BLIND!”
“What?!” Naruto shouted almost falling out of his chair. “Then how did you keep getting away from Sasuke! And how did you know where you were going?”
“Maybe cause I can tell that with my senses of feel, smell, and hearing.”
“Guys, guys, please calm down!” Iruka said. Kakashi didn’t say anything. For a fact he was smiling, he loved it when Naruto got shouted at sometimes.
“So tell me why he doesn’t like eating in public.” Kala crossed her arms for a second then looked up at Kakashi, her empty blue eyes piercing into his. He didn’t see any trace of anger but he knew it was there.
“Because he wears this mask and he won’t let anyone see what’s under it.” Naruto blurted out and Kakashi cringed. He looked back up at Kala to see a look of shock. Suddenly she lifted her hand and started reaching for his face. Instantly his face went red, his body started heating up, and he moved backwards to avoid her; but it didn’t work. She placed her hand gently on the side of his face with her thumb hovering over his lips. His face turned brighter than the sun as a drop of sweat fell from his forehead.
“Why...are you wearing that? When did you start wearing that?”
“I...I can’t tell you.” He said slowly and nervously. The fact was he didn’t tell anybody.
“You mean you knew him before he was wearing that!? What did his face look like?” Iruka couldn’t help but slap him on the back of the head.
“What part of blind didn’t you get?”
“Sorry.” Naruto muttered. Kakashi was glad that he was to oblivious to ask Iruka. And even if he did Iruka probably wouldn’t tell him.
“Uh...Kala? Could you maybe get your hand off my face?”
“What’s wrong?”
“Nothing, just a bit awkward.”
“You’re so easily unnerved” She giggled. She moved her hand off his face and leaned toward him, her face got only a few inches from his. She giggled again as she felt him tense up. “What are you so nervous about? We’re just friends.”
“It still just feels awkward.”
“Whatever. Come on! You said you’d show me around town.”
“I’m coming too!” Naruto shouted only to be pulled back by Iruka.
“YOU, are coming with me.” He pulled the struggling ninja out of the shop with a quick sly smile to Kakashi.
“So Kakashi! You still haven’t properly introduced me to your young friend!” Kakashi sighed with annoyance again as they stepped out to see Gai and his student Rock Lee doing their usual pose.
“Oh lord! TWO men in tights?!” She covered her eyes dramatically though it wouldn’t make a difference. She was probably doing it to humor Kakashi.
“How do you always get the hot ones huh?”
“What?” Kakashi and Kala asked at the same time.
“She is you’re girlfriend isn’t she?”
“NO!” They both shouted at the same time again. Kala pulled her hands off her eyes and furiously put them on her hips.
“Hmm...Something must be wrong with my theory.”
“Who the hell are you two?”
“I’m Might Gai!  And this is Rock Lee.” Lee bowed.
“It’s nice to meet you ma’m!”
“Uh...nice to meet you.”
“We were just about to tour the city.” Kakashi said, annoyed.
“We’ll...uh...sorry to interrupt. We’ll be on our way. Call me!” He made the and gesture toward Kala that made Kakashi flare up. They both quickly disappeared.  
“He wasn’t directing that toward me was he? Cause I’m not going to.”
“I didn’t think you were.”
“Well come on then!” She suddenly grabbed his hand. “On with the tour!”
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    Kakashi showed her every place he could think of, introduced her to tons of people, many of which made out of line remarks about her sight. This usually ended up in a small fight. A couple of people showed up telling her where her room was. Not to far from Kakashi’s which filled him with relief, he didn’t understand why. But no matter what they did or where they went she always had a tight grip on his hand. And at one point he couldn’t take it anymore.
“Why are you holding my hand?” He asked as they started heading for the limits of the town.
“It’s about time you asked. I was just trying to embarrass you.”
“All you’re going to do is make people think we’re dating.” She just shrugged letting go of his hand. “And where are we going?”
“I want to visit the clearing where we hung out. You remember that don’t you?”
“I go and visit it every time I have that nightmare.”
“What nightmare?”
“It’s when you got kidnapped. I had it last night actually.”
“Oh ya. Knowing what those guys were doing to you was scary.”
“How did you get away from them anyway?”
“Escaped. They’re a bunch of chumps.” They finally reached the clearing and Kakashi looked up. The moon was almost full and it shone strait into the small pool under the small edge. “Wow. It hasn’t changed a bit.” She stepped up the hill and sat down, her feet dangling over the edge. “It must be pretty out here.”
“Hmm.” Kakashi silently agreed as he followed her up.
“Why don’t you sit down?”
“Cause I don’t feel like it.”
“Sit!”
“No! I’m not a dog!”
“Bark, bark!”
“Stop it!”
“Not until you sit puppy boy!”
“I could easily leave right now!”
“Then why don’t you!?” Kakashi didn’t answer. Kala was taken aback by his sudden silence. “Come on! Please sit down? You make me feel short.” Kakashi let out a long and loud sigh and finally sat down next to her. There was a long moment of silence as they both looked up at the sky.
“You’re so lucky you can see.” Kala frowned. “The moon and stars must look beautiful tonight.”
“Not as beautiful as you.” Kakashi whispered without thinking. He was completely oblivious to the fact he said it until he looked at Kala who had a look of surprise on her face. “Oh crap did I say that out loud?” Kala just nodded.
“Do I really look pretty? I’ve never seen my face before so I wouldn’t know.”
“Not pretty, beautiful.” Kala turned a bit pink.
“Arigato...Kakashi-kun.” Kakashi was immediately taken aback by her formality. She wasn’t very polite to anyone she knew very well. Not speech wise at least. “Oh...and by the way. Don’t expect me to call you that very often!”
“Don’t worry. I don’t.” Kala let out a small yawn but Kakashi didn’t think anything of it. That is, until she rested her head on his shoulder and she fell asleep. Unfortunately Kakashi didn’t have the guts to wake her up to get her to walk back. So he did the only other way he could think of. He picked her up in his arms.
“Damn it this is so awkward.” He muttered to himself. However he forced himself to admit that he was enjoying every minute of it.
“So did you tell her yet?” Kakashi turned his head to see Iruka walking into the clearing.
“Tell her what?”
“That you love her?”
“I’m not telling her anytime soon so get over it.”
“Fine, I’ll find someway.”
“What does that mean?” Kakashi glared at Iruka.
“Nothing, I’d just get her to bed before you’re arms fall asleep.” Kakashi let out a growl as he walked back carrying her.
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   Kala looked around nervously. She didn’t know where she was or what was going on. All she knew was she wasn’t alone.
“Kakashi?” She swallowed nervously. She knew for a fact she was with him before she feel asleep.
“He’s not going to be able to help you this time.”
“Who are you?” She asked, her voice not the least bit shaken.
“That is none of you’re business. Now hold still.” She heard him charge at her, knife out, ready to kill. Kala tried to move out of the way but she couldn’t go anywhere. Suddenly she felt someone else with her, in front of her. She heard the sound of metal cutting into someone’s body and felt blood splash on her.
“Kala,” she heard Kakashi’s familer voice. “are you okay?”
“Kakashi I’m...Kakashi!” She could tell his heart beat was slowing down. “Kakashi, no!”
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“NOOO!” Kala sat up in a bed, feeling dizzy and sweaty.
“Are you okay?” She heard Kakashi repeat himself.
“Huh? Ya, just a bad dream.”
“That’s what I thought.  Now try and get some sleep.”
“Wait.” She suddenly said. Kakashi stopped moving and looked at her confused.
“Will you uh...stay here? Until I fall asleep?”
“Why?”
“Cause...in the nightmare something bad happened to you. I don’t know, I just feel better when you’re around.”
“And what would you want me to do?”
“I don’t know, talk to me?”
“About what?” He sighed sitting down next to her.
“Why are you wearing that mask?”
“I already told you I can’t tell you.”
“And why don’t you take it off, no one is in here except me and,” She waved her hand in front of her face. “I can’t see worth crap.”
“Why don’t you tell my why you’re so desperate first?”
“I don’t know.” She sighed again. “I guess ‘cause you’ve changed so much since I last saw you.”
“Not too much a hope.”
“Well you’re much more serious than you used to be. And now you have that mask on and what happened to your eye?” The whole time she was making facial expressions and he couldn’t help but laugh. “What?”
“Your face looks hilarious.”
“That still doesn’t tell me what happened.”
“Many things, but to summarize it all...some people disappeared. People I really cared about.”
“Oh...I’m so sorry.”
“It’s not your fault; I don’t even know why you are apologizing.”
“Because I know I was one of those people.” She laid back down on the bed. Kakashi was silent for a while, not knowing how to respond.  “What was it you were going to tell me before those guys showed up?”
“Huh?”
“Well you started saying something and then those guys showed up. What was it?” Kakashi had to think fast if he didn’t want to tell her.
“I...uh...I don’t remember.” He lied. He knew Kala was very good at spotting this but to his relief she didn’t this time.
“Oh...okay.” They were both silent for a long time and finally Kakashi heard a silent snore coming from her open mouth. He got up, careful not to wake her and quietly slipped out the door.
“Good night.” He whispered. ‘I love you.’ He said the last part in his mind, just in case she or anyone else were listening.
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   Tsunade sat on the roof of a building staring into Kala’s window. She watched carefully as she and Kakashi chatted.
“What are you doing all the way out here?” The familiar annoying voice reached her ears.
“I should ask you the same question, Jiraiya.”
“Hey you are usually in bed by this time. And I always hang around here.”
“Hmph...whatever. Just don’t bug me!”
“Why on earth will he not tell her how he feels?”
“And how would you know about that?”
“It is pretty obvious.” Tsunade shrugged.
“You can’t tell anyone you know.”
“I know. But that still doesn’t answer my question.”
“Who knows why. I guess he’s just nervous.”
“Kakashi? Nervous? I didn’t know you could put those two words in a sentence.”
“Everyone has their fears.”
“You should get some sleep.”
“Don’t tell me what to do!”
“I’m not telling you. You always have work to do during the day and it doesn’t help if you’re tired.” Once again Tsunade was taken aback by his different behavior.
“Fine I’m going.” She growled as she jumped of the building.