A ninja must see underneath the underneath

Chapter 13 - Onwards to The Land of Earth!

When Kakashi awoke the following morning, he was intertwined in a tight embrace with Naruto. He breathed in the blond's amazing smell which instantly made him feel happy and relaxed. He closed his eyes as he absentmindedly caressed Naruto's hand. Soon enough, Naruto awoke as well. He stretched his limbs like a cat and tried to blink away the sleep from his eyes. "Gmorning Kakasensei..." he muttered sleepily closing his eyes again.

Kakashi snickered. "You know you're allowed to just call me Kakashi now right? Me being your boyfriend and all." Kakashi replied while pulling Naruto in for a hug.

The young man blushed. "Boyfriend huh? I kinda like the sound of that." Naruto said with a wide grin as he turned around to give the older shinobi a kiss.

"I thought you would," Kakashi replied with a little smile.

"And I'm really really starting to like sharing a tent with you," Naruto added gleefully.

"You little pervert. I bet you ripped your own tent on purpose huh?" Kakashi teased the bond.

Naruto chuckled. "So you finally figured that out huh?"

"Learn to lie better Naruto, you're supposed to be a shinobi you know." Kakashi fake-scolded him.

"Hai senseiiii." Naruto rebuked with a laugh.

"I love hearing him laugh." Kakashi thought within himself as he leaned in for another kiss.

A few hours later, both shinobi had packed up their belongings and were ready to continue their journey. There wasn't a real road ahead of them, but Kakashi knew they needed to keep on heading north until the dried-up sandy road beneath their feed changed to a darker more red color. The sign of soil that carried clay. 

The Land Of Earth would be an unforgiving environment as well, made up out of huge mountains, deep canyons, and rocks everywhere. Kakashi had seen the houses in which the people of Iwa lived. Their homes were carved out of the rocky walls surrounding the city like a huge natural barrier, keeping the civilians safe from harm. Except for the occasional falling rock perhaps. The houses and homes in Konoha were made up out of wood, seeing how Konoha was surrounded by nature and thick forests. Both Naruto and Kakashi loved and missed those forests now.

As Naruto was walking a few steps behind Kakashi, he found himself mesmerized by the way the wind played with Kakashi's hair. Kakashi on the other hand was reading one of his Icha Icha novels. "Such a strange color." Naruto mused. "Not light gray like Pervy Sage's... but really more like a silver color. It's crazy how well it suits him. It does make him look older than he is though. But it also makes him look really cool." Naruto grinned. "And it feels a bit like wire. It's tough as if it's his lightning nature that shocked it and it stayed that way. I like how it stays crooked, even with the wind..." Naruto's eye grew wide.

"THE WIND!" He suddenly yelled out to no one in particular.

The sudden noise startled Kakashi as he almost tripped and dropped his book. "NARUTO! Do you remember what I told you about traveling inconspicuously!" Kakashi yelled distressed.

"Hai-Hai, sorry Kakashi-sensei, but I was thinking about... the wind ..." He added a bit too slow. "Anyway, don't you remember? You said we would try and find out if I had any other chakra nature affinities?" Naruto beamed.

"Of course I remember Naruto, but last time when I wanted to..."

"So let's find out!" Naruto yelled enthusiastically interrupting Kakashi. 

The silver-haired shinobi sighed. "Fine, fine Come here." He said while rummaging around in his backpack. He pulled out five little slips of chakra paper. "You remember these?" Kakashi asked the teen.