Now What Have I Gotten Myself Into? ~Enter Konoha's number one knuckle head

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- "you're still having difficulty sleeping aren't you?" Itachi asked when I had finally awoken from my nap to find I was still on his lap in the tree where we had been talking previously. "Yes, it seems since I cannot sleep I've been pushing myself too far and I wind up sleeping for a week unable to wake up." I reply to him as I rub the sleep from my eyes when we had jumped down onto the ground shrouded in darkness from the night. "You've always been like that only before, you would end up moving next to me so you could sleep." He chuckles probably remembering the first time I had done it and Fishface's reaction when he found me.

I feel as he leans over while we walk ever before his warm breath fans over my ear. " I can always drop by from time to time to help you sleep." Even though his words sounded innocent I found my face reddening to his tone as it gives away his exact meaning." His chuckling to my blushing only further drives his meaning home. Against the desires his suggestion built up within me I find myself reaching back and gently pushing him so he was no longer so close to me. "I think maybe I should figure out what I am going to do about the three of you first before I agree to a tantalizing offer like that."-

Shaking my head I force the memory from my thoughts so I could get my mind back on track. "You.. want me to do what now?" I ask again not sure if I heard him the first time with my little day dream. Kakashi sighs and looks away from me a moment with his shoulders slouched a bit. "You really should focus, Kira." I frown and look from him to the cliff we were standing beside. "So yeah, rock climbing?" I ask him if only to get him to straighten up. His bouts of fake emotion really not phasing me. "Yup. without your chakra." He looks back to me with a smirk wrinkling his mask. Nodding to him I walk up to the cliff. "I get it. It's like my weight training I used to do, it's to hone muscle tone so I don't have to use chakra as much just to over power my enemy."

His hand settles on my shoulder as he comes up next to me. "Yes, you ready? I'll climb with you." Looking up to him I catch his gaze and give him a small smile I really didn't feel. I know rock climbing is dangerous it's why people in my world use ropes and other equipment. It's high and I can fall, handy capping me by saying I can't use my chakra means it will be a lot more difficult. Reaching up I curl my fingers around his hand a moment if only to steady my uneasy thoughts. "Let's do it." I mutter before letting him go and reaching up for a hand hold on the cliff as I find my footing. I can't complain. I'm the one that asked Kakashi to help me with a work out. I've been idle long enough I think I'm about to go insane. Though doing this almost reminds me of when we were still team seven. Him guiding the training while I listen. We're only missing the other members of the team to make it complete. One on one though, I find it also felt different in a way. Except for with Aphrodite before we started letting Sasuke join our sessions or when I would train with Sasuke on my own. I've never really done anything one on one. Even these last few years there were always two people I was training with at one time guiding my training and teaching me.

With Kakashi right now, it's not like he's even able to really teach me anything. He can only run through exercises with me as if we are on equal ground. This thought made me frown as I look down at my feet to find another footing as I continue to climb. *- "Are you sure about that Kira?" Kakashi had asked me when I found him at his place. He had just been setting in his room reading a book. To me I thought he would be happy to get out of the house and move around but, he didn't seem to be all that interested. "I've thought about it and made my decision. But, if you don't want to I understand." I answered him as I felt myself cross my arms just beneath my breasts. "You do realize you are stronger than I am. There isn't anything I could teach you." He groaned raising his hand up to the back of his head and ruffling his silver hair. I found myself shrugging. "I'm not asking you to teach me, Kakashi. I was just asking if you wanted to train with me. You know, one on one. And you get to choose what we do." This time his eye widens and I very nearly smirk. He does look rather different without his forehead protector or his bulky vest. He's even wearing a sleeveless tight form fitting shirt instead of his loose long sleeve one. His mask was still in place but it was a black one instead of his usual navy blue. "Alright, wait here." He muttered as he walked away towards his room. I couldn't help but watch him as he goes. My eyes moving over his well defined muscles both beneath his tight shirt and unhindered by clothing. Just from the time we fell asleep on my bed, I knew his muscles were hard without an ounce of give to them. But to actually see them in person was a first for me.-*