Kids In The Dark (A Kakashi Love Story) (1st Place in NWA Kakashi 2015)

Bridge part 1

(AGAIN, I HAVE NOT SEEN KAKASHI GAIDEN, SO APOLOGIZES IF ITS NOT SPOT ON, AND THANKS TO Gaara-Panda FOR HELPING ME OUT.)

Meiko stared at the note in her hands, her walking having completely ceased. Her eye darted over the writing multiple times just to double check that it was actually her note.

"Meiko? Are you okay?" Minato asked, causing everyone to stop and look back at her. When Kakashi laid eyes on what was in her hands, they widened. The piece of his hair that landed in between his eyes, under his headband hid it slightly from everyone but Meiko.

She just nodded and looked at Minato. "Yeah, I'm fine." She said with a small smile, the rest of the team nodded and began to walk, Meiko continuing to pull the rear as she stared at the note. She sighed heavily and shoved the note into her pocket, knowing that she was going to have to talk to Kakashi about this.

It couldn't possible be him, could it? The person had said so many sweet things to Meiko over the years, helped her find ways to deal with her anxiety and helped her fight her demon. Kakashi wasn't capable of that, was he? He had became so cold and distant after his fathers death, but the person behind the notes had never faltered with the behavior they typically shared.

Meiko let out a long, aggravated sigh as they walked into a forest, her small feet kicking at a pebble she saw, knocking it into a tree. The pebble bounced off of the tree and it landed somewhere Meiko couldn't pin-point. She glanced at her teammates and began to think about what she could do to be as great as them one day.

Rin was a top edge medical ninja. Everything about her made Meiko want to be her in a sense. She was beautiful, she was smart, she had the attention of boys, she was great at medical ninjutsu, she was just an all around perfect girl, that even if she had a flaw, she wouldn't dare to show it. Part of Meiko was mad that Rin for being so perfect, but the other knew that she had no part of it.

Obito was a knucklehead, but Meiko and him had gotten closer over the years. He and her used to think of different pranks to pull on Kakashi when both of them began to gain the hatred towards him. It was never terrible pranks, but they constantly seemed to piss off Kakashi to the point that he would tell them all of the rules that they had broken. Neither Meiko or Obito cared though, they just enjoyed being assholes to him.

Minato was someone that Meiko looked up to, and wanted to be a lot like him. He was someone who was greatly respected in Konoha, he was a Shinobi of the highest ranks, was greatly feared throughout all of the nations. Meiko wanted to be just as good as him one day.

And then there was Kakashi. Meiko didn't know how she felt about Kakashi anymore. Earlier today, she hated him and his cocky attitude, but now, what if he was the guy she had told all those things about herself to? What if he was the guy she opened up to and completely let her walls fall around over paper? She couldn't hate someone who had been there for them for so long.

An arm was thrown in front of Meiko, causing her to jump slightly. Kakashi's arm was in front of her, a glare on his face as he looked at her. "There's a new chakra ahead. Did you not sense it? A ninja must always be on there toes, Meiko." He said, and Meiko rolled her eyes.

"Actually, there's over twenty chakra's ahead." Minato said, and Kakashi nodded slightly as he moved away from Meiko and up towards a fallen tree.

"Then this will be a good time to try out something special I've been working on." Kakashi said as he activated his Chidori. Everyone around him except Minato gasped slightly and stared at the pieces of lightening that were radiating off of his hands.

"Minato-Sensei, will you cover me?" Kakashi asked as he started to move foreword, but Minato placed his hand on Kakashi's chest as Kakashi had done to Meiko earlier.