Absolved.

Date Night.

[Song: It's You - Ali Gatie]

Kakashi had been knocking.. Well banging now, on Kairi's apartment door for well over ten minutes before she finally came to answer it. She was rubbing her temples as if her head hurt, and she looked rough, like she'd just rolled out of bed but she was still wearing the clothes she'd picked Naruto up in yesterday.

"Kairi, are you alright?!" He asked, gazing past her into her apartment for any sign of struggle.

"I'm fine." She murmured softly. "I was just napping."

He raised both his eyebrows, napping? For a whole day? "Are you sure you're alright?"

"Mhmm." She looked up at him now, her indigo eyes filled with some secret emotion. "Why, what's wrong? Is Naruto okay?"

"He's fine.."

"Wait how did you get out of the hospital?"

"Tsunade gave me the go ahead, Kairi what happened to you yesterday?"

"Yesterday?" She asked, tilting her head and narrowing her eyes as if she was trying to think through it.

Naruto had come back, saying that Kairi and Sai had gone to talk and that only Sai had returned, ruining his alone time with Sakura. When Kakashi had asked Asuma about her when he'd stopped by, he hadn't seen her either. It was an understatement to say that he'd become worried, with what she'd been saying about learning that new Jutsu, and with Sai being one of Danzo's subordinates.

"I must have overslept, I got really upset when I asked Sai about Hex.."

She was lying to him, he didn't need his sharingan to see it. He resisted the urge to pry into it more, and instead gave her a lazy smile. He'd been training all day with Tenzo and Naruto, thinking about the plans he had for tonight. "I came by to ask if you wanted to go get dinner?"

"Well, I'd need to get changed quickly.. I should probably grab some nicer close for Naruto so he doesn't stick out.." She started muttering, making her way back into her apartment.

Kakashi laughed nervously, following her inside the door. "Naruto is headed out on a mission."

"Captain Yamato is still filling in?" She asked, and then turned to him with suspicious eyes. "Wait, Kakashi why are you being weird?"

He scratched at the back of his head in nervous habit "Weird?"

"Where is your vest?"

She'd noticed his new clothes, and he tried to search her face to see if she liked them or not. They were pretty casual, his masked undershirt, a white t shirt and some dark pants. "Uh.. I was thinking that just the two of us could go to dinner?"

"Like a date?" She asked, those amazing dual colored blue-purple eyes going wide.

"Well..." He said softly, and then took a deep breath and stood up straight. "Yes, Kairi, would you go on a date with me?"

The smile that lit up her face could easily rank among the top five most beautiful things he'd seen in his life. "I would love to."

He smiled and let her go get ready while he occupied himself cleaning up the kitchen. He knew exactly who had made the mess due to the milk cartons and ramen cups piled up on the counters.

"Is this okay?" Her voice came from behind him.

When he turned around he couldn't speak. Kairi had her hair down, a pretty rare sight on its own.. But she was wearing a black and white flower patterned Kimono that came down mid thigh with a bright red belt wrapped around it and tied into a bow in the back.