Freefall (Kakashi HatakeXOC Part1)

A Big Step

"Man, you sure got taller," I comment as Naruto hugs me. I returned the embrace, he's grown so much during the three years he's been away. He used to be much shorter than me, now he's just about my height, if not an inch or two taller. Naruto laughs as he steps back some, then replies,

"Yeah, I'm not that immature little kid anymore. After training with Pervy Sage, I've learned tons of new things."

I gave him a look up and down, he seems so much more mature now. Other than being taller, his features have changes somewhat too, he looks even more like Minato now. I noticed his voice has changed as well, it's kind of deeper.

"I bet, that old mans' an excellent teacher," I replied,

"I just hope you haven't picked up any of his perverted quirks along the way."

Naruto suddenly perks up and says excitedly,

"Hey! That reminds me, I also improved one of my jutsus!"

He forms a hand sign, and a cloud of smoke poofed up around the blonde. As it clears, I felt my face get warm. Naruto had transformed into a girl, and was performing a harem jutsu. There was a few clones of him, two of them leaned against me and the others crowded around me, almost to the point of where it was suffocating. As if Naruto being a girl wasn't bad enough, they were all naked; the only cover they had being the smoke that was already quickly dissipating.

"Naruto...please," I sighed,

"Change back, this is embarrassing."

The one in front of me, I'll be damned if it was actually him and not a clone, pouts and says,

"Fine, but only because I want to save this jutsu for when I really need it."

Another cloud of smoke poofed up, and cleared away a few moments after to reveal Naruto back to normal. I heaved a sigh of relief, I'm glad no one else was around to see that. We were actually out on Team Sevens' training field, I had come out here for some fresh air, and Naruto seemed to show up out of nowhere. He said it was because he had just got back with Jiraiya, but he didn't know where the old pervert went off to. So he wanted to come here for a while before heading in to the village, and that's how we got up to this point in time. Naruto was a day later than I expected him to return, but it's not that big of a deal.

"Hey, Keira-Sensei, would you mind coming with me to see Granny Tsunade?" Naruto questions.

I wasn't going to say no to him, I just wouldn't be able to. So, I replied,

"Yeah, why not? It's not like I've got anything better to do."

~

We had gone to see Tsunade right after our chat on the training field, it seemed like the Hokage was happy to see Naruto. Kakashi had shown up as well, but he was outside the window; heaven forbid he actually use a door. Naruto gave Kakashi one of the books from the Make-Out series, and he almost flipped. He's so obsessed with the books, he left almost right after to go read it. But not before Tsunade told us that there was no longer a Team Seven, now we would work together as one unit. We were going to be called Team Kakashi, I don't particularly agree with the name, but I won't go against what the Hokage says. I don't feel like being tossed around like a rag doll anytime soon.

The fact that Team Seven was no longer official made me kind of sad, they were the first Genin I actually enjoyed training; and our first group that didn't get sent back to the academy. I'm sure Kakashi feels the same way, he's just less vocal about it. I know he liked training the three of them, I could see it in the way he acted around them.

I wish I could have done something to help Naruto when Sasuke left three years ago, I wasn't even in the village when the Uchiha and he fought with one another. Kakashi was the one that told me about it, the two were fighting in the Final Valley; I heard Sasuke had almost killed Naruto. I still can't believe it happened though, the two of them were good friends; even if they didn't like saying it.

~

I've been thinking about Kakashi and I, and what our relationship has been like over the time we've been together. We've relied on each other for so much, it makes me wonder why he chose to love someone like me. He used to hate me when we were kids, and I hated him right back. I'm not going to bother thinking it's because opposite people are attracted to each other, I don't believe in that sort of thing. I still can't figure it out, it's something that's plagued my mind for years. Kakashi's told me that I should just stop thinking about that sort of thing, and I should just focus on the here and now. But I still wonder about it from time to time, it's one of those thoughts I can't help ponder about.

Why did he choose to stay with someone like me?

~

I curled up on our bed as Kakashi settles down next to me, he pulls the blanket over me; just enough to where it was at my shoulders. I looked up at him, he had his mask pulled down, and his hair was ruffled up on his head. I think it was still like that from earlier, we had been playing with Ozzy, and he had jumped up onto Kakashi. The feline ended up trying to climb onto Kakashi's head, but the Jounin swiftly stopped him from doing so.

A yawn passed my lips, he asks,

"You're tired already?"

I shook my head and laid my head back on my pillow,

"Not all that much, I've got a lot on my mind that's keeping me up."

Kakashi seemed interested at my words, because he then asks,

"What's bothering you?"

I hesitated, I don't know if I should tell him or not. What I've been thinking about would be another big change in our lives, and I can't tell if he would be ready for more change. These thoughts have been in the back of my mind for almost a year now, but I haven't paid them much mind until now.

"Well,"

I started off quietly, I pushed myself into a sitting position and looked down at my hands,

"I was thinking...maybe we...could try again."

I looked over at him,

"I think I want to try and have another baby."