Freefall (Kakashi HatakeXOC Part1)

The Name

Kakashi and the others had returned from their mission a few days after he told me about it, apparently the masked man who called himself Madara Uchiha was waging a war against the great nations over the tailed beasts. Tsunade had woken up as well, which meant Kakashi wouldn't have to be nominated for Hokage since she was able to perform her duties again. The village is also looking better every day, pretty soon it'll be back to the way it was.

I was currently lying on my side in our temporary home, I had been feeling uneasy and kind of sick since yesterday, so Kakashi was making me lie down until I was feeling better. He was actually over in the small kitchen, making soup or something. I honestly forgot what he said he was doing, but an intoxicating scent was wafting over to where I was. It almost made me want to get up and see what he was making, but I decided against it. I wasn't feeling the whole moving thing right now.

I raised my head a bit as I hear footsteps on the wooden floor, it was Kakashi and he had a bowl in hand. He sets the bowl on the nightstand and helps me sit up after, he then sits in front of me and asks,

"How are you feeling?"

"A bit better," I reply with a small smile,

"Don't worry, I'm okay."

He was about to say something else, but stops short as I can't stop a gasp from passing my lips. There was...an odd feeling, in my stomach; it was something I haven't felt before.

"What's the matter?" he asks, a concerned tone to his voice.

I shake my head and remain silent for a moment, before I realized what that feeling was. That smile that was on my face only grows as my expression softens, and I reply quietly,

"The baby...he was kicking."

"Really?" he asks in surprise,

"It doesn't hurt, does it?"

I take his hand in mine while saying,

"No, not at all."

I place both our hands on my stomach, there wasn't anything for a few moments, but then I felt it again. That soft, subtle, kicking from our son. Kakashi only stares at our hands, he didn't really need to say anything right now. We were sharing the same feelings, the same emotions. We were connected on such a deep level, that most of the time we didn't need to say anything to one another to understand how the other was feeling.

"Kakashi..." I say after a moment,

"He must be just as excited as we are to meet each other."

I look up at him, and it was then I saw he had his left eye open; it wasn't something he normally did, even if I asked him to. He always kept his left eye closed around me, so I couldn't but stare in awe at it. Kakashi catches my gaze after a few more moments, then closes that eye.

"I was thinking the same thing," he replies, his hand still in the same spot,

"He must be excited to meet his mother."

"And his father," I add,

"You can't leave yourself out."

I felt the baby kicking again, causing another silence to hang between us. Kakashi pulls his hand back and I ask,

"Do you think we should name him now, or wait until he's born?"

The silver haired Jounin only shifts his gaze back to my swollen belly, then replies after a moment,

"If you have a name picked out, I don't see the harm in naming him now."

I felt kind of thrilled that this was going to be the moment we named our son, I had a few names already picked out; but there's one specific one I was fond of and really wanted to use. The only problem was how Kakashi would like it, the name had a deeper meaning to us both; so I couldn't predict how he would react to me telling him about it.

"Well..." I started off,

"I do have a few names in mind, but there's one I want to use more than the others. I was thinking we could name him...Obito, after our friend."

Kakashi was silent, I knew I had definitely surprised him by that name. I lowered my head a bit, I was sure he was going to refuse my suggestion. Yet I was surprised by him saying,

"Yeah, that's perfect for him."

I raised my head to look at him and ask,

"Really? You're not...upset, or anything that I picked that name?"

It was his turn to shake his head now as he replies,

"Of course not, you did say you wanted him to be named something he could be proud of. I couldn't think of a better name myself, honestly."

I shifted my position from my slouching one, I leaned forward and hugged him. I pressed my face against his neck so he couldn't see the tears that were forming in my eyes, I didn't want to cry, I really didn't. Other than him hating it, I hated it as well. It wasn't really good for my image with all the crying I've done lately.

He wraps his arms around my smaller frame carefully and let his head rest on top of mine, this moment was perfect to me. We had gotten to feel our baby kick for the first time together, and we even named him. The only things we had left to do before our son arrived were find a proper home, and set up another nursery for him. Other than those two things, I couldn't think of anything else that needed to be done. The new nursery would take time to set up, and I can already bet Kakashi won't let me do anything to help with it because by the time we get a new home, it'll be just about time for the baby to arrive.

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It had been about another month since Kakashi and I named our son, but it also meant the Fourth Great Ninja war was only drawing closer. I was eight months along now, which was only causing me worry.

What if Kakashi was gone when the baby came?

I didn't want to think about that, especially not right now. Everyone was already under so much stress from the upcoming war, I don't think that he wants something else to fret over. Even if the baby did come when he was gone, there wouldn't be anything I'd be able to do about it, I'd prefer if he came before Kakashi and the others had to leave; but I knew there's nothing I can do about that either. The most I can do though, is wait until I'm full term. That way, if Amaya deems the baby and my body ready, I could have him then. It would still be a little over month before that, however.

One of the good things that has happened lately, was that we finally got a new place to live, a proper home for our family. It was similar to our old apartment, only being a bit bigger. Yamato had used his wood style to build it for us, instead of an apartment this time, we got a nice house. It was located closer to the Hokage mountain than our last place was, I didn't mind though. This place had a master bedroom, two smaller bedrooms, a pretty big kitchen, and two bathrooms. I honestly thought it was a bit much at first, but Kakashi had convinced me otherwise. He said we would need the space with our son running around when he's older.

I was actually arranging a few things around our bedroom before Kakashi came back, I didn't catch where he said he was going. Actually, I don't think he even did tell me where he was going, just that he wouldn't be gone long. I finished straightening out the blanket on the bed as I heard the front door open, then close. It must be him now, I left the bedroom and went out to the main room. I saw that it was, in fact, Kakashi. Only, he had someone else with him. Someone I thought I wouldn't see again.

"Ozzy!" I say excitedly as I go over to him and take the fuzzball from him, I hugged him close to my chest. The feline purrs and rubs his cheek against mine,

"Where'd you find him?"

"He was down wandering the streets, didn't you look for him when the village was first being rebuilt?"

I shake my head and reply,

"No, I didn't have to chance to. I was with you the whole time."

Ozzy meows and shifts in my arms, he turns his head towards Kakashi and meows again,

"It looks like he wants you to hold him now."

I pass him off to a reluctant Kakashi, I couldn't help but laugh as he presses his paws against Kakashi's chest and leans up to lick at the visible part of his face. He then takes the cat and sets him on the floor, but the feline only rubs up against his legs while still purring. Kakashi sighs quietly and says,

"I guess bringing him back to you made him like me now."