Well, since I thought this site is seriously lacking in kakashi x OC stories, I am writing this one.

Fourth shinobi war has reached an end. Everyone returned home, tired, yet relieved and happy.

Team Guy mourned in the corner tea shop, while team ten and eight celebrated with a barbecue party to welcome Asuma and Kurenai's little one.

All the while, team seven waited with bated breath, while no one did any thing about proverbial pink elephant in the room.

They are all waiting for Sasuke's fate to be decided at their leaders & civilian council's hand.

Kakashi ferreted information from old war heroes & jounin, while Sakura snooped on random girl talks between civilian council members. Naruto and Sasuke just kept beating the crap out of each other in some sort of strange manly bonding ritual. Some times the beating extended to konoha twelve as they are called now, including Sai.

Finally, Sakura was the first one to bring in any useful information about Sasuke's trial. It will be a mixed council, where a military jury decided on what's to be his punishment, while a civilian jury decided on limitations to be placed upon him.

The "kids" as Kakashi referred them, left immediately after listening to this information to find out how it all works out. Kakashi, being the wiser one of the group, immediately set out to find who's the investigator for this trial.

It's an unwritten rule with military jury with the right kind of investigator, you can make some one die for stealing a bread, at the same time, it's just as easy to get out with community service for bloody murder. So, he fished and fished and fished for a name.

Kakashi is hungry, tired and annoyed at the same time. Thus, he decided on accepting deal from the devil. He is sure his life will be hell for coming few weeks, but he had no other choice.

Kakashi walked in to Tsunade's office with the air of a defeated man. He eyed the stacks of paper work in detached disgust.

Tsunade looked up from the paper she is looking at, smiled beatifically at him. She looked like she knew exactly what he came here for.

"What crawled up your ass and died, Hatake?" she asked with twinkling eyes.

Kakashi groused in response.

"What can I do for you?" She added in more formal tone.

"I would like to know who's Sasuke's investigator." Kakashi did not beat around the bush.

"You know I can't give that to you." Tsunade said eying him up like a piece of meat for sale or a personal slave, it doesn't matter.

"Let's say I accept an offer to become acting commander, how likely is it for me to come across this file? " Kakashi threw his bait. He fervently hoped Tsunade will bite. Acting commander's not a job to be taken lightly.

Acting commander is a concept Tsunade introduced after the fiasco with Danzo. Every hokage must choose a person to act as Hokage in interim if a misfortune befell Hokage for short while. This person shared duties with Hokage and can perform duties meant for hokage. It went on in that vein ~ summary ? If Tsunade did not feel like doing paper work, she can simply push it on to this acting commander any time with out commander's consent.

Tsunade stared at him calculatingly.

"I am assuming you deliberated this decision in depth? " she asked, almost in a poignant manner. It's not a position to accept in such a offhand manner. In fact, it pricked her that he is accepting something of this magnitude for Uchiha. How ever, she knew Kakashi, he did not make such decisions in haste.

Kakashi nodded in affirmation.

"If you were to accept the offer , you may indeed get clearance to cabinet four in S-ranked intel." she said returning to the paper she is reading before.

Kakashi left through window. This meeting will never be spoken of.

In ten minutes, he requested a formal audience with Hokage, is proclaimed first acting commander of Konoha.

He also found out the name of Sasuke's investigator.

Nanami Umino.

Broken Kunai was bustling with people that night.

A war has ended, if nothing else, it reminded all of aging ninja populace need to re-populate konoha.

There is lots of drinking, bad jokes and cheap perfume around.

Kakashi walked over to the only semi quiet area, where torture and Interrogation usually gathered, scaring away any trespassers with mere glares.

He has information to collect.

He first baited Anko. She's kind of loose with info when she 'assumed' it's for romantic escapades.

"Hey Anko." he said in his usual monotone.

She responded badly. Some thing must not be going well.

"What's up Golden boy ? Or silver boy? " she was mocking him. It's a common jab at Kakashi ~ referrring to his almost hokage job, and illustrious, but not at the peak career.

"I am wondering if a Nanami umino rings any bells? " Kakashi replied in a monotone again. It's no good to sound too interested.

Anko snapped to attention. If that did not ring danger bells, Kakashi did not know what will.

"What's her deal? " Kakashi pressed.

Anko looked around warily. Kakashi put all his effort in looking mildly interested. This is a very strange reaction from Anko. she is usually loose lipped about any female colleague, not because she is a tattler, but because of constant nagging from all Jounins about setting up kakashi with a girl. They – as in kunoichi – readily provided kakashi details about any other lady he inquired about.

He waited patiently.

"why do you want to know about her? " Anko asked just as warily.

That must have been his first cue.

"why are you withholding? " he went for direct approach. His curiosity is growing by minute. What's with this Nanami ?

"She is an ice cold bitch with no morals Kakashi. Stay away from her." Anko warned returning to her drink.

Needless to say, this just piqued Kakashi's interest more. Anko is never ever wary of any other female. Not even Tsunade.

He looked in askance at Kurenai, who is sitting with Anko, who heard entire conversation.

Kurenai nodded her head in acknowledgment.

"She is a chunin hired by T&I some times to deal with ninja's deemed impossible to crack. She never failed an interrogation till now." she replied.

Kakashi's eyes widened. If she is some one with that talented, why did he not hear of her till now?

Kurenai understood his question with out him putting it in words.

"She only works as an ninja available on hire Kakashi. She came in through the refugee program, Ibiki offered her twice, but she rejected. Anko disliked her because she is the only woman to show her up at T & I." - "Save for Ino" she added as an afterthought.

Kakashi Thanked her, ordered his drink.

By this time, Nanami umino became hot topic at their table. The reactions are very surprising and unexpected. It seemed every one around him, save for kakashi knew Nanami in one way or another. By the end of day, all he gathered was, she dated Gai, spurned him in most way ~ Gai surprisingly disagreed on that, but his eyes spoke of the pain.

Her occupation is to marry rich guys and inheriting their fortune, mostly when they are dead. She works for T&I on a contract basis, she is in cahoots with Danzo, or councilors, she is a heartless wench with ulterior motives.

And by the end of this conversation, his curiosity is burning like a bonfire on a fine spring night.

First time Kakashi looked at Nanami Umino, he is tempted to forget all the hearsay he heard about her. She is beautiful. Not in the striking and dazzling sense, but in a calming and endearing way.

She is the kind of person with whom you will spill your darkest secrets. She just radiated comfort, beauty and peace. On the second look, he noted the body language which always stayed at neutral, regardless of happenings around her, the way she always smiled at any one with just the right amount of friendly-ness to disarm them.

He decided to approach her any ways.

Kakashi reached for peanut butter the same time Nanami did, brushing her hand.

He smiled sheepishly at her, letting her take the jar.

"Sorry."

Nanami smiled benevolently in return, putting the jar in her grocery bag, while picking up another and putting it in Kakashi's bag.

"No problem." she responded, as she skipped by him.

Kakashi followed her.

"I am Kakashi Hatake." he thrust his hand at her, hoping against hope that she did not know her.

"I know." Nanami responded, with out taking his hand. She stopped and stared at his hand for a second, before he retracted it in an awkward manner.

"Every one knows you, Sharingan no Kakashi, master of thousand jutsu" she added, turning away from him and continuing on her grocery shopping.

Kakashi fell in step with her.

"you do know it's more of an exaggeration,right?" Kakashi added, while picking up a jar of umeboshi and placing it in her basket. Kakashi prayed to all gods out there she is picking up his act flirting, not as a ninja interested in manipulating her. Girls from interrogation are always too hard to pickup and deceive.

She raised her eyebrows at him.

"I'm sorry. Is there any thing I can help you with? " she asked, looking him straight in the eye.

"May be you can have dinner with me and I can tell you then? " Kakashi looked at her, giving her what his lady friends dubbed as a smoldering look.

Nanami looked at him calculatingly. It's the look of a merchant trying to determine the price he wanted to pay for a meat.

"Sure. Pick a time. " she responded easily.

"Six'o clock, shirokawa's." he replied and shunshined away.

Just as he predicted, she is there at six.

Kakashi joined her at the table.

"Let's not drag this any further, " Nanami said coldly, while sipping from her tea cup. It's not drugged to her surprise.

Kakashi decided to get the point fast.

"I am merely hoping you will look upon my student kindly, " he responded.

Nanami smirked in response.

"Why should I ? " she questioned, while taking a sip from her tea leisurely.

"You tell me." Kakashi responded blandly, while keeping an eye on her. Thank god, she did need some thing from him. He decided his lover boy personna did not cut it as soon as he entered the teashop. She is dressed too formal, too much buisiness like.

He cursed at him self internally for not finding some thing he can use as leverage. Nanami Umino simply did not have any personal information about her available in Konoha grapevine.

"How could I presume I know what great copy ninja wants from me. I am but a lowly chunin." Nanami deflected, while her eyes glittered greedily.

Kakashi decided to go with direct approach at this point. He has too little time, he needs to get this done yesterday, so no beating around bush.

"I came to understand that you will be one of the interrogators for one Sasuke Uhiha's case." he paused waiting for any reaction. There are none.

He continued.

"In case you are unaware, I am his sensei. As such, I am here to implore you to be kind to him, he is a boy with many problems, But he did overcome them and helped us win fourth world war."

Nanami leisurely took another sip from her green tea, while her eyes glittered even more.

A silence ensued.

Kakashi was glad for all his ANBU training, if not for it, he would have surely broken under pressure of this silence.

Nanami replied just as he was about to zone out.

"Why should I? "

Kakashi jolted out of his stupor.

"Excuse me? " He looked at her in a mixture of surprise and anger.

"Why should I look upon him kindly? He is a traitor to village, he did plan at one point to destroy konoha, he did kill Danzo-sama who's declared hokage." Nanami said, while her eyes glittered in an eery manner.

Kakashi knew at that moment she is fishing for a bribe.

"Miss Nanami, I wonder if there's any thing I can say to make you change your perspective." Kakashi said through clenched teeth.

"You see Kakashi san, I am a very fair interrogator. I can promise you, I will bring forth every misdeed Sasuke-kun has ever committed and prove them. He will be punished as befitting a traitor." she said in an caressing lilt, leaning back and putting down her finished teacup.

She waited for a second.

"Surely, you want some one who tarnished konoha's reputation so to receive suitable penance." she added with a mock grin.

At this point, kakashi as absolutely sure that there's some thing she wanted from him. But she is not going to give it easily. So he began parley.

"He is but a misguided child Nanami-san. To describe him a traitor is overkill, don't you think? " he added, while cursing at him self internally for not investigating this Nanami enough.

She is tougher than most girls. Most of them ate from his palm by the time they invited them for dinner, and gave them flowers.

"You see Kakashi-san, that is where you are wrong. We assume just because some one is young, they are not knowledgeable or wise. There are kids out there who are younger than the child you are speaking of, capable of brutal acts worse than him." she replied in all seriousness.

Kakashi decided to take a different approach.

"I wonder what I can do to make Nanami-chan's perspective change?" he asked in a joking manner, while he leaned back in his chair.

Nanami's eyes glittered more. Kakashi's opinion became more firm that she indeed have some thing she needed from him. He could only hope she revealed it in this meeting, did not make him go through hoops to even find out.

"I wonder if there's any thing indeed." she answered, with a twinkle in her eyes.

Inner kakashi restrained him self from releasing his killer intent.

Here's a girl who's open to bribery, on a good day, he just killed this kind regardless of gender. She is actually goading him in to finding more of what she needs.

Thankfully, waiter interrupted at that point. He paid, got out before he can loose his composure. He is starting to understand why Anko hated this girl.

They went in different directions for all the onlookers out there.

Nanami knew something is wrong even before she entered her house. But she entered with out a care any way.

She felt the cool steel on her neck faster than she felt the chakra of assailant.

"What do you want?" Kakashi questioned harshly pressing the blade in to her neck. He can kill her and get a new interrogator, unfortunately, he knew that will reflect badly on Sasuke regardless of how accidental he can make this death look.

"My My! Are'nt we impatient?" Nanami replied in a taunting tone. Kakashi gave her credit that she did not get affected by his killing intent.

He just pressed blade harder to her neck. It cut a thin line on her neck.

"Marry me." she answered in a level tone.

Kakashi was so surprised, he almost lost grip on the kunai. It's only his years of training that saved him.

"I am serious." she added. "I am a heiress, if I do not get married in ten more days, I will loose my trust fund." She elaborated.

Kakashi did not answer, but did not loosen his grip on blade at her neck either.

"That's what councilor yabuno offered me." she tacked on.

Kakashi replied then.

"Fuck you." he growled in to her ear, before knocking her out, leaving her in hall way with her shoes, running before any one can even notice his presence.