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Summary: Kakashi tries to save a past ally from and unknown and dangerous kunoichi determined to use all her skills to get what she needs. Only problem is, it turns out that kunoichi was Hinata and Kakashi just blew her mission... but if that's all, why then are they so shocked to discover each others true identities.

A/N: Ok, first of all, the name will make sense later on, and this fic likely will travel to M rating territory. I'm still working on all my other fics, so this one will take a while to finish. I want to say that this plot bunny was inspired by Jaggarte x's lessons in love, just the first scene however. Basically I was reading and i though how funny it would be if while Hinata was "at work" Kakashi just happened to over see it, and it just grew from there. However, in an attempt to do something a little different, I've started this story at, well the end, and dealing with the big reveal first and then go backwards. hopfully it will all make sense by the time I'm done.

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Sometimes Fantasies come True

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As Kakashi slowly explained, Lady Tsunade's expression slowly turned from annoyed consternation to a gradual display of mirth. Unable to hide her grin any longer, the woman sent Shizune from the room to fetch some other team and began to chuckle lowly at the confused Jounin. He had just returned from a successful mission with nothing out of the ordinary to make note of, however on his way back, he couldn't help but find himself in a small yet inspiring adventure for the honor of the leaf that delayed him a little over a day. Why this would cause such a reaction, he wasn't sure, but it couldn't be good.

Kakashi frowned, taking in the woman's grin as he continued his report. "And so, after a number of hours, I let the kunoichi go. Kisho would've been able to make a successful escape by then, he is not completely helpless on his own, so I didn't see it necessary to eliminate her. She really was an amateur and not much of a threat when face with an actual shinobi. Must've been a Chunnin at most."

Tsunade coughed while suspiciously holding her hand over her mouth. "Oh, I understand Kakashi. And, uh, thank you for taking such initiative in protecting a friend to Konoha."

"It was no problem. Kisho has been an aid to me in the past," the man answered, wearily looking at his Hokage. She was finding his recount just a little far too amusing and a feeling of unease was beginning to set on the man.

There was no way after all, that she could know the exact circumstances of his little detour, and if she did, she certainly wouldn't be laughing. Screaming that such activities weren't tolerated of Konoha shinobi, yes. Yelling that she doesn't care how profound Jiraiya's writing is, leaf missions should never imitate art, especially that art, yes, he could see her doing that too. But laughing?

The man shuddered as the doors to the office were pushed open. A smiling Shizune entered. "Lady Tsunade," the woman spoke cheerfully. "Team eight is here to see you, as you requested."

"Excellent," Tsunade answered, giving Kakashi a devilish grin. "Send them in."

Kakashi frowned as he watched the three former Genin entered the office, looking just as confused as he was. At least they didn't seem to be in on it, what ever it was. Clearly, this was not a good sign.

"Kiba Inuzuka, Shino Aberame, Hinata Hyuuga," the woman barked out, causing them all to stiffen and stand at attention before their leader. "I've asked you here to discuss your latest mission failure."

All three shrunk back at the reminder of their last blunder, Hinata especially took on a rather strong shade of red, remembering her pivotal role in the disaster, while Kiba and Shino flanked her sides in support. Kakashi watched, trying hard to refrain from smirking at their plight but he was still perplexed as to what this had to do with him.

"As I understand it, Hinata," the woman began, jabbing a finger in the young girl's direction. "It was your responsibility to corner and successfully question the target." The timid kunoichi slowly nodded her head with slumped shoulders and down turned eyes. It was obvious that that brunt of the failure rested upon her shoulders and she knew it.

"Normally such an incident would be written on your record." The girl opened her mouth to speak but was cut off as the Hokage continued on. "However, I have just received-" She then took a moment to smirk. "A few more pieces to the puzzles-" Kakashi frowned, a feeling of dread slowly building in his stomach. "Thanks to Kakashi here."

They all looked on, team eight frowning and confused, Kakashi's mouth slowly dropping and if it were possible to see, his skin turning a deathly pale of white. Oh… no…

"It seems that when you said an unknown shinobi had interfered with what should have been a successful mission to make contact with and protect a past ally of Konoha, it was actually Kakashi here that stumbled in and decided to take matters into his own han-"

The Hokage's words were cut short as a loud gasp made its way from the young Hyuuga girl. Her teammates turned at the sound, only to watch as all the blood fled from the girl's face and her quick, gasping breaths suddenly came to a halt.

"Whoa there," Kiba called, dashing behind her to catch as she fell in a dead faint. Shino scowled down and then turned his attention to the Jounin standing awkwardly, red faced on the other side of the room. He too looked shocked, but quickly schooled his few visible features when he caught himself under both the Aberame's and the Hokage's scrutiny.

"Eh, I guess that was a bit of a shock for her," he commented lamely while rubbing the back of his neck and staring at the girl. All he could think of was, wow.

"Hinata rarely faints these days," Shino answered levelly, though the mild accusation was hard for any present to miss. "With the exception of being around Naruto Uzumaki that is."

Kakashi just shrugged, slumping back into his normal apathetic demeanor. He needed to tip toe around this very carefully. Tsunade gave him a quizzical brow. It was not every day that someone caught the famous copy ninja off guard, even less so when he was actually embarrassed by it.

Hinata slowly blinked her eyes open, just barely being able to see the hazy colours of the Hokage's office and her teammates looking down with concern. Had she really fainted? And in the Hokage's office no less? Why…

Her eyes drifted farther down to see their year's third Jounin instructor staring back at her. He raised his hand in a simple wave. "Yo."

Kiba shot the man a furious scowl while shaking Hinata to keep her awake. The girl looked ready to feint once more at just that simple little gesture. "What the hell? I'm confused, what's going on?"

"Well," Tsunade answered, still not entirely sure herself. "It seems that when Hinata said that her plan to corner Kisho failed, do to an imposter taking his place in order to allow him to give him the slip, it was actually Kakashi here, thinking you may have been one of the ones out to assassinate him, and used an advanced henge to fool you for a time."

"I see," Shino answered. Kiba continued to scowl as he helped Hinata back to her feet. The girl refused to raise her eyes from the floor.

"So, as it was our own that sabotaged your mission, and not exactly just any shinobi at that, I'm willing you give your team a by in this particular case, and not have it reported on you permanent record."

Kiba let out a derisive snort. "Well, I guess that explains why Hinata's so embarrassed." He looked at the girl who was still doing anything but look at anyone in the room, and tried to give her a reassuring smile. "Must suck getting one upped by your own ally but hey, think of it this way; at least it was Kakashi sensei. There's no shame losing to him, right?"

A painful keening noise escaped the girl's lips. At seeing her friends growing concern, Hinata was then able to reach the Hokage's eyes. "Lady Tsunade," she said quietly. "Would it be too much to ask for your permission to leave? I'm afraid I'm not feeling well."

Tsunade smiled sympathetically at the girl before her. "Of course, you are all dismissed for now. Kakashi, stay a moment."

The group nodded before quickly dispersing from the office.

"Hey Hinata," Kiba called, catching up the girl walking at a fast pace to get as far away from that room as possible. "What was all that about anyways? It's not like you to get that unnerved."

"I- it's nothing," she answered quickly, refusing to face her two teammates. "P-please excuse me; I need to use the woman's room."

The two watch with mild concern and she ducked quickly into washroom without a second glance.

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With one last choking retch, Hinata spat the remaining bile into the toilette before resting her head against the cool porcelain surface. If only she could stay hidden in there for the remainder of the day. But no, she knew that sooner or later she would have to face him. But what would she say? What would he say? Would he even care? He must, he was looking just as unsettled as she, for a brief moment at least. At least she thought he did, but it was always so hard to tell…

Another wave of nausea swept over her. Clenching the base in a fierce grip, Hinata coughed violently only to find there was nothing left. Another few minutes passed and feeling as though now was as good as ever, the girl, if only by sheer will power, pushed her self from the stall and walked up to the sink. Turning the tab to cold, Hinata's head ducked. The feeling of refreshing cold liquid washing out her mouth made her feeling infinitely better and after splashing more over her face and the back of her neck, she felt almost as though she were ready to face the world again. Well, face most of it. There was still a certain someone she wasn't so sure she could face ever again.

"Yo."

Hinata squeaked and then reeled back from the mirror only to bump into the man that had suddenly appeared in her reflection. Kakashi's hands easily came up to steady the girl as she stumbled into him, and then dropped back to his side just as quickly. Hinata turned to stare, her mouth agape and her eyes wide.

"I- this- this is the girl's washroom," she said, blatantly staring at the now seemingly indifferent man before her.

He gave her a simple shrug. "Is it?"

"Yes!' she squeaked in a much higher voice. Panic coursing through every vein of her body. This was too soon; she was not ready for this yet!

"Huh, well I guess that explains the weird looking urinals. I always wondered how you did it."

Hinata's face only grew redder. "Those are sinks, sensei."

The man's eye seemed to widen. "Well so they are."

"What are you doing in here?" she asked, only to clamp her mouth shut a moment later. No, that was exactly not what she wanted to know right now, but…

"Well, to be honest, I have recently found myself in an odd situation, and I think you have to. It would probably be best if we just sorted this out now, before it becomes, a…" He shrugged. "Thing. Mind you, the whole puking bit really does wonders for a man's ego."

Hinata stared, not really sure what to make of that. How could he simply call what had happened, a thing, of all things? It was… it was… well to be honest it was one of the most exhilarating, not to mention empowering nights of her life. It was amazing, yet frightening. Rebellious, yet shameful. If Kiba or Shino had any idea…

The girl blushed feeling the queasiness return to her stomach. It was humiliating and degrading and something she never wanted anyone to know about. But it didn't matter what it was at that time, because the point was now it wasn't just some unknown stranger, it was Kakashi sensei, one of the most powerful Jounin in Konoha and Naruto and team seven's sensei. Now everything was different. Now she wasn't just embarrassed, now she was in deep shit.

"You're not going to tell, are you?" she asked, backing up a step. This was… this was far too close for her. He was so much taller, so much more intimidating now that he was standing right before her.

"Tell what?" he asked with deliberate ease. "That instead of putting all your effort into completing a hopeless mission, you instead…" He made an odd hand gesture, letting his voice trailed off vaguely. She was then relieved to see him take a small step back from her. Hinata took a deep breath, attempting to gain control over her nerves.

"I'll admit," he continued on. "This was a bit of a shock for me too. You're not really… well, anyways, Lady Tsunade's already knows something's up."

"I- I'm, sorry," Hinata stuttered, still at a complete loss as to what to do in this situation.

Again he shrugged. "I just told her you were embarrassed because I really chewed you out during the mission."

Hinata's face flushed. Did he just…

"To which she said in the future she hoped I wouldn't be quite so loose tongued when demoralizing Konoha shinobi, not that I knew you were from Konoha of course."

Hinata's mouth dropped. The man had to be aware that…

"But over all, a very accurate description, if I do say so myself." He grinned. "I have to admit, you really are a surprising girl, Hinata."

The indignation she felt doubled ten fold. Oh god, what would the Hokage say? What would her team, or Kurenai, or her father? No one could know, absolutely no one. Tears began to prick at her eyes. How could she ever live this down? "Don't tell anyone," she whispered. It was not longer a question but a plea.

The man took a moment to survey her, pausing to check his mirth. "I promise not to tell anyone," he told her seriously, then allowed his eye to crinkle mischievously while his hand moved to his back pocket. "Besides, if I did, then I might be forced to give these back." He then removed his hand to hold up a pair of red, lacy underwear before the young girl.

"Those, those are-" Hinata could barely believe what she was seeing. Those were her underwear! And he… he…

Kakashi brought them up to his masked covered face and inhaled. "Mm," he couldn't resist from saying as Hinata's face underwent a collage of expression, all the way from complete horror to undisguised curiosity.

"Mine," she finished at last, still in a state of complete disbelief. "Give them back."

Kakashi chuckled. "And give up my prize? Do you know how hard I had to work for these? Well actually, I suppose you do."

Hinata's mouth dropped. There were no words, just no words for the girl to say to this man. He was a Jounin, one of her friend's sensei's, famous and envied throughout Konoha, and he was… stealing her panties?

"That's just- you're a pervert," Hinata answered, feeling her anger rise for the first time since entering the washroom.

"Hmm? I wonder what that makes you?"

Feeling her face flush once more, Hinata chose to ignore the bait. Clenching her fists, she did the best to stare levelly at him. "Give them back."

Kakashi cocked his head to the side as though thinking something over. "Well… you know where I live. If you want them, I suppose you'll have to come and get them."

Hinata's breath caught in her throat. That really wasn't what she expected to hear. Of all the things, was that a proposition? Was he propositioning her? It certainly seemed... Or maybe he didn't realize how exactly that sounded? Hinata thought back to his previous comments. No, he definitely must know what he was implying there, but the question still lingered in her mind, why?

"Have a good night, Hinata," he called before disappearing into a haze of smoke.

But I don't understand.

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A/N: Ok, i fully admit Kakashi seems a bit ooc in the end there, mainly because he's being so forward, (i'm not a fan of overly perverted/sex god kakashi fics, that just not how i see him) i hope that writing this backwards doesn't take anything away from the story and that once you see the lead up, it will all make sense. that is my hope anyways. i just knew if i started writing this the normal way, it simply would just never get done and remain a rampant plot bunny with no home.

Anyways, let me know what you think, and if this has potential or interest. i love constructive criticism and all that other good stuff, so bring it on.

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