Disclaimer: I'm not cool enough to own Naruto. For now, I only own Nao.

Warning: Fluff.

Beta: Kalafina94

Beta: silverseed

LOOK AT THE ARC. THIS CHAPTER IS P-T-S (PRE-TIME-SKIP).

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Third Person POV Omniscient.

"Hey don't you want to see it?"

Nao was fiddling with the strap on her goggles when she glanced up to find Naruto giving her and Sasuke a narrow-eyed sly look. Sasuke had an unimpressed expression, raising a single eyebrow in question.

"What are you talking about?" Sasuke finally asked.

"You know what I'm talking about," Naruto said, his grin becoming more feral. "Kakashi-sensei's. real face!"

"Hn, how stupid," Sasuke scoffed, turning away.

Nao frowned at Naruto, shifting anxiously. "Kakashi-sensei wouldn't want us to see his face. He always wears his mask. I don't think he'd show us if we asked."

Naruto rolled his eyes. "Then we won't ask."

Sasuke gave Naruto an annoyed look. "Whatever. I'm going home."

Sasuke turned and walked away, his hands shoved in his pockets. Naruto continued to give Sasuke that sly look. In a quiet voice, he said, "Maybe he has lips like a cod?"

The Uchiha boy faltered in his footsteps, straightening his back in attention as he considered this. Nao's eyes widened, and she had to cover her mouth with her hands to suppress her giggle.

Naruto snickered. another push. "Or maybe buckteeth?"

A shudder went through Sasuke.

Oh, boy, Nao thought. Kakashi isn't going to like this.

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"This is rare," Kakashi said, eyeing the trio.

"It's not that rare, Kakashi-sensei," Nao said softly, fiddling nervously. "I treat you to breakfast all the time after the stone."

Kakashi's only visible eye curved up into an upside down U. "That's right, Mini-Me."

Nao's face took on a reddish hue at the reminder. In an attempt to persuade Lee to leave her alone, she had convinced the boy that she was Kakashi's star apprentice. She even went so far as to start dressing like him. The only difference being that she lacked a flack of her own to complete the look.

But her plan worked. Now Lee was off in pursuit of another girl, choosing instead to deem Nao as his Eternal Rival.

Which was fine with her.

"Come on, Kakashi-sensei," Naruto said, "we're just, uh, celebrating your release from the hospital. Now go on ahead and eat up!"

"Alright. Then I'll eat without hesitation," Kakashi declared, staring down at the ramen bowl.

Almost in slow motion, Kakashi grabbed a pair of chopsticks, splitting them apart. His three students watched him anxiously. He gripped the upper-most part of his mask, slowly starting to pull it down—

"Ah! Sasuke-kun, what a coincidence!" Ino squealed as she, Shikamaru and Chōji appeared right in between Team 7 and Kakashi.

"Sis!" Nao shrieked, "Move!"

"Aw, man!" Naruto cried. "I can't see squat!"

"I'm finished. That was good," Kakashi sighed. And Ino's team finally pulled away. Ino pouted and glomped her sister, squashing her sister's head against her chest.

"Nao-chan, no need to be so rude to your favorite sister," Ino pouted.

"Sorry, sis," Nao mumbled. "Your boobs are suffocating me."

Naruto sighed. "So fast. wait. what?"

Everyone glanced up to find Teuchi and Ayame staring at Kakashi, both blushing brightly. Ayame had hearts in her eyes. It would seem the duo had seen Kakashi's real face.

"Now I'm really curious," Team 7 muttered in perfect synch.

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"Now I'm really pumped! I'm not going to allow myself to be denied this," Naruto shouted.

Sasuke sighed. "We'll have to tail him. He'll eventually take his mask off."

"Um. I don't think that would work," Nao said hesitantly. "Kakashi-sensei is really good, um."

Naruto's eyes had a fiery light to them. "All the more reason to try! I'm going to be the next Hokage, you know, and if I can't do this, I don't deserve to be!"

Sasuke smirked. "We'll split up."

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Kakashi turned around another corner, his face buried in a bright red book and muttering quietly to himself. "And Junko then says.'Oh, I am losing you.'"

Naruto stuck his head out from under a roof, hanging upside down and staring intently at Kakashi. He jumped down quietly, ducking behind another wall and peering after his sensei.

Kakashi walked down a few more steps before disappearing entirely. Naruto let out an oath, running to the spot where he had been.

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Sasuke stared at Kakashi for several more minutes, his eyes narrowed.

He hasn't moved for hours, Sasuke thought, annoyed.

It was true. Kakashi had been standing at the Memorial Stone for several hours now, his back turned.

Sasuke's eyes widened. No. don't tell me.

Sasuke ran out to where he thought Kakashi was. only to find that it had been a dummy that he had been watching.

Clever bastard, Sasuke thought darkly.

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When Nao finally found Kakashi, she didn't bother trying to stealth her way through it. She knew he knew she was there. She walked right up to him, and started walking beside him.

Kakashi glanced down at her, lowering his book. "Not even going to try and hide from me? What is up with you three today?"

Nao blushed, adjusting her own face mask. She didn't really care too much for masks, but it was fun being Kakashi's "Mini Me" "I can't say. Boys are weird."

Kakashi patted Nao's head. "Maa. True enough. While you're 'shadowing' me, though, care to help me with groceries?"

"Mn, I could help."

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The trio all stared at each other.

"So no one saw his face?" Naruto demanded. "Damn it!"

"This shadowing thing isn't working out," Sasuke sighed.

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The mission is to help out at a farm today, Sasuke thought, adjusting his backpack. The team exited Konoha, starting to walk down the road.

The mission itself is pretty boring, Naruto allowed.

But Sasuke and Naruto's real mission today is to see Kakashi's face, Nao thought, glancing over at her favorite sensei.

Meanwhile, high up in the treetops, a trio of wanna-be shinobi stood.

I've finally found you, Kakashi, the shinobi in the middle thought. Kakashi. it has been a long while, but I will settle my long-standing grudge!

"Boss, what exactly is your grudge?" the crouching shinobi on the right asked.

"Boss" hit the shinobi over the head. "Idiot! Have you forgotten already?! I can't forget. It happened in the spring of three years ago."

A girl screamed, running away.

"You don't need to be that scared," one of her pursues exclaimed. It was a beautiful full moon that night, the night sky a perfect blend of blue and black. The woman screamed again, running out of the forest and climbing up a dirt hill.

At the top of the hill, two trees overlooked the edge.

"Our boss says he has something to talk to you about," the other pursuer said.

The young woman stopped, her face pale as she turned around —as she was at a dead end now. "Your boss?!"

There was the sound of ropes being pulled as a young man, clothed from head to toe with only his face showing, appeared from over the ledge. He stood on a makeshift swing, a rose in his mouth, his eyes closed.

When he was done being pulled up, he opened his eyes, taking out the rose and holding it out to the woman. "I love you. please marry me!"

"No," the woman said flatly, looking disgusted.

"There's no need to be embarrassed. You can be honest and fly into my arms." The man leaned forward, opening his arms, but in the process, he fell off the swing, landing on his face.

"No," the woman said again, more firmly this time.

"Don't worry, even though I look like this, I have quite the sum of money!"

"NO!"

"What? You're turning me down in these surroundings?"

"No means no!"

"I made it such a romantic setting, though. how come?!"

"I don't like what I don't like!" the woman shrieked.

"Why don't you stop it?" Kakashi asked, peeking out from a bush and looking over at the others with a mildly annoyed expression. He was reading another porno. "Hey, the girl doesn't like it and no matter how you look at it, you're being rejected, buddy."

The woman smiled, nodding her head in agreement.

'Boss' glared at him. "You're pretty gutsy. Do you understand who we are?! Are you challenging us, knowing that we are the Moya-nin Threesome?!"

"Moya-nin? Never heard of it."

"How dare you!"

"Who the hell are you?!"

Kakashi slowly stepped out of the bushes, still trying to read his porn. "It's not worthy enough to introduce, but. well, my name is Hatake Kakashi."

"Oi, you're going to get it!"

"You're going to regret it big time!"

"For getting in the way of someone's romance, how dare you.!"

"Romance?" Kakashi asked, giving the men an eye-smile. "Isn't it an annoying one-sided love?"

'Boss' shrieked. "How dare you! Men! We're going to attack."

"Yes, sir!"

"4, 3, 2, 1.!"

The trio charged at Hatake Kakashi.

Kakashi didn't even blink, effectively beating the snot out of all of them and tying them up with the swing.

The woman looked at Kakashi with hearts in her eyes, Kakashi spared her a glance. " I guess I'll take you back to the village, then."

The woman looked absolutely thrilled at this and grabbed on to Kakashi's right arm. The duo went back to the village.

"So it means revenge from three years ago," one of the henchmen said.

"Boss has become stronger in the last three years," the other said, "so he's going to beat him in a face-to-face match."

"How dramatic."

Boss hit them over the heads. "Idiots! Who would take such a risk?! If we're going to do it, we'll do it stealthily from the shadows. Stealthily."

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Team 7 reached the first stopping point —a small inn— for a break for lunch. What they didn't know (well, okay, what the Genin didn't know), was that the three vengeful shinobi following them had rendered the innkeeper unconscious and taken over.

The Boss guided them to a small room with delicious food prepared. "Please eat up."

Team 7 sat around the food, Naruto's mouth watering and even Sasuke and Nao looked pleased. Boss closed the door behind them, snickering quietly.

Please, eat up, Kakashi. What you don't know is that the food contains a tasteless, odorless medicine to cause uncontrollable hiccups! Eat, and die suffering!

Naruto glanced over at Kakashi, a determined glint in his eyes. I will unmask you. no matter what.

"Mn? Something wrong? Why aren't you eating?"

Nao gave Kakashi an eye-smile. "We're waiting for you, Sensei."

"Well, I'm on a diet."

Figured he'd say something like that. Looks like I'll have to resort to more drastic measures, Naruto thought. He grabbed the tea kettle.

"Aaah, my hand slipped," Naruto said, throwing the pot at Kakashi. In less than a second, Kakashi had grabbed the table and flipped it over, spilling all the food in the process, so it effectively blocked Naruto's move.

Naruto shrieked. "The free food! How could you?!"

"Sorry, I unintentionally."

"What do you mean unintentionally?!" Sasuke, Naruto and Nao demanded.

The trio of shinobi, who had been watching through peep-holes, gave pitiful moans. "We worked so hard on that meal."

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"I see, this is a pretty good idea for you, Sasuke," Naruto said, glancing at Sasuke. The two were in the hot springs. "A person would normally take off their mask here."

"Never mind that. be quiet, you idiot," Sasuke said.

Meanwhile, behind the rocks, the three shinobi peered out across the steamy water. Boss chuckled. "Kakashi, you will die here. This needle in the blowpipe is coated with medicine I prepared that will make you laugh uncontrollably. You'll die laughing."

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"I don't think their plan will work," Nao said quietly to herself, relaxing in the empty girl's side of the hot spring. "I hope Kakashi-sensei isn't too cruel to them.

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"Kakashi-sensei, are you ready yet?!"

"Aa. Coming in now."

Naruto and Sasuke looked alert as they stared at the figure of their sensei. When he was finally close enough that they could see him, they discovered that he had a towel wrapped around the lower half of his face. "Thanks for waiting. I'll soak for a little while."

Naruto and Sasuke looked despairingly while Kakashi gave them an eye-smile. Boss blew out of the pipe, shooting the dart out as Kakashi bent over. The dart landed harmlessly against the bamboo wall that surrounded the springs.

Naruto and Sasuke both stormed out of the hot springs. When they did, Naruto noticed three uniforms that he didn't recognize. He blinked at them.

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The three shinobi finally left the hot springs, all of them in less than stellar moods. Boss's eyes widened. "Where are our clothes?!"

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"Alright, each of you work at your own posts," Kakashi said, turning and heading away. The three Genin all turned to one another, forming a huddle.

"I can't stand it anymore," Naruto muttered.

"I'm almost at the end of my patience, as well," Sasuke sighed.

Nao gave her friends a sheepish look. "Maybe we should stop, then. I really don't think—"

"Then it's time for the last resort," Naruto exclaimed.

"Last—"

"—resort?"

Naruto presented three uniforms.

"No," Nao said immediately. "No. We are not going to try and use force against Kakashi-sensei!"

"We don't have any other option," Naruto argued.

"He'll smell that it's us right away," Nao retorted, her pale blue eye flashing with stubbornness. "I am not fighting Kakashi-sensei unless it's in a consensual spar."

Naruto pouted. "Fine. But I went through all the trouble to get them, can't we at least, I dunno, challenge him? All three of us against him. If he says no, we won't do anything, if he says yes."

"I'm not wearing that," Sasuke said, looking disgusted. "I don't know where you got it. We'll henge if you really want to change clothes so bad."

Naruto sighed. "Fine. Sexy-no-Jutsu!"

Naruto transformed into his feminine form, complete with a skimpy bandit outfit. Sasuke face-palmed, but henged into another bandit. Nao looked hesitant.

"What's wrong, Nao-chan?" Naruto asked, his voice higher-pitched.

"I don't know what to henge into," Nao mumbled, blushing.

Naruto grinned wickedly. "You can try the Sexy-no-Jutsu. Keheh—ow! Sasuke, I was kidding. Besides, Nao's with us and Kakashi-sensei. No one pervy is around."

Sasuke rolled his eyes.

"Well," Nao said carefully, her face growing more red. "I guess I can. seeing how it's you guys. Besides. I'm kinda curious how I'll look like when I'm older."

Nao henged.

Sasuke and Naruto stared at her.

"Nao," Sasuke said, "you are forbidden from growing up. And wearing pigtails. Ever."

Naruto was still staring at Nao. "I'm going to kill your first boyfriend. a heads up. I'll bury his body in the piss trap."

Nao flushed, releasing the henge. "I-I'll go as myself, then."

"No, wait," Naruto said, his eyes widening, "this is it! That jutsu! Kakashi will be so surprised, I bet he'll give us an opening. Nao, you have to transform as soon as Kakashi accepts."

"But. but. I don't know. it felt weird using it. And my curiosity is sated. I don't really wanna."

"Please, Nao-chan," Naruto pleaded, his eyes going wide. "Pretty please? For us?"

"I—um—I just—I." Nao struggled to resist Naruto's pleading look, before she sighed. "Fine. Just. one more time, okay? And then I'm never doing it again. Okay?"

"Yatta! Kakashi's face here we come!"

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"Oi! Hatake Kakashi," Naruto shouted in his transformed form.

The three shinobi hid in the bushes. "Hey, who's that?"

"We challenge you," Naruto went on. "All of us against you. If we win, you have to do what we say, no matter what."

"It looks like someone else has a grudge against Kakashi," one of the shinobi suggested.

"This is our perfect chance," Boss exclaimed.

"Alright," Kakashi said, looking amused. "Bring it on, you three."

"Do it now, Nao-chan!" Naruto shouted as he and Sasuke rushed.

"Kakashi! It's time for you to pay for your crime," Boss shouted, as the trio jumped out of the bushes. "And—eh?!"

Nao had transformed, her eyes growing wide as she suddenly realized. she was not among her teammates.

Naruto and Sasuke seemed to realize this.

Kakashi, staring in horror of his student, also realized this.

"What," Naruto deadpanned, staring at the three shinobi.

"Uh." Boss said, still staring at Nao. Nao quickly canceled the henge, her eyes watering as she ducked behind Kakashi. She was hyperventilating and her face was taking on a bright shade of red. Kakashi patted her head comfortingly, his Chidori flickering to life with his other hand.

"Sasuke, Naruto, you take the ones on the side," Kakashi said pleasantly. "The middle one with the nosebleed is mine."

"Done," the duo chorused.

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"Hey, Kakashi-sensei," Naruto said, when the team finally returned to Konoha while the sun started setting, "what's behind that mask?"

"What? You want to see what's behind this mask?" Kakashi asked.

"Mn!"

Kakashi sighed. "Then you should have said that from the beginning."

"Then can you show us?" Nao asked hesitantly, an occasional disgusted shudder running through her body. She had the utmost intentions of taking a long shower when she got home. And then forgetting this event ever happened.

"I don't mind," Kakashi said, and the trio crowded around him anxiously. He pulled back his mask, and they all fell over in disbelief.

Behind the mask... was another mask. "There happens to be another mask behind this one. Neat, huh?"

"That's not fair," Naruto whimpered.

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