Kakashi and his Raven part 2

Short one.

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Kakashi was trying to sleep. The trouble with bring Sasuke home was keeping him up. He was sure Naruto and Sakura would be awake too. He just started up at the ceiling.

“You can at least look comfortable if you kept your eyes closed.”

Kakashi bolted upright and looked toward the source of the voice, his window. A cat dressed in some clothes sat there.

“That’s just a little tip from the master of sleeping.”

“Who are you?”

“You must be Kakashi. I know that smell. Itachi would come home with that scent all over him. But you also smell of dog.”

“I’ll summon my hounds if you don’t tell me who you are.”

“You must be his teacher, just as rude. How someone so rude could get Itachi as a bed warmer is beyond me.”

“Don’t you dare talk about Itachi that way!”

“Cool it. I was just testing you. If you had reacted any different I would have clawed the hell out of you. Itachi-kun was a sweet kid, we all liked him.”

“You’re an Uchiha summon?”

“Good to see you figured that out. Sasuke wants to speak with you. At least he acknowledges that we cats are better messengers than those snakes of his.”

Kakashi dressed and followed the cat over the rooftops and out of the village.

Sasuke was alone, sitting at the base of a tree. The cat ran right to him and brushed up against him and purred. Sasuke scratched the cat’s neck, gave him a few affectionate pets, then pulled out a small fish. The cat took it and ran over to another tree to eat its prize.

“I wasn’t expecting you to summon me,” Kakashi said.

Sasuke looked up at him. “You’ll have a little more time to figure out how to lure out Danzo. I have Itachi’s eyes now. I’ve decided to kill Madara first and a few of Akatsuki. My brother didn’t trust Madara and neither do I. Have you come up with a plan to bring Danzo to me?”

“Not yet. If that was all you wanted, you could have merely sent the summon.”

“I wanted to see you. But I wasn’t entirely sure why.” Sasuke stood up, adjusting the sword on his back. He looked over at the cat licking his paws. “You can go.”

“Have some catnip ready next time.” The cat disappeared.

Sasuke didn’t look at Kakashi.

“Where’s your team?”

“I left them deeper in forest with orders not to disturb me.”

“Is something wrong?”

“I didn’t understand why I wanted to see you.”

“Do you now?”

“Yeah.” Sasuke still didn’t look at him.

“What is it?” Kakashi was getting nervous. He may have only known the boy for a year, if that, but this behavior was foreign to him.

Sasuke finally did look. He came over to his sensei, stopping an arm’s length from him. Sasuke put out a hand to pull down Kakashi’s mask. As his fingertips were about to touch the edge of the mask, Kakashi grabbed his wrist.

“What are you doing?”

“I want to see your face.”

“Is that all?” There was a part of him that warned him not to do it, but what was the harm? He pulled down his mask.

With a speed that rivaled his brother’s, Sasuke’s lips were pressed to Kakashi’s. Kakashi was too shocked to push him away immediately, but he did a second later. But Sasuke didn’t let himself be pushed too far.

“What the fuck?”

“I want you.”

Kakashi couldn’t help huffing out a shocked laugh. “What made you think I’d reciprocate?”

“You were fucking my brother.”

That made Kakashi angry. “You’re not your brother. And I wasn’t just fucking him. I was in love with your brother.” Something occurred to him. “Wait a minute; I never told you we were lovers. I said we were friends. How did you know?”

“I . . . I remember.” Sasuke’s gaze drifted away.

“Remember? We were careful; we were sure no one knew.”

“I didn’t. I remember being . . . with you.”

“What?” Sasuke looked at him again. He looked into Sasuke’s eyes. He stared that those coal black eyes and saw the imperfections in the irises only he would know. They were Itachi’s.

“Itachi’s eyes. His memories must be imprinted on the chakra left in his eyes or in the eyes themselves.”

“Maybe. But I do want you.”

“No, Sasuke.”

“Don’t you see him? These are his eyes. I know you loved to look at them. Don’t you want to feel like that again?”

“You are not your brother! You don’t really want this.” Kakashi pulled his mask back into place, turned away, and began walking back to the village.

“I love you.”

Those words stop Kakashi in his tracks. He turned, an incredulous look on what little of his face Sasuke could see.

“No you don’t.”

“I’ve always loved you. On that second day, when you were testing us, I began to admire you. When you began teaching me your Chidori, I felt like your son. Having lost my family, I needed a father figure. Even when I left, what you said to me that night made me love you even more. I wouldn’t have attempted to kill Naruto, Sakura, and those others if you were with them. Though it wasn’t until I got these eyes and thought of you that I wanted to be with you.”

“It’s not real, Sasuke. And I think it would be an affront to your brother.”

“Was it like this for you? With your eye?”

“I can’t say whether I changed because I wanted to or if it was Obito’s eye. It’ll pass, Sasuke. Go back to your team.”

But as Kakashi walked away he was assaulted by images where Sasuke’s face replaced Itachi’s. He shook those thoughts away. Sasuke was right, he had become like a father to him and Sasuke like a son. A particularly rebellious son, but a son. He stopped and looked back. Sasuke was again sitting against that tree. He walked back.

“I will never be your lover, but I will be your family. I truly loved your brother. Itachi was my world while we were together. Both times. That had nothing to do with my taking you under my wing. You have never been your brother to me. You are like family. Be careful, Sasuke, don’t die before I do.”

Kakashi finally left and Sasuke wept, both from the sentiment and frustration; he didn’t like the confusion Itachi’s eyes were causing him.