Roses {Kakashi Hatake}

3. Look Who's Laughing Now

The first day of the Academy after the weekend she mostly spent with Shikaku, they had to fight another student. Kakashi had to fight Obito and he won with ease. As usual, he was cocky about it and didn't even glance at the Uchiha boy.

Akahana was set up against Gai and she defenitely wasn't unpleasant about it. She was going to show her classmates she had improved and that she actually could be a proper shinobi some day. Even though she was on the losing hand at first, she fought back and eventually even won.

Most of their classmates were dumb-founded by the sight of her actually winning a fight. She smirked, but noticed both Kakashi and their chunin sensei weren't impressed. She was frustated about it to say the least. Even though they often said she was performing the worst in class, she had beaten Gai in a taijutsu match. After asking Kakashi about it, he reasoned Gai was actually the one who did the worst in class. "I thought you said that was me?" she asked.

"You're a close second."

She hit him on the head with her fist when he didn't expect it, "Just wait and see, Kakashi-chan. I'll prove ya I can be a shinobi."

"Good luck with that, Flower Girl," he told her prior to walking away from the redhead.

"Don't mind him, he's just a jerk," Obito muttered upon seeing how frustated she was.

She turned to him and said, "Well, he'd be more open-minded once that forest is out of his ass." Obito looked at her, not understanding why she talked about what was up his arse. "Someone needs to do it," she reasoned.

"Good luck with that," Obito mused before he walked away from her as well. He thought she was a strange girl, she didn't have clan pride to worry about. So why did she even want to be a shinobi that badly.

***

That afternoon, she had another training session with Shikaku, and this time, Sakumo was actually watching. He came to the conclusion he had made the right decision, entrusting Shikaku with this task. She had improved both her taijutsu and speed and she usually ended her training with a match of shogi.

"So, has anything happened today?" Shikaku asked as he moved one of his pawns forwards.

"I beat Gai in a taijutsu match," she replied with a bright smile, moving one of her own pawns forwards as well, "but sensei still refuses to believe in my potential like you and Hatake-san do."

Shikaku moved one of his two lances and said, "Then he's an idiot."

"Maybe they should fire him," Akahana stated boldly, "He lacks faith in his students."

They talked about what happened that day a little longer, to Sakumo's amusement. He could have never dreamed that the two of them would get along that good and they did tell each other some good jokes.

Inoichi and Chouza were wondering where Shikaku was and decided to look for him at his apartment, where they found him playing shogi with a five year old girl, commenting how the Academy was in desperate need of new senseis, "I mean, shouldn't he be the one helping me?" the girl spoke, "Though you're probably a better teacher."

"Like I said, he's an idiot," Shikaku said, "Do you want to meet my teammates?"

The girl perked up in surprise. To her, it seemed random, but the only reason he proposed the idea was because he knew that they were watching them, "I'd love to, Nara-san."

Inoichi and Chouza made their way to the two with a small wave, "I see you didn't show up at the training grounds to play shogi against a five year old," Inoichi said, "Who's the girl?"