|| [Hatake] : Fascination : [Kakashi] || [Part XI] ||
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“Ohayo!” Kakashi spoke brightly with a hand raised in a semi-wave, the time now far closer to 11o’clock rather than the agreed meeting of nine.
“Hey,” She replied, her thoughts now more focused on how tired she was feeling, having exercised for almost all of the three hours straights with only a short break – that at least was enough to distract her for now. He leapt down and was stood right in front of her as he rummaged around in out of his pouches, Oriko beginning to feel more uncertain about what on earth he’d drag out. It turned out to be a haitai-ate,
“Here, it’s about time you had one of these,”
“Oh!” She took hold of it and could feel how surprisingly heavy it was as she flipped it around and tied it around her head, it would take a while to get used to the feeling of it. She couldn’t resist a small smile at the fact she now felt more shinobi-like somehow, although it sounded extremely childish…but she shook it off and looked back to Kakashi,
“What’s on the agenda today then?” She attempted to simply to ignore how uncomfortable she felt and how distracting it was knowing what he looked like without, at least, a shirt on.
“You were talking about the new jutsu you developed a few days ago, right? The one which resembled a playing card,” He began, but was soon cut across,
“Hey, why didn’t you say anything to Tsunade-sama yesterday about the whole…uh…‘Raiga thing’?” She questioned, her hand scratching the side of her head out of nervousness as Kakashi simply eyed her carefully whilst choosing his words,
“It was something we were able to sort out and Tsunade didn’t need to get involved, you came back to Konoha of your own free will and I didn’t want to make the matter worse,” Kakashi casually explained, observing Oriko’s concerned expression but nod in understanding; she didn’t look very reassured.
Kakashi decided that it would be best just to leave it for now – she’d probably say something if she felt the need, “Anyway, I was going to suggest that we work on that new jutsu of yours,” She nodded again, this time raising her eyes to meet his, stepping back slightly, trying to concentrate on moulding her chakra. She turned, seeing that Kakashi wasn’t about to say anything else and was about to walk away,
“H-Hey, wait a minute, I thought we’d improve your jutsu through counter moves first,” He commented, raising his hands and gesturing for her to walk back over to him, she shot him a playfully suspicious look although it was quick to disappear; it wasn’t lost on Kakashi how it was odd behaviour for him.
Oriko gathered and moulded her chakra, as she allowed the card to form but she hadn’t managed to practice for the last few days, and it almost immediately escaped her. It didn’t take thought, after a few more tries before it was stable,
“Well, this is about as far as I can go…I can’t yet throw it any further than about two meters,”
“Mmh,” Kakashi eyed the ‘playing card’ of chakra carefully, “Mostly you need practice with keeping it spinning in your hands, but for now, you will need to know any counters the enemy may use,” She nodded without even looking at him but could feel his eye on her, as she attempted to keep the chakra flow even and stable, which unfortunately took exactly that time to suddenly fluctuate and blew itself apart. This, in turn, knocked Oriko back a few paces and off her feet and forced Kakashi to leap back as well, to avoid getting sliced,
“This is why your jutsu needs a lot more work,” He commented stepping back closer to her, but she’s done incredibly well to get this far so quickly and without any help…
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Hatake Kakashi: Fascination
FanfictionKakashi thinks he's in for a nice break, free from students, after Naruto's recent departure with Jiraiya, but he hadn't counted on a beautiful stranger turning up in Konoha whom Tsunade thinks would become a powerful asset were she to be trained as...
