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Anko was sat opposite Oriko who was sat next to Kakashi both their backs to the room; Asuma and Kurenai had since shown up and Kiyoshi and Shiori happened to be in the bar as well and didn’t hesitated to join the small group.
“So…Oriko, how do you think you’re gonna fair in the final test?”
“Eh, I feel pretty confident really…if it’s just a straight fight, it provides a lot of scope to work creatively and there’s a certain advantage; I think the second test was tactically far more difficult,” She commented, staring at her beer and twiddling it around before looking over at Anko, who held a mildly confused if not disbelieving expression at Oriko’s response,
“Do you even find this test difficult?” She questioned,
“Well, yea…it’s just not letting yourself get intimidated is all,” she shrugged, hearing Kakashi’s chuckle from next to her,
“Ehehe, well, if you can keep that level of emotional calm, you’ll definitely do well,” He spoke, sounding somehow on edge but both relaxed at the same time, something Oriko couldn’t quite figure out;
“Well, very little about a straight fight has ever been much of a fright for me…” Oriko took another long glug of beer, ignoring the strange stares of Anko and Kakashi.
“So, Oriko, you’ll be around for the tournament, right?” Kiyoshi suddenly interrupted,
“Yea,”
“Excellent, I look forward to seeing you fight,”
“Eh?”
“The villagers are allowed in as spectators for the final round of the Chuunin exams,” He explained as Shiori nodded,
“Yes,” She said, “I’ll look forward to seeing the calibre of Genin this year,” Her voice was very gentle as they sat all taking swigs of beer or Sake.
Oriko emptied her beer bottle and set it back down to the table, fatigue crept up on her again, as her mind drifted to how she would tackle the final part of the test. She could hear the random chatter of Asuma and Kiyoshi, Anko and Kurenai, Shiori and Kakashi; her mind was a bit of a blur as she thought back over her time in the forest of death.
She couldn’t help but wonder either, about what sort of missions she’d face if she managed to make Chuunin…how would she train for the final exams? What would she work on? She guessed that she’d need a few other skills than just her current array and her fan…what about tactics?
“Hey,” Kakashi suddenly spoke, “Want another drink?”
“Hmm..? Err, oh yea, thanks,” Oriko didn’t really bother to resist his offer,
“You must be tired, right?” She raised an eyebrow whilst looking up at him, seeing his smirk, “Usually you’d try to resist the offer,” Oriko rolled her eyes, disliking what he was implying, and averted her eyes away, immediately finding those of Anko; she could hear Kakashi walk away,
“What?”
“Mmh…nothing,” Anko showed a devious smirk,
“Oh yea…why aren’t you sat next to Kakashi? Why aren’t you…err…umm…” Oriko couldn’t really find the right words to fit her meaning,
“Haha, well things have changed recently,” Anko couldn’t help but smirk, “Kakashi and I have had a…chat,”
“W-what? What the hell does that mean?” Oriko’s crazy stare merely caused Anko to burst into laughter as a gloved hand accompanied by a bottle of Asahi, as he resumed his old seat next to his student. Oriko turned her confused and rather shocked stare around to Kakashi,
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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...
