Fascination: Sequel

Fascination: Sequel: Part 2

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Fascination: Sequel

Part 2

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Kakashi pulled her away from the wall, one hand tugging his mask back over his nose, before returning his arm around her, holding her close;

“When did you get back?” He only needed to whisper, his mouth right beside her ear;

"Yesterday afternoon, I meant to come and find you, but I was more tired than I thought; slept right through to this morning,” She leaned out of his grasp and they stole back out onto the street, their respective grace and skill making it seem as though they’d always been walking down the street next to each other all along.

“You must have been tired...it’s alright though, I wasn’t free anyway; one of my old students returned yesterday afternoon too, and we held a training session which lasted the night,”

“Whoa,” She found his gaze quickly, the surprised look on her face earning her a hidden smile,

“Well, it was more like an old challenge, one I tested them with when I first took them on, but their skills are now as such that the managed to win...” Oriko nodded in understanding,

“So da... Are you hungry? I was just on my way to find some breakfast,” Kakashi pulled out his book as they continued to walk,

“That sounds good, I am rather hungry,”

“Great!” Oriko found herself more pleased at his likewise state of appetite, knowing that as much as she’d like to be alone with Kakashi in one of their apartments, she would like even more to eat first; not to mention that she always found it disconcerting to eat alone but with another merely...observing.

They continued, both with an easy gait down the narrow street, Kakashi able to guess where she was leading them (if she knew of course, having discovered before that occasionally she would just be randomly wandering rather than headed anywhere specific, much to his occasional hunger-induced chagrin).  Oriko eyed his new green covered book with some interest,

“You finally have some new reading material?”

“Yea, there’s finally another volume out...” Oriko could clearly hear the exasperation mixed with pleasure and excitement in his voice, although an unusual combination for the Copy nin, she thought it best not to tease him on it, the consequences maybe just a little too high later. She steered them down a sharp right as Kakashi found his voice again,

“How did the mission go?”

“Well, it was easy enough to complete but the journeys to and fro were hell... the target chose not only to live in what I can only  begin to describe as a swamp but also had trained...err...well, things, that looked like a badger with two chicken legs and were damn near invincible.”

She sighed in mild exasperation, obviously not impressed in the slightest; “Luckily one of my fire/wind chakra cards showed ‘em what for,” She could hear Kakashi hum in approval, although everything about him suggested he wasn’t listening, Oriko knew him well enough to know that he was: Kakashi wasn’t the sort of man to ask a question if he didn’t care for the answer.

“You know, you really should give a name to that jutsu of yours,” Oriko exhaled a playfully exasperated sigh,

“Yea, but I can’t think of one cool enough without sounding like a complete idiot,” Kakashi opened his mouth to point out that, in the grand scheme of things, that was somewhat moot, but they wandered into the small stall and were greeted before he could  begin speaking;