You Wouldn't Choose Me

20: Still... Jealous?

hiruzen; how is it? To be on her team. Tanaka

tanaka: she's creepy. unorthodox. But fine.

hiruzen: I see.

tanaka: and... hokage. Is it really ok to let her handle so many important things. I just feel she's not so reliable.

*knock knock*

hiruzen: who's that?

kakashi: me. kakashi desu. San daime.

hiruzen: oh. Come in.

kakashi passes the scroll " I"m done with the mission. Oh, hi. Tanaka."

tanakaa: hi, kakashi-san.

hiruzen: you were saying.

tanaka: erm...

hiruzen: it's ok to say it in front of him. Kakashi is not scary or anything. He wouldn't take offend to it.

tanaka: ok... anyway... I don't think she's reliable. She promised that ninja we were interrogating to not kill his wife if he gave us information. But...

flashback~

She smiled " thank you for trusting me. Even when I don't trust myself. I don't understand why people even trust others." She threw a kunai to the ninja's wife and it went through her heart.

"YOU BITCH"

She gave a devilish smile " nice expression. Now you learn your lesson. Don't just trust anyone. Especially me anyway." She throws a kunai to let the strings tying the ninja let loose. That ninja charges towards her. "hehe. People can be so emotional. Bye bye." She laughed as she watched the ninja vomit the blood and collapsed.

tanaka: what... what just happened?

ritsu: it's my poison. If you get too agitated, you will die. I've been easing the poison for a while now in case he gets agitated during the session. We don't want him to die. We will be troubled.

tanaka: but... taichou lied.

enotsu: well... welcome to the team.

shisui: taichou... gets moody sometimes. Then she doesn't really become herself. She rarely is like that. Just look past it ok.

tanaka: aren't you guys not going to say anything? You can reason with her. Shisui-san. I mean... she will never win you right? You don't have to be afraid of her.

shisui: well...

enotsu: are you dumb? If shisui could defeat her, he would have stopped whatever just happened already.

shisui: I don't want to be punished. 

tanaka: pu...punished?

ritsu shivers " don't talk about it!! I am still afraid it comes."

enotsu laughs " what kind did you get this time?"

ritsu: If I got in trouble and forgot to ask for help, she would leave me to die.

tanaka: she wouldn't .... really... do that right?

shisui: theoretically... she won't.

tanaka: but... what?

enotsu: but.... she will make sure you feel the fear of helplessness before saving your butt. This is... our cruel taichou. So don't try betraying her. You can choose to leave the team though.

end of flashback~

hiruzen smokes his pipe" so... do you want to change team? Tanaka."

tanaka: eh... no... I agreed to join because I want to learn the skills taichou had. 

kakashi : have you asked her to teach you?

tanaka: eh? I did... she said... she couldn't teach me. That she's just naturally dark. It's not like something she super proud off. She asked me if I wanted to be shunned away like a monster like her.

kakashi; what did you answer ?

tanaka : I didn't answer.

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kakashi knocks onto her door " I know you're back. " She opens the door " kakashi. So rare. What did you need?"

kakashi: what rare. You were the one who kept avoiding me.

akuyu: did not.

kakashi: you go on missions exactly at the times I return back to konoha. I am not an idiot. 

akuyu;tsk

kakashi: I heard what happened. You don't trust me anymore? That's why you vented it on that ninja?

akuyu: why wouldn't anyone trust you. You're the last person anyone would choose not to trust. You're that kakashi. That copy ninja.

kakashi: stop being sarcastic.

akuyu: I am the one who can't be trusted.

kakashi: I didn't choose her over you. There was nothing to choose. I admit. I was ... emotional...

She closes the door in his face.

kakashi: akuyu! akuyu!!!

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asuma: what's wrong? You seem ... troubled.

kakashi: nothing much... just some stuff in my mind.

asuma: what things?

kakashi: actually... it's about akuyu. She's gone a little bit out of control. It's my fault.

asuma: eh? eh! You and her are together?

kakashi: um. Remember the recent hanare?

asuma: everyone has been gossiping about it~

kakashi sighs " she think I chose hanare over her. There was nothing to choose."

asuma: well. Don't read into it too much. Just please her.

kakashi sighs " I guess I can only do that."

asuma: maybe it's jealousy.

kakashi: maybe...