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|| [Hatake] : Fascination : [Kakashi] || [Part XVII] ||
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Kakashi and Oriko eventually landed just outside the gates of Konoha, Oriko nearly on the floor from exhaustion; as they walked towards the Hokage’s office, a familiar presence appeared,
“Hey guys!”
“Anko! What are you doing here?” Oriko matched her easy grin,
“Just on my way to see Tsunade-sama, you lot just back from a mission? You look like hell,”
“Thanks,” Oriko rolled her eyes, glad to see Anko in a good mood, “And yea, I got unlucky with a giant flying shark,”
“What?”
“Daikoudan no Jutsu,” Kakashi lazily explained, earning a smile from Anko,
“Well, I’m sure you two would like a drink after a hard mission, I want to see you two in the bar at seven o’clock,” She looked sternly at each in turn, Oriko wasn’t sure,
“Err, umm, uh…”
“No! You will be there, Oriko, besides, I want to talk to you about a few things,”
“Uh, ok, I’ll need a beer – or ten – anyway,” She thought, remembering how she’d claimed her first kill earlier that afternoon;
“Great,”
“Well, I need to go and write up a report, see you two later,” Kakashi’s smooth voice cut in, as Oriko nodded to him and Anko waved a small goodbye,
“Yes! Ok, well I shouldn’t keep you, see you later, Oriko,” They nodded a goodbye and went their separate ways for a few hours, Oriko thinking that a hot shower and a fresh change of bandages – as well as clothes – would do her the world of good.
It was about seventeen minutes past seven, a little late, but wasn’t particularly worried as she knew Kakashi would be late anyway and her bandages needed one last change before she went out.
Eventually making it to the bar, she found Anko along with Kurenai and Asuma who had their backs to her sat at a small table; unable to keep the apprehension from rising inside her she walked to the bar first to get a drink before making her way, albeit uneasily, over to them,
“Hey,”
“Oriko! There you are!” Anko spoke first, with Asuma and Kurenai also looking up, their expressions warm and welcoming; Oriko took a free seat next to Anko and took a nervous sip of her beer, feeling strange for a number of reasons. She decided to get what was immediately bothering her off her chest;
“Anko…I….uh…well, the thing with Kakashi…” Anko eyes seemed to grow a little more confused with every word the slightly younger kuniochi spoke,
“Yes..?”
“Umm…well the last time we were at the bar…err…” Oriko really didn’t know how to get across what seemed so easy to explain in her head,
“Oriko, what are you talking about?” Anko looked deeply confused,
“Uh, nothing, don’t worry about it,” Oriko threw in a good smile for reassurance before taking a hasty swig from her bottle of Asahi.
“Oh! Kakashi! You made it just in time for last orders!” Asuma’s deep voice broke the awkward silence,
“Eh?” The silver-hair shinobi’s voice responded from just behind Oriko, making her inadvertently tense out of nervousness,
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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...
