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|| [Hatake] : Fascination : [Kakashi] || [Part XXXII] ||
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The next day had come all too quickly and the kuniochi had slept peacefully, but only for about four hours; it was somewhere between eleven thirty and twelve in the morning, and Oriko had simply been sat on her sofa trying to gear herself up to go and train, but with little avail.
She couldn’t really move and had been in a strangely bad, listless mood for most of the time, she took a deep breath wondering when things would get back to normal; she had just managed to pull herself up from the sofa to go and make herself some tea when the sound of a sharp knocking noise, as though someone were rapping on her front door, interrupted her. Sighing slightly at the inconvenience she wandered over and opened it,
“K-Kakashi?”
“Come with me, the Godaime wants to see you,”
“What for?” She queried, but Kakashi shook his head,
“Come on, you’ll see;” Oriko sighed slightly again but nodded, turning to quickly gather her pouches and pull her zori on over her feet as she picked up her keys and pulled the door shut behind herself,
“Where did you go yesterday?”
“Hmm?”
“Yesterday, I found Sakura and Asano at Ichiraku’s, but they didn’t know where you went…where you still feeling unwell?” Oriko narrowed her eyes in slight irritation, not wanting to really discuss the issue with him, rather to rid herself of thinking about it completely, but knew that would be impossible,
“N-nah, I just…needed a walk,” Kakashi knew her well enough by now to know that she wasn’t telling him the truth, but decided not to push, besides, she should soon cheer up.
“Ah, there you are,” Tsunade began as Oriko wandered into the room, she could see two other people stood in front of Tsunade’s desk, one seemed to be Sakura and the other a guy she didn’t recognize. Oriko walk up to a space beside Sakura;
“The Lords have decided that the next Chuunins will be you, Suumene Yuudai, Haruno Sakura and Oriko,” She continued, “You have all proven your skills, may you wear these jackets with pride and continue serving your village,” The Hokage smiled broadly, but Oriko’s brain still hadn’t quite caught on, I…made…Chuunin..? Damn…
She raised her eyebrows in mild surprise as she stepped forward to collect the flak jacket, finding it a lot lighter than she expected; Sakura and the other guy both began hooking it over their shoulders and Oriko thought she was probably supposed to match them and so pulled it on; damn it’s as uncomfortable as it looks…
Oriko allowed it to hang open, as Tsunade smiled one last time before dismissing them; they filed out of the room and back down out onto the street, both Kakashi and Sakura managed to find her side,
“Hey, well done!” The pink haired kuniochi grinned before turning away, “Sorry I can’t stay, but I’m sure I’ll see you soon, bye,” The girl waved again and was gone in an instant;
“S-see you,” Oriko weakly returned, as she turned around to face Kakashi, “Well, what happens now?” She began walking although to nowhere in particular, he kept pace,
“You will no doubt still come with me on team related missions, although you will sometimes lead missions as a Taichou as you are no longer my student,” He answered without hesitation and although it wasn’t quite what Oriko meant, she didn’t correct him;
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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...
