Naruto: Tell Me the Difference of Wolves apart from Beauties
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto. All belongs to Kishimoto-sama. I only own the plot and a few OCs. Enjoy. FYI, this starts the day before the test Kakashi gives Team Seven.
Previously!
"Yes, like we agreed. And also, as we agreed; I'm staying at your place tonight so I won't get hounded by my sister about this exercise." She said and watched the waitress pour out their tea. She took the china cup before Kakashi noticed her mask down, in one swift motion finish that cup of tea and placed the mask back on, and begun pouring herself another cup.
Kakashi smirked under his mask, "You almost sound like you staying at my house was a death sentence, Kiyomi," He chuckled.
"Hn. If anything, it is, Kakashi, because it gives you the chance to see my face. Which, you can kiss my ass on that." She said taking another drink.
"I already did that remember?" He said and then laughed when she spewed out her tea. Kakashi nearly swore that he saw a rainbow.
Chapter Two: A Night With A Scarecrow; Twice The Test, Twice The Difficulty!
Kiyomi glared at the sliver haired Jōnin before her as tea dripped from her mask covered chin. A low, deep growl erupted from her throat as she stood up, heading to the restroom to clean herself up. Kakashi laughed at her expressions. 'She is fun to tease. She shouldn't make it so easy.' Thought Kakashi as he waited for her to return. Once she did, he took note that she wore a darker colored mask, than her previous black mesh one. Kakashi paid for the tea and they both walked further down the street, Kiyomi broke the sliecne between them.
"So was that your turn to pay for the tea or was that payback for ditching me when you went after that new Icha Icha book?" She said, eyes closed, a smirked graced her covered lips.
Kakashi looked at her, "I didn't ditch you!" He said.
"Of course not. Then why don't you have your new book?" She said, looking up at him, eyes still closed.
"Because they were sold out."
Kiyomi laughed, "See! You admit! You did ditch me!" She said.
"No! I just was on my way to meet you at the tea house and I saw that Icha Icha's new book was out and I waited in line, but by the time I got to the tea house to meet you, the tea hostess said you already left." He explained.
"Because I got annoyed! I left at Ten Thirty at night, you ass!" She snapped, "Fine. Then I'm not giving you your friendship gift."
Kakashi raised an eyebrow, "Friendship gift?" He said.
"Yes! A friendship gift. Marking that we survived the hardships of the previous year and still friends!" She said.
Kakashi leaned on her slightly, "What is it?" He mused.
Kiyomi shoulder shoved him away from her, "Why should you care? You would rather go after a book than spend time with your friend." She said, sounding slightly hurt.
Kakashi sighed, "Come on, Kiyomi. You know I wouldn't replace my friends for a book." He said and stopped in his tracks.
Kiyomi laughed and jogged slightly a head of him; quickly turning around to face him. A smirk creased through her mask, a small puff of curling smoke appeared from behind her back.
Kakashi tilted his head; crossing his arms, "What are you playing at, Kiyomi?" He said.
Kiyomi laughed, "No games. Just getting your gift!" She said; as she placed the gift in front of her, "The new book of Icha Icha! Icha Icha Paradise!"
Kakashi stared at her, his one visible deep brown eye twitched at her, "How?!" He said.
Kiyomi turned away, her back to him, "I had it pre-ordered from Jiraiya himself. I even had him sign it as apart of the gift." She said.
Kakashi took a couple steps where the book was in reaching distance, but Kiyomi yanked it away before he could take it. Kiyomi opened her mouth to speak, but she noticed that the sun was beginning to set. Kiyomi sighed and tossed him the book, "I got to go do something really important, Kakashi. I'll meet you back at your apartment. Ja!"
And with that she disappeared in a swirl of white orchid petals. Kakashi caught the book with ease and glanced at the place Kiyomi once stood. Kakashi sighed and glanced behind him, seeing that the sun was setting, but what reminded her to do something. Then that's when he saw a calender in a near by shop. It had X's marking each passed day. Today was February Tenth. Obito's would-be birthday if he was alive.
Kakashi rubbed the back of his head, eyeing the calender and vanished. He appeared at the stone memorial, landing in a nearby tree, seeing Kiyomi set a rather large bouquet of Forget-Me-Nots and White Orchids. He saw her mouth move, but he couldn't hear the words; she was speaking too soft for him to. Pakkun jumped up on top of the stone and spoke to her, she laughed, jerking her head away to signal for her and Pakkun to leave.
Kakashi waited till they were gone before he went down, seeing she had set the bouquet down and set a small letter inside the bouquet. Kakashi picked the note out, reading it aloud, "'I'll never forget you.' She always liked hanging around you, didn't she, Obito." He said, placing the card back. Kakashi let out a heaved sigh, "Happy birthday, Obito." He said and left.
Paakun was waiting for him outside his apartment, "About time you got here. I was beginning to wonder if I should stay with Kiyomi more. I always loved her cooking. She knows how to spoil a dog." Mused Pakkun.
Kakashi raised an eyebrow, "She bought you dinner again, didn't she?" He said.
"So if she did. It was good to have beef made like a human's meal once in a while." Said Pakkun and went on his way.
Kakashi laughed and went upstairs to the upper part of the apartment complexes. When he unlocked and went inside, his scenes was greeted by something cooking and smelled great. He noticed Kiyomi had brought two bags and had set the next to the couch in his living room. He went to the kitchen, poking his head in, only to have a wooden spoon thrown at him and her cuss at him to get out and wait in the living room. He shrugged it off and went to read his new book.
About a half hour later, Kiyomi emerged from the kitchen wearing loosing black pants and a tight tank top, with an apron over it. Her mask was still up and her hair was tied back in a high ponytail. She brought out a large tray and set it down on the coffee table in front of him. Two medium sized bowls filled with eggplant miso soup rested next to their own plate of Nikujaga and a small plate holding a salt-broiled saury. Kakashi stared at the spread in front of him as Kiyomi poured his and her cup of spring tea. She sat down at the opposite of of the couch and begun eating, Kakashi looked to her when she took a bite of her fish.
Feeling his eyes, Kiyomi swallowed, "What?" She said, "Is this not to your liking?"
Kakashi waved his hands at her, defensively, "It's not that, Kiyomi! Its just you went out of your way, you got things that I like that I know you don't eat very often." He explained.
Kiyomi shrugged, "Eh. I need to lay off a lot of the fried things anyway. Plus, I like eggplant miso soup, along with the Nikijaga. Not so much the fish though, a little bland I think. I need to add some more flavoring next time I cook it." She said, then spoke her thoughts on the food.
Kakashi smiled, "Who told you I like this anyway?" He asked.
"You wouldn't like it, if I told you." She said and took a bite of the fish, softly chewing.
"Who?" He asked again.
"Obito and Rin did. A long time ago." She said and that was the end of the conversation about the food.
Kakashi cleaned the dishes, which was only the one they ate from, she was rather clean about herself. He never had to complain about her spending the night at his place unlike Gai or Genma. She would clean the apartment if the disorder was clearly out of hand or he was gone and she had nothing better to do. He even recalled the time she found one of his books had got damaged and she went a replaced it, even had Jiraiya deliver it to her.
Kakashi heard water running from the next room over, meaning she decided to take a bath. A smile traced itself through his mask, that means she was without her mask. He remember what she looked like a a kid, since he got a picture of her to prove it, but after she left the ANBU; she kept that mesh mask on ever since. He always wondered why. Kiyomi finished her shower and walked out of the bathroom, nearly colliding with Kakashi.
"Ass. What do you want?" She hissed. Kiyomi was standing in front of him drying her hair, with only her mask and a towel on.
"Nothing. Just seeing if you're done yet so I may be able to take a shower this month." He said.
She threw the wet towel at him that she was using to dry her hair; of course, he caught it. She went to the living room and got changed. Kakashi came out of the shower, changed in to something more comfortable, and met her back in the living room to find her sprawled out on the couch. Her hair braided and she completely 'dead' to the world around her. Kakashi grabbed the thick blanket, placed her more securely on the couch, and put the blanket over her. He noticed in her hand, she barely held a small brown leather book, taking it from her, he flipped threw the pages finding that each page held a picture with each a small footnote.
Mainly contained of ones she would sneak of him. The recent one was from the last years' Founder's Day Festival. She practically begged him for that photo, since he forget to get her a birthday gift. Gai tried getting the picture, but she was stepping on him to keep him out. She wore a blue with white cranes and a mountain background furisode; since all the other kimono was sold out. He wore a plain forest green kimono. He remember how angry she was about that. It was funny to watch her expressions.
This book contained all her memories she had of him and Obito. He flipped to the first picture, which was of his former team. Obito trying to grab the camera with a goofy grin on his face. Rin was scolding at him right next to Kakashi. The Fourth Hokage was leaning against a tree laughing. Kiyomi must have been the one that took the picture since she wasn't in the photograph.
Kakashi closed the small book and set it on the coffee table, "Night Ki." He said and left the room.
"Night Ka." She muttered and rolled over.
*~*
Kiyomi woke up right at first light, she stretched out her tired body. Popping any bones and pulling her muscles out of their sift places. She went into the kitchen, put on the apron, and begun working on breakfast. Kiyomi heard a light scratching at the door, she quickly went to let Pakkun in.
"Morning, Pakkun. I have your breakfast all set for you to eat in your bowl." She mused.
"Thank you, Kiyomi." He said and begun to eat.
Setting the finished food down on the coffee table like last night, Kiyomi went to wake the sleeping Scarecrow. She knocked lightly first, no answer. Knocked once more, again no answer. She opened his door and saw the Scarecrow Jōnin was sleeping soundly. She went over to him and lightly shook his shoulder.
His mismatched eyes met her jade ones, "Morning, Sleepy-head. Breakfast is ready when you are." She said and left, not even borthering trying to see his face. Kakashi sat up, knocking off the covers from his upper body, hurriedly covering his face and realized that she could have pulled down the covers and see his face. 'Why didn't she? Weird girl.' Thought Kakashi. Kakashi got dressed and met her in the living room. She was almost finished by the time he got there.
"I'm going to train a bit before we deal with our underlings. I need to wake up better than I did. Oh, just so you know, I didn't look." She said and got up, and then left. Kakashi ate alone and to his thoughts. Kakashi finished his breakfast and went outside for a bit on his balcony, only to be greeted by a swirl of petals and a appearing-out-of-thin-air Kiyomi.
"They're there now. Waiting for us to show up." She said as she leaned against the railing, crossing her arms.
"Eh. They can wait. I just finished eating." He said.
"I cooked that meal well over two hours ago, Kakashi. Don't tell me you let it get cold because you were reading Icha Icha Paradise!" She said.
"If I said no I would be lying." He stated.
"Damn it Kakashi!" She snapped. He laughed at her.
*~*One Hour Later*~*
"Good Morning class!" Said Kakashi and Kiyomi in union.
"YOU'RE LATE!" Snarled Naruto, Sakura, Hajime, and Yuka.
Kiyomi laughed, "Yeah. We kind of got lost on the way here." She noted Kiyomi was not wearing her usual attire, but her Jōnin one.
'Something's up if Kiyomi-nii is wearing her Jōnin outfit. I better tell Hajime and Tamatsu.' Thought Yuka.
"You three are being tested with them also, so listen up!" Snapped Kiyomi. Yuka, Hajime, and Tamatsu nodded.
Kakashi went over and set a alarm clock on top of the middle tree stump, he set it for to go off, "I've set this alarm to go off a noon. Kiyomi-sensei and I each have two bells. Your challenge is to steal these bells from us before the alarm goes off. Anyone who fails will be tied to those stumps, so that we can eat our lunch in front of you." Explained Kakashi.
"So THAT'S why you had us go without breakfast!" Snapped Yuka.
Kiyomi mused, "All you need is one bell apiece. But since there isn't enough to go around, two of you will be tied to the stump none the less. And whomever those two are, will be going back to the school as a disgrace." She said, crossing her arms.
"You may, if you choose, use shuriken. Attack us as though you mean to kill or you'll never stand a chance." Added Kakashi.
"But! But that's dangerous!" Stuttered Sakura.
"You couldn't even dodge an eraser, Kakashi-sensei! You're going to get yourself killed!" Said Naruto.
"Only the weak speak loudly. Now, let's forget the dunce and begin on my signal." Said Kakashi. Kiyomi sighed.
Naruto gritted his teeth, quickly pulled out a kunai, readying himself to throw it a Kakashi. But in a blink and a swirl of smoke, Kakashi had his hand on Naruto's kunai and on the top of his head, pointing the kunai at the back of Naruto's head.
Kiyomi smirked at him, Yuka and the others stared in astonishment, "At least you struck to kill, Naruto! Good job." Said Kiyomi.
"So it seems. You're starting to respect my words. Maybe. Just maybe, I'm starting to like you three." Said Kakashi. That caught Kiyomi off guard, and she smirked quietly to herself.
"Now! Ready!" Said Kiyomi.
"Steady! Go!" Said Kakashi, and with that each one vanished from sight.
Note: I had to revised the first chapter because there was holes and errors. If anyone like to have a character in this send me a message. Please review also, I need to know if there is any thing I can improve on in this. I wrote this story around the time Naruto came out and never had a chance of putting it up. So. Please review. Thanks. I'll post another chapter on March 4th 2010. See you soon!