Aha! Another chapter. Yeah, it sucks. PHOQUE IT. ;D But yeah. In the flashback, the things that were italic aren't and vice versa, got it? P: And I still don't own anything but Keiko. D: Oh well.
I sighed, pondering what Kakashi would say to me, as I walked towards the training grounds.
Would he be angry? Sad? Confused? Happy? Ha. Like he'd be happy about what I did.
~Flashback.~
"So...." It was awkward. Again.
"Ask 'Shadow" why he wanted to know all of that."
Should I tell him the truth?
Yes.
No!
What? You just answered your own question.
Ugh. What should I tell him.
The truth?
No! Something else..think of something! This is your fault!
Uh..can't tell him I'm gay for him. Ew. How about...I've got nothing!
I'll just say there's no reason..
"He said there was no reason in particular."
"Hmph." My answer seemed to disappoint him. I sighed, looking back down at the ground.
"I think I should go get some things for my new house now..."
He replied with a grunt.
"Bye Kashi-kun."
"Bye Keiko-chan."
Kiss him goodbye!
No!!
DO IT.
Ugh. Scary voice. Dammit.
I crouched down next to where he sat and kissed him on the cheek. Seeing his eye widen, I "poofed" away. The rest of the day, I couldn't help but wonder what he thought of me after I'd left. I'd find out the next day though, whether I wanted to or not.
~End flashback.~
Ugh. Why'd I have to go and do that. It's all your fault Shadow!
I was just trying to help!
Some help you were.
I'd finally neared the training grounds and saw the three students waiting for Kashi. I walked up to them.
"Hey guys." I waved with a smile.
"Hmph." Sasuke was as moody as ever.
"Hi Keiko-chan!" both Naruto and Sakura seemed more pleased to see me as they waved.
"We've got our own mission!" Naruto exclaimed.
"Really? What is it?" I was curious to know what these three were to do.
"We don't know yet. We're still waiting for that lazy sensei of ours." Sakura sounded annoyed.
I looked up, hearing something. "Speak of the devil..." I murmured before looking down at the ground.
The trio looked up, seeing their always-late teacher.
"You're late again!" Naruto screeched.
"Sorry. I was helping an old woman with her groceries."
Lame excuse.
"Yeah right!" Naruto was as energetic as ever.
"Shut up Naruto. Kakashi-sensei, our mission?" Sasuke asked.
"Oh yeah. Here are the details." The four of them huddled up, going over their mission. I sat on the ground, watching.
After a few more minutes, they finished going over their plans. They then split up. Kakashi signalled for me to go with him.
"The mission?" I was still curious.
"Finding and retrieving a runaway cat."
I sweat-dropped. "Don't you think that's a bit too easy?"
"They're only beginners." Kashi replied coldly.
"If you say so 'sensei." I could be cold too.
Minutes later, the mission was over. Naruto was on the ground, getting scratched by Tora the cat, while we stood watching. After helping him out with the cat, we took it back to the owner's home.
"Aww! My poor little Tora! Mommy was so worried about her naughty little fuzzy kitty, yes!!" The cat...was being attacked...with affection. It was horrifying.
Naruto laughed. "Stupid little cat! That kitty deserves to be squashed!"
"No wonder he ran away.." Sakura said.
We headed home.
Back at the training grounds, Kakashi spoke to his team before they left for the day.
"Tomorrow, we go to the hokage and see what new missions he has. Get some rest. See you tomorrow morning at his office." And with that we parted in our separate ways. The kids went to get ramen and I almost went to join them when I noticed Kashi sitting near a stump reading his perverted novel again.
"Why do you read those?" I asked, walking up to him and leaning against a different wooden stump...thing.
"Because I like to. Is there a problem?" Boy, was he sassy.
"No.." I looked down.
I pissed him off. Again. Dammit!
Calm down, you can fix it.
Yeah right.
He might not even be pissed off!
We'll see about that, Shadow!
What the...
"Are you...mad at me?" I asked him, just to prove Shadow wrong.
"No."
Told you so!
Ugh...but yay! Wait...
"Why not?"
"What do you mean 'why not'? Why would I be mad? You haven't done anything."
"But..yesterday."
"Yesterday was yesterday. Now is today. Don't tell me you've started living in the past, Keiko-chan."
That reminded me of how I was before I left. Not a care in the world. Like Naruto. Like Obito..
"I'm not. You're not either?"
"Nope."
"So yesterday is nothing to you?" I wanted to see if he'd brushed off what I'd done like it was nothing, which I both wished he did and didn't.
"No, it's something." His answers were too damn brief for me. I had to ask more.
"Then what is it?"
"A day."
Too damn brief!!!
"I knew that dum-dum." I joked, hitting him lightly on the head. He still hadn't looked up from his book once. "More details?"
"Why do you care." It was more of a statement than a question. And it hurt. Bad.
"Why wouldn't I.." I muttered, looking down at the ground.
I do that so much around him!
Do what?
Get embarrassed..
True.
Ugh.
"You tell me." His reply shocked me slightly.
"I have no idea. Which is why I do. I care. So tell me?"
Getting him to tell me is taking so long. Ugh.
"Fine." I expected more, but, after a minute of waiting, he said nothing more.
I looked at him questionably. "Go on?"
"It was confusing to me. You sneak into my house, watch me sleep, make little conversation when we go out, and kiss me on the cheek before leaving. Girls make no sense."
He sounded like a teenager whilst saying the last sentence, and I imagined younger-him saying it. I giggled at the thought.
"And now you laugh at my explanation. Do you see how that would confuse me?"
"Yeah.." I felt guilty for doing this to him. "But I wasn't laughing at your explanation - just some weird thought I had. Nothing for you to be concerned about." I wanted to hug him and try to make him feel better, since it seemed like he felt pretty down.
"Okay." That's all he said.
It went quiet. For how long, I'm still not sure. Another dead-end conversation with him.
Why? Why, why, why, why, why?? Why do I have to be like this? Why does he have to be like this?
Calm down. Just talk to him.
Like you can give boy advice. Do you even have a sexuality?
...I'm a guy.
Oops. Well...you're still not human so it still doesn't matter.
Jeez.
"Kashi-kun?"
"Yeah?"
"Shadow still wants to know who that girl you had in mind was...you ever going to tell him?"
You go girl!
What the..shut up.
Hey!
Sorry.
"Maybe. Someday."
"Someday soon?"
"Maybe."
"Hmph."
He finally looked up at me.
"Why is 'Shadow' so eager to know?"
"Because...ugh. It's not Shadow. It's me. Shadow's a guy and doesn't care."
Hey! I care!
Not in a love way. You care 'cause you're stuck with me and don't want me to whine about boy problems so much, right?
Maybe..
Thought so.
"Then why do you want to know?"
"C'mon, Kakashi. You can't seriously be that dense. It's obvious."
Silence. Unnerving silence. I couldn't stand it. He didn't answer, reply, anything. He just looked at me with some weird expression most likely - I could never tell because of his stupid mask and headband.
"If you're not telling me, I'll go. Bye." And I left. He pissed me off. These feelings pissed me off. I'd only been back for 2 days and it was already this bad. I thought that I'd gotten over him during the years I'd been gone, but I guess I didn't. Dammit.
I walked until I was out of Kakashi's sight and then I ran. I ran and I ran until I got home, so I could go lay in bed and sulk. I knew I was being immature, but I couldn't help it.
Maybe I shouldn't go to the hokage's office with the team tomorrow. I'll make up some excuse. Catch a cold or something. Yeah, that's it.
...Stupid.
What?
Nothing.
Ugh, whatever. I'm not going tomorrow and that's that.
My decision had been made. I sulked some more until I fell asleep.
Another chapter done. And a long one. Shit. My hands hurt. And this whole story sucks but whatever..
