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-Otakucraze
As a reminder whenever Tori is speaking in Japanese it will be in italics "like this"
If she is talking in English it will be "like this"
Chapter 4
Tori stomped down the steps intentionally and once at the bottom she headed off in the direction she came from.
"Tori!" A female voice said, awakening her from her angry stroll to harm the man who trapped her in this world. Tori spun in time to be collided by a curly blond haired girl a year younger than her. Not expecting to be glomped by one of her friends she fell backwards, unable to keep her balance. Boys out of Tori's line of vision began to laugh as Clair hugged the red head. Tori was now completely distracted from her anger.
"Long time no see" James said, offering a hand to both the girls on the ground
"We were so worried" Claire admitted, smiling
"You look like shit" Steven said
"Thanks asshole" Tori bit back
"You do though, you have crap in your hair and you look like you were in a fight with the chicken from Family Guy" Kevin added. A quick glare in his direction had him looking up to the sky and whistling as he casually got out of the girl's line of sight. Kevin had found out the hard way the harshness of Tori's anger. Dan came up to her and pulled a twig out of her hair
"Are you okay?"
"I have had about three hours of sleep give or take" Tori said "And I ran through the woods, broke my ankle, was showered with kunai, and saved by men in masks. All-in-all a typical start of my day" Tori said sarcastically, causing the group to smile. If Tori was acting sarcastic then everything was perfectly fine. Even though she was often a whirlwind of emotion that changed quickly, she also got over things very easily, and she rarely kept grudges. "You guys are in a good mood all things considering" She admitted
"Well we were worried about you" Dan pointed out
"The Hokage gave us places to stay, they tried to teach us Japanese, it is a very hard language to learn" Claire said, her green eyes sparkling at the challenge. Claire loved to learn, she always took classes at the local college, the harder the better. Her craving for knowledge was insatiable, and in this new environment where she knew nothing, she took the challenge of learning a new language as the threshold for learning everything else in this world. James put an arm over her shoulder, causing her green eyes to look up at the man. His medium length shaggy black hair constantly fell into his eyes, he looked the typical rocker dude, with multiple piercings including snake bites, and he was also Claire's boyfriend.
"Claire is being modest. They tried to teach us guys Japanese, she has gotten to the point where she can speak some words and speak simple sentences." He said, the compliment causing the girl in his arms to blush.
Dan sighed, and Tori turned her turquoise eyes to the dyed orange spiky hair of the boy who still held his drumsticks in his hand. "Those two got the nice ones; ours are creepy with their purplish white pupilless eyes. They smack us if we talk in English." Dan said, tapping the drumsticks on an invisible drum, twirling a drumstick a few times while keeping the silent beat. His brown eyes watched the fast beat of the drumsticks and when he finished speaking he mouthed numbers in rapid succession.
"They are horrible" Steven said, his brown hair in its regular bed head style. "They woke me up, yelling in Japanese and nearly killed me with kunai" Steven, although he was a veteran, was nearly impossible to get up. Tori knew the secret, after being in the same convoy with him months on end; she had gotten the hang of it quickly. She just had to act like a TI (A/N:Training Instructor, the ones in Basic Training that beat the crap out of you physically and mentally. To this day seeing their hat gets me on edge, and I haven't been in Basic for years) yelling at him, calling him maggot, and telling him to drop and hive her 50. Back in her convoy days she would use a water bottle and items from her MRE to create a mild explosive that she would set off a few feet from him when he slept on the job. She doubted she could find the necessary materials to create a mild explosive in this world though.
"They are really strict" Kevin admitted, his mousy brown hair shining in the morning sun
"Where am I staying?"
"They didn't tell you?" Claire asked
"No," Tori said, now regretting the lack of control over her anger before, as she now did not know critical information. The group began to walk down a street slowly. "But you are taking the information well, I wanted to maul Jiraiya" Tori admitted
"What?" Claire asked confused
"You don't know?" Tori asked
"No" James said, causing Tori to sigh. Of course, let her be the bearer of bad news. She growled at the thought.
"We are stuck here" Tori said flatly. The group stopped in their tracks as Tori kept walking, she hands behind her head as she looked up at the sky. She looked back to see a familiar masked shinobi with his nose in a yellow book leaning on a wall. A light blush formed on her face for a moment
"What do you mean we can't go home?" Kevin yelled
"Jiraiya messed up and cannot take us home, we are stuck her indefinitely" Tori said firmly.
"But I have class that is starting in two weeks; my books are on their way!" Claire said in exasperation. Tori sighed
"We have gigs lined up for months!" Steven said
"I have work!" James said
"Rent!" Kevin said. Dan just stared into space, his hands loosely holding his drumsticks at his side, a look of absolute terror on his face. The group began to get louder and more annoyed, yelling to Tori about how horrible this was and what she was going to do about it
"What?" Tori yelled loudly and sharply, momentarily silencing the group "What do you mean what am I going to do about it? Why do you think I have the answers, I know about the situation as much as you do! What makes you think I have a plan?" Tori hissed at her friends, who stepped back slowly from the girl. She was pissed.
"You usually have an idea" Steven said slowly and calmly, a futile effort to calm the outraged redhead.
"I usually have ideas in our world. If you haven't noticed we are in a different world, in an anime! I can't get us out of this!" Tori yelled back.
"Sorry, you usually are the one who comes up with plans and ideas Tori, we thought you might have thought of something" Claire said softly, hiding behind James.
"I had no time to think of an escape plan for us when I was using my brain for thinking of the short term when… oh I don't know, I was escaping from the ninjas that kidnapped me" Tori snapped. Her friends looked down in shame.
"We kinda forgot about that" Steven said
"Well you remembered five minutes ago" Tori pointed out harshly. She took a deep breath and calmed down the best that she could and began to walk again, the group following a safe distance behind. Movement caught her eye as she looked back slightly, noticing Kakashi following. "Why are you following us?" the group stared at Tori in shock.
"I am ordered to be your guard" Kakashi said, not looking up from his book and answering calmly.
"One guard for all of us is stretching it don't you think?" Tori pointed out
"It would be if I was a guard for all of you" Was his reply
"Who are you guarding?" Tori asked, completely stopping
"You" was his curt reply and Tori stared at him in shock
"What did he say?" Claire asked
"He said he is my guard" Tori said breaking out of her shock and turning to keep walking. The group laughed.
"Oh this is too perfect" Steven said as he nudged Tori's arm "You get to be followed around by your manga crush" he teased and Tori glared at him. James slung his arm over her shoulders and grinned evilly
"He is going to be following you and protecting you" James whispered in her ear suggestively
"Oh get off" Tori said, as a blush formed on her cheeks as she rolled her shoulders to get the boy off you laughed. Sighing she turned back to the aloof shinobi and asked "Do you know where I will be staying?"
"You will stay in my spare bedroom" he answered, not looking up from his book, Tori turned and mentally began whacking her head on a wall, wishing she could do it in reality.
"What did he say this time?" Claire said evilly and Tori sighed, she hated getting teased
"I am staying with him" She said softly, the groups silent laughter over the situation grew to on the knees roaring laughter and Tori's face lit up in a mixture of anger and embarrassment. She hated being the one getting teased but her head was spinning at the fact that she would be staying at her crush's house. Growing more irritated by the elevating laughter of her so called friends she took a deep breath and walked over to Kakashi, who looked up at her when her shadow fell onto his book's pages.
"Do you mind taking me to your house before I kill them?" Tori asked quietly as she stuck a thumb at the still laughing group, some had rolled over onto their backs to get more air. Kakashi nodded once and turned sharply to another street. Tori quietly followed, slightly behind and slightly beside the man, as she paid attention to markers, so she could get back. "Is it okay if I take a shower when we arrive?" Tori asked politely. The man nodded and Tori went off into her own little world as she ticked off what was in her backpack.
'A shirt, my leather pants… crap, I have no underwear or a bra… I only had what I wore to gig without my leather jacket' Tori paled and stopped in her tracks. Kakashi took two steps before looking back slightly
"You okay?" Tori continued to pale as she realized she not only had to ask her crush to take her to a lingerie store, but also pay for them. Tori cleared her throat and took a deep breath
"I have no under-things" she said softly. Kakashi looked like he understood and put away his book and stuffed his hands in his pockets and went the opposite direction of his house.
"Follow me" He said and Tori fell in step next to him. Stepping inside the store Tori went to the bra section looking for her size, only to find Japanese characters she couldn't really understand. Feeling even more uncomfortable in the store than she usually was she failed to her the faint footsteps of her guard "Having trouble?"
"I can't read Japanese" Tori admitted and felt his arms wrap around her upper torso and she grew a bright red and got out of his grasp and spun around
"What the hell?" she yelled in terror. Kakashi said nothing and handed her a bra
"This one will fit" He said before turning and walking to a chair for customers. Her face still a bright red she went to the underwear section, and not wanting another awkward situation grabbed a random panty and went to the fitting room. The bra fit perfectly, which caused her face to go a hue darker in shock and embarrassment, and the panty was too big. Going back out to grab a number of panties and more bras in the same size as the one Kakashi picked out she went back to the fitting room. Taking the one panty that finally fit. She went back out to grab a couple more panties and took the bras that she had chosen, including the red bra with a lace overlay that Kakashi had picked out for her.
Noticing his charge walking toward the counter Kakashi got up and took out some money and paid for the articles of clothing that left her bright red. Tori grabbed the shopping bag before Kakashi could and walked out of the store, taking deep breaths to calm herself and hopefully reduce the furious blush that made its home on her face.
Kakashi led her to his home and showed her the room she would be staying in and the bathroom to take her shower. It was the guest bathroom, so Tori did not have to worry about sharing with Kakashi, whom she imagined him taking a tremendously long time to keep his hair defying gravity. She smiled at the thought as she closed and locked the door before beginning to undress. It was then she noticed the seal on her stomach, different than Naruto's, but a seal for the same exact thing. Touching the characters that formed a winding whirlpool around her stomach she remembered her mother, then her father. Shaking the memory out of her head she turned on the water and jumped in. After dressing she began to towel dry her hair and opened the door as she did so, lugging her baggage to her room as she did so. A huge burst of air hit her from behind and she barely had enough time to catch herself before she fell. Once the assault was finished she turned to see Kakashi.
"Why did you do that?"
"It looked like you needed help drying off your hair" He stated simply, shrugging and walking past the appalled looking redhead.
"A little warning would be nice"
"I'll keep that in mind" He stated, Tori lightly glared before heading into her room and shutting the rice paper sliding door. She dumped the remaining contents of her backpack and nearly screamed in joy when she realized she brought a hairbrush to get rid of helmet hair. She happily began brushing her hair, getting slightly annoyed by the remaining twigs and leaves in her hair that formed wicked knots as she did so. Her hair was indeed dry, but she did not enjoy the actual jutsu needed to get her hair dry and realized how much she missed her hairdryer. Once the brushing was finished she collapsed on the small bed and took a nap.
She awoke hours later and stretched before leaving her room in her wife-beater and skin tight leather pants. The combination was odd, but when she left the house she did not think anyone would be seeing the outfit without her jacket on. She saw Kakashi on his couch reading the same yellow book and realized that Tori technically had not asked the man for his name.
"What is your name?"
"Hatake Kakashi"
"Ah. Kakashi-san can you help me find Jiraiya" He looked up to the girl
"Why?"
"Because I need to talk to him" she said simply, taking a leaf out of his book of aloofness. He nodded and stood up, towering five inches over the girl. The two went to a nearby bathhouse and low and behold there was the mega pervert himself doing his peeping tom act to the women bathing.
"YOU" Tori yelled loudly, grabbing his attention "I need to talk to you" she finished
But in all reality Tori did not want to talk. When the old perverted geezer got close enough to the redhead she pounced, flipping herself over her shoulders and turned and jumped high enough to land on his shoulders as she began to pull his long white hair while yelling angrily "I HATE YOU! BECAUSE OF YOU I CAN'T GO HOME! IT IS ALL YOUR FAULT!" Repeating herself over and over again as Kakashi looked shockedand Jiraiya was desperately trying to get her to quiet down and get off of him. She got louder; beginning to yell "PERVERT, HOW DARE YOU PEEP ON BATHING WOMEN!" which properly alerted the women on the other side, who proceeded to join the redhead in beating the man up.
Once properly bruised in both physicality and mentally, Tori left, grabbing Kakashi's arm in the process as he had just watched the defeat of the bear like man that was the sensei of his sensei, and a sannin at that. Tori felt completely satisfied as she looked back at the groaning man
"Filthy pervert" she muttered as the two headed back to the shinobi's house.