And we are back. You get to see Chase finally fight the one he's always wanted to fight. I love writing these by the way. Especially at two in the morning on a school night. Enjoy.
We all went back to the guest house, Gaara and Kankuro decided to tag along. Jess plopped onto the couch with Sai. Chase stayed in his original form. "Show off." Jess said to Chase. He just laughed and sat in the armchair. Kankuro stood next to Chase. Gaara sat with Naruto and Sakura. There was a seat next to Jess still. "Come sit down." She said. Chase smiled the entire time I walked over to sit down. I throw one of the couch pillows at him, getting him in the face. Jess was smiling too.
"Hay, Jess. What is it like when you use your ability?" Naruto asked. Jess thought for a moment.
"Um, well when my brain knows something is about to happen, my body moves on its own almost. Though it sometimes shows me things that are supposed to happen way before. Like when I saw me fighting Chase." She looks over at me. "Remember? I looked out the window and said sorry."
"Oh that's right. How did you know I was there?" She shrugs her shoulders. Probably the ability.
"So can you control it? Or does it happen without warning?" Gaara asked.
"Without warning. Maybe if I keep working at it, I'll be able to use it whenever." She said with a smile.
"Kakashi, what are you smiling about?" Sakura asked. I hadn't noticed I was smiling. Now everyone was looking at me.
"I'm just happy to see she's back to normal." I lied. I really had no idea why I was smiling. Chase looked at me with disbelief. Gaara stood up.
"I better get back to work. If you want to spar again, I'll be in my office." He left with Kankuro. Jess stood up and walked over to the fridge. She pulled out the strawberries and ate one. Chase and I watched her.
"What?" She asked.
"You ate that with the stem." Chase said.
"Like you didn't know." She said smiling. Jess drinks something from the fridge. We hear her slam the fridge and run down the hall. "Jess?" Chase stood up and followed her down the hall. The only thing that is drinkable in the fridge is milk, water, and- the sake! Chase comes back rubbing his neck.
"Well, what's wrong?" Sakura asked.
"Is she okay?" Naruto turned his head to look at Chase.
"She's fine. She didn't realize she drank sake instead of water." I stand up and walk over to the fridge. The sake bottle only had half of what was originally there. "Sakura, can you come with me for a moment?"
"Uh, yeah." She stands up and we walk down the hall to Jess's room. Jess was laying on her bed facing the wall. "Jess, you okay?"
"She drank like half the bottle." I whisper in her ear. Jess rolled over.
"I don't know." She said. "That tasted weird." She sat up and swayed a bit. She laughed "I have a bad habit for getting myself in some bad situations, huh?" Sakura and I chuckle.
"Guess so." Sakura said. "Can you stand alright?" Jess stands up then sits back down.
"My head hurts from when I hit it and now that crap made it worse." Sakura lays her back down.
"You should try and sleep it off. I know you probably don't want to but it'll make you feel better." Jess nods. Sakura smiles and walks out of the room.
"Kakashi can you stay here for a little bit?" I nod and sit at the edge of the bed. She smiled with her eyes shut. "You know, I think I might overcome my fear."
"That's great to hear." She nods.
"It's thanks to you that I can." Me?
"Why me?" She takes a deep slow breath.
"I'm not as afraid of men anymore. Yes, I'm still scared of them thanks to my father and that asshole. But being around you, I now know there are men out there who won't hurt me when I'm alone with them." Her breathing was slowing down. "I trust you…" She fell asleep after finishing her sentence. I move her hair from her face. Her cheeks were a light pink color.
"I know you're there Naruto, Chase." They moved to the doorway.
"Heh, sorry Sensei. We were a little curious." Naruto said. Chase had a little smirk going on.
"What's with that smirk you keep wearing?" Chase laughs.
"I don't know what you mean." He lied.
"Whenever I'm with or near Jess, you have that same smirk." Naruto walked over to Jess. His hand was just about to touch her. Before I could stop myself, I threw a kunai just past his hand, it got stuck in the wall. Naruto drew his hand back. "She's sleeping, don't touch her!" Naruto nods and backs away. I look back to where Chase should have been, he was gone. I look back at Naruto, Chase was standing next to Jess.
"Come on Naruto, let's go back to Sakura and Sai." He said with a smirk. The two walk out of the room, Chase made a bigger grin on the way out. I pull the kunai from the wall. "What's going on with my head?"
~Few Hours Later ~Jess~
I woke up hearing a loud crash. I get up to see what was happening. Sakura and Sai were sitting on the couch looking over the edge of it into the kitchen. Naruto was standing with his jaw dropped. I walk closer and see Chase, back in Obito form, copying everything Kakashi was doing. Kakashi was getting annoyed with him. "Guys?" Chase and Kakashi look over at me. "What are you two doing?" They look back at one another, Chase stops using his sharingan.
"Nothing." They say in sync.
"Nothing?! You two have been trying to kill each other for an hour." Naruto practically yelled. I glare at the two. I stomp my way over, until Sai grabbed my arm. "There's glass." I look down, there were several shards of glass all over the floor.
"Kakashi, Chase, outside. Now!" I demanded. Chase obey and walks to the door, he remembers what I'm like when I'm cranky. "Kakashi." I say dangerously. He nods and does the same. I walk out with them, with the others following close behind me. I have them head to the training field. "Now! Kakashi, Chase, why were you two fighting?" Neither said anything so I looked at the others.
"Chase kept following Kakashi around with a grin and using his sharingan after you fell asleep. Kakashi started to get annoyed and they started to argue." Sai said sitting down.
"Then it got physical. The glass was from Kakashi's cup of sake." Sakura said shaking her head. I glare back at the two.
"Chase, why were you being an ass?" Kakashi laughed. Chase didn't answer. "Chase, the one person in this world you want to fight is Kakashi, correct?" He nods and Kakashi stops laughing. "Then fight out here and not in the house." Chase smirks over at Kakashi.
"Again with that grin?" Kakashi sounded very annoyed with him. Chase uses his sharingan again and Kakashi uses his. Chase stood there with a smug look on his face. "What is with you?" Kakashi rushed at Chase. He moved out of the way. Chase through kunai and shuriken at his face. Kakashi blocked all of them, I lost sight of a few that went really high up. Kakashi used the fireball jutsu, to which Chase copied and had aimed right back at him. The fireballs extinguish each other on impact, sending a wave of heat around. I definitely didn't like that. "Ugh, I feel sick." I sit on my legs and continue to watch the match.
Chase threw more weapons at Kakashi, he blocked or dodged them. Chase moved in closer and threw several punches and kicks. Kakashi grabbed one of Chase's punches and threw him in the air. I stand up quickly. Chase sends a fireball at Kakashi. Kakashi uses a water type jutsu to stop it. Chase lands on the ground and runs to Kakashi. I throw a kunai in the middle of their path. "Alright stop." I said. "You two will end up killing someone if this continues." I walk over to them. I notice something glimmering in the sky. "Chase, look out!" I warn him. He jumps back just as his kunai came crashing down.
"Thanks Jess." He said smiling. I slap the back of his head.
"I'm still mad at you. Stop doing annoying things to Kakashi." He nods. I turn and face Kakashi. "Can you two please get along?" They nod. "Good, I'm really hungry by the way." They laugh at me. "W-what? I'm serious."
"I'll make something, okay?" Kakashi said walking over. I nod with a big grin. His face softened. Kakashi made some ramen, Naruto begged him, for everyone. It was pretty good. I sat in front of the window watching the sun set. It was really pretty. Naruto ate three bowls before anyone was even four bites into theirs. Kakashi sat down a few feet behind me. "What are you doing all the way over here? Everyone is eating in the kitchen." I shrug my shoulders.
"It's really fun to watch the sun set." I said laying my head on the windowsill.
"Did you mean what you said earlier?" Kakashi asked. I nod and look over at him.
"Yeah." I blush remembering our conversation. I was too tired to tell him that Naruto and Chase were spying on us. No doubt he found out. "Oh Kakashi, I was trying to say earlier, I noticed you were rather concerned when I was getting my memories back." He blinked with an expressionless face, like he was holding back his true expression. Maybe he didn't want me to remember it. "I-I, uh wanted to… to say thank you. I wouldn't be back to me without your help." I smile and stand up. I put my bowl in the sink and head to my room. I shut the door behind me and lean against it.
"I shouldn't have brought it up. He didn't seem to like that I remembered." I shake my head. How stupid could I be? Why would he want to remember that? The sun set after a few more minutes. "Maybe a walk to clear my head." I write a note saying I went for a walk and signed it, Chase could verify it was me that did it. I open my window and climb out. The air was much cooler now that the sun has set. Not many people were out at the moment. It was very refreshing.
As I was making my way back, I found myself at the training field. "This doesn't seem right." I walk in the direction I believed the house was in. Nope, thank you ability for not helping at all. I ended up in a more deserted part of town. "Why don't I just head to see Gaara? He could tell me how to get back." As I was thinking, I accidentally bumped into someone. "S-sorry!" I say quickly. The person turns around.
Man. He looked about twenty and had short dark hair. He had a creepy grin on his face. "It's alright kiddo. Where are you headed? Perhaps I could help you?" I shake my head no and backed up. "Come on, I'm not going to hurt you." He said walking closer. I trip and fall onto my back, I continue to crawl back away from him. He was now standing over me. He grabbed one of my arms and lifted me up. "Let go!" I kick him, he lets go and I fall to my knees.
"Why you little-!" He slapped me and I fell over. My cheek stung in pain. "How dare you!" I shield my face with my arms. "Looks like someone needs to be punished." He stepped closer. My whole body trembled in fear. He gripped my arm tightly and pulled me to my feet. I slid my other hand into my pouch and pulled out a kunai. "L-let go." He laughed as he shoved me against the wall of a building. My hand let go of the weapon. I watched in horror as it fell to the ground.
"Too bad. You really thought that would help you." He pinned my hands above my head with one of his. He reached into one of his pockets and pulled out a small knife. He held it against my cheek. "What's the matter?" He slid it across my skin, blood dripped down my cheek. I try my best to free my arms. He held the knife against my throat. "I wouldn't do that." He said with a smirk. My body froze at its touch. "That's a good girl." He puts the knife behind him and ties a black cloth around my mouth. My breathing hitched, I prepared myself for the horror to come. His free hand grabbed my thigh, I jumped. He snickers and drags his thumb on my inner thigh.
I hear a dog bark and the man let's go of me. I drop, only to be caught by someone else. I thrash around. "Jess! Stop, it's me." I stop and wrap my arms around Kakashi tightly. He removed the cloth from my face. Chase, in his normal form, was beating the hell out of the guy. Kakashi picks me up. "Come on, we're done here."
"How did you guys know where to find me?" I ask.
"Chase here found your note. I had Pakkun find you." I nod. My eyes burned. "It's alright to cry. It must have been scary for you to go through that again." A few tears fall from my face. I tried my best to keep the rest from falling.
"I'm s-"
"Don't you dare apologize. You did nothing wrong." Chase said waving his finger at me. I nod. We snuck back in through the window. "Everyone else went to bed after we all ate. Kakashi and I were the only ones that noticed something was up when we couldn't hear you." Kakashi still held me as he sat down on my bed.
"You know you're bleeding, right?" I bring my hand to my cheek. I forgot about that. I heal the cut and wipe the blood from my cheek. Kakashi smiled, though his eyes didn't match. They looked worried. Same with Chase but he was showing how he truly felt. I smile at Chase to relax him.
"No matter what happens, you still smile." He grins and shakes his head. He gives Kakashi a nod and he returns it. "I'm going to sleep. I'll see you in the morning ok?" I nod as he leaves the room. Kakashi still held onto me.
"Kakashi, are you okay?" He nods. "I think you're lying." He lets out a slight chuckle. "You haven't let go of me since you guys found me."
"Me? You've been clinging to me the whole time." He said with a real smile. I noticed that I was still holding onto him with quite a bit of strength. I blush and let go. "You didn't need to." He said wrapping his arms around my waist gently. "It didn't hurt." My heart sped up. I had my head over his heart, it was beating fast as well. It was calming to hear. I wrap one arm behind him, holding on more. "Do you hear my heart?" I nod.
"It's beating fast. It's a strong beat." I whisper. He lifts me up and puts his ear on my chest, just above my scar. My heart felt like it was going to jump out of my chest.
"Yours is fast as well." He looked up at me. My cheeks burned. "Your face is really red too." He places me in his lap and touches my forehead with his hand. "No fever."
"I-I'm f-fine!" I say squirming around.
"Woah hold still. You might hit my face or something else." I stop moving and look up at him.
"Are you blushing?" He pauses for a moment and shakes his head. "Really? You're ears are pink." He turns his head away from me.
"No they're not." I turn his head back to me again. I grab one of his pink ears.
"Yup, definitely pink." He pinches my cheeks and tugs slightly.
"You're one to talk." I grab the top of his mask.
"You let go, I'll let go." He paused, wondering if I'm serious.
"You wouldn't dare." I lift an eyebrow. He stops pinching my cheeks and I release his mask. "I really wanted to see. Oh well." I sit in his lap a little longer before I started getting tired.
"Kakashi, will you stay in here?" I ask standing up. He moves from the bed to allow me to lay down.
"Sure." I take my sandals off and go under the covers. He sits on the floor next to me. I drop my hand on his spikey hair. He smiled and allowed me to keep it there. As I was falling back to sleep, I felt it fall off his head. He grabbed it and held it in his warm hands.
Okay, next chapter will definitely cooler. Perhaps the Akatsuki will make an appearance? Or maybe someone different. Oh well still haven't decided. Hope you enjoyed this.