Oh yeah, this was originally a Kakasaku fic and I'd end up with no one, but you guys thought it was a KakaOc and I just went with it. Just an FYI.
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Disclaimer: Don't own Naruto or Kakashi.
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Ch.12: In Which There Is A Winner
A brown-haired girl with buns in her hair, a pair of baggy black pants and a traditional red Chinese top on her body came down the stairs, a smile on her face. "Let's recap what happened last time."
Megumi cast her glance to the side form embarrassment, settling to draw patterns into the leather. "Well, I've never been kissed before and I don't know what's supposed to happen or what people feel. I only have what other people wrote as knowledge."
Sasuke blinked. "You've never been kissed? How lame."
Megumi blushed before glaring hotly at the Uchiha. "Shut up, Sasuke! Your first kiss was from Naruto!"
Sasuke glared at the girl, his face painted a bright crimson as his sharingan spun lazily. "Shut. Up. Now!"
Kiba looked down at his dog. "Well, this is weird. Right boy?"
"Bark bark."
Sakura and Hinata looked to Kiba. "What'd Akamaru say?"
"He said someone should just kiss her and get it over with." he shrugged. Suddenly, the guys started to come closer, a strange gleam in their eyes. "Oh, Megumi…"
Megumi turned to the girls. "Sakura, Tenten, Hinata, Akamaru? You'll protect me from them, right? Right?"
Tenten glared. "Neji! Don't you dare!" she reprimanded.
Neji shook his head. "Sorry, I got caught up in everything. Besides, you're the only one for me, Tenten." At this, Tenten blushed hotly, her heart racing a mile a minute as Neji tried to think of the many possible reasons of why he said that while mentally slapping himself.
Sakura glared at Naruto. "Don't even think about it."
"Why?"
"Cuz Hinata likes you, dumbass and I only think of you as another brother. " Megumi said. After all, she already had one.
Naruto blinked. "Is this true, Hinata?"
"Y-y-yes." she blushed.
"Ohhhh…so that's why you blush so much around me…"
"You sure are slow, dobe. Now about this whole thing with you…" Sasuke said smiling. It reminded Megumi of a snake. Though she never had a fear of the smooth-skinned serpents before, she might just go Indiana Jones™ on them and just start sweating while saying 'snakes' over and over again.
Megumi gulped, fearing for the worst. Maybe if she played dead, she could throw them off…
"And that's what happened last time." Tenten concluded. She turned to Megumi who turned her head to look behind her. "Now how the hell did I end up tied to a chair again?" Megumi asked, wondering what was with these people and tying other people to chairs with rope.
Naruto shrugged. Apparently he was her guard. "Well, teme grabbed you. Shino brought the chair. Kiba brought the rope and Kakashi tied you in it."
"Oh…"
'Shitshitshitshitshit' Megumi thought and looked around, panic welling inside her chest. "Ok, guys. Real funny, we'll all laugh about it later, now let me out of here." she said laughing, a tinge of nervousness in her voice.
Sasuke shrugged. "Sorry."
Kiba looked down at his nails, obviously bored. "Can't."
Megumi looked at them suspiciously; they were hiding something from her. "Why?…"
Kakashi turned the page in his little orange book. "We're holding you here until we decide who gets to have your first kiss."
Neji raised a brow. "That's why you're holding her hostage?"
Shino nodded. "Yes."
Tenten shrugged dismissively and continued to sharpen the kunai in her hand. "Why can't you use your powers as an author?"
Megumi shrugged. "I don't want to hurt anyone, besides, I can't move my hands to do it. If I tried right now, I'd end up frying myself or dead and that's not a happy feeling."
Sakura shook her head. This was getting really annoying. "Ok, this is ridiculous. Just draw the name from a hat. It'll make it a lot easier on all of us now shut up and write your name on a piece of paper." The guys looked at each other and nodded. It sounded reasonable.
'Great, so this was what it felt like to be sold to the highest buyer. No wonder slaves felt like shit and those poor cows.'
Megumi continued her mini-rant about anything she learned in her life that had anything to do with selling organisms when she heard the pencils stop moving. Hinata passed around a top hat and waited for them to drop in the pieces of paper before moving away.
Hinata walked over to where the girls were clustered, far away from the boys. "Here Sakura." she said handing over the hat.
Sakura took the hat, mixing around the paper. "Who's doing this?"
Tenten shrugged and placed a finger on her lip in thought. "Sasuke, Shino, Kiba, Kakashi, and that's it."
'I never thought any of them would do anything like this. Well, maybe Kiba, but that was still unlikely. Are they really that desperate?'
Sakura sighed. "Ok. Here Hinata, you pick."
Hinata nodded. Okay." She reached in, swirling her hand around the inside of the hat before pulling out a small sheet. "And the winner is…"
"Well?" Megumi asked anxiously, shifting in her chair, wincing as the ropes bit into her skin once more. Man, these things hurt.
Sasuke lifted an eyebrow. "Well?"
Everyone held their breath, waiting for an answer. When Hinata didn't say anything, they all screamed, "Well?!" Hinata flinched. Megumi really felt sorry for the girl. To have to face an angry mob…
Hinata looked up sheepishly from the piece of paper, her shaking hands causing it to tremble. "T-t-the w-w-winner is……K-Kakashi!"
"Yes!" he screamed. You'd think he won some private screening of some Icha Icha movie or something. Sasuke, Kiba, and Shino sweatdropped. Megumi was pretty sure she saw a glare somewhere.
A scraping sound was heard on the floor and Megumi looked up as Kakashi made his way to my chair. "Um, does that mean I can get out of the chair now?" she asked, her eyes hopeful. Megumi could taste freedom already.
Kakashi smiled. "No."
'Of course.'
"Why?" she whined as she moved in her chair. Hey, it moved an inch! That's a bit of improvement. At least she wasn't sitting in the same patch of floor she was a second ago. Hey, in desperate situations, small miracles are still miracles.
Kakashi smiled and patted her head. "To make sure I get my prize and after all this work, it'd be a waste if you escaped."
Megumi visibly tensed. Prize? That didn't sound good. "Um…guys?" she asked turning to them. Huge 'SAVE ME!' signs were probably behind her to continue the phrase.
Sakura looked to everyone. "Everyone one out! We need to leave these two alone. Kakashi, don't rape her." Nope, apparently not.
Kakashi sighed. "Hai hai. I won't." he said waving to the retreating back of Sakura. He turned to Megumi, his eye somehow hungry. "Now where were we?"
"Kakashi?" Megumi squeaked. Okay, this was getting freaky. She felt her muscles tense underneath her skin and her body scootch back in her chair, trying desperately to put as much distance between them as possible. What was he thinking?
Kakashi smirked. "Close your eyes and relax." he said, his voice like velvet.
Megumi looked up hesitantly. Why was he asking that, but it didn't sound too bad so…"Um, okay…" she said.
Megumi willed her body relax, feeling her body loosen up as she lowered her lids when she felt something warm on her lips. Her body tensed then relaxed as the warm pressure moved away. Megumi opened her lids, still feeling a bit frazzled, to see Kakashi smiling at her. "See. That wasn't so bad."
She flushed. God, she probably looked like a tomato. Sasuke would probably love her. "I-I guess not." she stuttered, looking up hesitantly to his masked face.
Kakashi blinked before his eyes regained that mischievous, hungry glimmer. What did she say to make that look return? And why did she feel butterflies in her stomach? "'I guess not?' Well, it looks like I did it wrong, here, let me make it up to you." he said, his smile predatory.
Megumi's eyes grew wide. "Wha? Kakashi, you don't-" Well, whatever she was going to say then and in the next five minutes became lost as she felt him kiss her. Even with the mask on, it was still pleasant and she found herself, uncharacteristically, kissing him back.
After a minute, Kakashi pulled away, his smile satisfied at the girl's frazzled appearance. He braced his arms on her thighs. "Did I do better this time?"
She blushed, knowing she did look like a tomato. He did do better. WAY better. "Y-yes. Um...can I get out of these ropes now?"
"Sure." he said pulling the knot and loosening the ropes around her.
Megumi rubbed her sore wrist, trying to get the rope imprint off. She looked up. "Thank you, for everything."
Kakashi shrugged. "No problem. I'm sort of honored to be your first."
She smiled and hugged him. "Thank you. Oh, and guys, come out. I know you're watching." she smiled, a collective 'Damn.' reaching her ears.
Kakashi smiled. "Enjoy the show?" he asked happily.
Sasuke's face tinged pink. "Just making sure you didn't actually rape her." he said with his hands buried in his pockets.
Megumi smiled. "Aww, thanks Sasuke."
Sasuke blushed further. "Whatever."
She shrugged and waved goodbye. "Well, see you next time!"
