Welcome back mes chers. Enjoy what is written. Also, who has heard of the app called 'After School'?
~Jess~
Day one without Chase and the others. I woke up being held by Kakashi again, this time we were under the covers. He was asleep with his hand holding his book to his side. His thumb was between some pages where he was last reading. I couldn't help smiling. I wrap one arm over him. Kakashi puts his book on the ground and rests his hand on mine. We fell back asleep shortly after.
I woke up to hearing Sai leave. "He's just going to paint." Kakashi says in a sleepy tone.
"Okay." I can hear his heart again. It's slower but loud. I might end up sleeping again.
"What do you want to do? Tsunade said to the Tsuchikage that you'd be taking a stop in his village. She wants you to show him that the village has no ill intensions when having your help with your ability." I think for a moment. Not much comes to mind. It would be nice to just stay like this for the rest of the day.
"I don't know. Anything, I guess." He chuckled.
"So a visit to a bar would suffice?" I smile and look up at him.
"For you. I'd just stand outside because I doubt they'd let me in." Kakashi nods. I sit up on the bed and stretch. Kakashi pokes my back.
"Can I see your birthmark again?" Again? I must have shown him it while I was Rin. I roll my left stocking down and face it towards him. Kakashi just stared at it. He sat up as well and reaches for my leg, gently touching it with his thumb. I yelped and bit the inside of my cheek. "You alright?" I nod.
"That one spot is just very sensitive." He drags his thumb on it, my breathing was getting funny now. I grab his hand and move it away from my leg. I was exhausted and fell into his arms.
"You sure you're alright? You seem off." I push myself off of him and nod.
"Yeah, just not used to that." He touches my cheeks, it burned at his touch.
"You're blushing." Kakashi sounded amused. I lightly punch his shoulder. "H-hay, I was only playing." We laugh. After a few more minutes I decided I needed to take a shower, badly.
~Kakashi~
I'm a little relieved that Jess went into the shower... That sounded creepy. I had no idea she was that sensitive to touch on her mark. The noise she made was really cute. My pants did get rather tight after she did that, more so when she fell on me. I'm surprised she didn't notice. Well I hope she didn't notice.
"This is going to be a problem if every time I'm with her, this happens." I don't want her to think I'm like those other guys. "Gah! Why am I like this around her?" I'm glad Sai did go out to paint, he'd probably point this out. He'd better not come back while this is still up. I roll over onto my stomach again, just in case he decides to come back early.
I glance down at my book. "As much as I'd love to read that, it won't help me here." Searching in my pouch for the message Tsunade sent us. If I read that, maybe it'll bore me and it'll go down. "I like the idea of going into groups, blah blah, it would be good to keep her with you. La di da… wait what?" I reread that line again. "It would be a good idea to keep her with you, seeing that she does like you." What the hell did they tell Tsunade?
I hear the water turn off in the bathroom, glancing down. "Phew, finally." Jess comes out after a few minutes and sits down next to me. "When Sai comes back, I am asking him what they sent."
~Chase~
Sakura and I managed to find the hotel Kakashi said to go to. "I still can't believe we sent that." I said laughing with Naruto.
"What did you knuckleheads do?" Sakura said sitting up in her bed.
"With the info about what we have and will do, we also included a little more info about Jess and Kakashi." I said with a grin. Before we went to sleep, I turned into myself and managed to stay that way yet again.
"Like how Jess likes him and how Kakashi keeps acting funny around her." Naruto said standing up. Sakura's jaw dropped.
"Haven't you noticed?" I asked, she shakes her head.
"I thought he was acting normal." We all get ready for the day, Sakura still couldn't believe us. "How did you two notice?"
"Chase saw him in Jess's room. More than once." I nod Sakura's face turned pale than pink.
"He was in there because Jess wanted him to. He stayed because he wanted to." I said, she nods and her color goes back to normal. "You guys should have seen his face when we noticed Jess was missing. He looked like he was about to call all his dogs to find her." They both look at me funny, oh right they didn't know about this.
"When did that happen?" I rub the back of my head.
"The night she got her memories back." They nod. Our plan for the day is to continue to our destination, the Leaf Village. We needed to get more supplies for both parties. I am really excited to go to the village. Jess got to see it and now I get to. Sakura and Naruto noticed how hyped I was. We were very close to the village as well.
"When we get to the village we will need to stop by Tsunade's office." I think we are ahead of Kakashi's group. We are all supposed to meet up at Tenchi Bridge and head to a town between the Stone Village and Sound Village. We packed our things and left the hotel.
We made it to Konoha a little after noon. The gate keepers waved at us as we entered. It was much bigger when you're in the real place. I was so awestruck with the surroundings, that I had no idea how far behind I was to the other two. I ran to catch back up to them.
At Tsunade's office, she was sitting at her desk and Shizune was holding Tonton. Much like the village, her chest was much bigger in person. Not that I was looking, it's just hard to miss. She looks up from her papers and smiles. "Hello Sakura, Naruto, and I'm assuming you're Chase." I nod.
"That's me." She sits back and looks up and down me.
"So who are you? The body you're in." Right, that. In a puff of smoke I turned back to little Obito.
"Obito Uchiha. He died during the Third Shinobi War." Both Tsunade and Shizune had a shocked look on their faces.
"So that other form was the real you?" I nod, guess they didn't have a file of me yet. "Interesting. You three came for supplies. Well, you better get started. You do have a time limit." We all nod, as we were leaving Tsunade had me stay. "So in the message, was it true about Jessica and Kakashi?" She sounded very interested in this.
"I believe so. In our world, he was her favorite character. And Kakakshi had stayed with her in her room the past few nights. And the last night we were together, I think he was on her bed." Tsunade's jaw dropped. Her reaction was similar to a fan girl.
"Really?!" I nod.
"Yup. Jess regained her memories while talking to Kakashi. When she passed out from it, he was really worried. Hell, he sounded quite panicked when he called for Sakura." I let out a slight chuckle. "Kakashi was pacing all around and even sat in the room with her for hours till she woke up." Tsunade and Shizune were smiling, listening to every word. "Now don't tell anyone about what I'm going to say."
"Not a peep." Tsunade said with Shizune nodding. I take in a deep breath.
"When no one was looking, I snuck over to check on Jess. I saw Kakashi sitting next to her petting her head. He was reading earlier but must had stopped because I saw his book on the ground open to some random page." If either of the two found out about this, I think I'd be dead. "So I was going to just leave, seeing that she was alright. But…" Tsunade was on the edge of her seat with anticipation.
"But what?" Shizune asked.
"But before I turned to leave, I saw him kiss her forehead." Tsunade had a huge grin on her face. "Don't tell either of them. Kakashi would probably kill me and Jess would totally kick my ass."
"Of course. But what about for Sakura and Naruto?" I glace over at the entrance.
"Same goes for them. Come in." I said. They walk into the room with guilty looks.
"Sorry, but we heard Kakashi and Jess." Sakura said with her head low.
"Did he really do that?" Naruto asked. I nod, their jaws drop. I turn back into my old self.
"A peep from either of you two and we are dead." They nod. After our little chat with Tsunade, we picked up some supplies for our trip. Sakura went to her house to grab some new clothes. Naruto did too so I got to see his place. Messy, just like what we are shown in the manga and anime. We met back up at the entrance to leave yet again. Sakura was overly happy about Jess and Kakashi.
"That's so cute!" She squeeked, killing our ears. Even with our hands over our ears, it still hurt.
"Yeah, well I doubt they'll say it anytime soon. Don't let them know that we know." I warned them.
"We'd need to hide from the Akatsuki and them." Naruto said laughing. We continued our journey to Tenchi Bridge. Only to get half way there before we needed to stop for the night, staying in another hotel Kakashi told us to go to. While sitting on our beds, there was three this time, we decided to chat a while longer.
"So, Jess likes Kakashi. Who do you like?" Sakura asked bouncing on her bed. Naruto looked over at me with a grin.
"Uh, heheh. Well she's from the Leaf and she's a friend of one of you two." Naruto pointed to Sakura. I shake my head. Sakura gasped and covered her mouth.
"INO!?" She yelled. I nod. "No way!"
"Yeah, she's really pretty. Uh, n-not that you aren't pretty. You are… eh, I'm going to shut up now." I said throwing a pillow over my face. Sakura chuckled.
"Hehehe, I know what you meant." We soon went to sleep, we'd need all the energy we can get if we are to make it to the Bridge.
~Jess~
Sai came back two hours after we woke up. Kakashi and I were just chatting about things to do before tomorrow, when I'm supposed to meet the Tsuchikage. We decided that for lunch we'd go out. Then have a look around the town.
We went to a small restaurant and were seated in a booth towards the back. Sai didn't order much, none of us did for that matter. "Finally, I might just see Kakashi without his mask." He didn't drink at all while we waited. When the food arrived, I was on the edge of my seat. "Come on. Let me see." He grabs the top of his mask with one hand. Kakashi glances over at me.
"What are you looking at?" I look at my plate.
"Uh, nothing." He lets out a chuckle. From the corner of my eye I saw him lower his mask. "Oh my god, he's hot!" With his narrow jaw line and the beauty mark, nothing about him is flawed.
"Jess, you're staring." Sai nudged me. My cheeks burned with embarrassment. I hardly ate my lunch. With a view like that, how could I? Kakashi was the first to finish out of the three of us. He paid for our food and we left. "I can't believe Chase never told or even showed me what he looked like." All I could think about was what Kakashi looked like.
I was taken from my thoughts when I felt a hand on my shoulder. I swung my arm around, trapping Kakashi's hand under my arm. "Woah, ease up. It's just me." I let go of his arm. "You were spacing out. You tired or something?" I shake my head.
"No, I was just thinking." I look around, there was a festival going on. How the hell did I not notice this? There were so many colorful stands and people all around. "Wow." My jaw was practically on the ground. Kakashi smiled under his mask.
"There's a show that's supposed to start soon, want to see it?" He asked, I nod profusely. We continued our walk passed all these different booths and stands filled with games and shops. There was a huge colorful tent in the center of all this. Kakashi found us seats in the middle row. Sai sat on one side of me, Kakashi on the other. The seats circled the center of the tent. In the ring were a few lions jumping hoops. There were children in the front row watching in amazement. I look up, some acrobats flying back and forth on their trapeze. "That's all for the kid show. Now for the main event." The children and their parents left. Others entered, the youngest I saw I believed was twenty.
"I should turn into myself I guess." In a puff of smoke I turn into the real me. Sai and Kakashi look at me funny. "What? I don't want to be the only one that looks that young." Kakashi laughed and I think I heard Sai chuckle. The tent flap was closed and the acrobats climb down. The lions are brought back into their cages. The ringmaster stands in the center. "Welcome one and all. I am pleased to present to you tonight's show. I'm sure you all will enjoy it." The lights went out. Quiet murmur came amongst the audience.
"This is going to be interesting." Kakashi mumbled. Light appeared around the stage in little circles of fire. Two women were standing in the center wearing tight red and orange leotards. One woman jumped up on to the other's shoulders. The one on the bottom leaped up into the air while her partner grabbed the trapeze. She flung her partner off of her, catching the other trapeze in her hands. Back at the bottom, two big men carried flaming sticks. They threw one at each of the girls. "Oh, catch it!" I was at the edge of my seat. Each one caught the non-fiery end, twirling it all about. The girls flipped up onto their posts and put their torches on the side, illuminating the upper part of the tent. Applauds irrupted though the crowd. Once it died down, a different voice spoke.
"Now… for this next event. We need complete silence." The man waited a few moment before speaking again. "We also need one volunteer for this act." Lights went about through the stands. "Hmm… How about you, young lady?" the lights stopped moving when they were over me. One of the men from earlier, walked up the isle and towards me. I look at the guys for help. Kakashi and Sai did, just not in my favor. They helped me to my feet and over to the man. "You both are dead." He led me down to the center.
The ground lifted throughout the tent. I was now up higher than the first and second rows. Lights shined onto the stage. A much younger, slender man stood across from me dressed in a dark blue tux. He walked over to me, I glared daggers at Kakashi and Sai. "What's your name?" His voice was sweet and caring.
"It's Jessica." He smiles and looks back at everyone.
"Our lovely volunteer, Jessica, will help me with this next trick." A sea of applauds came from everyone. "Please, please, we haven't done it yet." He said making everyone laugh. The man sticks his hand out. I grab it with my shaking hand. "Relax, it's not going to hurt." He said smiling. "Now all I need you to do is empty your mind." I nod and relax.
"Good, now just focus on my voice and only my voice." All other sounds left from my ears till it was just him.
~Kakashi~
Jess is so going to kill us when she gets back. I was guessing this guy was a magician, until he told her to clear her mind. "So a hypnotist. Why isn't there any children watching this then?" The guy was about my age, maybe older. "What does he do?"
"Now, when I say three, you will do whatever I say with." He counted to three, Jess seemed back to normal. "Say Jessica, how do you feel?"
"F-fine." She said nervously.
"You want to fly with the acrobats?" Her expression turned from nervous to determined. One of the women from earlier. Swung down with her knees holding onto it. She grabs Jess throwing her in the air. Jess caught the other bar and swung around. "Now, jump." Is he insane?! Jess stands on top if the bar and flips off of it. I was about to stand up, Sai grabbed my arm. One of the bigger guys caught her, standing in his palms. Everyone applauded the performance. Jess walked back over to the man.
He had a smirk across his face. "For the last part of this trick, Jessica and I will dance." I have a feeling there is more to this. The torches from earlier were dropped on either side of the stage. Flames surrounded them. It created a sun out of fire. He outstretched his hand to her. She took it, he pulled her to his chest. Together they danced back and forth. They would get inches from the flames before moving away. At one point, he decided to twirl Jess. She was so close to the flames, it could have singed her eyelashes. He pulled her back and they take a bow. Everyone stood up and cheered. "Now head back to your seat and you will be back to normal."
Jess walks back to us and sits down. "How did I get here?" She asked looking at Sai and me. "Kakashi, you looked anxious." I do? She rubs my arm, I grab her hand and held it. The man on the stage motioned for someone to come onto the stage from the corner of the room. A lady about his age, walked next to him wearing a matching blue dress. "I couldn't have done this trick without the help of my girlfriend." They gave her a loud round of applauds.
"She must have used a jutsu to make her move while he had her in a trance." Jess squeezes my hand.
"What did I do?"
"We'll tell you later." She nods and turns back to the stage. The rest of the show was just as interesting as the first. When the show was over, we went back to the hotel to sleep. I continued to read until the two were both asleep. Jess, who stayed in her original form, had her head over my heart again. I put my book down and turn out the light. I wrap and arm around her, she slides her hand over me.
"Good night." She said. So she was awake?
"Night." I pull Jess closer to me. We stayed asleep like that the whole night.
Okay, Tenchi Bridge is the first location. I wonder how the Tsuchikage will react to Jess. Next chapter will be soon. Until then, I still need jokes, I postponed it for the next chapter and maybe even the one after that. By the way, the jokes are for Naruto and Chase to say. Than a really good one goes to Sakura.