A/N: First I would like to state that in response to a review I got, I've slightly altered chapter 25. Instead of Kakashi using his Chidori attack against the Aneian ninja, he now uses a shoge.
(The Shoge is a chain with a hooked knife attached to one end and a ring attached to another, andhas many different uses.The tool comes with a long chain that can choke about ten people at one time. A shoge can be used as a knife to stab,cut or slash the enemy. The hook can be used to make horrible wounds. The chain and ring can be wrapped around the neck of the enemy and used to help off balance or trip the enemy.)
Next I would like to answer a question about how the enemy ninjas were successful in stealing Emiri's car. I will do so by quoting a friend of mine.
"The reason they would have been successful is because there is a certain plan in case of an attack on Konoha. This plan consists of three stages.
Stage 1: Enemy shinobi attack unexpectedly. All civilians must evacuate to the hidden tunnels in the Hokage monument immediately. During this stage, everyone will hold back and only the guards will fight back, giving minimal resistance.
Stage 2: The last civilians are evacuated and brought into safety. Enemy shinobi will have reached the inhabited parts of Konoha now, although nobody is around.
Stage 3: All civilians safe, massive strike-back and counter-attack driving away the enemy.
So yes, it is important that there is as less fighting as possible for the civilians to be safe first. After that, no bars hold. I can imagine the enemy shinobi would have come in with a reasonable number, leaving most of them to fight the initial guards and then a few of them breaking through to where the car was kept, taking it and getting out of there even before Stage 2 or 3 would have been hit."
I would like to thank SSJ Girl for that very well thought of and detailed explanation. And although I've only just gotten to know her, she has proven herself to be a most inelegant, kind, and helpful friend to me.
Lastly I would like to explain why I used Iruka in the Aneian/Chii mission. In all honesty, and as stated before, I'm still quite new to Naruto. So Iruka is one of the few adult shinobi I feel I know well enough to actually write about without totally botching his character.
So although it was "a bit OOC" of me to use him in that mission, I did so because I was more comfortable witting for him (and Gai and Kakashi) then any other person I could've used in his place. So I'd like to apologize for my implausible (although not totally impossible) usage of Iruka's character.
My reasons aside, for all intensive purposes we'll just say Iruka was assigned to that mission because all other shinobi who could've/should've been assigned to the mission were on other, more important missions or were physically incapable of doing so. That and Iruka, Gai, and Kakashi are really close friends with Chii and what not.
I hope I've satisfied all of everybody's questions? If not please don't hesitate to ask me.
The next mourning Kakashi awoke to the scent of vanilla (Emiri's shampoo). He smiled happily as he snuggled closer, holding her tightly in his arms. When he finally opened his eyes he was greeted to the sight of Emiri slumbering form entangled with his own.
She looked so peaceful sleeping there; it was almost as if what'd happened last night hadn't happened at all. Yet knowing fully that it had, he began to wonder the true depths of her depression.
'What happened to you, Emiri?' he pondered. 'What horrible thing could've happened to make you so unhappy?'
The Jounin knew nothing about psychology or the inner working of the female psyche. Nor did he know the reasoning behind Emiri's depression. Heck, he'd just the girl not even two weeks ago! But there was something about her that reached out to him.
If anybody could possibly understand Emiri, it was him. Kakashi himself knew what it was like to be so unhappy. To be completely carefree and happy on the outside, yet deeply pained within.
He wished that there were some way he could make her stop hurting, so that she could be as peaceful as she was now forever. But Kakashi himself was broken, so how could he possibly hope to help the heart of another when his own heart was shattered as well?
Then, without thinking, Kakashi lowered his lips to meet Emiri's. However, just as suddenly as his lips met hers, he pulled away.
Half shocked, half confused, and just a tiny bit scared, the silver-haired Jounin bolted from his bed and ran into the bathroom. Undressing quickly, he promptly jumped into a cold shower as thoughts of what'd just happened filled his head.
Never before had he felt the way he did when he kissed her. When their lips connected Kakashi felt a surge of electricity flow up his spine. His heart raced while his stomach twisted itself in knots.
It wasn't as if the scarecrow hadn't felt "sparks" before, but these were more then mere sparks, they were…they were…CONFUSING! That's what they were!
That wasn't to say that Kakashi didn't find Emiri to be attractive, in a "girl next-door" type of way. Emiri was just, well…different. She wasn't the type of girl Kakashi went out with. No, those girls were more supermodel/exotic dancer type girls.
So then, why was he attracted to her? What on Earth was happening to him? What was it that compelled him to kiss Emiri? And probably most importantly of all, why did he feel so turned on by a simple kiss?
Dear Lord God, even the freezing cold water blasting down on his naked body didn't help to subdue all of it!
That's when it hit him. If a cold shower wouldn't be able to cure the lust he was feeling, maybe getting laid would? (A/N: Ladies and gentlemen, I give you the stereotypical male answer to a cure-all solution!)
So, turning off the shower (and getting dried of coarse), Kakashi got dressed as quickly as possible and bolted out the apartment door.
'Am I missing something?' wondered Pakkun. 'Where's the fire?'
Half an hour later Emiri woke up by accidentally rolling off the bed.
THUD!
'Ugh! Don't tell me I rolled off AGAIN!' Emiri thought as she groggily rubbed her eyes.
Untangling herself from the mass of blankets atop of her, Emiri then stood up, yawning and stretching as she did so.
"Hey, you know why Kakashi left in such a hurry this mourning?" Pakkun asked as he entered the room.
"Uhh…no." Emiri answered, rubbing her sore head.
Pakkun just looked back up at her, still confused the Jounin's strange behavior that mourning.
"Well, when he gets back can you tell him I went for a walk?" Pakkun more so told Emiri then asked as he disappeared in a puff of smoke.
Left alone again, Emiri took a shower, got dressed, and then ate breakfast. After which she decided to go and visit Chii in the hospital.
1:32 PM, the Bridge…
Team seven had been waiting over two hours for their sensei to arrive.
"Why can't Kakashi-sensei ever be on time?" whined Naruto.
"Calm down, Naruto!" Sakura demanded. "Complaining never solved anything!" 'Kakashi better have a good reason for being late this time!' she thought angrily.
As if on cue a puff of smoke appeared in front of the three, reveling their late sensei.
"Sorry I'm so late." Kakashi stated, rubbing the back of his head. "I wasn't feeling quite myself this mourning and had to go see a professional for treatment."
Sasuke scuffed at the Jounin's lame excuse.
"You don't look sick to me, liar!" boomed Naruto.
"Yeah sensei, you're never sick, stop lying!" demanded Sakura.
Kakashi shook his finger at the two. "I don't recall saying I was sick, only that I wasn't myself." he corrected them.
'And that's a bad thing?' thought Sasuke.
"Well if you weren't sick, then what was wrong?" Sakura inquired.
"Did somebody get you hooked with those fish-lips of yours?" teased Naruto.
Kakashi sweat-dropped. "No, nothing like that." he chuckled. "But my being late is besides the point. Today we have another mission."
"Oh boy, a mission!" cheered Naruto.
"What kind of mission is it?" questioned Sakura.
Kakashi smirked as he held out mops and buckets of soapy water. "Today we will be helping to clean up after the festival last night."
Now it was Sasuke's turn to sweat-drop while Sakura and Naruto dead-panned.
At the Hokage's Office…
"Sir, our intel suggests that the enemies who attacked us last night were from Anei." stated Suichii (the Hokage's assistant). "Furthermore we believe that the attack on Chii was a set-up by them as well."
"I see." nodded Sarutobi. "And what of their intentions for the car?"
"Though nothing has yet to be confirmed, all of our evidence suggests that the Aneians intend to modify and replicate mass numbers of them to use in a full-on strike against us and other nations."
"They mean to start a war?"
"Yes Sir, it would appear so."
Taking a long puff of his pipe, the Hokage got up from his desk and walked over to the window.
'I always knew that the Aneians were a power-hungry people, but I never imagined that they would be capable of such malevolence. To be willing to start a war such as this implicates that things are worse then I'd imagined.'
"Sir, there's one more thing."
"Yes?"
"It has come to our attention that the Yokoshima has found the ancient Raijin no Tama Scroll." (Stone of the Lightening God Scroll.)
Hearing this, the Hokage turned around, a questionable glair on his face.
"Assuming you're correct, it would appear that the legendary jitsu is no longer mere myth. In any case, we must assemble a team to retrieve both it and the car, as well as warning all the other nations of this possible threat." Sarutobi sighed.
Suichii nodded. "Already done Sir. All we need is you're approval and we will be ready to go."
"Very well then, do it."
A/N: I hope that everybody is happy with this chapter. I know I tend to write a little too short of chapters then most would like me to, but I should note I do so because it allows me to post more often. After all, longer chapters would take longer to write. Thus I'd only be able to post once a week, or once every other week. (I hope that makes sense?)
Next I'd like to rectify something before I get any comments about it. That would be the whole "Kakashi getting horny and going to get a 'booty-call'" thing.
Now I know that there are gunna be those of you who don't necessarily like him doing so, but let me give you the reasons why I did so.
First and foremost Kakashi is the embodiment of the stereotypical horny, anime/manga male. And although he may not go to the extremes that Master Roshie, Miroku, and the others do, he is still quite the perverted little bishie.
Next I would like to point out, once again, how all these "lovey-dovey" feelings he's been experiencing towards Emiri are completely new to him. Therefore he is both scared and confused about them, and thus doesn't know how to react to them.
And since this is all new to him, and since Kakashi IS a perv, he responds the way he is most use to and comfortable with. Meaning that before when he got horny he would go out and get a "quick fix" (i.e.-get "laid"). So it only goes to reason that he revert back his old ways of handling with those feelings/horniness the same way.
I hope that sufficiently explains why I wrote his reaction the way I did, and that everybody understands my reasons for doing so. If not, please feel free to voice your opinion constructively.
Thanks all for reading. And please don't forget to R/R.
