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Motive
'Why do I need to learn this stuff!' Aoi groaned as she banged her head down on top of the open book in front of her.
'Because you need to answer questions regarding them for your entrance exam?' Kakashi reminded her.
'But why this stuff? I'll never use them!' Aoi said. 'Have the ANBU completely lost it?'
'That's not the point,' Kakashi said.
'Of course it is!' Aoi said. 'I mean why in the world do I need to know at what angular velocity I throw my kunai, as long as it hits the target?'
Kakashi was sort of lost there too. He never quite got why they needed to learn all these for the ANBU entrance exam but he didn't complain when he had given the exam. It didn't take any effort to memorize and understand everything for him given the genius that he was. But it was different for Aoi. She was bright, he knew it. But when she didn't want to do something, she would put no effort behind it at all and wouldn't come up with good results.
'Look, if you want to get in, you need to learn this,' Kakashi said. 'And if you keep complaining like that I can't tutor you!'
'But-.'
'Okay, I am leaving,' Kakashi said, giving up and getting up.
'No!' Aoi said hurriedly. 'Fine I won't complain! But I need your help!'
Kakashi sat back down surprised. She must really be desperate if she had actually come out and said that to him. She almost never admitted to needing help.
Kakashi helped her study throughout most of the night. And even though she didn't complain anymore, Kakashi could see how ridiculously boring she was finding everything. He tried and then gave up when he found that she had fallen asleep on top of her open book. He was pretty sure she didn't get even a quarter of what he had explained to her. How she was going to pass the written exam, he had no idea. There was nothing to motivate her, except for the fact that she would get a position in the ANBU. And that clearly wasn't good enough.
Next morning he came back to her apartment and found her right where he had left her. He woke her up from her desk before the scheduled time for her exam. She grumbled for a minute and then went on her way to sit for it anyway. Kakashi told her to keep calm and write whatever she knew. He tried to console her saying that she had nothing to worry about since she would do great in the practical exam anyway. But he knew that she at least needed a pass in the theoretical one.
Aoi surprised him by telling him not to worry and saying that she would be just fine.
As her new commanding captain, he was the one who had to deliver her results to her. He got stuck in a mission that made him four hours late to deliver the results. But what surprised him was when he saw her results. She had done brilliantly in the practical part which he knew she would. But she had landed one of the highest marks in the theoretical part and he couldn't fathom how she had managed that when she had slept through studying the night before the exam and was not even remotely motivated to study.
'How did you do it?' he asked her after she had cooled down from telling him off for being so late. So much for being her captain!
'Do what?'
'Get such high marks in the written exam,' Kakashi said.
'What you thought I couldn't?' Aoi challenged.
'Honestly? Yeah,' Kakashi said truthfully. 'I mean you slept through studying, complained about it and refused to understand anything I was telling you. You weren't even slightly motivated to study.'
'Yeah, I only fell asleep for a while,' Aoi said. 'I woke up and then I studied by myself cause I suddenly had this revelation. If I didn't get in the ANBU, I wouldn't be able to be a pain in your ass on a regular basis.'
Kakashi stared at her dumbfounded.
'That's your motive?'
Aoi shrugged and then grinned. 'It works for me.'
And here, he thought, there were people who would die trying for a position in the ANBU because it was prestigious. And then there was Aoi to whom none of that mattered. Only the weirdest reasons got her motivated.
After joining the ANBU, Kakashi had hardly gotten any free time to spend with his old friends. It had only been a few months since Aoi had returned and in that span of three months he had only gotten to speak to her less than a dozen times.
Now she had not only gotten in the ANBU but also been assigned to his squad. He sighed somewhat contentedly. Ah well. As long as she was in he could deal with the pain. He should be used to it by now.
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