That Little Tingly Feeling
"Lucky you, Tsunade-sama told us not to come into work until nine." Kotetsu said to the blinking Izumo who was just barely awake on the couch, a bucket next to him that seemed filled three quarters of the way with vomit. "Woo hoo." Even taking this sarcastic tone, Izumo's voice sounded worn. "She also said to make sure we're in at exactly nine if not earlier, she says something's urgent." Kotetsu shrugged, resting himself in the loveseat not far away from the couch.
"When did I actually get home?" Izumo asked. "You didn't get home, I found you." Kotetsu chuckled, sipping at a small mug of Green Tea. "How'd you find me?" Izumo rubbed his head and watched as the same patch of brown locks fell over his right eye. "We've been best friend's for years. I know you. I found you halfway down the same road that the bar is on!" he laughed, shrugging a little. "I was pretty hammered…" Izumo sighed, rubbing his face with his palms and standing slowly.
"A shower sounds really good right now…" Izumo stretched a little, his back cracking slightly as his simple white shirt drifted upwards to expose his muscled torso. "Yeah, because you stink." Kotetsu laughed, he was already dressed in his usual gray uniform, his hair still holding a few wet droplets from when he had taken his own shower, the thin white fabric resting comfortably on his nose again. Izumo rolled his eyes and walked to the bathroom, shutting the door and locking it just before turning on the hot water and turning on a bit of cold water to calm down the amount of steam.
Izumo shed himself of his clothes and stepped in the shower, his body relaxing as the water hit his head and the steam entered his nostrils. Maybe Kotetsu's right, I'll just wait for someone who isn't from Konoha to come on a mission or something, and try to kiss her…before she kills me… Izumo continued with thoughts like that and eventually turned off the water, stepping out into a steam filled room and ruffling his hair with the towel, his hair automatically fell back into the simple spot it was always in, covering half of his face. He wrapped the towel around his waste and stepped out of the room, steam bursting into the living area.
Izumo quickly stepped into his room, removing the towel and drying off a bit before putting on his simple gray uniform and his bandana over his head, walking out into the living area he saw Kotetsu grinning. "What?" Izumo said in an exhausted tone. "Nothing, just thinking that maybe you don't get a girlfriend, because no one can ever see your face!" his friend teased. "Oh hush, people can only see Kakashi's eye and he still gets plenty of dates." Izumo shrugged and dismissed Kotetsu's statement.
The clock soon turned to a few minutes until nine and the pair left, walking towards the Hokage's tower. Izumo kept giving ladies smiles, but each would just giggle and look over at Kotetsu, and at some point Izumo just gave up. "See, just get someone who's not from here." Kotetsu repeated his advice. Izumo pretended to ignore him as they walked into the Hokage's office. "Ma'am, what was so urgent?" Kotetsu asked, standing straight.
"We have a Jounin from another village coming here, she is on an S ranked mission and I want you two to make sure she has someplace to sleep and is comfortable, show her around Konoha and convince her maybe to stay here, we could use someone as strong as her." Tsunade said sternly. "Hai." the pair said in unison, "Tsunade-sama said her, it's a girl! This is your chance!" Kotetsu whispered to Izumo and pat his friend's back as they left the room to get some paperwork done before the guest arrived.
Izumo jolted a little as Tsunade's voice called from the other room, calling both him and Kotetsu to come into her room. Kotetsu smiled and opened the door. "Tsunade-sama!" he said and stood straight, at this point he and Izumo could only see the woman's back. "This is Izuki. Also known around her country as the Ice Devil." Tsunade said and nodded to Izuki, who turned to face the two. Izumo blinked and thought for a moment that he couldn't breath. The woman in front of him wore a long ice blue cloak, dark boots, a blue top, and grayish pants, but her face was gorgeous, pale as snow with silvery hair that fell past her shoulders. Izumo's eyes finally wandered to hers, her eyes were a golden tint.
Kotetsu nudged Izumo and Izumo snapped out of his apparent trance. "Izuki-chan, Kotetsu and I are here to make sure you are comfortable during your stay in Konoha." he said, standing straight as a board. "Relax you two, its not like I'm a Hokage or something." she grinned and brushed past Izumo, leaving the room.
It was just a simple touch, but it left Izumo's shoulder tingling, like when you let your foot go numb and then try to walk on it. Kotetsu and Izumo both turned to follow her, Izumo turning a slight pinkish color as Kotetsu looked over at him, noticing the expression on the other Chuunin's face. "Ooh, I think we have a bingo!" he grinned.