Kakashi sighed deeply and tilted his head towards the sky. The warm sun cascaded over his masked face, filling him with it's warmth. Sighing heavily and pulling out his beloved Icha Icha, Kakashi walked the path on the outskirts of Konoha. He hated to admit it, but he was bored. Him, who had always loved a lazy sunny day was bored senseless. The Leaf had been in a time of peace, which he appreciated, but it meant he was stuck doing the 3rd's errands. He longed for atleast a little action, something to keep him on his toes.

He rubbed his eyes with his thumb and pointer finger, gently massaging the bridge of his nose. His eyes sagged and burned with the sun, he definitely had not gotten enough sleep the night before. He knew it was because of her, she was the reason he tossed and turned all night. It was those eyes. Those bright, haunting, empty eyes. They seemed to pierce right through him, able to see him completely exposed. It wasn't a pleasant feeling.

Fed up, Kakashi closed his book firmly and slipped it back in his chest pocket. He couldn't even focus on his favorite book.

"Problems concentrating Kakashi-san?" Kakashi's head snapped up and his eyes met with a set of familiar yellow. Chiyoko sat in a branch around 15 ft up her legs swinging below her. The silver haired copy nin scowled beneath his mask and didn't reply. He instead continued walking under the branch along the path.

"Hey, that's no fun!" Chiyoko jumped from her branch and landed deftly on her feet. She reached his heels and cut infront of him making jolt to a stop. He sighed and looked at the shorter girl with a lazy eye.

"Can I help you?" He retorted sarcastically while pulling out Icha Icha to occupy his time. Chiyoko laughed, which surprised the jonin, and he looked at her questionably. "Really why are you here Chiyoko."

She gave him a devilish smile at the sound of her name on his lips, "Saying goodbye Kakashi-san." He scoffed and rolled his eyes.

"How unlike you." Chiyoko frowned and turn away from the copy nin crossing her arms. When she turned Kakashi had to dip backwards to avoid being clammered by Demonsbane which was strapped to her back. He was face to face with the figurine now, he could study the sharp edges and intricate design of the unwieldy weapon.

It dawned on him that he had not seen Chiyoko fight or use any kind of jutsu since she passed the chunin exam when she was ten years old. Ten whole years ago. He couldn't help but wonder how much she had improved. She had been working non-stop since she left the village so she obviously has experience. Though, the last time she came to the village was to heal after she was badly wounded. She ended up leaving after only a night.

"Fight me." The words made her ears perk and she turned to face the taller man.

"What?" The surprise in her face made Kakashi smile. This is what he wanted to see. He couldn't stand her aloofness, her mask of being so well put together. Something inside of him changed when she was around, something he couldn't quite understand.

"Fight me." This time he used more force with his words, taking a defensive pose. Chiyoko sighed and cocked a hip maintaining eye contact. Sighing she replied simply,

"No."

Kakashi scoffed,"No? No! Fight me!" He grabbed her wrist without thinking and pulled her harshly towards him, wanting, needing to see some emotion rise from her. Chiyoko remained completely composed and stared into the jonin's eye with fire in her gaze.

"I don't fight shinobi, Kakashi." This made his grip loosen and she ripped free of his grasp. "What would the Hokage think?"

Kakashi could only reply with a confused, "What?"

Chiyoko sighed and placed a lily white hand on his masked face, "I am neutral. I can't injure the Leaf's most promising and reliable ninja can I?" She sighed again removing her hand and turned away. "I fight demons, not humans."

Heat flamed within Kakashi's very core, like his blood was boiling until his temper finally overflowed, "You pretentious bitch." The words made Chiyoko turn and stare blankly into his eyes. He pulled up his headband and met her gaze with his sharingan. "Fight me."

Chiyoko didn't move and Kakashi took the opportunity to try to land a punch or two. She dodged each swing and caught the last pushing him back around 10 or 20 feet. So she had gotten stronger.

Knowing that the man was serious Chiyoko pulled at the strap holing Demonsbane and let it loose. She grabbed the rod and twirled it between her hands before slamming the bottom into the earth to balance it. She formed a hand sign with Demonsbane's rod in the middle, her eyes piercing into the silver haired shinobi's heart. It was a look he hadn't seen from Chiyoko before. A look that reminded him of that day at the river.

Before he had time to reminisce Chiyoko had flashed another flurry of hand signs and stepped up onto the metal rods that stuck out horizontally at her weapon's base.

"Demon Barriage." She jumped high into the air pulling Demonsbane out of the ground with her. She spun the rod around her with a dancer like grace. The movement of the staff made her movement unbelievably fast, Kakashi only had split second to dodge the flurry of kicks aimed at his heart. She landed one on his shoulder, sending him spinning to the ground. She was simply too fast to be read by his sharingan. Though she had to have some kind of downfall.

This only enraged him more. He stood slowly while watching Chiyoko land, planting her staff in the ground with her balancing on the halo of the figurine almost mocking him.

"I'm ending this Kakashi. This is a waste of chakra on both sides." Chiyoko jumped from her perch and tugged Demonsbane from the ground, turning her back to Kakashi.

The jonin fumed and lunged at the kunoichi full force, letting his anger get the best of him. He knew in the back of his mind that this upfront of an attack wouldn't achieve him anything but she made his blood boil and skin burn. He fist sailed towards the back of Chiyokos head when he saw her arms move as if to make hand signals and he heard,

"Onigoroshi: Demon Silence Jutsu." The words sounded like ice dripping from her pink mouth. Kakashi's entire body froze mid-air, completely immobilized. He felt a coldness overwhelm his entire body and seep through his veins, it felt like frostbite aimed at his limbs. The jonin looked to his legs and arms only to the ghostly visage of panther demons coiling and wrapping themselves around his flesh. Their yellow eyes stared into him, as if to try to get into his brain, into his thoughts. They were uncanny to those of their master. His heart turned cold, a cold that he couldn't shake off. He felt his breath escaping him when he heard the word muttered,

"Release." The visions immediately vanished like smoke dissipating. Kakashi inhaled quickly trying to fill him emptied lungs. His whole body felt freezing and empty even against the beating sun.

"Goodbye Kakashi." Chiyoko had stayed facing away from him, and still in the moment would not turn to face him, as if he didn't deserve the pleasure.
She buckled Demonsbane back on her shoulder and sauntered towards the heart of the village. This time Kakashi let her go. He cursed at himself and leaned against a nearby tree, out of breath. She was the only one that could make him feel like this. To lose his temper, to act on his emotion, instead of his knowledge as a shinobi. He looked to his legs and half-expected those yellow empty eyes to be staring back at him. He slipped his headband back over his eye and sighed deeply.

"Goodbye Chi-chan."