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I was burning up! Why was it so damn hot? My brows scrunched as I peeked my eyes open to see Kakashi's upper body laying on top of mine; his arm having a relaxed grip around me. As much as I enjoyed observing his naked form I was sweating like a pig! "Kakashi..." I murmured and gave him a light shake on the shoulder. You would expect someone that's a high ranked shinobi, and not to mention praised through-out Anbu, would always be on alert. He. Would. Not. Move. I let out a frustrated exhale through my nostrils. I managed to pull my other arm loose from underneath the man then started to push him off. I got him to roll over..but he brought me along with him. He's arm was now firmly wrapped around me. I rested my forearms against his chest and raised a brow as I observed his face. I lightly smiled then glanced over to the clock. "ohmygod." I patted Kakashi's cheek. "Oi! Get up!" His brows scrunched together and grabbed my hand pulling it away. I rolled my eyes and squirmed out of his grasp landing my feet on the floor. "We're suppose to meet Inoichi remember! Or well I am, but you gotta bring me!" I explained as I hopped around pulling on some bottoms. His charcoal eye was peeked open, he obviously didn't want to get up as he watched me get dressed. I puffed a piece of my hair away from my eye as I paused and slumped my shoulders. "You going to try and get up?" We shared gazes before he pulled the sheet up over his head and turned his back towards me.
"No." The man replied simply. I'll have to admit, it was pretty cute to see Kakashi act in such a childish manner, but he needed to get up dammit!
"Oh, come on." I snickered before shuffling over, and hoping over on Kakashi; pulling the sheet down off his face. "Please get up?" His narrowed sharingan eye and glared up into my brown ones.
"No." He stated again before grabbing the sheet, but before he could pull it up I grabbed his hand and shoved it back down. I pierced my lips and raised my brows.
"Kakashi..." I warned.
"Metairie..." He sang back. I let out a sigh before I fell limp, burring my nose in the crook of his neck.
"Think about it. The sooner we get this over with the sooner well be able to come back and relax all we want. Unless you get assigned a mission, which would be a bit unfortunate." His arm snaked around my body and pulled me over so I was now facing him.
"What if I don't want to relax? Maybe I would want to get some action." His arm shifted to where his elbow was propped up, and he rested the side of his head in his palm.
"Well" I started knowing exactly what he meant. " If you get assigned a mission, I am sure you'll gain some action there."
"Ah,true. Would you like to know what my favorite type of battle is?"
"Hm?" I kept a serious attitude.
"One where you have to be tactical; think about your appoints weaknesses, and strike just at the right moment, but it all eventually comes down to a fight of dominance...Going all out if fun too." He added on.
"Oh I'm sure it is."
". . ."
". . ."
We into burst out in a light laughter before I rolled off the bed and pulled the covers off him revealing his naked body.
"Now get up. I'm being serious now." I still couldn't resist my smile as I started to head to the bathroom. I grabbed my white toothbrush from the drawer and squeezed a bit of the mint paste on. I was scrubbing my teeth in circular motions as Kakashi walked in; now wearing boxers. I moved over a bit as he reached around and grabbed the blue tooth-brush of his own. Repeating the same process as I, we were now looking at each-other through the mirror enjoying the comfortable silence. After a few minutes I pulled my hair back and spit the foamy substance into the sink and Kakashi soon followed. After he turned the sink on and washed it down we placed our tooth-brushes back in the drawer. I faced him and did wide grin, flashing him my teeth. He nodded in acceptance and we both turned to leave. This had always been a routine of ours, and I'm sure it stick for as long as we shared the same bathroom. We parted ways as he went back into his room and I went into mine. We both began to get properly dressed and ready before walking out and meeting with each-other again.
"Ready?" He asked as he pulled up his mask.
"Yeah." I walked over to the door and slipped on my shoes. Kakashi did the same before walking out after me. "I'm not looking to forward about this. I mean the whole idea of someone looking through my mind is a bit disturbing to say the least." I spoke honestly as Kakashi and I walked side-by-side.
"You'll be fine." He informed. "Inoichi is very talented and professional in what he does. He'll only look at what's to be needed."
"I suppose that's true, but still." I shivered. "Weird." He huffed a laugh as he gave my head a light ruffle before allowing his arm to fall back to his side. The rest of the trip consisted of small chit-chat about nothing in particular. We shared our opinions on mixed subjects and tried to explain our reasoning to one-another if we disagreed on a topic. I loved having conversations like these with Kakashi. He's responses were always rational and thought through, and it explained why he was so good at being a shinobi. I mean, of course you have to have the physical ability to do so, but the mentality and using your brain part was a high expectation as well. "And that's why taking long showers proves that a person's lonely." Did I mention that some of our topics were a bit..off? Well they were.
"Or it just means they want to get more clean." He retorted as we walked up to a building. I waved it off before turning my attention to the door we were in front of.
"This it?" I gestured to the grey door. He nodded and opened it up walking in as I followed.
"Kakashi-San." Inoichi walked up. "Metairie-San." After the short introduction, Inoichi lead Kakashi and I to another room, which lighting was a bit dim. "Take a seat." Inoichi gestured to the chair ahead. I did as I was told and sat down. I looked over to Kakashi who was leaning against the wall with his arms crossed,and gave him an unenthusiastic look which resulted in a closed eye smile from the man.
"Just out of curiosity how long with this take exactly?" I turned my attention to Inoichi whom was getting prepared and was talking to a few assistance.
"There isn't really a precise time length on process. It just depends on what we find." He walked over and place his palm on my forehead. "You don't have anything planned for today, do you?"
"No, not really. Why?"
"There's a chance you might not wake up for a good amount of time." The blond man gave me a light smile, but before I could protest my mind slipped into unconsciousness.
Kakashi's POV:
"Find anything?"
"Other than those three memories about her family, no. Nothing." Inoichi shook his head as he looked to Meta who was now laying down. "In fact, there was no seal either, not one I could detect anyways. It was all..well blank."
"Blank?" I repeated.
"You heard me. All she has in that brain of hers are those three memories, which weren't any use to the case, and all that's happened while she's here." I let out a sigh as I crossed my arms.
"Well that's not going to makes things easy..."
"I believe things weren't necessarily easy to begin with."
"Yeah, I guess that's true."
"...Someone must've really gone through a lot of trouble to put this girl in the state she's in." Inoichi commented as he grabbed a few files and started to fill them out. "Make's me wonder what type of world she really came from."
"You're not the only one with that in mind."
"Heh, right. I'm going to report this to Tsunade. Hopefully her reaction isn't too rash, she's been having a hard time keeping things together about this." He closed the file in which I presumed was about the brunette.
"Yeah." Even though the elders agreed with Metairie staying, they'll still jump on the chance of locking her up. Other shinobi have been a bit concerned about this as well, and if this get's out to the other villages there's bound to be some conflict about it. I could only imagine the pressure that's being put on Tsunade. She's a strong women; physically and mentally, but it still could be pretty stressful. That's why I'm glad Tsuande has hope for Metairie, becasue if Tsunade wanted to she could easily have Meta thrown into interrogation. I exhaled as I rubbed the back of my head. "Will she be fine to take her back home?"
"Mh-hm." The blond nodded as he began to make his leave. "She'll be out for another hour or so, and it's normal if she get's a head ache when she awakens. Nothing a few pain killers can't help."
"Alright. Thanks, Inoichi-San." Inoichi was about to make his way through the door before he paused.
"Oh and I'm surprised you've grown a relationship with this girl, Kakashi-San." He snickered. "It's about time you found someone. Despite the fact of her being a total mystery and-"
"Yes yes I know. You weren't the only one who was surprised." I sighed and soon heard the door shut. I gave the bridge of my nose a slight pinch as I let out a breath with slight irritation. It wasn't that I was flustered with Metairie per say, but rather with the whole ordeal that surrounded her. I will admit there's been some hard times, but I have nothing to complain about when it comes to her perspective about it. She's the one suffering the most in my opinion, and I have a feeling sleeping with her has only make it worse. Even though we haven't said it in words, our feelings have obviously been revealed to one another through emotion and action. I loved her no doubt about it, but I couldn't give her what she needs. I've failed nearly all the ones I've cared about and now Ive just added one more to the list. "What have you gotten you're self into now, Hatake..." I exhaled before picking up the mystery filled girl and preforming a quick hand sign bringing us back to the flat. I kicked my shoes off and walked across the wooden floor. I laid Metairie down on the sofa before tossing a small blanket over her. I glanced over to the clock and realized that we were gone for quite some time. Inoichi definitely took his time trying to crack into the girls mind, but unfortunately got no where. Just raised more question. I rubbed my face and sat down on the floor leaning my back against the couch. I tilted my head over my shoulder to be met with Meta's sleeping face. After a moment of analyzing; my lips curved into a light smile. "You are quite the looker, huh?"
Metairie's POV:
I sat up and rubbed my head lightly wincing. "Damn, why do I have such a killer head ache?"
"It's just a side affect from the mind Justu." Kakashi answered as he walked over and handed me a couple pills and a glass of water. "Take this. It'll help." I reached out and grab them, quickly popping them in my mouth and chugging down a nice gulp of water.
"Thanks." I sat the glass down as Kakashi sat next to me. "How long was I out?"
"An hour or so."
"Ah." I raised my head a bit as I cuddled against the blanket which I assumed Kakashi had given me. "Did he find anything useful?"
"I'm afraid not."
"Really?" My head turned over to him. "Nothing? Not even some type of blockage, or whatever you call it?" He shook his head. 'So, I'm assuming they didn't see anything involving my encounter with that man...but why? Did I imagine it or something?'
"Nope. It seems to be, how Inoichi put it, blank." After a few confused blinks I let out a heavy exhale as my head drooped and leaned against Kakashi.
"That sucks...like a lot." I lazily slid down and rested the side of my head in his lap.
"Can't argue there." He added as he rested his hand on my head.
". . .so what now? I can't imagine they're going to give up, are they?"
"No. Certainly not, but they are probably going to go through some extensive measures." My body tensed. Extensive measures? What the hell was that supposed to mean?! Kakashi snickered. "Nothing like that, Meta." I felt his fingers begin the run and scratch through my hair, untangling a few knots along the way.
"Oh, okay. Good." A short nervous chuckle escaped my lips. "Kinda got me worried there for a sec."
"Your thoughts don't really think them self through."
"Oi! They do to!"
". . . you sure about that?" I'm pretty sure he was referring to my past episodes by the tone of his voice.
"Hey! If you're referring to my past out bursts then I'll have to inform you that I had thought thoughs through fully!"
"Ah, so you're just naturally impetuous and rash." He stated with a nod.
"What?!" I quickly sat up straddling him. "I'm not impetuous!" The man then put his finger up to his chin, giving it a few taps.
"Injudicious?"
"No!"
"Ill-advised then. Misguided maybe?" He offered.
"How about no, and uh ha! No." I replied with a blank expression before bonking his head with my fist resulting in a light wince from the man. "What do you take me for? An idiot?"
"Mah, mah. I'm just kidding, Meta-Chan." I felt his arms wrap around my lower back. "But you can be a bit hasty, not to mention short tempered." He added innocently as he pulled off his eye crinkle smile. I could just feel the pulse forming on my head as my brow twitched.
"I am NOT short temper-!" I quickly shut myself up then took in a big breath before looking at Kakashi with a relaxed expression. "No. I'm not." Kakashi opened his right eye and was now scanning my face before raising a brow.
"In denial." That's it. I whacked him up top the head before getting up and stomping away. "H-Hey!" I could hear the slight pain in his voice which I couldn't help but to smile at. He deserved it! "Metairie, wait!" I slammed the door to my room shut and locked it, resting my back against it. I huffed and crossed my arms. My temper was on a high right now, I swear I could punch through a friggin' tree right now! I looked down to the knob seeing is joggle before hearing a sigh from the other side. "Meta..open the door please?"
". . ."
"Come on. I'm sorry, I was a bit out of hand back there, it was all a joke."
"A shitty one at that." I snapped back.
"Yes okay a shitty one, now can you open the door?"
"Lemme think about it uhhhh no."
". . .You know you're only proving my point right now."
"And you, Hatake, are only making this worse. You do realize that right, Kakashi-San?" The snarl escaped through my teeth. I knew I had a temper and yes maybe I was a bit...impulsive, but he didn't have to point it out like that!Plus I'm a girl, so I have the right to be a bit sensitive at times. "And if you're so spot about my flaws I guess I should point out some of yours!"
"What? Me? Oh nonono, don't start this." He warned. I breathed a humorless laugh.
"Yeah you! And don't tell me what to do, Hatake!"
"Look here, Takashi. I don't want to start an argument over something pointless-"
"Oh so my feelings are pointless now?!"
"What?No! That's not what I meant! See, you're blowing everything I say out of proportion!"
"Oh shut the hell up! I just think it's unfair that you get to say all thoughs negative points about me and I don't get to put in one. Joking or not, Hatake, it still hurt!" Kakashi's heavy sigh was heard through the door.
"Alright.." He spoke with irritation. "Why don't you point out a few 'flaws' about myself then,hm?"
". . .You're always late."
"You wouldn't be the first to point that out."
"and you're always so confusing to read!" Okay, so maybe I didn't really have any good reason as of now, but I can't just not say anything. I could tell he was trying to stifle a laugh which only pissed me off more.
"Well I am a shinobi...not sure if I should take that as a comment or not." I quickly spun around and opened the door to reveal a partially wide eyed Kakashi.
"It's not." I replied blankly before going to slam the door shut again. Kakashi caught the door before it could close, and tried to pull it open. "Tch.." I grunted as I pulled the knob in, but with a good yank from Kakashi's side I was forced to let go stumbling over some along the way.
"You're acting child." I looked over to the man and stuck my tongue out. "Exhibit A."
"Whatever!" I threw my hands up in the air then tried to make my way past Kakashi.
"Hold it." He stuck his arm out, blocking me.
"No. Just like you said I don't want to argue over something as pointless like this. My temper or maybe my insecurity is just acting up again." I snarled pushing his arm away.
"Metairie, don't be like this." His voice slightly raising when he grabbed my arm and yanked me back.
"Don't be like what?! What am I supposed to be then?!"
"Not some damn brat!"
"Brat?!" I pulled my arm out of his grasp. "Who the hell are you to call me a brat?!"
"I've lived with you long enough to know how you are and right now you're acting nothing but a damn brat and it annoying!" He snarled. "You've been really moody lately which is weird for a person who just lies around all day."
"Excuse me?! Okay, well first off I tried to get a job but you told me to stay home!"
"That was back when you barley knew Japanese! How the hell did you expect to communicate?!"
"I knew enough to get by! And I've been trying to get a job but I've been stuck going back and fourth about my memory shit, which might I point out is already difficult enough to handle with!"
"Yeah, and you think it's been easy for me?!" I paused for a moment and scanned his features. Kakashi was pissed, and it was honestly a bit frightening.
"What the hell is that suppose to mean?!"
"I mean having to put up with you! Yeah, you were right, the day Tsunade ordered me to watch over you I was irritated. You know why?" He didn't give me time to answer. "Because I knew it would be a hassle taking in some random drifter! Plus, being stuck at home for over a month trying to take care of your ass and now I've developed feelings that I shouldn't have in the first place!" Ouch. I froze and now my body was really being filled with hurt and anger. I grabbed the nearest item, which was a glass vase, and threw it at Kakashi with all my strength.
"You fucking ass-hole.." Kakashi easily dodged and by the looks on his face he was realizing the toll behind his words.
"Metaire wait-"
"NO! I hate you!" I kept throwing random items at the man only resulting in them smashing against the wall. This is the worse I've been with my temper. He'd really hurt me. Kakashi basically stated I was in fact a burden and that he wished he'd never loved me. How was I supposed to act? All fine and dandy? I think not.
"Let me talk!"
"NO!" We were now making are way out of the room. (Manley becasue I was running out of things to throw at the man) I grabbed everything that was in my reach at chucked it at him, making the house a wreck. The neighbors were bound to complain about the noise. "I don't want to hear you speak!" I grabbed an object, which apparently we made our way to the kitchen for witch the object I had was a knife. "EVER!" Kakashi was in front of me in a flash, holding my arm up in place.
"Drop it." He ordered. I gasped as I dropped the knife to the floor. I hadn't realized I grabbed that! That could have seriously hurt him! That is if it hit him..I kept my gaze down as the floor began to grow a small puddle from which my tears were producing.
". . ."
". . ." There was a slight pecking noise from the window. I didn't bother to look and see what was making the noise. Kakashi let go of my wrist with a slight push along the way before walking over to the window. A few moments passed before I bent down and grabbed the knife putting it back into it's holder. "The Hokage wants to see us." I looked over just in time to see a set of wings fly off. Must've been a messaging bird. I hadn't dared to make eye-contact with the man. I just simply walked over, avoiding all the broken and knocked over items, and slipped on my shoes while tossing on my jacket.
"We better hurry. It's most likely about me." Kakashi got prepared and walked out ahead of me. We were both without the will to talk as we made out way to the building. I wasn't going to make a big deal out of it. I'm not going to waste my time on it, no sir. If that's what he thinks of me, then that's his problem. Once we made it to Tsunade's office I could tell she sense the wall between Kakashi and I.
"So, I went over the review that Inoichi gave me, and it didn't help up advance in the topic much" She sighed. "but now we know that there is a block in your memory, and we can assume that someone intended for it."
"So what do I do now? Is there any-other way you can find a way around this 'block'?"
"Well, there was no seal found, so there's nothing to deactivate as of yet."
"It's possible that the seal was just very well hidden." Kakashi added.
"That's why I'm sending you to the Cloud." Tsunade looked through some papers.
"The Cloud?"
"I've discussed the situation with the Raikage as he is willing to help. He has a team and resources that could dig up whatever it is in that brain of yours."
"And if it fails?"
"If all else goes wrong, we'll just let it be."
'Wow,okay that surprised my a bit.' "So..we're just going to give up?"
"Not necessarily give up." The silver haired man started. "I assume if anything pops up that could help your case, we'll use it, but I could see how just letting it go could be an option."
"Kakashi's right. You'll gain some back eventually like you have in the past, it'll just take sometime."
"Alright, well what about me not being from here? I'm sure I'm not the only one curious about that." Tsunade leaned back into her seat.
"You're damn right, and it'll be a pain in the ass to put this one behind us, but if it needs to be done it'll be done."
"Also, this is still if we don't find anything." I looked over to Kakashi as he spoke. We might have been mad at each other, but It was important to keep professional separate from emotional.
"You two will be staying there for a month's time. Kakashi you are to be Metairie's escort and make sure she's not let out of your sights. If the one responsible for this is here, I don't want them to interact with her. That goes for any outsiders that might know of her presence as well." I understood the first part, but outsiders?
"Who else would know about me?"
"As was brought up before, during your arrival there was a burst of energy. Anyone good enough could have picked it up and done the research of their own. There's many possibilities, but it just safe to say that other people might give you unwanted attention." Translation: You might get ambushed and or kidnapped.
"And lets just say that happens.."
"It wont." Kakashi assured. I fought the urge to say something back but stayed professional and simply just nodded.
"I'll give you two an hour to get prepared you can leave earlier if you are ready. Grab what's only necessary for the trip, and try to pack light. The Raikage should all ready have booked you a place by the time of your arrival."
"Hai." Kakashi and I said in unison.
"Here's some money." She held up a bag and tossed it to Kakashi whom caught it in his palm. "It should be enough if you use it wisely. Oh and on last thing." Her eyes adverted to me specifically before reaching down and pulling out a black sword. "Here." She stood and walked over, holding it out to me. I blinked a couple times before taking it.
"A katana?"
"Kakashi says it was in your possession when you were found." She put her hands on her hips. "I don't expect you to know how to use it properly but I know you're strong, so if it comes down to the worse don't be afraid to swing."
"Of course."I nodded before strapping it to my back. "And this doesn't have anything to do with you trying to get me to be a shinobi is it?" I knew she wanted me to become one, she's brought it up multiple times. I just hadn't decided yet...
"Who knows. If you do end up using it, you might become interested. Now just be careful alright? Kakashi-" She looked over to the man. "-make sure she doesn't do anything stupid with the weapon."
"Won't guarantee it, but I'll try." I rolled my eyes at his comment.
"and if anyone asks about you, lie." She looked back to me and I nodded. "Good. You're already enough trouble, I don't know if I can handle anymore." She waved as she headed back to her desk. "Now hurry out of my sights." I couldn't help but to chuckle a bit. I liked Tsunade despite her temper ,which I'm sure I could relate to, she was a caring and smart women with a slight drinking problem. Possibly a bit more than slight..but she was certainly a good leader and made an excellent Hokage in my opinion. Kakashi and I took our leave and headed back home. We talked briefly about the trip not one of us bringing up the indecent. We got back to the flat and began to get prepared completely ignoring the mess as if it didn't happen. I packed a few outfits and the necessary essentials. I double checked through my things before strapping on my back. I shifted my sword to where it was hanging on my shoulder.
'So this katana was with me when I was found...okay now I'm really curious about my past!' I walked out and grab a couple granola bars shoving them in my pocket for a snack later.
"Ready?" Kakashi's voice came.
"Yeah." I replied simply as I followed him out, giving the thrashed flat one last look before flicking the lights out and closing the door behind me. We were heading towards the village gates. Tsunade gave us an hour, but we didn't really need to do anything..So I thought. I found my self standing by Ichiraku's. "You hungry?"
"No. I just have to get something out of the way real quick." He entered and I followed.
"Kaka-Sensei?" Naruto noodled filled voice came.
"Hey guys." Kakashi raised his palm towards his two students. I gave a light wave to the two as well.
"What are you doing out and about?" Sakura asked as she secretly winked at me. I rolled my eyes and chuckled a bit.
"Actually, we'll be out of the village for a month at most."
"A month?" Naruto slurped the rest of his ramen down. "Where you guys off to?"
"Kumogakure."
"What?! Man, I wish I could go! It's been a while sense Baa-Chan has given me a good mission." Naruto complained. Sakura ignored her blond idiotic friend as she looked back to me.
"Why are you going,Meta?"
"Sorry, can't tell you. I'm sure it would violate some ninja rule or something." I gave her an apologetic look but she nodded in understatement.
"Sakura." Kakashi started.
"Yes,yes Sensei. I already know. I'll clean the flat once a week until your return."
"Actually, no. I was going to tell you to skip out on that."
"Eh? But you always have one of us look over the place while your out on long-term missions." Naruto added. I glanced to him. Did he really make his students clean after him? What a Sensei, but it's sweet that he'll take the time to inform them on his leave.
"Well it's not needed this time. Anyways, Naruto.." He started.
"Make sure Sakura's temper doesn't fly and end up going on a rampage." The blond said in a bored tone as if he's gone through this before. The older male nodded before looking to the pinkette.
"Sakura.."
"Watch over Naruto's diet. Got it." She nodded firmly. I smiled at the three, they were sorta like a family.
"And.." Kakashi put his palms up and closed his eye waiting for them to respond.
"Make sure Sai doesn't do anything too socially awkward that could possibly ruin his reputation." The two responded in unison.
'Who am I kidding. They are a family!' I had to stifle my laugh for that last one. There's been a couple occurrences where the young artist had said some...interesting things to me. Kakashi claps his hand together before smiling at them.
"Good. Now don't do anything too interesting while I'm gone." He waved as he began to take his leave.
"See yea Sensei!" The two spoke.
"Make sure you take care of Meta-Chan! and don't fool around-" Naruto was interrupted by a thump from Sakura. "Etta etta! What the heck, Sakura-Chan?"
"Shut it, Baka!" I laughed some as we walked further and further away from the two.
"That was nice."
"Hm? Oh, well you know.." He rubbed the back of his head.
"You care about your students." I chuckled. "That's good." The rest of the walk to the gate wasn't as awkward and stressful as I thought. Kakashi hadn't brought up the topic and I was very grateful for that. All that I had planned in my head was getting this over with and moving out of Kakashi's. I don't care if I have to become a shinobi to earn the money, as long as I could get out of his place I'll be good. That might sound like a horrible reason to become a shinobi, but Kakashi's words were going to be hard to get out of my head and I really just needed my own place. I do have other intentions of why I would be ninja, but my temporary emotions were getting the best of me at the moment.
"If we keep up a good schedule, we should be in Kumo in about a week or so." Kakashi informed as we walked the dirt path surrounded by trees.
'I see why they call Konahagakure, Konahagakure. The village hidden in the leaves...there's a lot of leaves.' I innerly chuckled the useless thought.
"Would you like to know how to use it?"
"Hm? Use what?"
"The katana. Just precaution." He shrugged. "Plus, I used to use something like it back when I was a kid."
"Oh. Sure." I gave a light smile before looking back a head. I couldn't hold a good smile while at him for time-being. "A lesson or two would be better experience than just swinging it around."
"Once we set up camp we'll take some time to work on it."
"Alright,cool."
What would've been a topic filled trip was really just a few offers of water. The whole damn trip was quiet and BORING! I was itching to talk about anything! I loved the convo's we have or had. Even when they don't even make sense I always had something to say about it, and plus I could tell Kakashi was off. How? Because he hasn't pulled out that damn book of his this whole time! Which might I point out, I have yet to discover what was so special about the thing. 'Fine! If he's not going to start something up then I will! Now lets think...what should we talk about..? YES! It's perfect!'
"Why are oranges called oranges in English?" Kakashi looked over to me and raised a brow.
"That desperate, are we?"
"YEESS! I need to talk!" I ruffled my hair like crazy. "I hate being so quiettt!" I whined. The man looked back forwards.
"Well. I believe 'orange' is a color in English right? And that color is the one that an 'Orange' carries. So, it makes sense." I was thrilled that we had a topic to talk about. I would've started talking to myself if we hadn't started soon.
"Well other fruit aren't called by their color so what makes an 'orange' so special?"
"The person who named the fruit was probably just lazy, or have you thought that maybe the fruit 'Orange' was named 'orange' before the color was given the name?"
"So the person decided to name this-.." I stumbled over my words. "So the person gave orange-.." I couldn't figure how to put my question in words. "The name 'Orange' was originally the fruit and-..BLAH! I can't talk." I threw my hands up in the air.
"And not five minutes ago you were begging to talk." Kakashi snickered.
"No no I do! I just can't find the right words to fit this question...Oh!" I looked to Kakashi with wide eyes. "So the person who gave the color 'orange' it's name was looking at an 'Orange' and was like 'I think I should name orange...Orange?' I tilted my head a bit as my statement turned into a question.
"I think we should just leave this topic be. You'll go crazy if you think about it to much." Kakashi stated in his relaxed tone of his.
"Hm." I looked to me feet as I walked. "What if we named things by their color? So, like, you would be silver." I chuckled.
"Ah, well that would make you brown, if we're going by hair color that is. That could cause a lot of problems though."
"Yeah. There would be a lot of the same names..." I snapped my head up. "Oh! Well we would probably just start making up things!"
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"Those are called names, Metairie."
"Ah-..oh yeah." I smiled sheepishly as I rubbed the back of my head. He lightly shook his head and sighed.
"It's already sun-set. I know these roads, there should be a good small spot to camp out for the night." He looked back over to me. "You think you can run? It wont take to long."
"Yeah, lead the way." Kakashi took off and I followed behind. He was fast, but I could tell he slowed down his usual self pace. Probably by a lot.
'This feels good. I know could go faster.' I ran up to Kakashi's side. "You can go faster ya know. I know you're holding back."
"Want a challenge?" He offered. I smirked and nodded. "Alright.." He sang before with one good push of his foot, his speed doubled. I did the same staying a good distance behind, letting him lead. He gradually would gradually raise his speed and I started to have of a hard time keeping up, but I refused to let my body give up. The human body is capable of a lot of things, it's just takes the self discipline to do so. I noticed Kakashi glace over his shoulder at me. Before I knew it he had ditched the roads and was now in the trees boarding them.
'What the hell? Does he expect me to do the same? But I have to use chakra control for that..' Kakashi has informed me about a few things. Probably in his attempt to interest me more in becoming a ninja. Plus, I would asked out of curiosity. 'Okay, concentrate chakra to feet...lets do it.' I took in a deep breath and tried to find the energy to do so. After a moment I listened to my heart beat intensively. THUMP-THUMP. THUMP-THUMP. THUMP-. My eye's widened. 'Found it! I think..I feel something so..' I began to try and focus on my feet and when I thought I was ready I looked at the branches behind Kakashi as we ran. With a good thrust I felt my body lift with more power than usual and before I knew if I was hopping form branch to branch. I breathed a laugh as I realized what I was accomplishing. Kakashi was then next to me.
"Ah, you pick up on things fast." He smiled.
"I can't believe I'm doing this!" I laughed. "I mean I'm using chakra and- woah.." I felt extremely light-headed. My foot landed on a branch wrong and I lost balance. I'm sure Kakashi caught on becasue he grabbed me before I could fall as he continued going on.
"Don't push your self." His pace quickened.
'So fast..' Not before long we were at a little flat area with the trees giving us support to stay hidden. Kakashi sat me down and tossed a bottle of water in my direction. I caught it and took a gulp. "Augh!" I panted as I laid of my back spreading my arms out. I looked over to Kakashi who was setting up a small tent, looking unfazed by the run.
"That's one thing you'll have to work on."
"Eh?" I panted.
"Cardio. You have can't let a little run like that beat you down like this if you want to become a kunoichi." He walked over and sat leaned against a tree.
"Who says I want to be one?" I asked as I sat up.
"You're telling me you don't? You looked pretty excited back there." I breathed a laugh before putting my hands up in defense.
"Okay, you caught me. That was pretty cool, and I would like to learn more." I smiled as my breathing was still a bit harsh.
"Good. We start now."
"Wat?" I asked confound.
"Might as well start your training now. You did say you wanted to learn how to use your katana right?" He pushed off the tree and walked over. I stood up and dusted myself off.
"Hell yeah, but it took me a lot of energy just to-"
"You'll be fine." He grabbed my Katana. "We have a good hour before it gets dark. Let's just get down the basics." I hesitantly nodded. My breaths finally going back to the normal pace. "and the basics don't involve using this." He set the katana aside.
"What? Why?"
"Because you need to learn better chakra control."
"I already did that though."
"But shorty became overwhelmed afterwards. Yes, you managed to find your chakra and focus enough to your feet, but it was unbalanced through-out your body which is why you crashed soon after."
"Alright, so what do I do to prevent that?"
"Put you pointer and middle finger up to preform a hand sign like this." He did a quick example and I followed. "Now try to concentrate on the flow of your chakra and how it cycles through your body." I inhaled and closed my eyes. I soon began to feel a cool flow through-out my body.
"Alright. I think I got it."
"Now focus it to your feet just as you did before, but make sure the rest of your body isn't lacking or being overwhelmed in any other places." I slowly let out an exhale and opened my eyes. "When you think you're ready, I want you to run up that tree." He specifically pointed to a tall one before handing me one of his kunai. "leave your marks with this and as you progress they will get higher." I nodded and held it.
'I can do this.' I looked to the tree and began to run over, and soon up it. I got in a good distance, but then started to feel my feet peel of the tree. "Shit.." I quickly slashed the barked figure before giving myself a good push and preforming a back-flip, safely landing on the ground. 'I didn't know I could do a flip like that..' "huh.."
"Good. Keep going." He commanded before pulling out his book and leaning against a tree again.