CHAPTER 2: THE FIRST MISSION; NOBODY MUST KNOW WE'RE TOGETHR.
The next day was a sunny one. Bright, sunny days were rare on Sunagakure due to the frequent sand storms. Well, I got dressed quickly. I have to be at lady Hokage's office today so I can be assigned to missions. When I got out of my apartment, I saw Kakashi-kun waiting for me. What a pleasant surprise!
"Hey, you're here, and waiting for me; how thoughtful of you." I said happily.
"Well, I cannot let the cutest kunoichi in the world to go by herself in a town she haven't visit in a while. Come on!" He replied.
"How sweet, thanks! Let's go. Besides, I just won my bet." I said very motivated.
"A bet?" He asked.
"Oh yeah, when I was talking the other day to Hokage-sama, I made a bet with her that I could find a place for under 50k ryo. I just earned 50k ryo. I won!" I said.
"So, you like to bet? That's something." He said.
"Not really, but she insisted. She said that if I wanted to keep on working as a kunoichi in here, I had to bet with her. I did, and I won!" I replied.
"Oh, I get it. I almost forgot; Hokage-sama is addicted to gambling." He agreed.
So, we kept on walking to see Hokage-sama. While we were on our way, Kakashi-kun held my hand. He was wearing gloves, but it was ok. We're almost here.
"Hey Kakashi-kun, let go of my hand. I don't think is a good idea if people knew that we are dating this soon. Let's them know in a couple of weeks, ok. Remember, when we see each other at Tsunade-sama's office, pretend that we don't know each other, ok. Ah, here, there is my lease. I have to show it to her so I can have my money. See you later." I said.
So, I kissed him on the cheek and ran to Lady Hokage's office. I wonder if she's seeing what I'm doing.
"So, she found herself a boyfriend and beat me in a bet. What a lucky girl. I'm in my fifties; all single and full of money and a Hokage. But I looked like I used to in my twenties. Why can't a find a man?! I should have a man with me." Said Tsunade while watching me over her crystal ball entering the building.
I arrived to her office. I knocked the door and I entered.
"Come in." Said Tsunade.
I entered into her office.
"So, you're back once again. So, did you found a cheap place?" She asked me.
"Why yes I did my Lady; only 30k ryo month". I said proudly.
"You're just lucky. Let me do you your 50k ryo check. So, your name is Kaori Akatsuki, right?" She asked.
"Yes, you write the last name as in "red moon" and the name, just the way it sounds". I said to her.
She wrote me a check for 50k ryo. When she was giving me the check, she didn't want to give it to me. So, I asked her gently to give it to me.
"Excuse me Hokage-sama, but, you're still holding my check. Can I have it?" I asked politely.
"Well, ok. You were lucky. Next time you won't be that lucky, ok. Now, I have the following mission for you. For this mission, you'll have as partner another jounin, a chuunin, and a genin. Hey, I think the jounin is coming soon." She said.
Well, I'm kind of nervous. What if I was lucky enough to go on a mission with Kakashi-kun? Someone knocked the door.
"Come in." Said Tsunade.
Someone opened the door. It was a girl with pink hair.
"Sakura, this is Kaori Akatsuki. She's the sand kunoichi I told you about the other day." Said Tsunade introducing Sakura to me.
"So, you're Sakura-chan, right? Lady Tsunade already told me your amazing abilities with medical ninjutsu. I'm pleased to meet you and happy to work with a medical kunoichi." I said in a gentle voice, while I shake her hand.
"Well, now we have to wait for the other two. Well, first, is my former teacher, who usually appears over the window and one of my former teammates. He's kind of silly and only cares about eating ramen." Said Sakura and she sounded quite annoyed.
After she said those words, someone knocked the door.
"Come in." Said Tsunade.
It was Naruto. He was getting closer to me, in a very friendly manner. I had to make him a gesture suggesting him to not get that close to me without Sakura looking at me. But he opened his mouth.
"Hey, it's you, Kaori-san. I saw you yesterday eating ramen. So, are you joining us?" Naruto said.
"Why yes! So, you're the genin, right?" I asked.
"Yes, I'm still a genin. But one day, I'll be…
"…the next Hokage, dattebayo. We know." Replied in unison Sakura and Tsunade.
"But Kaori-san didn't know." Said Naruto.
"Actually, I knew that because Gaara-sama told me. Ah, he says hi and he wishes you come to Sunagakura to visit him." I said to him.
"So, you already knew each other? I don't get it." Replied Sakura, like she was being left out of everything.
"Well, it's not like we know…" I tried to say, but Naruto interrupted me.
"Yes, I totally know who Kaori-san is. She's dating…
Puff. Someone appeared over the window. OMG, it was him; Kakashi-kun. I put a huge smile on my face, he started to touch his head as usual, but this time he was totally red. However, we had to keep a low profile, so, we acted like we didn't know each other.
"Sorry I'm late once again." Kakashi said.
"Well, late again. Anyway, here's Kaori Akatsuki. She's the new jounin from Sunagakure. I believe she lives in the same building as you." She replied, like she knew everything.
"She does. I mean, she does? Anyway, nice to meet you Kaori-chan. You sure are a very cute kunoichi. That veil, looks really good on you. " Said Kakashi while he got closer to me; totally forgetting with what we agreed earlier today.
"Thanks Kakashi-kun, I mean, Hatake-san. You sure are polite and chivalrous. Nice to meet you." I replied with a huge smile on my face extending my hand.
We shake hands pretending we didn't know each other. But well, we kept holding them for a little too much. When we realized that, we quickly let them go with a huge blush on our faces.
"Oh, sorry, my bad. I mean, well, hahahaha." We replied in unison while we realized what just happened.
"Ok, now, make sure your new partner gets to know Konohagakure better. Since I'm in charge, there have been several changes in here, and the last time she was here was when she took the chuunin test, about ten years ago. So, make her feel like home. I will be assigning you guys more missions eventually. Now, show her the way around here. Train with her, know her moves, ok. I want Kaori-san to feel like home." Said Tsunade-sama.
So, we left the building. Naruto and Sakura are very friendly, even if sometimes Naruto says things that are way over the top and Sakura makes him fly away with a punch. So, we walk around Konohagakure.
"Oh mine, this village sure has changed since the last time I was here. Is bigger and there's more people living here. Well, right now is around 10am, let's keep on sightseeing." I said astonished."
"Well guys, I have to go, but I'll be back around noon so we can eat lunch. By the way, Kaori-chan, you look lovely today. Bye, see you later." Said Kakashi-kun while he touched my waist swiftly.
I was totally blushed. Luckily they didn't look at us. So, we kept on sightseeing. While we were walking around a shopping street, Naruto saw a laid-back teenage girl sitting alone drinking tea. She looked very lonely and a little sad while she drank green tea. Naruto ran to her, it looks like he knew her.
"That's Hinata Hyuga. She's one of the members of the Hyuga clan. Since we were in the Ninja Academy, she was crazy about Naruto. Naruto is complete unaware of that fact, however, he's very friendly with her, had done missions with her and is always talking to her, however, she's super shy." Sakura said.
"Well, maybe one of these days she will have the courage to be upfront with her feelings." I said.
"Like you with Kakashi-sensei." She said in a funny voice.
"What…what…what are you saying?! I don't think of Kakashi-kun like that." I said very nervous and with my face red as a tomato.
"Hey, it's totally obvious that you like him and by the looks of it, he likes you as well. I mean, why he looked so happy when he saw you this morning? Besides, he compliments you a lot." Sakura replied.
Well, it seemed that Sakura caught me. But what's with Naruto and his Hyuga girl?
"So, Hina-chan, what's up?" Naruto said.
"Well, I, you know, I'm here drinking tea by myself, Naruto-kun." She said in a calm, shy voice.
"Oh good, I'll have some tea myself; waitress, green tea please." Naruto yelled.
A waitress came to their table and brought him a cup of green tea.
"So, Hina-cha, tell, me, why you always act so weird around me? Sometimes you react like I was some sort of human germ. I know I have a demon inside, but is not like I'm gonna hurt you." Naruto said.
"I…I know that, Naruto-kun. But, well, you see, the thing is that. You see. I…can't say it." Hinata said while she wanted to left the place.
"Wait Hina-chan, don't go. I'll pay for the tea. Stay, I really want to listen what you were saying. Or, if you want, we can go somewhere else." Naruto said.
"No, here's fine." She said.
Back to me, I kept on chatting with Sakura.
"So, you still love the other guy that was part of your genin team?" I asked her.
She remained silent for a while, but her expression said yes. However, she changed her expression very quickly.
"Hey, it's not like I'm gonna keep on dumping myself to make him notice me. I mean, if he wants to reestablish his clan, he must want a strong kunoichi." She said.
"Hey, do you know where Kakash-kun might be?" I asked her.
"Well, I think he went to see Jiraiya-sama. You'll see him again at noon, just like he said."Sakura said.
"Isn't him one of the three shinobi of legend of this village? Is he a friend of Kakashi-kun?" I asked.
"Yes. They're very friendly. They must be reunited at some restaurant discussing something." She said.
What could they've been doing?
So, Sakura told me that Kakashi was seeing Jiraiya in a bar. They sat in a table facing the door, so they can see everyone that pass by the bar.
"Hey Jiraiya-sama, did you know that I finally found myself a girlfriend?" Kakashi said.
"For real? That's awesome!!" Said Jiraiya, even happier than Kakashi himself.
"Is all thanks to your books. Thank you master." Kakashi replied while he bowed politely to Jiraiya.
"So tell me; is she hot? is she a kunoichi? Where does she lives?" He asked very anxious.
"She's incredibly hot, strong, powerful, funny, smart, sweet, friendly, great kisser, soft skin; in one word: PERFECT." Said Kakashi all excited.
"Well, I sure hope you guys end up together. And hey, how does she look? Asked Jiraiya.
Just when he said those words, that at the moment I obviously didn't heard, I was passing by with Sakura. Kakashi-kun pointed at me, while Sakura and I kept on walking.
"That's her; the tall girl who's with Sakura, the one with the black veil and the beautiful smile." Said Kakashi very anxious.
"That one? My God, you really found yourself a really beautiful girl; she's perfect. She's not from here, isn't she?" Replied Jiraiya.
"She's from Sunagakure, but she's working here now. Her name is Kaori Akatsuki. She's 22 and lives in the same apartment building as I do; one floor above me." Kakashi said.
"You sure are a lucky fella, Kakashi. Such a beautiful lady just for you." Said Jiraiya.
"Well, I have to keep going. I told her we were going to eat lunch together. Goodbye master ." Said Kakashi.
Kakashi left the bar. I was still sightseeing with Sakura, however, she had to do some other things.
"Hey Kaori-san, you know, Tsunade-sama is my master, and she likes that everyday, unless I'm on a mission, I make her lunch. She's kinda lazy, but well, she has lots of work to do. So, see you tomorrow, ok. Bye." Said Sakura while she dismissed me.
So, I was by myself…but not for long. Poof, someone appeared behind me; it was Kakashi-kun, and he was holding me tightly.
"Hey babe, don't you think I was gonna forget about you that easily. Come on, since there's nothing to do today, let's have a date right now, shall we?" He asked me.
"Hmm, right now, hmm; I'm not sure, let me think." I said.
"Hey, come on, don't play hard on me." Kakashi told me.
"Well, ok, I'll go on a date…tomorrow." I said in a flirty voice.
"Tomorrow, ok." He agreed.
"However, there is something we can do together today. Let's have a friendly match, ok. I want to see the copycat ninja in action. Let's see if you can copy me." I said in a fierce, but flirty voice.
"Sounds good to me." He said.
So, we're gonna have a little one on one match. This is gonna be awesome. I'm so not going to go easy on him, and he better not do the same. I want to see him for real.
So, we arrived at a training field. It's big. Whatever, now it's time to show him what kind of kunoichi I am.
The match started. He attacked me first, but I used a substitute jutsu. Then, when I kicked him in the back, I actually kicked a water clone he made. We were pretty fast. Good warm-up.
"Wow, you're so fast, I can't believe you dodged my attack like that." He said astonished.
"I agree. You're pretty good, copycat ninja. Now, let's fight for real." I said.
We kept on fighting. He agreed with me. So, we had an intense battle. First, he uncovered his sharingan and started to do several nijutsu that I haven't seen since I was a chuunin. I have to say that my veil helped me a lot; most of my traps were hidden underneath my veil. I threw some kunai at his water clones, but one managed to almost hit him. Hopefully, it didn't; Kakashi-kun is way too handsome to cut his face. He tried to stop me by submersing me, but he did was break one of my sand clones. We kept on fighting, making sure we didn't hit us hard. It was a long battle, it's already sunset. Then, I decide to use my blinding genjutsu; I used it, and then, I quickly did my hurricane wind (this time with no blades so I don't hurt him) jutsu. He tried to summon his dogs (since I made him believe he couldn't see), but it was too late; he was lying in the floor. I thought it was a clone, but it stayed there. So, about a minute later, he stands up and came to me. He held my hand.
"I'm truly impressed with you. You sure are a true kunoichi. You're not only beautiful, you're also really strong. You, you definitely touched my heart. You're amazing, Kaori-chan. Come on, let's go home, but first, let's eat ramen again." He said.
So, we arrived to our apartment after eating ramen at Ichiraku again.
The next day was Saturday, which means, no work. Kakashi-kun waited for me outside my apartment at 2pm, with his hand on his head, like always. He was ready for our date; a picnic at the woods, near the river. While we were eating ogahi (I made them along with some yakitori; Kakashi made tea and onigiri), Kakashi got closer to me.
"Hey Kaori-chan, you know, these three days have been the most amazing days in my life. I think we really have something special, very special. Please, be my girlfriend. I'm going totally crazy for you, I can't help it." He said in a very sweet voice, while he touches my face and my hair, pulling back my veil. All I did was smile.
"Kakashi-kun, I, well, I; I can't agree more. I'd love to be your girlfriend. You're strong, sweet, caring, funny, romantic; in fact, you're pretty much what I want." I replied.
When I said that, he was all red, touching his head. I love when he does that; he looks so adorable. Before I knew it, it was already sunset. Since Kakashi-kun made lots of onigiri, we ate them for dinner, but I also caught some fish from the river and we drank more tea. After the dinner, I was so sleepy, that I didn't have enough strength to move and I decided to sleep in the mat we had spread over the land. Kakashi fell asleep too. We both slept together under the stars that night. But, we didn't had sex.