Sorry it has been a while. Halloween, and going to birthday parties. And the fact later today I got to head to a Halloween party. It's been busy. Enjoy. The story is coming along nicely, even though I had planned something a bit different at first.
Click. .. Kakashi. .. Hospital.. . Trickery . . . Success. Things were about to change. Shikamaru realized this was the perfect opportunity. And perhaps, he could get Sakura to join in. It seemed she had thought hard on the whole Fangirl idea. But as long as Temari was around, he should be safe from any Fangirl advances. He had the perfect idea, but he would need help from the others.
"I think I have a plan," he said loudly, in order to distract the verbal fight for who would see the face first. He grinned and watched as Naruto frowned in displeasure.
"I still think my old plan would have worked," Naruto grumbled but he made sure to pay attention. And soon he was on the edge of his seat. Sakura was leaning forward and Temari just smirked with pride. Shikamaru was just a natural analytical genius.
Kakashi did not have a phobia of hospitals, no matter how much every one else insisted that he did. The reason he usually avoided them, wasn't mostly because he hated medical care or needles. If that was the case, he would have never become a ninja, since Shinobi face that type of problem almost everyday. The reason was because it brought back horrible memories that of the past.
When a patient enters the hospital, they don't worry about the entry; instead they fear the fact of not coming back out. It was the sense of death and the memories that pained him when he went. So basically he usually ended up escaping from its binds whenever Kakashi found himself as a patient there.
He stilled his hand and failed to flip the pages of his Icha-Icha Paradise book. But he kept on walking toward the training grounds to keep with the pretense of a distraction caused by his book. Kakashi supposed, they were now ready to attack; he'd only need to wait. He steadied himself for an attack, by subtly pulling out the other hand half-way out of his pocket in order to quickly grab a kunai.
The attack came swiftly, but the silver-haired Jounin blocked it easily. It was a quick direct hit from Naruto, and by the force of the blow and the type of way it was aimed, Kakashi suspected something was up. Were they truly going easy on him on purpose. They could be trying to get him to lose his calmness so he would loose some of his edge, and sneak a blow in; however, he seriously doubted that tactic. It was way too basic and could very easily backfire if they riled him up enough. No, that couldn't be it.
Eyes watching carefully from every angle, he kept analyzing the facts, while continuing to block Naruto's every kick and punch. They must be trying to get him to underestimate them. They were faking a disadvantage, in order to get him to get cocky in his attacks. But one must look beneath the underneath. It was dangerous to a ninja if one underestimated their opponent, for one never knew what sort of trickery or hidden ability the other one might hide. Keeping this in mind, Kakashi was wary of the second wave. He knew it wouldn't be too long before either Naruto created clones, or one of the others come to help. And it didn't hurt to watch out for shadows or sources of strong winds ; just in case Shikamaru or Temari used any of their special techniques in the second part of their plan. They weren't using Naruto's plan, that was for sure. But he did not really think they would, so he hadn't thought of a counterattack.
"Naruto, why? Are you really that desperate to see underneath this mask?" Kakashi asked calmly as he continued to thwart the striking assaults. Kakashi hadn't yet pulled out his kunai but he knew before long he might need it to make them quit this onslaught of theirs. He wasn't going to give up without a fight. His mask hid the shame, he carried because of his father. He looked too much like him.
"Why? Because you're way too mysterious, Kakashi-Sensei!" Naruto responded with a grunt as he barely dodged a upcoming sudden right kick.
But he failed to see his sensei's hard aimed punch toward his chest, in time. Kakashi had done it directly at the same time he kicked, and he responded with humor, " Mysterious? You've known me for years."
The punch hit Naruto hard and slammed him a few meters across. Naruto knew it could have been worse, and he scrambled up and called out, "It's not working!"
Kakashi listened, and heard a sudden rumbling underground. He rushed in a zigzag direction away and knew the stakes had been raised. Sakura must have found out about the plot. And with her monstrous strength he knew he should be wary. If things got a bit too much, he would have to bring out his Sharingan. He just wanted to be at peace but it seemed he would have to pick up the pace and he had a feeling he would have to make more of a serious effort. What a way to train, but it would keep him on his toes.
"Kakashi-Sensei! It's time for your physical!" Sakura shouted from some unknown location. She shifted from her spot and scrunched up her gloves as she made a fist with her hands. She was ready to see that mask of his, and while she was at she would force him to take his exam.
With those words from Sakura, reached Kakashi, he shuddered. Masks and exams. Why were they insisting on such torture? She was throwing her voice, he sighed knowing that they were pushing it. But he had heard her from her movements. He had always had excellent hearing. They really were desperate, weren't they? Kakashi groaned inwardly and gently lifted his Hiati-ate with a slight tug. He knew that Shikamaru was going hard-core against him in order to get back to his normal lazy routine.
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