I still couldn't believe it…My Icha-Icha books…taken…by her of all people….
I shredded the notes into tiny little insignificant pieces before going to my door, locking it, closing it then running off at breakneck speed towards the mission building.
After a few seconds, I stopped. I forgot, I made a hand seal, I can teleport. I disappeared in a puff of smoke and reappeared in front of the mission building. I quickly entered and caught sight of Asuma and Kurenai walking together.
I made a beeline for them and caught up to them quickly. "Hey Kakashi" greeted the scraggly bearded Jounin, "Why are you in such a—"I cut him off "Have any of you seen Anko?" I asked, a hint of desperation coming into my voice.
"She came in a few minutes ago looking oddly happy…but wasn't she just at your place?", Inquired Kurenai as she took in my hurried and desperate appearance.
"Kakashi, did you do something to her?" Asuma asked suggestively. As he said it, he waggled his eye brows. Kurenais eyes narrowed dangerously.
"Actually, she stole something that was…is very important to me, now have you seen her?" I said, emphasizing the last part.
"Well, last I saw, she was at the cafeteria with a ridiculous grin on her face and chowing down on some kind of sweet ramen…." Kurenai trailed off.
"Thanks," I replied…then "Wait…sweet ramen?" I inquired curiously. "Yeah, I tasted it before I left the cafeteria, and it tasted like ramen mixed with an entire pack of sugar." Kurenai replied, shaking her head in disbelief.
"Anyways, thanks again." I said before turning away from them and double timing towards the cafeteria.
When I arrived at the cafeteria, I saw her. She was still dressed in that all to showy fishnet of hers. Of course accompanying that was her trench coat and mini skirt, both a light brown color.
I moved quickly and inconspicuously towards her. She never even noticed me until I slid onto the bench directly in front of her. When she saw me, she was unable to contain a small gasp of surprise.
I ignored it, and then in my most serious face that I could muster, I told her, "Where are my Icha-Icha books." The way I spoke it generally would have made villains piss themselves in pure terror.
Unfortunately, Anko was no ordinary 'villain'. She's known me long enough to have grown accustomed to my 'serious face'. And, aside from that, what I said sounded extremely stupid…even to me.
After I'd said it, she just burst out in a huge burst of laughter. It rolled on an on. It was an unending wave of happiness in sound. She closed her eyes which were tearing up, lay her head on the table and just began pounding it with her first, all the while still laughing hysterically.
The laughter was so loud, that it attracted the attention of the people in the cafeteria. And, since it was around ten in the morning, many people who were assigned the lunch hours as a shift were eating a brunch of sorts. Everyone in the area turned to look at us.
All I could do was to rub the back of my head self-consciously and wait for Anko to calm down. It took a full minute for Anko to finally calm down. As her laughing died down, she still kept her head on the table.
"Er…Anko?" I asked awkwardly. She raised head to look at me. Her eyes were still a bit red and there was a small tear still hanging on the side of her left side. I sighed, I knew that this was going to be hard, but I NEEDED my books back. I couldn't lose them…ever.
"So…about my books…" I trailed of nervously, knowing that she'd know what I meant. "What about your books Hatake?" she asked while grinning. She held all the cards in this match up, and she knew it.
"Well, you know…we've been friends…" I trailed off when she glared at me. Of course, we are nakama, comrades, but we were never really close enough to each other to be considered as friends.
"Okay, point taken. Now, would you mind giving back my books?" She kept that glare of hers fixed on me, but now it was filled mostly with amusement. "Please?" I added, as if that would help….
She broke her glare and grinned at me. Then, she spoke, "It return for your books, what will my…compensation be?" Now, I have no idea what this crazy kunoichi might have in mind, so I decided to just let her choose. Then, if it is at least acceptable, I may go along with it, at least until I find a way to get my books back.
"Okay Hatake…first of all, we need to set things straight." She said in that annoying bossy voice of hers. "You will do anything and everything I ask you to do, or your books will get it. These conditions are non-negotiable and I can tell you that you'll never find your books if you don't do what I say…." She said that last part with and expression that would have made any normal man shit in his pants. Fortunately, I am made of stronger stuff. But I gotta admit…I can't find any other non-violent way out of this.
"Fine" I said dejectedly. "Can I at least have one of the books back?"
"I'm coming to that," Anko said. "Every time you do something for me, I give you back one book. I'm not completely evil you know." She said coyly.
"Well, good doing business with you Hatake" she said smirking, after which she stood up turned around, and left the cafeteria.
I really must know which enemies to fight, I thought to myself with a sigh.
I stood up, left the table and went to see the Hokage to see if I was assigned to do anything.
A thought suddenly struck me…Didn't I have a meeting with my team at the training grounds at around 10? Ohh… somewhere in Konoha, there would be three extremely pissed ninjas….
Oh well, that can wait until after I use the bathrooms….