"Morning" Kakashi yawned as he entered the kitchen. He pushed a chair and sat down, dropping his head onto the table in exhaustion "Thank you for the alarm, Izumi"
"My pleasure" she laughed as she set some pancakes in front of Kakashi and shook him to sit up straight and eat
"Don't worry it smells too good to pass up" Kakashi assured her as he muttered the blessing "Where's Akio anyway?"
"He already had breakfast and is having a quick meeting with one of his assistants" Izumi informed him
"He has an assistant?" Kakashi asked in surprise "For what?"
"Well he helps him find whatever he need employment wise," she explained "and he is also the one to receive mission and such. He takes care of the taxes and who knows what else"
"How come I've never seen him before?" Kakashi asked
"He doesn't live here yet they have a weekly meeting unless anything urgent comes up" Izumi replied
"And he just left again" Akio informed them as he entered the kitchen
"Anything new?" she asked
"I have a mission that I'll set on tomorrow" he explained "Kakashi you will train with Kioshi instead, alright?"
"It's not like I have a say in this" Kakashi replied nonchalantly
Akio laughed and ruffled his hair much to Kakashi's indignation
"I am also going to hire a medic" he said and jumped into the explanation quickly in order to not hurt Izumi "The reason is that Kakashi is going to be beaten up quite badly over the weeks and thus I want someone who deals with field injuries to monitor him and such"
"Monitor?" Kakashi asked annoyed "I'm not a kid"
"We know" Izumi smiled "But what Akio says is true, considering the state you were in yesterday I say a medic seems to be the best solution, and whoever it is can give us regular checkups too. Not to mention having another person in this house with a passion for medicine will be fun"
"I already knew you'd like somebody to talk to so I specifically asked for a woman" Akio nodded a smile gracing his lips
"You're the best" she laughed and hugged him tightly while Akio smiled and hugged her back
"Come on Kakashi, let's go train" Akio beckoned him to follow and Kakashi obliged
"A lake" Kakashi noted "Is there anything you don't have?"
"Something to turn you off" Akio replied smoothly while Kakashi glared at his back. Akio handed Kakashi the blindfold and Kakashi tied it on quickly.
"We're fighting on the water" Akio replied "Vibrations are different here so you're going to have to almost start from scratch"
After a while Kakahsi and Akio started fighting again. Akio included everything from nijutsu, fighting on water, on land and striking from the air and trees. He even added a little genjutsu here and there that Kakashi never managed to notice.
Akio disappointed that Kakashi is not realizing the use of genjutsu decided to keep Kakashi in one till he did. From his place in a tree Akio watched Kakashi dodge nothing and kick the air. After forty minutes Akio was fed up and walked up to Kakashi.
Once he was in front of Kakashi he released the genjutsu and Kakashi was shocked to find Akio suddenly in front of him. He was about to remove his blindfold but Akio stopped him.
"Genjutsu" Akio scolded "Have you come to rely on the Sharingan so much that you can't sense a genjutsu except with your eyes?" Before Kakashi could reply Akio continued "You've been trapped in a genjutsu for about forty minutes!"
"But I didn't see you" Kakashi asked in surprise "How have you placed me in a genjutsu if I haven't made eye contact to you at all?"
"And that's the mistake" Akio reprimanded "You can never assume that your opponent has tricks up his sleeve"
"The vibrations!" Kakashi exclaimed "You put me in a genjutsu through the vibrations that revert back to me, ingenious"
"You figured it out already?" Akio was pleased yet shocked at the same time "But that's no excuse for the utter display of embarrassment I just witnessed"
"Sorry" Kakashi muttered rubbing the back of his neck, so maybe he hasn't gotten over his habit completely yet "I won't fail you next time"
"You're already breathing deeply and adorn a variety of wounds," Akio noted "Let's see if you last long enough to make me forget about the genjutsu ficaso"
Kakashi nodded and they began sparring again
"You look terrible" Izumi jumped to Kakashi as he walked in covered in mud and soaked to the bone, a tint of red coloring his clothes
"And who might you be?" Akio asked a young woman that was standing by the sink looking at Kakashi as Izumi sat him down a gave him a cup of water
"My name is Masami" she introduced. Her hair was wavy and was of a light brown color, her eyes were green and she was 23 years old. Nobody can refute the fact that she was beautiful yet she had an elegant flare about her as well "I'm the medic you hired"
"Your assignment just walked through the door" Akio laughed "My name is Akio, nice to meet you"
She smiled warmly then turned her attention to Kakashi "Izumi showed me the office I'll work in and I think that it would be best for me to examine, Kakashi was it?, over there" Masami nodded
"You kinda look familiar" Akio noted.
Masami smiled "I hope I resemble someone you're fond of" and Akio smiled back
Kakashi has been very quiet through the walk to the Masami's office which turned out to be a small clinic. Although the air didn't smell of chemicals yet it was sure to once in use. How Kakashi hated hospitals.
"I think we'll leave you two" Akio informed them "We'll talk after you finish healing him and take a break too"
"Thank you" she smiled as the older couple left
She turned to Kakashi and was in full medic mode, her warm demeanor evaporated instantly "Strip to your boxers"
Kakashi obliged without a fuss and remained quiet even as she pushed him to lie down on the bed she had at one side of the room. He was too tired to even argue in a fight since he knew he'd lose anyway.
"Can't part with your mask?" she asked jokingly
Kakashi laughed and shook his head "Only when necessary"
"I have a feeling with Akio sama training you that time will soon come" she smirked
"Tell me something I don't know" Kakashi sighed
"I assume there are no life threatening injuries" she as she scanned Kakashi's body for any serious wounds. "These will get infected" she muttered to herself as she began healing some slashes on Kakashi's torso
Once she finished the main problems she addressed Kakashi "Anything in particular you'd like me to heal first? Causing you pain and such?"
Kakashi nodded and pointed to his knee "Nothing visible yet it hurts like crazy" he explained
"One of your tendons ripped" she replied "Don't worry it'll be fixed in seconds"
As she began to heal the rest of his wounds Masami struck a conversation "So you're the one I have to keep tabs on?" she asked
"I told them I don't need monitoring" Kakashi muttered
"I think you do" she replied "Not only is my job to heal you after training but make sure you have a balanced diet and that you're sticking to it, give you physical checkups every few days and have you rest when your body needs it. So the question that remains is, how come you're so important that you need such special attention" she joked at the end
"I haven't introduced myself personally" Kakashi smiled "Hatake Kakashi"
"The copy nin huh? I expected something else. Masami, nice to meet you" she smiled while she tied the last of his bandages "Let's measure your weight, height and all that"
"What do you mean expected something else" Kakashi asked as he got up putting his clothes on again. While Kakashi was preoccupied with getting covered Masami fetched a clipboard and started drilling him
"What's your age?" she asked
"Twenty nine and you're ignoring my question" Kakashi replied a smirk in place
"I'll answer you after we finish the check up" she replied with a smile
"I have a feeling it's going to be a long boring process" Kakashi sighed dramatically
"The ninja who can sit for hours waiting for a target can't have a physical exam for fifteen minutes without complaining?" she asked in a mocking tone
"It's different" Kakashi insisted as he stood on a balance that measured both his height and weight at the same time
Ignoring Masami moved to the next question "What's your blood type?"
"O" he replied as Masami fixed the bar to the top of his head and wrote his height donw on the paper
"You're underweight" she scolded
"I've been training hard" Kakashi explained
"I thought you looked thin because of the numerous wounds and your paleness" she noted "Looks like I have to work on that diet soon"