CHAPTER 8 – Welcome back
Two weeks had passed since that incident. Kakashi rolled over in his bed, facing away from his windows, where the light slowly started shining into the room. His eyes were still closed as his hand went to scratch the back of his head. A delicious fragrant filled the room and found its way into his nose. Kakashi sniffed it. "It smells good…" He rubbed his eyes and sat up. "Mom…"
A frying came smashing down onto his head. Kakashi shielded his head with his hands. That certainly hurt like hell. He slowly lifted his head up. "I'm not old enough to be your mother yet." In front of him was a blue-haired kunoichi, both hands on her hips and a frying pan held in one. "Get up! Breakfast is ready!" She walked out into the kitchen.
Kakashi sat still on his bed. He pinched his leg, making sure that he wasn't dreaming or anything. Yuuri peaked into the room. "What's taking you so long?"
"Nothing. I just didn't think you would really have come back."
Yuuri stared at him. "Well, I guess that little incident on the way here exposed my little secret, so I can't be the priestess anymore. Besides, there's someone that I miss in Konoha…" She trailed off and stared into space. Kakashi's ears twitched at the word "someone". "Anyways, clean yourself up, breakfast's ready."
Kakashi groaned as he picked himself off his bed. "Yare yare…"
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There was a knock on the door outside Tsunade's office. "Come in!" A white-haired jounin entered the room. "Ah, Kakashi I have been waiting for you."
Asuma's team was currently being briefed in the room. "Yo, Kakashi." Kakashi waved back. "What are you…"
Yuuri stepped into the room behind Kakashi. She gave a sly smile when she saw the crowd. "It's been a long time."
Asuma was utterly shocked at the sight of her. "Oh you're back." Tsunade took a sip from her cup.
"Tsunade-sama, what is the meaning of this?" Shizune was as shocked as Asuma.
"Well…" They turned towards Yuuri. "I guess I can say that I was sent on a long mission."
Asuma raised his eyebrows. "So it was you after all in the woods." Yuuri gave a little laugh. "I knew it, Kakashi couldn't have done that to the enemy by himself" He laughed. Kakashi stared at Asuma and gave a cough. "I mean, to my memory Kakashi didn't have that much chakra to create a wound like that."
"It wasn't really my intention on making the wound so big…" Asuma looked at her. "Well, my chakra control isn't the best after all…"
Asuma smiled. "But what happened three years ago? The thing about your death?"
Yuuri bit her lip. "It was to help the mission run more smoothly."
"Oh." Asuma scratched the back of his head. "I don't really get it but… it's good to have you back."
Yuuri smiled. "I just thought I should report to you, Tsunade-sama about my arrival."
Tsunade nodded. "What do you plan on doing now?" Yuuri blinked.
"I have some places I want to visit." She looked at Kakashi. "So I guess we'll get going. If you will excuse us."
Tsunade nodded as Kakashi opened the door. Yuuri walked out with Kakashi behind her. "Congratulations." Kakashi heard a little whisper. He turned around and found Asuma smiling at him. He returned it with a smile.
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The two stood in front of the cenotaph. Yuuri slowly lay down some flowers in front of it. "A lot of things happened when I was gone."
Kakashi looked at her. "Ah."
They stood in silence as the wind blew heavily behind them. "Well, I'm hungry."
He was surprised on the way she broke the silence. "Where do you want to eat then?"
"Hmm… Ichiraku Ramen!"
"Who's going to-"
"Your treat." Yuuri stared at Kakashi.
He raised an eyebrow at her. "Fine."
Yuuri giggled and followed Kakashi to the restaurant.
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It was nighttime already. The streets were almost empty. Two Konoha shinobis walked silently down the path. "Funny. It's too quiet." The kunoichi commented. Kakashi stayed silent as he focused on his favourite orange book in his hand. "Is that really that interesting?"
"Mmm…" She stared at him and frowned. That was hardly an answer. The two carried on walking down the street. "We're here."
"Huh?" Yuuri turned around as Kakashi finally put his book away and knocked on a door. "What do you mean?"
"You'll find out."
The door opened and out popped the head of Asuma. "Kakashi! Yuuri! We've been waiting for you!"
Yuuri looked confused. "Come on in." She followed Kakashi's lead into the house. She was surprised with the amount of people that managed to fit in the small house. "Yuuri, this is a… little welcome back party we decided to make for you."
Yuuri can't help but smile. "That's really sweet, thanks." She was quickly surrounded by other shinobis in the room. Some questioning on how she survived back then, others questioned her on the mission she was given. Kakashi managed to pull her out from the crowd and brought her to the roof. He let her enjoy the fresh air for awhile. "It's been a long time since I was in a crowd. Life as a priestess is kind of boring." She chuckled.
Suddenly, she felt an arm wrap around her waist and pulled her around. It was Kakashi. Her body pressed closely against his. She heard him whisper in her ear. "Welcome back."
She smiled. "Thank you, Kakashi. Thank you…" She wrapped her own arms around his waist, closed her eyes and pushed her face against his shoulder. "You idiot…" She smiled as she held him tighter.
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A/N: Oh my god! O___O I finally finished this story :D!! Been a bit lazy and stuff came up. Thanks to all of you who read it and I hope you enjoyed it. Please write me some reviews and critiques so I can further improve my work. xD!!