~That First Spark~

A young woman, no more than 25, sat on a roof, peering down. Her long black curls flew around her face in the wind. She smirked beneath her black mask, her golden snake eyes narrowing. Her prey was in her sight. She sprung from the roof and leap down in front of the person she had been stalking. A blonde woman looked at her, unimpressed, but a smirk playing at her lips.

"Mimiko Makura, what are you doing?" She asked. The man next to her, who sported silver hair and a mask, was reading his book, not even taking note of the black haired woman. Mimiko, the masked woman, chuckled, and said in a smooth voice "I'm wondering what is under the boy toy's mask…"

The man looked up at this "The 'boy toy' has a name, Mimi, it's, Kakashi." He said a playful tone in his voice.

She chuckled "…I just wanna know what's under the mask.."

"Well…I'll take my mask off if you do the same, Mimi."

Mimi grinned broadly "Fine...On the count of three…" She looked around, seeing that the street was empty. She smirked, and raised a hand to her mask "One. Two. Three!" She ripped her mask away to show the many scars and mottled skin of her burns, while Kakashi…just revealed another mask….Mimi's eye's widened, and she hurriedly put her mask back on "You ass! You cheated this…"

Kakashi's eye just twinkled "You should have just asked…instead of making a bet you couldn't keep…"

She snarled, "I'm gonna get you, Scarecrow! You and your damn books!" and turned on her heel, storming away. Next to Kakashi, Cry was laughing so hard tears where coming from her eyes. "…Oh..my…god…" she held her sides, giggling.

She looked at him "Yah know she's gonna get you back for that now, right?" He nodded "I'm prepared for it…." Cry just shook her head "Good luck with that" a smirk playing her lips.

A day later, Kakashi was frantically searching for his books, Itchi-Itchi Paradise. He was frantic to find them, but his eyes widened when he remembered Mimiko… He quickly exited his home, and began his search for her. After many hours of searching for the dark haired woman, he realized that it was just a goose chase. He sighed deeply "…That girl.." He mumbled, trudging home.

When he reached his door, he realized, she was standing there with a smug little smirk on her face. "Missing something, Scarecrow?" she asked playfully

"…Yes…my books…Now hand them over…"

"Want them, you gotta show me what's under your mask…"

He scoffed a bit "Sorry, no deal…now hand over my books…"

"Fine, come and get them…"

His eyes narrowed, and he stepped closer, but before he could even react, she was gone in a puff of smoke." MIMIKO!" He yelled, irritated. He followed her trail through, around, up, down and around the city. When he finally stopped, he was out of breath. He seated himself in an alley way, where he found Cry, behind a garbage can. He looked at her, smiling "Hello Cry…what are you doing?"

She held up a book, with the name Itchi-Itchi Paradise his eyes widened, and his jaw dropped a bit "..you had them all this time?"

She nodded "…Mimiko made you run around the whole city after her, didn't she?"

"…Yes..."

"I knew she would…"

"You two are evil little demons…you know this, right?" C

ry nodded, smirking "…Yah should have just showed her what was under the mask in the first place…then all of this could have been avoided…"

Kakashi face palmed and mumbled what sounded like "…-uck my life…" He said simply in reply.

Cry just laughed, "Sorry. And, yes, your life does indeed suck…"