One afternoon, later that week, Team 7 and Team Guy met up, along with the other teams of their rank, at an academy assembly. While the boys were content to spend their free time harassing one another, Tantan and Sakura sat on the side and had a friendly conversation.
"We got to meet Calixta the other night," Tantan began, "the girl staying with Kakashi-sensai."
"Oh yeah?" Sakura carefully prompted. Word of her existence in their village had already spread quite a bit but it was only now that people were starting to ask them about her.
"Yeah," she explained the situation.
"That sounds nice," Sakura managed.
"Yeah, she seemed pretty nice, a little weird, but pretty nice," Tantan conceded.
"If you ask me, everyone around here is a little weird," Sakura joked and they both giggled because it was true.
"But seriously, Sakura, is she okay?"
"What do mean?"
"I dunno. I just got a…weird impression from her," Tantan told her with a shrug. "I can't really put my finger on it and Lee and Neji don't ever want to talk about it."
That admission made Sakura wonder about her comrade but she knew better than to question her sexuality, they weren't that close and even if they were, this wasn't the venue for that sort of conversation. "Yeah, she's got some…issues she's still working out. That's why she doesn't live by herself, I think," she explained.
Tantan nodded. "She's pretty strong, isn't she?" she pressed.
"Strong?" Sakura repeated as she considered the word. "Not really strong. She's really powerful but only sometimes," she managed.
"It sounds like you've gotten to know her pretty well."
"She doesn't exactly have very many friends so she talks to me sometimes when we're at Sensai's house," Sakura answered.
"That sounds kind of nice," Tantan thought aloud.
"You think so?" Sakura wondered if the other girl would think it was so nice if she knew the whole story.
"Yeah. Well, I mean I like when we talk but we hardly ever see each other. It would be nice to have another girl to talk to sometimes, especially an older girl," she explained.
Sakura understood that because in that regard, her and Tantan were in practically the same situation, except Tantan didn't fancy Neji the way Sakura liked Sasuke. Other than that, however, they were essentially the same. She nodded. "Maybe we could hang out sometime," she vaguely suggested and then started to regret it because of how seriously the other girl accepted.
"That would be great. I would like that a lot."
"I'll see what I can do then."
Then, Naruto, with Lee close behind, barged into their conversation. "Hey, what're you two bein' so quiet over here about?" he playfully accused.
"I bet they're talking about boys," Neji condescendingly interjected as he appeared out of nowhere. "That's what girls talk about when they get together, right?"
"Really, Tantan, how can you stand to work with someone so…inconsiderate," Sakura snapped, not looking at the cursed young man.
"It's not inconsiderate if it's true," Sasuke suddenly said from behind them.
"I don't know, Sakura, how do you stand it?" Tantan quietly grumbled before answering the original question. "I was just asking Sakura about that Calixta girl," she told him.
There were discernable reactions in three of the teenage boys present. Only Naruto was uneffected by the sudden strange reaction to her name and so, took the opportunity to speak.
"Yeah, she's pretty weird sometimes, but she's alright," the blonde dismissed.
"Don't you mean, she's pretty weird but she's alright sometimes," Sasuke rudely interjected.
Sakura gave a sigh of disgust and shook her head in exasperation. "She's just fine," she tried to dismiss.
"She was really rude to Guy-sensai," Lee pointed out.
"Disrespectful," Neji correctingly agreed.
"See, it's not just me," Sasuke asserted.
"It's not her! It's you guys!" Sakura nearly yelled and everyone got quiet.
"What do you mean?" Tantan asked her friend nicely before the others could demand it with less tact.
Sakura looked around. "The assembly's going to start soon. There isn't time to explain it," she dismissed and stood.
"That's not fair. You can't say things like that and then not explain them," Lee scolded.
"She always gets like this when we try to talk about Calixta," Naruto dismissed and let her pass without obstruction. "But from what I hear, she's only a problem if you're a pervert already anyway," Naruto added and then followed her.
Sasuke, not wanting to be the next target of their questions, made a small "Hm," sound and disappeared.
"That was weird," Lee mused and then the assembly was called to order.
***
At the same assembly, Kakashi had an opportunity to speak with Guy.
"Hey, I'm really sorry about the other night," he began.
"Hey, like I told Calixta, forget about it. Besides, it's at least partially my own fault for mentioning it in the first place," he conceded.
Kakashi breathed a sigh of relief.
"Though, now my team's askin' about her now. You've left me with a good deal to either explain or ignore and frankly, I'm not comfortable with either."
"I know what you mean. She only just explained herself to Naruto."
"Oh yeah? How'd it go?" Guy asked curiously.
"It was interesting to say the least but he took it fine."
"That's good. Ya think she could give my team a nice little sit down like that?" Guy half joked.
Kakashi actually considered it. "She's not quite ready for that yet," he admitted.
"Don't worry. Neither am I. Though, they are at that age, aren't they?" Guy mused.
"Yeah. It's inevitable," he sighed and the assembly started.
The next few weeks were pretty quiet. Kakashi went on more missions either with or without his team and while she didn't stray from his bed, so to speak, she didn't hide away any more. However, that didn't mean Kakashi stopped asking Sasuke to check on her while he was away without them. He was the only member of his team that she had not formed a good bond with and now that her times in his absence weren't completely sequestered, they seemed to be getting along a little better. Not that their tension had diffused completely, but Kakashi stopped going out of his way to see if they'd couple.
The teacher also couldn't completely leave the situation alone either. "Sasuke, thank you for coming," he motioned the dark-haired teen into his home one afternoon.
Sasuke looked cautiously around for Calixta as he was now in the habit of doing.
"She's out this afternoon and will be for quite sometime," Kakashi informed. "Have a seat, I'd like to talk to you."
"What is it?" Sasuke felt his anxiety level rise. Getting a one-on-one discussion with his sensai rarely happened when they weren't training.
"Actually, it's about Calixta. That's why I made sure she was going to be out while you were here," he told his student.
Sasuke was obviously uncomfortable with that line of discussion. "What about her?"
"You were the most affected by her during your mission to bring her here," he began.
"Yeah, well, considering who all was there, it's not really a surprise," the young man grumbled.
Kakashi laughed a little. "I suppose that's the truth. So you know why that was the case then," he surmised and Sasuke nodded in affirmation. "Good. I'd like you to tell me about what that was like," he prompted.
The dark-haired teen gave an incredulous look. "For what purpose?"
"I'm sure you've realized that Calixta isn't staying with me just for the fun of it and you're the only person I've found that encountered her before the elders got a hold of her. I want a first-hand account of what you went through," he stated but the young man still appeared unconvinced. "I wouldn't bother asking if I didn't value you're assessment."
That bit of praise broke the young man's stubborn streak a little. "What do you want to know?"
"As much as you can remember. I'm not exactly sure what details will be important so if you could include as much as possible, I would be greatly appreciative."
Sasuke rolled his eyes. He couldn't believe that he was about to divulge such a strange and intimate encounter to his teacher. "Well…I didn't really notice anything at first. She made me so mad that I didn't really consider that something like that might be happening."
"She made you angry?" Kakashi questioned because he wanted to understand why she would do such a thing.
"Yeah, she didn't like how old we were but she wouldn't tell us why. She told us she was expecting an adult and threatened to send us back for one."
"Ah, I see."
"Later on, she told me why. I was mad at the time but she should have stood her ground and made us go back to get you," Sasuke assessed.
"The mission document she sent to us had been tampered with or else that wouldn't have been a problem," Kakashi informed which seemed to ease his student a little. "Anyway, when did you first notice something was happening?"
Sasuke closed his eyes for a moment and thought back. "It was like a creeping. Every time I'd look back to check on her while we were moving it seemed to grow. When we stopped for our first bathroom break that day, that was the first time I really got a look at her. I wasn't really mad anymore because she was being really quiet and polite."
"Can you describe it?" Kakashi prompted hopefully.
Sasuke bushed just a touch in spite of himself. "It was…warm, maybe kinda tingly," he tried and felt his description was insufficient. "Almost like a pulse but it wasn't like consistent or anything so it was really hard to pin down. Sometimes, it felt like it hit me in the chest, sometimes the gut," he stopped himself.
"Anywhere else?" Kakashi knowingly asked.
Sasuke swallowed hard. "Anywhere, really," he managed.
Kakashi nodded in approval. "Continue."
"Well…that night she made dinner and I could tell she felt really awkward around us for some reason so I went for a bath."
"Those hot pools are very nice," Kakashi recalled distractedly.
"Yeah," he dismissed. "I dunno if Naurto realized she felt that way. I really doubt it since the best he could come up with to describe her was "seriously weird" but he came with me anyway."
"So she was alone with Sakura while you two were away?" Kakashi verified.
"Yeah. She only really seemed to want to talk to Sakura so I thought I'd just leave them be. I don't really wanna listen to girly chat anyway," he scoffed.
"Oh, you'd be surprised at what you can learn from listening to women talk, especially when they think there are no men around," Kakashi advised wisely.
"Well, whatever they might have been talkin' about, I didn't hear it because they shut up before we even got close." Suddenly, he remembered that because they had returned just in time to be served, they ate shirtless and blushed a little at what that could have meant.
"What is it? Do you remember something else?" Kakashi saw the look of understanding in his student's eyes and he didn't want to miss out on it.
"It's just that," he stammered. "Well, we didn't know, ya know? So, when we got back, we didn't really bother to put more than our pants back on," he blushingly admitted.
Kakashi couldn't help laughing a little at the innocent mistake.
"She gave me a really weird look when she gave me my dinner but," he swallowed hard again, "I didn't realize why until now."
"Perhaps this exercise isn't completely worthless for you after all," Kakashi mused. "So, were you attracted to her by that point?" he asked bluntly.
"I was not attracted to her," Sasuke firmly asserted.
Kakashi gave a sigh of exasperation. "Yes you were. Even if it was just one little stray dirty thought, you found her attractive for some reason," he asserted.
Sasuke gave an indignant frown. He had to take a moment to think about when, exactly, it was that he first found her attractive. It had been during that first bathroom break but for what reason, exactly, he could not determine and hoped he wouldn't be asked. "Yes, I believe by that point I was," he admitted.
"Good. That certainly explains the look she gave you then. Please, continue."
"Well, when we were done eating, Calixta and Sakura went to take a bath while Naruto and I did the dishes."
"What was nice of you," Kakashi commented chidingly.
"Sakura insisted," he nearly grumbled. "Anyway, Naruto went to sleep right after we were done so I stayed up for the first watch. Sakura said she'd take the watch right after they were done bathing but she was late getting back and she didn't have Calixta with her."
"That's not like Sakura to neglect the mission like that," the sensai observed.
"Apparently, Calixta insisted on staying behind. She wanted a few minutes to herself. I was really annoyed with both of them so I had Sakura stay and start her watch like she said she would and I went to get Calixta."
"You went to go get her?" Kakashi incredulously repeated.
"Yes. I told Sakura that even though Calixta would talk to her, she apparently wouldn't listen to her and went to take care of it myself."
"I see. I don't suppose you felt compelled to go to her?" he tried.
"Ah…no," Sasuke managed. "I just wanted to get her back to the camp."
For some reason, Kakashi believed his student this time and let him continue.
"I could hear she was still in the water so I just stood behind one of the big bushes around the pool and called for her to get out. But…she didn't want to trust me without seeing me."
"Yes, she's been fooled by such things in the past," Kakashi verified and it seemed to make the young man feel a little better.
"So, I stepped out so she could see me but I covered my eyes so she wouldn't think I was a pervert or anything," Sasuke was quick to validate his actions.
"Of course," Kakashi nodded.
"Well, she got out but she gave me shit about it," he grumbled.
"Oh? How so?"
"She told me I was a pervert because I didn't look," he continued to gripe.
Kakashi laughed at that a little. "How did she manage that?"
"She said that if I was completely mission-oriented, I wouldn't worry about that kind of thing and I would have just walked right up to her."
"It's an easy mistake to make," Kakashi nodded.
"You agree?" Sasuke blushed.
"Of course. You can't be sensitive to that kind of thing on a mission. It'll cloud your judgment ever time but in this case it wasn't entirely your fault. Actually, your instinct to cover your eyes was probably a good one in this instance."
Sasuke wasn't sure what to think about that so he continued. "Either way, I was so mad that I took my hand away to glare at her and…" he blushed and shifted. "She was just in her underwear but she was getting dressed, thank god," he muttered. "That feeling I described earlier, I felt it a lot then and it made it really hard to think. That was when I could tell it was her so I asked her why I felt so strange. She didn't really answer me. She just said that she was sorry, that she couldn't help it. She was worried about damaging me," he scoffed. "She followed me back to camp after that."
Kakashi was extremely impressed with his student's self control. If it had been him, he might have given in and took advantages of the openings she offered. "Did anything else happen that evening?"
Sasuke debated whether or not to divulge the next bit but it seemed important and nothing really happened so he decided to go for it. "That night was weird. I didn't sleep hardly at all and when I could, all I dreamed about was her," he prayed that was all the detail he'd have to provide on that subject. "It was so frustrating and I had a really hard time believing that she couldn't control it at least a little better than she was so I confronted her about it."
"Wait. When did you have time to do that? Or did you do it in front of the others?" None of the reports said anything about such a confrontation.
"I snuck into her tent during Naruto's watch," he admitted.
Kakashi shook his head, but it was more at Naruto than Sasuke this time. "I see. Perhaps Naruto and I will have to work on that sometime," he dryly mused.
"You should work on it with Calixta too 'cause she didn't even know I was there until I woke her up," Sasuke added smartly. "I'm not sure what was stranger, I hardly remember leaving my tent to go to hers but when I got there and woke her up she wasn't scared or anything. I was expecting her to scream or something when I startled her awake. Actually…I think she was even more careful than I was about keeping her voice down so they wouldn't hear us talking," he reflectively admitted.
"It shouldn't surprise you that you're most likely not the first person to do something like that to her," Kakashi pointed out.
As much as the idea unnerved him, Sasuke was still soothed by that notion. "Yeah, well, I asked again why I felt so strange. She said the same thing but this time sort of explained the nature of her abilities and her effect on certain people. I used my sharingan to try to understand what was happening a little better."
"What did it tell you?" Kakashi interrupted.
"Not a whole lot," he admitted. "Just verified what she already told me. She wasn't in control of what was happening any more than I was," he bitterly continued. "Then…" he had to think for a moment because the next few moments he would be describing were something of a blur to him even still. "Then, she laughed," he incredulously added, "I have no idea why. It was a stupid thing to do," he flatly continued.
"She doesn't laugh very often, even still," Kakashi commented. "Did it have an effect on you?"
Sasuke blushed. "I dunno, probably," he conceded so that he wouldn't have to answer anymore questions than he absolutely had to. "I was so worried about Naruto hearing her that I stopped paying attention to that for a second and covered her mouth."
Kakashi felt his heart skip a beat and found himself praying that the story he was hearing wasn't about to take a very dark turn. "Then what? Did she react to that?"
"She…She gave me the most peculiar look and then sh-she kissed my hand," he looked down at the spot on his palm where her lips had touched him without realizing how much of a tell that kind of gesture would be.
"Then what, Sasuke?" Kakashi prompted.
"Then…" he trailed off for a moment to think. "Then it was like there was this switch in my brain. It flipped and I was kissing her and she was kissing me back," he made sure to add.
The switch was something that he had heard Calixta actually describe herself. She had told him the first time they really talked about it that sexuality is supposed to be like a dial that can be turned up or down by even the finest degree. At the time, her ability replaced that dial with a switch; it was either off or completely on. He didn't tell Sasuke about this, simply giving a nod of understanding in response. "She is a very good kisser," he added to lighten the mood.
"If you say so," Sasuke rolled his eyes. "The kiss was like…I've never been drunk before but I think that's a lot like how it would feel," he sighed. "I don't think I really wanted to believe what she was telling me even though it was pretty obvious at that point but after that, I knew for sure it was her and that she couldn't control it."
"Wait, you said that when you started to use your sharingan," Kakashi pointed out.
"Yeah, I know. I just didn't want to believe that she was that weak but could still influence how I felt so much," he replied.
Kakashi found that acceptable and understandable, so let it go. "Then what happened?"
Sasuke scoffed a little. "We did what she likes to call 'exchanging nasty words'. Ya know, like when we say shit just to make each other mad. I think she does it to drive me away," he commented.
Kakashi laughed.
"What?"
"That may very well be why she started doing that but now you two just do it to flirt," Kakashi dismissed.
"What did you say?" Sasuke started to get angry.
"Never mind. What happened next."
The teen glared but continued. "Then, she propositioned me, sort of. She gave me the chance to um, you know, but I didn't. Then, I left."
"That's it?" Kakashi asked.
"Yeah, nothing else happened that night."
"But something else happened?" the instructor surmised.
"Um, well, yeah. It's…It's…really personal…so I didn't put it in my report either," he couldn't look Kakashi in the eye.
"That's okay. I understand. However, it is now important and you can trust that your secret is safe with me not only because I'm your sensai but also because I don't really have any reason to go talking about you like that," he half-joked.
Sasuke almost laughed. "Yeah, okay." He paused for a moment to collect his thoughts. "If it weren't for that damn hail we would have made it into the village by the following evening and everything would have been fine," he cursed the weather.
"Yes, well nature has a way of tampering with even the best of plans," Kakashi eased.
"So, we camped out in those caves. I took first watch 'cause I couldn't sleep and I was hoping it would let up sooner rather than later so we could get going. After Naruto and Sakura fell asleep, Calixta got up. She said she wanted to spend some time alone. I told her again that she couldn't go off by herself. I offered to wake Sakura so they could go together but she refused and kept walking away. I tried to stop her but she said it was for my sake. She was being such a bitch about it I almost slapped her. Then, she said I could go with her."
"Well?" Kakashi prompted when Sasuke hesitated.
"Sakura was awake, I'm not sure when she woke up, so I went back to my seat by the fire," Sasuke answered.
"And if she wasn't awake? What would you have done?" the silver-haired man couldn't help asking.
"I-I don't know…" Sasuke honestly admitted, almost a disappointed by his own indecision.
"That's alright. Anyway, you were saying?"
"Well," he reluctantly continued, "then, Sakura did the most ridiculous thing I've ever seen her do," he condescendingly reported.
Kakashi recognized the dodge and let it go. "And what was that?"
"She told me to go with Calixta," he complained flatly.
Kakashi gave an impressed nod. "I know you're aware that Sakura has a very deep and genuine affection for you. For her to do that means she cares a great deal about you."
Sasuke didn't answer that. "I told her no and she got really mad," he reported.
"And Naruto slept through all that?" Kakashi remembered that when Sakura got really mad, she had a tendency to be very loud about it.
"Calixta stopped her before she could really get started," Sasuke amended.
"Ah, I see." Kakashi noted how aware of those around her she was describing Calixta to be. "Then what?"
"Then Calixta asked Sakura to start her watch early and said that I was going to come with her. She pulled me up from my seat but then she let me go and started walking away again. I told her to come back but when I looked to Sakura to back me up she," he clenched his fists angrily, "she just told me to go with her," he nearly growled.
Kakashi finally understood why his student was so shaken up by the incident. It wasn't so much that it was a sexual encounter but because he was looking for his teammates to back him up and they weren't there for him. Naruto was oblivious and Sakura had pretty much checked out on him.
"I couldn't believe what she was saying! I mean, could you imagine Sakura saying something like that? Especially to me?" he nearly raved.
"Calm down. What happened next?" Kakashi guided.
"That damned switch flipped again and before I realized what I was doing, I was following Calixta into the caves. But this time…it wasn't as much of a flip as it was a-a…a snap," he managed. "As I tried to catch up with her, she taunted me. She said like you did that Sakura did that because she really cares about me. She said that what we were doing didn't mean anything. I kissed her again just to shut her up," he mused, "but it make the snapping happen again. She was worried about being my first."
"Oh?" Kakashi wasn't terribly surprised by that. With the way her life had been, it was likely to be a concern of hers. "And?" he curiously prompted.
"I assured her that was not the case," he informed and left it that.
That didn't surprise Kakashi either. With all the girls chasing Sasuke it would have been more surprising if he hadn't indulged himself at least once. "Naturally," he teased. "Then what?"
"Then…we…we had sex," he curtly managed.
"I realize this is embarrassing but could you elaborate a little bit more on that?"
Sasuke swallowed hard. "N-Not really. It was all kind of a big blur after that," he admitted.
"That's alright. I had a feeling that was the case. Is there anything else you'd like to add?"
"No. After that, most of the tension was gone and we made it back before anything else could happen."
"Thank you very much. I know that was probably pretty painful for you. Is there anything I can do to make it up to you?" Kakashi offered.
"Is there a way I could make her feel the way she made me feel?" Sasuke scoffed. "Otherwise, no thanks. I'd still rather forget it happened."
That made Kakashi wonder but he wasn't going to say anything to encourage that at the moment. "I don't think we can do that but the next time she's flirting with you and bothering you, try using your copy of Naruto's sexy-no-jutsu," he advised. Calixta had gotten much better at dealing with it and reasoned that she could handle such an event even if it served to greatly embarrass her.
Sasuke gave him a weird look. "Whatever you say. Is that all?"
"Yes, I think we're done here. You have no idea how much help you've been to me," Kakashi told his student hoping to make the experience feel more worthwhile.
"Of course. Have a good day, sensai," he left with a lot to think about. However, he wasn't permitted as much time as he would have liked to analyze what had transpired before he happened upon Calixta again.
He noticed her long before she noticed him if only because she was standing and talking with a group of girls. He wondered what would happen if he did use the sexy jutsu in front of her, though all he would do for the time being would be wonder because unlike Naruto, there was no way he was going to do such a thing in a crowd of people. As he observed her from a distance, he found himself oddly pleased that she seemed to be getting along much better in their community now than when she first started going out. She even seemed to have a few friends that weren't Sakura.
He also took the opportunity to really look at her without worrying that someone would call him out for staring at her. Not that he wasn't staring, he just didn't want to get called out for it. There was no denying that she was, in fact, quite physically attractive. She had curves to spare and long, dark hair that curled slightly at the tips just before they reached past her butt. He wondered why her hair was so long. It didn't seem practical but then again, she wasn't the most practical person. Well, except in the kitchen.
Sasuke's stomach almost growled at the thought of her meals. As far as he was concerned, she was a master chef and he wondered if her lifestyle had fostered that kind of skill. He actually found himself looking forward to the semi-regular meals at his sensai's house where she would cook them a veritable feast even if it did mean he would have to put up with her nonsense. Not that it was entirely unpleasant nonsense but it usually was quite embarrassing for him. He considered requesting to Kakashi that she stop but he got the feeling it would do no good. Her argument that he should desensitize himself to such things was too valid for that.
She parted ways with her companions a little over an hour later and by the time Sasuke wasn't paying attention to her anymore. Rather, he was perched in a tree off one of the trails contemplating his day when she walked past.
"Hey," he called after her when she didn't notice him.
She visibly started and then looked behind her, perplexed that she didn't see the person whose voice she recognized.
"Up here," he called again and then, with a puff of smoke, emulated Naurto's sexy-no-jitsu.
She looked up and then fell right down on her ass.
He giggled and covered himself a little bit to tease her.
"S-S-S-" she blinked a few times and then almost managed to say his name but then he leapt from his perch to land right at her feet.
"Pervert," he accused in a soft, feminine voice.
Calixta took a deep breath to steady herself and stood, brushing herself off. "What the hell?" she demanded, hardly able to look at him.
"Do you find me that revolting?" he playfully mocked, repeating the words from the first time she was indecent in front of him.
"And you said I was unbelievable," she scoffed though it lacked much conviction due to how dizzy she felt.
"You are. Look at you. You need a tissue bad," he giggled at her.
"Ya know, it sorta ruins the whole thing when you still say such harsh things to me," she pointed out, feeling a little better.
"Oh, I'm so sorry. Can you forgive me?" he cooed in a sexy little voice.
Calixta felt her knees weaken so she turned on her heal and walked away from him. He didn't follow or taunt her after that, simply changing back before anyone else could see him like that. He was too pleased with himself to chase after her.
Calixta didn't know what to say about that or if she should say anything. Perhaps he was just messing with her. He looked pretty satisfied so maybe he would just leave her alone now.
No such luck. Over the next couple of weeks, he would, every few days, appear to her suddenly using the sexy jutsu. She got more and more used to it over time but it was apparent that it was going to take a very long time before she would be able to contain her reaction to it.
This came to a head one day when he went to check on her while Kakashi was away. Luckily, she had talked to Kakashi a little bit about it and she had a renewed sense of confidence regarding the situation so she wasn't completely unprepared.
She was making lunch when he knocked on the door. This had become the expected time the he would check on her on account that she would feed him since she was already making lunch for herself. It worked our very well for him. He had never done the sexy jutsu at Kakashi's house before. However, while the cat was away, the mice will play. So, he felt confident in pushing the envelope a bit. So, when she heard her coming to answer the door and no one was around, he turned female just in time for her to answer the door.
This time, he got her nose to bleed. It was the first time that had happened in a while. He gave a naughty giggle. "Looks like you need a tissue, sweetie."
The trickle coming from her nose increased for a moment while he giggled before she got it under control. "Knock it off before I bleed in your lunch," she scolded and went back to the kitchen, leaving him to enter and close the door.
"Aren't you gunna change back?" she bitterly snapped when she saw him flop down on the couch as a naked female.
"Is there something wrong with how I look?" he pouted playfully.
"You know, you're getting a little too good at this," she teased back, "And it's making your spastic behavior less appealing for me."
"What do you mean? That doesn't make sense," he accused haughtily.
She laughed and shook her head. "That's because you only know that it works. You have no clue why."
"It works because you're a huge pervert," he giggled and scampered up behind her, pressing his body against hers.
She gave a shudder. "What exactly are you hoping to accomplish? It's not like I was ever this forward with you," she complained.
"Why don't you stop me?" he proposed.
"I shouldn't have to," she snapped.
"You have to learn not to be so passive," he retorted.
At that she turned around to face him but just ended up blushing even harder when their breasts squished against one another. He smirked.
"You think you're pretty hot shit, don't you," she asked as she grabbed a tray and walked away from him.
"You sure do," he grabbed the other tray and followed her.
She laughed at him and shook her head. "Ya know, you're practically begging me to let my chakra loose on you again."
"I bet you'd love to do that," he accused.
At that she licked her lips and leveled her gaze on him, forcing eye contact for one of the few times since they met. "I wouldn't have to though," she added offhandedly.
He scoffed at that, "Yeah, right. I just have to do this," he teased one of his pert little nipples with the tip of his middle finger, "and you forget your own name."
That was practically true and it made her give an ironic little laugh. "That's the point," she pointed her chopsticks at him for effect.
He scoffed again.
"You scoff at me one more time and I'll have to blame you for what happens next when 'Kashi-sensai gets back," she warned.
"Don't call him that, it sounds stupid," he told her harshly.
"Then stop me," she challenged.
"I shouldn't have to. It makes you sound like a two-year-old," he told her harshly, losing his cute-composure.
"'Kashi-sensai doesn't think so. He likes it when I call him that in bed," she practically bragged.
"You're such a pervert slut!" he accused.
"I'm not the one eating lunch naked," she pointed out coolly.
"I'm the only one who's really eaten anything. You've been staring at me the whole time," he laughed and cocked a silly little pose.
That was the last straw. "You wanna play that way? Okay," she nodded and pushed her tray aside. Then, she stood and stripped down to nothing.
"What are you doing?" he demanded incredulously as she made her way over to him.
"Ya know, if you used your Sharingan in that form, you'd look like a real femme fatale," she commented as she brushed a few stray hairs away from Sasuke's eyes.
He batted her hand away only to have his wrist caught as she sat down in his lap.
"You wanna play dirty, I can totally do that," she told him as she looked him over as though wondering where to start. "I just wonder how wet you are already," she taunted as she reached between their laps to run a careful finger along the temporarily female ninja's slit. It was already hot and slick. It made her smirk as she brought her fingers back up to taste them. She saw the look of delighted disgust at the gesture and offered her fingers to him instead.
"No thanks," he curtly replied. "Now, get off me already," he tried to shove her off.
She pouted and grasped one of his breasts, coaxing his nipple to hardness in a matter of seconds and started rolling it between her fingers. "Do you really think you're comfortable enough in that body to go traipsing around in it in front of a pervert without getting accosted?" she proposed.
"My self control isn't the issue here," he tried to push her hand away but she just held on and ended up pinching and pulling on his nipple instead, making him give a slight yelp of pain.
"Oh? Perhaps it should be because I'm the one who constantly has to analyze their self control so I think maybe it's your turn," she leaned down and started to apologetically tease the bruised nipple with the tip of her tongue, eliciting a sharp gasp from the one beneath her. "Ah, you like that? We had such little time for foreplay last time," she regretfully mused.
"You used me last time!" he retorted harshly and she stopped.
"You think I don't know that?" she asked in an even voice as she looked him in the eye. "Even though everyone tells me that all those who I had before I came here were, along with myself, victims of circumstance. I know I used you. I took advantage of the fact that you were the most sexually mature out of the three of your team. It was either that or go completely nuts trying to keep it under control. I didn't want you to have to carry me back to your village. That would have been too much," she regretfully remembered.
"Then why do you harass me so much? The only reason I started doing this was to get back at you for giving me such a hard time all the time," he reasoned.
"Because it's fun," she admitted. "You don't try to pretend to like me and for the most part, you really don't like me. It would have been that way no matter what. I think I told you that once. But, there is a part of you that does like me, though I'm still not quite sure why," she teased. "Besides, I have to get back at you for saying such harsh things about me all the time."
"But you only end up proving my point," he argued.
"Or am I proving that your point isn't worth worrying about?" she proposed. "Either way, I turn you on enough to make you cum and I'll prove it," she started to slide down the younger student's body.
"No you're not!" He scoffed.
"Are you saying I can't or are you afraid to let me try?"
"You couldn't so you shouldn't try," he shot back but then she grasped his hips and started to tease his clit with her tongue. So unfamiliar and erotic was the sensation that he lost all his thoughts and a great moan tore through him. It didn't make him cum, but it was damn close. "S-Stop!" he pleaded but she didn't listen. He tried lacing her fingers in her hair to pull her away but it hardly seemed to work.
"What's the matter? Can't take the heat?" she haughtily proposed.
Sasuke found his breath coming in short gasps now and his head was nearly spinning but he could tell she wasn't using any sort of jutsu on him. This was all her and it was making him furious that he would react to her in such a way on his own.
"Knock it off," he gasped.
"Or what?" she taunted.
"Or…I'll tell Kakashi-sensei you-" he began forcefully but she cut him off by laughing at him.
"You'll tell him what, exactly? I would love to hear you explain to him what's happening, how you seduced me," she mused in a dark, husky voice.
When he didn't answer after a few seconds, she went back to his clit and started to suckle on it, teasing the little hood with the tip of her tongue when it passed through her lips.
"Oooh, you're so sexy when you wiggle like that," she cooed up at him after swirling her tongue around his clit another few times.
"I said STOP IT!" he yelled and pushed her off.
She landed on her butt at his feet, laughing at him. "Okay, okay, geeze," she stood and went back over to her seat and pulled her tray back over to her so she could actually start eating. Flustering him so badly had calmed her nerves enough for her to eat.
"What the hell?" he demanded, finally changing back.
"Two things. Thing one, I had to do something or you were going to keep pushing my buttons and driving me crazy. You said yourself that I should be less passive. Thing two, you should have just let me finish. You look like you could use a good o," she teased. "It's good for pent of tension."
"I didn't tell you to molest me!" he retorted, feeling violated and angry because he wanted more.
She scoffed at him this time. "It got you to change back," she shrugged. "Though…it did take you a while."
Sasuke finished his lunch as quickly as he could and stood to leave. "Well, it seems you're doing just fine so I'm out. See you tomorrow if Kakashi-sensai isn't back by then."
"Just a second," she called after him and ran up to catch him.
"Put some damn clothes on!" he yelled when she appeared in front of him, blocking his path.
She gave a nervous little laugh and coved herself a little for his sake. "Haha, after all that, I forgot. So, can we call it a truce, then? At least…cool it a bit?"
"Yeah, okay," he agreed, more than willing at this point to accept such a bargain.
She smiled at him and without thinking, gave him a warm hug.
"Ugh! Get off me or the deal's off!" he blushed furiously when her naked body pressed against him even though he was clothed again.
She laughed at herself again. "I'm sorry," she backed off again. "It's just that-" she stopped herself. "It's complicated. I'll explain some other time. Have a good day," she let him leave.
"Unbelievable," he muttered to himself as he left. At first he couldn't help blaming himself, and his teacher in part, for what had just happened. Then, he did blame himself for not letting her finish what she started by letting himself cum for her.
He wasn't sure how to feel about the idea that the main thing holding him back from letting her do such a thing was how easily she seemed capable of doing it. He would be letting her take advantage of her personal experiences being greater than his. Striking a deal with her was the best thing, all things considered.
***
Kakashi returned that evening just in time for her to add enough extra ingredients to make enough dinner for two.
"How were things while I was gone. Looks like it was pretty quiet," he commented as he retreated to his study for a moment to retrieve something. Once he found it, he returned to sit at the table where he poured himself a small cup of sake.
"Yeah, things were non-eventful while you were away…mostly," she gave a silly little giggle.
"Oh? Did something interesting happen?" he perked up a bit.
"Let me ask you a question first. Did you happen to mention to Sasuke my weakness to sexy-no-jutsu?" she asked knowingly.
"He was complaining about how easily you can fluster him because he didn't have a way to retaliate," Kakashi covered.
"Ah, I see. Well, he seems to be quite good at it," she mentioned.
"Oh?" Kakashi perked up a little more. "Did he show you his progress?"
She laughed a little. "You could say that. I don't think he would have done it if you were around but he sat round here most of his visit to check up on me as a naked girl," she playfully complained.
"I apologize. I didn't realize he would take my suggestion so seriously. I hope it wasn't a problem for you," he mused.
"Well, it was extremely distracting but I did manage to deter him," she half-boasted.
"And how did you manage that?"
"I gave him a taste of his own medicine."
"And what does that mean?" Kakashi suddenly sounded worried.
"I showed him that he shouldn't abuse such a form when he cannot properly control it."
"I've never seen Sasuke's sexy jutsu but his chakra control in general is excellent," Kakashi observed.
"That may be the case, but I used absolutely zero chakra to derail his control," she bragged.
That didn't ease the teacher. "What did you do?" he almost demanded.
"I got naked, hopped in his lap, and gave him just enough pleasure to realize he was in over his head," she told him frankly.
Kakashi nearly fell on his face from trying not to get a nose bleed at the mental picture she painted for him so abruptly.
"After that he agreed to call a truce."
"Well, I suppose it wasn't a complete waste then," he mused dryly.
"Pity though," she mused as she sat down with their meals.
"What's that?"
"He let me start but he didn't let me finish. It seemed to be a matter of pride that I not give him release. I'm sure it would have been beautiful," she half-marveled at the memories she did have before digging into her meal.
"Indeed," Kakashi strangely mused before following suit.
"Are you disappointed in me?" she asked carefully.
"No, I'm just wondering if there wasn't a better way to handle that situation," he told her evenly between bites.
"I tried just letting it go. The relaxation techniques you taught me work wonders but this isn't the first time he's appeared to me like that and he insisted that he wasn't going to stop unless I made him," she elaborated.
"I see. But did you have to do that, exactly?" he pressed.
She gave him an odd look. "I'm not sure what you're getting at," she admitted regretfully.
"You could have just thrown him out, made him leave," he suggested.
She frowned slightly at that. "First of all, it's not my place to turn your students away especially when you send one of them to keep an eye on me. Second…I was passive for along enough. I didn't use my powers so I don't think it should be a big deal," she told him evenly.
"To correct your first point, this is almost as much your home as it is mine for all intensive purposes. So, feel free to turn anyone away while I'm not here. Okay?" he verified. Even after all this time, he still hadn't managed to break her of some of her stringent observations of etiquette. He understood it was an overreaction that she had used to keep at least cordial relations with those around her.
"Okay, thank you," she bowed slightly.
"Second, I don't know enough about the situation to know whether or not you were too passive so I'll take your word for it. Teenage boys have a tendency to badger those around them until they receive an extreme reaction anyway. I should know, I was one once," he mused. "I'm just still deciding whether or not to be glad that you didn't use your jutsu. I think I'm pleased though it's not fair to take advantage of your greater personal experience."
"I thought ninja didn't play fair," she replied quickly.
He smirked. "Okay. I'm not disappointed. Now, while I was away I had some time to think about your training. I'm sure you've realized we've reached something of a plateau." He waited for her to respond.
"I suppose," she conceded. Actually, she found her plateau quite comfortable at the moment.
"You've learned not to let other people's attractions affect you. You've learned to function normally in most social situations and did I hear you might have a date with Ebisu?" he listed her accomplishments.
She blushed a little. "He asked me out to dinner yesterday. I haven't answered him yet," she admitted.
"It's not nice to keep him waiting," Kakashi reminded.
"I know. I was so…flustered that I didn't know what to say. Then he gave me this weird look and I was worried that he felt what I was feeling so I ducked out. I was planning to answer him tomorrow. I've seen him walk through the market after classes are out at the academy," she noted.
Kakashi nodded in approval. "What are you going to tell him?"
"I wanted to make sure it was okay with you first," she shyly answered.
"Do you want to go? Or are you hoping to use me as an excuse not to?" he asked seriously.
"I think it would be fun," she admitted.
"Then go but that's another thing. You don't have to consult me on every little relationship you have. You can have your own life. I really don't need to know everything." The truth was, he didn't have the attention span to pay attention to all of her goings-on and tend properly to his various other duties.
"O-Okay," she stammered.
"Good. Now, about what you were just concerned about. I think you've got sufficient control over it, even though you don't seem to think so. If nothing else, only those you are close to and have deep feelings for seem to sense those things. Those people have a right to know how you feel," he pointed out.
"I suppose. I trust it…but only because I trust you," she added hastily.
"That's fine for now," he conceded. He had learned to pick his battles and recognize that even a small victory like that was significant for both of them. "Now, to continue your training, I think we need to shift gears, change our approach," he began.
"Oh? Like how?" She was obviously worried about that.
"To return to your theme from earlier, I think we should start taking a more active approach."
"Wh-What do you mean?" she asked even though she had a pretty good idea already.
"I think we should start taking a more active approach."
"Active how?" she pressed.
"Look, I don't want to be harsh so I'll just say this. When it comes to just about every kind of chakra channeling but the kind used by your innate abilities, you stink. We both know that. That said, it leaves us to focus on those innate abilities. Who knows, we may find something else along the way, but until then I have to nurture what is there in order to make you better than you are now."
She was obviously crestfallen. "I see. How do you propose we do that?"
He wasn't surprised by her lack of enthusiasm but it was disappointing. "There in lies the problem. You see, with most jutsus a person can practice in solitude and achieve reasonable success. Like when I teach Naurto something new, he disappears for a few days and practices on rocks and trees and things until he's maxed out. I'm afraid that's not an option for you."
She sighed but didn't interrupt.
"Your abilities require another person to interact with. You are unique as far as I know in that your abilities are entirely socially based." The mention of her uniqueness in such an endeared tone made her tension visibly ease. "I don't know if you realize it but that has earned you a place in our village. Regardless, this means you require another person to help you train. That person cannot be me," he stated frankly.
Her demeanor drooped again. "Who did you have in mind?" she asked carefully.
"I was hoping you could help me discern the best person for that," he answered.
"Why not you?" she whined.
"Because then I cannot be an objective observer of your progress. I may ask you to try some of your techniques on me so that I can evaluate them from that perspective but that is all."
"I see. I can't think of anyone," she curtly replied.
"Oh, now you didn't even think about it," he playfully accused even though he was mildly annoyed by her childishness.
She frowned and looked down at her lap. "What kind of person would want to do what you're suggesting?" she incredulously asked.
He laughed a little. "I would if I could," he answered with a naughty grin that made her blush.
"You're joking," she dismissed.
Since he was pretty much finished eating anyway, he crawled over to her and sat very close to her. "I'm not joking," he told her in a soft, even voice.
"Y-Your sharingan…" she reached up and lightly traced the leaf pattern that rested over his eye, "you can copy just about anything with it, right?"
"As long as it isn't too far beyond me," he admitted. "Why?"
"Show me," she breathily requested.
"Show you what?"
"Show me what I do. Copy my jutsu and show me what it's like. I won't resist so you won't hardly have to try," she bargained.
He was unsure because of her insistence. "I'm not sure that's really necessary."
"I refuse to do anything to anyone else without knowing what it's like," she resolutely stated.
He was obviously disappointed by that. "Why is that?"
"Don't ask stupid questions," she snapped uncharacteristically. "I'll agree to your dumb training if you do this one thing for me," she bargained.
"And if I don't? Then what will you do?"
"Whatever comes after that. I'm sure it won't be as pleasant as what we have going right now but I'll deal with that when the time comes," she resolutely replied.
Kakashi pursed his lips. "You are very stubborn," he told her.
"I know," she conceded as she often did when she wanted to apologize.
"Let me think about it," he told her.
She was just pleased that he was considering her words. "Yeah, okay."
The next few days and nights between them were a little tenser than usual but it wasn't unbearable. Calixta went on her date with Ebisu and they had a smashing time save one lull in their conversation as they were leaving the diner.
"What's that solemn look for?" he asked carefully and then made a joke about how delicious the deserts were to lighten her mood.
She laughed a little at his joke before replying. "Oh, I'm sorry, I shouldn't be so distracted. It's just that Kakashi wants to start a new kind of training and I'm not sure I'm prepared," she carefully surmised.
"I'm sure whatever it is you can handle it," he encouraged.
She laughed a little at that because it wasn't exactly her she was worried about. "Thank you," she smiled up at him and barely quelled the urge to hug him. The fact that they were walking arm in arm was enough for the time being.
"What kind of training do you guys do anyway? I never see you at any of the practices courses or training facilities," he noted.
That made her falter slightly. "Oh, um, well…" she stammered.
"What? What is it?" he pressed, seeing the anxiety in her features.
She gave a reluctant sigh. "It's…sort of…complicated," she managed.
He cocked a curious eyebrow at her. "Ah, I get it, you to are 'training'," he rudely teased.
She gasped in horror. "It's not like that!" she insisted, even though that wasn't the whole truth either.
"Okay, okay, geeze. I was just givin' ya a hard time!" he continued to tease. "Besides, Kakashi's always got his nose buried in those dirty mangas. I'd be surprised if he looked up often enough to realize how stunning you are."
"E-Ebisu…" she barely said because she was speechless. "I…thank you," she blushed furiously.
He laughed a little at how flustered she was because it just seemed to make her cuter. And because of that, a moment later, he found himself leaning down to kiss her. She gasped lightly at the sudden contact but yielded to his small advance.
When they parted a few seconds later, they were both blushing deeply.
"Ah, Ebisu," she was about to say something but knew the words wouldn't come out right so she kissed him this time, leaning upward to close the space between them.
He almost groaned at the way her body pressed against his but managed to hold it in so they could savor that quiet moment in the park just a few blocks from the diner.
However, fate had other plans. Well, fate or Sasuke, either one. The couple heard a condescending laugh come from a few feet away.
"Ha. Pervert on pervert, what a perfect match," the dark-haired teen mused as he approached from the opposite direction. He hadn't intended to interrupt them but when he happened upon them kissing in the park, he couldn't help himself.
"Sasuke!" Calixta scolded fitfully.
He laughed at her and when he was sure no one else was around, he disappeared in a puff of smoke only to reappear before them as a naked female who giggled and winked at them.
Both Ebisu and Calixta fell to the ground in surprise, their noses dripping with blood.
Sasuke laughed at them again and then was gone.
Calixta almost panicked and ran away but she knew that would leave Ebisu with the wrong impression. "I'm gunna kick his scrawny ass!" she decided as she stood dusting off her clothes.
"Now wait, he's just a kid," Ebisu coaxed until he noticed that her nose had also started to bleed. "What's this?" he carefully wiped a drop away with his finger to show her.
She blushed deeply and couldn't make eye contact anymore. She was so afraid of his rejection that she couldn't even move, let alone speak.
"Hey," he saw how distraught she was and lifted her chin with one hand to look into her eyes. "It's no big deal," he wiped his nose on his sleeve for emphasis. "He only wins if we let him," Ebisu told her firmly before reinitiating their kiss.
She didn't really believe him. She thought that Sasuke had 'won', if there was anything to win, the minute he happened up on them during their private moment but there was no arguing with a kiss like that.
He tried to walk her home but she had him leave while they were still a little ways away from Kakashi's house. Regardless, he received a very welcoming good-night kiss and her hope that they could do something similar again in the near future.
***
"Sasuke, sit down," Kakashi ordered when his student entered.
Sasuke was obviously disconcerned with his sensei's tone and obey immediately. This time, he didn't look around to see if Calixta was there.
"Good. I want to start by telling you how impressed I am with how far you've come with your sharingan in such a short period. It truly is remarkable and you should be proud of yourself."
"Yes, Sensei," Sasuke was startled by the praise.
"Now I have a rather…interesting, and completely voluntary, test for your copying abilities."
"What's that?" Sasuke questioned carefully.
"I need to further Calixta's training," Kakashi told his student frankly, "but she refuses to participate unless I show her what it's like. She wants me to use my sharingan to copy her jutsu and use it on her."
"What's that got to do with me?" Sasuke tried not to sound too impatient.
"Well, as I'm sure you're aware, my endurance while using my sharingan eye is severely limited. I do not believe I have the capacity sufficiently to do what she is asking."
"But you think I do?" Sasuke grimly surmised.
"Yes, as a matter of fact, I do. There is also the fact that I am her teacher and it is my duty to provide her with guidance, something I would be incapable of doing if I do as she asks," he continued.
Sasuke sat in silent contemplation for a long time after that.
"As I said, it's completely voluntary. It's not like I could force you to take my place in this instance."
"Regardless of what I want to do, I doubt she would let me do such a thing. She asked you because she trusts you. She doesn't trust me," Sasuke argued.
"She trusts you a lot more than either of you realize and I haven't said anything to her about a substitution as of yet. I wanted to have your reaction first before I started giving her ideas."
"What would I have to do, exactly?"
"Oh, it should be fairly simple. She will use her abilities on you enough for you to use your sharingan to copy them. Then, she will let go and you will have to take control. At that point, what you do will depend on what kinds of feelings she's giving you though I'm sure you'll know how to proceed from there."
Needless to say, Sasuke really liked the idea of turning the tables on her.
"Since she's only recently mastered control over her chakra, especially when attempting to channel it, you may have difficulty controlling the reactions as well but even if you don't have any control over what's happening, it shouldn't be a problem. And, even if there is problem, you can trust that I'll be nearby to remedy such a thing," he assured.
"I'm sure," Sasuke grumbled at his teacher's lecherous tone.
"Do you need time to consider this? Or do you have an answer for me now?" Kakashi pressed.
"Sure, I'll give it a shot," he agreed, banking on revenge.
"I'm happy to hear that. There is one catch though," Kakashi added offhandedly.
"You didn't say anything about any catch," Sasuke argued.
"Well, I wanted to see if you were ripe to the idea before I brought in any extra details," he explained.
"So what's the catch?"
"The catch is that you have to continue to be her training partner after that. Her abilities require at least one other person to work and as we already agreed, that person cannot be me. So if you're going to do this, you're going to have to commit to it for at least a little while."
Sasuke frowned and felt trapped.
"What's the matter? You were more than willing to use her abilities a moment ago. It would be an impressive addition to your already rather extensive repertoire," Kakashi added.
That had him. "Okay, for a little while. If it's too weird or anything, I'm out though," he bargained.
"Naturally. It is a voluntary agreement after all," Kakashi conceded.
Sasuke couldn't believe what he was getting himself into.
"You could even use your sexy-no-jutsu that you copied from Naurto. I hear she rather likes that side of you," he teased.
"Where did you hear that?" Sasuke tried not to snap.
"I have my sources. That's not important now. What is important is that you come back after the team dinner this Friday night. Okay?"
"Yeah, okay." With that, he was practically shooed out and he gladly left.