A/N: Haven't made a note in a while! Just wanted to thank you all for the lovely reviews and favs! Please let us know how you want the story to end and what you think of the plot so far. We're starting to work on another story, expect to see it soon on here!
Olivia awoke first, rubbing the sleep out of her eyes and heading to the kitchen. She boiled some water for tea and took a seat at the table while she waited. She stared off into space, thinking about all that had happened over the past week since they were brought to Konoha. Her heart ached as she thought of home, and the promise Tsunade had made to try to get them back. She had honestly pushed home out of her mind, not wanting to feel the pain that came along with thinking of it. She pushed it away again, moving her mind to more obtainable things. Like Hidan, and the rest of the Akatsuki. Would they come for them? Were they even important enough to try to reclaim? She hoped the bonds they had built would stand up.
The kettle on the stove whistled, signaling for her to get up and make her cup of tea.
She sighed as she took a sip, relaxing and letting her mind wonder back to where it was. She missed Hidan, honestly. Something she was hard pressed to admit. She hated fighting with the purple eyed man, but she couldn't help but remember their steamy kiss. She blushed as she recalled it. He brought out the worst in her, most of the time, and after finding out they were truly criminals, she shouldn't be thinking in this way. She should be thinking of nice men, who made her want to be sweet and cute. But she had no men like that in her life.
She was interrupted from her thought by a knock on the door. Slowly, she got up to answer it, pulling the hem of her long sleeve shirt down to cover her short shorts more.
She wasn't surprised to see not only Kakashi, but Iruka as well.
They both had bags in their hands as per the new usual, and smiles on their faces.
"Breakfast is here." Iruka said with a bright smile on his face. Kakashi's eye was crinkled in a smile, almost closed.
Olivia had a look over at the clock before looking back at them. "Its seven am, did you really think we'd be awake?"
"Well, you are, aren't you?" Kakashi let out a chuckle, moving into the apartment as Olivia moved to the side to let them in.
Olivia let out a grumble, but followed the two into the kitchen.
"Kammy stayed up late reading your porn book again, Kakashi, you should go wake her again."
Kakashi let out a sigh, setting the food down on the counter, looking into the small womans glare, before decided it was too much to argue.
He trudged off towards the room he knew was Kamryn's, gently knocking on the door. "Kammy~" He called out, in his softest, most feminine voice, mocking Olivia.
Olivia and Iruka both heard from the kitchen and stifled laughs.
Kakashi waited outside the door, not sensing any movement or anything from inside, and decided to crack the door open and peak in.
What he saw made even him blush a little, the woman was spread out on the top of her covers, wearing nothing but a tank top and her underwear. For the second time, his eye lingered a little longer than it should have, taking in the flesh of her back that peaked out from the pushed-up tank top, down to the creamy skin of her thighs, and the curve of her rear that was revealed by her underwear.
He quickly snapped the door shut, startling the woman awake, and made his way back to the kitchen.
"Think that's a job for you, Olivia." He pointed to the door with his thumb, earning a quizzical look from the woman.
She rolled her eyes, but went to wake her friend regardless.
"Kamryn!" Olivia shouted as she popped the door open, busting into the room, looking over the woman who was still spread out in the bed, and realizing why Kakashi acted the way he did.
The short woman let out a 'pffft' as she laughed. The woman in the bed shot up, hair a mess, and a disgruntled look on her face.
"Guess who saw you nakey!" Olivia placed a hand on her hip, teasing the confused blonde woman.
Kamryn's eyebrows shot up, looking down at her barely clothed state and looking out the door to see if someone else was there.
"What?" She pulled the covers to cover herself up.
"Sensei!" Olivia teased more, before letting out a laugh. "Anyways, breakfast is here." She left the room, leaving the door open, a grin on her face.
In the kitchen, the two men had overheard the loud conversation. Iruka could see the tips of Kakashi's ears turn a shade of red before he cleared his throat and looked off somewhere in the kitchen.
Olivia came back into the room, giving Kakashi a thumbs up and an eyebrow wiggle, which gave him the urge to facepalm, and elicited a laugh from Iruka.
Kamryn emerged from the hallway a minute later, dressed in her work out gear, a blush staining her cheeks as her eyes avoided Kakashi.
"well... whats for breakfast?"
She quickly made her way over to where the spread had been set. After fixing a plate of grilled fish, rice, and a rolled omelet she headed for the counter to lean against it and quietly started to eat.
Olivia grinned at her taller friend, "Nice of you to join us fully dressed."
The blonde shot a glare at the other woman, choosing to ignore the comment and quickly finishing her food, noticing the others already ate while she was getting ready.
Olivia scooted closer to Kamryn as the blonde ate, leaning over as she took her last bite and whispering in her ear. "Sensei saw yer ass."
Kamryn's face immediately turned bright pink to the confusion of the two present males who had not heard the comment.
Kamryn set her plate down and walked past the brunette woman, smacking her on the ass none to gently, "Yeah well, everyone can see your ass. Go get ready, you witch."
Olivia's face turned a shade similar to a tomato, her head whipping around to look at the two men who were now avoiding her glare. She pulled down her shirt to cover her rear, her voice barely audible, "At least it's a nice ass..."
Kamryn couldn't help laughing at her friends comment and the way the men looked at each other as if confirming her statement.
"We all know, now get ready!"
Olivia scurried off to her room, hands holding down her shirt still. It wasn't much longer and she was rejoining the others in the kitchen. Iruka was now standing, about to take his leave when she returned.
She smiled at him, "Thanks for the breakfast, again."
He returned her smile, still not quite meeting her gaze to the amusement of Kamryn, "It's no problem at all, I'll catch you guys later then."
He quickly made his way to the exit and left, leaving behind a confused Olivia and a snickering Kamryn.
Kakashi stood and stretched before catching the two women's attention, "Ready to go, ladies?"
Olivia sat drawing figures in the dirt, a little flushed from her training session with Kakashi, as Kamryn got her turn.
Kakashi was going extremely easy on the two, but of course, beat them no matter what they tried. Which they expected considering he was a fully trained ninja. But Kamryn had had enough and let out a puff of air as she stood across from him on the training field. She could see the triumphant smirk under his mask even though he had not yet beaten her and it brought a frown to her face. How could she get the upper hand? She pondered this for a second before she noticed he was nowhere in sight.
She looked around for him, turning on her heels to find him right behind her, kunai drawn as he was about to win the fight.
She panicked, the only thing that came to her mind was to use dirty tactics, but she'd really rather not. He grabbed her by the wrist, pulling her towards him, she let out a gasp, but was already in the process of pulling her own kunai out. Their blades clashed, she wasn't about to give up. She put more of her weight onto their clashing weapons, pressing her body closer to his. She could see his smirk unyielding through his mask and it made her blood boil, she would not lose. Her frowning lips turned up into a smirk of her own as an idea popped into her head. She gave the wild haired ninja a look of amused mischief, a coy smile on her lips and she lean a bit closer, avoiding the two kunai.
"So, did you enjoy the view this morning, Ka-ka-shi~?" She pronounced every syllable in his name slowly.
His lone eye widened at her tactics, dropping his defense only slightly, and loosening his grip on her wrist as the image of her sprawled out in bed half-naked returned to his mind. This threw them both off balance, their kunai sliding against one another as the pair toppled to the ground, Kamryn perched triumphantly onto of the ninja.
"Ha ha!" She shouted out, bringing her kunai to rest gently on his throat. She stuck a tongue out at the man, who just lay defeated. His eye darted away from her as she laughed, he could easily flip them and win, but decided the look of joy on the blonde woman's face was just too hard to break.
Kamryn beamed with happiness, pulling the kunai back from his throat and doing a little happy dance, forgetting that she was precariously perched upon the silver-haired man's lap.
His lone eye shot open wide, going from a random tree to the beaming blondes face, who didn't seem to notice what she was doing.
He cleared his throat. "I get that you're happy and all, but could you not do that... on me...?"
Kamryn's happiness was broken as she looked down at the man, mortified. She would never intentionally rub her rear on the man, but here they were. She quickly scrambled off the man, face tinted a dark red.
"I am so so so sooo sorry, I didn't realize..." She trailed off, her blush spreading to her ears.
She reached out a hand to help the man up off the ground, which he took, hoisting himself up off the ground and dusting himself off.
"Well..." He spoke, the pair looking anywhere but each other, "I think that's enough for today."
Olivia's ears perked up as she looked up from her dirt doodles, "Finally!" She stood from the dusty ground, patting the dirt off of her leggings. Olivia looked at the two, neither of them were breathing hard, but Kamryn's face was beat red and Kakashi's ears were a shade of pink.
Olivia narrowed her eyes at the two, she hadn't been paying attention, so she hadn't seen the awkward situation play out. She noticed the two weren't looking at one another, and she placed her hands on her hips, wanting to know what was going on.
"Did you do something perverted, Kakashi?" Olivia accused, earning a laugh from the man as he rolled his eyes at her.
She took that as a no... So she turned her eyes to the ever blushing Kamryn. "So you did something dirty?" She gave a grin.
Kamryn couldn't meet her gaze. "Lets go get lunch, already."
Olivia wouldn't drop it on their walk back to the apartment, but was ignored by Kakashi and just shot down by Kamryn.
Kakashi bid them farewell, telling them not to leave the apartment, as he had some other business to attend to.
Olivia went to take a shower as Kamryn fixed them a lunch of miso soup, rice, and stir-fried pork. They both ate, then Olivia cleaned up as Kamryn showered.
They sat around bored for a couple of hours, waiting for Kakashi to come back. It was around four o'clock when they heard a knock on their door. Kamryn was in her room reading, leaving Olivia to open it.
Olivia was confusingly met by Iruka, Naruto, and Sakura. Sakura waved at the woman, they all had smiles on their faces.
"What are you guys doing here?" She questioned, though moved to the side so they could make their way in.
The three did, Naruto making himself at home and plopping down on the couch, while Sakura and Iruka stood.
"Just wanted to see if you guys wanted to join us for ramen night!" Sakura smiled, Iruka nodding along, while Naruto grabbed up the remote and started flipping channels.
"Your place is nicer than mine!" He looked over his shoulder at Olivia, "Lady Tsunade must like you two."
Kamryn, hearing all the commotion, came out of her room, surprised by the three ninja in her living room. Naruto gave her a shining smile, waving at her.
"What's up?" She asked, leaning against the door frame to the living room.
Sakura repeated herself, with a smile on her face.
Iruka looked hopefully at the two girls, who only looked at each other.
"Well," Kamryn scratched the back of her head, "Kakashi isn't with us, and told us not to leave, so maybe not."
The trios faces fell, all of them looking forward to eating dinner with the newcomers.
Olivia noticed this, and didn't want to disappoint them. "It's just across the street, and we'll be with them," She gestured to the three ninja, "I'm sure it's fine."
Kamryn gave the younger woman a look of disapproval, but didn't have the heart to say anything as the three faces lit back up.
"Great!" Sakura exclaimed, clasping her hands together in front of her. "We normally wait until around five, so can we hang out here for a little bit?"
Olivia nodded, a smile on her face. Kamryn retreated back into her room to grab her book, then plopped down in one of the chairs in the living room as the others sat to watch TV. Sakura sat in the other chair, while Naruto, Iruka, and Olivia all sat on the couch.
Olivia and Naruto fought a little bit over what to watch, Sakura scolding Naruto and saying it was Olivia's to choose.
Iruka just smiled from his place in between the two, grabbing the remote and deciding on what to watch instead. He decided on a rom-com that had just started, to Naruto's displeasure.
Naruto sat grumbling to himself as Sakura, Iruka, and Olivia watched the movie. When the main male love-interest was introduced, both Olivia and Sakura let out a squeal.
"Ugh, I love him!" Olivia exclaimed, Sakura nodding in agreement.
"Have you seen him in 'You're the one'? That shirtless scene?" Sakura swooned over the older man on screen.
Olivia shook her head 'no', "I've only seen him in that soap opera, can't remember the name..." She pondered for a second before her eyes went back to the screen.
"So that's your type, Olivia?" Naruto asked.
Olivia rolled her eyes at the question, "He's everyone's type, isn't he Kam?" Kamryn looked up at the man on the screen for a second before giving a quick approving shrug and going back to her book.
"He is quite attractive," Iruka noted, scratched the back of his head, "We'd get all the ladies if we looked like that, Naruto."
"Oh hush," Olivia swatted at Iruka's arm teasingly, "You're plenty attractive enough."
"What about me!" Naruto exclaimed, puffing his chest out, earning a laugh from both Olivia and Sakura.
"Oh, stop it Naruto, Olivia looks at you like you're a kid." Sakura laughed out, leaning over to pat Naruto on the shoulder. The blonde boy deflated, slumping back into the couch, letting out a grumble.
Iruka willed away a light blush, scratching the back of his head at the woman's compliment, glad that Naruto took the attention away from him. Though he caught a small smile and snicker from Sakura, giving him a knowing look.
Kamryn observed the commotion over the edge of her book, catching Naruto's eye.
"Eew, is that Jiraiya's porn book?" The blonde boy pointed in disgust, causing Kamryn to narrow her eyes at the boy, ignoring him and going back to her book.
"Yup." Olivia popped her 'p', "Kakashi introduced it to her and she's been obsessed ever since."
Naruto made a disgusted noise while Sakura and Iruka let out silent laughs at the blonde woman's expense.
"You better watch out, Kamryn," Iruka started, "You're into his favorite book, and he's seen you naked, he might make a move soon."
Kamryn choked on her own spit as she heard Iruka's comment, Naruto and Sakura sat shocked at Iruka's words, while Olivia snickered, patting the tanned man on the leg in approval.
Kamryn sputtered at the man for a moment, beet red, before making out the words, "He didn't see me naked!"
"Close enough," Olivia waved a hand in the air, dismissing Kamryn's comment.
"That's like saying Iruka has seen you naked! Since your ass was out on display!" Kamryn tried to defend again, pointing at the tan man.
Sakura and Naruto's eyes widened even more as they turned their gazes to the two brunets on the couch.
Olivia blushed, pouting and crossing her arms over her chest. "I had shorts on." She stated, defensively.
"Close enough," Kamryn shrugged, turning her attention back to her book.
Olivia frowned deeper, looking at Iruka out of the corner of her eye. He wasn't looking at her, holding a light blush over his cheeks.
Sakura just stifled a giggle while Naruto stared with wide eyes at the pair.
Olivia pushed herself off of the couch abruptly, catching everyone's attention. Iruka's eyes lingered on her back before Naruto punched him in the shoulder.
"In front of us, Sensei?" The blond boy blurted out in disgust.
Olivia instantly covered her rear, looking back at the man over her shoulder.
"I-I wasn't!" He threw his hands up defensively, which Naruto rolled his eyes at.
"Sensei!" Olivia narrowed her eyes at the man, before making her way to the kitchen, feeling awkward and like her hips were swaying too much even though she was walking normally.
Iruka's blush only deepened as he stared at the woman's retreating figure.
Kamryn let out a 'tch', "And you guys thought I was the pervert." She rolled her eyes.
Iruka looked at the blonde woman, mortified by her implication.
Naruto and Sakura just snickered, mouths covered by their hands as they gave Iruka looks of amusement.
Iruka opened his mouth to defend himself, but just closed it again, not sure what to say. He looked away, crossing his arms over his chest and letting out a sigh.
Then a knock was heard at the door, Olivia, since she was already up, bounded over to the door, a smile on her face, as if she had already forgotten the comments made.
"Kakashi-sensei!" Olivia chirped as she saw the tall man at the door. He peered into the living room, seeing Iruka and his old students, smiling at them behind his mask.
"Didn't expect to see you here." He stated, walking into the apartment as Olivia moved to the side, closing the door behind him.
Kamryn didn't look up from her book, but gave a small wave to the man, honestly a little embarrassed by the earlier conversation.
"We were just seeing if they wanted to go get ramen with us." Sakura stated, smiling at the familiar man, "Do you want to come with us, Sensei?"
Naruto bounced a little in excitement, "Yeah, Kaka-sensei! Its been forever since we hung out."
Kakashi gave the girls a look, as if to chastise them, which Kamryn just shrugged at, and Olivia averted her eyes.
"I suppose so..." His eyes softened, looking to the bouncing blond boy and the smiling pinkette, he honestly couldn't refuse the two.
Iruka stood, stretching out his muscles, and gesturing for Naruto and Sakura to follow.
"It's nearly five, we can get going now if you like." His eyes swept over the other three. Kamryn snapped her book closed, setting it on the side table, while Olivia just nodded with a smile.
Kakashi scratched the back of his head, "You three go on ahead, I have some stuff I need to tell the girls, from Lady Tsunade." This earned a curious look from Kamryn, who slowly stood from her chair, making her way over to the kitchen, where Olivia stood.
"Alrighty!" Naruto bounded up, "I'll beat you guys there!" He exclaimed, bouncing out the door and across the street. Sakura and Iruka just shook their heads, smiling at the blond, and followed.
As they all exited, Kakashi made his way to the kitchen as well, leaning against the counter, crossing his arms over his chest.
"So..." He started, unsure of how to tell the girls what he had been briefed on. "They may have found a link between our worlds. It seems the two that got sent over have been working to get back, and we've made contact, of sorts. If we can manipulate this rift between our worlds, Tsunade thinks she can pull the other two back to our world. We just have to figure out how to push you two back over."
Olivia looked away from Kakashi, her brows furrowed. She should be ecstatic to hear this news, but there was a side of her that didn't want to leave this world. Would she leave here before she got to see Hidan again?
Kamryn's jaw went a little slack, her eyes widening a little as she stared at Kakashi. "Are you serious?" She held back a grin from appearing on her face.
The jonin nodded, "More research needs to be done, but I think we're on our way."
Kamryn grabbed Olivia's arm in excitement, tugging at it slightly. Olivia looked over at her excited friend, forcing a smile to her face.
"I get to see my grandma again!"
Letting go of her friends arm she threw herself at Kakashi, hugging him tightly.
"Thank you, thank you, thank you!"
The silver-haired man stiffened in surprise, before gently patting her back with a chuckle.
"Uh, don't thank me or anyone else just yet. We still don't know how to get you back just yet, and it may take a long time..."
Kamryn pulled back, practically beaming up at the man.
"But you can get us back home! I thought we were going to be stuck here forever and that I'd never see my family again... we just got here and you have already made contact with the people that switched with us, you guys are amazing!", She hugged him again, squeezing him slightly before stepping back.
Olivia's smile faltered just slightly, she felt bad for not wanting to go home. Especially looking at how her best friend was smiling so happily, and genuinely, for the first time since they arrived here. She felt her heart squeeze at the thought of going home though. Sure, she had her family, but they weren't particularly close. She honestly had no other friends besides Kamryn, and her job was nothing to miss. Here she had the Akatsuki, Iruka, Kakashi... she had Hidan. Even though she doubted that Iruka and Kakashi would want to be anywhere near them if they found out just how close they were to Hidan and Kisame, or what they were sent here to do.
She felt closer to this world, like she belonged here. Looking at her best friend smiling so brightly at the thought of going back to a place where Olivia was actually kind of miserable broke her heart a bit.
She wondered briefly if she actually had to go back.
Kamryn turning that megawatt smile to her extinguished her thoughts. She couldn't imagine willingly being left behind by the woman smiling at her.
Kamryn had helped her through so much within the few years they had known each other. They had forged a sisterly bond with each other. Always being there for one another.
Kamryn moved to hug her and Olivia clung to her tightly.
She felt so torn.
When the group arrived across the street at Ichiraku's they were slightly stunned. The stools were full and there was actually a line of people waiting to place to go orders or wait for a stool. The flaps that were usually down for the privacy of the guests were pulled and held open giving full view to the owner and his daughter, his only help. Teuchi and Ayame looked happy for all the business but it was easy to see how overwhelmed they were. The group looked at each other.
"Maaaaan! I was really looking forward to having ramen!" Naruto whined, looking like a kicked puppy.
Kamryn frowned, watching the older man and his daughter scuttle around quickly trying to make all the orders.
Making up her mind she jogged over to the small building and called out Teuchi's name, catching his attention, "oh! Hello again, sorry but we are a bit busy, we can chat later okay?"
Kamryn smiled at the older man and shook her head, "No, Teuchi-san, I was wondering if there was any way I could help? You guys look swamped..."
The man paused, eying her for a second before smiling at her and nodding, "Thank you! There is a door around back!"
The group watched from there spot across the street as Kamryn jogged around the building before appearing behind the counter, putting her hair up and putting an apron on. They could see the older man giving the blonde directions as she helped Ayame portion bowls and serve orders.
With the extra set of hands Teuchi was able to focus on cooking while the two women took and served orders, helping him between.
Slowly the line dwindled until it was gone completely. Finally, with an opening for the group to go sit, they each hopped on to a stool.
Naruto beamed at his new blonde friend, "That was really nice of you Kamryn! Now we can get some ramen!"
His stomach growled audibly as if to emphasize his hunger causing him to chuckle, slightly embarrassed.
Teuchi and Ayame smiled at the blonde, "Yes, thank you very much! You were a big help."
They both bowed to her slightly making her blush and wave her hands dismissively, trying to make them stop bowing, "Honestly it was no problem! Happy to help! Really."
Olivia smiled, "Ya know, I think ya'll could benefit from another employee, Teuchi."
Kamryn frowned, "I was just helping there's no nee-"
Ayame cut her off excitedly, "Oh! That would be great!" She looked at her father, "Honestly that could give me some much needed days off and extra help on days like this!"
Teuchi looked at his daughter then the blonde infront of him. He hmm'd before smiling softly.
"I don't disagree. If you aren't against it, we could use the extra help and you did a wonderful job."
Kamryn looked overjoyed and bounced a little as she stared at the older man, "Really?! Yes! Please!"
The group smiled at laughed at the blonde's reaction as she accepted the job.
She turned to the group and bowed, a grin on her face.
"What would you guys like?" Kamryn asked her friends with a smile..
Ayame covered her smile with one hand, while waving the other in front of her. "No, no! Go have a seat, you've done enough!"
Kamryn's smile didn't fade, but she gave a nod and took off her apron, hanging it back where she found it. She made her way out the backdoor and to the remaining empty stool.
Kakashi patted the empty stool beside him lightly, inviting her to his side, his visible eye crinkling in a smile.
"I'll have to discuss this new development with Lady Tsuande, but I'm sure she won't mind you being unescorted a few hours out of the day." Kakashi spoke, drawing the groups attention as Kamryn took her seat.
Kamryn nodded, she hadn't even thought about that.
Olivia perked up, "What about me? I wanna get out of the house and out of your sight too, Kakashi." She teased.
Kakashi just smiled, shaking his head and ignoring her. She pouted and crossed her arms, as the group began to order their food.
Sakura, who say on the right of Olivia, patted her on the shoulder at the sight of her pout. "If Kamryn is allowed to have a job, I'm sure Lady Tsunade will allow you to have one too."
Olivia sighed, that was probably true, though she was not sure what sort of work she would want to do.
The brunette turned her head to look to each of the group, "Do you guys know of any good work that I might could do?"
Sakura tapped her chin in thought, casting her eyes over to Naruto, who shrugged. "I only really know of ninja related work," she spoke up, shrugging with an apologetic look in her eyes.
The group remained a little quiet for a minute, before Iruka finally spoke up. "I think there might be a couple position open at the academy, I'll see if I can speak to someone about it tomorrow."
"Ooo," Olivia clasped her hands together, "That'd be great, I love kids."
Kamryn gave Olivia a concerned glance, she had never seen the younger woman interact with kids, but she couldn't imagine it would go very well.
With that, their food arrived one by one and they fell silent again as they started to eat. After finishing, Iruka, Kakashi, Naruto, and Sakura all fell into some friendly banter, while Olivia and Kamryn listened, laughing at the occasional joke.
Kakashi, Olivia, and Kamryn were the first to get up and leave, Olivia stretching as she stood and letting out a yawn. "I think it's time to go relax and get ready for bed."
Kamryn nodded, stretching as well. They bid the trio that still sat goodbye and made their way across the street to the apartment. Kakashi saw the pair to the door and left with a pop and a puff of smoke.
They two unwound after a relatively uneventful day, Kamryn emerging herself in a book and Olivia tidied up and sat down for some TV.
It was close to ten o'clock when Olivia decided to head to bed, she peeked into Kamryn's room to find the woman passed out with her face stuck in a book. She let out a small giggle before going to her room and ending the day, thoughts drifting over home and a particular foul-mouthed man.