|| [Hatake] : Fascination : [Kakashi] || [Part IX] ||
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“Oriko, answer me: are you defecting from Konoha?” Kakashi stood, in an attacking stance, ready to go for either Oriko or Raiga,
“Of course she is, there’s nothing for her there,” Raiga interrupted, forcing Kakashi’s attention to him momentarily,
“What would you know about that?” The Leaf Jounin was suspicious of what exactly Raiga might have said and of how shaky Oriko’s allegiances must have been for him to worry her so much in such a short space of time.
“Hmm, I only guessed and she did the rest,” He grinned flashing a look over at Oriko,
“Shut up Raiga, you didn’t do anything,”
“Really?” He tried to argue, but Oriko immediately ignored him,
“Sorry, Kakashi, it’s nothing, let’s go,”
“No,” Kakashi put a hand up to stop her, “Oriko, why are you having doubts, what’s happened?”
“Nothing, its nothing, Kakashi, I wasn’t really thinking about leaving-”
“The hell you weren’t! You were about to come with me!” Raiga exclaimed proudly, placing his hands on his hips;
“I was thinking about what Konoha-”
“Yeah, yeah, well since you’re here Copy Nin Kakashi, now I’m forced to find someone else,” Raiga turned to leave, but Kakashi was too fast for him and Raiga had the wind knocked out of him, without giving the missing-nin time to react before he fell to his knees, wheezing. Kakashi remained close to him, as he quickly pulled out a length of rope and bound the nin tightly, preventing him from escaping.
“Oriko, were you seriously thinking about defecting from Konoha?” She couldn’t resist meeting his eye,
“Thinking about it,”
“Why?”
“W-why did you come and rescue me? What about Shuuichi-sama?”
“He’s fine, Ebisu and his team are escorting him the rest of the way back,” Oriko frowned slightly, “And I came back because you are a member of my team….And I learned the hard way a long time ago not to abandon a member of my team,” Oriko could see the expression in his eye soften a little, as though recalling a painful memory,
“Oh…I-I see that the ‘warm hearts of the Leafs’ really do exist,” Kakashi shot Raiga a look which caused the mist nin to snap his mouth shut in an instant,
“Really..?” Oriko thought for a moment, “A-are you sure Shuuichi-sama will be alright with just Ebisu and the Genin?”
“Ebisu is a Jounin, you know,”
“I…I meant more for Shuuichi-sama’s sanity, but...” Kakashi couldn’t resist a small smile she couldn’t see,
“Oriko, you know that I cannot just allow you to leave, I will stop you one way or another…but more than that, I don’t want you to leave…” She felt a sudden and sharp bold of surprise and something like anxiety at his words but managed to hide it, she eyed him carefully keeping her cards close to her chest,
“Please don’t lie to me,” Kakashi opened his mouth, but she didn’t give him an opportunity to respond, “Why are you so desperate for me to return?”
“Oriko, for your ambition to be an exceptional shinobi can only happen if you remain in Konoha…and as hard as it may seem to believe, strength comes through training with others and learning to trust in comrades.”
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Hatake Kakashi: Fascination
FanfictionKakashi thinks he's in for a nice break, free from students, after Naruto's recent departure with Jiraiya, but he hadn't counted on a beautiful stranger turning up in Konoha whom Tsunade thinks would become a powerful asset were she to be trained as...
