“Haha, I’m just kidding, Kakashi, there’s still loads of Sake,” Oriko could hear Kakashi grunt light behind her in an apparent response to Asuma’s reassuring response, Oriko looked over to Asuma and Kurenai – for some reason curious as to their expressions, Asuma’s eyes clearly moving from Kakashi over to Kurenai, in obvious amusement to Kakashi’s response.
“So how’d the mission go?” Anko asked through another sip of sake,
“It went ok…almost flawless if that arse hadn’t set a Daikoudan no Jutsu on me, then it would have been perfect,” Oriko grumbled,
“Haha, Oriko, relax, ya know that you’re still only technically a Genin, right?”
“That’s what I told her, but apparently her brand of perfectionism won’t listen,” Oriko shot her head around to Kakashi who’d just sat down next to her, with a small pot of Sake;
“Eheheh,” Anko laughing at his words, as he busied himself pouring a cup of sake, not noticing her small blush,
“How’s your side?” Kakashi half whispered to Oriko,
“Not too bad…it doesn’t hurt half as much, I feel better for a shower and a change of bandages,”
“Good,” She could hear the smile in his voice as she turned her head to look at him, finally noticing just how close he was, she averted her eyes quickly, looked down to her hands remembering earlier in the day, “What are you thinking about?”
“I…I got my first kill today…” She felt weird even saying it, still not meeting his gaze although she could feel his eyes on her,
“I see…feels weird doesn’t it?”
“Yea…though I don’t feel quite as bad as I expected to…rather like…I’ve…passed a milestone or a hurdle as it were; if that makes any sense,” She looked back up to meet his eye, seeing the smile in it,
“I know what you mean, don’t worry…it is a big hurdle, it’s probably the biggest emotional barrier to cross when becoming a shinobi; the killing only increases from here. If you can handle it, then you can definitely become a great shinobi,” Kakashi continued and she again met his gaze, unable to help herself but to almost implicitly trust him,
“Yea, I guessed as much,” She flashed him a smile, suddenly feeling much more reassured allowing her smile to grow as her eyes easily reflected her sense of ease. From the warmth of his eye and the small crinkles appearing around it, she could tell her smile was matched.
“Oi! Kakashi! Stop flirting with her and tell me how ya been!” The cool voice of Asuma broke their little conversation, as Oriko flicked her head around to him while lifting her beer, as she felt Kakashi’s knee and lower leg bump slightly roughly into hers before it darted away and Kakashi responded to the comment,
“Hey! I’m giving my student a little advice, after all, she got her first kill today,” He spoke with a tiny hint of pride,
“Whe-hey!” Asuma and Anko both yelled at the same time, “Now you’re officially a kuniochi!” Oriko couldn’t help but roll her eyes at the statement, “How’d ya kill him?” Anko asked,
“Using my own jutsu actually, crushed his heart,” She spoke, suddenly feeling very conscious that perhaps it was a little sick to be talking about killing someone in such candid terms,
“Your own jutsu?”
“Yea, you know, no one else can use it….well, unless he copies it,” She spoke with a playfully grumpy expression as she jerked a thumb at Kakashi, earning a laugh from Kurenai, Asuma and Kakashi,
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