Hatake Kakashi: Fascination

Hatake Kakaski: Fascination: Part XLI

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After the best part of a week and a half, Oriko’s leg had finally healed – much to her pleasure – and she was currently waiting outside Tsunade’s office for Kakashi.  She waited patiently, wondering what sort of mission they’d be sent on (silently hoping it would be more battle orientated as she’s worked hard on improving her fire/wind card Jutsu and wanted to test it out.) 

Feeling bored, she leapt up onto the small foot high wall and began practicing with her chakra control, by seeing how far she could lean over the edge of the wall, using only her chakra to prevent herself falling over completely. 

It was surprising how much amusement it provided her with as Oriko discovered her balance wasn’t quite as good as she thought it was and currently trying to keep herself upright, her body very tense to prevent face-planting on the pavement. 

She felt quite stuck, unable to lean back any further to a natural balance point but neither did she think that she could suddenly interrupt the chakra flow and step down; gearing herself for pain, she interrupted the chakra flow and simply stepped down.

“Oh...” She said herself suddenly feeling very stupid for worrying so much, smiling lightly, “Everything went better than expected!” She spoke, nodding to herself, unaware anyone was in the vicinity;

“Err...” She span around to meet Kakashi’s unimpressed, if not slightly worried expression,

“Ah! Ahaha, there you are,” She scratched the back of her head in embarrassment, as Kakashi didn’t change his expression, “What kept you?”

“Uh, I had to water Mr. Ukki,” With an expression which told her he’d just plucked the first thought out of his head and used it as an excuse, Oriko’s raised eyebrows suddenly snapped into confusion,

“What on earth is that?”

“A plant,” He spoke brightly, his smile obvious

“Wouldn’t the thing have drowned with that much watering?” She folded her arms over her chest, one eyebrow raised, as Kakashi looked thoughtful for a moment,

“Surprisingly, no,” They held the silence for a moment, before Oriko, unable to help herself, before she snorted with laughter, at the thought of someone as odd looking as Kakashi would have a plant named ‘Mr. Ukki’.

Kakashi rolled his eye as he slapped a hand on her shoulder and dragged her with him as he turned to head towards Tsunade’s office;

“Come on,” She managed to quell her laughter as they made it into the Hokage’s office,

“Well, I assume you’re both completely healed,” They both nodded, Oriko a little more vigorously than Kakashi, but Tsunade took it as a healthy sign of their usual temperaments,

“Good, well...at the moment there’s a simple B rank, an escort to Tanzaku Gai,” Oriko resisted the urge to sigh heavily, “It looks to me as thought the client is paying for a higher protection than is really needed, so I doubt you’ll face any trouble, but keep your eyes open just in case; you may enter,”

Tsunade spoke the last of her words more loudly as the door opened and a young-ish woman walked in.  She looked to be in her late twenties, with a short skirt and closely fitted top; she had long blonde hair and blue eyes – she looked quite nervous.

“This is your client, Yaguto Naomi,” She bowed politely to both shinobi,

“I am Hatake Kakashi,” He returned the bow, although it was only a slight one;