Naruto Fan Fiction ❯ Aneko ❯ Chapter Five ( Chapter 5 )

Chapter Five

 

It was eight-fifteen in the morning and Aneko had been waiting in the forest since exactly eight o'clock. She wasn't surprised when Kakashi was late, she learned from Sakura that he had a habit for it. Plus she knew the truth but wouldn't tell anyone as Kakashi had told her that in confidence. Now it was eight-twenty and he was still nowhere in site. Groaning Aneko sat down next to a tree and tried take a nap. But just as she was about to fall asleep, a shadow came up and blocked the sun from her eyes. It was of course Kakashi without his crutches, he looked down at her and had the bell dangling from his finger. She looked up at him and watched the bell carefully, she made a promise to herself that she would be claiming it before the day was through. Aneko stood up and smiled at him.

 

“ You're holding my bell.” she stated

 

“ Sure I am. You know the rules?” Kakashi asked

 

“ Get the bell off your belt and you take off your mask.” Aneko replied

 

“ Correct. Now, you sure you want to do this? Because there is no holding back; fighting, weapons, it's all optional to you.” he said

 

“ Yes.” she replied as he nodded, he looked like he was about say something, but suddenly disappeared, he used a smoke ball and vanished right before her eyes. Aneko waited for the smoke to clear then looked around for him. She knew she would have to find him first before she could get the bell. This was going to be a long morning, but if seeing Kakashi's face was the prize it would be worth it. She dropped into the trees and started to search for him on the ground as well as in the trees. Looking down she nearly fell out of the tree when she found him leaning against one of the trees and reading his Icha Icha books. The expression on her face was priceless and she could barely contain her anger. He was reading that stupid book, in wide open space not even a little concerned about her attacking him. Did he not think she was a threat? Did he think he knew her so well that he didn't have to wonder what her next move was going to be? Whatever the case may have been, Aneko was pissed. She used her silent jutsu to jump through the trees without him hearing her, or at least she thought that he didn't hear her. She pulled out a kunai and aimed it at the bell, she intended to break it off his belt and then attack him. Soon the weapon flew in the air and hit its target. But her eyes widened when Kakashi turned into smoke, he was a copy.

 

“ What the hell! You gotta be kidding me.” Aneko grunted

 

“ What's wrong?” Aneko fell out of the tree from surprise as she heard Kakashi whisper in her ear. Landing on her butt she groaned in pain as the ground didn't befriend her as well as she wanted it to. Kakashi laughed as he watched her try to get up, he disappeared again and reappeared in front of her.

 

“ You are such a bastard.” Aneko muttered standing up

 

“ Give up?” he asked, she only narrowed his eyes at him and then charged at him. She swung at him but he easily blocked it, pulling out a kunai Aneko aimed for his arm. Kakashi swiftly dodged it and grab my wrist, Aneko turned around and tried to flip him over her back. But he countered and caused her to drop to the ground with a thud.

 

“ You're coming at me too aggressively. Think before you act.” Kakashi said upon deaf ears as Aneko continued her assault on him. She wanted that bell, she wanted to prove to Kakashi that she wasn't one of his students. If she wanted to she could beat him, or so she thought. Deep down she knew that she couldn't beat Kakashi, he was too fast and too strong for her. But something in her wanted to show him that she wasn't just a kid anymore, she was a threat and one day would be better than him. She aimed a kick at his head but, he caught her leg and dropped her again. He was right she was coming at him all wrong. But Aneko couldn't help it, something about him made her want to try too hard. Rethinking her strategy, she needed a moment to think and the only way that was going to happen she had to put distance between them. Using a smoke ball she vanished and secretly went into the trees to think. Kakashi smiled to himself, and just pulled out his book and continued to read while he waited for her to attempt another move. She had time, Naruto and the others wouldn't be up for another hour or so. Aneko sat quietly in the tree trying her hardest to find a away to get the bell off Kakashi. She wasn't the best at other types of jutsu but Capoeira was her life. The problem was this was Kakashi she was training with and since he used the Sharingan on her, he knew her every move. Right now he was reading but probably knew what she was going to do even before she thought of it. But she wasn't going to give up. She knew that there had to be a way to get the bell, that's it. Looking at Kakashi still reading an idea popped into her head. Smiling evilly Aneko searched her pockets for something and when as was happy with what she found, she jumped down from the tree and ran at Kakashi. He never even put down the book as she attacked him. He was holding the book his left hand and blocked all her moves with his right. Pleased with how the situation was going, Aneko went for the bell and as she expected she only managed to flick it before Kakashi pushed her away. But soon he realized that she was just playing tricks, the ball really wasn't her target. His book was. His eyes widened in horror as Aneko disappeared into the trees again, she had his book. No one dared take his book. Aneko must have inhaled some of the smoke from earlier. He ran up the tree and followed her as she was obviously loosing focus on the goal of the ball. She wasn't hard to find as she was standing on a branch waiting for him.

 

“ Your loosing the propose of this exercise.” Kakashi said

 

“ Nope I actually just found it's propose, anything goes remember.” Aneko replied

 

“ Give me my book.” he stated

 

“ This mean that much to you Hoki? What's so special about it? Can I read it later?” she was playing with him, she knew that she had touched a soft spot and intended to poke at it until she got what she wanted. She waited for him to come after the book and then dodged him only to come back down to the ground. Kakashi followed and was greeted with a mass of furious kicks. He blocked all of them and caught Aneko in mid kick, sending her a few feet away from him. He reclaimed his prize and looked at her.

 

“ Were you expecting a trade?” Kakashi asked

 

“ Sort of.” Aneko replied, suddenly Kakashi's Icha Icha book exploded into smoke, taking him by surprise. Just like she had planned, she knew he would be distracted if his precious book was blown to shreds. Tears nearly came to Kakashi's eye as he watched pages fly around in front of him. Aneko charged at him full force, caught slightly off guard when she came at him. She aimed to kick him but instead kicked the bell right off his belt. It jingled as it was sent into the air, Aneko immediately tried to jump for it but she screamed as the wrath of Kakashi pulled her back down to the ground. He was pissed, she could tell just by the way his eyebrow wrinkled at her. Perhaps she had gone too far. But her determination wouldn't stop her, she was going to get that bell. She rolled out of his clutches and went for the bell, at last the feel of cold mental was in her grasp. She succeeded in what she said she would, but Kakashi seemed more focused on other things.

 

“ You blew up my book?” Aneko stared blankly at him and laughed to herself, she had to admit he was adorable when he was mad. She was about to speak when suddenly Kakashi disappeared in smoke. She knew he was mad, but she didn't know that he was also hurt.

 

“ Kakashi, come on the test is over. I won and you know it.” she yelled not knowing where he was, but that he wouldn't leave her without yelling at her at least. After a few moments she sighed as he still didn't come out.

 

“ You took my book, destroyed it, and think that I'm going take it lightly.” she heard his voice but didn't see him. Looking around she jumped when something touched her shoulder, turning around there was nothing there but air. What is he doing? she thought.

 

“ Kakashi, I'm sorry. I didn't really destroy your book, it was a copy. I just wanted to trick you.” Aneko yelled as she pulled out the real book from her pocket.

 

“ I know.” Aneko's whole face went white, he knew? How could he have known? She was worried though, if he knew then why was he toying with her, “ You're not as cleaver as you like to think you are Aneko.” Before she could even open her mouth, he appeared right in front of her. She screamed in pure shock, Kakashi pulled out a kunai and attempted to slit her throat. Wide eyed, Aneko gasped as another kunai flew past her shoulder and hit Kakashi, turning him into smoke. Still scared from the possibility that Kakashi was going to kill her, she nearly had a heart attack when the real Kakashi was behind her, “ Boo.” Kakashi laughed as Aneko screamed and held her chest. Memories of when Dai and he used to scare her came to mind.

 

“ You ….son…of a bitch! You scared the hell out of me.” Aneko cried

 

“ Watch your language.” Kakashi replied taking his book out of her possession, she narrowed her eyes at him and watched as he returned to reading his book.

 

“ You're an idiot! How could you do that to me?” she yelled

“ Simple, you shouldn't have even attempted to destroy my book. And you technically failed the test.” he replied

 

“ How, I got the bell?” Aneko asked

 

“ Did you learn anything?” he asked in return

 

“ I learned that your crazy.” she replied

 

“ The lesson Aneko, what did you learn about it. I'll change my mind on your results if you can tell me what you learned from this test.” Kakashi stated

 

“ I learned to be patient; study your opponent, watch them before you act, look for an opening and be conscious of your every move. You were always a step ahead of me so I had to use your book to my advantage and distract you from the obvious. I made you think that I was going after the bell aggressively because that's what you thought I was going to do. But I was really after your book.” Aneko replied as he smiled

 

“ Well done.” Kakashi said

 

“ So you'll take off your mask?” she asked excited, he smiled and nodded. He put the book away and took her by one of the trees. Kakashi sat down on the ground and Aneko followed suit

 

“ Close your eyes.” Kakashi said as he put both his hands in motion to pull down his mask. Aneko did as he asked, she didn't care if he wanted to surprise her, or play the peek a boo game with her, she just wanted to see his face, “ Open them.” she did and what she found made her mouth drop. Kakashi was……..gone. He had took off his mask and left it on the ground for her, but he was gone.

 

“ Kakashi! You lied to me, this isn't fair.” Aneko yelled angrily as she held the mask in her hand tightly. She groaned then stomped away back to Tazuna's house before the team woke up. Unknowing to her Kakashi was enjoying every moment of her tantrum from a tree. He was fair, he did as she told him to, and he removed his mask. From the beginning of the bet Aneko had wagered that if she won he had to take off his mask. She never said anything about seeing his face.