Stain. Win. Chap 4- Ramen, a Battle, and Secrets, OH GOD

Stain. Win. Chap 4- Ramen, a Battle, and Secrets, OH GOD

Delicious smells of cooking noodles wafted past the curtains that were draped over the entrance to the ramen stand. The four shinobi sat down on the wooden stools in front if the polished counter. Hiita found herself sitting next to Kakashi by chance. Not too long later, their ramen was presented to them by Ayame. It looked appetizing, but something struck Shimari…

“Hey…guys…” she whispered.

She caught Saya and Hiita’s attention, and when Kakashi faced the other direction for a second, started pantomime something that looked like she was saying, Now we can see what’s behind his mask.

The two girls were also struck by this curiosity, and immediately looked at Kakashi. He turned back around and the kunoichi started to eat their ramen and act like normal.

“Why don’t you eat your ramen now, Kakashi-sensei?” Saya asked.

Kakashi reached for a pair of chopsticks. “Of course.”

He popped the sticks apart.

“Hmm….smells great….”

He got his eating utensils at the ready hovering over his bowl, reached for his mask then…

“Oh dear God, what is that?” he yelled with a shocked expression that showed in his eye as he looked in the opposite direction to where he was sitting.

“What? Where?”

The trio looked all around the outside of the ramen stand, but didn’t see anything out of the ordinary.

“What was it Kakashi-sen-oh.”

The three kunoichi turned around to face their sensei and saw that he had completely finished his meal and his mask was over his nose once again.

Saya, Shimari, and Hiita were ticked, but Kakashi just smiled.

The three turned to their bowls once more and silently slurped up their noodles.

I can’t believe we fell for that! They fumed silently.

Kakashi looked a little to the left and stopped. There, not too far away, was a store with an Icha-Icha Paradise display.

Oh my God… He had to see it.

“Hey guys,” he began. “I’ll be right back.”

As the Hatake got up from his stool, he placed his hand on Hiita’s shoulder, smiling, and walked off towards the store. The little Kohaku’s cheeks turned bright pink. Saya looked like she was going to laugh again, but Hiita shot another death-glare to shut her up. Shimari pieced all these events together in her mind and she finally realized what had been going on.

“Wait,” she said. “You like Kakashi-sensei?”

“No I don’t!” Hiita raged.

Saya smirked. “Liar.”

Hiita looked furious, but then her face softened and she looked downwards. “Ok, yeah. I- I do.” She was red in the face from embarrassment. “…but it doesn’t matter though. I know I can’t have him.” Shimari looked at her sadly.

Just then was the time Kakashi decided to show up. He sensed the gloomy vibe and got worried.

“I leave for a few seconds and you’re all upset. What’s up?”

“Oh, n-nothing,” Hiita said nervously with a smile that anyone could tell was fake.

Shimari nodded in agreement. “Yeah, we’re all fine!” she agreed with the same false look on her face.

Saya just nodded quietly.

Kakashi, suspicious of their behavior, just shrugged.

“If you say so. Ok, after you finish your ramen guys well train some more.”

Hiita, Saya, and Shimari gobbled up their noodles and walked with their sensei back to the training grounds to train together for the day.

Later, during a full out team spar, chaos reigned. Jutsus flew every which way, and four different shinobi hopped all over the terrain. Hiita was busy blocking Shimari’s blows with her hands. The Yoru then produced a critical hit with her fist and caught her teammate off guard. Hiita flew back several feet and landed on her foot in an awkward position, spraining her ankle painfully.

“Ouch…” she grunted, frowning.

Kakashi, Saya, and Shimari stopped. “You okay, Hiita?”Shimari called out.

Hiita flushed from embarrassment. “I’m fine…”

She concentrated on healing her wound and her chakra shone a light blue around her hand as it soothed the muscles and tendon in her ankle. The Kohaku sighed with relief as her wound healed. Shimari walked up to her and held out her hand. Hiita grasped it and the two friends smiled at each other as Shimari helped Hiita up.

“Sorry about that,” she apologized.

Hiita shrugged. “It’s wasn’t your fault. I was the one off guard.”

Kakashi smiled at his insei. They supported each other like siblings, even if they did have their flaws.

“Okay team, let’s start again… go!”

As soon as the battle began to rage again, Kakashi tried to throw a somewhat easy punch at the Kohaku, obviously testing her to see if she was at the top of her game. Having no time to block, she jumped and landed with her feet hard on the dusty forest floor. The Hatake rushed for another strike, but Hiita unleashed a fire jutsu from her hand before he could land his hit, forcing him to block with his hand at the last second.

Was it the intense glare from the heat of battle, or the way his beautiful silver hair moved over his face as he turned that made her blush so bad at that moment?

Either way, her cheeks burned a bright red.

As the battle continued, she prayed for the Hatake not to see. Either he did and didn’t say anything, or he didn’t notice, because after the training session he didn’t mention it at all.

To the Kohaku, it was better that way. She didn’t want him to know.