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Inside the Hidden Leaf Village. |Shifter_Master & EasilyAmused|

Kakashi enjoyed the simple relaxation he was awarded with as he waited for Airi to wake up. Her soft breathing and steady heartbeat a soothing comfort to the man, they were simple proof that she was alive. He was tempted to doze off himself as he waited but didn’t want to miss seeing her wake up.

Instead he listened to the sounds of the rest of the house hold waking up. From the the soft complaints from his students, to his clone’s explanation about Airi still being asleep, and his dogs trotting inside for some breakfast and various amounts of small talk. It was a very different sound than normally heard in the house, as he was often up and gone long before now. He wondered absently if his father’s house ever sounded like this, before he pushed the thought away before it could pull him down.

Still the peaceful morning could only last so long, and Kakashi could tell that Airi was starting to wake up. He was forced to confront the fact he might have been a bit hasty in choosing how to go about it, but he didn’t regret his actions. He suppressed a chuckle as he felt her heart rate spike and knew that she was wide awake now.

“Good morning to you as well” he replied mirthfully “No need apologize, last night was rough on all of us” he added lifting his arm slightly to allow Airi to leave if she wanted, but otherwise making no move to get up himself.

“How was your sleep?”

Lunacy of Love: A CYOA Magical Girl Roleplay [Completed]

_{-Code Yellow-}

The massive clang of metal impacting the Ice Golem tore Penny’s attention away from watching to see if her impromptu projectile hit her target. As her gaze lifted to the top of the giant icy construct Penny could help but let out a sigh of disappointment. “Man, I still feel jipped that I can’t do anything like that.” She groaned quietly.

Her complaining was quickly discarded as she felt the Earth Bastion being lifted as she scrambled to grab hold of the railing so as not to tumble off the side in to the lake below. Not that the fall would be to terribly painful, which from this height it would hurt, but more for the fact that falling in to the lake would Take Penny out of the fight for at least some time as due to her body she would inevitably sink to the bottom and have to find a way back up.

Her mind was racing away trying to come up with a plan on how to deal with this new complication when the ship was flipped over. By virtue of her inhuman strength and constitution Penny was able to hold on to her spot at the railing. Said spot gave her the perfect view to witness Alicia fall in to the lake far below.

The cyborgs eyes turned nearly full red as she watched the splash below, with only small points of harsh yellow replacing where her pupils would normally be. A voice, recognizably not Penny’s, chimed from somewhere inside her metallic chassis “Yellow alert: D̷͞҉͏̡è̛͘҉̕s҉̶̛̛҉t́̀͘͢͜r̡ứ̧ć̸t̶̡̨͟į̛ơ̶͜͡͝n͏̡̛ ̴̵̛͞E͏̨ņ͏ģ́̕͠҉i̡͞͏̸͠n̴̢͠͝e͏̧̀ ̶̵̨̛ has reached 50%. Caution advised.”

Her attention snapped back to the Golem, as her additional spider limbs snapped out from their concealed state. Using her new limbs and her substantial strength Penny was able to climb up to the underside of the ship just in time to see Curie’s attack get redirected in to the frozen monolith. Locking her gaze on Doris, Penny snarled quietly before she began a flat out charge, trying to close the distance and exploit the compromised defenses around Doris, and hopefully tear her appart, before it was too late. Her blades snapped to life around her hands as she sprinted, and she held her mouth slightly open with her next gauss round so she could fire at a moment's notice.

Inside the Hidden Leaf Village. |Shifter_Master & EasilyAmused|

Soft mumbling near Kakashi always served to pique his curiosity and grab his attention. That the voice was so close only served to make sure that the masked ninja would near instantly hone in on it. Once he did, he was left blinking in surprise as her wondered how it was he didn’t notice her there earlier. After a moment he decided that he didn’t really care, it was comfortable, and he was pretty sure he knew why he was waking up next to her.

The issue he was finding had much more to do with the fact that his students were still in the house. Mix in the fact that Naruto rarely seemed to be able to be quiet and Kakashi was faced with a minor dilemma. He could wake Airi up, and progress with his day as he had planned yesterday, or he could stay here and almost certainly have the rest of team seven walk in on them.

It takes him only a handful of seconds to decide his course of action. He was going to do both, stay in bed and go about his day as mostly planned, by making use of clones. His plan of action chosen he silently set about making it happen. Step one was making a single shadow clone without the normal poof of smoke and pop of sound.

Step two was switching places with it by use of the Substitution Jutsu, a technique he had long since mastered. The trick was making sure that Airi wasn’t woken up by the switch, so rather than remove her grip form his shirt he just left it behind while his clone kept his place.

Steps three and four involved Kakashi getting ready for the day as normal, albeit minus a shower and adding in fresh bandages. Then, after making another clone, which would also be ready for the day as his first was simply a clone of him from waking up, he would once again prepare for laying down, while the clone would get ready to wake up his students.

Step five was Kakashi would once again swap places with his first clone, using the Substitution Jutsu once again, before having that clone silently dispel itself. The feedback from the first clone dispelling was the sign for the second clone to set about with the original plans for the day. While the original just made himself comfortable, wrapping an arm around Airi as he did so.

All in all it took him at most five minutes to do this. And anyone who figured out would likely just stare in bafflement at the blatant misuse of a dangerous technique and deception of his team all for the sake of sleeping in and not getting caught with Airi in his bed.

Kakashi, on the other hand, would think it was a rather inspired plan. Besides it would keep him from having a clone shadow her all day, as well as make sure that they would be able to talk in private without the disruptions and distractions that the rest of team seven would cause.

Because they needed to have a private conversation, for a couple of reasons really.

Inside the Hidden Leaf Village. |Shifter_Master & EasilyAmused|

Were it anyone else in the village Kakashi wouldn’t have gone along with the urging to get some rest, to finally get a full night’s sleep, but this was Airi and that made all the difference. So he didn’t stand firm against her push, instead he just fell back on to his bed, and stopped ignoring his body’s demands for rest. While Airi was grabbing his chair he just got comfortable, and was infact nearly asleep in the moment he cot under the covers.

It was Airi running a hand through his hair that kept him awake, because it was a foreign feeling for the masked ninja. He never had anyone in his life that would play with his hair, his mother passed shortly after his birth, his father was a ninja, and there had never been a person in the corp that Kakashi trusted or that trusted him for them to be close enough for such a simple act of affection and care to come about.

Kakashi decided he enjoyed the feeling.

“Wasn’t going to lose you” He mumbled as he was again on the verge of sleep “Too important” He cracked one of his eyes open as he smiled softly at her, before he finally relinquished his grip on the waking world, making her sincere and honest expression was the last this he saw before he slept and it was his gifted eye that he had unknowingly used. Thus her soft smile as he drifted off to sleep was forever etched in to his memory.

It would lead to one of the most peaceful and restful nights Kakashi had ever known.

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~The next morning~

There is any number of things that could have led to Kakashi waking up when he did. The late night, the harsh week he had been subjected too, his injuries, the fact that his sleep had been so peaceful for once. All that and more, but in the end it was still a bit surprising to the silver haired Jonin that when he woke up it was 9:15, hours later then he would normally wake up. He gave a small shrug at that after a moment, after all it was a day off, more or less, so he was entitled to sleeping in.

‘Wonder if anyone else is awake?’ he wondered silently.

Lunacy of Love: A CYOA Magical Girl Roleplay [Completed]

_{-Winter games-}

Penny was grinning as she watched the battle swing in their favor with the airborne cat getting hit, to one of the opposition getting launched in to the lake below and the ice breaking away from their vessel. The grin turned blood thirsty as she heard her gauss round strike home. Even if Umeko wasn’t dead, which penny doubted, she was going to be out of the fight for a while.

Seeing as things were going in their way for the moment the cyborg had no qualms about focusing on the more obvious threat “Will do and offer stands as long as you need, just keep an eye on the windbag while I’m at it” she replied to Alicia moving towards the large blocks of ice that were lying about on the deck. She might not haver her cannon at the moment, but that didn’t mean she was useless against the airborne enemy.

Taking a moment to guarantee her footing, Penny gripped the first block of ice she came across before making use of her monstrous strength to whip the block of ice around pivoting on her heels as she did, a few rotations later Penny launched the oversized ice cube at Curie at high speed.

Shortly after letting go an electric whine began emanating from Penny, signaling that her next shot was ready and waiting.

Inside the Hidden Leaf Village. |Shifter_Master & EasilyAmused|

Kakashi couldn’t help the small smile that graced his features as his students settled in for the night. The fact they felt comfortable to fall asleep shortly after laying down told him he made the right choice in offering to let them stay the night. He could hear Sakura also settling in; she had chosen the spare room down the hall, opting not to venture too far from the team. He sat there musing about them when Airi wondered over and surprised him with her offer, though he realized quickly that he shouldn’t have.

“You are too kind, offering to lug me up stairs after dragging me back” he joked softly as he accepted her offer. He wouldn’t have minded sleeping on the couch, but he wasn’t going to turn down the offer to sleep in his own bed, nor the chance to spend some more time with his closest friend.

The short trek to Kakashi’s room would inadvertently emphasize the Spartan nature of his furnishings. There was no paintings hung up, nor were there any tables with knickknacks or shelves of books to be seen anywhere in the house. It was also spotlessly clean. It had an almost unlived in quality to it, despite the fact that Kakashi had been living here since he was thirteen.

His room was different; it held a few things to prove that someone did in fact live here, a small book shelf that surprisingly had more on it than just the icha icha series, a desk that held a small assortment of tools and brushes on it, along with a sheathed dagger in an odd cylinder shaped sheathe, and a nightstand next to the bed that held what seemed to be the only picture in the entire house.

It was a team picture; in the back with a sheepish smile was a man instantly recognizable as the fourth Hokage. He was leaning forward slightly resting his hands on the two of the young kid’s heads that were in front of him. Kakashi was one of them, though he was nearly unrecognizable if not for his silver hair and face mask as he stood rigidly, a near scowl on his face. The boy next to him was much more relaxed an easy smile and goggles on his face with short spikey black hair. The last person in the photo was a young girl; she had shoulder length brown hair and a laughing grin on her face as she held up two peace signs to the camera.

Kakashi shuffled in to the room quietly, breathing an audible sigh of contentment at seeing his bed. He removed his headband tossed it lightly on to the desk, before moving to sit on the surprisingly large bed that was pushed up against the wall under the window. “Thank you” he said honestly one he was seated on the edge of the bed “There is a room just across the hall if you are feeling exhausted, or you can pull up the seat if you want to talk a bit.” He offered knowing from personal experience that some encounters make it hard to sleep despite the exhaustion that cause and kidnapping tended to be one of them. Besides he could put off sleep for a bit longer if needed, he had done so before for less important reasons.

Inside the Hidden Leaf Village. |Shifter_Master & EasilyAmused|

Kakashi was gald that Sasuke was quick on the uptake, as he very much wanted to sit down and finally relax. He sat for a few moments just basking in the fact that things had turned out for the better for once, but such relaxation could only last for so long in the proximity of Naruto. As the young ninja was bursting with curiosity, which only got more intense as Sakura’s exclamation drifted down the hall.

“What happened?” Naruto asked again, trying his level best not to shout at his obviously worn out teacher. Sasuke shook his head at his teammate’s actions but didn’t stop himself from look at Kakashi in curiosity afterward.

“Bandits, slavers really from what I heard. I showed up with a few moments to spare” Was the masked man’s reply “Can’t say much more than that, I’ll tell you more tomorrow after I get debriefed” he added before he shifted to sit up a bit more as Sakura and Airi returned.

“So am I” Kakashi echoed his friend’s sentiments as he gave everyone another look, before letting out a sigh of exhaustion. “I’m in need of sleep as are the rest of you I would imagine, feel free to crash here if you need.” He offered and for a moment the kids looked to protest, before deflating as they realized just how exhausting the day had been for them. Thiers was as much a mental exhaustion as Kakashi’s was, but for different reasons.

“I’ve a few spare rooms, you three can use or you can set up you bedrolls here, either is fine. Tomorrow is going to be a light day in regards to training, team building if anything.” He explained as he started to take off his unneeded equipment. The three genin shared a look for a moment before Naruto and Sasuke started to unpack their bed rolls while Sakura moved to find one of the spare bedrooms Kakashi had mentioned.

“Airi the offer is extended to you as well, I’m fine with the couch, not going to try and make the trek to my bed at the moment, too much risk I would end up sleeping against a wall if I did. So you can take my room or one of the spares if you want” All of the students seemed to think it was a good idea if Airi stayed here, if their looks of hope and worry were anything to go by as they waited for Airi to answer.

Men vs. Women Race to 1000: Version 2.0

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Inside the Hidden Leaf Village. |Shifter_Master & EasilyAmused|

Don't worry about it, off days happen.

I'm likely going to work the first of the two ideas in to my next post, the kids at least will ask that, maybe a dog if I have them show up. Kakashi is just tired, so his capabilities at being a host are going to be gone.

People showing up to ask Airi about walking with Kakashi a bit after seeing would only have more questions if they try and she happens to not be at home.

Lunacy of Love: A CYOA Magical Girl Roleplay [Completed]

_-Defense-

Penny couldn’t help the vindictive smile that spread across her face as she witnessed Umiko getting ambushed, and fired off another gauss round at her for good measure before she started moving to cover Alicia as she recovered. The turret firing off a massive beam gave the cyborg hope that at least one more of the guards had been taken care of, possibly two, but the light of the energy made it hard to verify.

That left only one target easily visible, the airborn catgirl throwing wind at them. Seeing as Scout had been down by this nuisance earlier and Alicia had already been pegged by a sniper round that the mechanical girl knew from personal experience hurt a lot more than it should. Penny opted to act as moving barricade looking to intercept any incoming attacks while she waited for another Gauss charge to become ready.

“Don’t be afraid to me as a shield if you need to, I can tank the hits easily and I’ll heal faster than you” Penny nearly growled out as she kept her eyes on their current target, while also trying to keep an eye out for any other potentially incoming attacks.

Her hands keep flexing in to half claws in irritation as she vastly preferred close quarters combat, but knew that it would be unlikely that she would get her wish to beat one of the opponents bloody any time soon. Part of her wished she had went with the infiltration team, feeling that she would be of more use there as she had a rather limited ranged combat capability but another part vastly preferred to be here helping out Alicia as at the very least she knew she could trust the light user.