Home Sweet Home
Kakashi didn’t take too long to find his way out. He was just about to make his way across the lawn when a projectile whizzed past his ear. He immediately spun around and crouched into a defensive position.
He looked on the direction that the projectile had come from, but there was nothing there.
There was something off about that one patch of air though…it seemed to shimmer slightly when he focused on it.
He sniffed the air. Yep. There was definitely something there; he just couldn’t see it. He could smell that it was a living being, and a female at that.
“I know you’re there,” said Kakashi. “Show yourself.”
The air shimmered once more, and then it solidified into a figure. She looked humanoid, with a coffee colored complexion and mechanical wings strapped on her back. She wore a lime green jumpsuit that would’ve made Might Guy jealous. He could only see her face because of the helmet that covered most of her head.
“Well, you’re not very polite,” she teased, “Should I ask your parents to teach you some manners?”
Kakashi froze. It had been a few months since his father’s death, and years since his mother died, but that particular comment still stung. Not that he would admit it, though, mostly because of pride.
“I don’t have parents,” he snapped.
Heat rose into his cheeks at his lack of control. He mentally berated himself. Stupid, stupid, stupid. I never should’ve responded to a childish taunt like that. Shinobi rule 25: a shinobi must not show emotions.
Kakashi may have been embarrassed, but that had nothing on the guilt that now coursed through Holly’s veins. It had been around twenty years since her mother had died, but it still hurt every time she thought of the late Coral Short.
The elf’s face flushed with shame. Why am I a such an idiot? she lamented. Did I really just tease an orphan about their dead parents?
Taking advantage of the flying creature’s momentary distraction, Kakashi quickly snuck off.
Or would have, if Butler hadn’t managed to arrive at that exact moment.
Even though Butler didn’t openly have a weapon at the moment, Kakashi could tell he was a dangerous person to cross. Not just because he was a mountain of a man. No, based on his stance and body language, which read cautious yet confident, the child shinobi could tell that this hulking monster had skill.
And skilled fighters were always a pain in the ass.
The giant sighed. “I really hate to do this, but when Master Fowl has his sights set on something, he will not give up. You can either try to run, or you can go back like a good little child. Either way, you’re going back to the manor.”
Kakashi glared at him with all the vitriol a seven year old could muster. He hated being treated as a child.
To be fair, he was a child, but still. His current skill in fighting was better than a lot of adults.
He quickly shunshined away to find the accursed seal and leave this place.
As he found the seal, his spirits lifted. He was finally going to go home.
It’s not like he missed Konoha, or the people there. Ok, maybe Minato-Sensei, Kushina-San, and all his other comrades.
‘But it’s not like I’m emotionally attached or anything,’ he thought. ‘I just regret not having them as reliable backup.’
Despite his denial, subconsciously, Kakashi knew the truth.
Unfortunately for the angsty & traumatized murder munchkin, the very thing that allowed him entry blew up in his face.
Well, the seal didn’t actually blow up. Kakashi had been blown back into a bush by a concentrated blast of chakra.
Cursing as he untangled some leaves, twigs, and a family of chipmunks from his hair, he glared at the glowing kanji as if that would help.
It didn’t.
The little pupper growled. Now that’s he was prevented from leaving, he was in some deep trouble.
Frustrated, he began taking inventory to calm down. He had some kunai, shuriken, his tango, rations… and jackpot! A stash of Sensei’s custom hiraishin knives, sealed away in a scroll.
The best part was, these daggers had a new seal that the Yellow Flash had developed. All the thrower had to do was chuck it with a burst of chakra, and then they would be teleported to Minato’s location.
In theory. No one had ever tried using the new daggers yet. But at this point, Kakashi didn’t care anymore. He just wanted to go home, complete this goddamn mission, and take a nice, long, bath.
So the silver haired child threw it. Everything spun as the space around him warped and twisted, and eventually deposited him right onto Minato’s coffee.
Artemis was disappointed. He should’ve guarded the creature better, but it was gone now.
He hadn’t expected it to have so many unknown ( and frankly, impossible) skills.
At least the Fowl heir still had his research, and what seemed to be…. a chew toy ( covered in bite marks ) that he had stole-liberated - from the strange, childlike creature. Artemis had thought that it was some sort of high tech tool disguised as a dog toy, but after poking and prodding it, he realized that it was just a chewy bone that dispensed dog treats.
Later, Kakashi realized that he didn’t have the purple chew toy that Kushina had given to him for his birthday. The seven year old moped ( like a kicked puppy ) for the rest of the week.
The moping became so obvious that even Obito could tell something was wrong. When the Uchiha teased Kakashi about it, he got bit.
It was the funniest thing Kushina and Minato had ever seen.
Extra tidbit that i was too lazy to actually write!:
Obito : haha imagine sulking like a 3 year old
Kakashi bites Obito : NOM NOM your arm is now my chew toy
Obito freaking out : OMG GET OOOOFFFFFFFF YOU FREAKING WOLF-
Kakashi, with a mouthful of Obito : NO YOU’RE A BULLY AND I FEEL VIOLATED BY YOUR INSENSITIVE COMMENT
Rin : OBITO YOU IDIOT DON’T MESS WITH THE PUPPER-
Minato and Kushina w/ the popcorn : this is fine~