back when we met
Kakashi woke up like he did everyday for the past 7 seven years; with a jolt, and a swallowed scream from whatever nightmare scenario his mind has managed to conjure (and there was a lot of source material - just look at his ANBU track record!), kunai lashing out at the bare walls of his apartment. Only this time, they were stopped from harming his innocent, drab, grey walls by a firm hand clutching at his wrist.
Kakashi nearly stabbed whoever grabbed him with his other kunai armed hand but didn't - out of the goodness of his heart, and the fact that stabbing fellow Konoha shinobi was kind of frowned upon and slightly illegal.
"Up and at 'em Hatake!"
Kakashi mournfully cracked open his eye - grey and not red, it wouldn't do to have Shiranui Genma's lazy grin forever engrained into his memory - and balefully shut them again at the onslaught of daylight. Curse the sun and curse him for not updating his traps.
"C'mon you sewer rat, you can't be late to everything! Especially not the Godaime Hokage's Inauguration Ceremony, that's kind of a big deal,"
Kakashi ignored Genma's sarcastic drawl and shoved his head under his pillow. If he can't see Genma, then Genma is simply not in his room. His short lived relief was rudely interrupted by Genma forcefully trying to rip his blankets off.
Trying being the key word; Kakashi was a man, and no man willingly gives up his blankets at 8 AM. Thus began their minute scuffle. Terribly short really. Totally didn't end up with kunai being flung around.
"Kakashi! Kakashi - if you're gonna throw - ARGH - kunai at me at least open your eyes,"
Kakashi did not open his eyes and continued throwing kunai from his position on the floor, elbow deep in his bedside drawer and haphazardly throwing kunai at a screeching Genma. Really, if he didn't want to get hit he shouldn't make so much sound, it just helps Kakashi locate him better.
"Did you just throw one of Kurenai's cookies at me?!"
Kakashi ignored Genma's incredulous tone, "They're weapons of mass destruction and you know it, Genma. Asuma is down bad if he's actually willingly eating those rock LARPers,"
"Ooh she'd kill you if she heard you say that,"
Kakashi paused his search for something to throw at Genma - he's currently on the last and third drawer - and attempted to hide the fear in his voice, "You're not gonna tell her I said that, right?"
Silence. Kakashi finally cracked his eye open, withdrawing a medical mask and hooking it around his ears as he carefully peeped over his bed.
Only to meet Genma's sadistic grin.
"Genma c'mon you wouldn't, right? Right?"
"This is for throwing an Icha Icha book at my head,"
Genma then proceeded to sprint outside the room, in search of Kurenai no doubt.
Kakashi scrambled to his feet and picked up the last dusty kunai from his abandoned third drawer, feet slipping against the poisoned senbon Genma has been shooting at him in retaliation - not piercing though, that would be a bit of a problem considering Genma has the antidotes and Genma is slightly mad at him - and hunted after the tokujo. Word about Kurenai's terrible baking skills shall not fall on her ears, she's terrifying when she wants to be and Asuma would hate him forever, and Asuma makes divine non-sweet desserts.
Kakashi hurriedly made his way across his apartment, tailing a cackling Genma as they jumped over his sad lumpy sofa and avoided his sleeping ninken that were strewn around the cramped living room. Evidence pointed towards Genma bribing his loyal ninken into letting him into Kakashi's room without warning him.
Before Kakashi could consider being offended over his ninken accepting bacon strips as a bribe - he was worth much more than bacon - Genma demanded his attention again by nearly making it to the door.
Quickly and without thinking (Naruto would be proud) Kakashi hurled the dusty kunai, pinning Genma's sleeve to the door.
But just as Kakashi was to rejoice in Genma's infuriated yet entertained expression and the postponement of his imminent death, a whip of familiar chakra stopped him in his tracks. Kakashi recognized this chakra, and by Genma's pale face, so did he. But it was impossible, the person the chakra signal belonged to was long dead.
However, before either of them could collect their thoughts, a flash of yellow blinded them. And there, with an anticlimactic thud, a strewn over figure fell over Genma's frozen body, wearing a familiar white and red cloak.
Kakashi and Genma shared stupefied looks, then both of their eyes simultaneously darted towards the kunai Kakashi had thrown.
And there, imbedded innocently in the wood of Kakashi's apartment door, was the Yondaime's famed three pronged kunai.
Any words Kakashi were to formulate were cut off by the gurgling sound his definitely should be dead sensei let out. Only then did Kakahi notice the big gaping hole in his sensei's back.
For one terrible, excruciating second, nothing happened. Genma and Kakashi simply - stared. Then, snapping put of whatever reverie they were in, they both hollered at the top of their lungs,
"MEDIC!,"