Author's Notes: Okay, I came up with this on a school trip over night to Chicago. We had gone shopping that day and my friend bought a Naruto manga with the picture of Kakashi with his ninja dogs. After sharing some interesting thoughts on the topic I came up with this story. It won't be as long as The Three Years, but it'll be alright I hope. The first chapter of most stories goes slow as does this one. Sorry.
Enjoy.
EDIT: I fixed some small errors I found, mostly in Tenten's family brawls. Sorry for confusions.
Chapter One
Making Discoveries
Team 7
"Oh boy!" Naruto cried proudly. "Kakashi invited us to his house!"
"I've never even seen his house." Sakura admitted. "I didn't even know where he lived."
"It's not that exciting." Sasuke sighed. "Though for Kakashi-sensei to invite us over for dinner so suddenly is…unusual."
"Two-thirds of the team has no family." Sakura said. "Perhaps he's only trying to help."
"Does Kakashi even have a family?!" Naruto gasped out loud. They three of them were silent for a moment, then shuddered.
"I don't wanna know…" Sasuke grumbled as images of a large, masked, and lazy family flashed in their minds.
"I'll bet they all read perverted books like Kakashi does." Naruto muttered, and the images of the imaginary Kakashi family all pulled out one of Jiraya's many books.
"Those books aren't perverted." came a sudden voice from behind. They turned to see Kakashi standing there. "They're romantic and dramatic."
The three tried to recover from their surprise, all gasping on the ground. "Good lord, don't sneak up on us!" Sakura shrieked.
"Why are you following us to your house anyways?" Sasuke snapped.
"Walking to my house?" Kakashi asked. "I was at my house already, but you guys walked past it."
The three, feeling utterly stupid, looked over Kakashi's shoulder to see his home a few feet away.
"I'm so glad I don't let you guys hold the map on missions." Kakashi sighed. "You three have no sense of direction."
"So we get to go in you're house, right Kakashi-sensei!?" Naruto cried, excited.
"No." Kakashi said, his voice brutally honest. "We're going to that new restaurant down the street."
"But you invited us to your house!" Sakura whined. "It's not fair! You said…!"
"You three aren't allowed in my house." Kakashi said, smiling. (Well, we don't know if he was smiling, but it looked that way…) "Come on, now."
The three sighed, annoyed, and glanced at each other. For now, they could not see the mysterious home of Kakashi. But the thrill of wondering what was inside was almost as mysterious as what was behind the mask. Silently, they agreed that they'd find out.
Team 8
The three students collapsed in their teacher's doorway, all looking hot and tired. They all carried at least ten shopping bags per student, which as you've guessed, were full and heavy. Their teacher, Kurenai, set down her house keys on the kitchen table and motioned the three to follow.
"Come, now!" She grinned. "They can't be that heavy!"
All three grunted in reply. It was Saturday, the dreaded day for them; the day Kurenai-sensei went shopping; or better yet, sent them to shop for her. They picked up fallen bags and limped into her home.
"I hate shopping day." Kiba snapped as Akamaru barked in agreement. The small dog even held onto a small but heavy bag from his mouth. A look of exhaust covered his face.
"It's not…that bad…" Hinata mumbled, struggling more than her companions.
"It is." said the usually silent Shino, who's face twisted oddly with the weight of the blender he held. "She won't let my bugs hold anything. She doesn't want bugs on her stuff. It would be easier with them." The mutant, super strong insects inside his coat buzzed with agreement.
"Sure would." Kiba sighed. All three dropped the bags on the floor in her room.
"Dear god!" Kiba hissed suddenly. "Look at this room!"
The three looked up to see a room filled with…things.
"Does she ever open the boxes?!" Hinata cried, very uncomfortable with the crowdedness of the room.
"She's a shopping maniac!" Kiba spat. "This is…this is…"
"Ah!" came Kurenai's sudden voice from behind. "There you are! I was looking for you. I need a favor of you guys! Actually, Shino, can you help me?"
"Huh?" Shino grunted but his teacher shoved a scrap of paper into his hands.
"I forgot something." Kurenai said smiling. "I need you to go pick it up."
Shino unwrapped the paper and red it. Midway, his face fell and became deathly pale.
"This is…!" he gasped.
"What is it!" Hinata cried, getting more and more nervous each second.
"I can't do this!" Shino cried, trembling.
"What is it?" Kiba snapped. "Show me!" Shino tried to pull it away but Akamaru snatched it out of his hands and fetched it back to Kiba and Hinata. The two unfolded the paper and read it. They're faces went pale too.
"Lingerie!?" Hinata practically screamed.
"Victoria's Secret!?" Kiba sputtered. Akamaru squeaked.
"What's wrong with that?" Kurenai asked, casually.
"Shino can't do this, ma'am!" Hinata cried. "He already can't talk to any female other than us two! He can barely talk to you!"
"That's not my problem!" Kurenai snapped. "Shino, get me my lingerie!"
Shino, defeated, quietly and awkwardly stumbled towards the door, his comrades following him silently. Before parting for the day, he turned to them.
"Do…do you think if I put bugs on my face people won't know it's me?" he asked fearfully.
"I think they'd know." Kiba sighed sadly. Shino dropped his head again and dragged his feet away.
Team 10
The three stood there awkwardly, cringing at the smell of their teacher's cigarettes. In fact, Asuma had an entire pack shoved into his mouth; lit and smoking. This was not the first time he had done this, though. In fact, putting more cigarettes than the average smoker smokes in his mouth was a new habit for Asuma. He seemed to enjoy the thrill of adding a new one every day. He first started out with one, and then he moved onto two at a time…then three and so on. He had now fit the entire pack and was looking awfully pleased with himself.
"Asuma-sensei…!" Ino said, trying to get his attention. Their teacher stared off into space. It seemed smoking many cigarettes at a time cause…side effects. His head bobbled slightly.
"Sensei!" Shikamaru snapped loudly, finally getting his attention. "Will you stop smoking for a moment? Choji's asthma can't take it anymore!"
The "pleasantly plump" boy now laid shaking on the sidewalk, gasping for air. "If this continues, all you'll have is me and Ino." Shikamaru fussed.
"Wouldn't be so bad." Asuma muttered to himself.
"What was that?" Ino asked.
"Nothing at all." he said quickly. He managed to grab all the cigarettes at once to exhale a large and oddly colored smoke.
"Is that really tobacco?" Ino asked nervously. "The smell's different…and it's making me dizzy."
Choji stood up finally and snatched the burning cigarettes out of Asuma's hands. He tossed his handful into the water below the bridge they stood on, looking satisfied.
"Now I can breath!" he sighed in relief. "That's that."
"You jerk!" Asuma snapped, looking heartbroken over the railing. "Now I have to buy more!" He sniffed as the smoke lifted from the water and drifted upward…to heaven. He spun back towards Choji with a murderous look.
"Be sure you'll have some laps to run tomorrow!" he snapped, walking past the students.
"Just us or Choji?" Shikamaru asked hopefully.
"All of you!" Asuma answered.
"Come on, sensei!" Ino moaned. "We're only worried about you're health!"
"If you keep smoking like that, your lungs will turn black!" Choji added. "You'll get cancer and die early in life."
"I'm not going to die early!" Asuma snapped. (Ho ho, yes you are!) Angrily, he stormed away.
"That man needs to quit." Shikamaru sighed.
"Perhaps we could help him quit." Choji suggested.
"Asuma could never stop." Ino snapped. "He's been smoking since…forever. When did he start smoking?"
"Eh." Choji and Shikamaru shrugged.
"The important thing is we need to be supportive of him." Ino said. "Maybe we could help him quit!"
Choji frowned. "I already said that!"
The other two continued to ignore Choji…as always.
Team Gai
It was that same awkward feeling…like you're being watched. This feeling was normal for Tenten, though even now she cringed at the thought of it.
"Sensei, I know you're there." she mumbled, allowing Gai to stumble out from the bushes.
"Very good!" Gai congratulated her. "You sensed my ninja presence, didn't you?"
"Oh course." Tenten groaned. "Why are you following me today?"
"Danger lurks everywhere, young pupil." Gai said, very passionately I might add. "I'm making sure your many enemies don't try to pull a fast one on you while you innocently walk home."
Tenten twirled a kunai in her fingers. "If someone attacks me, I'll be ready." she informed him. "Go follow Lee home."
"I already did." Gai smiled. "But that boy needn't worry about enemies. He's so nice everybody likes him!" Little did Gai know that the entire village plotted against Lee every waking moment of their lives.
Gai was the kind of teacher who got far too into their student's affairs. He was very "over-protective" of his three darling students who, in his eyes, viewed him as the greatest person who ever live; this being far from true.
"I dunno, what about Neji?" Tenten sighed, hoping for relief of the conversation.
"I already escorted him home." Gai said, matter-of-factly. "His family is so nice to me." Tenten grunted out loud, frustrated, and continued on.
"Wait, my admiring student!" he called. "You're walking too fast!" Tenten began to walk faster. "What if your enemies jump you?"
What kind of enemies is he talking about?! Tenten thought. I'm not THAT unpopular! She finally stopped, for she had reached her house.
"Good, you're alive still." Gai sighed, finally catching up to her. "Go and enjoy family time, Tenten! You can't stay with me all the time!"
Tenten shuddered, but without another word dashed into her home. She was welcomed with the usual scene; her family was, as you could say, very…um…together? Her mother had Tenten's little brother in a headlock and her father was already lunging at her.
"HOW WAS YOU'RE DAY!?" her mother screamed, as her brother broke loose and grabbed the nearest chair.
"Fine!" Tenten grunted back, blocking a heavy shower of punches thrown by her father. Every family does thing their own way. Tenten's family trains…twenty four, seven. "IF YOU DON'T MIND, I NEED TO GO CALL NEJI!" she howled.
"NO FAIR!" shouted her brother. "SHE JUST IS TRYING TO GET OUT OF DINNER CHORES!"
"YOUR SISTER IS A NINJA!" Tenten's father snapped at him. "SHE CAN CALL HER FRIENDS, UNLIKE YOU WHO HAS NOT YET PASSED YOUR EXAM!"
"I'M NOT EVEN OLD ENOUGH!" he screamed back, tackling his father to the ground with a bat in his hands.
Tenten quickly dove upstairs and when she finally reached her room, sighed in relief. She grabbed her super NINJA phone and dialed Neji's phone number.
"Hello?" came her teammate's voice. "Tenten?"
"Tenten's on the phone, too?!" Lee's voice gasped.
"Are you two three-way calling me?" Tenten asked.
"Lee and I were already talking." Neji sighed. "Anyways, what did you want to talk about? Wait, no…let me guess…Gai?"
"You two need to stop talking badly about our great sensei!" Lee snapped. "He's the greatest!"
"He never gets out of our business!" Tenten cried. She paused at the sound of a small explosion downstairs and continued. "Why did he escort us home again?"
"How should I know?" Neji grumbled. "But it's bothering me, too."
"He needs time away from us." Tenten said suddenly. "He's suffocating us!"
"Gai-sensei just cares." Lee sniffed.
"That's right!" came a sudden voice from another line that made all three of them jump. "I sure do."
"Gai?!" Neji shrieked in a girlish fashion. "What are you…how are you…?!"
"Everybody hang up!" Tenten screamed. At the same time, they slammed the phones down.
"This can't be happening!" Neji said through gritted teeth.
"Gai must be stopped!" Tenten vowed.
Team 8 (Later that day)
That night, the three stumbled back with the lingerie in hand. Hinata and Kiba had gone along with Shino for…moral support. The three walked up Kurenai's porch to her front door and knocked loudly.
"Is she home?" Kiba mumbled.
"I hope so!" Shino said, shaking uncomfortably. "It can't even look at this bag any more! The memories of today will scar me till the day I die!"
"Calm down, Shino." Hinata said. "She'll come."
Yet a minute went by without anyone coming to the door.
"Can't we just break through the window?" Kiba whined along with Akamaru.
"Th-th-that's…!" Hinata stuttered nervously. Kiba ignored her and walked to the nearest window.
"It's not locked." he said. "Come on!"
"She's a top class ninja with a possession obsession." Shino sighed. "Don't you think she'd have security to stop intruders from getting inside?"
"I'm already in." Kiba grinned, sticking his head out from the window. The two jumped, for they had not seen him climb through. "Come on!"
The other two followed closely to Kurenai's room to drop off the bag. Shino had already found a sticky note to explain that they had come to deliver it, and was looking more relieved.
"Let's just put it down…" Hinata mumbled, sticking closely to Kiba. "I don't wanna get in trouble."
"Hey look," Kiba said, turning back around to her. "Papers."
"Don't touch those!" Hinata cried rather loudly. She slapped her hand across her mouth in shock then whispered. "Those are hers! Leave them alone!"
"Whoa," he mumbled. For some reason, Kiba was unusually fast today and was already looking at the papers. As he read, his eyes widened.
"What!" Hinata hissed. She grabbed his throat. "WHAT IS IT!?"
After Kiba recovered from the strangling, he cleared his throat and showed the papers to her.
"Look at her debts!" he gasped. Hinata screamed.
"What!" Shino gasped, dashing into the room. "What is it?!"
"TWENTY THOUSAND DOLLARS!" Hinata shrieked. "This is unbelievable!"
"This is worse than we thought!" Kiba snapped. "We have to do something!"
Hinata was hyperventilating, clutching the papers tightly. "What do we do?!" she gasped. "They'll take her stuff away; take her house away! She'll…she'll…!"
"What will she do to us!?" Kiba stammered. "We have to stop her from buying things! Fast!"
Team 7
The suspense was killing them; they had to break into his house. Quietly that night the three snuck into their teacher's backyard. As they hid, Sasuke turned around and faced the two of them.
"Okay, guys." he said seriously. His sexy, twelve-year-old hair was messed up from the stress and wonder of the secrets Kakashi's house beheld. "Kakashi will be out any minute. He goes for a walk at 9:76 every night…sh!...there he is!"
Their teacher opened his front door and brushed something off his clothes. After glancing nervously to make sure no one was there, he pulled out Ichi Ichi Paradise and strolled away. The three remained still for a moment more, and then stood up.
"Quick!" Sakura whispered. "Open the door!"
"I can't do that!" Naruto hissed. The two glared at him.
"Why!?" Sasuke hissed back. The stress and suspense was too much for him.
"I don't know how to open a top ninja door!" he answered. "I don't know the secret this door beholds!"
"You broke into a top security building and stole a valuable scroll in episode one!" Sakura snapped. "You weren't even a ninja yet! Why is this any different?!"
"There's no guard!" Naruto argued. "If there was I'd be able to…"
"I say we ram his head into it until it breaks." Sasuke said suddenly. Sakura, who was in no mood to argue, grabbed Naruto immediately.
After yet another Sasuke plan ends in success, the three crept deeper into Kakashi's home. Naruto, who was nursing his bleeding head, sniffed the air and cringed.
"It smells like wet dog." he exclaimed. Sakura and Sasuke sniffed, too.
"Ew, you're right!" Sakura moaned.
"Smells like twenty dogs." Sasuke added. "It's strong!"
Naruto stopped dead. "It's not twenty dogs…" he began. The other two turned around to see Naruto pointing at the corner of the living room, looking frightened.
Kakashi's house was filled with dogs. Maybe one hundred dogs filled the room in beds and couches. Most were sleeping, but awoken at the sound of their voices.
The three froze in a panic. The dogs were staring straight at them, unmoving and silent.
"Nice doggy…" Sakura mumbled nervously. "Come on guys! We have to leave go!"
The two nodded and began to turn towards the door. "See ya', doggies." Naruto giggled awkwardly. "Open the door before they eat off our faces!"
Sasuke turned to the doorway but stopped. Standing in the room, eyes wide from shock, was Kakashi.
