"KAKASHI!"
civilians blinked as a knee high silver blur dashed around a corner, dust billowing up in its wake. Another tiny silver blur, the source of the indignant yell, followed shortly after with a barking black shape at her heels.
"Get back here you brat! Your hair looks stupid!"
"Shut up Kama!" Kakashi yelled over his shoulder. "And stop tracking me with Moro, that's cheating!"
The five year old's rebuke was met with a disgruntled bark from the aforementioned black puppy and a vehement denial from her handler. The pair was cut off by the appearance of a pepper bomb being sent in their direction.
"Argh! You jerk!" Kama managed to croak out between sneezes, coughs and tearing eyes. Moro whimpered in agreement. By the time the smoke cleared the two had lost track of their wayward brother. A glance at the sun shadows however confirmed the time, and knowing Kakashi hated being late, Kama knew just where he'd be headed. Kama was just about to sprint off in the direction of the training fields when she was jerked back by her collar. Glaring up at the civilian who'd interrupted her hunt she growled, "Whaddya want old man?"
The vendor leveled her with a disapproving scowl. "You shouldn't be running with scissors, kid, you could poke your eye out. Leave those stunts to the shinobi, ya hear?"
Kama merely rolled her eyes and blew a raspberry, then immediately regretted the action as it only got spit on the inside of her mask. Performing a substitution jutsu with her puppy, Kama once again sped after her brother. Suddenly finding himself holding a small black dog instead of a small rude child, the vendor blinked and dropped it as if he'd been burned. Moro quickly ran off after her master and caught up by the time she reached training ground three.
"KAKASHI!"
Kama's indignant roar caused her brother to whirl around, eyes comically widening when he spotted his twin and her ninken rapidly approaching. Looking around wildly for a place to hide from his demise, Kakashi stepped behind Minato's legs just as Kama and Moro reached their side. The two panted to catch their breath and Kama sent the silver hair sticking out from behind Minato a death glare.
"You… need… a haircut." Kama declared between breaths. "You look like an old man." Kakashi looked like Einstein to be exact, his silver hair sticking out at all angles, but no one present would understand the reference.
Kakashi squawked indignantly when Minato suddenly turned and bent to pick him up to inspect at eye level. "He kind of does, doesn't he?" The jonin humorously agreed. Setting him down but not letting go, Minato offered, "I'll keep him still while you cut, eh Kama-kun?" The piteous glare of betrayal Minato received from the five year old in his grasp merely caused him to giggle.
"Can't we do this later?" Kakashi whined, "I'll be all covered in hair for the rest of the day now."
Kama ignored him and eagerly set to work. "Keep still or I'll cut off your ears." She snapped when Kakashi wriggled in vain to get out of his sensei's grasp. He begrudgingly stilled until his sister was done trimming his hair. Once she was done the sides of his head was clipped shorter to keep his spiky locks from sticking strait out. She left his floof on top and long bangs, knowing Kakashi liked using his hair to hide behind and feel taller, not that he'd ever admit to it.
"Looks good!" Minato complimented, at last letting his student go.
Kakashi merely pouted as he began brushing himself off. "I'm all itchy now!"
"You're welcome." Kama snootily returned, "Thanks for the pepper bomb by the way, that was real mature of you."
"Any real ninja would be able to doge that." Kakashi scoffed, nose in the air. "Then again, you're not even genin yet." Giving his sister the side eye he added, "Speaking of, shouldn't you be in the academy right now?"
Kama and Moro gave simultaneous growls, their hackles rising at the barb. Having your twin graduate before you was a sore spot.
Kakashi mockingly took a fistful of his discarded hair. "Here, have something to remember me by so you don't get lonely." And he threw it in their direction. Kakashi seemed altogether much more surprised than he should have been when Kama and Moro assaulted him at once.
Minato threw his head back and laughed. "It seems like that was the last straw, scarecrow." His giggles didn't cease when the twins' fighting suddenly did. "G-get it? Cause Kama means sickle and sickles cut straw-," the jonin effortlessly dodged the two children's now redirected blows, "-and Kakashi means scarecrow and they have straw for hair-,"
"Argh, Sensei stop!" Kakashi yelled, his punch striking nothing but air.
"-but then there's that saying about the straw that broke-,"
"We get it!" Kama screeched.
When Rin returned dragging Obito in toe it was to the sight of Minato laughing and spewing puns while the Hatake twins attacked.
