Shocking Surprise!

Kakashi was well aware of Sasuke's attitude and tolerated it to an extent. But lately Sasuke had been in a very bad mood and was taking it out on everyone in his team. Kakashi could sympathize with Sasuke for not feeling well, but that was no excuse for taking it out on others around him. Just yesterday he had to break up a fight that ensued between Sasuke and Naruto after combat practice. He had to separate the two rivals before they killed each other. A fistfight nearly broke out two days ago because of Sasuke's verbal abuse directed towards the blond ninja. And Naruto wasn't the only target. Sasuke had insulted Sakura as well, calling her annoying and useless.

Needless to say, Kakashi had had enough. He had to do something about this, but simply telling Sasuke to behave himself wouldn't work. Sasuke always seemed to want to do things the hard way.

Finally, the masked ninja had an idea. It was a little drastic, but something had to be done.

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"Good morning, everyone!" Kakashi had arrived late again, but thins time he had a good reason.

"Kakashi-sensei, what's in that bag?" Sakura was the fist to notice the bag clutched in Kakashi's hand as was quick to point it out to the others.

Kakashi glanced down. "Oh, this?" He held up the bag. "It's for Sasuke."

Said ninja looked up. "Me? What is it?"

"Call it a gift."

Sasuke wrinkled his nose at the bag. "No thanks."

"It's part of your training today." Kakashi approached, digging through the bag with his right hand. "Come here."

Groaning, Sasuke stepped forward.

"Turn around," Kakashi smiled.

Sasuke cursed under his breath and did as he was told.

Kakashi rummaged around in the bag and pulled out a dark blue collar. He quickly fastened it around Sasuke's neck. Performing a few hand-signs, Kakashi gave the collar a quick jab and stepped back.

"There you go!"

Sasuke looked down. He ran his fingers over the leather collar and gasped. "A dog collar?! You gave me a dog collar?! What the Hell, Kakashi?!"

"This is part of your training," Kakashi explained. "I've tolerated your attitude long enough and so has everyone else. You're part of a team. When you insult your teammates and put them down the way that you do, you're not only hurting their feelings, but you're also discouraging them. If you want them to be there for you and help you out, treat them better. By your constant criticisms and insults, you're constantly putting them down and that isn't good for the team. Get it?"

Sasuke frowned.

"You have to learn not to insult your teammates who are only trying their best. No matter how much they improve, it's never good enough for you so you tear them down. You have to work on not doing that. You need to learn how to be nicer and not insult your comrades… Which is why I put that shock collar on you!"

A second went by and then…

"You WHAT?!" Sasuke began to furiously tug and pull at the collar but it wouldn't come off.

"Ah-ah-ah…" Kakashi wagged his finger. "You can't take it off. I pull a sealing jutsu on it that makes the lock blend into the collar itself making it impossible to unhook. That jutsu also makes it impossible to take off all together. You can't cut it, burn it or anything."

"Then how am I supposed to get it off?!" "You're not. I'll remove it when I think that you've learned your lesson. That simple."

"Kakashi, I'm in no mood for any of your sadistic ideas, now take this damn collar off me now!"

"I think it looks good on you," Naruto teased.

"Bite me!" A loud ZAP rang out as the collar shocked Sasuke for the first time, sending thousands of volts through his body. "YEOW!!" Sasuke dropped to his knees clutching the collar in both hands.

"Sasuke, are you ok?" Sakura cried, rushing to his side.

"Obviously not!"

Naruto burst out laughing. "This is like the BEST idea Kakashi ever had! I love this collar!"

"Can it, loser!" ZAP! "OW! Damn it!"

"Well, there you have it. Every time you insult someone or verbally abuse them, the collar will give you a mild electric shock."

"You call that MILD?! It hurt like Hell!"

Kakashi ignored him. "It will also shock you if you act hostile toward your teammates. And by that I mean if you try to punch Naruto in the face again."

A little rivalry was good between the two because it made them both train harder and get stronger. Kakashi was fine with that, but what Sasuke had been doing lately was nothing short of bullying. Hopefully, this collar would change that.

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To be continued in the next chapter… this is gonna be fun!

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