.1. The Beginning of Everything

"Haa..."

Minato looks over worriedly, watching his wife sink onto the couch, one hand on her bloated belly. "Something the matter, dear?" He questions, frowning slightly as he wonders if she might be in pain brought on by the pregnancy.

"Not really, I guess..." Kushina huffs softly before shaking her head. "No, there is, actually."

"What is it!" Minato jumps up from his seat, eyes widening slightly as he prepares himself to lift up his wife in his arms and to flash them to the hospital where she can be treated by a medical nin. "Are you in pain!" Panic can be heard in his voice, his body tense.

Kushina eyes him a bit coolly. "Calm down, Minato. It's not about me." She snorts, tilting her head back and closing her eyes. "It's one of my chunin."

"... Oh." Minato replies after a short pause before visually relaxing as he sits down again. Of course, it's not that he's happy that something is going on with one of the chunin, but at least it's not his wife who is in trouble...

"Hmm... Shinra's father died on a mission last week, and Shinra walked in on her mother laying on the ground, dead. I mean, the note that was left, seriously!" She scowls lightly, showing her teeth. "I did not mean to get Kyo killed in that battle. The guilt is too strong for me to live on anymore and thus I have decided to assassinate myself so I can apologize to my lover in the afterlife."

Minato blinks a few times. "That's a bit..." He doesn't finish the sentence, a bit at a loss of words, before he straightens up in his seat. "Ah! Maybe she should talk to Kakashi!" He offers, a grin growing on his face, even after hearing the news. "His father offed himself as well!"

Kushina lets out a feral growl, punching Minato upside his head. "Don't be so disrespectful in talking about the dead, and by God, Minato! Don't sound so happy about it!"

Minato groans, clutching his head, small tears gathering in the corners of his eyes. "But..."

"No buts." Kushina huffs, sitting back again and closing her eyes once more. She's just so, so tired... "But I guess you finally got a somewhat smart thought in that blonde head of yours..." She ponders it over lightly before shrugging. "Let's do it."

"R-Really?" Minato questions, gently rubbing his abused head as he looks at his wife slightly hopeful, hoping that she's not just saying that so that he'll let his guard down and she can abuse his head again.

"Yes, really." Kushina confirms, a slightly satisfied look on her face.

"Great!" Minato drops his hands from his head, all pain forgotten. 'Don't worry, Kakashi... I have found you a friend!' He thinks cheerfully, grinning once more.

"Now be a darling and give me a foot-rub, would you?" Kushina asks, her tone sweet, yet Minato knows better to be fooled by that tone by now... A lot better.

"Of course, dear."

Kakashi looks around slowly. On his left, there is Minato who is happily ordering everyone a bowl of ramen at Ichiraku, Minato being seated next to Rin who is seated next to Obito. On his right, however, there are mostly people he doesn't really know... Sure, he's seen Kushina's team around once or twice, but it's not like he's ever seen them this close.

On his right is a girl with bright red hair reaching her waist, kicking her feet lightly. Her eyes are crimson and there is a small beauty mark on her right cheek, next to her lips. Next to her is someone he's seen around more often; Kushina, his teacher's wife. Next to Kushina are the last two additions to her team; twin boys with black hair and blue eyes. One of the twins has his hitai-ate on his left arm, the other on his right; probably so that people (Kushina) can keep them apart.

Kushina clears her throat, calling the attention of the two teams upon her. "Alright, team Minato, meet team Kushina." She comments, motioning her hand towards her own team. "These are Shinra," she points at the girl "Fuji," she points at the twin who has his hitai-ate on his right arm "Hiro." she points at the twin with the hitai-ate on his left arm.

"Guys, these are Kakashi, Rin and Obito." She introduces team Minato to her own team.

Shinra doesn't really bother looking up, not really interested in what's going on. Fuji and Hiro show identical grins towards the other team, greeting the three cheerfully enough.

Kakashi rolls his eyes before turning his attention back to staring at Minato who's happily chatting with Teuchi; the owner of the ramen stand, about kids. Apparently the man is planning to discuss future kids with his wife but isn't sure how to go about it... Then again, the man is an idiot if he thinks that Minato can give any useful tips on that part... since it was Kushina who demanded a kid.

Rin smiles politely at the other group, greeting them calmly, while Obito grins and waves.

"Heehhh~ You're pretty cute." Hiro grins, leaning towards Rin ever so slightly. "Let's be friends, hm?"

"... Huh?" Rin blinks a few times. "I guess..." She shakes her head slightly, not used to being called 'cute'.

"OI!" Obito jumps up from his seat. "Keep your perverted hands off of Rin, you hear!" He yells loudly, drawing attention upon themselves.

Kakashi sighs, shaking his head. "Iiiiidiot." He mutters under his breath.

"WHAT WAS THAT!" Obito demands, stomping his foot lightly. "I AM NOT AN IDIOT!"

"Of course you'd say that... You probably think it's quite normal to scream about nothing in a public place..." Kakashi snorts.

"That's it! I! Challenge you! To an eating contest!" Obito yells, pointing his finger at Kakashi. "Let's see who can eat the most bowls!"

"That's obviously you... Your speed and fat indicates that much, at least." Kakashi snorts, completely uninterested.

"WHAT!"

"Now, now, guys..." Rin tries to calm them down. "Let's not fight, okay?" She pulls Obito back into his seat.

"He called me slow and FAT!" Obito yells! "I am NOT fat!"

"Yes, yes..." Rin tries to calm him down, keeping in the sigh just begging to come out.

'Idiots...' Shinra thinks, shaking her head.

Minato chuckles softly before tensing up as he can hear his wife grow ferally at him, most likely thanks to the demon fox the woman carries, then gulps. Considering the fact that he sleeps next to her, he considers it his greatest S-Rank mission to keep the red-head happy... It is, after all, a mission of life and death. "Alright, you guys. Break it up." He comments, which finally causes Obito to quiet down.

Obito growls at Kakashi before turning his head away with a huff. Kakashi merely rolls his eyes at this, turning his attention back to Minato who goes back to chatting with Teuchi, as Rin lets out a soft relieved sigh.

Hiro and Fuji snicker softly, high-fiving each other with big grins on their faces. Aparently all the rumors they heard about the team guided by Konoha's yellow flash were all true~

Kushina shakes her head lightly. 'Those two are so much trouble...' She snorts before directing her eyes at Shinra who's simply been staring at the counter this entire time. Normally Shinra would either laugh with the twins or tell them to behave. However, Kushina has noticed that she's just been sitting there, barely blinking. 'This had better work out...' She thinks, sighing softly.

Minato sits back with a grin as Teuchi starts placing bowls of steaming ramen in front of everyone. A chorus of "Thank you for the food." sounds from the group before everyone starts to eat. That is... everyone, except Kakashi.

Now, normally Kakashi makes sure to eat while everyone is pre occupied. He has mastered fast eating, after all. However, for a reason he can´t explain, Minato seems to be unable to keep his eyes off of the younger one. Kakashi shifts into his seat, slightly uncomfortably, eying Minato.

"Erm, Sensei... Something the matter?" He ends up asking dryly.

"No, of course not, Kakashi." Minato smiles at his student, very inconspicuously nudging him a bit closer to Shinra. "You know, you should talk to people your own age outside your group a bit more as well..." He hints, still nudging.

Kakashi doesn't reply, merely looks at Minato blankly. He lets the other nudge him towards the girl next to him, not really caring much, but makes sure that Minato will understand that Kakashi is sending the blonde a very, very flat look.

Shinra, however, completely ignores what's going on on the left of her, quietly eating. Kushina sighs, shaking her head. 'Is this ever going to work...?' She wonders, before going back to eating. One can always hope, at least.

Well, this is the first of many chapters to come, haha. As you can see on my profile, there are profiles on there of 'Team 15', a Naruto team I have created for a game I'm currently working on. This story is from when Shinra, the jounin teacher, was young, and how she met Kakashi... There will be stories with them together and stories of just Kakashi tossed around here and there. While all the one shots are part of the greater picture, they're pretty much read on their own.
My home page links to my 'site' which is really just my folder in which my Team 15 pics appear... Which includes all pictures of Shinra and Kakashi together that I'm drawing in the future [and the one I'm currently working on...]. Soon, there will also be a picture of Shinra, Fuji and Hiro so that you can get a better picture of them.