"Here ye, doggie, doggie, come here, I won't bite…" He calls the dog hiding behind the trashcan. He was little mean a while ago, lighting a firecracker where this golden pup had been peeing on –a light post. But now, seeing the dog ran away crying like helpless, he felt guilty.
"Awww, Poor little thing. I don't intend to scare you that much… oh, this? Lookie here, this is nothing if not lit-up…See?… it is not making fire-cracking sounds the crackie-crack-crack, boom-booming-kabooms!!, so it's nothing to be afraid of." He is referring to the unlit firecracker he is holding. Those dog's azure eyes are truly heart striking, makes you feel that that golden fur ball craves for love and attention.
He tried to go nearer to the pup, but it just move away, hiding itself more in to a squeeze between the trashcan and the wooden fence.
"Oh men, yea, yea, it's my fault. But I thought you wouldn't be such a sissy. Alright, I may had intended to pull a small prank on you, but look at you, you are more than a scardy-cat." He shook his head. His spiky gray hair glistened, sunrays reflecting with his perspiration.
Just then, a black cat jumped from a tree to his shoulders. It hissed and scratched his back, ripping the back of his shirt in to pieces.
He struggled to stop the cat from wounding his rear. He tried reaching for that criminal, making it happen through his adrenaline rush. But everything just turned in to worse as it only jumped to his face from his grip, and scratched him in the face like hell.
With that, little 9-year-old Kakashi loosed consciousness.
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I feel sorry for this little boy; it's not my fault if The Man made us afraid of crashing and exploding sounds, a natural phenomena for dogs, as punishment. He thinks as he watch little Kakashi unconscious by the bed full of bruises.
To think that being here on earth once again is more than a sentence,who brings you back a lot of memories, bad and good on of which you could not go back in to, it should be considered injustice to have this scardy-cat dog's trepidation over noise! This innocent kid is too naïve to be a victim of our unwanted characteristics!
He then lift his head up, trying check by the window where is that cat- the cat he hated the most, only to discover that it was resting by the tree watching Kakashi as well.
It was months ago when the two of them were exiled by their own Superior; judging that the two of them were not suited for their place. It was when the two of them, Sasuke an old devil recruit, and him, Naruto, the newest angel recruit, overdid things they must not do. They were caught meeting up in their two world's boundary one night, the most forbidden of the all the forbiddens, and since both of them broke many rules for their own worlds other than that, their Superiors decided to punish them in spite of the his short time of stay on his perspective world-after-death, and to Sasuke, who was always praised by many on their world because of his too much to handle evil feats when he is still living.
It's not my fault if even after death I am still round the bend with that Uchihah, thinking the fact that he, leaving just to find power and fulfill his evil selfish deeds. We had gone our separate ways on our life here in earth and now, it's very hurtful to accept the fact that it is only through the other world we are bound to meet again. He secretly looked at that cat licking his paws.
With that black cat's unreadable hazy eyes meeting his blue ones, he remembered the day when they met on the their life after death world's boundary. It was like a nonverbal pact within them- meeting on that place as soon as they died and arrived on their own world-after-death resignation… as if knowing Sasuke would go to hell, and Naruto to heaven.
Sasuke died earlier than Naruto, but ever since Sasuke died, some angel told Naruto that he always sees Sasuke waiting for someone on the boundary since then. It was a right decision for Naruto to visit that place without having the assurance that Sasuke is waiting for him, because indeed, it was a triumphant feeling to see a daydream come true. He longed to see this long lost friend who needs a lot of explanations to do.
Those expressionless eyes, I saw them crying when we met at the dry forbidden land, as soon as he laid his sight of me. I was mad, but that time, I let hatred be set aside first, as I hugged him and forgave him temporarily. And since then, we always meet by that place, only to discover that language is a barrier in our worlds. Devils and Angels are separated by expression, by emotion and by thought. We could not understand each other because we have different languages- not English –not Japanese, a language not existing in the world and a language I could not fully understand the structure. All I know is that angels could only communicate with angels. Devils could only understand their own devil companions. And so it is a main problem. He still could not explain to me. I could not still understand his side.
But it was fun though. Meeting up with him, in spite that gap. Doing petty crimes just to make it on time on that place everyday. That's why the superior is really mad on me. That the superior said that I was being too naughty for heaven. Too hyper active! Hahaha. Plus the fact that they had discovered our secret meetings, they decided to send us both to the earth once again.
It was rather cool to know a fact I only discovered by then. That cat's and dogs are human souls trapped in a lowly body, as punishment by their Superiors. Cats are temporary exiled devils, usually because they are being too kind in hell, and dogs are temporarily exiled angels, usually exiled because of being too bad or naughty in heaven. As for us, we are exiled because of doing the most forbidden, and maybe because of being too kind or too bad as well. And we are sent here in this world to learn something from this kid. For us to realize if where we are really suited? Heaven or Hell?
But as soon as we were turned in to cats and dogs, I hated Sasuke. He chose not to talk to me in spite of the possibility we could talk now as lowly moving creatures. I could not really understand him.
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"Oh, I think little Kakashi is waking up!"
Kakashi snuggled his pillow and slowly opened his eyes. He made his fists in to a curl and cleared his sight. It was only after some seconds when pain came gushing in to his consciousness.
"Mommyyy, why does this hurt? Huwaaah, what happened?" It seems he is in temporarily shock.
"A cat attacked you, it is more likely you saved this dog from a bad, bad cat, that in the end, you were assaulted by it. Too much for a heroic deed is it my little Kakashi boy? But I know, you fought back head on, the enemy just had weapons and you don't." Kakashi's mom is carrying the golden pup in his arms. The dog seems happy.
Huh? There was no cat and dog fight that took place! And Naruto was being so stupid like. Drooling, and salivating. Good thing devils are assigned to be cats when punished back here on earth, we could jump swiftly and has 9 lives. Dogs are pathetic. They are too weak and dumb that they submit themselves to human loyalty, where in fact they were humans too! Even higher in kind! AN ANGEL! If my superior just knew how badly I want to become an angel. But I cant. I did more than wicked things just to have power. Just for revenge. My mind is dirtied with black thoughts back then, something by thought couldn't be replaced or equalized with any good deed.
The black cat continued licking his paws as he watches the family happy with small Kakashi's recovery.
"Mommy, can I keep this dog?" Kakashi asked as Naruto is in his arms now, trying his best to say it as natural as he can. The wounds in his back is really hurting.
"Oh, why sure! It is already time for you to take in some responsibilities son." It was his Dad, not his mom who answered. Kakashi's mom just nodded sweetly.
"YEHEY! Ow, ouch ouch ouch ouch!" Little Kakashi raised his hands due to happiness, but the sudden movement increased his wounds' pain. After the pain slowly subsided, little kakashi then laughed after realizing how he forgot he has all this wounds when his father told him he could keep the dog. His mother and father joined laughing too.
As well as Naruto.
But not Sasuke, who was mad because that is unfair.
Naruto was happy because he could be a part of their living human assignment's life.
I heard of other angel's stories about being punished and being assigned to a person who had not became his/her master, which made those angels have hard time on juggling their lives as a dog and checking out their human living assignment. I am so lucky! I have easy access on little Kakashi's life unlike Sasuke who has to secretly spy on kakashi and try to learn from him. Not unless if he tries to be nice to him this time, He is so harsh slashing him at the back just because of Kakashi saying the word… Scardy-cat.
You see, the judge of punishment assigned the two of them to little kakashi. Unlike to what we always think that angels and devils on earth are here as bad and good conscience, Angels and devils in the form of cats and dogs are assigned to a certain people not to teach, but rather it is for them to learn from us, living people. The judge of punishment, along with their Superiors had decided to assign sasuke and Naruto to observe and check out Kakashi, because after long debates, they considered kakashi as the best person these two bratz could learn from. They even decided to have only one person for the two, a reason we donot know yet why. To put short, they think Kakashi is the best living person that could help sasuke and Naruto to act the way they should act, Nice for an angel like Naruto and Bad for a devil like Sasuke.
Sasuke licked his paws again as he watch Naruto breathing like how dogs do. GROWSE.
"And since now that you own a dog, what name would you give it then?"
"OH goodie!! Let me see.. hmmm.. aha!" Little kakashi stomped his right fist in to his left open palm. "I'm going to call him… Nana!"
Now, it is Sasuke's turn to laugh and blush… but sarcastically. Oh my! That is so kawaii! Ha! So girly! Ahahahahha! Oh my, I should stop being nice. Or else, my superior would… I hate this. I should suffer my doings. Ha! And indeed, even though I don't intend to be mean, that name just deserve that looser! Who, by this longest time could not get off on clinging on to me, That coward! Ha!
"Isnt it a cute name? Nana?" Kakashi stroke Naruto's fur in the head. Naruto looked at Sasuke purring by the tree. He just knew that guy is laughing. He really wanted to know Sasuke's side, of why he left Naruto back then, and other more stuff, like what had truly happened? How did Sasuke died? His anger for Sasuke heightens as he could not think of a reason why he still won't talk to him. When in fact, they could talk as much as they want in animal language here on earth!
But no, Naruto, ah, eh, Nana, has no choice but to be silent while Kakashi boy strokes his head.
