Tanjoubi Omedetou Kakashi

Summary: A short-fic. It's everyone's favorite lazy, Icha Icha Paradise addicted sensei's birthday. It's not exactly a Konoha-wide celebration, but those who know Kakashi, always remember this day except, the mood's nowhere near happy. There's a reason two ANBU are assigned to keep an eye on the silver-haired genius on this day, and there's a reason for the number one rule: keep your distance unless a skilled Jounin. Throw a hyper-active Uzumaki Naruto into the equation, things are sure to get interesting. When Naruto learns about what happens on this day, he's determined to about it. He's faced Haku, Zabuza, Neji, Kabuto, and blood-thirsty Gaara. Surely he can safely face his happy-go-lucky sensei... right?

Warning: Kakashi-gaiden spoilers... although everyone should already know the story.

Disclaimer: This is my version of a combination of several different stories I've read before, so anything that's familiar isn't mine!

A/N: Tanjoubi Omedetou is 'Happy Birthday'


There was a knock.

"Enter," she answered. The door opened. What was it? She looked up with a frown of irritation. This interruption was keeping her from her sake. It had better be good.

Three Jounin entered the room. She raised an eyebrow in curiosity.

"Well?" she prompted.

"Forgive us, Tsunade-sama, for the intrusion," Gai began. Hmph. No kidding! "but it being your first year back in Konoha in years, we thought it be best to remind you about tomorrow."

"Tomorrow? What about it? Is something going to happen?" she asked in concern. She mentally reviewed everything she could about tomorrow. Missions, academy students, pranksters (a certain hyper-active and annoying blonde), paperwork, other villages. She couldn't come up with anything.

"It's the fifteenth. September fifteenth," Genma answered. Ooh, that date rang a bell...

"It would be best to give Kakashi-san two days off," he finished.

Yes, that was right. Her face darkened. The fifteenth of September. A date even she, after having left the leaf village years ago, still remembered... sort of, with a little prompting that is. It was the silver-haired Jounin's birthday, although, there wasn't much to celebrate.

In fact, Sandaime Hokage had ordered civilians and shinobi, unless they were skilled Jounin like the three standing in front of her, to keep a distance away of the brat at all times on the fifteenth. On the fifteenth, he wasn't Hatake Kakashi anymore. The Hokage had created that rule after a terrible accident years ago when the Jounin was sixteen, shortly after he had joined ANBU.

She heard he had nearly killed three people, and injured several more. He wasn't safe to be around on that day.

"What happened in the previous years after the kid quit ANBU?" she asked.

"Well," Asuma replied. "He failed every single Genin team he was given except the current Team Seven, so it was easy to keep an eye on him. Last year, he had been on a solo S-ranked mission during this time while his Genin had a couple days off. I'm not sure how it's going to work out this year."

Hm, interesting. The brat continued to annoy her even when he wasn't in her presence.

"Right. All you Jounin are going to watch him tomorrow and keep him distracted?"

"Hai, Hokage-sama," Gai answered. Gai knew from several personal experiences how his eternal rival became, almost like how he was during his ANBU days. It was unnerving. One of the only days Gai never dared to challenge the man.

"I'll dispatch two ANBU to stay around and make sure things don't get too out of hand as well," Tsunade continued. You might consider having your own genin keep Uzumaki Naruto, Haruno Sakura, and Uchiha Sasuke busy. No need to create more trouble."

Asuma nodded. It would be a good idea to inform Shikamaru about this as well. He was a Chuunin, and smart enough to know when something was up anyways.

"Okay then, is that all you came in here for?" Tsunade asked, her voice on the edge of threatening. Gai was starting to get nervous. He spotted her cup of sake on the desk.

"H-hai, Tsunade-sama. Arigato gozaimasu, w-we'll be going now."

Genma and Asuma spotted the sake and immediately got the message. Tsunade being kept from her sake was almost as bad as Kakashi being kept from his Icha Icha Paradise novels. Almost. While the Hokage threw you through the wall and kept you up for three nights in a row from nightmares, Kakashi constantly got on your nerves and kept you up with nightmares for five nights. Either case equalled: not good.

Tsunade glared at them while they all sweat-dropped and hastily left the room. When the door closed, she took a drink and sighed. It was actually a good thing they came and reminded her. To not remember would have spelled-out disaster. She had already planned on giving Team Seven a D-ranked mission to pass the time and help rebuild the village. Oh well, that could wait a few days. One day for Kakashi to break, the next to let him sleep-in half the day and work off his hang-over he was sure to have.

Tomorrow was going to prove to be interesting.


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