Chapter one – Stick figures.
Imagine that you have to do something completely against your will, but you háve to do it, you just have to. Simply because otherwise, you know that they would try to get even with you in the middle of the night by drawing stick figures and such onto your face with sharpies ánd permanent markers.
Now, thát wasn't the delightful foresight Kakashi had been anticipating for. Oh, no – Kakashi was prudence, well aware of what was going to happen if he didn't show up, if he declined Naruto's invitation, that was. Kakashi had always been more of a careful man, one that wouldn't look over his shoulder to see if someone had taken a *special* interest in him, but one that knew what kind of danger lied ahead of him and knew damn right in what he would get himself into.
The 31th of October, known as Halloween to many, had been approaching the somewhat innocent citizens of Konohagakure as a sudden envious, dark and rainy cloud that appeared on a sunny and warm day with not a single cloud in the broad horizon. Children, mainly those who were still attending the Academy, would dress up as varies of things, such as certain TV-show characters or cartoon figures. The more mature ones would either go to or have their own parties amongst themselves. Uzumaki Naruto, the number one surprising Ninja, was no exception.
He, together with his teammates, were going to give a party on that very same, yet faithful day. More specifically, a pajama party, a snoozer, a sleepover – something that would never cross a 29 year old's mind to even participate!
Especially, oh especially, if your name was Hatake Kakashi, known by his friends for his utter and utmost disgust towards parties in general ,may it be a birthday party or some 'drink-until-you-drop' party. He never, and I mean never, seemed bothered to do his hair, refresh his clothes and genuinely come for the sake of it being a party. He simply, yet politely, thanked the inviter, but refused to go.
However, his luck ran dry and Naruto had indeed invited Kakashi along the way. And this time, it had been different. Naruto and Sakura had threatened him to no point. Every time that he wasn't training with the two youngsters, they would casually show up in front of him and held whatever they could get their hands on hostage, obviously, the main hostage would be his precious and beloved novel, and held it against him, threatening him to do whatever they liked and/or wished. Sometimes, on rare occasions, they would even wake him up in the middle of the night by making extremely loud noises concerning a certain pan and a spoon.
This was exactly why Kakashi had done so, unlikely and unusual, much for his two little students. He couldn't whoop their asses for it, he couldn't kill them for it. And even though he was one of the most skilled Ninja's in the whole world, he couldn't do jack, simply because they were oh-so darn cute when asking, bashing their eyelashes with those big green, and blue orbs watching him adoringly and all. And, oh yes, it was against the rules to kill one's student.
So, when the dreaded time came, the decision had been left to his complete and own discretion, however, a real decision had never been an option nor choice.
He was stuck. Stuck between two options. Either he wouldn't go and face the following consequences, or he would go and deal with whatever was going on there. Seeing as he was in no mood to walk around and in Konoha with sharpie figures and such on his mask, forehead protector and the visible remains of his face, Kakashi had picked the latter one for the lack of better judgment.
How bad could it be, he wondered.
A/N:
Can you picture Kakashi saying something along the lines, '' Oh, we should totally do each other's nails, Sakura, girl, get your butt here! I want a beauty mask!''. Ha ha!
I wanted to make a One-Shot at first, but decided to have this little and small introduction beforehand. It just.. makes it a lot better, I think. Will update tonight or tomorrow, I'm not sure, it really depends.
I will explain later on, with the last chapter [I'm not sure which one that will be], as to how I got the idea [if you're wondering, of course] and why the hell I'm writing this. Hmm'kay? [I should stop watching South Park]xD
Naruto still is a property of © Masashi Kishimoto
