Kakashi was known as a relatively emotionless man. He wasn't heartless, no, but he wasn't particularly attached to any one living either. Well, Kakashi didn't complain, after all, this gave him several wonderful and uneventful days of the Icha Icha series. For years, he went on this way, taking on random missions and reading Jiraiya's books.

Until, that is, he got another genin team he was sure he would invariably fail. Alas, he could not simply ignore this team: there was an Uchiha. The other two, in his mind, weren't as important, but he would help them if they passed. And so it was that Kakashi, infamous copy-nin and all around lazy person, passed his first genin team. His humdrum days were numbered.

"Meet back here at seven AM sharp tomorrow." With that Kakashi disappeared to a nearby tree to watch his new students.

The pink one (Sakura, Kakashi recalled) immediately begged the Uchiha for a date, as expected by Kakashi. Not surprisingly, the Uchiha gave a terse "no" and was off. This left the loudmouth still tied to the log. Kakashi frowned; he thought the Uchiha might help the little monster out, as he did before, but apparently not.

Well, Kakashi thought, if nothing else, these three need work. He looked on towards the blond with a small bit of pity. "Well that's a bit odd," he whispered out loud, "It's been a while since I've had that crop up," he continued as he, like a good sensei, went to help out his new charge.