You're kidding right?

By chibichan610

Edited by: Nami-chan

Okay, Credit for this story goes to Chibichan 610. I included it beccause it was so darn funny and because it inspired me for one of the chapters after this. I edited it a bit to flow with my story, so this isn't the origional. AGAIN ALL CREDIT FOR THIS CHAPTER GOES TO CHIBICHAN610!!!

Nami was angry. Hell, she was more than angry, she furious! Kakashi had, for once in his life, been courteous enough not to grace them with his annoying presence, and yet here she was, trudging to his house in the middle of a hot summer day. A perfect day for training, not fetching teammates. She had tried to convince Rin and Minato-sensei to just go on with out Kakashi, but Rin was fussing and whining the whole time Obito-kun and Minato-sensei had tried to assure her that Kakashi was fine. It was when she started to cry that Minato-sensei had insisted that she go and check on Kakashi and report back. Rin had looked relieved, but she and her brother Obito most certainly did not feel the same way.

The Uchiha-half breed marched up the front stairs to the Hatake Clan main house, and with a strength she didn't know she had, pounded on the door until the frame shook. Nami was about to unleash Hell on this good-for-nothing team-mate's door and she'd be damned if Rin or Minato-sensei were about to stop her. There was a surprised squeak heard from beyond the door, but she merely shook the sound away as if it were a pest. She knocked again, this time she was sure she heard the wood begin to splinter.

"Hatake Kakashi, so help me Kami, you had better open this door, or I'll tear you a fuckin' new one!" Nami yelled at the door, ignoring the offended gasp of the two teenage girls behind her. Stupid fangirls. There was a large clatter from inside the house, and Nami tensed.

"Nami? Nami! Is that you? Help me! Please!"

That was definitely Kakashi's voice. Without hesitating, she pulled a kunai from her holster and eased the door open, slowly stepping in. Her eyes were wide open and her ears were alert as she used her shinobi skills to dart unnoticed into the sitting area.

"Nami! I'm in the kitchen! Please, help me! I'm not kidding," came Kakashi's weak whimpering reply.

For a moment, Nami paused. Was Kakashi kidding? No. Kakashi wouldn't embarrass himself like this just to get one over on her. Either way, she resolved, she had to save Kakashi from whoever was attacking him. The poor Jounin sounded terrified. Running as fast as she could through the house and over the furniture, Nami leapt into the kitchen, kunai poised in a throwing position, ready to be hurled at the one attacking her team-mate.

And what she saw shocked the hell out of her.

To start off, there was no one in the kitchen, save for Kakashi. No one. No killer beetle-monster or dangerous shinobi. No youkai ready to devour the villagers one by one. No, but there was one Hatake Kakashi, up on the counter, his mask pulled down off his face, around his neck, and even then, Kakashi's hand held fast to it, pulling the fabric away from his neck as though he couldn't breathe. A look of pure terror was on the boys face, his eyebrows were creased back, and his lips were pulled down in a scared sort of pout, and he was whimpering beyond all comprehension.

"K...Kakashi...what the hell?!" Nami yelled, blushing as she realized she was staring, and not at all amused. Kakashi started to flail then, looking at Nami in complete panic.

"N-Nami! Please! It reacts to loud noises! Please, just make it go away!" His gaze turned back to something behind the counter that she couldn't see. Slouching out of her stance, Nami wandered to the other side of the counter. This had better be a man-eating youkai; that was all she had to say. Peering over the edge of the counter, Nami braced herself. She expected to see beady eyes, long, slick teeth, and a pool of blood on the floor. She saw none of those.

A small ball of fluff sat curled at the base of the counter, staring back at her with large round eyes. She pouted. She stepped around the counter and bent down to look closely at it. Kakashi whimpered as she got closer, as if he expected Nami to hurl the thing at him. Which now that she thought about it, wasn't a bad idea.

It was a cat.

An Uchiha cat to be specific. In fact, she knew this particular cat. It belonged to her little half-cousin Itachi, its name was Denka. Looking doubtfully back up at the Hatake, Nami reached a hand out to the small ninja kitten. The cat gazed at her for a moment before sniffing her fingers. After its kitty senses registered that she was someone it knew, Denka bound to her, practically knocking her over, and mewled happily. Kakashi let out a frightened scream, much to Nami's amusement.

"Oh KAMI! It's eating You! IT'S EATING-"

"Kakashi, you moron, he's not eating me!" Nami snapped, righting herself upward with Denka in her arms. "This an Uchiha familiar. His name is Denka, and he belongs to Itachi." said Nami, holding the small nin cat out for Kakashi's inspection. The usually dignified ninja let out a strangled scream again when Denka meowed at him. Nami wouldn't lie and say she wasn't amused (unless it was Minato-sensei or samdaime-ojiji asking) when Kakashi made to back-peddle away from the cat, and instead tumbled head first off the counter. Running around to check on her team-mate, she was slightly surprised when the dog-nin wouldn't allow her anywhere near him.

"K-k-keep th-th-that thing a-a-away f-from m-me!" he stuttered uncontrollably, his back pressed against the wall. Nami looked at him as if he had gone insane. Well, I guess even Kakashi has to be afraid of something, she thought as Kakashi shied violently against her in an attempt to get away from the cat.

"Ok, calm down Kakashi. I won't let him hurt you," She smiled, in hopes that it was reassuring. Nami really wanted to laugh right there. "Come on, we can just go give Denka back to Itachi, and then we can go train. How does that sound, eh?"

Kakashi looked at her for a moment, before slowly standing, pulling his mask over his face, and staying glued to the wall the whole time. He looked warily at Denka, then back at Nami, before taking a small step forward and then pausing.

"....you....you're not gonna let him go are you?" he asked timidly, looking at Denka as though he were the gateway to hell in fur.

"No Kakashi," she responded, clearly annoyed. The silver hair Jounin nodded and took a few steps forward, but peddled backward faster then the speed of light when Denka mewled at him, and swished his tail back and forth.

"Oh for Kami's sake, you've got to be joking." Nami glared at Kakashi, sea green eyes blazing, in no mood to play. "Kakashi, if you don't move it now, I swear to Kami, I will fucking sick him on you!" she yelled, free hand on her hip.

Kakashi knocked over three chairs getting to the door. Nami smirked and laughed quietly to herself as she followed. Lucky for the both of them, the Uchiha compound wasn't that far from the Hatake Clan main house. Even luckier, a little boy with an even smaller ponytail was dashing back and forth between houses, looking between bushes, and calling up trees.

"Itachi-chan! Oi! Are you looking for this?" called Nami as she held up Denka, ignoring Kakashi's flinch. Itachi ran up to them, his fleshy cheeks tinted red as he panted. "Denka-chan!" The little boy stood on his tippy-toes to retrieve his cat from his elder half-cousin's hands.

"Itachi-chan, you should keep a closer eye on him, he got lost in Kakashi-san's house." Nami scolded, like she was told to do by Fugaku-sama. Itachi fought to look up at her over the bundle of fluff in his arms.

"I-I'm sorry Nami-chan, but, he-umph" Itachi muttered as he fought to situate the nin cat in his arms so it could not escape. "he-got away, a-and Tou-san, umph, sent me to, ouch! Get him," the boy finished, looking slightly proud of himself that he trapped Tenka in his arms. Nami just smiled down at the little boy and patted his head. "Ok Itachi-chan. If Fugaku-sama asks," she said quietly, "You caught Denka-chan all by yourself," Nami winked at Itachi, who ran off back to the compound, grinning harder than his chibi little face could handle. Nami turned and began to walk towards the training ground. Kakashi followed without saying a word.

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The rest of the day was a blur. Rin had been over-excited that Kakashi was ok, and easily bought his 'I slept late' excuse, which had Nami and Obito rolling their eyes. However, Rin had sprained her ankle, so Minato-sensei had called off the training session, and told Nami, Obito, and Kakashi to head home while he took Rin to the hospital to get checked on. As Nami, Obito, and Kakashi were walking home, the dying rays of the sun cool on their backs, Kakashi had asked Nami a strange request.

"Please, Nami-hime? Don't...Don't tell anyone about...you know..." Obito gave a "What the fuck?" look as Nami shook her head. Obito walked farther forward.

"The cat?" Nami supplied. Kakashi shuddered, but nodded never-the-less. Nami smiled and threw her arm around Kakashi's shoulders, and pressed her forehead to Kakashi's cheek. She never noticed the blush creeping above his mask.

"Ah, fine, but it's fair game if I summon my nin cats to fight your nin dogs you know!" she laughed. Kakashi nodded, smiling slightly. "Just...just don't sick them on me," he joked nervously, pressing his pointer fingers together shyly, and earning him a good laugh from the girl.

"But, no, seriously Kakashi....you were kidding right?"

"Um...'fraid not."

"Oh...really?"

"Yeah."

Nami stared at him in disbelief.

Kakashi stared in embarrassment.

"..."

"..."

"Oh, I am so gonna kick your ass! With nin-cats­! MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!" Nami said as she ran forward to catch up with her brother, who raised an eyebrow at his tanechigai. (half sister)

"NAMI!!!"