"AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHhh!!!!!!" came a child's yell, echoing all over Konoha.
"Narutooooo!!" came an older man's demand.
"Eeeek!"
"Come back here, Naruto!!"
The blond haired child turned the corner and hid behind a wall, taking deep breaths. Iruka-sensei ran right passed the wall he was hiding against, assuming that Naruto went in the other direcion.
"Teehee!" he chuckled, smirking evily. Skipping school was so much fun, especially when your sensei decides to play "hide-and-seek" with you during school hours. "I'm so clever." he bragged, smirking as he slid down the wall with his back and bent through his knees. Leaning his head against the wall behind him, he smiled at the sun and took some more deep inhales.
"You skipping school again, Naruto?"
The child jumped and fell backwards again, against a garbage bag which was set behind the store accross from him. The garbage bag tore open and Naruto winded up amidst the trash it contained. "K-Kakashi!" the little boy's voice noted.
The man who was sitting ontop of the house Naruto previously leaned against, flipped the pages of book, appearing completely uninterested in what the child was doing or what he was covered in.
"You know you have to stay in school." he commented.
"Tsk. It's so much funner outside school though!"
"More fun."
"Whatever."
"I don't care if you enjoy yourself more outside of school, it's the law that kids your age have to go."
"Who cares about the law nowadays?"
"I do."
"Pffft. It's just a dumb rule!"
"A dumb rule you've got to follow."
"Yeah right!" Naruto replied though, smirking as he brushed himself off.
"Naruto!!" came Iruka-sensei's voice again. He was searching for the missing child who had ran away from the academy only 10 minutes ago.
"Sheesh. I'm only gone for like, what, 2 minutes? And they start nagging already and brag about how they need to know this and that stuff and blablabla.." Naruto complained.
"And with good reason." Kakashi replied though, flipping another page in his book.
"What d'you mean?"
But Kakashi suddenly disappeared in a flash and reappeared beside Naruto. He lifted the boy up by the collar of his T-shirt and continued to read his book.
"What the?! Put me down!" the blond child demanded.
"Nahh."
"Oh come on, Kakashi!"
"Nope."
"Would you really throw me back in that prison of education?" the 6-year-old asked, turned toward his guardian and putting up the biggest puppy-dog-eyes he could. The fact that his eyes were naturely pretty watery were a great advantage for the boy.
But not a great enough advantage to fool Kakashi, though.
"Nope."
"Awww crap."
"How old are you again?" Kakashi asked, turning the page with his thumb.
"Six!" Naruto replied, aggrevated about the fact that his guardian didn't know how old he was.
"Hmmm... do they teach six-year-olds that stuff at the academy?"
"No."
"Do kids your age say that stuff?"
"No."
Kakashi turned to face the child with a confused expression on his face.
"You did." the child cleared up for him.
Kakashi flushed a light shade of pink and Naruto chuckled.
"I'm glad you're amused." Kakashi replied though, pointing at the Iruka that was storming up to them. Naruto furrowed his brows confusedly, and turned his head to wherever Kakashi was pointing at. When he saw Iruka running up to them, his eyes nearly popped out of his head. He started pulling at the collar of his shirt, trying to get it out of Kakashi's grasp, but the child's slender arms weren't muscular enough to do so.
"Hmm?" Kakashi went, pretending like he didn't notice that Naruto would gladly be ANY place but here at the moment. Yanking his fingers off of the collar of his shirt, the boy swung his legs back and forth. "Kakashiiiii~" he whined, pouting as he kicked his legs back and forth violently.
"Naruto!" Iruka started his lecture when he arrived out of breath.
"Hello, Iruka-san." Kakashi greeted him with a smile.
"Hi."
"I'm sorry about the whole school-issue-thing.." Kakashi apologised with a nervous laugh.
"Not a problem. Thank you for catching him. He'll be watched more carefully in the future. Shouldn't have opened the window." he said, more to himself than to Kakashi.
Naruto just hung there, folding his arms and pouting angrily.
"Alright, I'm glad the matter wasn't too serious. If you'd excuse me." Kakashi dismissed himself, placing the boy on the ground and poofing away.
Naruto blew the hair out of his face angrily, still crossing his arms.
"Come on, Naruto." Iruka sighed, grabbing the boy by his shoulder and leading him back.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~Later on~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
A little blond boy swung open the front door violently and threw his backpack on the floor. He closed the door with a smack and ploffed down on the couch.
"That bad, huh?" Kakashi asked, not even bothering to look up from his book as he turned the page.
"I got a whole week's detention and extra homework!" Naruto complained.
"Wow.. that Iruka sure is hard."
Naruto just sat there, looking up at the ceiling as he twiddled with his fingers. His big, sapphire eyes were clouded with confusion and frustration. Why did they have to make it so hard? Stupid grown-ups! He was only human! And a kid at that, too! How did they expect him to sit still at a desk all day? Too boring.
He blew the hair out of his face again and stood up.
"Where you going?" Kakashi asked in the most indifferent tone possible.
"School."
"Hmm?" Kakashi asked, this time looking up from his book. "YOU? Why?"
Naruto had his hand on the knob of the door and clicked it to the right. He turned around with a smirk.
"Pay-back-time!" he grimaced, opening the door and walking outside.
"That kid's pure evil..." Kakashi sighed, turning back to his book.
~*~*~*~*~*~ At School ~*~*~*~*~*~
Naruto pulled out a bucket with red paint and a paintbrush. At the back of the school, he was sure he wouln't get caught. And so, he started doodling...
After he finished his masterpiece (a doodle of Iruka-sensei with a huge sigar, the weirdest eyes he could come up with and a mustache from here to tomorrow, stepping in poop) he smacked his hands together, proud of his work. He grinned as he brushed his nose with his finger and closed his eyes contently.
"Pay-back settled." he sighed, smiling.
"Naruto?" he heard from around the corner.
(Iruka-sensei?! What the heck is he doing here?!) Naruto thought, grabbing his stuff, ready to scram. But it was too late, Iruka had already grabbed the back of his T-shirt and Naruto couldn't escape.
"NARUTO..." Iruka fumed once he saw the huge doodle on the back of the school.
"H-hai?" Naruto squeeked.
"Your detention.."
"Has just be lengthened.."
"For a very long period of time."
"WHAT?"
"Shut up and say "yes sir"!"
"Well I can't shut up and say "yes sir" at the same ti-
"JUST-SAY-IT." Iruka demanded, his whole body trembling in fury.
"S-sure, yes sir.."
"Attaboy.."
"Now clean that up!"
"But I-"
Iruka shot him a deathglare and he was immediatly silent.
"Fine.." he sighed.
Iruka pulled the child along with him as he went inside to get some 'equipment' for the job. He walked back outside with a bucket filled with water and a toothbrush.
"Eeehhh?!!" Naruto complained.
Iruka laughed evily as he pointed at the doodle, saying "Clean!"
Naruto was about to start an argument with Iruka until he realised he'd just be lengthening his detention even more and blew the hair out of his face, saying "Fine." He started cleaning up the huge masterpiece, muttering all kinds of insults under his breath.
Iruka sat down, contently, and watched the child during the whole process.
Later on...
*SLAM*
"Had fun with your payback?" Kakashi asked, suppressing a chuckle as he flipped a page in his filthy book.
"Just shut up." Naruto replied though, putting up the angriest look he could.
Kakashi turned around on the couch so he could face him, and laughed as he saw the failed angry look on Naruto face. No matter how hard Naruto tried, his big, innocent, blue eyes wouldn't allow him to look furious, angry or even just really pissed off.
Naruto blew the hair out of his face, pouting. He'd realised this aswell, and wasn't happy about it at all.
"C'mere." Kakashi said though, and the child walked over to him. Kakashi put a hand on his head, saying, "Don't worry, you'll grow out of it. Take advantage of the eyes now, okay?"
Somehow, this was a great comfort to Naruto. One question answered out of the bunch he had left over, stashed in his head. Neatly ordered and placed in seperate files, then neatly seperated in different drawers. Occasionally, a hurricane would blow open all the drawers and the papers with questions would come flying out. But somehow, Kakashi was always there to sort them back and neatly organise them.
And Naruto was very greatful to him for that.
"What's that stuff on your hands?" Kakashi asked, chuckling.
"Paint."
"Did you paint the backside of the school and doodle a somewhat weird Iruka on it?"
"Nooooo..."
"You're a terrible liar." Kakashi said, laughing and standing up to get a cloth and wipe the stuff off of the child's hands.
"You know, you sure are a handful." Kakashi sighed, starting his work.
"Teehee!" came Naruto's selfcertain grin.
So how is it? do you guys like it and want me to continue or just stop here?