"Kakashi-sensei! Hey, Kakashi-sensei!"
Naruto shoves the door ajar, Shikamaru disgruntledly dragged along behind him; his efforts to halt the overexcited jinchūriki from barging into the Hokage office have proved entirely futile.
"My apologies, I tried to stop this idiot."
Kakashi lazily glances up from his position leaning against the edge of Tsunade's desk, unsurprised by the intrusion; the Godaime herself only shakes her head in exasperation before addressing him.
"What is it this time, Naruto? If it's about Ichiraku again-"
Naruto, singular in his purpose, completely ignores her.
"Kakashi-sensei! I've got an idea!"
The jōnin in question shoots a glance at Tsunade. She sighs, rubbing a palm against her face, and then nods.
"Whatever. Kakashi, you handle this. I'm too tired for his nonsense."
As she rises and exits, Naruto finally breaks free of his captor's determined grasp; Shikamaru stumbles ungracefully but manages to recover before hitting the floor.
"Sorry Kakashi-"
Kakashi simply raises a hand to Shikamaru's attempted explanation.
"It's fine, Shikamaru. You can go. I think I can handle this myself."
With an exasperated nod, Shikamaru ambles out.
Kakashi sighs and seats himself at Tsunade's vacated desk before finally turning his attention to his rambunctious former student.
"What's going on, Naruto?"
At this point the jinchūriki is so excited that the words practically spill from his mouth.
"Kakashi-sensei! I want you to bell test us again!"
Though Kakashi's face is almost entirely obscured, his bewilderment is evident.
"What? The bell test?"
"Yeah! Just like when we were genin!"
Naruto's former sensei remains surprised, but hears him out.
"What brought this up?"
Now Naruto is the one caught off guard, and his exuberance wanes as he runs a sheepish hand through his hair.
"Well, uh, I guess, since you're gonna be Hokage and all…and Sasuke's supposed to leave soon…and Sakura's working…and we never actually completed the test the first time, so I just thought…"
He trails off imploringly.
Kakashi leans back against the Hokage chair, glancing at the ceiling as if for some sort of council. Naruto watches him, and bubbles of anxiety begin to form in his stomach.
"Uh, I mean-"
"I'll do it."
Kakashi's gaze has returned to Naruto, and the jinchūriki is surprised by the glimmer of anticipation present there.
"I'll test you, but you'll be responsible for rounding up Sasuke and Sakura, and we'll meet at noon in training ground 9, no later."
His words are cut abruptly short as Naruto practically hurtles the desk to embrace him, enthusiasm rekindled.
"Thanks, Kakashi-sensei!"
"No problem," is the muffled reply.