"Pakkun, you around here?" Kakashi said walking into the kitchen. Shinrai followed behind her.
Shinrai stopped and smelled the air, "what's that smell?"
"Dog food, the cupboards are full of it." Kakashi said and opened a side door. "Hey, Pakkun, come and meet someone."
"Alright Kakashi…" said the small dog walking in to the wall. He looked up at her and moved the headband back a little bit. "Charity case, Kakashi?"
"Her village was burned." Kakashi said and opened the door farther and had more dogs come out. "Everyone, this is Shinrai, she'll be staying with us for a while."
The white one took a step foreword, "So, since she's…"
"Guest rules still apply." Kakashi said and the white dog made an upset noise. "This small one here, his name is Pakkun, he's in charge when I'm not here."
"Hi." Pakkun said in his low voice. "It'll do you best to ignore most of the other dogs, especially the white one." Pakkun said pointing out a paw. He began to growl at Pakkun. "Oh shut up."
"The rest of you are dismissed." All the dogs except Pakkun disappeared. Kakashi turned back to Shinrai, "I assume you're hungry. I think I have some ramen around here somewhere." Kakashi began to open up cupboard after cupboard reveling large bags of dog food with cans as well. Finally he moved one of the bags and found a small cup of ramen. He tossed it gently at her.
"Thank you." She said quietly. She fiddled with it for a second. "How do you eat it?"
"I take it you don't eat ramen." Kakashi said taking it from her and opening the top.
"I do, but all I eat is home made, home grown food." She said. He pulled out a tea kettle and moved it over to the sink filling it with water. "You let the water boil and then pour the water into the ramen, letting it set for a couple minutes."
"Seems simple enough…" She said taking the tea kettle from him and placing it on the stove. She turned on the stove and Kakashi poofed away. Shinrai turned to Pakkun. "So, how do you… talk?"
"I don't know." Pakkun jumped down onto the counter next to the stove. "We just do. It's like asking you how you talk. So, how do you talk?"
"Um… I move the muscle in my face and throat." She said.
"Same here." Pakkun said. "Well, let's see… Kakashi's rules. Number one, no loud noises. Number two, no cats. Number three, absolutely no one is allowed on the third floor."
"Why isn't any one allowed on the third floor?"
"That was the floor his father and mother lived on before they died. It's rumored he hasn't changed anything up there since they died, especially since Kakashi and his father were always at ends. He died while they were arguing. He keeps it as a private memorial." Pakkun said and walked over to the large bag of dog food on the floor and cut the top open. "Number four, don't over feed the dogs."
Pakkun shoved his face in the bag and large crunching sounds were heard. Shinrai walked over and tapped Pakkun on the back. "Does that count for you as well?"
He raised his head and looked at her. "No." He continued to eat the bag until he fell in and the noises stopped. Pakkun jumped back out and sat on the floor, satisfied with himself. "I haven't eaten like that in years. Hey, the kettle's going off."
"Oh, it is." She said and turned off the stove and placed it on another burner. She grabbed the cup of ramen and held back the flap and carefully poured the boiling water into the cup. She closed the flapped and turned back to Pakkun. "So, you're a ninja dog."
"As previously stated."
"Can you do anything… ninja-ish?" She asked Pakkun shook his head.
"Walking on walls and talking aren't enough for you?" Pakkun stood up, "well, I'm off. I'll see you tomorrow morning." He disappeared in a small bought of smoke.
"Um… huh?" She said somewhat confused. She turned back and focused on waiting for the ramen.
"She's weird." Pakkun said appearing next to Kakashi. He was sitting in an old chair on the second floor in his room looking out over the front lawn. Kakashi turned to him. "Kakashi, so, are you taking up your fathers old hobbies."
"Tsunade asked me to." Kakashi said and grabbed the manuscript off the shelf. "Well, I have five pages to go, so you don't mind if I start reading while you talk?"
"Go ahead." Pakkun said. He ran over to the bed and jumped up on it. "I think if we keep that girl here, she's going to be trouble."
"That's why you're dealing with her." Kakashi said flipping the large amount of paper open. "She's completely your responsibility to feed and care for, like a pet."
"You're real nice, you know that."
"I do. Tomorrow, take her out shopping, Tsunade gave her money. If you want, go bother one of the kunochis to take her out, they'll show her around." Kakashi said flipping a page. They sat there in quiet for a second until Pakkun got down. "Leaving?"
"I'm afraid she might burn down the house." He said disappearing.
"It might be good for me if the house burns down." Kakashi said not realizing the dog was gone. Kakashi continued reading quietly, letting the sun slowly set as he finished the last line. He closed the manuscript and placed it on the shelf with the entire collection of Jiraiya's books.
He turned around to see that Pakkun was gone. "Alone, huh?" He turned back to the window and opened it up, and jumped down onto the gravel path and began to walk towards the always open front gate.