"How the hell did I get put on this mission…" a teenaged Kakashi asked himself. He had two kids crawling all over him, and a third crying their eyes out. "Shouldn't a set of toddlers be easier to handle than this?" Sure the kids were old enough to start talking, but it didn't stop Kakashi from talking to himself out loud.
"No!" A small blond boy replied.
"No?" Kakashi questioned, "So you're on good behavior tonight?"
Instead of a response this time he received a nod, from the tiny Naruto.
Kakashi sighed as he thought back to get a clear picture of how he was put in charge of a few small children.
The third Hokage stood in front of a team of young chunin and jounin, each of them prepared to receive the special mission that the Hokage had picked out for them specially.
The old hand cleared his throat as he went down the row handing a scroll to each ninja, "This mission is of the utmost importance, and is not to be taken lightly. Each of you will be given three subjects to watch, and you will be presiding over them for six hours. Your pay will be more than one might normally get for this mission, only for the fact that you will be receiving no outside help. I will expect all of you on your best behai-"
"What special mission, this is just babysitting!" Asuma spoke up, having already cracked open the scroll to read the details. He often got tired of his father's ramblings, jumping ahead of the speech and getting to the details.
A few other voices began to protest the 'mission', but The Third quickly continued.
"It's not as prestigious as I would make it sound, but there is an important meeting and party for the town happening this weekend. Children are not welcome to the meeting, and you all are too young to attend the party, I need reliable and capable ninja to watch some of the more troublesome children, especially those discovering their family ninjutsu too early. And of course the children that are just too difficult to leave with an unarmed citizen." There were grumbles of protest, but the overall consensus was to believe the old man, knowing that an unattended ninja child could easily destroy a building or two, especially those that were just discovering any chakra that they held.
Kakashi needed help, he wasn't good with kids, never was, never would be. As his mind called for help, one of the younger chunin's walked through the door. The boy had a brown ponytail and a scar across his nose, Iruka, if Kakashi remembered correctly.
"All of my kids were picked up, so I came to see if you needed some help?" He asked politely.
"I would love some," Kakashi replied relieved as he attempted to move, having been stuck in Shikamaru's shadow for the last fifteen minutes.
#3
Word Count: 498/500 (cutting it close)
Prompt: Mission: Babysitting