3rd Day of Christmas
Theme: A Shinobi Family's Get Together - Recipe for Chaos
His apartment looked like a miniature, albeit very limited war zone. Compared to the previous day's incident, as long as his apartment wasn't smoking, he would be happy, but this was disturbing to say the least.
Several ballistic trails of potting soil covered the floor.
Even though Iruka didn't usually have plants, Kakashi had insisted that Mr. Ukki be transferred to Iruka's apartment during the holiday season. Christmas was, after all, a time to be spent with family, and besides the dogs, Mr. Ukki was as close to a child as they were going to get.
Iruka had laughed, rolled his eyes and given Mr. Ukki a place of honor in the center of the festivities. He'd even wrapped the pot and hung some tinsel from Mr. Ukki's leaves. Now, however, he was regretting allowing the plant into his home.
The books that had been on the table beside Mr. Ukki were scattered on the floor with a couple of pine cones.
A gingerbread kunai was imbedded in his wall, scarce inches from the top-most leaf on Mr. Ukki's stalk. Iruka recognized one of the ornaments that used to adorn their chakra-derived tree, "What happened?"
"Feud," Kakashi answered, as if it was the most natural thing in the world.
"Between Mr. Ukki and the tree?" He stepped carefully over the shards of a truly heinous glass ornament that Anko had bought for him as a joke, and he'd been trying to accidentally break for years. He'd have to thank the tree for that later. "Why?"
"Trees are snotty jerks. Everyone knows that."