Hey, everyone! I was lost on the road of life today… okay, so the reason I hadn't updated in a while is because of some life issues. But I won't stop posting these when I can, because these mini stories, as silly and OOC as they are, stop the stress from chewing me up and spitting me out. I want to thank my readers for getting this far, and the faithful that review my stuff: Mojo817, tiddarifka, UnboundWings, HyPerPunnKGRL, and LindyStar!
The Answer to Life
One day, Kakashi was lying around on his couch, listening to the sound of birds chirping and of Gai eating his food in the kitchen. Didn't he have something better to do? Couldn't he stay home and play with his parents, his family, and leave Kakashi alone? Why, WHY did he always find that package of Oreos right away? All of this was very troubling for Kakashi to think about. Now that he was thinking of it, there were several things he'd like to have an answer for…
"Hey Gai, I gotta ask you something."
Gai immediately hid behind the counter. "HOW DID YOU KNOW I WAS HERE?" He demanded.
Kakashi blinked. He thought of all the typical eating sounds he was just hearing. He thought of when Gai had shown up earlier, knocked on the door, and had been let in. He thought of the day before that, when he had asked Kakashi at school if he could come over that day. He thought of the week before that, when they went on a weekend trip with Iruka to Vegas. He thought of how his last thought had nothing to do with his current situation. "Lucky guess?" He suggested.
Gai inspected Kakashi suspiciously, decided that he wasn't a mind reader, and that it really was a lucky guess. "Okay then… SO! What was it that you need to ask me?" He smiled.
"Have you ever wondered what the meaning of life is?"
"…"
"Well?"
"Er…" Actually, Gai hadn't really thought of it.
Kakashi seemed to understand this. "I guess not." He sighed.
"YOU AND THOSE LUCKY GUESSES!" Gai pointed an accusing finger at Kakashi. "Something isn't right about them!"
"Nevermind, Gai. How about we just ask Iruka if he knows?"
"Alright, then." Agreed Gai. That Iruka, he was crazy in the head, but sometimes the crazy parts made sense. Sometimes.
Iruka was staring to get the hang of not having parents. He had soon realized that he could stay up late watching T.V., eat all the sugar he wanted, and set fire to the cat whenever he darn well pleased.
So Iruka was eating some popcorn he had made himself (over the cat) and watching CSI. There was a knock on the door, so he went to answer it. He regretted making this decision when Kakashi stepped in.
"It's you, Kakashi." Said Iruka.
"Me? Just me? I coulda sworn Gai was behind me not two seconds ago… man, that kid's fast." Kakashi continued to stand around, stunned, until Iruka coughed. "Oh right. I wanted to ask you something."
"Kakashi, I already told you, babies come from-"
"NO! No! It was something else."
"Okay… as long as it's not something stupid, like 'Is the Easter Bunny real?'."
"That… that…. That's real mean, Iruka." Kakashi's eyes started to well up. "I can't believe you'd say something like that!"
"This is supposed to be a serious chapter! Don't screw it up!"
"What are you talking about?" Asked Kakashi, still upset.
"It's just, well, I can break the- you know what, forget I said that and ask the question."
"Iruka, what is the answer to life?"
"The answer to life?"
"Yes."
"Wow." Iruka scratched his head. "That's an awfully intelligent question. It ought to have a very intelligent answer!"
"Really? So what is it, then?"
Iruka smiled. "The answer to life, the universe, and everything... Is pancakes."
There was complete silence. (HAH! YOU THOUGHT HE'D SAY 42! ADMIT IT!)
"Iruka, you disgust me." Said Kakashi. He turned around and left. Iruka only shrugged.
"Got rid of him." He decided. Now, what to do? He went into his kitchen to get some cookies to go with his popcorn feast. But when he went into his kitchen, something horrible had happened.
"I JUST BOUGHT THESE OREOS TODAY! HOW CAN THEY BE GONE?"
Then Iruka exploded in Oreo-less agony. Only I made that part up.
Next time, Gai loses his two front teeth. Now, just imagine how traumatizing that could be for him. How can he be his regular charming self with a gap in the middle of his smile? What will they do? What CAN they do? I doubt they do anything productive, don't you? Find out next time!
