7th Day of Christmas
Theme: Creative New Weapons Of Holiday Cheer
Kakashi leaned against the wall and focused on looking dark and dangerous - he'd found that worked well to keep the younger children away.
In an effort to give the shinobi ranks a single night where they could forget about the war, the Hokage had decided to throw a Christmas party. The shear amount of logistics needed to put in on would have overwhelmed a lesser village, but the Hokage had a free source of labor to work with - every genin team was assigned a job.
Kakashi had protested vehemently and ineffectively to Minato when his team was assigned to entertainment for the kid's area. The kids? Regardless of his teammates abilities, he was a chuunin. He could be more useful on the front lines.
Plus, he didn't like children. He'd even used that as an argument, but Minato had ruffled his hair and very patiently informed him that he was a child.
Shrieks and bursts of laughter echoed down the hallway combined with the unmistakable sound of running feet. Kakashi stepped out away from the wall, gritting his teeth at what hooligans these children were. He opened his mouth to deliver a strict scolding about the proper composure of a shinobi-in-training.
A scrap of paper - he caught enough of the inscription to be certain that it was a summoning tag - struck him right between the eyebrows. Before he could even get a hand on it, it exploded into a cloud of tinsel and a disturbing number of stars.
He flew through a series of simple seals to blow the obscenely sparkly cloud away, revealing a ponytailed youth staring innocently up at him.
Kakashi was glad to see that his reputation had preceded him, if the two other kids diving behind their cohort were any indication.
The one with the ponytail threw his arms up in the air, mouth stretching into a wide smile that showed off a missing tooth and crinkled both his nose and the long scar that cut across it. He shouted, "Merry Christmas!" before sprinting off down the hall and liberally coating everyone in decorations.
It took Kakashi several long minutes to pick his jaw up off the floor.
