Summary: Hatake Kakashi is reborn as a girl in the Uchiha clan. Chaos ensues.
Disclaimer: Naruto's not my property.
Toddler Troubles - Chapter 7:
-I meet Rin-
Uchiha Yaseppochi is tired.
She's not even one yet Pochi can't help but feel like an old man already. (In hindsight, the thought is understandable since she was previously a grown man before but that's not the point!) Obito haven't even find the time to visit her for the past two weeks. Aside from that, Pochi's stuck playing with two stupidly energetic toddlers who (like kaa-san!) couldn't freaking take the hint.
After her first playdate with the two, she slept like a log because her pudgy body can't handle the strain she subjected it into. Considering her age, the effort she exerted is nothing short of herculean (and was actually only made possible because of her inborn stubbornness) when Pochi forced herself to speak in mostly coherent sentences, sit with Itachi, and roll over so many times to greet Shisui.
Since it obviously took a toll on her (her mother was thankfully not dense enough to realize that Pochi's tired and gave her a few days to recover), she then resolved, after much thinking (which was sadly not much because baby brain sucks), to interact with the two toddlers as little as possible. Although her new body's well-being is a part of that decision, Pochi's blunt enough to admit to herself that her overall social-awkwardness and impaired emotional quotient as Kakashi primarily pushed her to take this path.
Not that it did her any good.
It was proven immediately that this course of action was futile when the plans she, once again, magically pulled out of her ass were mercilessly rebutted by the two gifted shits. Yep. Shits. Her mind has no filter as of late and baby brain or not, she's bitter at the fact that two kids managed to combat the plans of a once ANBU captain no matter how half-assed they seem to be.
She tried sleeping (they freaking dog-piled on her, the heck), occasionally nodding (who knew Itachi was such a chatterbox when he was a kid? Dang, he was pushy with replies), being antagonistic (Shisui tattled on her, the sneak!), and farting like crazy (they laughed and farted along much to her disappointment) but sadly none worked. The two actually turned her own plans to their own advantage and forced her to interact with them even more. Even with the downtime her tou-san convinced her mother to give Pochi, she still feels drained - though admittedly her body's slowly getting used to the workout.
And speaking of those two,
"Pochi!" Itachi burbled to her happily on the floor. Shisui, immediately hearing the cry, looked at the door and ran at their direction. To avoid being left out, Itachi followed clumsily with a diligent crawl.
Her mother seems to be under the impression that Pochi likes being around her new 'friends' so they always come by every other day to the clan-head's house. How her kaa-san get that idea, Pochi doesn't have a clue. She's not slacking on the pouting and the puppy-eyes jutsu but it's terribly not working.
Targeting a pleading look to her kaa-san and silently saying to pretty please NOT let her down, Pochi whimpered pitifully as her mother misinterpreted her look with a smile and met the toddlers halfway to their journey.
"Hello, Shisui-kun, Itachi-chan." her mother said warmly. "It has only been two days but I see you're excited to play with Pochi again. She's excited to meet you too!." Lies! Where the heck does her mother get the idea? Seriously? "However, you must remember that she's smaller than the two of you so you should be careful, okay?"
Ignoring the serious look the two toddlers adopted and not finding it the least strange that her mother expects the two babies to understand what she's saying, Pochi grudgingly smiled back when she saw how elated the two babies are as she was put down to a blanket near them. Absentmindedly noting how her mother left them to their own devices to seat herself next to Mikoto-san, Pochi greeted them back to be polite.
"Let's explore today, Pochi." Shisui said excitedly.
"Un." Itachi agreed. Crawling closer to Pochi, he proceeded to play with her fluffy silver hair and got comfortable.
"But she can't crawl, Shisui." Itachi's mother interjected lightly. "She's younger than you so she can't do it yet."
Shooting the clan-head's wife a grateful look, Pochi relaxed at the thought of a break but was dismayed at the next words out of Shisui's mouth.
"We'll just teach her, Mikoto-baa. Right, Itachi-chama?" Shisui smiled brightly.
"Hn."
"I dun wanna" Shaking her head, Pochi laid on the blanket and closed her eyes. She's sure their dog-pile trick wouldn't work this time because Mikoto-san and kaa-san are supervising.
"But Pochi-chan this is for you. Don't you want to explore too?" Shisui said determinedly. "Come on, sit up."
"No. No. No. No."
Seeing the pout in Shisui's face, Itachi intervened at the situation and replied, "Pochi. Listen to Shisi, 'kay?"
"No 'Tachi. Sweep is better."
"No. Pochi, come on. We nap all the time. Get up." Tugging at Pochi's onesie, Itachi waited for her to relent but she's stubbornly not giving in this time. Nope. Not a chance in hell.
"Pochiiii" whined Shisui as he sat down on the other side of Pochi, poking her chubby cheeks.
She tried holding out for several minutes but the two brats are testing her patience. Itachi's joining in the poking her chubby cheeks brigade with Shisui and, although it has a lot of baby fat to cushion the pokes, their hands are still rough. Relenting a bit because Pochi doesn't want to commit murder at such a young age, Pochi resignedly decided to negotiate.
"Shiswi, 'Tachi. No explowing but I'll twy to crawl, 'kay?"
"But Pochiiiiii, that's not-" Shisui replied abruptly, unsatisfied.
Interrupting Shisui, Itachi tugged on Shisui's hand and said seriously. "Shisi, Pochi's kaa-san said that Pochi's small so she tired."
Sobering up a bit, Shisui decided to give Pochi some space and nodded. Looking at both of her expectantly, Pochi sweatdropped at their expectant faces and proceeded to sit up. She got a lot of practice with the current playdates so it only took her two tries(!) before she did it properly.
Decidedly smug at overcoming the first challenge, Pochi crouched and tried to move forward. However, it proved to be too arduous for her when she all but fell flat with a loud smack on her face. It hurt a bit (and the sound it emitted was actually kind of impressive) but with smarting pride and great determination, she pushed herself up again and crawled.
Studiously ignoring the fact that her version of a crawl is like of a pitiful worm at best, Pochi, who was smiling so hard that it hurt, felt so warm at the proud whoops and claps from her audience that its ridiculous. Although Pochi knows that its absurd to feel so accomplished for such a little thing (especially since she'd done more awe-inspiring things as Kakashi), she ignored the proper decorum that's expected from a messed-up grown time-traveler and basked in her mother's as well as friends' (because even though they're both brats they crawled their way into her heart, dammit) praise and presence.
'Besides, it wouldn't be a harm if I enjoy something like this from time to time, right? I am a kid now, after all'
After the playdate, feeling drained because the two kids have somehow convinced her to crawl with them around the living room, Pochi wriggled for a more comfortable position in her kaa-san's arms as they went on their way home. She wants to sleep because keeping up with Itachi and Shisui is hard work. Its kind of like dealing with Gai, but more taxing since she doesn't have her Icha-Icha on hand to divert her attention.
'Ah Icha-Icha. How long has time passed without you in my arms?' Pochi thought sleepily as she was lulled into drowsiness by her mother's motions. 'How I missed screwing with people's heads left and right as I -'
"POCHI-CHAN" a loud voice suddenly yelled out, breaking Pochi from her train of thoughts.
"Shh, Obi. You woke the baby."
"Ehehe, Gomen gomen -"
'Ah. Obito's here!' Pochi thought randomly, not hearing what came next out of Obito's mouth since she's still tired even with Obito's boisterous call. Her eyes is struggling to open but she can just imagine Obito scratching the back of his head clumsily. 'I need to smack him for making me wait. Tch. I missed him too. I wonder if I can con him in giving me an Icha-Icha.'
Noticing that they were now nearer to Obito and his companion when their voices became clearer, Pochi tensed as she heard the word 'Rin-chan'. Hoping that fate didn't throw her a curve ball again (she's not ready yet, please), she hesitantly opened her eyes and widened at the sight of Team Minato sans Kakashi.
Drinking in the sight like a starving man, Pochi felt her heart twist when Rin came closer and asked her kaa-san to carry her. Absentmindedly noting the pleasantries her kaa-san and Minato-sensei exchanged as she was passed to Rin, Pochi, trembling, didn't hear the coos from her old teammates and instead lifted up her hand to touch her face.
It excruciatingly hurt to see Rin's face again because he killedkilledkilled her and it's all his fault. Giving in to her emotions, Pochi cried her eyes out, sobbing heart-brokenly as she repeatedly say one word until her voice is hoarse and she passes out much to the surprise of everyone.
"Sorry.Sorry.Sorry, Rin."
A/N: I'm not sure if this chapter is too abrupt or something. Meh. I suck at this. Anyhoo, I think I'll post the first chapters of A War God's Daughter next week since I want it longer than this one and much more fast-paced.
Thanks for the reviews, follows, and favorites though, I really do appreciate that people seem to like where this is going and I'll try my best to serve lmao.
