Just Complicated
The snow had started to fall about two days ago which made it a perfect white Christmas. The snow wasn't deep, just covering the ground and tops of houses. For many of the younger children in the village it was the first time they had seen snow in the usually warm town.
"Ruka! The cold sugar is still on the ground! Can we play in it when Kashi gets here?" Mew asked from her set looking out of the kitchen window.
Soft chuckles filled the room as Iruka flipped a pancake. "You'll have to ask him when he gets here. And it's not sugar, it's snow." The kitten had been insisting that the white powder on the other side of the window was sugar since she had first seen it two nights ago.
"When is he going to be here?"
A smile and small blush covered Iruka's face as he answered. "He should be here soon Mew."
"How soon?"
Sighing Iruka put the last pancake on a plate and set it on the table. "Very soon." As if on que a knock rung through the apartment. "See that's him."
"Hooray!" Mew yelled as she jumped out of the window and ran towards the door. "Ruka quick! The cold sugar is on Kashi!"
Iruka's small laugh followed him as he walked to the door after his energetic cat to answer the door. "Hello Kakashi." He said with a small blush covering his cheeks.
Kakashi smiled at the blush as he leaned forward, pulled his scarf down slightly and placed a small kiss on Iruka's cheek. "Hello to you too."
"Me too! Me too!" Mew yelled as she pawed at Kakashi's leg to but lifted into his arms. Kakashi laughed as he picked her up and placed a kiss on the top of her head.
"So then, what are we having for our Christmas breakfast?"
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Kakashi nibbled on a liquorish as he and Iruka walked down the snow covered streets, as Mew ran in front of them chasing snow as it fell. Iruka had gotten him a small stash of his favorite red liquorish to go with his book, which he planned to place in his extra book cover of Ichi-Ichi Paradise.
The look on Iruka's face when he opened his custom Dark Seeker was nearly priceless. He had complained for nearly twenty minutes that it was too expensive and he couldn't take it. Only by say that he would throw it out if Iruka gave it back did he finally decide to keep it.
But after breakfast, presents and some snuggling on the couch Iruka finally convinced Kakashi to venture out of the house from a walk in the snow. While he wasn't too fond of the chill he was getting, it was nice to be out with his Iruka since they had not been together for awhile because of his missions.
"Sensei! Sensei!" Came several yells from across the road. Of course Iruka's little brat..eh…Students had to be out and enjoying the snow while he was spending time with his Iruka.
"Will you play with us Iruka-Sensei? Please? We're having a snow battle!" one of the children asked from the group now surrounding them.
Iruka made a small sound of unease at the question. This was suppose to be his and Kakashi's time. He wasn't sure the other would want to share it with his students. But he had always made a point to play with his students when he could. "Um…Well I'm kinds busy right now. Maybe later."
"Nonsense Iruka. We have plenty of time to play with the kids." Kakashi said with a smile. It was easy to tell that Iruka wanted to play with the children.
It didn't take long for two forts to be made across from each other in the snow covered park. Even the ammo for the armies had been made, all that was left was picking side. "Okay, Iruka-Sensei you, Mew and your friend get to be on a team. Then all of us will be on a team, sense you're so big and all."
'That's not really fair….Mew won't be much help where she's little. That makes it two to nine. Not good odds at all. Even if they are only eight.' Kakashi thought as he and Iruka walked over to the fort where Mew was hiding.
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He was pinned down. They were on every side letting their weapons rain down on him. He could see his safe point from his current location and the item was in his hands. There was only one thing to do. Quickly nipping his figure Kakashi preformed several hand signs. Smoke appeared around him, as well as his nin-kin.
"Wha'cha need Boss?" Bull quietly grumbled. The big bulldog couldn't really hide well in Kakashi's little hiding spot. The assault that had been on Kakashi for several minutes stopped at the sight of the huge dog.
"Stop the enemy from attacking me. A distraction would be nice. But don't harm any of them, got it?" Kakashi asked as he looked over his eight dogs.(1)
"Got it!" The group of nin-kin said as they all leaped into action. Bull, Shiba, and Urushi began to chase the small enemies, causing them to run and scream, while the others began to throw snow at the enemy as best they could.
As his dogs distracted his enemies, Kakashi dashed towards him safe heaven across the field, his item safely held in his hand. He could see a spot of brown peeking over the edge of his refuge with gray and pink appearing and disappearing near it. With a sigh Kakashi speed up across the field, throwing snowballs at the children as he went with his free hand. As he came closer to his fort he took a leap and landed on the other side, making both Iruka and Mew jump at his sudden entrance, and losing part of his item.
"Where were you? You've been gone for over five minutes." Iruka asked as he looked back over the edge of the fort. "My god Kakashi! Why are your dogs chasing my student?"
"What? They aren't chasing them. They're just evening the odds." Kakashi defended as he pulled his bag of candy from his pocket. "I dropped my liquorish on my way back. Little brats held me down after that. Here you go." He handed Iruka a cup of hot chocolate that he had went out of his way for then battled his way back to the fort to give him.
"You…You left in the middle of a snowball fight to get me hot chocolate."
"I noticed you had a shiver." Kakashi said with a smile.
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(1) After looking I finally found the name to Kakashi's dogs. I couldn't find them before I brought the other two in so I had to make names for them. I have them now and plan to use them. I'm not going to change the other two's names back though just because that could be confusing. And I'm not changing Uhei/Jing's gender back either. But here is some info on Kakashi's dogs in this story.
Pakkun (the pug) Pack leader and can talk.
Shiba (the one with the black crest on his head) Urushi's brother laughs, can't talk.
Biscuit (little one with droopy eyes) Youngest and can talk
Akino (one with glasses) I renamed Arcan and can talk.
Guruko (little one with the forehead protector on his forehead) Second youngest, can not talk.
Uhei (one with bandages) I renamed Jing and made a girl, can not talk.
Urushi (the white one) Shiba's brother laughs and can say small things.
Bull (the big bulldog) Largest and strongest, can talk.