Hello again and thanks to all my great readers and special thanks to all
the great reviewers! This is a short chapter, but I still think it is
pretty funny. I am making Kakashi into quite the straight man (comedian
term)-- he just has that special something. Anyway, hope you all enjoy
this super short chapter.
Anito had come up with the perfect plan to get Ebisu back for the blue haired date. He would never expect this trick in a million years. Even if his guard was up. The young ninja reported for his daily slave duty, as he liked to refer to it, and was told to go into the back yard and start plowing a piece of land marked off to plant a garden. He toiled away for a couple of hours under the hot sun, before he heard a small voice asking him a question.
Sai watched the man his cousin wanted him to prank and grinned in glee. He quickly covered it up. "What are you doing?" He asked curiously.
"I am making a garden." Ebisu responded.
"Why?"
"Because Anito wants me to."
"Why?"
"I don't know. Probably so she can have fresh vegetables."
"Why?"
And on the repetitive question went. Sai trailed Ebisu around and asked him "why?" for over half an hour before he was called inside. His twin brother quickly came out and started the process all over. The poor shinobi had never heard children say the word why so many times and he was truly losing his patience. However, after dealing with Konohamaru, he had learned to control what he did and said around little kids. He didn't like it when the little parrots repeated things they shouldn't.
As soon as he finished cutting the dirt into furrows for planting and taking the weeds and rocks out of the area, a different kid came up and started to ask him the question. By the time he was ready to start planting seeds and root pieces he was also ready to pull out his hair.
He shooed the kid away and finished his task as quickly as he could, hoping some other kid did not show up to ask him "why?"
He managed to get his task finished and went in to tell Hito that he had an appointment with one of his students in an hour and needed to go home and get changed. Hito waved him out of the shop and thanked him for his hard work.
Ebisu picked his pupil up at the academy and started outlining his training for the afternoon. Every chance his young charge got he asked the question "why?" After about an hour of this the tutor excused himself and ran to a distant part of the training grounds where he promptly began screaming in frustration. After calming he returned to his student and told him if he asked why one more time he would have to do 10 laps around the village. The jounin shinobi was brought to the point of ranting and screaming by curious children. He sincerely hoped no one else witnessed his supposed mental breakdown.
That morning Anito went out with Sakura to visit the local beauty parlor and try to have her hair restored to its normal blond shade. "The idea just popped into my head this morning when I was fixing Sai and Yuni breakfast. They just asked me why two or three times and it occurred to me that Ebisu could not possibly fight back on this prank. So I had the two boys round up Ebisu's student and a friend and promised them all a treat if they could bug the idiot enough with asking why that he flipped out. After all, people are always taught that children are supposed to ask questions and its nothing that would get them into any trouble at all. Just drive him crazy."
Sakura laughed, clutching her stomach as Anito explained her brilliant plan for revenge. "Man, I wish I were around to hear this. But Kakashi will have us out training this afternoon."
"Yeah, I thought of that too. That's why I gave Sai a pocket recorder to give to the kid Ebisu is tutoring. I may have more blackmail material yet." Anito smiled.
Her hair was very messed up, the beautician ended up having to bleach it to her normal color and then to using extensive conditioning treatments. It must have taken hours to finish. By the time Anito got out she was starving. She walked by a shop that sold sushi and noticed they had little bento boxes in one of the fridges. Looking at her watch she determined that it was just about time for lunch at the academy. Anito purchased two bento boxes and hurried to the school to see if Iruka would like to have lunch with her.
Iruka was sitting at his desk, grading papers when she walked into the room. He looked up and smiled in greeting. "Hi, I wasn't expecting to see you today."
"I was in the neighborhood and it was time for lunch so I thought I would drop in. Are you hungry?" She asked hopefully.
"Hey great. That was really thoughtful of you." Iruka walked around his desk and picked up her hand, leading her down the hall to the teachers lounge. "Actually, I have been very distracted today. My mind keeps wandering away." He confided.
They spent a pleasant time chatting with each other over lunch and then it was time for Iruka to go back to work and for Anito to go back to her shop.
Ebisu was standing shopping in a small grocery when someone tapped him on the shoulder. He turned to see Kakashi also buying food to make dinner. "Hello. Why..." He never got a chance to finish the sentence as Ebisu dropped his groceries and ran out of the building holding his ears. "Darn, I was just going to ask him why he was late to the party yesterday, I need some new excuses." Kakashi mused as he picked up the mess Ebisu left behind.
Anito had come up with the perfect plan to get Ebisu back for the blue haired date. He would never expect this trick in a million years. Even if his guard was up. The young ninja reported for his daily slave duty, as he liked to refer to it, and was told to go into the back yard and start plowing a piece of land marked off to plant a garden. He toiled away for a couple of hours under the hot sun, before he heard a small voice asking him a question.
Sai watched the man his cousin wanted him to prank and grinned in glee. He quickly covered it up. "What are you doing?" He asked curiously.
"I am making a garden." Ebisu responded.
"Why?"
"Because Anito wants me to."
"Why?"
"I don't know. Probably so she can have fresh vegetables."
"Why?"
And on the repetitive question went. Sai trailed Ebisu around and asked him "why?" for over half an hour before he was called inside. His twin brother quickly came out and started the process all over. The poor shinobi had never heard children say the word why so many times and he was truly losing his patience. However, after dealing with Konohamaru, he had learned to control what he did and said around little kids. He didn't like it when the little parrots repeated things they shouldn't.
As soon as he finished cutting the dirt into furrows for planting and taking the weeds and rocks out of the area, a different kid came up and started to ask him the question. By the time he was ready to start planting seeds and root pieces he was also ready to pull out his hair.
He shooed the kid away and finished his task as quickly as he could, hoping some other kid did not show up to ask him "why?"
He managed to get his task finished and went in to tell Hito that he had an appointment with one of his students in an hour and needed to go home and get changed. Hito waved him out of the shop and thanked him for his hard work.
Ebisu picked his pupil up at the academy and started outlining his training for the afternoon. Every chance his young charge got he asked the question "why?" After about an hour of this the tutor excused himself and ran to a distant part of the training grounds where he promptly began screaming in frustration. After calming he returned to his student and told him if he asked why one more time he would have to do 10 laps around the village. The jounin shinobi was brought to the point of ranting and screaming by curious children. He sincerely hoped no one else witnessed his supposed mental breakdown.
That morning Anito went out with Sakura to visit the local beauty parlor and try to have her hair restored to its normal blond shade. "The idea just popped into my head this morning when I was fixing Sai and Yuni breakfast. They just asked me why two or three times and it occurred to me that Ebisu could not possibly fight back on this prank. So I had the two boys round up Ebisu's student and a friend and promised them all a treat if they could bug the idiot enough with asking why that he flipped out. After all, people are always taught that children are supposed to ask questions and its nothing that would get them into any trouble at all. Just drive him crazy."
Sakura laughed, clutching her stomach as Anito explained her brilliant plan for revenge. "Man, I wish I were around to hear this. But Kakashi will have us out training this afternoon."
"Yeah, I thought of that too. That's why I gave Sai a pocket recorder to give to the kid Ebisu is tutoring. I may have more blackmail material yet." Anito smiled.
Her hair was very messed up, the beautician ended up having to bleach it to her normal color and then to using extensive conditioning treatments. It must have taken hours to finish. By the time Anito got out she was starving. She walked by a shop that sold sushi and noticed they had little bento boxes in one of the fridges. Looking at her watch she determined that it was just about time for lunch at the academy. Anito purchased two bento boxes and hurried to the school to see if Iruka would like to have lunch with her.
Iruka was sitting at his desk, grading papers when she walked into the room. He looked up and smiled in greeting. "Hi, I wasn't expecting to see you today."
"I was in the neighborhood and it was time for lunch so I thought I would drop in. Are you hungry?" She asked hopefully.
"Hey great. That was really thoughtful of you." Iruka walked around his desk and picked up her hand, leading her down the hall to the teachers lounge. "Actually, I have been very distracted today. My mind keeps wandering away." He confided.
They spent a pleasant time chatting with each other over lunch and then it was time for Iruka to go back to work and for Anito to go back to her shop.
Ebisu was standing shopping in a small grocery when someone tapped him on the shoulder. He turned to see Kakashi also buying food to make dinner. "Hello. Why..." He never got a chance to finish the sentence as Ebisu dropped his groceries and ran out of the building holding his ears. "Darn, I was just going to ask him why he was late to the party yesterday, I need some new excuses." Kakashi mused as he picked up the mess Ebisu left behind.