"You know what would be weird?...If that Uzumaki kid actually stopped wearing orange."

Umino Iruka looked up from his meal, brows furrowed in confusion at his companion's sudden and frankly, random statement. It was most definitely out of the blue, considering the fact that they weren't engaged in much of a conversation in the first place.

Shiranui Genma stared blankly into space as he shifted the senbon in his mouth from side to side with a flick of his tongue.

The boredom was a plague, he decided with a growl, brown eyes shifting down to gaze morosely at his (stupid) broken arm as it hung limply in a (stupid) cast. It was the sole reason as to why he had been taken off active duty.

Which brings us here today, where two young shinobi sat, enjoying a meal in a humble establishment in the heart of Konoha.

"And you know what else I think would be odd?" The jounin started before pausing, casting a glance at his fellow shinobi to see if he was listening. Seeing as he was, the man continued,

"If Kakashi started talking in archaic Japanese. [1]"

Iruka abruptly choked on his food, sputtering as his overly active imagination conjured the scene:

"My favoured choice of reading material would be Icha-Icha Paradise-de gozaru." said a very much serious and blank-faced silver haired jounin as he placed the book in front of him while sitting in seiza [2].

Casting a glance at his very much bored companion, he frowned.

"Seriously Genma. I really hope they put you back on active duty soon." Iruka muttered as the brown haired jounin slammed his forehead on the counter with a groan.

For the sake of us all.

/Fail.

I made a lot of references here... Ehe. This is another one of my "Revisit to vol.01 of the Naruto manga expedition" ideas......ahaha...In fact, installment three~!

Fun facts:

[1] Apparently, Masashi Kishimoto had originally intended for Kakashi to be a super serious, cool, affected elite ninja who ended his sentences with the super polite "de gozaru" verb form. (Which is archaic Japanese and is very, very not-Kakashi, just google for more info! Or if you are familiar with it, think Kenshin from Samurai X.) I personally, would very much like to see it. :D But of course, Kakashi ver.2 is a great character as he is.

[2] Seiza: The extremely proper way of sitting, Japanese style. It is very formal. Again, google for more info.

Disclaimer: Don't own google or Naruto. If I did, I wouldn't be sitting here typing this.