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Note: This chapter has been edited. See previous notes if you have no clue about what I'm talking about. If this is your first time reading this story, ignore this.
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Naruto had been sitting by the bridge that his team would regularly meet at sometime in the future while enjoying the peace that having a day to himself brought. He had been thinking about going to bug Sasuke or something, but being in the past put Naruto in a oddly melancholy mood that was out of character for him. He sighed and peered into the water below him. The past brought up all these weird thoughts in his mind that he normally didn't dwell on, like with his parents.
Naruto looked up at a sudden noise and looked at the end of the bridge to see Obito and Rin arguing while they were walking quickly towards him. Naruto's brow furrowed as he watched them walk up to him.
Rin looked at Obito pointedly and Obito huffed as he marched straight up to Naruto. When he was directly in front of him he began to fidget and look at the river that was below them.
"Umm...Naruto-san?" said Obito hesitantly. Naruto raised an eyebrow at his behavior, but looked up to face him anyway.
"Yeah?" encouraged Naruto.
"Well, I was wondering...I mean Rin and I were wondering...if maybe you would...um...help us with something?", said Obito while still not looking at him.
"Sure, what do you guys need help with?" Naruto asked curiously.
Obito looked back at Rin and shuffled his feet a bit. Rin waved her hand to urge him on.
"Well...we were wondering if...well, we thought you might want to...um...that is-" Obito fumbled before Rin cut him off.
"What Obito is trying to say," said Rin as she walked up next to Obito."is that we wanted to know if you would help us catch Kakashi-kun without his mask on."
The two of them looked at him expectantly.
Both of Naruto's eyebrows flew up as his mind registered what they were asking of him. Flashbacks to Team 7's last attempt to look under Kakashi's mask raced through his mind. Had Kakashi been wearing this mask forever or something? Naruto facial expressions changed so quickly that the two genin took a small step back in fear.
Naruto gave a feral grin as he came to a very important realization. Wouldn't unmasking a mini-Kakashi be 10 times easier than unmasking a fully grown one? As he began to chuckle evilly Obito and Rin began to cower slightly. He turned his grinned to the two of them.
"No problem. Me, Sakura, and the bastard have been trying to unmask Ka-Sakubo-sensei for a while now. So, I guess we can help you out with the chibi-sensei. I'll go get them and we'll meet back here at noon okay?" said Naruto with the grin still on his face.
Obito and Rin returned his grin when they realized that he was going to help them.
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"Come on, Sakura-chan! We've been trying forever and with the mini-Kakashi we might have a chance!" Naruto whined to his female team mate.
Sakura sighed as she leaned against the fence behind her and crossed he arms.
"I don't know Naruto. I mean it was just plain embarassing the last time we tried and I don't think it'll be the same as looking at the older Kakashi's face," said Sakura as she closed her eyes and sighed.
"You can't tell me that you're not still interested!" Naruto pressed. "We even have extra help!"
Naruto even pouted a little for extra effect. Sakura peaked one of her eyes open and immediately regretted it once she saw 'the pout'. She hung her head and let out a sigh of exasperation.
"Alright, alright. I'll play along. I guess you want to try to get Sasuke into your lame-brained scheme again? It won't be easy you know," said Sakura. Naruto gave her his famous fox-grin.
"Don't worry about the bastard. I can get him to join in," Naruto said as he began to chuckle evilly for the second time that day (and certainly not for the last time).
Sakura eyed him warily and shook her head. Once Naruto got motivated about one of his stupid schemes it was hard to dissuade him to do otherwise.
"Well, good luck. I guess I'll see you at the bridge in an hour," said Sakura as Naruto sprinted in the direction of his next stop. The Uchiha Compound.
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"Sasuke!" screamed Naruto outside of the house Sasuke was currently staying in. He waited outside for a few moments and was startled slightly when he felt the blood lust pouring off of his best friend as he appeared in the doorway.
"You Idiot!" Sasuke seethed while the sharingan in his eyes spun madly.
"What the fuck did I tell you about doing that? Can't you knock?" he asked while stomping his way towards Naruto.
"Sorry about that," Naruto said meekly while rubbing the back of his head. Sasuke sighed and rubbed his temple to ward off the upcoming headache.
"What do you want?" asked Sasuke tersely. At this Naruto grinned as he was reminded of his purpose.
"Hey, Sasuke..." said Naruto slyly while giving Sasuke his famous fox grin.
Sasuke stopped rubbing his head and looked up at his teammate.
"What...?", he asked cautiously.
"Remember that time when we tryed to see what Sensei's face looked like?" asked Naruto slowly as if he was just bringing back fond memories from their childhood. Sasuke narrowed his eyes at his friend.
"Yeah, it was kinda hard to forget seeing as how many times we embarassed ourselves. Why? What about it?" asked Sasuke while keeping his narrowed eyes fixed on Naruto as he crossed his arms.
"Well...," began Naruto. "I was sitting on the bridge earlier when chibi-Kakashi's teammates approached me with an interesting offer."
Sasuke raised an eyebrow.
"And...?" Sasuke asked impatiently.
"Well, they had asked me whether or not I would help them take off Kakashi-chibi's mask and I said that we would help!" said Naruto with a smile.
"No," stated Sasuke simply as he turned to go back inside the house.
"What! Why not? I already got Sakura-chan to agree!" whined Naruto.
Sasuke rolled his eyes.
"Naruto, is your attention span really that short or are you just stupid? Didn't you hear me earlier? The last time we tryed that it was just embarassing. Why would I want to do it again?"
"Well, maybe because this time we're dealing with a less experienced and younger Kakashi and we have reinforcments!" said Naruto cheerfully.
Sasuke sighed.
"But still. Kakashi was a prodigy or rather is a prodigy and he's twice as anti-social and paranoid now than he was the last time we tryed it," Sasuke said as he continued on his way back to the house. Naruto narrowed his eyes at the retreating. Time to pull out the big guns.
"But...you can't tell me you're not still curious," said Naruto with a sly grin.
"Don't you remember...? Fish...lips...?" Naruto said slowly, satisfaction rising as Sasuke stopped short.
"Or maybe...buck-teeth?" Naruto continued as he had to hold in his laughter when the tell-tale shiver went up and down Sasuke's spine.
"Nah... I guess you're right. It's stupid and you're definitely not interested," said Naruto as he turned on his heel and began to walk away.
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"Wait!" called Sasuke as he hurried to catch up to his friend. "You'd better have a good plan this time, loser."
Naruto simply smiled. 'Don't worry Sasuke. We'll get him this time'
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"All right Team! This is a delicate operation! One that is to be handles with skill and finesse!" Naruto stated as he stood in front of his recruits.
Rin and Obito were standing military style while saluting him. However, Sasuke and Sakura looked like they wanted to kill themselves for just being in the same area as their lame-brained teammate. Naruto ignored his teammates as he continued to lecture his troops.
"Our goal must always be kept in mind! We cannot give up no matter what! Do I make myself clear?" commanded Naruto.
"Sir, yes, sir," Obito and Rin shouted back. Naruto nodded approvingly. Sasuke and Sakura just rolled their eyes.
"Naruto? Can you just get on with it?" said Sakura impatiently with her arms crossed and her foot tapping. Naruto laughed nervously and rubbed the back of his head.
"Uh...yeah...ahem...at ease troops," said Naruto normally. Obito and Rin relaxed their stances, but continued to look at him eagerly.
"Alright, here's the plan," began Naruto seriously.
"What we have to do first is lure Kakashi out of his house. To do that we'll send Obito and Rin to go and tell him that he's won a free meal at his favorite restaurant. I'll go to the restaurant in advance so I can pay them off and have them play along. Sakura and Sasuke will shadow the chibi to the restaurant and will be the one's to get the picture of him once he's there. Make sure that the two of you are positioned in different places so that if anything happens near one of you the other will still be able to get the picture. Any questions?" Naruto finished.
Rin and Obito shook their heads with big grins on their faces. They had so picked the right guy!
Meanwhile Sasuke and Sakura just stared at their teammate in shock. Had Naruto of all people just come up with a well-thought out and seemingly effective plan?
"Okay!" said Naruto with a grin on his face. "Let's head out!"
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Obito shifted on his feet nervously. Kakashi was looking at both him and Rin with his (annoying) half-lidded gaze and for a second he wondered whether or not they had screwed up their boss' awesome plan.
'No!' thought Obito. I can't let him down!'
The bastard was going to go along with it whether he wanted to or not! If he didn't agree first he would make a grab for-
"Okay," the bastard said and Obito blinked at him, his train of though interrupted.
"Great!" said Rin cheerfully. "Come on!"
Rin grabbed his hand and Kakashi's and they started towards the restaurant. Obito stopped worrying and grinned.
Phase One was complete
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Sasuke crept through the trees keeping track of their target. He caught Sakura's eye, who was stationed a little farther ahead.
'So far so good,' thought Sasuke.
The target almost hadn't accepted the bait, but it seemed the he was just as cheap now as he was in the future. Altough they would still have to be very cautious.
"Oi! Sasuke!" Naruto's voice came in through the head set.
"What is it, moron?" Sasuke asked.
"Bastard," Naruto mumbled softly. "What's your position?"
"The target has just left his house and we're nearing your location. What's your status?"
"Heh. The owner's have been successfully bribed and want copies of the pictures when we're done. Do you and Sakura have your cameras prepared?" asked Naruto.
"Affirmative," said Sasuke.
"Good. I want you and Sakura to pull ahead of the others and get to the restaurant before them. Do this once you get to the more populated part of town. Did you get that Sakura?"
"Loud and clear," came Sakura's voice.
"Alright. I'll see you soon," said Naruto and he disconnected.
Sasuke shook his head. No matter what he said Naruto wasn't really an idiot anymore.
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Naruto took a deep breath as he peeked out from behind the flap that concealed the kitchen from the dining area of the restaurant. He had been lucky that the owners had been willing to cooperate. They had even let him disguise himself slightly by giving him a kitchen apron. Well...it might not been a great disguise, but it stood out less than the neon orange that he normally wore.
Naruto sighed in relief when Sakura and Sasuke, who were wearing illusions, had arrived. They sat in seats on oppisite sides of the restaurant, but would still have a clean shot of their target's face from what had been reported to be Kakashi's favourite place to sit.
Just as they had gotten settled naruto spotted his other two accomplices with the target. Naruto gave another foxy grin as he ducked behind the flaps that hid the kitchen.
Phase Two was complete.
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***Warning: Copious amounts of unedited chapters in the story past this point. Unless I say that it's been edited in the beginning. You have been warned.