Kakashi's Singleness By: Violettachan
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto and its related characters.
Okay, so I lied. I'm much too intrigued by Kakashi to give up on this story. Plus with what I'm planning, I can get around my writer's block with regards to Kakashi's mysterious taisetsu na hito.
Soooooooo, I'm going to try writing about what Kakashi thinks about the other characters in Naruto. And maybe it'll help develop a love story in the meantime.
Well, here it is...
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Kakashi Sensei:
His day was FINALLY over. He knew they were good kids, but unfortunately NOT the best students. As a teacher, maybe he was supposed to know how to connect those two points, but his training to become a jounin really had little to do with teaching skills.
It still surprised him that young children were actually entrusted to people like him whose number one ability was in assassinations. Sure, they were expected to become a ruthless shinobi like him, but they still had a lot of maturing to get out of the way before they could really be considered ichininmae. Ruthlessness was only useful in a shinobi if it was built on a foundation of solid commitment to the village; and frankly, his students weren't exactly well-known for their devotion. Sasuke's recent actions were beyond comment, Naruto was on the verge of snapping at times from the continued hatred of the villagers, and Sakura was a bit self- centered to put the village above herself at most times.
Those kids had only just started to get a grip on what their reality was going to be... irrevocably understanding what it REALLY meant to be a shinobi. Would they make it? It was a question that he had been pretty confident of before the genin exam, but with recent events Kakashi wasn't so sure anymore. And he felt guilty. Wasn't a teacher supposed to have faith in their team no matter what?
However, such doubts didn't mean that he wasn't supportive of Team 7. So what if he had a dysfunctional team? He'd never seen a "normal" team yet; if anyone could prove that Konoha had ever had a team that even resembled normalcy, Kakashi was willing to parade around the village naked (though with his face mask still on of course).
Well, at the very least the Third Hokage must have seen something in Kakashi that made him believe that Kakashi would make a good teacher. Most people had given up on Kakashi ever teaching and thought that the bell test was just his excuse to slack off on his responsibility. Even then, the Third had always kept Kakashi on the roster of jounin teachers year after year. Kakashi had never bothered asking why before Sarutobe-sama's death and he was sorry now.
Anyways, even if he DID actually possess some mysterious innate aptitude to teach that Sandaime had minuita, he sure as hell didn't have any training in how to deal with adolescents. Could he have been as confusing and full of contradictions during that time?? Well okay, so maybe he was STILL confusing and full of contradictions, but at least it was purposeful and he had learned how to use it to his advantage.
Maybe he could train them in using their adolescent angst as a weapon. Since two of them had curses while the third had a split personality, they might as well use that in their favor. The balance of a battle often favored those that possessed unpredictable factors and they didn't look any different from typical ninja kids at first glance. If he'd only known what he was getting himself into...
Oh well, it could have always been worse. If his team had consisted of Shikamaru, Shino and Neji the combined laziness, eccentricity, and arrogance of his team would have been way too reminiscent of a teenager Kakashi. It would have been extremely annoying to have to deal with that combination again. He was supposed to enjoy watching others suffer the quirks of eccentric genius, not vice versa!! He could easily imagine the silent glares that would be the only form of communication on that team.
Moreover, with the recent shortage of Jounins, the village may have been forced to choose someone less than desirable for the position if Kakashi had declined. And he'd much rather put up with the pains of being a teacher than to have someone like Morino Ibiki actually be in a position to affect young impressionable minds. That thought never failed to get a shudder out of him. At the very least, he could always think of teaching as an extreme training for patience. Genjitsu mind-torture just wouldn't be the same after dealing with his team; his tolerance for mental anguish was almost super-human by now.
And he was thankful that no one on his team had asked him about the birds and the bees. Thank god Sasuke was too proud to ask, Naruto had Iruka to ask, and Sakura had parents. Though it would have been amusing to give the Icha Icha version of that talk, potentially scarring a kid for life put a damper on that fun idea.
But the number one thing he was most thankful for was that he already had silver hair before becoming a teacher. The stress of his students would never show visibly on him, unlike other teachers like Asuma and Kurenai. Did they REALLY think he wouldn't notice the wrinkles and gray hairs that they tried to hide with genjitsu and dye? There was nothing like vivid signs of aging to bring about a mid-life crisis; Kakashi was willing to bet that was the reason why those two had started dating. And at the rate that Iruka worries after his current AND past students, it was only a matter of time before he had a heart attack.
Besides, if Naruto ever did become Hokage, Kakashi could blackmail him into getting the best missions. With the amount of blackmail material already in his hands, he was in for years' worth of special privileges. In the meantime the least his team could do was to provide Kakashi with entertainment on a daily basis. It was quite a stress reliever to watch their over-reaction (or in Sasuke's case forced non-reaction) to the little "fun" things he did.
And though he would never admit it, it was a comforting thought that some small part of him would live on in his students were he to die on one of his missions. And maybe, just maybe, it was preparing him for a time when he would have a family of his own...with children that would require all the parenting skills that being a jounin teacher had taught him. Perhaps that was what Sarutobe-sama had in mind all along. He did seem to have a fondness for making teachers out of those without families. Hmmm....too bad Sandaime didn't live long enough to get a chance to put Naruto and Sasuke through the same torture.
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ichininmae=grown up, mature, full adult minutia=see through, pick out
So, how was it? I'm not sure if this flows well with the previous chapters...but this is what I've got for now and I would appreciate reviews on how to make the story better etc...
Any ideas? I'm pretty open to where this story will go from here. (Though I do have another chapter in the works). I'm really glad that so many of you have enjoyed this story so far and your encouraging words have helped me out a lot :)
Cheers,
Violettachan
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto and its related characters.
Okay, so I lied. I'm much too intrigued by Kakashi to give up on this story. Plus with what I'm planning, I can get around my writer's block with regards to Kakashi's mysterious taisetsu na hito.
Soooooooo, I'm going to try writing about what Kakashi thinks about the other characters in Naruto. And maybe it'll help develop a love story in the meantime.
Well, here it is...
======================================================================
Kakashi Sensei:
His day was FINALLY over. He knew they were good kids, but unfortunately NOT the best students. As a teacher, maybe he was supposed to know how to connect those two points, but his training to become a jounin really had little to do with teaching skills.
It still surprised him that young children were actually entrusted to people like him whose number one ability was in assassinations. Sure, they were expected to become a ruthless shinobi like him, but they still had a lot of maturing to get out of the way before they could really be considered ichininmae. Ruthlessness was only useful in a shinobi if it was built on a foundation of solid commitment to the village; and frankly, his students weren't exactly well-known for their devotion. Sasuke's recent actions were beyond comment, Naruto was on the verge of snapping at times from the continued hatred of the villagers, and Sakura was a bit self- centered to put the village above herself at most times.
Those kids had only just started to get a grip on what their reality was going to be... irrevocably understanding what it REALLY meant to be a shinobi. Would they make it? It was a question that he had been pretty confident of before the genin exam, but with recent events Kakashi wasn't so sure anymore. And he felt guilty. Wasn't a teacher supposed to have faith in their team no matter what?
However, such doubts didn't mean that he wasn't supportive of Team 7. So what if he had a dysfunctional team? He'd never seen a "normal" team yet; if anyone could prove that Konoha had ever had a team that even resembled normalcy, Kakashi was willing to parade around the village naked (though with his face mask still on of course).
Well, at the very least the Third Hokage must have seen something in Kakashi that made him believe that Kakashi would make a good teacher. Most people had given up on Kakashi ever teaching and thought that the bell test was just his excuse to slack off on his responsibility. Even then, the Third had always kept Kakashi on the roster of jounin teachers year after year. Kakashi had never bothered asking why before Sarutobe-sama's death and he was sorry now.
Anyways, even if he DID actually possess some mysterious innate aptitude to teach that Sandaime had minuita, he sure as hell didn't have any training in how to deal with adolescents. Could he have been as confusing and full of contradictions during that time?? Well okay, so maybe he was STILL confusing and full of contradictions, but at least it was purposeful and he had learned how to use it to his advantage.
Maybe he could train them in using their adolescent angst as a weapon. Since two of them had curses while the third had a split personality, they might as well use that in their favor. The balance of a battle often favored those that possessed unpredictable factors and they didn't look any different from typical ninja kids at first glance. If he'd only known what he was getting himself into...
Oh well, it could have always been worse. If his team had consisted of Shikamaru, Shino and Neji the combined laziness, eccentricity, and arrogance of his team would have been way too reminiscent of a teenager Kakashi. It would have been extremely annoying to have to deal with that combination again. He was supposed to enjoy watching others suffer the quirks of eccentric genius, not vice versa!! He could easily imagine the silent glares that would be the only form of communication on that team.
Moreover, with the recent shortage of Jounins, the village may have been forced to choose someone less than desirable for the position if Kakashi had declined. And he'd much rather put up with the pains of being a teacher than to have someone like Morino Ibiki actually be in a position to affect young impressionable minds. That thought never failed to get a shudder out of him. At the very least, he could always think of teaching as an extreme training for patience. Genjitsu mind-torture just wouldn't be the same after dealing with his team; his tolerance for mental anguish was almost super-human by now.
And he was thankful that no one on his team had asked him about the birds and the bees. Thank god Sasuke was too proud to ask, Naruto had Iruka to ask, and Sakura had parents. Though it would have been amusing to give the Icha Icha version of that talk, potentially scarring a kid for life put a damper on that fun idea.
But the number one thing he was most thankful for was that he already had silver hair before becoming a teacher. The stress of his students would never show visibly on him, unlike other teachers like Asuma and Kurenai. Did they REALLY think he wouldn't notice the wrinkles and gray hairs that they tried to hide with genjitsu and dye? There was nothing like vivid signs of aging to bring about a mid-life crisis; Kakashi was willing to bet that was the reason why those two had started dating. And at the rate that Iruka worries after his current AND past students, it was only a matter of time before he had a heart attack.
Besides, if Naruto ever did become Hokage, Kakashi could blackmail him into getting the best missions. With the amount of blackmail material already in his hands, he was in for years' worth of special privileges. In the meantime the least his team could do was to provide Kakashi with entertainment on a daily basis. It was quite a stress reliever to watch their over-reaction (or in Sasuke's case forced non-reaction) to the little "fun" things he did.
And though he would never admit it, it was a comforting thought that some small part of him would live on in his students were he to die on one of his missions. And maybe, just maybe, it was preparing him for a time when he would have a family of his own...with children that would require all the parenting skills that being a jounin teacher had taught him. Perhaps that was what Sarutobe-sama had in mind all along. He did seem to have a fondness for making teachers out of those without families. Hmmm....too bad Sandaime didn't live long enough to get a chance to put Naruto and Sasuke through the same torture.
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ichininmae=grown up, mature, full adult minutia=see through, pick out
So, how was it? I'm not sure if this flows well with the previous chapters...but this is what I've got for now and I would appreciate reviews on how to make the story better etc...
Any ideas? I'm pretty open to where this story will go from here. (Though I do have another chapter in the works). I'm really glad that so many of you have enjoyed this story so far and your encouraging words have helped me out a lot :)
Cheers,
Violettachan