Title: Plushie no jutsu
Chapter three: Realization
Series: Naruto
Author: Miali
Genre: Humor/Romance
Disclaimer: Another verse, same as the first. A little bit louder and a whole lot worse.
A/N: The third chapter finally comes out! I'm so sorry for the delay. There was school, and crew, and the whole Japan thing (more about that later.) This is the third time I've written this, the first was deleted (damn computer) and the second I just didn't like. So, let's hope this gets up online, shall we?
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The genius nin, Hatake Kakashi, was confused. Within mere seconds, the world around him had grown to incredible proportions and something about him felt, well, fuzzy. The blades of grass loomed over him and the jounin quickly realized he was no longer standing. Using his (now nearly fingerless) stubby arms, he attempted to push himself to a standing position in order to survey his surroundings further.
The silver haired ninja maneuvered himself to his rounded feet for but a moment before toppling sideways back into the grass. The jounin deciding that standing was no longer possible, dragged himself toward the wall of the city, only a few feet away. Sitting up, he propped himself against the wall and gave himself a once-over.
He was still wearing all of his clothing, right down to the kunai holster strapped to his leg, and his headband still covered his sharingan eye. His entire body, however, was disturbingly out of proportion. His head alone was roughly the size of his body with his hair still sticking up in unruly silver tufts above him. He had gone from a height of nearly six feet to one of about eight inches. His eyes seemed to take up about half of his face, which was usual for people such as Sakura, but not himself, and the rest was covered by a mask.
His arms were thin, with large hands which together could barely reach the top of the headband on his head. His legs were also thin and his feet were large and heavy, but unable to support his sorely ill proportioned body. Overall, he thought, I look like one of those plushie things that Sakura has…
Kakashi was interrupted from his reverie quickly however, by the sound of footsteps approaching. Looking over, he saw shoes, followed by legs with greenish-grey pants. As the person stepped closer, Kakashi could tell they were obviously female, face blocked from his perspective by very large breasts. Two very trim hands moved forward and formed a few seals and Kakashi's mind recognized them quickly. He was unable, however, to stop her and found himself paralyzed by the jutsu.
Damn you, Tsunade, the jounin thought as she bent to pick him up from the grassy floor, grinning evilly. She tucked him under her arm and began to walk back toward the village, talking to him along the way.
"Kakashi-san," She began, "I'm glad to see the jutsu I've created has worked well," She smiled at him, and he would have glared back had he been able to move his felt features. "I'm sorry but I believe you'll have to stay like this for quite some time," the gondaime laughed, "You can blame your fellow jounin for this one. I was quite surprised what Genma and Hayate have the creativity to come up with…" The Hokage trailed off as they approached a noisier part of the town, the voices of children were picked up easily by the jounin.
"Ah, here we are now…" The two made their way around the academy toward the training fields where the students were enjoying a short recess from their studies. Konohamaru and his friends Moegi and Udon were playing Shinobi amongst the trees, far too eager to become real ninja. Tsunade smiled softly, remembering her little brother and hoping these three wouldn't suffer a cruel fate for their nation. Turning left, Tsunade walked casually into the academy and down the hallway toward Iruka's classroom.
"Ohayo Tsunade-sama," Iruka spoke from his desk as he watched the Hokage walk into the room, "To what do I owe the pleasure of your visit?" He smiled as he finished grading an essay on weapons usage and turned his attention onto the older woman.
"Iruka-sensei," she stated, "I found this by the wall of the city. I thought it could possibly belong to one of your students. I've heard they are fond of plushies lately." Iruka nodded and took the plushie from the blonde. Why would anyone want a Kakashi plushie? He wondered. "Thank you Iruka-sensei." Tsunade left quickly and walked briskly down the hallway, holding her laughter until she reached the door of the academy.
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Iruka looked over at the Kakashi plushie for the fourth time in the past ten minutes. The silver, tan and blue plushie was propped up against the teacher's pencil holder on his desk, facing the chuunin. He focused his gaze on the visible eye of the plushie for another moment, almost positive it had blinked. The chocolate-haired chuunin sighed and returned to grading papers. He only had a few minutes before the students came back from recess.
Kakashi had blinked. It took a lot of effort, but he had done it. Tsunade's jutsu had begun to wear off. The jounin plushie was about to attempt to move a limb or two when the chuunin in front of him began to speak. "Y'know," Iruka began, "I don't actually hate you…" before he started laughing to himself and blushing slightly, "What am I doing? Talking to a plushie like it's actually Kakashi…" In the fluff that was to act as the jounin's brain for however long he was trapped within the form of the doll, Kakashi was laughing too. He tilted his head to the side in order to get a better look at Iruka and toppled over, falling from the desk onto the tiled floor below.
"Ah!" Iruka jumped up from his seat and retrieved the fallen toy, "I'm sorry, Kakashi-san." Iruka laughed softly, "No, you're not Kakashi-san, you're Kakashi-chan…" Kakashi narrowed his eyes momentarily at the suffix and lightly batted at Iruka's hand. The chuunin however, didn't notice.
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The recess bell rang and the students filed quickly into the classroom, chattering noisily. From his new position on the chalk tray of the blackboard, Kakashi could easily see the students. A few of them, he noted, were obviously siblings of Naruto's classmates or Gai's students. The young Huuga, and an Inuzuka.. The two were obviously noticeable, the Huuga with her bright lilac eyes and the unruly Inuzuka stood out plainly. A few others could be picked out, Konohamaru and his lackeys, the plushie grimaced slightly, remembering the rambunctious trio. Iruka-sensei has quite the class this year…
A tanned hand picked him up as soon as all of the students were in their seats. "The Hokage has found this plushie by the city walls. Does it belong to any of you?" Iruka spoke clearly and the students had for the most part quieted down.
"Anosa, anosa!" Konohamaru began, "Isn't that Naruto-niisan's sensei?" Good lord, thought Kakashi, He even talks like the blonde.
"Yes, Konohamaru," Iruka responded, "It does have quite a likeness to Kakashi-san."
Konohamaru continued, "Doesn't he read porn all day?"
"Ah, yes, Konohamaru…" Iruka was a little quieter now, thoroughly aware where the conversation was heading. He wasn't surprised when the young Hyuuga was the next to speak up.
"My father says that although he may be a genius, he is still a disgrace to Konoha."
"I don't know about that, Hanabi," Iruka spoke again, more firmly, "Kakashi-san is an exceptional ninja and a vital asset to our village. He ah… Has some poor habits, that's all…" The room was silent as the would-be nins eyed the plushie in Iruka's hand. "If this doesn't belong to anyone, I will give you back your essays now."
Iruka turned toward the desk and sat the plushie down in return for the pile of now graded weapons usage essays. So I'm stuck with you now, ne, Kakashi-chan?
Kakashi was having a few thoughts of his own, which drowned out Iruka's speech on how they could improve the essays. So I'm some sort of plushie now, all thanks to Tsunade-sama. She purposely left me with Iruka and I have no idea how to undo the jutsu. Iruka thinks I'm out on a mission and that leaves Tsunade to complete whatever twisted plan she has in mind. He grinned, Poor Iruka doesn't suspect a thing.
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So there you have it! The third chapter, roughly twice the length of the others. XD Again, I'm sorry for the delay and hope to have the next chapter up soon. Much love to my reviewers, Chisara Notell, yaoi-is-wowie21, ffpanda, Kira-chan (I luff you, wifey!), snow887, fattyaddy-99, iNsAnE nO bAkA. Thanks to you all!