Kakashi, Hazel, Teddy and Anko got out of the tower together leaving Ibiki to his own devices. Kakashi then whirls around to ask Hazel, " Can you make it stop?" Hazel pretends to not know what he's asking for with an innocent look. "Make what stop?"
"This thing that's on my head. Why does it keep doing that?"
"May be she finds your hair pretty, or may be she thinks you are her mama"
"Get it off, NOW."
"What will I get in return ?"
"In return, I'll teach you the language correctly instead of wrong phrases."
"My you really are an arse. You'd take advantage of a poor defenseless woman in such a barbaric way!" Hazel said while batting her lashes.
"You? A poor defenseless woman that I took advantage of. Really, I had no idea?"
"Alright you old married couple, go quarrel in your bedroom."
"Doko ga?"
"What is that supposed to mean ?"
Suddenly Kakashi feels a chill go down his spine. The kind that ends in a rainbow with sunset. But before he could make his escape,
"DYNAMIC ENTRY" Kakashi ducks behind such enthusiastic kick lest he end up with a concussion and Norberta mini flies to Anko's head next to settle down. Then he whirls around, "What the hell Gai? Give a man a warning will you, and there's a kid here. Be careful" "KID WHERE? ..."
"My eternal rival, this is most unyouthful of you. I know yondaime sama's death has you trapped in your winter of discontent, but this is no way to cope with it."
"Wha..."
"Taking advantage of this poor defenseless delicate flower to try and bring back your spring time of youth, even going as far as forcing her to have your child. You have disappointed me my rival."
"I haven't taken advantage of anybody, OKAY?"
"Then it is a most youthful day. My eternal rival has finally found a beautiful blossom to tame his wild eternal bachelor vigor. He even has a youthful son to pass on his hip and cool attitude to. Sob...Sob... This indeed is the most youthful day." Then he proceeds to cry his manly tears with hands clasped in a praying position. Meanwhile Hazel took a while to understand what's going on. She looks at Anko for a semblance of any explanation, but she's too busy holding her stomach from laughing too much.
"Ano ne Gai, nobody is my wife and that baby is not my kid either."
"There's no need to be so secretive my friend. You have many enemies who'd target your innocent family . I understand. But you do not have to hide such youthful news from your eternal rival. Hello Kakashi's youthful blossom. I am Maito Gai, the handsome blue beast of konoha. Your husband's eternal rival. I currently have him beaten by my youthful score of 20 to his 18. It is most youthful to meet such a lovely blossom."
"Listen Gai. I am not lying. I found her on a mission and she needed help so I brought her to konoha. She's here temporarily till her situation is sorted. And that is her godson Teddy kun, who happens to have hair similar to mine. He is not my son, at all. Is that clear?"
"Is that so? Then you have my sincere condolences my rival. Now that she has met me, there is no chance for you anymore. My youthful visage is the most alluring to young maidens. But it looks like she has captured the youthful eye of my eternal rival. Alas, I must do what I must do. What is your name my beautiful flower?"
" Gai, she has inhaled a toxic fume and can't speak for a while. So Kakashi and I are supposed to be her guards and make sure she doesn't strain her throat. Her name is Hashibami Toko." Anko said after curbing her laughter a bit.
Meanwhile Hazel was having a short circuit in her brain.' What is this creature in front of me. And what is he wearing! His fashion sense is worse than Dumbledore, Granny Longbottom and Dedalus Diggle combined. And why is he shouting so much? Teddy's getting scared. Wait no. He's busy with his bunny. Does he have to get so close to my face? Patience Potter, patience. Don't hex him, don't hex him, don't hex him. Okay that's it. If he doesn't get out of my face in the next five seconds, I'm gonna hex him with 'langlock', screw the consequences.'
"Yosh... such a youthful name for such a pretty young flower. Saa... my eternal rival. I challenge you to a duel for the heart of this young flower. The winner gets the most youthful chance to take this maiden on a date. I need to rescue her from your intense courting."
"AArggghhh...Fine, get ready. Jan-ken-pon. jan-ken-pon. There, I won. So the duel's over. I just got back from a mission and am tired. So leave me alone. Anko, get the groceries." With that said, he shunshins away with his charges leaving Gai, Anko and the dragon in front of T & I tower.
Hazel turns around to stedy herself a bit from the disorienting feel and to settle down the fussing Teddy. Then she turns to Kakashi, "What the heck was that? Who was that? And what was he trying to ask of me? Is he for real?"
"Yeah that's the reaction of most people after meeting him, unless they run away in tears. Heh. Are you in tears already? He's gonna ask you out on a date you know. Till you agree, or run from this village." 'I can't wait to see how you deal with this. It's gonna be youthful. hi hi hi.'
"YOU... You're enjoying this way too much. What did I ever do to you?"
"I am offended you think so low of me Mansaku chan. I am only trying to be helpful. Nobody appreciates a good deed these days" Sigh...
"Ugh. you prat. ... Stop calling me witch-hazel. Is he really gonna be after me ? What do I do ? Help me Kakashi."
"Nope, you are on your own. There is no way me or anybody else can deter him now. He is a force of nature. Sopping him from doing anything he decided on will be mountainous. I am sorry. You have my sympathy." The tone of his apology was very sincere, but the pure and utter glee in his eye gave him away. Hazel swore to the seventh heaven to give him bloody moose antlers. While he was unlocking the house, he felt a shudder go down his spine. But he ignored it and went on his merry way to disable the security seals on the house. Hazel and Teddy got inside the house too and settled down on the genkan steps.
" Why is he so insistent on asking me out? I didn't even talk to him at all."
"I don't know . It's just something Gai has always done. Anytime he sees a girl around me, he challenges me for her heart, till he wins. He's weird like that."
"So you're the culprit. He wouldn't be after me if it weren't for you..." she grabbed his collar with one hand and shook him with force, or at least she tried to, the pervert didn't even budge," fix it pervert, or I swear to god you'll find an important part of your anatomy lacking. What, are you made of rocks or something. Damn you are heavy" with that she started to poke around his muscles. "Stop that. Weren't you going to rest?"
"Yeah. Thanks for reminding me. I'm gonna hit the hay. You can take any other room but the one with the balcony is mine."
"That's a terrible choice. It will have poor security, and any shinobi on a nearby roof can see you. You won't be able to do any of your magic stuff."
"Damn. Fine I'll put up a basic ward tomorrow. Good night."
"But it's not night yet."
"I'm still gonna sleep and come out during dinner. Till then stay out of my room."
With that said, she marched out of the genkan area and into her room leaving Kakashi to sigh.' She didn't take her shoes off. What a weird culture. But if she keeps doing that kind of things, there's no way she's gonna pass of as a hime here.'
Meanwhile with Anko and Gai, he was curiously examining the dragon nesting on Anko's head while the poor creature was bewildered why this giant man scared her mama away. Gai then turns to Anko with the good guy pose no. 8,
"Ah...Youthful Anko. Where do the young lady and her youthful son hail from, may I inquire? Her attire, while very awe inspiring didn't seem from any area that I have the fortune of knowing."
"I didn't know you knew anything about fashion Gai, otherwise you wouldn't be wearing that ugly suit."
"NONSENSE. This suit is the epitome of fashion. It represents the spring time of youth with passion with it's green colour and the feel of the fabric is most suitable for fanning the flames of youth. It is an attire that every shinobi aspiring to be the most youthful should have, it is a piece of art."
"You wouldn't know if an actual art slapped you in the face. Anyway I can't disclose anything about her without permission from higher ups, she has a still pending decision on her case. Do you wanna help me out with the groceries?"
"Yosha... I shall help you in your noble quest to find sustenance for the beautiful flower, then I shall defeat my eternal rival in an epic duel to end all duels and win her heart and save her from my rival's unyouthful pursuit. "
"Yeah, what's up with that anyway?"
"Whatever do you mean ?"
"Why do you keep challenging Kakashi over every single girl that you see with him?"
"It is of no importance that my rival was with them, they were all very lovely flowers and I wanted a chance to know them better. Alas , not every person can handle the blue beast of Konoha. Ha ha ha."
" I'm not gonna believe that. Pull the other one. I've seen the way you look at the Inuzuka heiress, there's no way you want to date any other girl. So what's your motive?"
" WHA... I DON'T ... SIGH ... FIne ... I challenge my rival to see if he has any feelings for the lady or not."
"Really? That's a little subtle for you. If that is so, why do you keep pestering the girls for a date? And what's the verdict on this one?"
"I gave my word to take them out on a date if I won a duel. It wouldn't be very youthful of me to break my words. And my rival still has no feelings for this lady as well, he finished the duel way too quickly and chose a fight that has only 50% of winning chance left to luck. But fear not. Kami will answer my prayers and return my rival to his springtime of youth. I am still worried over him being in the ANBU. That's not a good place for him to be now when he's grieving for years"
"You are a damn good friend Gai. Kakashi is one lucky bastard to have you in his life. Never change. Now let's go tackle this grocery shopping."
"Yosh... Lead the way beautiful Anko."
Hazel woke up from her nap around afternoon, a look at Teddy showed him still napping away cuddled with his bunny inside the transfigured crib. She got out in to the hall to notice Kakashi engrossed in a book by the window. As she stood there shooting multicolored lights from her stick towards the 4 corners of the house, Kakashi gave her a raised eye-brow, not that she could see the other one. She gave only a low 'Protection ward' as an answer. At the next moment Anko stormed in through the window draping her arm over Kakashi's head and some supplies in her other arm, miniberta still on her head. The moment the dragon noticed Kakashi, she flew over to his head instead angrily squawking at Anko's hand. Hazel stifled a giggle at this and got to get the things from Anko. Kakashi then got up to leave,
"I leave the guarding to you Anko for now. I have to report my mission yet. No way are you to leave your post or allow her to go outside, or anybody not in the know is to come inside. Ja ne "
" What was your mission anyway? You were gone for 3 months."
"Classified" With that he jumped out of the window.
"Tsk. Annoying dog."
"Hey Anko, can I ask you something?"
"Shoot"
"Why is he behaving so callus? He was pretty relaxed when we were outside the village, playing with Teddy and all. He looked very eager to get back but after getting back , it's like he's switching between happy and morose. Did he loose someone important recently?"
"You see it too huh? It wasn't recent, it was 5 years ago, he lost his parent figures and some years before that his both teammates."
"That's even worse. He's gone so long without dealing with his grief? No wonder his depression has tilted towards a bipolar theme. It's really not healthy."
"Who cares about healthy when he's one of the many. We're all a little damaged here. You noticed it pretty fast for someone who only spent a few days around him. Been looking at him a lot ?"Anko asked with wagging brows.
"He acts like a friend of mine when he lost his twin, and I've lost almost all my parental figures one after another too."
"Ah. I forgot you were in a war yourself."
"You know what? Let's forget the depressing stuff for now. Do you want tea?"
"Sure"
"How much sugar and creme?"
"You put sugar and creme in tea ? Why?"
"Don't you?"
"No. That's weird. People don't usually do that here, especially the snobby rich ones. Man you need to learn a lot to pose as a hime."
"Ugh... Just my luck. Even the tea here can break my cover ?"
Anko giggles a bit at the expression on her face. Then Hazel notices it's almost sunset, and she has to do her animagi rituals, so she excuses herself to go in her room. After she finishes her daily dose of animagi, she finally realised that now that she's not on the move and at a somewhat secure location, she should get down to figuring out her next steps. So far she has been adlibing everything, but that's not gonna fly anymore now that she's going to sign a contract with this village. First order of business, try and contact home. So she set out to sound proof, sneaking proof and peeking proof and all other kinds of proof her room. Then she got her two way mirror and tried,
"Hermione? Hermione Jean Granger? Ronald Bilius Weasley? Ginerva Molly Weasley? Luna Selene Lovegood? Why isn't it showing anything? is it because I am in a different world? Gaia, please lend me your magic to see home , let me see my friends. What am I doing wrong? Is the mirror with someone else? May be Neville, or George?"
As she was getting frustrated enough to chuck the mirror at a wall , a strangled cry of "HAZEL" drew her out of her musing. There she saw Neville clearly relieved to see her, a moment later the mirror was crowded with her friends. It was a sight for her sore eyes. As they were all firing off questions simultaneously, she just let out a relieved laugh and looked on.
"Guys guys. Teddy and I are totally safe, for now. I've found some help."
"Where are you? You are transported to some place we don't know. Will you all just SHUT UUUUPP. Tell us where you are so we can get to you right now."
"You can't Mione."
"What do you mean I can't?"
"I mean , I've been transported to a different dimension, that's why."
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Author's note:-
Quick question guys,
1 - What do you think Hazel's animagus should be? (Keep her personality in mind)
a. cat
b. falcon
c. raven
d. dog/wolf
2 - Should Gai-Hana pair become more than just one sided crush?
Reviews:-
CouldNotThinkOfAName - Nice idea. May be later in the story.
Lavendor Queen - He'll get better. He's my second fav character in Naruto. I won't let him suffer for long.
1968 - Oh yes. Kakashi's gonna be quoting the Naras a lot in this story.
Silvermane1- She can't adopt Naruto. There was a reason, neither Mikoto nor any other friends of his parents were allowed to adopt him.
Guest - There was a reason only Hiruzen was covered in the cyan glow but not Hazel. She is the only one establishing the alliance, so there's no consequence for the other party if they don't accept. But she didn't tell him that to slowly guilt trip him into helping her. It's a bribe plus emotional manipulation.
KateKat1992 - But then the council will have to be in on the secret. I'll see what I can do about that.
SakuraKoi, TheBeauty, Guest, Mep101 - Thanks