Tobi is like, the SHIZNIT. And I want ObitobixKakashi plushies.
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Yes, ANOTHER !notcount!drabble. It's kinda close to a 500-er… Coulda written 30 more words… but ah'm far too LAZY.
I made up the little wives' tale about teeting, but it might exist in real life… hmm… who knows. (shrug)
Everyone who reviews will receive...a shrubbery. Flamers on the other hand, will be sent a slobbery, empty bottle from the 1-yr kiddo old next door.
Word count: 470.
Rating: K+, for using the word 'sex' and for making a teeny reference to KakaIru, which apparently offends some fine people's sensibilities. So yeah, you were warned. You can still barrel on. There's like three sentences with KakaIru in it. The rest is KakaIru-less.
…And all opinions can be labeled as Kakashi's, and not mine, so go yell at him. I think he's a lil' OOC, but hey, Kakashi runs away from me, screaming, whenever I try to talk to him. This is what I pried out of him. Who knows when I'll see him again. (weeps)
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Teething
Ninja folklore says that what a child teethes on is an indicator of their future.
Now, Kakashi doesn't hold much faith in wives' tales like that, but there does seem to be some truth in this one, at least.
His father gummed on all the backs and tails of his grandfather's dog summons.
(This may be the reason why everyone is so amazed at the greater loyalty and skill of Kakashi's dogs. He's fairly sure the dogs did not appreciate being covered in drool.)
Kurenai chewed on her kitten. Kakashi wisely kept the sex-kitten joke to himself. Asuma did not.
Yondaime, apparently chewed on his feet. Kakashi doesn't want to ruminate much on how he managed that, but it might explain the crazy flexibility his sensei rarely displayed.
Gai gummed on a ginseng packet, and his father wept, knowing he'd be a chip off the ol' Maito block.
During Itachi's ANBU hazing, it was discovered that Uchiha Itachi teethed on a sharp, ugly plastic shark figurine, and that Sasuke left drool on a weasel plushie.
During the same hazing, Asuma, already an initiate, also claimed to have gnawed on cigarette butts, but no one took it seriously.
As for Jiraiya… Kakashi can only suppose he was breast-fed a little too long.
Tsunade gnawed on her fists until they bled.
Orochimaru… no one wants to think of Orochimaru in the teething stage.
Rin chewed on her mother's apron. A sign of her future med-nin apron? Or just her nurturing nature?
Obito was particularly fond of rocks.
Sakura eased her teething pains on what she claims is the ugliest doll in existence. It was an orange fish.
Iruka gummed on all of his father's most important earth jutsu scrolls. (Iruka had turned an intriguing shade of puce when Kakashi had asked him why one of his old scrolls had weird water-stains all over it.) Kakashi has no idea what that signifies, but Iruka has a trapped expression every time he sees a river or lake.
As for Kakashi himself, he'd chewed on any sharp or pointy object he could get his paws on. It would have been bad enough in a civilian family, but a widower ninja like his father couldn't be bothered to pick up all his kunai, the slob. It was a habit that he quickly dropped, after a frantic trip to the hospital when Kakashi had found the White Fang's chakra blade lying near the front door. Once his mouth had healed, he'd bawled until his father gave him a shuriken-shaped teething toy.
He didn't realize he still had scars from that little incident until Iruka commented on the strange ridges on his top gum and palette.
No one knows what Naruto gummed on. And he doesn't care much either. After all, he knows what's in his future.
Hokage.
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ginseng is used for energy. I thought it was appropriate. It's particularly tasty in tea with honey.
Tralala.