Kakashi's POV! Abandoning the norm to show this from Kakashi's eyes, seeing as we can't see it from Sasuke's (obviously)… So, here's the seventh chapter! Oh! And excuse the drunk people!
Kakashi could think of only one word that would sum up the evening… insane. Dinner had ended nearly three hours ago, yet here they still were at the restaurant, everyone with enough liquor in them to probably drown themselves in. He himself had drunken his share, but luckily, unlike everyone else, he could hold his liquor. The only difference between Kakashi drunk and Kakashi sober, was that he had a slight buzz.
Kakashi was currently helping a very drunk Sasuke stand, seeing as the poor raven couldn't do so himself. He sighed, as he examined the room, counting heads to make sure that no one had gotten lost. Temari had decided twenty minutes ago that she was the dance queen, as she had jumped on top of the table, and began dancing insanely, although no music was playing in the room. She was currently still dancing on the table, dancing to whatever song was playing in her head.
Gaara was sitting quietly at the head of the table, staring off to space, while he was being crushed by two of the most clingy drunks, Naruto and Sakura. Naruto was on the left of Gaara, his arms wrapped around Gaara's waist, while he talked nonstop about nothing, while Sakura was on his right, her arms wrapped around Gaara's neck, while she cooed at him. Kankuro was leaning over another glass of sake, as he moped depressingly, muttering depressing statements every once in awhile.
"Kashi!", Sasuke suddenly whispered, "Do you hear that?" Kakashi shivered, a very nice tingle shooting up his spine, as Sasuke whispered in his ear.
Kakashi pulled a little away, to resist jumping on the boy, as he looked at him curiously. Sasuke had a permanent blush on his cheeks, and every few minutes burst into random fits of giggles at nothing. "Hear what?", he asked.
"You… You don't hear that? It's so… loud… What is that?", Sasuke muttered to himself.
Sasuke pushed Kakashi away, surprising both of them, as the raven fell to the ground, with a yelp. Kakashi caught himself before he could fall, and watched, with a raised eyebrow, as Sasuke crawled under the table. Kakashi sighed and sat down next to Kankuro. "How's life going, Kankuro?", Kakashi asked, looking at Kankuro.
Kankuro snorted, and downed the rest of his glass. He slammed his glass down on the table, and sighed heavily. "What life? Life's in the gutter, and we just flop around down there. But no! We can't get out. Why can't we get out?", Kankuro asked, desperately.
"The government", Gaara mumbled.
Kakashi looked over at Gaara, as Naruto and Sakura were still clinging to the Kazekage. "Hm?", Kakashi hummed.
"Life's in the gutter because the government", Gaara mumbled quietly, as he looked down at the table, "They're putting us down".
"No! I'm putting you down, you - you ant!", Temari yelled out of nowhere, as she pointed down at Gaara, smirking. She then looked around, before she threw her hands up in the air like Naruto usually did, screaming, "I'm the ruler of the world, bitches!"
Kakashi blinked up at Temari, before sighing, as he rubbed his forehead. How were they not thrown out yet? Kakashi looked over at the head of the table, just as Gaara suddenly fell back onto the floor, Naruto and Sakura collapsing with him. He stood up, and walked around, to see what was going on. Sasuke was on his back, under Gaara, who was on top of Sasuke on his own back, while Naruto and Sakura were splayed out next to him.
Sasuke burst into giggles, as Gaara suddenly jumped off Sasuke to stand up. "No! I need you!", Sakura squealed, as she grabbed onto Gaara's feet, hugging them, to make him stay.
Sasuke stopped giggling, as he cupped his hands around his ears, his mouth falling open. "Wow… What… What's that… that… that thing that makes… you know", Sasuke was trying to say, as he paused, looking strained, before sitting up in a flash, "Noise!"
"Sound!", Naruto yelled, loudly, from where he laid on the ground.
"What do you hear?", Gaara asked, quietly, as he flicked his eyes down on Sasuke.
"I… don't know… but… it's sooooo loud", Sasuke said.
"It's the government. They're here. We have to get out", Gaara mumbled determinedly, as he went over to the wall. He began banging on the wall, mumbling, "Gotta get out", to himself.
Kakashi tried to stop him, but only got halfway way to him, when Sakura suddenly attached herself to his leg, with a squeal. "Sakura, please. I have to stop Gaara, or we'll be kicked out", Kakashi said, trying to talk sense into her.
"No one's going to kick me out! I'll kill anyone he tries!", Temari yelled in the background.
"See! You try and they kill you, and you're just left in the gutter. No hope… No hope, I tell you", Kakashi heard Kankuro say.
Kakashi ignored the others, as he yanked his leg away from Sakura, and hurried over to Gaara, and grabbed onto his fists. "The government!", Gaara yelped, as he jerked away from Kakashi. Gaara threw himself onto the floor, and he huddled up, cowering in the corner.
Kakashi sighed, and turned away from Gaara, and back to others, and watched in amusement as Sakura stumbled over to Kankuro and threw her arms over his neck, squealing. "Aww! Kan! You're so cute! Let's have puppet babies!", she squealed. Kakashi chuckled at the girls antics, and looked down at Sasuke as he flopped around on the floor, throwing his arms around wildly, as if he were in water.
"I'm drowning!", he screamed.
Kakashi walked over to the raven, and took hold of his arms, helping him stand up. "There you go", Kakashi said, comfortingly, as he helped Sasuke stand again. He gazed at the boy, admiring him in his drunken state.
Sasuke suddenly jumped up, and threw his arms at Kakashi, obviously trying to hug Kakashi, as he yelled, "My savior!" Unfortunately, Kakashi was blinded momentarily, as a fist met his face. Kakashi stumbled a bit, knowing that the alcohol was messing with him a bit. Kakashi rubbed his eye, before he looked at Sasuke, who dropped onto his knee's, bursting into tears.
"Sasuke!", Kakashi said, as he kneeled down in front of the raven, "What's wrong?"
"I'm so… so… that word… what's that word… it means…", Sasuke paused his crying, as he struggled with his words.
"That means what?", Kakashi asked, encouraging him to remember.
Sasuke cupped his ears again with his hands, and he groaned, as if in pain. "That noise. It's so loud", Sasuke whined, as he fell back, and laid on the ground.
Kakashi smiled down at the boy, as he leaned his hand down and gently touched Sasuke's soft cheek. He moved to sit next to the raven's side, and he began caressing the others cheek. Kakashi had always dreamed about this beautiful skin that he was touching. Who knew that he would ever actually get the chance to do so?… Sake rocked!
"Kashi?", Sasuke whispered.
Kakashi blinked, as his hand paused. "Hm?", he murmured.
"You smell… really good", Sasuke commented, as his eyes closed, and he rubbed his cheek against Kakashi's hand.
Kakashi's smiled grew wider, as he cupped the raven's cheek, and leaned down a little, giving a little sniff. A spicy scent with a hint of something sweet wafted through his nose. Kakashi sighed at the smell. "So do you", he said, softly.
An eternity seemed to go by, as Kakashi lost himself in Sasuke's beauty. It was a shame he wasn't able to see the raven's eyes. Kami, he missed those pools of onyx. The Sharingan in them was driving Kakashi as insane as Sasuke probably was with being blind. He hoped Tsunade would be able to help Sasuke. Kakashi blinked, with a frustrated sigh, as he leaned forward a little more. Mere inches away was the face of the boy of his dreams. All it would take was for him to close those inches.
But Kakashi paused again, furrowing his eyebrows. Ugh… He was drunk. Even if he wasn't that drunk, Sasuke was. The raven could barely even stand up.
"Kakashi!", a very girlish squeal erupted behind his ears, before arms were strangling his neck.
Kakashi looked over his shoulder, as Sakura clung onto his back, still squealing. "Sakura?", he asked.
"Kaka! Are you going to kiss him? I wanna join!", the crazed, drunk kunoichi squealed.
Kakashi sweat dropped, anime-style, as he chuckled nervously. He sat up straight, and tried to pry the girls arms off his neck. "Sakura. Could you please get off me?", Kakashi asked.
"No!", she whined, as she tightened her arms, "Kankuro left me!"
Kakashi's eyes widened, as he looked past Sakura, at the table. Temari was still dancing on the table, but besides her, the table was devoid of people. Dammit! Kakashi pushed Sakura up, and quickly gathered Sasuke up in his arms. If he was going to leave the others, he certainly wasn't going to leave Sasuke behind, to be molested by Sakura, who seemed very molest happy at the moment.
Leaving the room, Kakashi looked around at the main dining room of the restaurant. He saw the waiter who had served them, and he went over to talk to her.
"Excuse me, but have you seen the Kazekage's older brother? The one with face paint, that kind of resembles a kitty?", Kakashi asked.
"Yes, he ran to the bathroom. The poor thing nearly knocked into me", she said, sympathetically.
Ah, yes. The bathroom… with toilets… Don't tell me the puking was already starting. Kakashi groaned, as he nodded at the waitress in thanks, before moving off to the bathrooms. Kakashi shifted Sasuke in his arms, before he entered the boys bathroom.
The sound of retching immediately filled Kakashi's ears, and he groaned again. He should have taken the chance to drink more before this. Kakashi went over to one of the stalls, and sat Sasuke down, leaning him against the stall. Sasuke whined, as he covered his ears. "That sound thingy's gross", Sasuke whined.
"Yes, it is", Kakashi told him, nodding, before he stood up straight, and knocked on the first stall's door, "Kankuro? Are you okay?"
Kankuro groaned from behind the door, and the toilet flushed. "That's the sound of me in the gutter", he grumbled.
"Hm… Well, can you come out of the gutter? I don't think it's wise leaving the others alone. Especially, your sister… She may hurt someone", Kakashi said.
"There's no way out of the gutter, man", Kankuro told him.
"Yes, there is. It's called unlocking the stall door", Kakashi mused, smiling amusedly.
"You're making fun of me. I'm in the gutter, man! Stop stepping on me", Kankuro whined.
Kakashi sighed, as he banged his head against the stall door. Wasn't he done babysitting years ago? But, no, give the brats a little alcohol and he was the one 'assigned' to baby-sit… Hmm… alcohol… "Kankuro? Are you sure you don't want to come out?", Kakashi asked, smirking, beneath his mask.
"Very sure. I'm here to stay in the gutter… where I belong", Kankuro said, and the toilet flushed again.
"Alright, then. I'll just go and drink the rest of the sake", Kakashi taunted, as he stepped over to Sasuke, who was rubbing his eyes, determinedly. He leaned down, and took Sasuke's hands, and turned around, as he pulled the raven onto his back, so he wouldn't have to carry him in his arms. Kakashi wrapped Sasuke's arms around his neck, hoping the raven would have enough sense to hold on. The stall door opened, as he grabbed hold of Sasuke's legs, and looked over at Kankuro as he emerged from the stall, swiping his arm across his mouth… Wow… Kankuro looked like crap.
"You drink my sake, and I'll tell Temari that you said that you're the ruler of the world", Kankuro said, as he passed Kakashi, towards the door.
"Hm, Temari would decapitate me if you told her that", Kakashi remarked.
Kankuro smirked, as he opened the door. "Why do you think I said that", Kankuro told him.
Kakashi chuckled, as he shook his head, and followed Kankuro back to the room. Once inside the room, he immediately noticed that if was missing something. Kakashi looked around, trying to think of what was missing.
Temari was still standing on the table, downing a new glass of sake, while Sakura, who was sitting on the floor, cheered her on. Hmm… Kakashi frowned as he realized what, or who were missing. "Uh, Sakura? Temari? Where are Naruto and Gaara?", Kakashi asked them, as he raised an eyebrow.
Sakura paused her arms in the air, as she looked over at Kakashi, before looking around the room, while Temari dropped her glass and looked around too. "Oh! Gaara's government people got them!", Temari yelled, before she picked up her glass and threw at the wall, smashing it, "They're going to die"
Temari jumped off the table, and headed towards the door. Kakashi stepped in front of her, and freed a hand to hold in front of her. "Sorry, but I can't let you go off on your own. Especially, since we've lost Gaara and Naruto now", Kakashi told her.
"Tell her off, Kakashi!", Kankuro cheered, as he sat at the table, and poured himself a cup of sake.
"Do you want to die!", Temari growled at her brother, as she glared at him.
"Now, now, Temari, you need to calm down", Kakashi said.
Temari looked at him with baby eyes, as she cupped her hands together. "But if I calm down I can't kill anyone. Can't I kill anyone? People let Gaara kill people!", she whined.
"Well, that's because we couldn't control him", Kakashi said, trying to reason with her. Unfortunately, it went right past Temari's logic.
"Are you saying that you can control the ruler of the world!?", Temari growled, as flames seemed to surge up behind her.
Kakashi quickly held his hands up, smiling with his eye, as he chuckled nervously. A yelp ripped from Sasuke, as he fell to the ground with a thud. Kakashi jumped at the noise, as he spun around to look down at his beloved. He quickly leaned down and took Sasuke's hand. "Sorry, Sasuke! Are you okay?", Kakashi asked.
Silence came from Sasuke, as he laid there on the ground. Kakashi turned his hand over, and checked the raven's pulse, breathing a sigh of relief when his pulse beat back. He looked back at Sasuke's face, and smacked him on the face. "Sasuke? Sasuke, are you in there? If you're not, I'm sure Temari would be happy to kill you", Kakashi joked, hoping that it would annoy the raven.
Sasuke still didn't move or say anything. Kakashi was about to call for help, when a sound Kakashi never thought he would hear from Sasuke was heard. Sasuke's mouth fell open, as he snored softly. Kakashi chuckled, as relief washed through his being. The raven was just asleep. Although, he seriously wondered how the boy could fall asleep so easily, after Kakashi dropped him so roughly.
"Dude… Is he dead?", Temari asked, as she looked over his shoulder.
"No, he's just passed out. He'll be fine once he wakes up in the morning, with a splitting headache", Kakashi commented. Kakashi sighed, for probably the hundredth time in the last two hours. He looked over his shoulder at Temari, as she went over to join Kankuro. He wasn't sure how he was going to persuade them to follow him back to their home. The two seemed to be looking for premature life there, with the sake. Kakashi shook his head, as he picked Sasuke up carefully, cradling the raven in his arms. Tomorrow was going to be an interesting day for all.
Hope you enjoyed! Next chapter will be back to Sasuke's POV, seeing as what I wanted to do is done… well, done with eyes. Aishiteru!