7. Kotetsu, please stop cross-dressing where the other villages can see you.

8. The same goes for the other members of Team Nineteen.

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Kotetsu had always been a little weird. Truth be told, he was probably the weirdest of Team Nineteen. Iruka may have been the wildest and most creative, while Izumo was the smartest and most sarcastic, but Kotetsu was definitely the weirdest of the three.

They didn't know if it was his upbringing, or the media, or what, but, Kotetsu's habits were just as weird as the girl down the street that wore the pointy bras.

When he hadn't shown up for training within the hour, everyone spread out to search. Iruka was the one who found him. Dressed in drag and flirting with the chunin shinobi by the gate. Of course neither one of them seemed to be flirting back, but they were blushing and making shooing motions, which of course Ko wasn't paying any attention to.

Iruka called in on the head set that Ibiki had provided. "This is the Dolphin, calling the Snoring Bear, I've located the Hedgehog Child. Over." Iruka waited for a response.

"What? Who the hell are Snoring Bear and Hedgehog Child?" Ibiki shouted at him over the microphone.

Iruka sighed, wasn't it obvious? "Sensei, You're Snoring Bear, Kotetsu is obviously Hedgehog Child and Izumo is Cute Bunny. Duh."

Ibiki growled at him over the air waves. If ANBU was listening in, they'd be blowing their tops.

"Wait, why am I Cute Bunny?" Izumo interjected.

Iruka sighed, "Cause that's what you are, get over it Cute Bunny."

"Whatever," Ibiki interrupted, "You little slaves just go get him and bring him back to base."

Iruka made a weird sound in the back of his throat, halfway between a growl and a shout. "We're not your slaves, Snoring Bear. Besides, he's in drag, so do you really want to see him?"

Ibiki could be heard choking through the headset. "He's what? That's it; I'm going to add another rule to the list."

Iruka got sidetracked, "Hey, Snoring Bear, the delegates from Suna and Lightening are here! And Kotsetsu's winking at one of them."

"WHAT?" Snoring Bear was now yelling, making Iruka's ears ring. "Get him here right now!"

Iruka straightened, "Yes Snoring-Bear, I'm on it!"

Ibiki cursed "Stop calling me that!"

Iruka ignored him, instead, throwing Kotetsu over his shoulder.

"I'm sorry if he has bothered you, sirs," Iruka addressed the diplomats, "He just escaped the brothel this morning; we've been searching for him all morning. We never thought he'd come here." And with those parting words, Iruka leapt away, Kotetsu throwing kisses from over his shoulder.

Maybe he and Izumo should do that some time; it looked like fun, freaking people out, he meant, but not throwing the kisses.

"Mission accomplished," Iruka announced over the headset.

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Ibiki sighed with relief. This was the day the diplomats were leaving, and that meant they wouldn't keep talking with him about how Konoha had a brothel somewhere, and how scandalous it was, not to mention how sad it was that youth today was so corrupt. How had Iruka even known what a brothel was?

No, wait, he knew. Why, no, how did they keep getting weird mission stories out of him? Stopping short, Ibiki observed the empty clearing. He had gotten here without one shuriken coming out at him, no traps…where was his team?

Ibiki cleared the thought from his head, "No, they would never do something like that," he said out loud. Thinking a little more, he sighed, and started to run towards the gates, "Yes, yes they would." Damn you, Kotetsu, you are so going to die for even putting that idea in Iruka's head. He just hoped that this wouldn't affect the relationships between Konoha, Lightening, and Suna.

Kakashi had been assigned escort duty. It was only to the gates, but he had been ordered to make a good impression on the delegates.

Catching sight of the gates, Kakashi smiled mentally. These men made him nervous; they where so uptight and snobby. Catching sight of two now familiar figures, Kakashi's brain almost shut down. Men, or boys, were not supposed to dress in mini-skirts and tube-tops. He saw them both start to wave, but thankfully, their sensei came up behind them and dragged them off.

Thank goodness, if Ibiki hadn't, he and the group he was escorting would probably all die of a heart attack. How come he was always privileged enough to see these exploits?

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The ending of another strange chapter, TTTT heh, well, I suppose it could have been worse. D

Ibiki hardly sees how! comment from my beta. I completely agree. XD)