Author's Notes: Team Gai, GEN. Requested by Farli on LJ. Beware of CrAcK!
Barbershop Trio
"You… have got to be kidding me." Tenten pinched the bridge of her nose and wondered if her head was about to explode. Lee was already shaking his head, completely serious.
"Gai-sensei says it will be good for us! TEAMWORK, TENTEN! Just think, we shall be the envy of all the genin teams if we complete this mission!"
Frankly, Tenten would much rather have clawed her own eyes out. Neji looked as if he felt about the same, arms crossed over his chest, a flat expression on his face.
"I refuse," he said firmly.
"You can't refuse, Neji!" Lee exclaimed, scandalized. "It's a mission!"
Tenten groaned. "Oh for heaven's sake, let's just get this over with." And maybe, if they did it quickly, no one they knew would see them. Reaching out, she rang the doorbell before either of her teammates could stop her.
Kakashi answered the door.
Inwardly, she carefully began plotting Gai-sensei's painful demise. Outwardly, she glanced at both her teammates. "Ready?"
They all three began to sing, Lee's enthusiastic bellowing overshadowing Tenten's light alto, and Neji's sporadic mumblings. He was really going to kill something later.
Happy, happy birthday!
It's your special day!
I'll beat you one day, Kakashi
How 'bout tomorrow, okay?
Tenten finished the song with a sort of lame kunai juggling act and all three of them waited to see what Kakashi would say. Gai-sensei had told them the mission could not be completed until they got an answer.
Kakashi's eyes crinkled and he waved a hand vaguely. "He wins," he said.
After all, he'd never be able to trick his team into singing.
The End.