Wow, so many negative people...
You guys got off lucky considering that I was holding my story hostage to stall for time.
Do you think it's easy to make such cool shit up on the spot?
No-my dear kittens.
It takes more brain cells than I have. It also takes up more time and and causes insomnia. And oh my fucking god the details alone give me headaches!
And you know that I haven't stopped updating long enough to eat something in the past three days!
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One month later-
Uzu stood on her tip toes reaching for a bowl in the cabinet over her head so that she could get some cereal for breakfast and nearly jumped out of her skin when someone came up behind her and grabbed the bowl and set it on the counter for her. She twisted around and looked at one of her five brothers, this morning it was Kankuro who had come to her aid, and from the looks on Kakashi's face as he peeked into the kitchen, he was there to make sure that Kankuro didn't try any funny business.
Not that he had since that first time, but better safe than sorry.
"Thanks Kankuro." She said softly and he gave her a narrow eyed look as he rubbed his face with his hands and nodded then said in a sleepy tone of voice.
"Just do me a favor and hit a growth spurt soon, okay kid." He turned and slowly walked back out of the room, brushing past Kakashi as he went. Kakashi waited until he was sure that Kankuro was somewhere back up stairs before he walked over to the fridge and grabbed the cereal boxes that they kept up there and set them all on the counter for her.
"Since you have trouble reaching-" Was all that he said before he walked over to the fridge and got out the orange juice and grabbed a glass from one of the other cabinets and poured himself a drink, then glanced at her over his shoulder and grabbed a glass for her and poured her some juice and then put the orange juice back in the fridge and picked up her glass and set it down on the counter next to her bowl as he dug out the milk for her.
"What is everyone doing today?" Uzu asked as she poured some frosted flakes into her bowl and then started to pick up the milk when he grabbed it and popped the lid off and poured some for her. She gave him a curious look. Wondering why he seemed to take it upon himself to do such a simple task for her when she was perfectly capable of doing it herself. Kakashi looked at her for a second, and seemed to realise what he had been doing.
Damn. He was doing it again.
He was taking control and doing every little thing for her out of habit and misplaced gentlemanly intent. It wasn't that he thought her incapable of doing such tasks herself, it was just that she was so damn small that sometimes he forgot that she wasn't as helpless as she looked. "Sorry-" He mumbled as he handed her the milk and watched her put the lid back on so that she could put it up. Once she had it back in the fridge he leaned back against the counter and thought for a second as he sipped his juice and watched her move around the kitchen.
"Dad will be going out of state for the next two weeks so odds are that we'll be doing some last minute chores, paying some bills and seeing him off a little later today."
"Who's going to be in charge when he leaves?" Uzu asked, a wary expression on her face as she picked up her bowl and juice and slowly made her way into the dining room. He followed her and pulled her chair out for her then grabbed his own and sat down. For some reason that wary look on his face set his teeth on edge and made his temper flare to life.
It had been a little over a month since she had come to live with them and she still felt wary around some of them. Not that it was entirely her fault. Between Kankuro trying to cop the occasional feel and Iruka's pranks, anyone would be a little wary of them. So naturally being left in a house with five teenage boys while their father was out of town was a little...worrying for her.
"I'll be in charge." Kakashi said honestly. He was the only truly responsible person in the house aside from Uzu and Genma, but no one would listen to Uzu, because she was a girl and they were all set in their ways. And no one would listen to Genma after what had happened the last time he had been put in charge.
Sure they had survived the fire, but their dad had been pissed beyond reason to find out that they had accidentally burned down one of their neighbor's houses while he was at work. And to top that incident off, little Iruka had been so freaked that he had run from their dad and cracked his head on the concrete around the neighbors pool and had fallen in and almost drowned before anyone had realised he was M.I.A.
Minato had freaked even more and after fishing the boy out of the pool and making sure that he was still breathing grabbed all of them and threw them in the van and then peeled out of the drive way like a mad man, yelling and screaming and cursing the whole lot of them as he drove to the hospital where he had all of them checked out (just to be safe) and then had taken them all home and punished them all by making them get three full time jobs to help pay the neighbor back for the damage done to their home.
Kakashi cringed a little and silently thanked god that Uzu hadn't been present for some of the things that he and the others were notorious for.
"Well, that takes a load off of my mind I guess." Uzu said as she put her spoon into her bowl and started to pick up some of the sweet flakes when he reached out and plucked a flake from her bowl rim and popped it into his mouth and chewed.
A small humming sound escaping him as he sat back in his seat and took a drink of his juice.
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Minato was in the middle of digging through his sock drawer when he heard a faint knock on his bedroom door and turned his head to look at his oldest son. "Kankuro, what do you need boy?" He asked as he caught sight of the hesitant look on his older son's face.
"I was just- What are you doing?"
"Looking for some socks. Know where I can find some?"
"You could try Iruka's room."
"Iruka?"
"Yeah. He's gotten into the habit of coveting other people's shirts and socks."
"Probably because it's been getting cold outside and he's trying to stay warm."
"Yeah. Maybe." Kankuro said as his dad gave up the search and closed the drawer and turned to face him.
"Anything else on your mind son?"
"Yeah. Actually, it's been a month since Uzu came to live here and she hasn't been able to make any friends because we aren't at school. Would it be okay if we had a party so that she can meet some of the locals and make nice for a while?"
"Is Kakashi going to help?"
"Yeah. I'll run the guest list by him before I invite anyone."
"Alright then, just make sure that there isn't any drinking and drugs and keep the guest list under twenty."
Kankuro grinned. "Yes sir!"