Well AX this year was great! Not a lot of event panels I was interested in... but I got to find lots of posters that I liked :D

Well hopefully this update isn't too bad. We shall start exploring further into Kakashi's genin life in this chapter and the next one. Although the next one shall be a bit longer...

Disclaimer: I don't own Pakkun, but I do own up to the actions and stuff I make him do.

Warning: Terrible/dark/crude humor, language, slight angst, and slight fluff. Why do I warn you of this? I don't know... I just thought I should

Beta: No complaints = no need for a beta

Pakkun Days

Harsh Genin Days

I'm going to have to start waking Kakashi up more often by biting into his ass. Not only does he have an excellent reaction, but it'll teach him to watch his own 'butt' when I'm not there on his missions.

Of course telling him that dinner is ready, when he clearly knows his father cooked it, is another situation entirely; however, not too hard to deal with.

"I told you I'm not hungry." My eyes roll as Kakashi shuffles further into his bed.

"I swear I'll take a chunk out of your butt right now, and sell it to your fan girls if you don't come downstairs and eat with us."

Kakashi glares back at me, his eyes challenging 'you-wouldn't-dare'. I bare my teeth with a low snarl, and he quickly sits up, protecting backside. Good. The boy's learning.

I lead the way, as he follows me down. Kakashi quickly enters the kitchen, making a beeline for the cupboards. Sakumo raises an eyebrow, but I ignore his questioning gaze. I feared giving him a wink would make him hold to much hope.

Kakashi sets up the table, setting his and my plate furthest away from Sakumo's. Oh the little shit isn't getting away with that. As Sakumo carries the pot and dishes out the delicious, oh-so-nutritious, fragrant smelling stew, I quickly leap up to the head of the table, sitting my rump down on the table.

Kakashi looks astounded at me, as the only bowl left unattended is right next to him. "Pakkun come here now, that's Father's spot."

Sakumo looks back between Kakashi and I, as it is a situational fight between a summoner and summon. As all good ninja know, you never interfere in a fight between a summon and summoner. Not only does it look bad on the party side that you are helping, but it's just bad manners.

"I want to sit here." My eyes challenge his next words.

"Your place is by me, Pakkun." His teeth grit out the words.

"Fine I'll move." I get up, as Sakumo goes and sits in his usual spot. But before anyone starts to eat, I move Kakashi's bowl and mine back to their original places, back to the way things were before. Kakashi would be to the right, and mine right beside his. I could never take mother's place, as the space left of Sakumo remains empty.

Kakashi gets up and puts the bowls back at the other end of the table. I summon a couple nin hounds by pulling at my hairs, and place them back. Kakashi glares at me, as I glare back. I can smell Sakumo's anxiety in the background, it manifests as he starts sweating, the beads falling down the nape of his neck.

"Maa maa, Pakkun, you should listen to Kakashi..."

I can see Kakashi about to retort to his father, probably say something like 'Don't tell him what to do Father!", but I quickly grab his tush with my teeth as I force his rear end down to the seat. He gives a yelp, but I quickly jump back on the table.

"Thanks for the meal!" I immediately start digging in, my tail wagging at the taste of the cooking.

Oh please Sakumo, don't die... Just lose an arm and go out of commission and cook if you have to live! Because your cooking is just too superb!

Kakashi gives a glare, before mumbling a low "Thank you for the meal" and eats beside his father. The only sounds that can be heard are of eating, but at least we're all together, in our rightful places before this stupid war began.

The cold wind sends shivers down my spine, as my eyes open up. It's another night on a mission, as I curl closer to Kakashi's lap, the only source of actual warmth in this godforsaken warzone. Minato appears from the cluster of trees, probably from his patrol as he sits down near the low-burning fire. Can't have it too hot, it'll smoke and give our position away. Kakashi opted for no fire at all, but Minato insisted anyways for at least some type of warmth. Like hell it gives off any warmth... it's just a smoldering piece of ash.

Kakashi is almost about to turn 7, and I'm thoroughly convinced that he is not mature... No none of the adults are right when they say this prodigious little brat is mature. He just thinks is, thus why he tries to act like it. It's pretty hard for him though, whenever we return to the village and Might Guy always challenges him to some ridiculous challenge as his 'eternal rival'. I prefer interacting with Might Dai, he doesn't yell at me as much. I notice as everyone tenses up, Minato still not having said a word. It's at times like these, I wonder where the 'friendly' Minato goes.

Minato gives a quick nod to Tsume and Shibi. They get up and leave to go on patrol.

Oh excuse my rudeness, of not introducing you to our mission teammates:

Inuzuka Tsume and Aburame Shibi; Tsume is a chunnin and 10 years older than Kakashi. The addition of Kuromaru is nice, but unfortunately I still have to do all the tracking. Apparently Kuromaru's only here for sheer physical power and support on Tsume's side; not like he could ever best me when it comes to tracking. Aburame Shibi; other jounin and 13 years older than Kakashi. Other than my knowledge of Aburame from the original, the guy is always quiet, but courteous. He doesn't seem at all like the assholes Kakashi usually has to deal with on a daily basis.

But still it is disgustingly disturbing... All I seem to be surrounded are by children, teens, and young adults these days on missions... Did the war kill off all the elders or something? But I digress, as Minato digs into the canned food that used to be tucked away in the pathetic excuse of a fire.

The other two seperate after heading out a couple feet, but their chakra signatures are still tucked low as they search for our target. We're tracking a missing nin, I don't know his name, but I do know he smells like trash.

Heavily processed, slimy, scum trash.

But he isn't weak, he even smells stronger than Shibi-san. If I had to describe him, he'd be the muck that you step into, wondering what the heck the shit it is. Even if you stepped into it with an industrial nuclear-safe suit, covered from head to toe, you'd still be grossed out and wondering what the heck you were stepping into slime... If it had a smell, and you didn't die from the exhaust fumes that would surely burn your throat out, that's what it would be.

"Kakashi, Pakkun, you should get some sleep. We'll have a long day tomorrow."

"We'll be fine." Kakashi quickly retorts.

I slightly frown, Kakashi has been getting into a bad habit of answering for me. Usually if it was just Minato and Kakashi, I'd call him out on it, but with Shibi just around the bend with his bugs, with Tsume and Kuromaru... I don't want him or her commenting on our somewhat 'complicated' relationship. Or worse... giving advice.

Hey I may be a jerk, but I'm not going to publicly announce it. That's just asking for bad attention...

"You know, I did patrol for both of us so you could get ahead in your sleep, young one." He ruffles Kakashi's hair, but as Kakashi brings up a hand to smack him, Minato's arm is already retreating away. Damn he's fast, if I only had those skills to avoid Kakashi's hits.

Kakashi gives a sigh, before pinching my tail, our word-less-code-action for me to keep look out. My ears tense, but don't perk up, as I don't want Minato hounding on me to get more rest. I look back to Kakashi, but he's already eye shut, his head resting against the tree trunk we are sitting by.

Minato gives me a smile, as I lay my head against the ground in the gap of Kakashi's lap. It's weird, how I can use chakra to just sense the vibrations of Shibi and Tsume moving through the forest with their partners. Even weirder how devoid of life the forest really is. Near Konoha, it's beaming. Little small creatures, insects, and other life living organisms that just teem with chakra, just causing it to burst with feeling. I wonder how it's like to see the world through Byakugan... Here there is only the desolate trees, and vast openings of open rocky grass fields. I guess it's what happens on the war front between Iwa and Konoha.

It's strange though... How everything seems to have shifted in time... My memories from past lives are muddled, but I can distinctly recall that The Third Shinobi War occurred when Kakashi was closer to becoming a jounin, not a genin. Well I mean it's not called that yet... but what perked up an invasion so soon? Why now?

My thoughts are interrupted as I feel a surge of foreign chakra. I'm on my hackles, as Kakashi and Minato both look at me as I look around in a panic. Quickly Minato puts a finger to the ground as he tries to sense what I sense. Kakashi looks between the both of us.

"What's going on?"

Minato looks at me, as I look at him, realization crossing his features.

"We run?" I ask, and Kakashi looks at me bewildered.

"What are you talking about running Pakkun!? We're here on a mission to track down a missing nin that has stolen scrolls from Konoha-"

But Minato's gaze turns serious as he puts a hand on Kakashi's shoulder.

"Kakashi, you and Pakkun need to go and find Tsume and Shibi. Retreat back to the 3rd post-"

"But Minato-sensei!"

"Now Kakashi." Minato quickly puts out the fire, as he works on covering our evidence of ever being there. I jump towards the direction I can smell Tsume and Shibi coming from, but Kakashi lurks hesitantly. I can tell he doesn't want to run, and that we should die on a mission than abandon it.

"Kakashi."

He looks up glaring at me. I give a sly grin, which cuts him off guard. "Just think of it as... a minor delay." He gives a gruff huff, before we speed off together.

Kakashi keeps up with me, but I can go faster. That surge of chakra... was not our target. It was something much stronger. We go through quick instructions as we meet up with Tsume and Shibi, as we all head back to the 3rd post. A couple hours go by, and Minato then shows up. That whole time I could sense the foreign chakra, even though we were far away from our original site. My skin prickles with fear, if we had stayed in our original position what would have happened to us. Tsume and Kakashi immediately hound Minato as he makes his way inside.

"Just what on earth happened? Did we get attacked?" Tsume and Kuromaru look on questioningly.

"Minato-sensei, what is it that you sensed? Pakkun here was too scared to respond to anything I said." I glared at Kakashi's remark. Sure I was deep in thought, but this little shit didn't say anything to me! I may have been preoccupied with trying to think of something to explain what was happening, but that doesn't mean I go deaf! Yes, I was tuning things out, but a little shove would've woken me out of my stupor.

"We'll go through the east mountain side, our target should be heading to the safe house located here. We'll make up for lost time, by passing past the cliffs and entering the heart of the mountain in an underground route."

Shibi shifted his glasses. "There's a rogue ninja group that lurks in that area."

Minato lets out a sigh. "I know. But we have to be quick about the lost time and energy we lost from avoiding... whatever it was."

Well... I'm not the only one who is plastering on a surprised look, as we all gaze at Minato in surprise. Tsume is the first to snap out of it.

"You mean... you don't know what we ran from?!"

"As soon as I approached it, the chakra signature vanished."

Everyone was silent. Even I couldn't fathom what it was. Minato hadn't finished his version of the 2nd Hokage's teleportation jutsu just yet... Had another ninja finished it? Or worse, had another reincarnation like myself come to this world?

Shibi broke the silence, as he coughed, before saying something. "It could've been a genjutsu."

"If it was, I couldn't snap out of it. Plus, you must have felt some sort of lingering chakra in the air. As I go closer to it, it was pumping it out that the environment around it was becoming warped." Minato replied.

"Do you think it is a tailed-demon?" Kuromaru whispered in a hushed manner. The adults went dead silent.

"I've never heard of a tailed-demon described like that before." I answered.

Minato let out a sigh. "Well, whatever it was, it was headed past us, and didn't look like it would head to Konoha. It's gone now, and we won't know when it'll come back. But now is not the time to deal with it. And our mission is of a different objective. We'll rest here, and head out before dawn."

I let out a sigh of relief, no need for patrols if we stay at this outpost. It's in times of war that chunnin are outposted here for that job. They look on questioningly at us, but they are out of earshot to understand what is going on.

But that creature... does it have to do with me being here... or did just someone from the reincarnation cycle have enough and decided to go batshit god crazy here... That they decided to come here, and as a result others in the reincarnation cycle got transported to other worlds they have no clue about how it works... or like me... have every freakin clue of how it works.

Before I could hit my epiphany or prove that any of my theories are correct, I feel my someone poking my paw pads.

"Ah, Tsume-san. You are right, they are pretty soft." My eye scours at Kakashi. H-How dare he! That's just as bad as embarrassing someone or taking a cat's paw print... touching a dog's paw pad! I quickly tear my paw pad out of his grip, as I slam it into the bridge of his nose, hearing a faint crack.

"How's that for a 'soft petty little weakling who can barely defend myself with my pretty little pinky girly paw pads', huh?!"

Everyone looked surprised, more so pained then miffed, as Kakashi falls to the floor gripping his nose painfully.

"Pakkun... Kakashi didn't even say anything remotely close to that." Minato deadpanned.

I turn with an angry fury, as I point at the perpetrator. "That's what he meant!" The others didn't look amused. "He was thinking it!" The other's disbelieving looks didn't dissappear.

"I guess we learned today, that you should not touch a dog's paws without his permission." Shibi quietly murmured, as Minato helped Kakashi reset his nose.

There was another quick snap, followed by a yelp from the little Hatake. "There all better, just keep your head titled." Minato gave a slight smile, but Kakashi's anger wasn't dissuaded so easily.

My fur stifled, as I felt an ominous tingling in my spine. I turned back to Kakashi, his eyes flaming with fury even a scorned woman could not fathom to hold with such power. I gulped audibly, as Kuromaru put a paw on my head.

"If you die, can I have your bone that I gave you, the one from your last birthday?"

"It's buried underneath the rose bushes." I quietly whispered, as I trailed behind Kakashi, my tail guiltily hidden between my legs, as we ventured to the medic portion of the post. Okay so it was a little over-reaction, but that'll teach him to treat me like some dumb dog...

Shit what was I thinking about before he touched my paw? Oh well it doesn't matter. Right now there are only 3 things I need to worry about: Staying alive to track missing nin, staying alive to keep Hatake's alive, and staying alive to set up Kakashi's birthday that is coming up in 6 weeks.

Shouldn't be too hard, remembering how it was to be a laboratory rat in my 107th past life. Anything beats having needles being shot into you, and having your temperature taking through an anus probe. I shuddered at just the thought of it.

Something lurks...

Foreign...

Not of this world, but of another...

Nearby... It lingers nearby.

I want it.

Soul smells nice.

Soul sounds nice.

Soul should taste nice.

Not yet... Must wait for it to be complete.

Then we will devour.

Devour.

I was pretty sure that the slightly eerie feeling I was getting as we were treading underground, was not from my ninja gut instincts... or whatever Sakumo and Kakashi called them.

No this was a deep inner soul danger sensing thing... something I have felt before... in my last life? Yes in my last life, right before I had gotten on that ferry, I felt this terrible nauseating feeling, pulsating and driving my nerves insane. I could hear my blood pounding in my ears, as it was a chorus of taiko drums, sending a deep thrum through my bones. A shocking cold sensation running up and down my spine, my hairs standing at ends, my throat slightly dry-

"Pakkun? What is it?"

I snap out of it, as Kakashi puts a hand on my head. We are taking point, as I am trying to sense or smell any oncoming enemies since the wind is blowing towards the entrance of the tunnel we were headed down.

"Nothing. Let's keep moving." I continue down, but I can feel Kuromaru's questioning stare behind me. Kakashi believes my lie, along with the other humans, but Kuromaru is smarter than that.

Kuromaru has never hinted to having memories of 'Earth', but he does like to reminisce on the nice 'older' times, to which I fairly certain brings up dates that are far beyond even the 1st shinobi war. He talks often of a plains field, where the grass grows long, smelling of a sweet spicy smell. The blades tickle, but don't itch. His eyes often glaze over, as if he is rolling around in them as he rolls around on the floor. I, of course, just nod. I know of the experience he speaks of, it is our repressed memories springing forth, with is quite common. We usually just equate them to as day dreams or just dreams when they come during the night during our sleep. We logically pursue that it is just a combination of feelings we have felt earlier on in life, that lies within our subconscious, and springs forth randomly, as do the chemicals in our brain.

That is not the case. These feelings, memories, whatever you will call them, spring forth from a deeper portion of your mind. One that is connected to your soul. Why these pop up, I have yet to figure out. They sometimes pop out for me in dangerous moments, calm moments, happy moments, any time really. But the memories do coincide with the feeling at the time. An angry memory will pop up with an angry moment, an anxious memory will pop up at an anxious moment. But I digress, as a new smell catches my attention.

We continue down, as Minato trails Kakashi, Tsume after him, with Shibi bringing up the back. This new smell isn't of our target, but it isn't recognizable either. I give a low snarl, as Kuromaru's hackles rise, ears sprung to attention. The other's dampen their chakra, as they are also at an alert. 30 meters ahead, I feel it moving through the earth, but it isn't a strong presence, nor human.

"Summon, 30 meters up, moving west of us." I whisper back.

"Has it noticed us?" Minato asks.

I give a quick nod, as the summon continues moving on in the same direction at the same speed. If it has noticed us, it sure as hell is acting pretty good like it hasn't. We stay for a while, until it passes. Minato puts a finger to the ground, before nodding at me, as we continue down the tunnel. It isn't until we are about 45 meters away, I can sense 5 new chakra signatures.

I give a harsh growl, as the others stop. Kakashi whips out his kunai, as Shibi readies his bugs. Tsume steps closer to Kuromaru, as I see Minato's three pronged kunai, without it's legendary 'Hirashin' Seal.

"How many?" Kakashi's voice is low, but steady.

"Five of them, three chuunin, the other two are probably just thugs."

Minato puts a hand on Kakashi, as he motions to Tsume. "You two will stay back a bit, while Shibi and I handle it first. When I shout out for you two, then you will come out of this tunnel. Until then, wait here."

Shibi and Minato sprint out, the wind causing my jacket to flair out a bit, before settling down. I can feel Kakashi pouting behind me, sick of being treated like a child. Tsume could care less, as she leans up against the wall, toying with her kunai's, as they juggle up and down in the air. Both me and Kuromaru give a yelp in excitement at the cool display. Kakashi gives me a glare, as I quickly reassert myself. I know it's a serious situation, but sometimes I wish missions were more fun.

The chakra signatures outside spark and fizzle, as we can hear jutsu's blasting around. We can't see it clearly, because the darkness of the cave doesn't give much help to our eyes, as the outside glare doesn't help either, burning into our retinas.

"Now!" We rush down the dark path, as our eyes adjust quickly to the light.

Tsume and Kuromaru quickly take down one of the thugs, but unfortunately (for me) Kakashi has already picked the last jounin standing, as he pulls his tanto out. The enemy quickly blocks with his own kunai, as he brings back his left arm to grab another. Before he can stab Kakashi, I quickly spring, gaining momentum, as I leap and bite his left wrist, using my body weight and speed to pull his left arm back. A nice sounding snap and crackle of his arm popping out his socket puts a smile on my face. Kakashi quickly reacts, as he pulls his own kunai out and slashes at the man, but misses and goes straight down the left side of his face. That's going to leave a pretty heavy scar, and that eye does not look unscathed.

As I do a double take, I realize Kakashi hasn't missed, but his arm has a thin peach cord wrapped around it- scratch that, it has a rat's tail around it. The same chakra signature I felt earlier in the tunnel! Well shit.

The she-rodent glares at me, as I push my tiny legs off the ground, before tackling her off Kakashi. As I tumble with devious vermin, a gurgled cry falls on my ears, but I ignore it. I give a good bite, as flesh rips, her ear coming off. She shrieks, her animalistic crys, but she quickly scampers away, as do two of the other enemies. I can sense one of the jounin's has made it out, as the thug follows him. But a quick kunai flies past me, hitting the limping thug in the spine. He falls, and his chakra falters and then fades to nothing. I look back to Kakashi, his foe slashed at the throat, his clothes covered in blood. He doesn't seem fazed though, but my eyes quickly spot the slight shivering of his right hand. It isn't his first kill, and he gets better at hiding his shock, but it's still there none-the-less.

I quietly walk towards him, rubbing my head on a spot on his pants that isn't covered in blood. He snaps out of it, as he kneels and rests his right hand on my head.

"Good job, Pakkun."

We re-group, as I lead the group, although Minato has now switched the positions around, since we are farther away from Konoha territory. Minato follows behind me, as Kakashi follows him, with Shibi in third place, and Tsume and Kuromaru taking up the back. There's a tailwind, so it's advantageous for Kuromaru and Tsume to be in the back, as I try and track our target.

But the day goes on, and we don't locate him. Minato settles for hiding out nearby the safe-house our target is supposed to reach by tomorrow afternoon. There is no campfire tonight, but Minato does allow us to wash up at the little creek pouring out from the rockside nearby. Kakashi goes first, as I follow him. I rinse out the taste of blood in my mouth, as Kakashi pulls off my jacket. There is a little seam and tear, but Kakashi rests the jacket on the ground. He quickly pulls off his blood soaked clothes, and quickly rubs off the caked residue on his body. I grab a towel, and try my best to get the stuff off on his sides. Quickly the blood is off, but the smell lingers. He puts on new clothes, before checking me for any serious wounds.

"Kakashi, I already told you. I'm fine."

"That rat could've bitten you somewhere, and who knows if she had poisoned teeth or not."

"That doesn't make sense, Kakashi. We're both of the mammalia class. If something poisons me, it'll most likely poison her. Besides, I'm in the same order as the mongoose, carnivora, remember 'Mr. I-had-to-study-for-4-years-before-I-could-get-a-dog.'"

Kakashi gives me that look, you know, the one your teacher gives you when you correct them. The glare that just yells 'STFU-you-smart-asshole-no-one-wants-to-listen-to-you.' I give a quick smirk, as he rakes through my fur. I startle myself, as a small yip exits my throat.

"And you said you were fine." His fingers rake over a small scratch on my hind leg, as I grit my teeth. Well this little stupid thing is hurting a lot more than it should.

"Just a tickle spot, she got lucky." I murmur.

"Funny, I don't remember this being a tickle spot." Kakashi whispers, as he puts a hand to his chin, thinking.

"We're taking an aweful long time, Tsume is going to complain about your beauty grooming, and Kuromaru won't let me leave it down, probably saying it was my fault, for taking care of my paws and how 'my pink, soft, lady-like my pads are.' So get your stinkin hands off me, I'm not poisoned and that's the end of it." Kakashi gives me a glare, before chucking my jacket in my face. I roughly put it back on, as we head back to camp. Kakashi quickly stuffs his bloody clothes in a storage scroll, our 'burnables' storage scroll I see from the color black of it. Shibi nods to Tsume, as she and Kuromaru go clean up next.

"Kakashi, you and Pakkun will take first shift." Minato points to us, before he heads back to his now set up tent. I grumble, as I miss once yet again Minato setting up his camp via seals. When Kakashi first told me of it, I was really jealous, but I didn't show it. Now it just seems every time he does it, I miss it. I guess fate doesn't want me seeing Minato getting all fancy schmancy with his seals. A quick sigh leaves my lips, but Kakashi gives me a quick kick.

He's probably misunderstood it as my reluctance to patrol (which I do abhorrently hate), but we give a stern nod of understanding, as Kakashi leads the way, and I follow him into the darkness of the woods.

Okay so those of you confused... The italics are the 'new' creature'.s thoughts.

Also next chapter I will go more in depth about Pakkun's theories of talking summons/other reincarnations.

I hope this little short piece is okay, and hasn't been a filler chapter :P