Another update, I have no excuses for the long wait...

I really do prefer a quick pace, but sometimes when reviewing my chapters I have to scrap out a lot more scenes than I thought I would have to. Thus the long wait x(

Disclaimer: Naruto is not mine, if it did... well... some character would be dead and others would live because they were too badass to die!

Warning: Crude humor, lack of empathy, and slight lack of angst. Also sassy takes on its meaning of being rude, not being a slick cool person.

Beta: Pakkun Days has no beta, because a need of a beta has not been brought up. Apparently all y'all love my English, my 'wonderfully' (horrendously) written English.

Pakkun Days

Reputation perceives Reality

Sometimes when doing stupid things, you forget logical concepts like 'I'M FREAKING ATTACHED TO THIS GUY AS HIS SUMMON, HE CAN JUST MAKE ME COME BACK WITH A SUMMONING JUTSU!' type thoughts.

So waking up with a black eye, bruises all over my form which are conveniently covered by my hampered coat, I struggle to crawl into the kitchen for breakfast. Sakumo looks between me and Kakashi. Kakashi's eyes are dulled, as he couldn't sleep last night, while I hunkered out on the couch. Apparently just the though of this room being in such disarray, couldn't let him get a wink, so he cleaned it out. Partially. He still had to fix a few floor boards.

"Good morning, Kakashi. Pakkun." He looks between the two of us, as we glare at one another. We mutter a quick 'itakidamasu', as Kakashi eats, and I struggle to lap up the milk and cereal in my bowl. Sakumo goes back to eating his food, his head shaking.

"I'm going over to Minato-sensei's. Don't allow Pakkun into my room, Father. No matter what." Kakashi glares at me, as he slowly walks backwards, away into the hallway. I'd laugh my ass off, but because his glare is focused on me, it sends chills down my spine.

He is so going to get back at me, I just know it. When I least expect it, ugh. What a hassle.

Sakumo turns to me, with a questioningly raised eyebrow.

"Your son is an OCD."

"OCD?"

"Oppressive Canine Demon. That's what he is." He can't handle my awesomeness.

Sakumo just took another long sip of his tea. "Would you like to visit my class again? Sometime next week. It'll be right before finals, and I wanted to give them a boost-up in confidence."

"Are we talking about the whole class, or just the actual kids who are gonna become ninjas?"

"Now Pakkun..."

"We all know, that some of the kids in your class aren't just going to cut it for the war that is brewing." Sakumo's expression turned darker. "It's safer just to accept that not all of them will be able to hold up the standards of Konoha ninja."

"When you put it so morbidly, I don't want any of the children to graduate." Sakumo ran a hand through his hair, as he was probably going through some of his own flashbacks.

"Well, well, it's too late for that now isn't it. So you have to prepare those that will graduate the best you can. And that means holding a regime that none of them will be able to handle!"

Sakumo glared at me, as I gleamed a bright toothy grin his way. Hey if he was going to be a teacher, the best advice I could give is to give them hell!

"But children should learn by climbing, after accomplishing one step, then they should take the next one. If not, who knows how many times they will trip."

I scoffed, as I put a firm paw on the table. "And trip they should. You never learn to get back up without falling back down. The further they fall, the more they'll learn. Either that or it's a quick way to death for them. One slip drop and stop." Sakumo's eyes hardened as he looked at me. I could tell he wouldn't agree with me, he had his own opinions and in front of him is me: a little over a year old pup who is just starting in life.

"Sometimes, Pakkun, the most beautiful flower blooms last. It buds and grows with love and care." Sakumo closed his eyes, as if reminiscing back on memories.

"Well sometimes, only the early ones get all the attention, and the last one just blows in the wind when everyone has had their fill of beauty." Sakumo's eyes peer on over to a picture of his wife holding lil' Kakashi while she was in a hospital bed. "Look, the little children you're training are going to become the soldiers of this war. You should only pass those who can handle it, and fail those who can't. It might be mean, but it's for the betterment of Kohona. There will be less deaths, and better soldiers."

"I also have numbers to fill out. Hokaga-sama can't just have the limited amount coming in." Sakumo's fists tightened, as I let out a sigh.

"I guess, I could come. But we're having training exercises outside." Sakumo looked at me, with a smile and brighter gleam in his eyes. "But this is ain't happening again! I already have to deal with bratty Kakashi. How far along are they?"

"They've already been practicing basic taijutsu, holding weaponry, and hand seals." I groaned. Kakashi had learned that before I was even born.

"Why can't we have more prodigy's?" Sakumo just chuckled.

"Are you finally appreciating having Kakashi as a summoner?"

I glared at him. "Did you see what he did to me!?" I gesture to all of my body, especially my swollen black eye. "There's no way anyone would appreciate being a summon to that!"

Sakumo patted my head lightly. "Well I have work to do. See you next week in class, Pakkun."

He shunshined his way out, as I continue lapping up the rest of my soggy cereal. That's when I realized I was home alone. Good thing Kushina gave me a few prank tags to mess with Kakashi and keep his guard up. I could start appreciating Kakashi's sensei's girlfriend, but that'd be the only person!

I pranced around, as I got the tags out of my hiding place, behind the refrigerator. With a skip in my step, I opened Kakashi's room. Oh, when he get's back, he'll know pay-back is a bitch. And to not trust Sakumo to keep me out of his room.

x

Well, I have to say, Kushina you have just become my new hero. Watching a very grumpy Kakashi walk out with pink hair and covered in red-orange powder was very satisfying. That was approximately an hour ago.

Where am I currently now? A suitable civilized structure used for the collection of un-needed objects.

Okay so I'm hiding in a trashcan.

My opinion on them - Great for throwing away junk, using as a basketball hoop for crumpled papers of useless homework, best hiding place; as long as no one throws up in one that is.

Now you're probably wondering how come Kakashi isn't just 'summoning' me back. Well I may have said a back-handed comment that claimed how he was such a poor tracker, he couldn't find me without trying to summon me.

Now why I'm currently hiding.

My head peers up from a dumpster, as I'm pretty sure that Kakashi's chakra signature is no where near. His scent lingers, as if he has passed by in a rush; probably planning to skin me alive. Hmm, doesn't sound to pleasant to me. Yah, I'll just stay in here for a while longer.

"Pakkun-san?"

My skin crawls with the heebie jeebies, as I pop back into the dumpster. A small hand appears, as it lifts the lid with ease, and I stare at a girl with black goggles and black hair, and oh god is that a beetle popping out of her nose!

"So it is you, Pakkun-san. What are you doing hiding in a dumpster?"

I feel Kakashi's chakra signature nearby, as I pull the girl in, the lid closing in on top of us.

"Secret top mission. Evading enemy." I don't recognize her scent, but it does smell similiar. To someone from the academy. She must be related to that Aburame Shikiba.

"I see. I'm Aburame Chikako. Do you need assistance Pakkun-san?"

My eyes gleam, as I look a this kid, who turns back with her black goggles. "Since you offered, I'll gladly accept."

The girl nods in agreement. "I can grant you safety at my clan compound."

"You sure it'll be okay for me to come over?" I question. I didn't want to be breaking an unspoken summon rule of not going to other compounds without your summoner, or weird shit like that.

"Of course. As long as I'm with you, it'll be fine."

I nod back to the girl. "Alright let's go, before the enemy comes back around."

She lifts the lid, before we both hop out. After a few sprints, and a few rests behind obscure objects that we were so not hiding oh-so-suspiciously behind, we finally made it to the Aburame clan's gates. It was surprisingly wide open, as I saw many people walking through, although it was unnerving to how ALL the Aburame clan members have some type of eye cover.

Konoha has way too many bloodlines that care about their eyes.

She quickly walked on, as we ventured further in, before she took me to her home.

"We should be safe here, Pakkun-san. Should I inform my father of the invasion?" I immediately tensed, as the girl continued to stare at me.

"No, that shouldn't be neccessary." Unless you want ANBU to hound my ass, for running from Kakashi... "It'll cause more of a problem than it really is. I'm pretty sure they are apprehending the culprit right now."

Her lips pulled into a tight line. "Pakkun-san, I don't understand."

"The enemy is probably already captured. Taken care of. No need to worry."

The girl's lips pulled into an 'o' shape. "Then let's play ninja!"

I paled a bit. I can see why Kakashi abhorrently hates playing ninja when he's already a ninja...

But I played with her, and the other runts. Before long we had a massive 'war' of sticks and mudballs, that their mother's/single-fathers/guardians/themselves would probably have trouble getting all the dirt and grass stains out. Suddenly the opposing rival 'clan' the Bugsy Workers suddenly dispersed as a lone boy came walking through. I jeered my head to Chikako's direction, as her body movements stilled and stiffened in fear. My eyes turned back to the boy, his upper half of his face covered, as the mask had dulled lenses in the place of eyes, so I couldn't look through them to his own pupils. Made me curious as to how he could see out of them.

I walked up to him, before lifting up a paw. "Yo."

The boy seemed startled, as he took two steps back.

"The name's Pakkun. Best tracker in all of konoha." I held out my paw for him to shake. The boy looked to me, and the other children who didn't dare come near him.

Is there always some pariah in noble clans or something! I looked back to Chikako, nudging my head in the boy's direction, urging her to come next to me. If there was one thing I hated, it was pure 'ostracizement' of one of your own. Trust me, I used to have a master's degree, so I can make up words, and ostracizement is a word.

She shook her head, as she backed away further into the crowd of our own 'fake' clan, the Beetle Juice Warriors. Come on, how can a made-up clan not have an awesome name like that.

"I'm Aburame Torune." He mutely responded. And that's when I froze. How could I not see it! Everyone avoiding him like the plague, the damn familiar mask, this kid was the nano-insect inheritor, who could literally singe my insides without touching me! My hair stood on ends, as I turned back, every movement jerky with fear.

"Ah, so." Was all I could say, as we stared at one another, his tiny form looking down at my even feebler dog form. Sometimes I really wish I was human.

A figure appeared behind me, but the sudden rush of chakra was not familiar to me.

"There you are son." I looked back to see a man with big black goggles, quite similiar to a snorkle goggle, except the lenses weren't see through. The little boy shrunk back on himself, as if he had broken a rule or something.

"Hello father, I just saw everyone playing... and-"

"Come, we're going home." He put a hand on his shoulder, as he lead him away, the other children making sure to keep their distance from the duo. Damn it, heart stop breaking at every freakin Gary sob story and sad Sally monologue... Okay screw it, I'mma die one way or another, at least I won't die with this shit on my conscious.

"Aburame-san." I follow after the two, but the father seems to think I'm talking to someone else. "Aburame-san."

The older clan member turns back to me, I can smell confusion coming off of him. "I can play with Torune. If you wouldn't mind that is. It's better than having to train with Kakashi."

Shikuro smiled at the kind gesture, but he kept a hand on his son. "It's really fine, Pakkun. Torune needs to train his skills, so he can control them better. Plus, it'd be harder to extract the poison from a non-member, if something were to happen."

"I'll be fine! Plus, death is a better choice than having to deal with a revengeful Kakashi."

The father and son continued to walk, as I followed. I'd be stubborn as a donkey. This kid was going to at least have one friend, because I'll be damned if there will be two emotionally stunted human beings that I let become that way. Kakashi was maybe already a failure, but Torune is younger and more impressionable! Plus Kakashi is just an ass, he won't listen to me any ways.

Besides, I knew that he will be fine. Kakashi is growing up to be super OP, and the more OP you are, automatically you'll attract friends. (More like fans, but meh... He'll have to learn to get along with them sooner or later)

Shikuro's home was furthest away from the clan, quite a long walk. Torune walked up the stairs, as he probably headed towards his room. I stepped into their home, as Shikuro kept the door open. In my opinion, if you keep the door open for the dog, he's gonna walk through it.

I follow Torune's scent, as his own room is open. I peek back to see Shikuro eyeing the door, before I walk inside. Shikuro's voice echos from downstairs.

"Torune, remember to keep your door open when you have a guest inside."

"Yes father." He replied, as he was getting out a box.

"What's that?" I asked. Torune's face lit up with a smile, as he set it down on the floor at my level from his tall shelf.

"It's some bugs that I've collected." My eyes peer on over, as I recognize some from my 'old homeland'. Although I recognize none of the kanji.

"What's that one?" I point to one that vaguely reminds me of a hercules beetle.

"Dynastes Hercules is what it's called. It's one of the biggest beetles you can find in konoha. It's the biggest beetle in the rhinoceros beetle family. That's a subclass of beetle from the scarab beetle family..."

I sat with a smirk on my lips. Man this kid is informative about bugs. I thought Aburame just focused on their own kikaichu.

"You're really smart, for a kid that is."

"I read a lot of books, and go bug hunting with my father often."

I realized he must've been exactly like kid Kakashi. Except less father-hero worship.

"When are you going to enter the academy?"

The young child shifted a bit. "My father says I can go when I have proper control over them."

"Your kikaichu."

"Mine's different. Father calls them rinkaichu." The boy started to show how his hand turned purple.

"They can't leave me like kikaichu." I sniffed him, but for some reason the nano sized insects didn't have a scent like their host. Torune immediately retreated his hand, as my nose got closer.

"P-pakkun-san! Please don't come near me. I could kill you." He hid his hand, but in his panic the bugs started to resonate across his skin, as it turned from a glazed peach into a bright burning violet.

"I'm sorry." But as I backed up, I hit the collection of bugs. I turned around, but my back paws stepped and lightly touched the boy. Well I thought the poison from the last mission was painful. I let out a painful yelp, and the next thing I know I sense Shikuro inside the room, and everything faded to black, as Torune was crying.

A warm embrace with the shadows. One, wanting to become one. I open my eyes, but I'm no longer in the body of Pakkun. I don't even know if I have a form or eyes anymore. Just a warm darkness envelops me, like water, but I see nothing in the black.

Red eyes open. Slitted red eyes.

"Foreign... you are not from here... your soul smells delicious..." A gritty low baritone voice whispers, reminds me of hollow Ichigo from bleach. WAIT! Why is he talking like a freaking vampire! I don't smell delicious.

I try to back up, but I don't know how to move. This chakra signature, is the same as that one from the mission. The one Minato couldn't identify.

It chuckles, as sharp sickle like teeth lined up in a row appear in a scary grin. "Special is what you are... Special is what is mine... You will be mine..." If I had a spine, shivers would definitely be racing up and down it like a squirrel runs from a dog.

"But not yet... not yet... Special."

My heavy eyelids open up. Did I just have a freaky vision with a scary monster that claimed me... No no no, must be repressed emotions.

"Gave us quite the scare there." Oh right, poisoned before that creepy nightmare.

"I'm sorry, it was my fault. Torune told me to stay away, but I-"

"I know. But I think it would be best if you stopped visiting." Shit I feel bad now. Well, guess Hatake summons are not only good at tracking, but also being bad house guests. "Don't please pull puppy eyes on me, Pakkun." Oh whoops, habit with Kakashi when I know I've been bad. "Torune still needs to practice control. You're lucky his bugs haven't fully matured. I do appreciate you trying to be friend him, but before he can make friends, I need to make sure he won't be a threat to them."

"Well, he seems pretty shut out, which can be bad for him too."

"I set up play dates for him with others."

"I bet it's more of babysitting, while desperately holding onto the antidote."

Shikuro just sighed. "Children tend to be more unpredictable..."

"I guess that factor does dissuade putting him with other children. But he himself knows the dangers, a little too fearful of himself if you ask me."

"I take him out bug hunting on Sundays and Thursdays. But you are still not welcome in my home." Wait, was the elder Aburame inviting me out! Sweet, I'd be the best there ever was! I'll catch them all!

"Sign me up."

"If Kakashi allows you." Pssh I don't need his opinion, plus I can skip training. "We leave at dawn, so meet up with us at the gates of the compound. Also when you go home, tell Sakumo that I do appreciate him saving me." How many freakin people has Sakumo saved!?

"Sure thing. And tell Torune I'm sorry. And also that I'm too awesome to die."

Shikuro finally cracked a smirk. As I was leaving I could hear him mumur to himself. "You really are as arrogant and sassy as they say."

WAIT! I'm a gossip in town! And sassy! SASSY!? Who the hell is sassy. I'm so not sassy! My feet pick up pace, as I leave the compound, entering the streets of Konoha. That's when a familiar voice reaches my ears.

"What's got your collar, pipsqueak?"

I glare to my left, as I see Kuromaru striding up to me, Tsume currently haggling with a street vendor on a price of something she's buying.

"Nothing." I quickly seethe out between my fangs.

"It's not good to be in denial."

I let out a sigh, already knowing my next words are going to sound stupid, "Do you think I'm sassy?"

Kuromaru let out a laugh. "Sassy?! I think you're down right impudent."

"Why do you have to make me sound like such a kid?!"

"You are still one! You're only a year and half, pup."

I let out a growl. "And exactly how many pups do you know are this intelligent."

"Narcissistic much?"

"You know it."

Kuromaru sat down next to me, as he rolled his eyes. "I just kinda figured the tanto doesn't fall very far from the shinobi." Oh great another idiom murdered by ninjas. It's the apple doesn't fall far from the tree!

"Hardy har har. I just end up banned from someone's homestead and maybe traumatizing a kid."

"'Bout time."

I turned to Kuromaru with astonished eyes. He just chuckles. "Well, with someone as intrusive as you, I'd figured it'd be about time to make some enemies, besides bitches like that Uchiha fat tabby."

I chuckle, as my tail wags hitting Kuromaru's tail. I glare at it, remembering back when I was younger, his tail used to swipe me from underneath, making me fall over. Now, not so much with my ninja skills.

"Oh Pakkun, you even listening to me?"

"Oh sorry."

"You know, you seem different." My head tilts in curiosity.

"Different?"

"Yah, nevermind."

"Hey, finish your thought!"

"Not gonna, not for a runt like you."

"Why I outta-"

Tsume interrupts us, as she hefts her bags. "Kuromaru, time to go. Nice seeing you Pakkun. Give Kakashi a nice bite on the rear for me, okay?"

I nod, as she wolfishly grins at me. I walk back home, feeling less bad about what's happened today. Damn this is why Kakashi should make more friends! Then he wouldn't act like he always has a stick up his ass! My eyes light up as I see Obito and Rin eating dango together. A cheeky grin sets in my face. Oh this is going to be perfect.

Coming home to Kakashi and Sakumo eating together, it's like aliens have abducted me. I've even left the front door open.

"Pakkun, you'll be full on flies if you keep your mouth hanging open like that." Kakashi sarcastically remarks, as he continues eating. Sakumo chuckles, while giving me an apologetic look. I go back to close the door, before coming back to the scene, expecting my hallucination to be over.

I sit there staring at my food, before looking at the two.

"The food will get cold, Pakkun." Sakumo smiles at me. A smile I haven't seen in a long time. But Kakashi is still acting like an asshole to me.

"What happened between you two?" The father son duo look at each other, before Kakashi goes back to eating, like nothing happened. Sakumo holds a finger to his mouth.

"It's a secret."

My eyes narrow. Sakumo must've bribed him with something. What that something is, I have no idea. I thought Kakashi would've learned everything he could've from Sakumo already?

"Pakkun, hurry up and finish eating. We have training afterwards."

Oh I guess that would be the one thing Kakashi would be lacking in, away from canon. Summoning training. I hope Sakumo doesn't make it to painful for me. I gingerly take another bite from my food plate.

"Oh Pakkun, I hope you don't mind, but I'll be supervising your training with Kakashi." Sakumo quickly adds, as I chow down.

I called it, my psychic abilities are growing. And from the ferocious look in Kakashi's eyes, he's totally planning on punishing me still for today's earlier prank. Kushina-chan, next time I will have to ask if you can create memory eraser seals. I slightly whimper as I finish my food.

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