Ah, it feels good to be back... not so sure that Kakashi agrees.


Kakashi looked over his new genin squad curiously as they sat on the roof, soaking up the sunshine. To say they were not what he expected upon reading their files would be something of an understatement. One he really, really wished he could fall back to at this point.

To start with, he was pretty sure the contingent of prison guards were fairly unnecessary, especially with the sheer amount of restraints pinning his cute little students to the roof. He had never before seen a pre-genin strapped to a hand truck, wearing a straightjacket, muzzle, chains, chakra draining seals, and he was pretty sure that even under all that, they were cuffed at both the ankles and wrists. He wasn't sure he even wanted to know at this point, but he felt he had to press on.

"Welcome... everyone, I am Kakashi Hatake, and I suspect I should be your Jounin instructor in the coming months... can they even perform introductions like that?" He asked the assembled guards while waving a hand at the bound and probably gagged potential students. Honestly, he couldn't even imagine why they were in those crazy contraptions to begin with.

One of the guards stepped forward, unfurling a scroll. "Due to... circumstances, these three are restricted until such time as the Hokage clears them. Until then, you are to accept responsibilities for them. I shall give you their introductions, and lead the guards assigned to ensure their cooperation."

"First is one Uchiha, Sasuke. He is charged with the following offenses: arson, attempted arson, assault with intent, public indecency, attacking licensed fangirls out of season," the guard began, causing Kakashi to wince, that would hurt. The lawyers the Fangirl Licensing Authority used made a shark in chummed water seem friendly. "It should be noted that these charges are not confirmed, and are under investigation. There is supposedly several more potential charges as well, but we cannot confirm any yet."

Kakashi looked at the last of the Uchiha who was giving off a smug sense of satisfaction as each of the charges were laid against him. The guard leveled a glare at him for a moment before going onto the next person. "This is Uzumaki, Naruto..." the guard started before unraveling a longer scroll, one that stretched down from his hands and nearly touched the grounds. "Multiple charges of property damage, impersonating others, stealing, and..."

"I can see where this leads... just give me their lists later and we'll review any details I have questions with," Kakashi stated with a sigh as he waved the guard off. Watching Naruto he got a feeling that he was unrepentant about everything, save for maybe getting caught. Turning to to look at the final member of the team, he sighed as he actually found one of them showing some sign of remorse. He wondered why the pink haired girl was under the heaviest security of the three of them, until he saw the scroll being carried in by four rather muscular men. The fact that it cracked the rooftop when they set it down was a little worrying.

"As you can gather from the scroll here... Haruno, Sakura seems to have been the ringleader of their little escapade," the guard explained while edging away from where the scroll threatened to collapse the rooftop. "I am not going to go into details, however I would suggest you review the case in minute details..."

"Maa..." Kakashi drawled for a moment to try and figure out how he was going to get out of this trio, when something about the last part caught his attention. "Wait, escapade?"

"Oh yes, see they got a little... exuberant in their celebrations last night over passing. These charges are mostly from tonight and this morning..." the guard explained while the trio laughed darkly.

"What a hell of a party," Sasuke muttered happily as he shook his head in the muzzle.

Naruto seemed to be fit to burst as he answered back. "Who knew you two could knock back shots like that. We'll have to go out drinking again soon!"

"NO!" the guards shouted in unison, and Kakashi could almost swear he saw Iruka and the Hokage join in from the offices. However, that didn't seem important right now.

"Very well then, seal up those scrolls and deliver them, with those three, to training ground 8 tomorrow morning," Kakashi stated calmly as he felt a headache coming on. "I'm going to go find out how it feels to have your soul sucked out by the Shinigami to seal Tora the Cat in a stone."

With that he was gone, never to be heard from again. However, it should be noted that Tora was still around, wearing a blood-stained half mask, but that's a tale for another time.