Week 20 Blood
Week 20 Blood
The first note from Kakashi to Sakura came by messenger bird.
Where should I build the house?
She replied via slug.
In the same place as the last one...baka.
The first note from Naruto, delivered by Gamakichi's baby brother, smelled like ramen and swamp water.
Sakaaara-chyann, come have ramen with me 'n Hinata.
She replied through Hinata, while the girls were having lunch together.
NO
The first message from Kiba, sent via his sister Hana, was a peace offering called Akamaru.
It's close to 'that' time. Thought I would send Akamaru over early to make sure you stay warm.
Hana returned Akamaru to Kiba while he worked on cleaning up Sakura's home site. She made sure that all three men could hear her when she gave Kiba the reply.
I don't get cold when I'm sleeping between Kotetsu and Izumo.
Kakashi politely thanked Hana for her time, sent Naruto to collect nails on the other side of Konoha, and turned to Kiba with murder in his eye.
“What?! I didn't do anything.”
“She's sleeping with them?”
She sleeps between them and sometimes, between Akamaru and me. You know she has poor circulation! Didn't you ever notice how cold she gets when it's 'that time'?” Kiba watched Kakashi glance away.
“…”
“You ignored the problem didn't you? Every time? I'm not surprised she wouldn't move in with you. YOU Kakashi are a bastard.”
“...”
“No wonder she was shocked when we noticed.” He muttered to himself, though Kakashi easily heard him. Kiba's gaze and body turned away from the man in front of him. As he walked away in disgust, Kiba threw one last comment over his shoulder. “When she decides to talk to you again, ask about our first mission as a team and how we got our name.”
With that lovely little comment firmly clawing its way through his brain, Kakashi did what he does best. He found an obscure tree in the middle of nowhere, planted his butt, and pretended to read.
After hours of ripping apart past memories, possible reactions, and plausible ways of saying 'I am an ass, forgive me?' Kakashi's second note was short and to the point, sent through Kiba, whom he felt had a better chance of living through her anger.
He also decided that groveling should be done in person and privately.
How would you like your house built? Exactly the same? Circle Yes or No.
YES No
Two weeks later Kiba handed over detailed blueprints along with Kakashi's note, NO heavily circled.
Utterly peeved at the five pounds of paper dumped on him, Kakashi quickly assessed the house plan that her 'new' team had helped to make. He stared at the plans in horror. It would take all the money he had earned from his first year in Anbu, including interest, to pay for this.
Kakashi leaned against the trunk of his favorite tree, trying to find a way out or around the mission parameters. Dragging a hand through his hair, he opened the mission scroll. No, No, No and No. An excessive amount of No's and not a word that I enjoy either.
No clones. No outside help. No chakra. No coercion. Building to her standards. No blackmail, bribes, or best friend privileges.
Clones and chakra were out...unless...someone else used them but no one from 'outside'. Which meant they had to be inside their circle of friends. Friends like Temari, Yamato, and definitely Gai and Lee. I could call it Extreme Marriage Training for the Beauty of Youth and Vitality...That would work.
Blackmail, best friend privileges and bribes- Doesn’t say that I can't use people just that I have to ask first, probably nicely. As for coercion, that only applies to Sakura. Everyone else is fair game.
A small snicker snuck around his tightly sealed lips. Kakashi bit his thumb, ran through a complex series of hand seals before slamming his hands onto the ground. In the midst of smoke clouds a small dog appeared.
“Pakkun, there’s something that I want you to do for me.” A wicked grin a spread over Kakashi’s face, if he were less composed, he would have cackled. He had notes to write...and not just to Sakura.
Just the updated version that I finally was able to get up on the journal. I was grounded from my computer by my in-laws.