Of Cats and Dogs (Kakashi x Male OC)

Chapter 7

On the morning of our mission, I manage to arrive before everybody else – one hour earlier to be exact. And not because I wanted to! It's just – I was really nervous throughout the night and couldn't really sleep, and woke up, like, every other hour until it no longer made any sense to try to go back to sleep. So here I am, sitting up in a tree, trying to get at least a few more minutes of shuteye before our great journey officially begins. Or maybe even a couple of hours, should Kakashi not take this seriously and decide to be late again. Please, at least for the sake of our first escort mission, try to be punctual.

Sasuke is the first one to arrive. But except for a nod to acknowledge the other, both of us don't exchange any words. Next is Sakura. However, as expected, the moment she sees her dear Sasuke-kun, everything else simply vanishes from her sight. I actually pity the duck. That's animal cruelty right there. Somebody better be calling PETA on the pink banshee.

Surprisingly the next one to arrive is Kakashi, followed by Naruto and Tazuna. So the silverette could be punctual if he wanted to.

"Alright! We're off!" Naruto cheers and starts to look all around him, eyes filled with curiosity. He somehow reminds me of Marshmallow - my very first cat that I had rescued from the streets in my former world – back when she still had been just a tiny, little kitten. On the night when I had first brought her to my apartment, she was so curious and everything seemed to be new to her so she would run around and poke her nose into everything – she ended up getting her head stuck in a jar of strawberry jam; she had looked so incredibly silly, but cute – until she was completely spent and turned to sleeping for the following thirteen hours. Naruto, on the other hand, is not cute, though. He's obnoxious. And loud. And just typical Naruto.

"What are you so excited about?" Tazuna asks him annoyed.

"You see, I've never left the village before!" Naruto continues with his antics. The bridge builder turns to Kakashi and inquires, "Are you sure I'm gonna be alright with this brat?"

"I'm a Jōnin and I will be watching him, so everything will be fine, no worries." Our resident cyclops assures him.

"Hey, old man! Don't mock us ninja! I'm awesome you know! I'm a super-elite Shinobi who will one day become Hokage! You better remember my name, Uzumaki Naruto, believe it!" Naruto goes off on Tazuna who takes a gulp from his trusty bottle and eyes the blonde with ridicule. Why not scream a little bit louder? My eardrums are still intact, so try harder, would you.

"The Hokage is the top dog of your village, yes? You certainly don't look like you'll ever manage to achieve that position. The day that happens is when pigs learn how to fly." I wouldn't bet on that if I were you. I mean, there's a giant, nine-tailed fox, and talking toads and dogs – who is to say that there aren't any flying pigs hiding around somewhere.

"Argh! Shut up! I'll do whatever it takes to become Hokage and when that happens you'll have no other choice but to acknowledge me, believe it!" Naruto argues.

"I'll never acknowledge you, squirt... even if you manage to become Hokage," Tazuna says. This makes Naruto even angrier, shouting "I'll kill you!" at the old bridge builder. Kakashi has to hold him back. "I told you to stop threatening our client with murder, you moron!" He chides the idiot, who tries to free himself from our teacher's hold.

Tazuna then turns around and his eyes fall on me. He frowns. Whatcha lookin' at, huh?!

"And what's up with this brat? Is he some sort of cat demon? Or is he like those Shinobi from that dog clan? Ya think a weirdo like him will be of any use?" He asks slightly disgusted. Ex-fucking-cuse you, I don't like the look of that ugly mug of yours either, but do you hear me complaining? Should I tell him that I'm gay to make him flip the lid some more? Maybe he'll do something that I could use as an excuse to kill him... Yeah, nah, too much of a hassle. Let's just ignore him.