Of Cats and Dogs (Kakashi x Male OC)

Chapter 8

Everything goes well, for the most part. Naruto, that stupid idiot, has decided that it would be a good idea to throw shuriken at anything that moves. Honestly? I am about to reach the point where I'd consider strangling him in his sleep. But he is not wrong about his "But I've sensed somebody over there!". I know who the two people following us are, after all. So, I walk over to Kakashi and whisper a quiet "There's two of them".

"Are you sure?" He whispers back and I nod. He hums and ruffles my hair. Then, suddenly, both of our eyes widened. I purred. I honest-to-God purred. This is so damn embarrassing! And that bastard dares to laugh at me!!!

"Well, aren't you a cute little kitty," he teases me. I'm not cute, damn it! Take that back! I give him the angriest glare I could muster, but that obviously doesn't work on that a-hole since he continues to giggle like a little schoolgirl. With a huff, I start to even out my disheveled hair. While I am occupied, I can hear Naruto yell something which riles up both Tazuna and Sakura. Then suddenly, both Kakashi and I feel danger approaching our group at a fast pace.

""Get down!"" The both of us shout at the same time and everybody throws themselves on the ground just barely in time before a huge sword sails past just slightly above our heads, embedding itself in a tree not far from us. I immediately look up and see a tall man with a bare upper body and bandages covering the lower half of his face standing on top of the blade, his back turned towards us. Say, is he aware that he's kinda facing the wrong way and trying to strike a pose in order to salvage the situation? Or is he doing that because he genuinely thinks it's cool? If it's the latter, let me tell you, it's not working.

"Well, well, if it isn't the missing ninja Momochi Zabuza of the Hidden Mist!" Kakashi greets our assailant. Momochi, not Mochi, gotcha. He barely even finishes his words when suddenly Naruto starts running at the swordsman, but luckily our dear teacher stops him.

"You're in the way. Stay back, you guys." Kakashi orders. Leave it to our team's number one brick-head to not be able to correctly assess the situation and develop the ridiculous notion that he had even a semblance of a chance against a fucking Jōnin.

"Why?!" Naruto yells and I internally facepalm myself. It just hurts, y'know, on a mental level.

"This man is on a completely different level compared to the other two that we've encountered before," Kakashi warns him. Then, after a short moment of contemplation, he lifts his hand and pushes up his Hitai-ate, revealing his scarred, closed left eye.

"I assume you are Kakashi of the Sharingan..." The Kiri nin says. I can see Sasuke flinch in the corner of my vision.

"I'm sorry, but I'll have to ask you to hand over that old man behind you," Zabuza demands politely. For a missing-nin, he sure has manners. Nice.

"Get into Manji-Formation and protect Tazuna. Don't involve yourselves in the fight, do you understand me!" Kakashi instructs us, and I give him an audible "Loud and clear" as I get into position. That is when he opens his eye and reveals a red orb with three tomoe surrounding his pupil in a circle. The legendary Sharingan. To think I would ever be able to witness it live and in 4k. It does look kinda ominous in a way, though. Red means scary, y'know. And with those black tomoe in there? That just screams "Villain!" no matter how you look at it. Good thing Kakashi only has one of those, and it isn't even his own.

"Well now, I didn't expect to get to see the rumored Sharingan this soon." Zabuza muses and turns towards us. "I feel honored." Oh, you should, good Sir, you should.

"Hey! Everybody has been going on and on about this Sharingan-thingy, but what is that?!" Naruto yells. God... please, somebody, gag him for me, or else I will silence him forever.