missing nin hatake kakashi

how it all starts

Hatake kakashi had no clue what was happening. He had been drinking with his team (because no matter what they had never stopped being his team) and then suddenly naruto was expirimenting with space-time seals. Something about a bet sasuke gave, he didnt know he was absolutely shitfaced ( a large part of the reason he hadnt tried to stop them).

And now here he is, in the middle of nowhere, seemingly in his younger body, with a crossed out hitai-ate and his face in the konoha bingo book.

Of course, the first thing he tried was summoning his pack, because he'd be damned if he had to live through this alone. Thankfully they all retained their memories, if they hadnt he might have done something quite drastic.

So he sent his pack to scout out the surroundings and sat down to take stock of all he had on him. First counting all of his weapons, which seemed to be in good condition so he had either just restocked them or he hadnt been a missing-nin for long, though considering he was already in the bingo book, he thought it might be the former.

He also found several bingo books from different villages, one from iwa, kumo, kiri, an old and recent one from konoha. He didnt want to think about how he'd gotten hands on a recent konoha bingo book, most ways included doing not so nice things to konoha shinobi, so he kept the thoughts at bay.

He had a few ration bars, some money and some sealing scrolls full of more weapons that he also took stock of. All in all, he was pretty set on weapons for a while as long as he wasnt getting into daily battles against s-rank shinobi.

As he finished, most of his pack returned, reporting a small village north of him and a pile of dead iwa shinobi a few kilometres south.

Deciding that information gathering was the best course of action at the moment, he headed towards the village, letting his pack dispell after they led him in the right direction.

Just before he reached the village he put on a henge, the chances of there being another shinobi being very low in such a small town, then he headed to the most populated bar he could find.

As soon as he entered, most of the attention in the bar turned to him. "You ain't from 'round these parts are you?" Someone sitting at the bar said.

"Ah no, i just arrived today actually." Kakashi responded, rubbing the back of his neck. He now looked like a unremarkable young man. Brown hair and eyes, slightly taller than average and with a light stubble.

"Why ya in this small town, it's pretty out of the way of most places" kakashi aproaches the bar and orders a beer. " i'm actually quite lost, i would apreciate any help you could give really. Maybe starting with where we are?"

"You're in ishima, a small town on the edge of earth country, near the land of fire border. What's your name kid?"

" I'm sukea, I'd be willing to do any work around town in exchange for a map and a place to stay." The man beside him smiled and offered his hand. "The names monuki, me and my wife own a farm and we'd love some help tending to the animals. Our children used to help but they left this town as soon as they were old enough." Kakashi smiled back. " I'm happy to be of service"

They finished their drinks, kakashi filtering the alcohol out of his system immidiatly, then headed to monuki's home. It was still fairly early in the day so he and 'sukea' got to work immidiatly.

It wasn't very demanding work, just feeding the animals and making sure they all had water then tending to some of their crops. Then, when night came he got a warm meal and a futon in one of their extra rooms to sleep in. Monuki's wife was nice and directed him to some other people in the village who needed help with things.