Two Jonin and an Investigation

a Butterfly Won't Fly if You Chop Off its Wings

Yamato was the first to land a hit, right on Kakashi's bare back.

"Not so hard, Tenzo!"

"Sorry, but I doubt you'll be any softer," Yamato shrugged. "Wait! No ninjutsu, alright?"

"Yeah."

"Just making sure." He aimed another at Kakashi, which was successfully dodged. There really wasn't much to do since the space was so small. The first time they did it, they were smaller, with more room. Dodging a hit at all was enough of a challenge. Unfortunately, Naruto and Sai were getting curious.

"It's been taking too long, should I go check on them?"

"Maybe they're in the bathroom, you know."

"Both of them? At the same time? I doubt it."

"Just give them time. It'll be weird if you show up without a valid reason."

"Yeah." Naruto sank deeper into the hot water. At least it was relaxing.

"Oi, Yamato, look over there!"

"I'm not falling for that trick, senpa-" Kakashi whacked Yamato's neck with the towel. 

"That's just what you get, for hitting me earlier." Yamato slapped Kakashi in the face, laughing.

"I'm just giving it back, Senpai... Oh, are you okay? I'm sorry, I didn't mean to." Kakashi rubbed his face, the right side being all red. Yamato's eyes widened, and he started blushing really hard.

"What? Am I bleeding, what?"

"Your face! I can see your face!" Perhaps Yamato was a little too surprised, and a little too loud, because Sai, Naruto, and Sakura all heard. Sai and Naruto were there in milliseconds.

"Are you guys okay?" Naruto asked.

"You guys were taking forever," Sai said. "We didn't know if you were gonna get in the water." Now, Sakura was getting really curious, and jealous. Yamato Taichou has seen his face? Why? That made her think of how many people Kakashi showed his face to. Maybe they were all dead because they knew some twisted secret. Maybe they were blinded by Kakashi's ugliness or beauty. Maybe they were speechless and vowed never to speak again. She listened again. Now, she could hear everything.

"No, no, we're fine. We'll be there in a second, okay?" Naruto, confused, suspiciously looked at Kakashi. A soaked towel covered the bottom of Kakashi's face, now concealed for eternity, held up by two wooden clothing pins. Yamato was still blushing very hard and sweating a bit.

"What took you guys so long? Are you sure you're okay?"

"We're fine. Sorry to bother you guys. Now go back, we'll be there in a second." Naruto and Sai walked back, still confused. Sakura, however, was more confused than anyone.

"Tenzo, stop blushing, Sai and Naruto are obviously suspicious."

"W-Well, I can't just put a towel over my f-face like you!"

"Just get in the water. I gotta put my mask back on." Yamato nodded and slipped into the water. It was relaxing and hot, just what he needed after what happened.

"Hey, Yamato Taichou, what happened back there?"

"Nothing. Do you know how long our missions will be limited to  C and under for? I admit, it's getting kind of boring."

"I dunno, but yeah. There aren't any good C missions around, so it's just boring escorts and finding more lost cats." Soon, Kakashi slipped in. This time, his shower mask was on. Yamato sunk into the water trying to hide his blush. I guess it worked for the most part. I mean, it's not like water is see through, or anything.

"Actually, it's been kinda long, now. I'm heading out." Sai said, putting his towel on. "You should get out, too, Naruto. You've been in there longer than me."

"I suppose you're right." He got up and left with Sai. Now it was just Yamato and Kakashi, and Sakura (still on the girls side by the way). But eventually Sakura got out. As soon as she did, they started talking.

"I didn't mean to knock off your mask, Senpai, or hurt your face."

"It's okay, I know you didn't mean it." Yamato chuckled.

"Ya know, Senpai, if you didn't wear your mask, it'd distract the girls from Sasuke," He said, fumbling after realizing what he said. He sank into the water again.

"But you know why I wear it."

"Yeah." Kakashi only told Yamato once, so he made him remember. Kakashi didn't like his face because it reminded him of his dad. A sad story, really. Yamato guessed he didn't want to talk about it. "Hey, Senpai."

"Can you drop the 'Senpai'?"

"Maa, then you have to drop the 'Tenzo'."

"Never mind, Tenzo."

"Anyways, Senpai. Do you think the apple I ate was safe?"

"I dunno, you made it. Well, it's made of chakra. So I suppose you just ate chakra."

"But when I make trees, they're all trees. They're not made of chakra."

"Chakra grown apples, 100% apple, 0% chakra. Now that's an impressive kekkei genkai." Yamato smiled.

"Were towel wars that painful the last time we played?"

"I dunno. By the way, you're the only person that knows what my face looks like, besides my parents." Yamato's heart fluttered like a butterfly for a bit, but he quickly chopped its wings off. Of course, Sakura was still listening to everything. 'This is gonna be a long investigation,' Sakura thought.