Two Jonin and an Investigation

Tenzo's Throat Baby | Explanations

"Tenzo, what do you do when you're on vacation?"

"I do a lot of stuff, just things to keep me occupied."

"When's the next event for us?"

"I don't think there's anything ahead. So, you have nothing to do?" Kakashi pouted, nodding at Tenzo.

"Here," Yamato cleared his throat and coughed out a seed. He dropped it into some soil in a small flower pot and showed it to Kakashi. "Why don't you take care of a plant?" Kakashi just stared at him. "What?"

"Is that where seeds come from?" He asked like a child inquiring about babies.

"Not all of them. You should really try gardening if you know that little about plants."

"But that's where all your seeds come from?"

"Um... Do you mean-"

"The tracker seeds, too?"

"Ah, yes, the tracker seeds, right. That's what you were... Yeah, that's, uh, where they come from." Yamato rubbed the back of his head. 'I thought he was talking about something else,' he thought, blushing a bit.

"But, but sometimes we eat those!"

"Senpai, it's just a se-"

"You give me a seed that came from your throat, and put it in my throat?"

"You're taking this out of contex-"

"That's disgusting, Tenzo. I'm never eating one again." 'So what, you're gonna hide them up your nose, or stick them in your armpits?' Yamato thought, glaring at Kakashi. "And all this time I thought they were shadow clones transformed into seeds!"

"That's one way to do it. This is just more effective, Senpai." Kakashi shook his head.

"So, what about this throat baby?" He pointed to the flower pot.

"It's not called a throat baby."

"It is if your throat gave birth to it." Yamato sighed.

"Just do me a favor and take care of this 'throat baby'. You said you had nothing to do, right? I wanna see how well you do with plants. No instructions, and I'd prefer no help from anyone."

"Alright. What's it's name?"

"I didn't name it." Kakashi scoffed dramatically.

"You're telling me you just gave birth to a seed using your mouth and you're not even going to name it?" Kakashi stopped and gasped. "I bet if I wasn't here, you'd be packing up his things and putting him into foster care." Kakashi crossed his arms and sat on Yamato's couch. Yamato laughed and sat down next to Kakashi, laying most of his body on Kakashi's lap.

"You're hilarious when you're dramatic," he smiled.

"You're a terrible father." Kakashi smiled back. "Anyways, I have to water it, right? Everyday?"

"No intstructions, remember? I'll see how you do after a little while. And no asking people for help. I can easily ask Gai to help keep an eye on you for that one," He said as he poked Kakashi.

"Can I ask one question, though?"

"Depends on the question."

"How often do I water it?"

"Can't answer that one."

"What type of plant is it?"

"Can't answer that one, either. But, it does grow faster than most plants." Kakashi sighed.

"Then can you get off of me so I can figure out this plant, and get some lunch?" Tenzo shook his head.

"I'm comfortable."

"And I'm going to push you off."

"I dare you to." Without looking, or even thinking, Kakashi pushed Yamato off, not forcefully but hard enough to get him off. What he didn't take into account was that Yamato was gripping Kakashi hard enough to bring him down too. They landed with a thud, Kakashi awkward landing over Yamato. Sai opened the door.

"Yamato Taichou, are you okay? I heard a loud thud, and I was walking by. The door was open, so I-"

"Sai, that's Yamato Taichou's home! Breaking in is a crime- Oh," Sakura said.

"What? Oh. Hey, Kakashi Sensei. Are you guys sparring? Can I join?"

"No," Kakashi said, as Yamato laughed, still gripping onto Kakashi's vest.

"Hah! Karma," he teased, still blushing. Kakashi carefully got off of Yamato.

"C'mon, guys, let's go. I'm hungry!"

"Wait," Sakura said. "I think we all deserve an explanation." Yamato blushed again when Kakashi lightly elbowed him.

"You started it, Tenzo. With your little throat ba-"

"Okay! Sit down, then, I'll tell you a story." After a lot of explaining, some small lies and fortunately not a lot of questions, Yamato got to a part he couldn't quite explain.

"If you guys were only sitting next to each other, but you were grabbing his vest..." Kakashi started smiling, almost laughing. Yamato was gonna get it, from Sakura. "So, you grabbed his vest, and he tried to stand up and you fell on top of each other? How does that happen?" Kakashi started laughing, watching Yamato deflate hearing Sakura's question.

"Go ahead, Tenzo. How does that happen?"

"Well, um, you see, um..." Yamato couldn't think of excuses with Kakashi laughing so loud in the background.

"Are you okay, Kakashi sensei? Why are you laughing?" Naruto asked.

"Because Tenzo's so bad at lying when he doesn't know what to say," he smiled. "He was lying on my lap, and I wanted lunch. He actually dared me to push him off, so I did. He brought me down along with him. That's basically it." Yamato started blushing again.

"Why were you lying on Kakashi Sensei's lap, Yamato Taichou?"

"Apparently," Kakashi said. "My lap is so comfortable he refused to leave." Sakura started giggling as Sai tried to get on Kakashi's lap. He failed.