Second chances

chapter 7: evil photobook of doom

Kakashi strolled through the team seven training grounds at around ten in the morning. He was delayed by a frantic Maito Gai asking him about a challenge (Something he ignored) and also if he had seen a photo album which, apparently 'Burned with the firey passion of youth' or something.

Ranted a fair deal about what kind of thief would steal such a precious item as that.It didn't really matter to him too much anyway. He assured the hyperventilating green spandex wearing jounin that he would return the book should he come across it.Inwardly, Kakashi agreed with his colleague. What kind of fool would steal the photo album? Gai showed it to him once, and he couldn't sleep for a week.

The horrible green spandex, the hideously shiny teeth, and... (Kakashi involuntarily shuddered) ... THE SUPER THICK EYEBROWS!(1)All over the world, millions of fangirls screamed at the monstrosity that was... LEE AND GAI'S EYEBROWS!

"Make it go away," they shriek, "Make it go AWAY!"

... Back to the story...

The jounin made one last check on his vest pocket for a familiar orange book. It took him all day yesterday, but he managed to find and buy the Special edition of Icha Icha Paradise. This time he was going to be prepared for whatever trap the little mons... 'Genin' were going to pull.He cautiously approached the meeting area. So far, so good. No traps... yet. He kept walking until he found the three glaring angrily at him.

"Ohayo!"

"You're late," said Naruto coldly.

Decidedly ignoring the remark, Kakashi took out a clock. "This clock is set to twelve. Your task," he said, holding up a pair of bells, "Is to take these bells before the time limit. Get a bell, and you pass. Any questions?"

Pointedly ignoring the questions such as, 'Why were you so damn late?' and 'What kind of teacher are you?', he said,

"Alright, come at me with the intention to kill and start... NOW!"

The three disappeared in an instant. The jounin assessed their hiding skills.'Let's see... The Uchiha and the Hyuuga are pretty well hidden... But the Uzumaki...' he looked up and faced the blond.

"Um... You're a bit off, don't you think?"

"Phft! The only thing off here is your haircut!" replied Naruto, charging him.

"Lesson one: Taijutsu," stated Kakashi calmly, taking out his book.

Ignoring Naruto completely, he began to read.In retaliation, Naruto started it off with a punch that was easily blocked. He followed it up quickly with a roundhouse kick which was yet again blocked.What Kakashi never expected was that Naruto retreated with a series of backflips. Looking at his hands, he noticed that exploding tags were attached to sighed. Not this again...Boom.Naruto crouched silently, knowing what was going to happen next. As expected...

"Konohagakure Hiden: Taijutsu no Ōgi: Sennen Goroshi!(2)"

Behind him, the jounin plunged his fingers into Naruto's ass.Another thing that Kakashi didn't expect was the Naruto to disappear in a puff of smoke, replaced by a nest of angry hornets. Dear Lord, he despised the child with the intensity of a thousand suns. He managed to kill most of them, but got stung with a surprisingly very itchy substance. How nice. The kid used genjutsu and managed to lace senbons(3) with itching powder.

Coincidentally, another paint bucket fell on his head. This time it was neon pink. Kami-sama, the villagers and the rest of his colleagues were going to have a field day with him today.He looked ahead to see a pile of Icha-Icha books in flames. He knew this was genjutsu, but it looked too real for him to bear and he screamed in agony and was knocked out by a blow to the head.