Drunken Space Ninjutsu

Chapter 3

Four teenagers were walking around the streets Konoha's marked district.

But instead of just hanging out like normal teenagers, They were walking in a tactical formation and executing their orders with a professional demeanor.

Or at least, that was what Hatake Kakashi, their jounin leader, had hoped for when they started the mission. The orders for the joint operation has arrived without any forewarning, so the teams were hastily assembled with the first elements available, which of course caused Kakashi to be in his current predicament.

"YOSH!" thundered a voice behind him "if I am not able to maintain order in the village, I'll run five hundred laps around the walls! And should I not be able to do that, I'll climb the Hokage mountain using only my hands in less than five minutes! And should I fail to do that, I'll start over again using only my teeth!"

Kakashi groaned as the green-clad chuunin, Maito Gai, shouted his resolve at the top of his lungs, doing poses that the taijutsu enthusiast considered 'youthful.'

Whatever that meant.

He watched his other two subordinates, hoping to find their support in calming down the boisterous chuunin. His hopes were utterly crushed, as Sarutobi Asuma and Yuuhi Kurenai were too busy looking at each other when the other was not watching and faintly blushing when doing so, apparently undisturbed by the big-browed boy's antics.

It was almost painful to watch. He didn't particularly care, but he remembered that Obito and Rin had once made a bet about how many years it would take for the oblivious chuunins to confess to each other.

That thought brought to his mind the more painful memories about his former team mates.

He involuntarily reached for his sharingan eye, covered by his forehead protector, as pangs of guilt stabbed his conscience.

'Mission,' he thought. 'Concentrate on the mission. Feel guilty later.'

"Gai, calm down. Your scaring the civilians," he said with a bored tone.

Actually, most of the civilians were just annoyed by his shouting, especially this early in the morning. Gai has started making a reputation for himself as a strange guy, so the number of people scared by his presence and his...
explosive enthusiasm was growing thinner by each passing day.

He was still oblivious by it though, so it was still a good excuse for shutting him up.

"You're right of course, my eternal rival! Not everyone is ready to admire the greatness of the flames of youth," Gai said, suddenly serious.
"I shall tone down my explosions of youthfulness, or I'll keep doing this mission walking only on my hands!"
he shouted, exuberant as before and already failing his self-imposed challenge.

"Whatever. Let's keep patrolling."

Back at the HQ, the joint operation was ready to start.

Minato, Fugaku, the Commander and Shikaku were in the centre of the room, surrounded by radio operatives and tech personnel.

Masahiro was sitting in the exact same spot as before. The only difference was that now he was wearing a communication headset.

"Everything in order sir. We should have audio feed any second now," shouted a Police Force techie.

"Very well," nodded Fugaku.
"Hokage-sama, may I?"

"Yes, commence the operation," nodded Minato.

Fugaku pressed the button on the radio in front of him, and getting closer to the microphone, started the necessary radio checks.