Bringing a Boy Home

Yuki Yuichi followed behind Kakashi Hatake as they walked toward his home, asking, "Copy Ninja, is there anyone at your place?"

Kakashi Hatake's footsteps faltered at these words, and he turned back to look at him with some uncertainty, "There shouldn't be... right?"

Yuki Yuichi: "???"

Are you telling me you don't even know if there's anyone home?

"So, are you still going back or not?"

"Uh..." Kakashi Hatake pondered for a moment before saying, "I suddenly remembered that I don't seem to need any ninja tools for training."

"Let's just head over there directly."

"Tsk tsk tsk." Yuki Yuichi clicked his tongue twice, "You wouldn't happen to be afraid that your father is home and will beat you for skipping class, would you?"

"What kind of talk is that!" Kakashi Hatake reacted as if his tail had been stepped on, retorting with a jump, "What kind of talk is that!"

"My father wouldn't care about such trivial matters!"

Seeing his reaction, Yuki Yuichi flashed a smile and said, "Then shall we go to your place?"

Upon hearing this, the agitated Kakashi Hatake calmed down.

Seeing Yuki Yuichi's meaningful smile, he coughed twice, "Fine, let's go!"

"I just suddenly remembered I didn't need my ninja tools, that's all."

"But, since you want to go, that's fine too."

Saying this, he headed straight toward his home.

Seeing his actions, Yuki Yuichi froze, rubbing his chin as he thought silently.

Could this kid really be doing this because he doesn't need his ninja tools?

Thinking of this, Yuki Yuichi shook his head—impossible, absolutely impossible!

With that thought, he followed right after him.

Kakashi Hatake, walking in front, caught a glimpse of Yuki Yuichi catching up and let out a cold snort.

Yuki Yuichi didn't mind; the young Copy Ninja was a tsundere, so it was only natural.

The two soon arrived at Kakashi Hatake's home.

Looking at the gate before them, Kakashi Hatake didn't make a move.

"Open the gate, what are you standing there for?" Yuki Yuichi urged.

"I'm opening it, what's the rush?" Kakashi Hatake frowned.

"I'll say this first: don't go messing with the things in my house."

Yuki Yuichi heard this and patted him on the shoulder, "Relax, relax, don't you know what kind of person I am?"

It's precisely because I know what kind of person you are that I'm worried.

Thinking this to himself, he didn't say it out loud.

Instead, he swallowed hard and opened the front door.

Through the gate, Yuki Yuichi could clearly see the scene inside.

It was a detached house; opening the door revealed a courtyard, and in the courtyard were some blades and two wooden training posts.

There were some slash marks at the base of the posts.

Judging by the marks, this was where Kakashi Hatake did his training.

Seeing this, Yuki Yuichi nudged him with his elbow, "Copy Ninja, your place is actually quite big."

"Hmph!" Kakashi Hatake heard this, the corner of his mouth curling up as he held his head high.

Seeing his expression, Yuki Yuichi couldn't help but retort, "Copy Ninja, being a tsundere is out of fashion."

"Besides, you're a guy."

"Though, I suppose it's not impossible." Yuki Yuichi said, rubbing his chin as he looked at him.

Kakashi Hatake was stunned, then took two steps to the side.

"Bastard!"

"What kind of outrageous things are you saying?!"

"I meant that even if you're a guy, you can still be a tsundere." Yuki Yuichi said as he walked into his house.

"What are you thinking about?"

"I... I..." Kakashi Hatake gave up on arguing.

He realized his mouth wasn't as quick as Yuki Yuichi's.

He couldn't win an argument against him.

Seeing him walk in, Kakashi Hatake followed him inside.

He first glanced through the house windows, and seeing that no one was inside, Kakashi Hatake let out a sigh of relief.

He was genuinely afraid that his father might be home.

Otherwise, it would be difficult to explain.

Skipping class on the second day of the Ninja Academy?

If his father found out about this, he would definitely be in for a lecture.

Yuki Yuichi looked around the courtyard, while Kakashi Hatake grabbed two wooden swords of moderate weight and tossed one to him.

"Here."

"I don't need it," Yuki Yuichi said, looking at the sword in his hand, "but thanks anyway."

With that, he began to swing his Turtle Style Sword, hacking wildly in place.

Seeing his form, Kakashi Hatake was speechless.

It wasn't just him; even Hatake Sakumo, hiding in the shadows, had his mouth twitch.

Unlike what Kakashi Hatake thought, he hadn't gone out; rather, he had hidden himself upon hearing the voices of Kakashi and Yuki Yuichi.

Seeing his son bring a classmate home, he had no intention of blaming Kakashi Hatake for skipping class.

He knew the curriculum of the Ninja Academy.

He knew his son's personality even better.

Kakashi Hatake skipping class was only a matter of time.

He merely treated the Ninja Academy as a daycare center.

The things taught in four or six years at the Ninja Academy were not even as much as what he could teach in half a year.

He left Kakashi Hatake at the Ninja Academy for only two purposes.

The first was to make things easier for himself, and the second was to let Kakashi Hatake make some friends at school.

It seemed the Ninja Academy wasn't so bad after all.

Hatake Sakumo thought proudly to himself; it was only the second day, and Kakashi Hatake already knew how to bring a boy home.

Bringing a boy home today meant he could bring a girl home tomorrow.

In two years, he would be able to hold his grandson.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but feel a surge of joy in his heart.

A small step for Kakashi Hatake, a giant leap for the Hatake clan.

Yuki Yuichi and Kakashi Hatake had no idea that Hatake Sakumo was secretly peeping at them.

The two of them didn't just take the wooden swords; they also grabbed some unsharpened kunai and shuriken for training.

"Alright, we can go now." After getting everything ready, Kakashi Hatake looked around guiltily before saying to Yuki Yuichi.

Yuki Yuichi was familiar with the area around the Hokage Rock.

He had even peed on the head of the Third Hokage before.

"Tell me, Kakashi, are you sure there's actually a place suitable for training here?"

"It's not far ahead," Kakashi Hatake said without looking back.

The two walked for a while longer.

Just as Yuki Yuichi was about to ask again, Kakashi Hatake suddenly pointed ahead and said, "We're here."

Yuki Yuichi looked in the direction he was pointing, and his eyes lit up.

It was just as Kakashi Hatake had said; there was an open space here.

The ground was covered in grass, as if someone had specifically cleared out this area.

Wait, someone specifically cleared it out?

Yuki Yuichi seemed to have discovered a blind spot, his face twisting into a knot.

"Are you sure this is an open space and not a place someone else specifically set up?"

Yuki Yuichi's words made Kakashi Hatake pause, "I don't think so."

"I've been training here for a long time."

"If there were others, I would have known by now."

Hearing Kakashi Hatake's words, Yuki Yuichi nodded; Kakashi made a fair point.

If it really had been set up by someone else, he would have been chased away long ago.