Poison-Tongued Kakashi

"Oh? Why does Kurenai want to learn ninjutsu now?" Shinku Yuhi dotingly rubbed his daughter's little head.

Kurenai Yuhi looked up, her face full of admiration. "This afternoon, our teacher took us to watch two ninja big brothers spar. I want to be as amazing as them too!"

"Spar?" Shinku instantly caught the key word, then had Kurenai tell him everything about the sparring match that afternoon.

When he heard that it had been Uchiha Jin sparring with Minato Namikaze, Shinku could not help feeling even more interested in this student he had yet to meet.

"And Kakashi said that Uchiha Jin is only seven this year, but he's already a chunin."

Kurenai's words made the tea in Shinku's mouth spray out in an instant. He stared at his precious daughter in disbelief. "How old? Only seven? A chunin? Kurenai, are you sure?"

Kurenai was startled by her father's reaction and nodded instinctively. "Mm... he looked like he was only a few years older than me."

Shinku sank into thought. From his daughter, he had learned that Minato was already a jonin, and this student he had never met could fight a jonin back and forth... even if holding back could not be ruled out, that was still quite impressive...

As expected of an Uchiha... what a menace!

This was Shinku's first impression of Jin...

"Dad, you still haven't promised to teach me ninjutsu!" Kurenai pouted and looked at Shinku unhappily.

At this point, how could Shinku still have the mind to care about his precious daughter? Right now, he only wanted to pull up Uchiha Jin's file and study it properly.

So he could only fob off his precious daughter. "Be good, Kurenai. Daddy suddenly remembered he still has some work."

With that, he ignored his daughter's resentful gaze and hurried away, leaving only Kurenai stamping her foot where she stood...

At the home of Konoha's richest woman.

Jin leisurely enjoyed the dinner Kushina had prepared for Minato and him, while Minato picked food for Kushina from time to time.

To this, Jin expressed: no one had ever picked food for me.

"To celebrate Minato becoming a jonin, cheers!" Kushina raised her drink and said happily.

Jin immediately followed along. "Brother Minato, we'll be relying on you to protect us from now on!"

Minato smiled shyly. "Don't worry. With me here, no one will hurt you!"

"I really didn't expect this, little Jin. You actually fought Minato back and forth, and weren't instantly defeated? That really surprised me." Kushina was still looking at Jin in amazement.

Through their interactions during this period, Jin felt very different to Kushina... not like the style of the Uchiha Clan, and he did not carry that same darkness as the Uchiha Clan either...

"Sister Kushina, who are you looking down on! No matter what, I'm still the Uchiha's number-one genius, okay! No matter how bad I am, I wouldn't be instantly defeated!" Jin said, unconvinced.

"Hahahaha." Minato smiled, then suddenly remembered something and added, "Oh right, Jin, I'm a jonin now, so I'll be a jonin instructor. Do you want to join my squad?"

"No, no." Jin hurriedly shook his head before he had even finished the rice in his mouth. "I don't want to do missions."

"You child, if you don't do missions, how are you going to make money? If you don't make money, how are you going to get a wife in the future?" Kushina immediately began lecturing Jin when she heard that.

Who knew Jin would look at Kushina with wide eyes. "Sister Kushina, isn't there you? I'll borrow a little from you, a little from Brother Minato, and a little from Brother Fugaku and Sister Mikoto too. Wouldn't that make up the whole amount?"

"???"

Even if Minato and Kushina were beaten to death, they never would have imagined the betrothal gift could be cobbled together like this.

"No! You have to be self-reliant!" Kushina refused with righteous conviction. But Jin suddenly stood up, startling the two of them. They saw Jin ask Minato with a grave expression:

"Brother Minato... I still haven't collected my mission pay all this time, have I?!"

"Uh... it seems... yes..." Minato nodded. Actually, he had always meant to tell Jin, but he had just happened to forget as well...

Early the next morning.

Jin found the location of Shinku Yuhi's house on the map Minato had drawn for him.

"Knock, knock, knock."

"Who is it? Coming." A young girl's voice came from inside the door. Before long, the door opened a crack, and a little head poked out from inside to look at Jin. "Who are you? Who are you looking for..."

"I'm..." Before Jin could introduce himself, Kurenai immediately said in surprise, "You're that big brother Uchiha Jin who sparred at the training ground yesterday!"

"Oh... ah, right. My name is Uchiha Jin. Little sister, may I ask if Senior Shinku Yuhi is home?" Jin asked with a beaming smile.

Kurenai immediately opened the front door. "Hello, I'm Kurenai Yuhi. Dad is home. Come in first, Brother Jin."

After saying that, Kurenai turned and ran back into the house, shouting, "Dad, Dad! Brother Uchiha Jin is here to see you..."

"I was wondering why she seemed so familiar. So it's Kurenai Yuhi... Also, what the hell is Brother Uchiha Jin?" Jin muttered as he walked into the courtyard.

He gave the courtyard a rough glance. Though it was not large, it looked quite warm, comfortable, and clean. Jin strolled along as he looked around.

Before long, a man who looked about the same age as Sakumo hurried out.

Before Jin could speak, the man hurriedly said, "You must be Jin, right? Sorry to trouble you, but please help me take Kurenai to the Ninja Academy. I have some urgent business at the Intelligence Division right now. By the time you come back, I should be back too."

"Uh, uh, oh..." Jin looked at Shinku Yuhi, who rushed out the door, then looked at Kurenai Yuhi, who was standing frozen in place... amid the awkward atmosphere, Jin spoke first. "Uh... have you eaten?"

"I have. Sorry, Brother Jin. My father is always like this." Kurenai apologized on her father's behalf.

Jin did not take it to heart. "It's fine. Senior Shinku is in a high position, so naturally he has more things to deal with. If you've eaten, then shall we go to the Ninja Academy?"

"Mm-hmm, okay. Sorry to trouble you, Brother Jin." Kurenai bowed politely, and Jin merely waved his hand to show it was nothing.

Along the way, Kurenai obediently followed behind Jin. The two of them did not talk either... mainly because they did not know what to say.

When they reached the Ninja Academy, Jin noticed a rather lively little boy standing at the school gate, staring at him... no, at Kurenai behind him.

"Could that be the old horse when he was a kid?" Jin secretly guessed, and then Kakashi's voice suddenly came from beside his ear:

"Yo, so you really are a nanny?"

"Hello, Brother Jin," Obito and Rin greeted him very politely.

"Kakashi, by comparison, I think I like Rin and Obito better, because they have manners." Jin poked Kakashi's forehead.

Because Obito had been praised by his idol, he felt as if he were floating on air—until Kakashi's aggravating voice poured over him like cold water.

Kakashi retorted, "If helping old ladies across the road is very polite and makes you late, then Obito does have talent. I concede on that point."

"Kakashi! What do you mean!" Obito's face filled with embarrassed anger. If Rin had not stopped him, Obito might already have been lying on the ground again by now...