Naruto Fan Fiction ❯ Naruto vs. Sasuke The Aftermath ❯ Kakashi, The Drunk Copy Ninja ( Chapter 4 )

Chapter 4 Summary: Upon leaving the hospital, Kakashi attempts to plan what his next course of actions will be. A great deal of sake will be involved in the decisions he will come too, and quite possibly his life as well.

 

Naruto vs. Sasuke The Aftermath

 

 

Chapter 4: “Kakashi, The Drunk Copy Ninja”

 

It has been several hours since Kakashi dissolved Team #7 and left the hospital. Upon leaving he realized that he had absolutely no idea what he was going to do next? He hadn't really thought things out when he decided to end his days as a Sensei to his 3 students. It was a spur of the moment action precipitated by what he had witnessed and heard watching the other people who were with him at the hospital. Under normal circumstances Kakashi would usually consult with the Hokage for counsel, but rubbing his recently mended jaw, he knew right now a conversation with Lady Tsunade was impossible until she cooled down. Kakashi didn't regret what he had done, but the realization that he had no plan for afterwards annoyed him greatly.

 

“Another brilliant move on my part,” Kakashi grumbled as he walked down the street, oblivious to everyone except his own thoughts.

 

After walking the streets of Konoha seemingly forever, Kakashi found himself in the seedier part of the village standing outside of a very shady and ominous sake bar.

 

`Well, I could use a drink or several at the moment, and for the mood I'm in, this place is perfect to handle that chore.' Kakashi mused as he entered the establishment.

 

Late into the night, one drink became two, then two drinks became four, and so on into the late evening. Soon it became pointless to measure Kakashi's sake consumption by the glass, you were better off counting the empty bottles, which were numerous by then. As Kakashi blurry vision scanned his surroundings he observed what dive this place was. Which probably explained its lack of customers. The bar was dark and dank and being fairly empty matched Kakashi's current state of mind exactly. The sake was of questionable quality as well as potency, but if you drank enough of it, it got the job done, so one could overlook its shortcomings. Kakashi chuckled to himself when he thought of this. As far as he was concerned when it came to the Jounin of the Leaf village, he was this sake he was drinking. He was quite amused with his analogy of the two, when the doors of the bar flew open and four already inebriated Chunin stumbled in. Kakashi didn't recognize any of them, which didn't surprise him. One quick look at these four and even a novice would recognize their utter lack of talent for being quality shinobi. He surmised that they were probably some of the weaker Genin the Leaf village had quickly promoted after the Kyuubi demon had decimated so many of the Chunin and Jounin 14 years ago. The 3rd Hokage had needed to replenish the village's ranks quickly before a rival nation might attack in their weakened state. So, at that time the restrictions for attending and graduating the shinobi academy had temporarily been reduced until they had recovered their strength and numbers. Another decision he thought the 3rd Hokage probably regretted, but Sarutobi had little choice at the time. The door swung open once more and the obvious leader of this motley group of Chunin swaggered in. However, Kakashi did recognize this one and he hoped he would go unnoticed by him. Not out of fear, but Kakashi wanted to avoid any potential confrontation. For you see, the drunken Chunin who had just entered to join his friends was none other than Taro Haruno, Sakura's father.

 

Unfortunately, fate would not be kind to Kakashi tonight as Taro did spot him in the corner and grabbed a bottle of this bar's poor sake and sauntered over to him. As Taro approached, Kakashi thought.

 

`This is going to end badly, no doubt about it.'

 

“Kawashi,” Taro said in a slurred voice.

 

“Taro,” Kakashi said in a monotone voice.

 

“Tis is a surprise, I neber seen you here before?” Taro said as he slammed the bottle of sake onto the table and clumsily grabbed a chair to sit down not waiting for an invitation.

 

“No Taro, this is my first time in here, are you a regular at this place?” Kakashi asked.

 

“Youb know it, it's one of the few places that nagging bitch I have for a wife won't track me down at.” Taro spat, as he lifted the bottle to his mouth to greedily drink, not bothering with a cup, and spilling a great deal down his chin as he drank.

 

`Of course of all the places to choose from, I chose to come in here. I just keep making great decisions.' Kakashi sarcastically thought as he watched Taro finish the bottle and yell and the innkeeper for another, he failed to notice the cloaked figure outside staring at them through a small window in the door.

 

The innkeeper quickly brought over another bottle as he had all night. He had never seen a Jounin in his establishment before, and certainly not one of Kakashi's reputation. He certainly didn't want to get on the bad side of any Jounin, let alone one of Kakashi's stature. As Taro popped open the bottle and was about to drink he paused and extended the bottle to Kakashi. Kakashi realized that Taro must not have known what had transpired earlier today. Maybe he could get through this without any trouble? Kakashi merely held his cup up still filled with sake and politely declined. Even bad sake should be drank properly, and not straight from the bottle like a common rogue. Taro merely shrugged his shoulders and began drinking again straight from the bottle as before. He put the bottle down and lisping badly jokingly said to Kakashi.

 

“Looks ike youb been hitting it pretty good tonight Kawashi, hope it doesn't interfwere with you training of my bootyful girl Sakuwa or of Sasake. She really wikes him, and boy it woud be great if those two got married. I woud love to get my clan connected wid dere's. Anyting you can doo to help out wid dat, I woud appweciate Kawashi. I mean Sakuwa amd Sasake such gwood kids, not like that little mwonster on their team. That was the wrong thing to say to Kakashi. In a stern voice now filling with a rising anger, Kakashi asked Taro.

 

“To whom do you refer Taro.”

 

“Youb know Kawashi, that Nanuto kid. Iw'll tell youb something Kawashi, youb shood do da villwage a favor and take dat kid out. Youb know; make it wook like an accidwent dwuring training. Dat little shit deswerves don't he”, as Taro began to laugh and drink from the bottle again.

 

Kakashi drunkenly knew right then that Taro was about to have a really bad night. He slowly rose from the table and leaned down to Taro and whispered.

 

“First off Taro, you need not worry about my drinking interfering with Sakura or Sasuke's training. You see Sasuke betrayed the Leaf village and is now with Orochimaru, so I wouldn't plan a wedding anytime soon. Secondly, your daughter is just like her mother, a pampered snotty little bitch, whom I refuse to train anymore, so I resigned today as her Sensei. And thirdly Taro, and this is most important for you to remember. If I ever hear you speak about Naruto like that again or you attempt to harm him in any way in the future, I'll kill you!”

 

And with that, Kakashi using some Taijutsu he had learned long ago from Gai, backhanded Taro across the face sending him crashing into the far wall. The other four Chunin saw what had happened and ran over to check on Taro, who was quite unconscious and bleeding from his mouth. They angrily turned towards Kakashi and the largest one in the front slurring said.

 

“You goona pay for dat, mister high and mighty ninja.”

 

The Innkeeper behind the bar pleaded with the Chunin not to fight inside his place, but was immediately struck by one of them and told to shut up if he knew what was good for him. Then all four charged at Kakashi with bloodlust in their eyes kunai's in their hands. The fight if one wants to call it that lasted about 30 seconds. In that brief amount of time, a drunken Kakashi letting his rage take over, had left all four on the floor yelling in agony as each one clutched a various body part in obvious pain. Kakashi hadn't even bothered to use his Sharigan eye, as these opponents were beneath him in every way. Simply using the speed and Taijutsu he had learned from Gai, he crippled each one in a different way, insuring that they would never again be Chunin shinobi for the Leaf village. A sober Kakashi would have taken half that time to complete the fight and left them reasonably intact. However, these four fools had chosen to fight a drunk Kakashi. And with Kakashi in this state, the quality of mercy had left his being the moment Taro said what he did about Naruto. Kakashi then quietly walked over to the bar where the Innkeeper was shaking in fear as he approached. When Kakashi got there, he pulled out his wallet and said.

 

“I'm sorry about the damages good keeper, this should cover it and if it doesn't, I'm sure my friends over there will make up the difference.” Kakashi then turned and stumbled out of the bar and into the cool Konoha night.

 

However, because of Kakashi's inebriated state, he failed to sense a figure hiding in the shadows outside the bar, waiting for him to exit. He did notice that something was amiss when he felt a sharp pain in his neck, and he reached up to pull out a dart. He stared at the dart for a moment until he was overwhelmed by a sense of grogginess and fell to his knees no longer having the strength to support his weight. He looked up to see the figure step out of the shadows and walk towards him. He recognized this Chunin and realized that whatever drug she had injected into him, had left him in a bad state to defend himself. This was trouble and Kakashi knew it, because the Chunin advancing towards him with a murderous look in her eyes was Ishi Haruno, Sakura's Mother.

 

 

 

 

Authors Note: First, I want to thank everyone who's been reading and enjoying the story so far. Secondly, I apologize for the clichéd cliffhanger and the end of this chapter. It wasn't my original intent when I starting writing this chapter, however I didn't want to turn this into a 12 page chapter either. So, this seemed like the perfect spot to end it. Chapter 5 will probably be posted within the next 7 to 10 days. All my best to everyone, and take it easy when you can.

 

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