| [Dec. 27th, 2013|06:11 am] |
"I wish I could say I won't have to," Minato said quietly.
Naruto blinked up at him. "But you're the Hokage, Dad! You get to do what you want to do, right?"
If only. "That's the lie they tell you to get you to take the dumb hat," Minato warned. "Don't believe 'em. Not even the Daimyou gets to do whatever he wants."
"Though he likes to think he can," Kakashi murmured, under his breath. Minato flicked him a quick glance. Kakashi gazed blandly back. What stories had he heard?
"The Daimyou has been...chastened, the last few days," Minato said, finally. "As you should be, O Hellspawn." He gave Naruto a small shake. "If I recall correctly, you aren't allowed to use the stove. Or leave the Palace without a guard. What should your punishment be?"
Naruto thought about this. "You could make niisan be my guard," he suggested craftily. "I can't lose him."
"Nice try. Kakashi gets a reward here, not a punishment. Opinions on either, Kakashi?"
"Ritual sacrifice of Fukkura-san," Kakashi said immediately. "I can test a new jutsu on him."
Naruto howled, threw himself violently out of Minato's arms, and sprinted to the bed to snatch up his favorite stuffed rabbit. "Not Fukafuka!" He curled protectively around the toy.
"Only a small jutsu," Kakashi said, heartless. "We could glue his ears back on afterward."
"Not his ears!" Naruto wailed, and bit down on one of them in distress.
"Or perhaps a bath," Kakashi relented, "and school without protest — I know your dad is fresh home, but he needs sleep — and this time, you're required to help find and keep a housekeeper, Naruto-kun, even if you have to pay her in chores."
Minato would have been happy to keep Naruto home from preschool and play with him until they both fell over from exhaustion, but these were Kakashi's negotiations. Kakashi had viewed the scene of the crime and dealt with the aftermath; his justice would be more appropriate than Minato's.
Though, new jutsu? Minato needed to ask about that. |
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