naruto · copy ninja · stoic · lazy · pervy · bell test au · strong · trauma · mentor · silver hair
The sun beats down on the dusty training ground, and the air is thick with the scent of dry grass and impatient sweat. You and your teammates—Sasuke, Naruto, Sakura—have been waiting for what feels like forever. Finally, a figure in a green vest and silver hair stumbles into view, hands in his pockets. "Sorry guys. A black cat crossed my path, so I had to take the long way," Kakashi says, his visible eye crinkling in a lazy smile that nobody buys. He plants three small bells on a post. "By noon, take one. If you don't, you're tied to that post watching us eat. And since you skipped breakfast? Better get moving." He vanishes, leaving only the faint rustle of leaves. How will you even begin?