Taking it slow with the next doujinshi and instead dabbling a bit into a different field. Used a specific type of live-action video as reference for this. *cough*
Drawing your OTP on their way to a kiss is really soothing.
"Naruto Fourth Movie : The Lost Tower" Radio Drama : Kakashi's Diary
Translation below (start from 0:36) :
Sound of paper flipping
Kakashi : Now… this…
Teuchi : Welcome!
Kakashi : Helloo!
Sakura : Huh?
Kakashi : Huh?
Naruto : Kakashi-sensei!
Kakashi : Long time no see you guys. Are you guys going to eat ramen together? It’s good that you get along so well as a team. Then, sorry to interrupt, I’ll leave first
Sakura : Really, Kakashi-sensei…
Naruto : What’s this sense of distance? Seriously, Kakashi-sensei is supposed to be the captain of our Team 7, but we haven’t been on many mission together recently. Like our last mission to track down Mukade Kakashi-sensei is not there, makes me lonely-ttebayo
Kakashi : Hahaha, happy to hear that. Well, I have entrusted you guys to my excellent junior Yamato’s care , so no worries…
Kakashi : *inner voice* Although I have been given solo missions recently, but it’s so relaxing. Ah.. the misson without Naruto is the best!
Naruto : Huh? Kakashi-sensei did you say something?
Kakashi : Ah, I didn’t say anything. Just the voice of my heart
Naruto : Well okay then. Huh? That book…
Kakashi : Ah, this…
Naruto : Don’t tell me, that’s the Pervy Sage’s writing, “Icha-Icha Paradise”? Although it’s such a boring book, but now that I think about it, it maybe also contains a message from my deceased master? In this case, shouldn’t I, as disciple, be the one holding it? Kakashi-sensei, give me that book, the whole series belongs to me!
Kakashi : No way, that’s absolutely not possible! Anyway, “Icha-Icha Paradise” is just for entertaintment. If you don’t separate the image of Jiraiya from the book when you read it, you can’t enjoy it completely. In the first place I think that book was conveyed by God through the hands of Jiraiya-sama! Can I talk about this topic for longer??
Naruto : N-no, stop it-ttebayo...
Kakashi : Besides, this book is not “Icha-Icha Paradise”!
Naruto : Eh? I-is that so?
Kakashi : This is… my diary.
Sakura : Wah..
Sai : As expected, Kakashi-san is a scholar, he even read his own diary. I should imitate it
Naruto : No, no, no, you shouldn’t imitate this. Reading a diary while eating ramen is too disgusting-ttebayo
Kakashi : There’s a reason why I’m like this.
Sakura : Reason? By the way Kakashi-sensei, that diary looks quite old..
Kakashi : Ah, this is a diary I have written everyday since I entered Ninja Academy. This is the twelfth volume of “Wind and Cloud” chapter, dated on the first day I became Chuunin. I found this when I was cleaning my room yesterday. After turning page after page, yeah I was so distracted by my nostalgic days that I forgot to clean up, extensively I read it till night. Well, I found out there’s only one day content in it that, I don’t know why, looks so vague.
Sakura : Vague?
Kakashi : Mm.. I only know that on this day and this month, I was assigned an important mission for the first time with Minato-sensei’s recommendation. But the details were not written. Also my own memory is also very vague, for some reason I simply can’t remember it.
Naruto : Wait, hold it! Is that Minato-sensei the Fourth Hokage?
Kakashi : Yeah, I was in Minato-sensei’s class, Minato-sensei was my master.
Naruto : Aah, Kakashi-sensei gaahh! That was clearly the first important mission with that Fourth Hokage, how can you forget it?! Unbelievable! Do dogeza (extensive kneeling down) to the Fourth Hokage’s face statue this instant-ttebayo!
Kakashi : I-I can’t refute it.. Nnnn-Even if you say so, I can’t do anything to something that was already forgotten!
Sakura : Haaate that Kakashi-sensei is start making excuses.
Kakashi : That’s why, I just came here to recall what happened on that blank day!
Sai : On the Ichiraku store?
Kakashi : Ah, this day’s diary started with Ichiraku Ramen store.
Teuchi : On that day and month, that’s the first time I released the result of my practice, Tonkotsu Miso Char Shiu Ramen.
Kakashi : Yeah, that’s right. That’s exactly what was written at the beginning of the page. [On this day and this month, I woke up early and ran into the long queue at Ichiraku Ramen store. How I look forward to this day coming. The so-called new ramen that Teuchi-san discovered through his ramen training, what kind of existence is it? I haven’t had dinner since yesterday, to completely prepare myself for this event. But when I arrived in line, there’s Gai, Asuma, and Shizune in front of me. That muscular idiot, nosy hag, and monkey’s idiot son, how can they possibly comprehend Teuchi-san’s masterpiece?]
Naruto : Geh… Can’t believe Kakashi-sensei had such a poisonous tongue..
Kakashi : [At that time, Minato-sensei came over and called me away. Eh, no way, seriously, Minato-sensei please read the room. Why do we need to perform the mission on this day? I have queuing up, you know? Ah, it’s so hard to have a nasty superior.]
Naruto : That’s cruel.. Even the Fourth Hokage was not spared..
Sakura : What’s an annoying little brat.
Kakashi : Ugh.. N-no, that’s, well it’s my diary, I think I can’t lie to maintain the reality of this diary.
Naruto : The impression is getting worse and worse-ttebayo.
Kakashi : Anyway! [On the time I was called away by Minato-sensei, he was together with Akimichi Choza-senpai and Aburame Shibi-senpai. Then we all started to go to my first important mission.]
Sakura : Choza-san is Chouji’s dad and Shibi-san is Shino’s dad, right?
Kakashi : That’s right.
Naruto : Waah… hey do you remember the mission’s content?
Kakashi : Ah, if I remember correctly, it’s to capture a certain minister of Rouran, a city in the dessert of the Land of Sand.
Naruto : Speaking of Rouran, isn’t that where we went on our previous mission? There are nothing else but ruins.
Kakashi : At that time, Rouran had several towers built, it was a very prosperous place. My mission is to blow up an underground facility in Rouran using the paper bombs. The detonation was successful, but my memory after that is pretty vague. When I came back to my senses, I have already started my journey back to Konoha Village. That was obviously the first important mission with Minato-sensei, such an important memory, but I really can’t remember what happened! So in order to find clues, I came to the Ichiraku Ramen store that was mentioned in my diary.
Naruto : Hmm… is that so…
Sakura : But, if the Ichiraku was only mentioned before you got called away, there shouldn’t be any clues here
Kakashi : Hmm…
Sai : Is there nothing to remember in that vague memory?
Kakashi : That’s right… A smell of wood
Naruto, Sakura, Sai : Hm hm..
Kakashi : Kinda see shadowy something moving in the desert. Also, a face of a beautiful woman. And, that’s right! I don’t know why but there’s a swelling on my head, it felt very painful
Sai : I understand!
Naruto, Sakura : Heeh?
Sai : I know what that meant!
Kakashi : You know? As expected of Sai the ex-ROOT!
Sai : I read it on library.
Kakashi : What does that mean?
Sai : This is how it goes..
Sai’s Version
Sai : [My name is Hatake Kakashi. Today is my first important mission. We must make achievements, so that’s why teamwork is important. This is the first time I team up with Choza-san and Shibi-san, so I immediately gave those two people nicknames. Obviously Choza-san is ‘fatty’]
Kakashi : The protagonist has become you. Well, although Choza-san is indeed fat, but not to the extent of Chouji.
Sai : [Ah! There are turtles on the direction of that desert! The turtle was hit and abused with a stick by the bad kids.]
Naruto : I see! The turtle is ‘shadow moving in the desert’
Sakura : Then ‘the smell of wood’ is a stick?
Sai : [Obviously I, who have Konoha’s Will of Fire inside me, used my kunai to chase away the bad kids, and saved the turtle.]
Kakashi : W-wait, isn’t to dangerous to use kunai? That will cause an incident.
Sai : [Then I was invited by the rescued turtle to the Dragon Palace.]
Naruto : Ah, there he went…
Kakashi : Dragon Palace in the middle of desert…
Sai : [In that place I, with the beautiful Otohime-sama, we spent days together like Icha-Icha Paradise.]
Kakashi : Ano… I don’t want you to use Icha-Icha Paradise for this kind of thing.
Sakura : I see, Otohime-sama is the beautiful woman, right?
Sai : [Happy time is always short. I remembered the mission, and decided to leave the Dragon Palace. Before going back, I received a jade box from Otohime-sama, and with that I came back to the desert.]
Sakura : Yes yes, after you opened it, smoke came out from the box, right?
Sai : [After the smoke dissipated, my hair turned completely white.]
Naruto : I see! That’s why Kakashi-sensei’s hair is like that-
Kakashi : It has been like that since the beginning!
Sai : [When I came back to my senses, the surrounding area has turned into desert.]
Kakashi : It was a desert since the beginning
Sai : [Then I was surrounded by bad kids with sticks! What a surprise, I turn into a turtle.]
Kakashi : Eh, why did I turn into turtle?
Sai : [I was poked and beaten with sticks by those bad kids, then got kicked. Because of that, there are swollen lumps all over my head.]
Naruto : Hm! Now all the keywords are complete.
Sai : [I craned my head for help from around. Then from the other side, myself from few days ago came to rescue me. The end]
Kakashi : Why did such a bizarre incident like Urashima Taro happen to me?
Naruto : Hmm, I don’t quite understand the last part
Sakura : Isn’t that the one? After opening the jade box, time and space retrogade ocurred, you went to the past time, and you met the past self?
Naruto : The so-called ‘Time-Slip!’
Kakashi : Yes yes, ‘slip’ indeed. By the way the original punchline is that “when I came back, decades of time have passed”.
Sai : I arranged the story a little bit according to the circumstances
Kakashi : Can you please not doing any irrelevant arrangement?
Sai : So is that wrong?
Sakura : Then… could this be what happened?
Sakura’s Version
Sakura : [My name is Hatake Kakashi. Today is my first important mission. I must make achievements. Even if it’s insignificant, I’ll work hard to get closer to Minato-sensei. While encouraging myself, I went to the desert. Kyah! What a huge sandstorm!]
Kakashi : What the heck is that “kyah!”
Sakura : [But sandstorm are nothing, because I wore my mask hehehehe]
Naruto : How do I say it, Kakashi-sensei’s mask is indeed very convenient, but it’s weird to wear a mask all the time, right? Hehe, I want to see Kakashi’s real face. That’s right! Sai, you’re an ex-ANBU ROOT, do you ever see Kakashi’s real face?
Sai : The ANBUs also spent a lot of effort to investigate, but all seem to have failed
Kakashi : Lady Tsunade please don’t spend our budget on this kind of ridiculous thing
Sakura : You guys, this is my turn to talk you know?
Kakashi : Ah, my bad, I’m sorry, ok. Then?
Sakura : Ehem! [After walking in the sandstorm for a while, I saw a shadow moving on the other side of the desert. When I looked closely, that shadow seems to be a human being.]
Naruto : A human, huh
Sakura : [When I approached it, I saw a beautiful woman with red hair. She seems to be the queen of Rouran.]
Kakashi : Hmm, it’s more likely than a turtle
Sai : I see, that’s awesome. Two keywords have been eliminated.
Kakashi : You see, this is not some kind of quizz game
Sakura : [The Queen seems to have lost consciousness. I will save the Queen. She wandered in the desert with her weak body. Her body was trembling, hugged me tightly. The Queen said, “I am cold, please warm me up.”]
Naruto : Ooh then what? Then what?
Sakura : [In that moment I fell in love.] Kyaah! Hey Kakashi-sensei, is this a love story? This is truly my taste~
Kakashi : You came up with this yourself!
Sai : That makes us doki doki
Naruto : Mmm then? Then?! Sakura-chan, what happened next?
Sakura : [I don’t know how to give her warmth. Should I hug her tight to give her my warmth? I can’t do this kind of thing.] Kyaah! Kakashi-sensei you’re so pure!
Kakashi : Ano na, can you please stop fantasizing about me and getting to enthusiastic without my permission?
Naruto : Hmmm what did you do, Kakashi-sensei! How did you warmth the Queen?
Sakura : [Can’t be helped, I started digging around the desert, in search for hotspring]
Naruto : Eh, you are so spineless-ttebayo
Sai : But that does seem more in character of him
Kakashi : How is it possible that there are hot springs in the desert?
Sakura : [I dug out a hotspring.]
Kakashi : Eeehh? I actually dug it out…
Sakura : [Then I made hotspring bathtub from cypress for the Queen]
Sai : Cypress? Yosh, I understand. That’s the keyword for “the smell of wood”.
Naruto : That bathtub, does this feel like it’s started to go beyond the pure love route?
Sakura : [Across the steam of hot water, the Queen gradually took off her clothes and submerged herself into the water. That’s like the ancient text says, Mirage in The Dessert, dreamlike scene. Of course I can’t look directly at the scene. But I want to see! But I shouldn’t look. I want to see! I can’t look! Can’t, can’t can’t!] THAT'S RIGHT, KAKASHI SENSEI YOU CAN'T LOOK! YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO LOOK!
Kakashi : Ow ow ow, Sakura please don’t hit me in the head!
Sai : I see, the swelling on the head is from him hitting his own head to calm his evil desire
Kakashi : Whose evil desire?!
Sakura : [At that time. The Queen’s voice came from the other side of the steam. “The temperature is just right, would you like to come in?” My heart was beating so fast till about to burst. Ah, this is the real Icha-Icha Paradise! I entered the hot spring as if I were bewitched by a demon]
Naruto : Somehow, this doesn’t seem like the usual Sakura.
Sai : Is that so?
Naruto : She made this kind of story but when I went to peek into the women’s bath, she yelled “Shannaroo!” and beat me up with Iron Fists
Kakashi : To remind you all, this is my diary
Sakura : [“Hey, what’s wrong? Please come closer to this side.” But I was too shy to get closer, I didn’t move even a step. “Waah, you are such a shy person” saying that The Queen came toward me instead. The Queen looked at me. “No way, you’re wearing a mask into hotspring.”]
Naruto : Ah!
Sai : I see!
Sakura : [“Take out your mask and let me see your true face. Hurry, hurry!”]
Sai : Sakura, you’re doing great!
Naruto : The target is Kakashi-sensei’s true face!
Sai : This was her plan from the beginning. This is the genjutsu called “Story-telling”
Sakura : [“Hurry!” So I put my hand on the mask as she said. Then…]
Kakashi : [I took off the mask. My true face is…]
Naruto : What is it like-ttebayo, Kakashi-sensei??
Kakashi : [This is what I look like..] But obviously I didn’t take it off!
Sakura : Umrrh what a shame, I was so close…
Kakashi : Your intention is all wrong!
Naruto : Hmm, So, so, how about this?
Kakashi : Haah??
Naruto’s Version
Naruto : [My name is Hatake Kakashi-dattebayo]
Kakashi : Already wrong from the start-ttebayo
Naruto : [Today is my first important mission, I must make a great achievement, so that I can become Hokage, and make people in the village recognize my strength!]
Kakashi : That’s your goal, isn’t it?
Naruto : [I will not going back from my ninja way! I don’t care whether there’s a turtle or a queen in the desert-ttebayo!]
Kakashi : So you’re gonna ignore them
Naruto : [Of course there’s a smell of wood-ttebayo. I am Konoha’s ninja, my wind attribute will make the fuel of my Will of Fire burn strong!]
Kakashi : Uh, but my attribute is Lightning element…
Sai : You seems to be in a good spirit, Naruto
Sakura : Do your best, Naruto!
Naruto : Ooh!
Kakashi : As I said, this is my diary
Naruto : [I go straight to the mission, to punish the evil minister. Enemies are swarming wherever I go, and I beat them all with the pure strength of my fists!]
Kakashi : Ah, so the swelling is actually on other people’s heads?
Naruto : [Of course it is-ttebayo! How could I get hit by those people? To support in behalf of the Fourth Hokage, I am willing to go through fire and water without hesitation!]
Kakashi : Ooh oh, I understand! I understand that feeling!
Naruto : [Ah! I heard a shout, then the Fourth Hokage must be in danger. In that case, I have to help the Fourth Hokage no matter what-ttebayo!]
Kakashi : Naruto, you tell it so well, I feel so too
Naruto : [I started running to find the Fourth Hokage, and I entered a dark alley. Then, on there a toad sat upright on the ground and looked up to me]
Sai : Toad is not among the keywords
Naruto : [Suddenly the toad turned around and jumped further “PYOON” toward the dark alley, I was driven by some premonition and chase the toad.]
Sakura : Ah! “Kakashi in Wonderland!”
Kakashi : Then it should be rabbit
Sai : But both rabbit and toad jump forward
Kakashi : Fine, whatever
Naruto : [While chasing the toad that went “PYOKOON”, there’s a tunnel ahead. In the dark tunnel, I can only rely on the “PYOKOON” jumping sound to run forward. Then, I alone was suddenly ambushed by a shinobi. While I chase the toad, somehow I was also being chased by the other.]
Kakashi : Oh, the theme has changed!
Naruto : [Finally I was caught up, and the shinobi who chased me said “How about you just give up? I’m almost tired of playing this deduction game”]
Kakashi : Hmm? This dialogue..
Naruto : [The pursuing shinobi aimed his kunai at me, “You better know the reality and give up”. But I used my Kage Bunshin to deceive the enemy, so instead the chasing shinobi was the one that getting cornered. “I will never give up, NEVER GIVE UP!”]
Sakura : Waah, so cool!
Kakashi : That’s a parody of Jiraiya-sama’s other masterpiece which I am not really interested on, “The Tale of Gutsy Ninja”!
Naruto : [Then the chasing shinobi said, “Even if you defeat me, the next assassin will be there, aah, they will mess with Kakashi-sensei’s memories, as long as I still live in Kakashi-sensei’s vague memory realm, you will never remember this..]
Kakashi : Then has this become a problem with the realm inside my head?
Sai : How academic..
Naruto : [Then I said, “Then I will definitely unlock that memory. If there are memories with the Fourth Hokage, I will hold it tightly! I will never give up!!”]
Kakashi : Who are you?
Naruto : [“MY NAME IS UZUMAKI NARUTO!!”]
Kakashi : That’s not me anymore!
Naruto : [When I came back to my senses, I was already chasing the toad again. Yes, the place it goes has my memories with the Fourth Hokage, for some reason I so sure about it! The Fourth Hokage exists in that place! Fourth Hokage!]
Kakashi : Woah, this has become your story…
Naruto : [I ran with all my might. While I was running, a prison suddenly appeared in front of me.]
*Beastly roar*
Naruto : [That’s… The fox-demon Kyuubi!]
Sakura : This is bad!
Kakashi : Now this has became a problem in a realm inside Naruto’s head
Naruto : [The fox-demon said, “if you want to see the Fourth Hokage so much, little boy, I will lend you my power”]
*Bubbling sound*
Naruto : [I… I am..!]
Sai : This is bad, Naruto has grown tails!
Sakura : All four...!
Kakashi : Why did my diary cause all of this…
Teuchi : Please stop going rampage inside my store!
*Beastly roar with Naruto*
Sakura : Naruto!
Yamato : Wood Style!
Sakura : Captain Yamato!
Kakashi : Oh Tenzou! I mean, Yamato
Yamato : Thank goodness, that’s so dangerous, Naruto. Fortunately I have been hiding behind the curtain and listening to everyone’s talking.
Sakura : Captain Yamato, you eavesdropped?
Yamato : Well yeah...
Naruto : Gaah! Aah… that was close, I was almost being taken over by that fox-demon bastard. Although I already swore not to borrow that guy’s power again
Sai : That shows how much you want to meet the Fourth Hokage
Naruto : You’re right-ttebayo! But I really envy Kakashi-sensei, you can go to missions with the Fourth Hokage, you also can be near him and receive his teaching. After all, the Fourth Hokage is someone that I admire so much
Kakashi : Naruto… Yeah, he’s also someone I admire forever. However, although it’s only a day, I managed to forget the memories with Minato-sensei…
Naruto : That’s right-ttebayo! While I’ve never even see the Fourth Hokage…
Kakashi : I am a failure as a student…
Yamato : Seriously, Kakashi-senpai, as your kohai I feel embarrassed for you
Kakashi : Wh-what do you say?! In that case, you should also think of something that can fill my forgotten memory!
Yamato : Why me..
Kakashi : Just hurry think of something! The explanation that I can accept!
Yamato : Uhmm this is troublesome… So how about I summarize the best parts of what everyone said?
Kakashi : The best parts?
Yamato : That’s right, I mean those keywords that Kakashi-senpai said. For example, about the shadow that moved in the desert, just as Sakura said, it was indeed a human being.
Sakura : Hm!
Yamato : The smell of wood comes from that person. In other words, that’s the smell of Wood Style, meaning the one who collapsed in the desert is me, Yamato.
Naruto : But how is Captain Yamato there?
Yamato : That was the idea that I took from Sai’s story, ‘time-slip’ occurred in Rouran.
Sai : I see…
Kakashi : Oh, then?
Yamato : I fell down and was saved by the kid Kakashi-senpai. Then after I heard what happened, it was like what Naruto said, I went to Rouran in order to go to the Fourth Hokage’s side.
Naruto : Oh, my idea is also used-ttebayo!
Kakashi : Hm hm, then what? Then what?
Yamato : Then I used Wood Release Ninjutsu to defeat the swarming enemies. But the little Kakashi-senpai who has yet got his Sharingan held me back, which made me unable to reach the Fourth Hokage quickly. I rescued Kakashi-senpai from crises many times, but little Kakashi-senpai was still so arrogant. The two of us finally reached the Fourth Hokage, saved them all from trouble, resolved the incident! I accept the Queen’s kiss! But because I was too angry with the bratty Kakashi-senpai, so I hit him in the head with my fist. How about that?
Kakashi : Ah! That’s it!
Naruto : Eeh??
Sai : Hm hm
Sakura : Is that so?!
Kakashi : Obviously that’s not possible!
Yamato : Ow!
Kakashi : Stop talking nonsense!
Yamato : We can only talk nonsense about this kind of thing, right?
Kakashi : Somehow that makes me mad. Nnnn-somehow, looking at you feel like a nasty memory has awaken! You did something to the kid me, aren’t you?
Yamato : I did nothing! Senpai also now talks nonsense!
Kakashi : Because of you! Ah, the tingling feeling in my head is back. Oi Yamato! Let me smack you in the head!
Yamato : *bonking ensues* W-wait, wait, why, why did you hit my head!
Kakashi : Revenge for that timee!
Yamato : What revenge?!
Kakashi : I don’t know! Aargh!
Naruto : Ah, ah, what are you guys doing?
Sakura : Really stop it both of you
Sai : Really immature
Kakashi : Although I don’t quite understand, by hitting Yamato’s head my vague memory feels resolved. Now it doesn’t matter if I can’t remember it.
Yamato : Huhu why this happen to me?
Teuchi : Speaking of which..
All : huh?
Teuchi : About two days after the event of new menu, the Fourth Hokage walked around then came to our store alone.
Kakashi : Heh? Minato-sensei did?
Naruto : Really? Do you have a signature? Doesn't that often happen with ramen shops?
Sakura : Naruto shut up!
Teuchi : He ate the new Tonkotsu Miso Char Shiu Ramen. Then he said this softly, “That mission was successful thanks to a certain boy.”
Kakashi : A certain boy?
Sakura : Of course that refers to Kakashi-sensei, right?
Sai : That’s probably it
Yamato : Well, since it’s Kakashi-senpai, that’s really possible
Kakashi : Heh? Really? I did it? I managed to show my skill in my first important mission, and then got praised by Minato-sensei. Hooray! I feel so happy! Haah, but how can I forget this important milestone of my life? I am really a failure…
Naruto : No, you are indeed awesome, Kakashi’sensei! You can be praised by that Fourth Hokage, really makes me envy, you, you..
Kakashi : Hehe, is that so? Then I will be prideful for a while~
Naruto : Haha, then let’s we eat the rest of ramen
Teuchi : Hoo, you also ate the Naruto roll at the very end
Naruto : Yeah, of course the most delicious food should be saved for last
TEEN+ // ALSO ON AO3
Words: 1,327
Warnings: Angst, implied/referenced character death, Genma is drunk and sad
Umm.... So I found this in my WIPs on my google docs... it was already complete... So here's your reminder that even though I haven't actually written anything completely new in a few years, I can still break your hearts. :)
Genma has made a mistake.
He realizes that now as the other man lays him out flat, his head spinning from a combination of the alcohol and the hit he just took, the dirty bar floor sticky and hard beneath his aching cheek. Why had he gotten into this mess, he asks himself as he pushes himself up with a wince, groaning when the other man kicks him back down, boot heavy on his back.
"Where do you think you're going?" he demands, pushing harder when Genma tries to get up again, and Genma groans at the pressure on his ribs. "What, you start a fight you can't finish and now you're trying to run?" Oh, man, he is way too drunk for this.
"Get off me," he mutters, swinging wildly at the other man's leg, a swift kick to the side subduing him once more. "Get off!"
"Hey!" Relief floods through him when a new voice joins the fray, and he takes a gasping breath when the foot lifts from his back. Raidou. "What are you doing?"
"He came at me," the guy tries defending himself, but Raidou's not hearing any of it, and suddenly he's on the floor by Genma, out cold.
"Come on," Raidou says, grabbing Genma's hand and pulling him to his feet, turning his head to examine the swelling of his cheek, already beginning to bruise. "Damn, he got you good. What happened?"
"Nothing," Genma mutters, half-heartedly swatting his hand away, stumbling into Raidou's side when he tries to take a step toward the exit. He grumbles a pathetic attempt at a protest when Raidou wraps an arm around him to keep him steady. "Stop, Rai, I'm fine."
"Fine?" Raidou scoffs, tightening his grip when Genma tries to push him away. "Please, Genma, you haven't been sober for a week, and I don't believe for a second this is the first fight you've gotten into in that time. You are not fine." Genma has no response - Raidou isn’t wrong. But he doesn't know how else to deal with everything that's happened.
The thing is, Genma's not an idiot. He's a shinobi - he knows that death isn't just normal, it's expected, but something about this one had hit him harder than any other loss he had ever experienced. Perhaps it was because he'd always been so careful to distance himself, never letting anyone get too close, but he was human, after all, and everybody craves connection... so he'd let someone in. And gods, what a mistake that had been.
In hindsight, coming to the bar tonight had probably been a mistake, too, but now all he wants is to stay here and keep drinking. Instead, he allows Raidou to lead him away, through the quiet streets to his apartment. Neither of them say another word for a long while, and Genma is oddly okay with it - there's not much to say, anyway, and definitely nothing that could make any of this any better.
"Rai..." Genma looks up at him, bathed in the soft glow of the streetlight, and he's never seen anything so beautiful... and so absolutely heartbreaking. "Rai, why are you here?"
"I'm here for you," he answers simply, glancing down at him. The small, sad smile on his face makes Genma want to cry. "You can push me away all you want, Gen, but I'm always going to be here for you." That hurts, in ways he can't even begin to put words to, and he draws closer to Raidou as they take the steps up to his apartment door, releasing him only to unlock the front door and push it open before pulling him close once more.
Genma can't remember the last time he had allowed himself this simple comfort, the warmth of Raidou pressed against his side - all he knows is that he has missed this, and he does not want it to end. So he clings to it, clings to Raidou as long as he can, until Raidou delivers him to his bed and pulls away. He feels empty, utterly hollow as he watches Raidou walk away, too drunk and too tired to give chase.
"Stay," he mumbles before he can stop himself, and Raidou pauses in the doorway, glancing over his shoulder at him once more. That smile is back, and despite the sight of Raidou turning and walking over to him, laying on the bed beside him, he feels something inside of him shatter. "Please... just stay." His voice breaks as he pulls Raidou in, burying his face in his chest and repeating that single word like it's the only one he knows. "Stay."
It's what he can't say that fills what little space remains between them, heavy on the tip of his tongue, catching in his throat. Not just tonight. Please, Raidou, please I'm begging you don't ever leave me again. But he can't say it - because all the reasons Genma wants Raidou to stay are all the reasons he knows he can't.
"I love you," he chokes out, fists clenching around the fabric of Raidou's shirt, and then he releases him, looking up to meet his eyes. His own burn with tears. He shouldn't have asked him to stay. "But you can't be here. You need to go."
"Genma-"
"I said go!" Genma is out of the bed in an instant, stumbling over his own feet as he backs away. This is too much, the sight of him sitting there on his bed, looking more hurt than he has ever seen him, and for a brief moment, he feels a twinge of regret - but he also knows he is right to do this, even if it is killing him.
"Not until you tell me why," Raidou says, standing and walking over to him, stopping when Genma takes another step back. "You don't get to tell me you love me and then shove me out the door without at least telling me why."
"Because you died!" Genma yells, and actually saying it out loud steals the breath right from his lungs. He doubles over with a harsh gasp, wrapping his arms around himself and clutching at his ribs hard enough to bruise. He has never wanted to die as much as he does in that moment, the agony of it sending him to his knees with a broken sob. "You're dead, Rai, and I... I can't. I can't do this. Please. Please."
Silence falls over the room, broken only by his sobbing, gasping breaths, the pain that had made its home in his chest tightening around his heart, slipping between the cracks in the fragile pieces of himself he'd been trying so hard to hold together and breaking them apart once more. This has wrecked him, in a way he had once sworn he would never let himself be wrecked, in a way he's still not entirely sure he'll survive - in a way he's not sure he even wants to survive.
"Genma..." Raidou kneels in front of him, and his arms wrapping around him feels so warm, so real, that he can't help but let himself sag forward against him, pressing his face to his chest once more. "I loved you, too, you know." His voice breaks, and he holds Genma closer. "I loved you, too."
"Don't." He knows it's not real, that his mind is creating this hallucination, telling him what he wants to hear - in life, Raidou had never wanted Genma the way Genma wanted him. Death didn't change that. "Please, Rai, just go."
Exhaustion settles deep into Genma's bones as Raidou releases him, and he can't bear to watch as he stands and leaves him. Again. For good. He expects it to hurt - to feel the anguish of losing the love of his life all over again, but instead, he just feels empty.
And he knows, beyond a shadow of a doubt, that with Raidou gone, that feeling will never go away.
"Naruto Fourth Movie : The Lost Tower" Radio Drama : Kakashi's Diary
Translation below (start from 0:36) :
Sound of paper flipping
Kakashi : Now… this…
Teuchi : Welcome!
Kakashi : Helloo!
Sakura : Huh?
Kakashi : Huh?
Naruto : Kakashi-sensei!
Kakashi : Long time no see you guys. Are you guys going to eat ramen together? It’s good that you get along so well as a team. Then, sorry to interrupt, I’ll leave first
Sakura : Really, Kakashi-sensei…
Naruto : What’s this sense of distance? Seriously, Kakashi-sensei is supposed to be the captain of our Team 7, but we haven’t been on many mission together recently. Like our last mission to track down Mukade Kakashi-sensei is not there, makes me lonely-ttebayo
Kakashi : Hahaha, happy to hear that. Well, I have entrusted you guys to my excellent junior Yamato’s care , so no worries…
Kakashi : *inner voice* Although I have been given solo missions recently, but it’s so relaxing. Ah.. the misson without Naruto is the best!
Naruto : Huh? Kakashi-sensei did you say something?
Kakashi : Ah, I didn’t say anything. Just the voice of my heart
Naruto : Well okay then. Huh? That book…
Kakashi : Ah, this…
Naruto : Don’t tell me, that’s the Pervy Sage’s writing, “Icha-Icha Paradise”? Although it’s such a boring book, but now that I think about it, it maybe also contains a message from my deceased master? In this case, shouldn’t I, as disciple, be the one holding it? Kakashi-sensei, give me that book, the whole series belongs to me!
Kakashi : No way, that’s absolutely not possible! Anyway, “Icha-Icha Paradise” is just for entertaintment. If you don’t separate the image of Jiraiya from the book when you read it, you can’t enjoy it completely. In the first place I think that book was conveyed by God through the hands of Jiraiya-sama! Can I talk about this topic for longer??
Naruto : N-no, stop it-ttebayo...
Kakashi : Besides, this book is not “Icha-Icha Paradise”!
Naruto : Eh? I-is that so?
Kakashi : This is… my diary.
Sakura : Wah..
Sai : As expected, Kakashi-san is a scholar, he even read his own diary. I should imitate it
Naruto : No, no, no, you shouldn’t imitate this. Reading a diary while eating ramen is too disgusting-ttebayo
Kakashi : There’s a reason why I’m like this.
Sakura : Reason? By the way Kakashi-sensei, that diary looks quite old..
Kakashi : Ah, this is a diary I have written everyday since I entered Ninja Academy. This is the twelfth volume of “Wind and Cloud” chapter, dated on the first day I became Chuunin. I found this when I was cleaning my room yesterday. After turning page after page, yeah I was so distracted by my nostalgic days that I forgot to clean up, extensively I read it till night. Well, I found out there’s only one day content in it that, I don’t know why, looks so vague.
Sakura : Vague?
Kakashi : Mm.. I only know that on this day and this month, I was assigned an important mission for the first time with Minato-sensei’s recommendation. But the details were not written. Also my own memory is also very vague, for some reason I simply can’t remember it.
Naruto : Wait, hold it! Is that Minato-sensei the Fourth Hokage?
Kakashi : Yeah, I was in Minato-sensei’s class, Minato-sensei was my master.
Naruto : Aah, Kakashi-sensei gaahh! That was clearly the first important mission with that Fourth Hokage, how can you forget it?! Unbelievable! Do dogeza (extensive kneeling down) to the Fourth Hokage’s face statue this instant-ttebayo!
Kakashi : I-I can’t refute it.. Nnnn-Even if you say so, I can’t do anything to something that was already forgotten!
Sakura : Haaate that Kakashi-sensei is start making excuses.
Kakashi : That’s why, I just came here to recall what happened on that blank day!
Sai : On the Ichiraku store?
Kakashi : Ah, this day’s diary started with Ichiraku Ramen store.
Teuchi : On that day and month, that’s the first time I released the result of my practice, Tonkotsu Miso Char Shiu Ramen.
Kakashi : Yeah, that’s right. That’s exactly what was written at the beginning of the page. [On this day and this month, I woke up early and ran into the long queue at Ichiraku Ramen store. How I look forward to this day coming. The so-called new ramen that Teuchi-san discovered through his ramen training, what kind of existence is it? I haven’t had dinner since yesterday, to completely prepare myself for this event. But when I arrived in line, there’s Gai, Asuma, and Shizune in front of me. That muscular idiot, nosy hag, and monkey’s idiot son, how can they possibly comprehend Teuchi-san’s masterpiece?]
Naruto : Geh… Can’t believe Kakashi-sensei had such a poisonous tongue..
Kakashi : [At that time, Minato-sensei came over and called me away. Eh, no way, seriously, Minato-sensei please read the room. Why do we need to perform the mission on this day? I have queuing up, you know? Ah, it’s so hard to have a nasty superior.]
Naruto : That’s cruel.. Even the Fourth Hokage was not spared..
Sakura : What’s an annoying little brat.
Kakashi : Ugh.. N-no, that’s, well it’s my diary, I think I can’t lie to maintain the reality of this diary.
Naruto : The impression is getting worse and worse-ttebayo.
Kakashi : Anyway! [On the time I was called away by Minato-sensei, he was together with Akimichi Choza-senpai and Aburame Shibi-senpai. Then we all started to go to my first important mission.]
Sakura : Choza-san is Chouji’s dad and Shibi-san is Shino’s dad, right?
Kakashi : That’s right.
Naruto : Waah… hey do you remember the mission’s content?
Kakashi : Ah, if I remember correctly, it’s to capture a certain minister of Rouran, a city in the dessert of the Land of Sand.
Naruto : Speaking of Rouran, isn’t that where we went on our previous mission? There are nothing else but ruins.
Kakashi : At that time, Rouran had several towers built, it was a very prosperous place. My mission is to blow up an underground facility in Rouran using the paper bombs. The detonation was successful, but my memory after that is pretty vague. When I came back to my senses, I have already started my journey back to Konoha Village. That was obviously the first important mission with Minato-sensei, such an important memory, but I really can’t remember what happened! So in order to find clues, I came to the Ichiraku Ramen store that was mentioned in my diary.
Naruto : Hmm… is that so…
Sakura : But, if the Ichiraku was only mentioned before you got called away, there shouldn’t be any clues here
Kakashi : Hmm…
Sai : Is there nothing to remember in that vague memory?
Kakashi : That’s right… A smell of wood
Naruto, Sakura, Sai : Hm hm..
Kakashi : Kinda see shadowy something moving in the desert. Also, a face of a beautiful woman. And, that’s right! I don’t know why but there’s a swelling on my head, it felt very painful
Sai : I understand!
Naruto, Sakura : Heeh?
Sai : I know what that meant!
Kakashi : You know? As expected of Sai the ex-ROOT!
Sai : I read it on library.
Kakashi : What does that mean?
Sai : This is how it goes..
Sai’s Version
Sai : [My name is Hatake Kakashi. Today is my first important mission. We must make achievements, so that’s why teamwork is important. This is the first time I team up with Choza-san and Shibi-san, so I immediately gave those two people nicknames. Obviously Choza-san is ‘fatty’]
Kakashi : The protagonist has become you. Well, although Choza-san is indeed fat, but not to the extent of Chouji.
Sai : [Ah! There are turtles on the direction of that desert! The turtle was hit and abused with a stick by the bad kids.]
Naruto : I see! The turtle is ‘shadow moving in the desert’
Sakura : Then ‘the smell of wood’ is a stick?
Sai : [Obviously I, who have Konoha’s Will of Fire inside me, used my kunai to chase away the bad kids, and saved the turtle.]
Kakashi : W-wait, isn’t to dangerous to use kunai? That will cause an incident.
Sai : [Then I was invited by the rescued turtle to the Dragon Palace.]
Naruto : Ah, there he went…
Kakashi : Dragon Palace in the middle of desert…
Sai : [In that place I, with the beautiful Otohime-sama, we spent days together like Icha-Icha Paradise.]
Kakashi : Ano… I don’t want you to use Icha-Icha Paradise for this kind of thing.
Sakura : I see, Otohime-sama is the beautiful woman, right?
Sai : [Happy time is always short. I remembered the mission, and decided to leave the Dragon Palace. Before going back, I received a jade box from Otohime-sama, and with that I came back to the desert.]
Sakura : Yes yes, after you opened it, smoke came out from the box, right?
Sai : [After the smoke dissipated, my hair turned completely white.]
Naruto : I see! That’s why Kakashi-sensei’s hair is like that-
Kakashi : It has been like that since the beginning!
Sai : [When I came back to my senses, the surrounding area has turned into desert.]
Kakashi : It was a desert since the beginning
Sai : [Then I was surrounded by bad kids with sticks! What a surprise, I turn into a turtle.]
Kakashi : Eh, why did I turn into turtle?
Sai : [I was poked and beaten with sticks by those bad kids, then got kicked. Because of that, there are swollen lumps all over my head.]
Naruto : Hm! Now all the keywords are complete.
Sai : [I craned my head for help from around. Then from the other side, myself from few days ago came to rescue me. The end]
Kakashi : Why did such a bizarre incident like Urashima Taro happen to me?
Naruto : Hmm, I don’t quite understand the last part
Sakura : Isn’t that the one? After opening the jade box, time and space retrogade ocurred, you went to the past time, and you met the past self?
Naruto : The so-called ‘Time-Slip!’
Kakashi : Yes yes, ‘slip’ indeed. By the way the original punchline is that “when I came back, decades of time have passed”.
Sai : I arranged the story a little bit according to the circumstances
Kakashi : Can you please not doing any irrelevant arrangement?
Sai : So is that wrong?
Sakura : Then… could this be what happened?
Sakura’s Version
Sakura : [My name is Hatake Kakashi. Today is my first important mission. I must make achievements. Even if it’s insignificant, I’ll work hard to get closer to Minato-sensei. While encouraging myself, I went to the desert. Kyah! What a huge sandstorm!]
Kakashi : What the heck is that “kyah!”
Sakura : [But sandstorm are nothing, because I wore my mask hehehehe]
Naruto : How do I say it, Kakashi-sensei’s mask is indeed very convenient, but it’s weird to wear a mask all the time, right? Hehe, I want to see Kakashi’s real face. That’s right! Sai, you’re an ex-ANBU ROOT, do you ever see Kakashi’s real face?
Sai : The ANBUs also spent a lot of effort to investigate, but all seem to have failed
Kakashi : Lady Tsunade please don’t spend our budget on this kind of ridiculous thing
Sakura : You guys, this is my turn to talk you know?
Kakashi : Ah, my bad, I’m sorry, ok. Then?
Sakura : Ehem! [After walking in the sandstorm for a while, I saw a shadow moving on the other side of the desert. When I looked closely, that shadow seems to be a human being.]
Naruto : A human, huh
Sakura : [When I approached it, I saw a beautiful woman with red hair. She seems to be the queen of Rouran.]
Kakashi : Hmm, it’s more likely than a turtle
Sai : I see, that’s awesome. Two keywords have been eliminated.
Kakashi : You see, this is not some kind of quizz game
Sakura : [The Queen seems to have lost consciousness. I will save the Queen. She wandered in the desert with her weak body. Her body was trembling, hugged me tightly. The Queen said, “I am cold, please warm me up.”]
Naruto : Ooh then what? Then what?
Sakura : [In that moment I fell in love.] Kyaah! Hey Kakashi-sensei, is this a love story? This is truly my taste~
Kakashi : You came up with this yourself!
Sai : That makes us doki doki
Naruto : Mmm then? Then?! Sakura-chan, what happened next?
Sakura : [I don’t know how to give her warmth. Should I hug her tight to give her my warmth? I can’t do this kind of thing.] Kyaah! Kakashi-sensei you’re so pure!
Kakashi : Ano na, can you please stop fantasizing about me and getting to enthusiastic without my permission?
Naruto : Hmmm what did you do, Kakashi-sensei! How did you warmth the Queen?
Sakura : [Can’t be helped, I started digging around the desert, in search for hotspring]
Naruto : Eh, you are so spineless-ttebayo
Sai : But that does seem more in character of him
Kakashi : How is it possible that there are hot springs in the desert?
Sakura : [I dug out a hotspring.]
Kakashi : Eeehh? I actually dug it out…
Sakura : [Then I made hotspring bathtub from cypress for the Queen]
Sai : Cypress? Yosh, I understand. That’s the keyword for “the smell of wood”.
Naruto : That bathtub, does this feel like it’s started to go beyond the pure love route?
Sakura : [Across the steam of hot water, the Queen gradually took off her clothes and submerged herself into the water. That’s like the ancient text says, Mirage in The Dessert, dreamlike scene. Of course I can’t look directly at the scene. But I want to see! But I shouldn’t look. I want to see! I can’t look! Can’t, can’t can’t!] THAT'S RIGHT, KAKASHI SENSEI YOU CAN'T LOOK! YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO LOOK!
Kakashi : Ow ow ow, Sakura please don’t hit me in the head!
Sai : I see, the swelling on the head is from him hitting his own head to calm his evil desire
Kakashi : Whose evil desire?!
Sakura : [At that time. The Queen’s voice came from the other side of the steam. “The temperature is just right, would you like to come in?” My heart was beating so fast till about to burst. Ah, this is the real Icha-Icha Paradise! I entered the hot spring as if I were bewitched by a demon]
Naruto : Somehow, this doesn’t seem like the usual Sakura.
Sai : Is that so?
Naruto : She made this kind of story but when I went to peek into the women’s bath, she yelled “Shannaroo!” and beat me up with Iron Fists
Kakashi : To remind you all, this is my diary
Sakura : [“Hey, what’s wrong? Please come closer to this side.” But I was too shy to get closer, I didn’t move even a step. “Waah, you are such a shy person” saying that The Queen came toward me instead. The Queen looked at me. “No way, you’re wearing a mask into hotspring.”]
Naruto : Ah!
Sai : I see!
Sakura : [“Take out your mask and let me see your true face. Hurry, hurry!”]
Sai : Sakura, you’re doing great!
Naruto : The target is Kakashi-sensei’s true face!
Sai : This was her plan from the beginning. This is the genjutsu called “Story-telling”
Sakura : [“Hurry!” So I put my hand on the mask as she said. Then…]
Kakashi : [I took off the mask. My true face is…]
Naruto : What is it like-ttebayo, Kakashi-sensei??
Kakashi : [This is what I look like..] But obviously I didn’t take it off!
Sakura : Umrrh what a shame, I was so close…
Kakashi : Your intention is all wrong!
Naruto : Hmm, So, so, how about this?
Kakashi : Haah??
Naruto’s Version
Naruto : [My name is Hatake Kakashi-dattebayo]
Kakashi : Already wrong from the start-ttebayo
Naruto : [Today is my first important mission, I must make a great achievement, so that I can become Hokage, and make people in the village recognize my strength!]
Kakashi : That’s your goal, isn’t it?
Naruto : [I will not going back from my ninja way! I don’t care whether there’s a turtle or a queen in the desert-ttebayo!]
Kakashi : So you’re gonna ignore them
Naruto : [Of course there’s a smell of wood-ttebayo. I am Konoha’s ninja, my wind attribute will make the fuel of my Will of Fire burn strong!]
Kakashi : Uh, but my attribute is Lightning element…
Sai : You seems to be in a good spirit, Naruto
Sakura : Do your best, Naruto!
Naruto : Ooh!
Kakashi : As I said, this is my diary
Naruto : [I go straight to the mission, to punish the evil minister. Enemies are swarming wherever I go, and I beat them all with the pure strength of my fists!]
Kakashi : Ah, so the swelling is actually on other people’s heads?
Naruto : [Of course it is-ttebayo! How could I get hit by those people? To support in behalf of the Fourth Hokage, I am willing to go through fire and water without hesitation!]
Kakashi : Ooh oh, I understand! I understand that feeling!
Naruto : [Ah! I heard a shout, then the Fourth Hokage must be in danger. In that case, I have to help the Fourth Hokage no matter what-ttebayo!]
Kakashi : Naruto, you tell it so well, I feel so too
Naruto : [I started running to find the Fourth Hokage, and I entered a dark alley. Then, on there a toad sat upright on the ground and looked up to me]
Sai : Toad is not among the keywords
Naruto : [Suddenly the toad turned around and jumped further “PYOON” toward the dark alley, I was driven by some premonition and chase the toad.]
Sakura : Ah! “Kakashi in Wonderland!”
Kakashi : Then it should be rabbit
Sai : But both rabbit and toad jump forward
Kakashi : Fine, whatever
Naruto : [While chasing the toad that went “PYOKOON”, there’s a tunnel ahead. In the dark tunnel, I can only rely on the “PYOKOON” jumping sound to run forward. Then, I alone was suddenly ambushed by a shinobi. While I chase the toad, somehow I was also being chased by the other.]
Kakashi : Oh, the theme has changed!
Naruto : [Finally I was caught up, and the shinobi who chased me said “How about you just give up? I’m almost tired of playing this deduction game”]
Kakashi : Hmm? This dialogue..
Naruto : [The pursuing shinobi aimed his kunai at me, “You better know the reality and give up”. But I used my Kage Bunshin to deceive the enemy, so instead the chasing shinobi was the one that getting cornered. “I will never give up, NEVER GIVE UP!”]
Sakura : Waah, so cool!
Kakashi : That’s a parody of Jiraiya-sama’s other masterpiece which I am not really interested on, “The Tale of Gutsy Ninja”!
Naruto : [Then the chasing shinobi said, “Even if you defeat me, the next assassin will be there, aah, they will mess with Kakashi-sensei’s memories, as long as I still live in Kakashi-sensei’s vague memory realm, you will never remember this..]
Kakashi : Then has this become a problem with the realm inside my head?
Sai : How academic..
Naruto : [Then I said, “Then I will definitely unlock that memory. If there are memories with the Fourth Hokage, I will hold it tightly! I will never give up!!”]
Kakashi : Who are you?
Naruto : [“MY NAME IS UZUMAKI NARUTO!!”]
Kakashi : That’s not me anymore!
Naruto : [When I came back to my senses, I was already chasing the toad again. Yes, the place it goes has my memories with the Fourth Hokage, for some reason I so sure about it! The Fourth Hokage exists in that place! Fourth Hokage!]
Kakashi : Woah, this has become your story…
Naruto : [I ran with all my might. While I was running, a prison suddenly appeared in front of me.]
*Beastly roar*
Naruto : [That’s… The fox-demon Kyuubi!]
Sakura : This is bad!
Kakashi : Now this has became a problem in a realm inside Naruto’s head
Naruto : [The fox-demon said, “if you want to see the Fourth Hokage so much, little boy, I will lend you my power”]
*Bubbling sound*
Naruto : [I… I am..!]
Sai : This is bad, Naruto has grown tails!
Sakura : All four...!
Kakashi : Why did my diary cause all of this…
Teuchi : Please stop going rampage inside my store!
*Beastly roar with Naruto*
Sakura : Naruto!
Yamato : Wood Style!
Sakura : Captain Yamato!
Kakashi : Oh Tenzou! I mean, Yamato
Yamato : Thank goodness, that’s so dangerous, Naruto. Fortunately I have been hiding behind the curtain and listening to everyone’s talking.
Sakura : Captain Yamato, you eavesdropped?
Yamato : Well yeah...
Naruto : Gaah! Aah… that was close, I was almost being taken over by that fox-demon bastard. Although I already swore not to borrow that guy’s power again
Sai : That shows how much you want to meet the Fourth Hokage
Naruto : You’re right-ttebayo! But I really envy Kakashi-sensei, you can go to missions with the Fourth Hokage, you also can be near him and receive his teaching. After all, the Fourth Hokage is someone that I admire so much
Kakashi : Naruto… Yeah, he’s also someone I admire forever. However, although it’s only a day, I managed to forget the memories with Minato-sensei…
Naruto : That’s right-ttebayo! While I’ve never even see the Fourth Hokage…
Kakashi : I am a failure as a student…
Yamato : Seriously, Kakashi-senpai, as your kohai I feel embarrassed for you
Kakashi : Wh-what do you say?! In that case, you should also think of something that can fill my forgotten memory!
Yamato : Why me..
Kakashi : Just hurry think of something! The explanation that I can accept!
Yamato : Uhmm this is troublesome… So how about I summarize the best parts of what everyone said?
Kakashi : The best parts?
Yamato : That’s right, I mean those keywords that Kakashi-senpai said. For example, about the shadow that moved in the desert, just as Sakura said, it was indeed a human being.
Sakura : Hm!
Yamato : The smell of wood comes from that person. In other words, that’s the smell of Wood Style, meaning the one who collapsed in the desert is me, Yamato.
Naruto : But how is Captain Yamato there?
Yamato : That was the idea that I took from Sai’s story, ‘time-slip’ occurred in Rouran.
Sai : I see…
Kakashi : Oh, then?
Yamato : I fell down and was saved by the kid Kakashi-senpai. Then after I heard what happened, it was like what Naruto said, I went to Rouran in order to go to the Fourth Hokage’s side.
Naruto : Oh, my idea is also used-ttebayo!
Kakashi : Hm hm, then what? Then what?
Yamato : Then I used Wood Release Ninjutsu to defeat the swarming enemies. But the little Kakashi-senpai who has yet got his Sharingan held me back, which made me unable to reach the Fourth Hokage quickly. I rescued Kakashi-senpai from crises many times, but little Kakashi-senpai was still so arrogant. The two of us finally reached the Fourth Hokage, saved them all from trouble, resolved the incident! I accept the Queen’s kiss! But because I was too angry with the bratty Kakashi-senpai, so I hit him in the head with my fist. How about that?
Kakashi : Ah! That’s it!
Naruto : Eeh??
Sai : Hm hm
Sakura : Is that so?!
Kakashi : Obviously that’s not possible!
Yamato : Ow!
Kakashi : Stop talking nonsense!
Yamato : We can only talk nonsense about this kind of thing, right?
Kakashi : Somehow that makes me mad. Nnnn-somehow, looking at you feel like a nasty memory has awaken! You did something to the kid me, aren’t you?
Yamato : I did nothing! Senpai also now talks nonsense!
Kakashi : Because of you! Ah, the tingling feeling in my head is back. Oi Yamato! Let me smack you in the head!
Yamato : *bonking ensues* W-wait, wait, why, why did you hit my head!
Kakashi : Revenge for that timee!
Yamato : What revenge?!
Kakashi : I don’t know! Aargh!
Naruto : Ah, ah, what are you guys doing?
Sakura : Really stop it both of you
Sai : Really immature
Kakashi : Although I don’t quite understand, by hitting Yamato’s head my vague memory feels resolved. Now it doesn’t matter if I can’t remember it.
Yamato : Huhu why this happen to me?
Teuchi : Speaking of which..
All : huh?
Teuchi : About two days after the event of new menu, the Fourth Hokage walked around then came to our store alone.
Kakashi : Heh? Minato-sensei did?
Naruto : Really? Do you have a signature? Doesn't that often happen with ramen shops?
Sakura : Naruto shut up!
Teuchi : He ate the new Tonkotsu Miso Char Shiu Ramen. Then he said this softly, “That mission was successful thanks to a certain boy.”
Kakashi : A certain boy?
Sakura : Of course that refers to Kakashi-sensei, right?
Sai : That’s probably it
Yamato : Well, since it’s Kakashi-senpai, that’s really possible
Kakashi : Heh? Really? I did it? I managed to show my skill in my first important mission, and then got praised by Minato-sensei. Hooray! I feel so happy! Haah, but how can I forget this important milestone of my life? I am really a failure…
Naruto : No, you are indeed awesome, Kakashi’sensei! You can be praised by that Fourth Hokage, really makes me envy, you, you..
Kakashi : Hehe, is that so? Then I will be prideful for a while~
Naruto : Haha, then let’s we eat the rest of ramen
Teuchi : Hoo, you also ate the Naruto roll at the very end
Naruto : Yeah, of course the most delicious food should be saved for last
Some commentary that I had when translating the radio drama (I am very tempted to include them in the translation but worried that they can be a bother) :
[1:15] Aww Sakura and Naruto's tone when talking to Kakashi... Naruto said that he missed Kakashi 🥰🥰
[1:45] I don't think Naruto is the sole reason for Team 7's constant disastrous mission Kakashi, I mean he contributed greatly for being an MC but your luck plays a part too
[2:20] Not Kakashi applying Death of Author to Jiraiya for Icha-Icha 🤣
[2:35] Aww Naruto let your sensei ramble about his hyperfixation for longer...
[2:50] Sai tried to imitate Kakashi 😍
[3:20] Kakashi, not you giving your own diary chapter titles 😂 Actually your diary probably will sell out, since you are popular in both Naruto and the real world, and also your... turbulent life in general (in short I want one)
[4:20] Aren't you also forgetting something Naruto 😂
[5:05] I almost forgot how cute and bratty little Kakashi is 😍 (I WANT THAT DIARY NOW)
[5:45] "I have queued you know 😡" *died of cuteness* (I think I repeat that sequence like 5 times)
[5:45] I live for Team 7 discovering how bratty their sensei was as a kid
[6:07] You better let the boy eat before going to a mission in another country Minato, he hadn't eaten since dinnertime!
[7:50] A painful swelling on the head 🤣 Wonder how that happened right
[8:08] Frankly you sealed your fate there Kakashi, in front of Team 7 nonetheless
Sai Narration
[9:05] I am always impressed at Kakashi's constant worry about kids dealing with pointy stuff, especially since he himself is a kid who plays with pointy stuff way earlier than his peer
[9:15] Love Naruto and Kakashi's calm acceptance for Sai's antic, he already assimilated well into Team 7
[9:24] Asexual Kakashi moment
[9:53] Kakashi tsukkomi man (expect more)
[10:33] I forgot to put the context here, Urashima Taro is a fisherman rewarded for rescuing a sea turtle, and carried on its back to the Dragon Palace (Ryūgū-jō) beneath the sea. There, he is entertained by the princess Otohime as a reward. He spends what he believes to be several days with the princess. But when he returns to his home village, he discovers he has been gone for at least 100 years. When he opens the forbidden jewelled box (tamatebako), given to him by Otohime on his departure, he turns into an old man.
[10:41] Unintended Bullseye moment (expect more)
Sakura Narration
[11:26] Your "kyah!" is always so cute Kakashi
[11:50] It's canon that even ROOT ANBUs gossiped about Kakashi, but they did the Kakashi's face hunt too 😂
[11:56] Sponsored by the Hokage 🤣 Tsunade definitely can see Kakashi's face since she's a medic so she did that just to thrive on Kakashi's suffering 🤣
[12:33] Unexpected Bullseye moment pt.2
[12:40] The kids started to treat Kakashi's diary as a game, honestly what do you expect Kakashi 😂
[13:05] Honestly I can respect Sakura's effort to sprinkle some romance into Kakashi's bachelor life, but seeing Sai's narration too I think they collectively forgot how young Kakashi was at the time of that diary
[13:13] Asexual Kakashi moment pt.2
[13:30] Again, Sakura, guys, Kakashi was a kid
[13:45] Ignoring the fact that Team 7 forgot that it was a less than 12 years old kid whom they fantasized about getting a game, I appreciate Sai's (correct) comment on Kakashi's character that likely dug a hot spring in the desert rather than touching a defenseless woman inappropriately
[14:47] (justified) Asexual Kakashi moment pt.3
[15:00] Don't let Sakura's narration distract you from the fact that a man wrote the script ( although there's a reason for this narration tho...)
[15:14] Naruto, a woman can write smut AND defend woman's boundary from unconsented eyes
[15:20] Kakashi futilely reminded everyone that it was himself that those kids were crafting stories for (expect more) (honestly I almost forgot too sorry Kakashi-sensei..)
[15:45] Genjutsu Sakura moment (I expect more from canon but they disappoint me as usual)
[16:22] Troll Kakashi moment (expect more)
Naruto's narration
[16:38] Kakashi's -ttebayo 🤣
[17:06] Your diary has been hijacked long ago, Kakashi. Just accept it
[17:34] In a kinder world Naruto and Kakashi will be a good brothers duo 😭
[19:15] So Kakashi reads Jiraiya's other books but is not as hooked as Icha-Icha, he's truly a booktoker
[19:54] Naruto's MC power is too powerful 🤣
[20:46] Poor Teuchi-san, he didn't sign up for this kind of chaos 😂
[21:11] What is this awkwardness hiding, why don't you just enter Tenzo.. you are part of the team too
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