KakaSaku, same age AU. Sakura is in ANBU with Kakashi and Tenzou and lil Tenzou has a crush on Sakura-sempai and gushes about her non-stop to Kakashi-sempai.
Sorry for the delay. Here’s some scarred Tenzou, sixteen-year-old Shikamaru and KakaSaku late night adventures.
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“Starting today, you’re a part of my squad,“ Kakashi announced proudly, patting the younger brown-haired man’s shoulder.
Tenzou allowed a hesitant nervous smile to tug at the corner of his mouth. “I’m honoured, Kakashi-sempai.”
“Come on now, let’s introduce you to the two other members.” The silver-haired captain ushered his new teammate along the narrow plain corridors, taking multiple turns that Tenzou now knew by heart, having been here for the past two years of his life.
He would often be partnered with Kakashi-sempai but today, he was officially a part of his squad, and to say he was excited would be an understatement. He didn’t think there was a possibly cooler ninja out there—
“Here we are.” Kakashi-sempai shoved the heavy metal door open to reveal two figures hunched over a table, a man and a woman, who looked up expectantly at them.
The man is lean, tall and lithe. His dark hair is pulled tightly onto the top of his head in a spiky ponytail. Tenzou briefly wondered how he didn’t look utterly ridiculous with a hairstyle like that, but rather unexpectedly, it suited him in a weird way.
He didn’t have much time to ponder that as his eyes were drawn rather forcefully to the pink-haired woman next to him.
Ruffled cerise hair, bright emerald eyes and ivory smooth skin.
Tenzou’s jaw threatened to fall open and he whirled on his sempai and hissed, eyes starstruck, “Sempai! You didn’t tell me the legendary Sakura Haruno is on your squad! Oh my god, she’s so cool...”
Kakashi dissolved into mirthful chuckles and ruffled his kohai’s hair, “team, this is Tenzou, and from today onwards he’s a part of our squad, so treat him well.”
The dark-haired man raised a lazy hand and waved, “Nara Shikamaru, pleased to meet you.”
Sakura smiled warmly at him and he utterly failed to comprehend how someone so lethal could have such gentle features, “Haruno Sakura! It’s awesome to finally meet you, Kakashi told me a lot about you.”
Tenzou’s jaw did go slack this time and he looked at his sempai with wide eyes. He was torn between feeling proud and embarrassed.
Kakashi chuckled once again, rather bashfully and redirected the conversation, “anyway, it’s team bonding time with the new member, we’re going camping so pack up.”
“Troublesome,” Shikamaru grumbled and moved to the other door inside the room, disappearing into it.
“We’ll have fun, Shika,” Sakura said cheerfully, but her tone held the undertones of a threat.
“Hai, sempai!” Came the grumble.
Tenzou sent a questioning look to Kakashi, “‘sempai’?”
“Shikamaru is the youngest member of our group, he’s sixteen.” Kakashi explained, “Sakura trained him like I trained you.”
“Oh,” Tenzou said, taken aback. It was nice to know he wasn’t the youngest in the group. He’s heard there’s only two ANBU members younger than his young eighteen years, and it looks like Shikamaru is one of them.
He’s sure the other person’s name is Neji or something similar.
“Go,” his sempai said pushing him towards his room.
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“…and then he got so scared he sprouted a tree twig out of his left ear.”
“Sempai!” Tenzou cried out in indignation, “you weren’t supposed to tell anyone about that!”
Kakashi chuckled but not in a mean way, “Was I not? Sorry. It’s just Sakura and Shikamaru, they won’t judge you.”
But looking at the various shades of red his new teammates were turning trying to swallow their laughter, Kakashi amended his statement, “…too hard.”
Tenzou buried his face in his palms and let out an anguished sigh, “right.”
His sempai is being really unfair embarrassing him in front of Sakura like that, he knows she’s his role model and inspiration. Unfortunately, he was unable to say as much as a word to her without turning into a stuttering mess so he just stopped trying. It got worse when she gave him one of her kind smiles and he felt his cheeks growing hot for no reason. He’s sure his sempai is quietly enjoying his torture by the way he and Sakura kept sharing secretive smiles.
“Alright, sleep time for the kiddies.” The rosette clapped her hands and stood up.
“We’re not kids,” Shikamaru grumbled unhappily and she bent waist down to flick his forehead.
“Yes, you are.” She insisted with a sly grin. “Now, get going. Be a good boy and listen to your sempai.”
“You just want to screw Kakashi-sempai.” The Nara muttered under his breath as he got up and stretched.
“What was that?” At the evil gleam in Sakura’s eyes, Shikamaru nearly tripped over his own feet in his rush to get to his tent, throwing a squeaky ‘nothing!’ over his shoulder.
Sakura smiled smugly at his retreating figure and turned to eye Tenzou expectantly, who stammered, “Uh… I-I’ll be going too Sakura-sempai! Good night!”
When he joined Shikamaru in their shared tent he gave the Nara boy a questioning look, “Is she always like that?”
“Oh, gods, no. She’s only being this nice not to scare you off.” Shikamaru patted his shoulder in what Tenzou suspected to be a comforting gesture, but it only inspired unease.
Shikamaru undid his hair tie and his hair fell down his shoulder in messy strands, proving to be even longer than Tenzou anticipated. They both got in their bedrolls and soon were dosing off. It was two in the morning after all.
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Tenzou’s eyes flew wide open and he froze, all sleep vanishing from his system. Shikamaru was evidently in la-la land because he didn’t as much as twitch.
He tried to recall how far away is his sempai’s tent was and if he was in any danger if they suddenly found out he’s awake.
A quiet feminine moan reached his ears and he felt his whole face heat up. Oh, god, no…
Tenzou stared up at the tent’s ceiling, absolutely mortified. Did his sempai not realise that the thin cloth provided no sound barrier whatsoever?
The sound of accelerated breathing reached his ears and he buried his face in his pillow, oh, no, oh please no…
PLEASE, NO. Teznou’s eyes ridiculously started to water against his will, his respect for Kakashi-sempai was slowly but surely sinking into the ground with no hope of ever rising again and he had no place to go and no way to block out this horrifying experience. And oh my god, why here?
And I’m forever tainted now. I’m going to hell and it’s all Kakashi-sempai’s fault.
As Tenzou’s horror and mortification grew, he swore vengeance on Hatake Kakashi. His eyes started burning when what sounded suspiciously like skin slapping against skin echoed from a nearby place. Oh god, kill me, kill me, kill me, where’s Orochimaru when I need him…
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Next morning saw morning saw Tenzou rocking back and forth, staring dazedly at his knees, that were hugged to his chest.
“Dude, are you okay?” At Shikamaru’s touch, Tenzou jumped and nearly sprouted a twig.
He shook his head vigorously, eyes wide and bloodshot, “no-no-no-no-no-no-no.”
The Nara boy looked extremely concerned, “Shall I get Kakashi-se—”
Shikamaru fell back in alarm, “Whoa-whoa! Okay, no Kakashi-sempai! Calm down. What happened?”
“They… I… we’re in a forest… Why would they…” Tenzou was muttering to himself, shaking his head over and over.
“Ah,” Shikamaru made an enlightened sound. “I see you suffered through their two a.m. ah… bonding time.”
At Tenzou’s anguished cry, the Nara dissolved into a fit of laughter. “It’s exactly why I learned to sleep early. What I don’t know can’t hurt me.”
Tenzou’s tears were very real.
