The Startling Holiday

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'So you understand that this will not be a holiday?' the woman said strictly while she leaned back in her chair.

'Hosh!' Naruto grinned. 'We will consider this a mission and we won't take this for a holiday!' A little to cheerful to take seriously.

The hokage let out a groan, 'Dismissed'. She knew it wouldn't matter if she pressed the sub any further, if there was something on Naruto's mind it was nearly impossible to get rid of it.

The team with Naruto nearly jumping, left the office. As the door closed Naruto shouted 'Oh yes! Finally an opportunity to wear those swim shorts I got for my last birthday! His eyes beaming with excitement.

'Naruto, calm down. Tsunada-sama is right, this won't be a fun trip, we'll still be on the hunt for a murderer' His sensei signed.

'Aw, come on Kakashi-sensei! I know you take your missions seriously but you should try to relax sometimes! We'll find that murderer in a day and then take the rest of the week off!'

Besides, we all know you're dying to read the new Icha Icha!' Naruto grinned.

Kakashi coughed lightly in his hand, 'Naruto, we both know that's besides the point.'

Even though he claimed this, the rest of team all smirked and stole glances at each other. It was clear Kakashi had lost their little argument.

But, even though Kakashi would never admit it out loud, he found himself wondering about how many free time he would have to relax on a air matress on the water with a cup of sake by his side and his beloved novel in front of him. The thought was certainly very attractive.

'Sensei, do you even take holiday's now and then?' The medic side of his only female student kicked in.

'Of course I do' He confirmed without hesitation.

Sakura eyed him suspiciously, 'When was the last time?'

'For as far as I can remember you've not taken a week off for the last 4 years, senpai' Yamato added the 'senpai' to remain respectful.

'May I ask you what your business is with my mission schedule, senpai?' Kakashi glared at Yamato.

Yamato reached his hands up in defense 'No offense but Tsunade had me checking the mission-reports for the last few years over the past few weeks.' Yamato claimed as he added with a grin 'she wanted to know if some were missing'

Kakashi sallowed. Mission reports, o yeah, those things that most of the time ended up in his trashcan.

'You still do that?' Naruto let out a small laugh, quickly followed by Sakura's.

Fine, now he got laughed at by his own students. Not that he cared much, more that he would like to be a little more respected these days by his now grown up students.

'But, really sensei, you should take better care of yourself. 4 years is a lot, I believe this small holiday might actually do you good.' Sakura sounded a bit concerned.

Kakashi let his eyes fall to the floor and signed loudly, 'This is not to be considered as a holiday'

'I expect everyone this afternoon 3 pm at the gates, beware of the clothing you're wearing. The weather will be at least 23 degrees. Untill then,' He waved his hand and disappeared in a hurl of leaves.

'Someone was in a hurry to get away' Yamato snorted.

'Is it really true he doesn't go on holiday's, senpai?' Sakura turned to Yamato.

'He last registered holiday was your last trip to the crescent moon kingdom.'

'That's not 4 years ago!, That's almost 5!, Jeez, I really don't get him sometimes...How come he hasn't had a major break down yet?'' Naruto's eyes went wide with amazement.

'Apparently because he can handle this kind of pressure.' Sai responded emotionless, giving his first reply since their conversation.

The other members went silent, not knowing what to say to such a statement. Yamato first broke the silence off, 'I guess I'll see you later then' he waved and walked towards the exit of the building.

Sakura, Naruto and Sai soon followed after him. Naruto and Sakura already discussing on what clothes they should bring and Sai silently listening to his enthusiastic teammates.

'Wear summer civil clothing, this is still an undercover mission'

Summer clothing. Summer civil clothing.

It was understandable that Naruto, Sakura and Sai possesed these clothing, but why would a 32 year old jounin have these stuff? Kakashi signed to himself as he was looking in his wardrobe, his wardrobe consisting of jounin stuff. Lots and lots of jounin stuff. And masks, many masks.

The only thing civil that existed in his closet were his boxers and his old tracksuit, which consisted of a pair of warm slacks and a konoha sweater which he once had won during a drunken bingo.

This was one of the main reasons he had arranged at 3 pm. It was now 9 am, that gave him another 6 hours, lets say that's 7 in Hatake-world to go shopping for some civil clothing.

Even thinking about the word 'shopping' made him feel sick, to be more precise 'shopping for clothes' made him sick. Probably also the reason why his wardrobe was so tedious. It was absolutely one of the most horrible things on earth, 'shopping for novels' on the other hand was one of his favourite activities. But not today, today it would be 'shopping for clothes'.

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And maybe a little bit of 'shopping for novels'...

Sakura groaned out loud. Damnit, why did Ino have to borrow her sun block at this moment? Now see needed to go to the store.

She just finished packing everthing she thought she would need, but considering it to be 3 suitcases she knew she had to revise. There was no way in hell her team-leader would let her drag along so much clothing.

She signed as she toppled over her suitcases, rearranging her stuff and randomly picking stuff that made her suitcase too burst out of it's shell. Example, she took 3 bathing suites with her. A dark green bathingsuite, a small violet bikini with striped panties, and a very dark blueish bikini which consisted of a top and shorts.

The second one made her feel a little too exposed, but Ino had given it to her birthday so it would be impolite not to wear them sometimes. But still Sakura didn't really felt comfy in them and well, it was still a mission so she decided to go for the bikini with threw the others back in her wardrobe while she sipped her suitcase, which was now the only one left.

After that she checked the clock, suprising it was almost 2 pm, and made her way to the chemist's, because she really didn't feel like walking around like a lobster for the next few weeks.

'sun block 10, sun block 20, sun block 30+, sun block light 20, after sun block 10, after sun block light 30...' Jeez, how are people suppose to know which one they should take? The silver haired jounin was holding two bottles in his hands, questionably looking at them.

'Can I help you, sir?' A voice sounded.

Kakashi turned around to see who the utterly polite voice belonged to. There was a woman, around 25 he guessed, with nice looks but a horrible amount of make-up before him.

She had called him 'sir', did he really look that old?

'No thanks' He answered politely. His pride was kicking in, he was grown man, by now he should be able to get his own sun block.

'Really?, cause you're holding sun block factor 10, you're skin seems far too light for such a factor. You should take a higher one.'

Kakashi inwardly groaned. Please, mind your own business! Inner Kakashi shouted. Kakashi silently agreed.

'I don't burn easily and I want to get a little tanner' He said to the girl, turning around, back to minding his own business. He added the last statement absolutely not because he had meant it, it sounded pretty gay, but he wanted to blow the girl off.

'I don't believe you.' She simply stated.

What the hell was wrong with this woman? Were is did the phrase 'The customer is always right' go? Kakashi signed out loud to let his annoyance show but the woman did seem affected.

The woman came walking towards him to grab a few bottles from the top shelf. She was really putting to much effort into grabbing one bottle, as she swayed her hips and stood on her toes to grab the bottle while moving her chest a bit forward so they would be more noticeable.

Clearly hoping he would fall for her. Too bad the copy-nin didn't get influenced that easily.

After she was done, she showed him the bottle

'If you want to get tanner, why would you wear a mask?, If you have a skin condition on the other hand this -'

'Excuse me, a skin condition? I don't have a skin condition.' Completely amazed by this girl's rude behaviour.

Kakashi would already have left the building when she started to talk to him when he had made it clear he didn't appreciate it. But since this was the only shop that had sun block due to the fact that it was still mid winter in Konoha, he had to have some.

'Why do you wear that mask than?' The woman asked with suspicion.

'Not because of a skin condition' He stated.

The woman, who was equally annoyed now, gave up. She handed him the bottles and with a way to friendly 'Well, sir, I believe I won't be able to help you then, have a nice day' She walked away back to were she had came from.

Kakashi let out a relieved sign and went back to his bottle-watching. Hoping that one actually told him: specially for ninja's who wear masks and have a light skin. But of course that was completely ridiculous as well as futile.

'My, my sensei, you want to get tanner?'

Kakashi turned around to see his student walking towards him with a basket. She reached out her hand and grabbed one of the sun blocks from the shelf.

'When did you cross sides?'

'Also good afternoon, Sakura' annoyed that his student had overheard (or eavesdropped) their conversation. And especially annoyed because she had made it clear to him that he had been saying a pretty gay sentence.

'You know, if you overheard, you could have come safe me you know, I would really have appreciated that' He let his eyes fall to her face which told him she deliberately had not done that.

'Well, to be honest, I did consider to get you out of the messy situation, but you know...you don't really see the amazing copy-nin trying to squirm himself out of a situation often' She smirked.

'Well thank you sakura-chan, how nice of a friend' He added, letting his voice sound lightly hurt.

Sakura, who was still having a smile on her face, chuckled 'Sorry', but you know the woman was quite right about your skin. You do have light one, and I know you burn easily' She eyed him, having in the back of her mind playing the times he had found himself falling asleep while reading his icha icha in the sun, waking up with Naruto seeing him as an enemy because he had been so red.

'You should take this one' She handed to him the bottle with a cover saying 'Factor 30'.

Kakashi knew Sakura meant well, so he took the bottle out of her hand and dropped it in his own basket, giving her a nod as to say 'thank you' without really saying it.

Sakura also grabbed a sun block and put it in her own basket and started walking towards the pay desk, with Kakashi following.

'So...are you already ready to go sensei?' She eyed him suspiciously, knowing it was almost 3 pm.

'Yeah, just need to find a suitcase in which I can dump a this stuff' He pointed at the bags he had from the other stores.

'It's 2.50 pm' Sakura stated

'I know'

'Your apartment is on the other side of town'

'I know'

'Are you already finished shopping then?'

'Almost'

'You also need to get redressed.'

'I'm aware of that'

'You didn't forget how late the mission started, right?'

'Of course not, 3 pm'

'Then you've got 10 minutes left'

'That should be possible..'

'Man, where are they?' Naruto whined. 'Kakashi-sensei I can understand but where is Sakura-chan?' He was hopping from one feet on another.

It was 3.30 pm. They hadn't expect Kakashi to be there yet, but Sakura was always on time.

'Don't worry Naruto, Sakura probably redressing or something like that.''You know how girls are.' Yamato added with a chuckle.

Since it was an undercover mission Tsunade had ordered them to let their nin clothes at home and dress like civilians on the way there, so that there won't be any suspicion and they could practise their roles.

Naruto was dressed in dark blue shorts and a white with green patron t-shirt with a brown orange flip-flops, and on his nose were big sunglasses. Sai wore white t-shirt with a short black blouse which fitted him pretty well. He also wore hazelnut shorts with black flip-flops.

Yamato wore a dark greenish t-shirt with brown shorts and brown sneakers. Very simple, very Yamato.

Sakura observed the boys as she came walking towards them. She couldn't deny that the clothes they wore made them look good. Normally she would've come on time but since she already knew her sensei wouldn't be there at least until half past, why would she?

'Sakura-chan!' Naruto enthusiastically shouted. 'Wow, you look pretty Sakura-chan!' Naruto let his gaze rest on her.

When she had looked in her closet, she had the opposite as her sensei, she hadn't know what to choose to wear. So she picked her favourite outfit, in which she was also comfortable. She wore shorts that came mid thigh which were a kind of olive greenish, and a red top. Her hair was tied in a knot and she had putted sunglasses on her head. She wore brown flip-flops and she had painted her toenails red.

She greeted the men in front and dropped her suitcase to the ground. Even now she was half an hour late, it appeared she still had to wait on the copy-nin.

'Yamato-taichou, how are we going to get there? I mean we need to go camping, so we'll need a caravan, how do we get that?' Naruto questioned. Sakura was suprised that he had thought this through.

'Uhh...Actually I'm just a clueless as you are' He rubbed the back of his head, 'I believe only Kakashi-senpai knows...'

Right at that moment there was a loud noise coming from within the village. All eyes turned towards that direction.

A white spot was racing towards them a smoke appeared behind it. 'What the he...' Naruto took his fightning stand.

It was getting faster and faster, running in smoke. Then when it was nearing them, the thing spinned, stopped sideways. The smoke finally lifting to see underneath. At frist Sakura couldn't find the word for it. She had seen a few in her life, but it was very rare in the fire country.

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The first one to spoke suprised them all.

'That's a Alfa Romeo 8C spider' Sai summed up, watching the object in amazement.

Naruto finally realizing what was going on, murmured 'It's a car...'

'That one is like in the top ten most beautiful cars in the world...' Sai muttered.

'Yo, is Hatake here yet?' A man's voice who appeared to be behind the steering wheel sounded. He clicked the door open and stepped out of the car.

'Mmm, hokage-sama said to me I needed to bring his car down here.'

Wait, his car? Kakashi had a car? and not just a car, but a very, very nice one that is. Sakura watched in awe, she had not really been fond of technology on this level, but she had to admit this was a piece of work.

The other shinobi were just as suprised to hear that their teamleader owned something that was this awesome. Yamato asked, 'Is this for the mission?' stil trying to keep his jaw up, instead of letting it fall to the floor.

'She did mention something about that...'

'Well, our mission should start at 3 pm, so why are you here now?' Naruto added, quite suspicious as to were and why his sensei would get such a thing.

'Yeah, Tsunade said something about him always being late so I could better bring it a little later..'

Sakura groaned inwardly, even her shisou had know about his tardiness and still they had let the rest come at 3 pm. That's really something she would do.

'I guess that you're his teammembers right?, Than it's okay for me to give you the keys.' The keys he was holding in his hands were silver and there was a small little dog as key fob. He handed them to Naruto, who stood the closest.

'Okay, so the rest is up to you, laterz' and the man walked back in direction of the village.

In a split second Naruto was already behind the steering wheel. Already messing with the keys, he said 'How does this work?' He looked clearly confused.

'Uhum, Naruto you should get out of the car, I don't think senpai will appreciate it when you screw with it.' Yamato suggested.

'O come on, it's just a car' Naruto moaned, still rumbling with the keys.

'No, it's not. It's an Alfa Romeo 8C spider' Sai stated.

Naruto looked at him dumbly, not knowing what Sai found that special about it.

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'Since when do you have a car, Naruto?' A familiar voice sounded, and a pile of messy silver hair appeared.

'Huh?, It's not mine' Naruto told him frankly.

'Then who's is it?' Kakashi questioned, eying his team.

'It's yours' Yamato responded.

Kakashi looked ignorant for a moment, and then said 'I don't have a car.'

'Well, this man told us that Tsunade-sama had told him to bring it you.'

Kakashi brought his hand to his still covered chin as he thought deeply, and after a few seconds he spoke 'Oh yeah, I remember it now, I got a car from one of my clients last year, but I had no place to store it so Tsunade-sama said she would do that for me.'

'You forgot that you had an Alfa Romeo 8C spider?' Sai spoke softly, putting the emphasis on forgot.

Kakashi shrugged, not really caring. 'Naruto, if it's not your car, what are you doing then?' Eyeing his student suspiciously.

'Uh...nothing...just checking' He climbed out the car and handed the keys over to the copy nin.

'I see everybody is here so let's go than' Kakashi gave them a happy eye-crease and then, without even minding to open the door he jumped over the side and landed in his chair.

Sakura now mentioned, that besides her other team members, her sensei actually looked quite good as well in civilian clothing. He was wearing a white undershirt with a dark blue blouse that hung open and didn't cling to his muscles and covered his anbu tattoo. The shorts were black and he had joined the rest in wearing a pair of black flip-flops. But there was something still missing in the pic, and as Sakura looked up she found the deficiency (or not). He still had his face covered.

She had to admit that really ruined the picture. But it was already better than the usual attribute, he was now wearing a slightly ragged brownish scarf. But it still was going to be hard to explain, why the man was wearing a scarf during summer time. She decided she would question him about that later.

'Uhm, there are only two seats...' Naruto muttered.

Kakashi looked up as he put the key in his slot, 'O yeah, Tsunade mentioned something about a button that the technology group had planted here somewhere.'

He bended his head down to check the underside of the steering wheel as his clove-less fingers found it.

The car's back-cover sprang open, and in a split second the car was slightly longer and another two seats appeared.

The no seated nins had their jaws dropped to the floor as they watched it happen. They new technology had increased lengths while there country had left it behind, but this was simply astounding.

'Well come on, don't stand there like that, get in' The copy nin ordered.

The team ended up with Naruto sitting in the front, left next to Kakashi, and Yamato, followed by Sai and Sakura, who took the back seat. The bags all lay cramped up in the space that was left as the back-cover.

'I didn't knew you had a licence senpai' Yamato stated.

'I don't' Kakashi simply replied, like it was no biggy.

'I take it then you do know how to drive then?' Yamato frowned.

'No clue' was Kakashi's reply.

'Wha?-' Yamato nearly shouted.

The others went oblivious to this conversation, Naruto trying to get his seatbelt on, Sai busy holding a small device while putting two pulls in his ears, and Sakura wonderly staring at him.

'Sai, what's that?'

'It's an MP3, it's something new. You can listen to music with it' He stated.

'Wow, can I listen too?' Sakura's eyes fixed on the device.

'Sure' He pulled the earpluggs out of the device, and the music started playing.

Kakashi randomly plunged his feet somewhere and the car started to drive,

'What song is this?' Sakura asked Sai.

'It's californication!' Sai almost yelled over the sound of the engines.

With a zigzagging movement as Kakashi hold his hands on the steering wheel, the weird bunch of people made there way towards the gates as 'Californication' drummed in their ears, on their way towards what would be a startling holiday.

so, first chappy done. I hope you enjoyed it!

reviews are always nice...

ps. the car does exist (google it)

pps. the song does exist (dude, you don't know it? then you really need to watch more tv)

ppps. I don't own those either (If I had a Alfa Romeo 8C spider and had made Californication I really would not be sitting here when it's 28 degrees outside.)