Author's Note: My first ever attempt at writing anything Naruto-verse (waah! still unchartered territory! scary!), and set some time prior to the events described in the 'Kakashi Gaiden' chapters of the manga. This is a silly little thing that wouldn't leave me alone, so please forgive any and all OCCness and let me know what you think ;)

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto.

Sensei's Getting Married!

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"—and now you three know about it, too," finished Namikaze Minato kindly, pausing for a moment to better eye the chunnin trio lined up in front of him, Obito and Kakashi with Rin wedged between them, before breaking out in a sunny grin. "Any questions?"

And just as expected, two hands immediately shot skyward.

"Yes, Rin?"

"Ano, Minato-sensei—" Rin's cheeks were flushed pink with excitement. Not unlike Kushina's glow, thought Minato fondly. But maybe it was some sort of universal girl-reaction to talk about proposals and weddings in general; Minato, who wasn't a girl, certainly didn't know, "—when is the ceremony? Is it anytime soon?"

"Eh, well…" Minato scratched the back of his head embarrassedly. He would have preferred to keep at least this part of his private life tightly under wraps, but he had been blessed (arguably, stuck) with an exceptionally bright, resourceful and plain stubborn bunch for his first teaching job, and as team leader, Minato couldn't be prouder. "If it was up to me, we would get married straight away. But Kushina has her mind set on a fall wedding, so I guess I'll have to wait until then."

"Ne, did you hear that, Kakashi?" stage-whispered a voice mischievously and not particularly subtly from somewhere behind Rin. "Sounds to me like Kushina-san has sensei totally whipped already."

Minato was tempted to agree, but thought better of it. Too much information was too much information no matter how you looked at it, even if Kushina was a force of nature and then some. Instead, he cleared his throat and gestured at the boy's right arm, which was still raised well above his head.

"Obito?" he prompted.

"Uh." At least Obito had the decency to look sheepish before perking up with renewed energy. "Ne, ne, sensei! We'll be invited to the wedding party afterwards, won't we?"

Minato seriously considered the suggestion for a full second. "No."

"But… But we're your best students ever!" exclaimed Obito, clearly scandalized at the thought of being left off the guest list.

"You're my only students ever," corrected him Minato with a smile, cheerfully bursting his bubble. "You, Rin and Kakashi are my cute little guinea pigs."

"Mou, sensei! Why are you comparing us to pigs? That's mean."

"Stop it, Obito," murmured Rin sternly. "It's your own fault for trying to invite yourself to sensei and Kushina-san's wedding in the first place."

"But, Rin-chan, I was trying to get you invited, too!"

"Obito, don't. It's rude."

Needless to say, the protests died down after that.

Minato shook his head. There had been a time when he worried about Rin. She was certainly skilled, and quickly developing into a promising medical-nin to boot, but Kakashi was a prodigy in the truest, fullest sense of the word; inside the happy-go-lucky Obito hid an Uchiha; and between them there was enough ability, bloodline limits and untapped potential to smother anyone who got too close. But contrary to each and every one of Minato's secret reservations, Rin fit right in from the very start – and that was no mean feat, especially given Obito's loud mouth and Kakashi's loner tendencies.

So feeling justifiably confident that Team Minato's sole representative of the fairer sex would handle whatever Obito might throw her way, Minato turned his attention to the only one of his kids not to have offered any thoughts whatsoever on the not-so small issue of his upcoming nuptial.

"Hey, Kakashi."

The boy genius slowly looked up at the mentioning of his name, looking vaguely confused behind his mask. "But I didn't say anything."

"Yes. I know," replied Minato patiently. Kakashi was his father's son alright (from the unruly silver hair on his head to his affinity for spectacular lightning release techniques), but his interactive skills remained painfully non-existent. "That's why I'm asking."

But his student just stared at him blankly.

Undeterred, Minato tried again. "Don't you have any kind words for your old sensei?"

Kakashi raised an eyebrow quizzically. "Minato-sensei, you're only twenty-four," he pointed out. "That hardly constitutes old."

(Minato smiled inwardly. Even Rin and Obito had abandoned their mostly good-natured bickering in favour of being properly attentive at this point.)

"Still, it's all very sudden…" continued the prodigy flatly. And with all the excruciating frankness of an eleven-year-old, he added, "Kushina-san isn't pregnant, is she?"

Rin's mouth fell open, and even Obito had nothing to say about that. Minato, who felt the weight of their stares – Rin's embarrassed, Obito's probing and Kakashi's bored – swallowed once, and ground out with some difficulty, "Kakashi, nobody is pregnant. Kushina and I agreed to set the date for this fall. Together."

"Oh. So I was wrong, then." Kakashi shrugged, seemingly indifferent to the awkward silence that had settled over Team Minato like a poison cloud. "Congratulations anyway, sensei."

Minato nodded absentmindedly, then assigned them fifty laps around the outskirts of the village, and he watched them go with a curious mix of annoyance and dread.

Clearly, he had nothing to prove to three chuunin brats. Clearly.

Omake

Obito eyed his last remaining teammate suspiciously; Minato-sensei had already taken off for the day, muttering something unintelligible about seating arrangements and cutlery under his breath, and Rin-chan had excused herself early, too. But never mind that when there was some definite twitching going on under Kakashi's stupid mask.

He didn't need Hyuuga's uncool and totally overrated Byakugan to see that something was up, and as any good and loyal teammate should, Obito wanted in.

"Kakashi, what—"

"You can thank me when your invite arrives," announced Kakashi smugly before vanishing in a puff of smoke.

Obito blinked twice, then…

"EHHHH?!"