At the bustling village night market.
Kakashi is on the way home.
Along the way, people kept saying hello to Kakashi.
Once a person become famous, something like this becomes inevitable.
There is either respect or admiration in their eyes.
These gazes became more visible, but Kakashi already got used to it.
When Kakashi is leaving, he suddenly felt that someone is approaching him.
Immediately, a soft voice reverberated in Kakashi's ears.
"Commander."
Kakashi looked back and saw that the one who called him is none other than Hyuga Taiga in plain clothes.
"Oh, it's you Taiga." Kakashi said with a smile.
"Commander, it turns out that you have already returned to the village. I didn't expect to meet you here." Hyuga Taiga said with a smile on his face.
"Well, I just came back, why are you wandering around the street so late in the night?" Kakashi asked.
"It's like this, Commander. Today is my vacation day, but suddenly, there is an urgent mission that needs me to go out of the village. I am going home to prepare and then set off."
Kakashi frowned upon hearing this and said: "There is still a mission to go outside the village? The war is coming soon, the village's external missions should have been terminated."
Hyuga Taiga smiled and said: "Yes, but this mission is a necessary patrol mission. Originally, Satoshi should be the one doing it, but today, he has a fever so it is not suitable for him to work on this mission. So he ask me to go in his place."
Hearing this, Kakashi said: "It turns out to be like that. In that case, you should careful. Go early and return early."
"Yes, Commander. When I come back, I will find you to drink again." Hyuga Taiga smiled faintly.
"No problem, but it will be after the end of the Fourth Shinobi World War." Kakashi said with a smile.
"It's fine, I believe that with my strength, I will be able to live until then." Hyuga Taiga patted his chest and said confidently.
"Then we'll drink all night together at that time." Kakashi said, patting Hyuga Taiga's shoulders.
"Okay! Then Commander, I am leaving first."
"Go. Remember to be careful."
"Yeah."
After Hyuga Taiga finished speaking, he disappeared into the street.
"That Taiga, it seems that he is a lot more cheerful recently. Unfortunately, he still hasn't found a girlfriend. I have a chance to find a good one for Taiga. I wonder if Taiga going to like Anko or not."
Kakashi muttered to himself and immediately showed a meaningful smile.
Walking through the bustling commercial street, the number of people around Kakashi gradually decreased.
His house gradually appeared in front of him.
"Well, I am home."
Kakashi opened the door and walked through the yard.
Suddenly, Kakashi felt that something was wrong.
There seems to be a lot of people in the room.
Although they were desperately hiding their presence, they couldn't deceive Kakashi.
How can Kakashi not set up some sensory barriers in his own house?
"These presences..."
Kakashi didn't stay for long, and directly opened the door of the room.
As soon as the door opened, he heard a few popping sound, and ribbons and other decoration was plastered in the room.
"Happy birthday! Kakashi-sensei/nii!"
Kakashi saw that the room full of people.
The people there is none other than is Naruto, Sasuke, Sakura, Karin, and Jūgo.
"Happy birthday?" Kakashi was a little surprised.
"That's right! Kakashi-nii, you must have forgotten that today is your thirty first birthday. Look, I have the cake ready for you." Karin said, pointing towards the big cake on the table.
Kakashi looked at the cake after Karin said that.
He then looked at the traces of the calendar that had just been torn off. It is written September 15th.
'That's right, today is my thirty first birthday.'
'However, I seem to have forgotten about it.'
Thinking of this, Kakashi laughed at himself for a bit. He had forgotten things like birthdays a long time ago.
"Kakashi-nii, look, how is this cake? I made it myself." Karin asked, waiting for Kakashi's answer.
Kakashi smiled and nodded, and then said, "It's very good, but why are you five gathered here? Naruto, didn't you tell me that you are going home?"
"Hehe, that was of course to lie to Kakashi-sensei. I quickly left and met with Sasuke and the others." Naruto scratched his head and said with a smile.
"You guys," Kakashi said, but he was very happy.
Although he didn't pay attention to his own birthday, being able to be remembered by his students like this is indeed a happy thing for Kakashi.
"Kakashi-nii, don't you know, we spent a lot of time investigating your birthday. In the end, it was only when Sasuke checked your enrollment information in Anbu that we were able to find out about it." Karin explained.
Kakashi looked at Sasuke, and said playfully: "Sasuke, I didn't expect you to learn to read my information soon after you joined the Anbu."
In fact, the information written there is only Kakashi's admission information. It is simply records about the basic information of Kakashi when entering the Academy.
That's why Sasuke is able to read about it.
If it is the information after Kakashi graduated, it is confidential, and with Sasuke's authority, he won't be able to touch it at all.
Sasuke was a little embarrassed and said: "Kakashi-sensei, those are not confidential information, so it should be fine to read it."
Kakashi put his hand on Sasuke's shoulder and said, "You're not allowed to do this in the future. Understood?"
"Yes! I understand, Kakashi-sensei."
"Kakashi-sensei, don't blame Sasuke-kun. He is doing this just for this birthday party." Sakura pleaded.
"That's right, Kakashi-sensei, look, we all have prepared presents for you."
Naruto said, taking out his present.
"I also prepared it." Karin said, and also took out her present.
"I have it too."
"Me too."
"And I have it too."
The five teenagers took out their presents one after another and squeezed in front of Kakashi.
The sudden scene caught Kakashi by surprise.
If he remembered correctly, the last time he received a present was when he was in Minato's team.
After that, no one seemed to give him a present anymore.
Guy is very different from normal people and doesn't care about such things at all.
As for the others, that may even not know about Kakashi's birthday date.
Kakashi took the presents one by one and his eye couldn't help but turned crescent and then he said with a smile: "Thank you, all of you."
"Nee, Kakashi-sensei, open the present I gave you. You will definitely love it!" Naruto said with a smile.
"Really? Then I have to take a good look."
After Kakashi said that, he started unpacking the present from Naruto.
Inside are four books.
The familiar feeling made Kakashi knew about it in an instant.
When he looked closely, he saw that it says "Icha-Icha Paradise", "Icha-Icha Violence", "Icha-Icha Tactics", "Icha-Icha Motivation".
"Nee, Kakashi-sensei, these four books are all special collector books. There is also Ero-Sennin's signature written on them. And the Icha-Icha Motivation is Ero-sennin's hidden masterpiece. It seems that it has not been published because there are some things that can't be published."
'What? Some things that can't be published? Why does it make it sounds more exciting?'
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