the transformed kunai
There was once a gambler named
Tsunade. She was such a horrible gambler, people from all over Japan
nicknamed her the legendary sucker. One day, after a particularly bad
streak of luck, she was going back to her hometown of Leaf Village when
she ran into a fox.
"Why hello," she said, watching
the fox practice henge no butsu and thinking up a way to make some
quick cash.
"Hey!" Said the fox, whose name
was really Naruto. "What can I do for you?"
"Can you change into an expensive
kunai for me?"
"Of course! My henge no butsu
skills are the best!" Naruto cringed, thinking of his recent escapade
with Gaara. "But I won't do it for free- bring me twenty bowls of
ramen!"
Now it was Tsunade's turn to
cringe. That cost a lot of money... but the expensive kunai would be
worth more. She rushed into town to get the ramen and promptly brought
it to Naruto. He ate it quickly, then jumped into the air.
"Henge no butsu!" He said, and
when he landed he was an extravagent kunai. Tsunade picked it up with a
greedy smile and ran to Leaf village. She ran to Kakashi's place, since
she knew he was a sucker for well made weaponry.
"Hmmm..." said Kakashi. "This is
pretty nice."
"I'll sell it to you for fifty
dollars."
"It's a deal." Kakashi started
walking back to his place, but he noticed the kurai was a little dull.
He handed the kunai to his student Sakura. "Sakura go polish this kunai
and forge it in the fire for me."
Sakura took the weapon and left
to do as she was told. But when she started polishing the kunai on a
stone, it started talking!
"Ouch! You're hurting me! Please
do that gently."
Sakura was very startled and ran
back to Kakashi. "The kunai just spoke to me! It said my polishing was
hurting it!"
"Don't worry," said Kakashi, who
was busy reading Come Come Paradise and wasn't really paying attention.
"That's just what new kunais do when you polish them."
Sakura sweatdropped, but went
back to polishing the kunai.
"That really hurts... don't you
know what gently means?"
This time Sakura stayed calm and
kept polishing the kunai. When she was finished she stuck it in the
fire.
"Too hot! Too hot! Put out the
fire!"
Sakura was startled, and told
Kakashi. "Kakashi sensei, the kunai just said the fire was too hot."
Kakashi, still not paying
attention, just nodded his head. "Yes, that's exactly the kind of thing
a new kunai will say. Just keep a good fire going."
Sakura made the fire hotter and
hotter. Soon, to her amazement, the kunai sprouted ears. "Kakashi
sensei! The kunai has ears!"
Even as she said it, the teapot
sprouted legs, a tail, and then a head. "Kakashi sensei- it has legs,
feet, and a head."
"Yes, new kunais have..."
But before he could finish the
kunai returned to his true form as a fox, and escaped into the
mountains behind the village.
~owari~