Post by Aminako on May 18, 2007 20:48:21 GMT -5
Oi. This story is quite a few chapters long, so, as I finish them. I will post them. Does that make sense?
Title: The Pain
Rating: NC-17
Anime: Naruto
Pairing: Kakashi/Arashi & Kakashi/Iruka
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto, or any of the characters as such. They belong to the creator of the anime show Naruto which as far as I am concerned is owned by the great Masashi Kishimoto-sama.
Please enjoy.
Chapter One
Act One, Scene One
Kakashi opened his eye as he leaned back against the tree, in which he was sitting within. The air was wet and cold as the young thirteen year old boy inhaled through his masked mouth, and frowned. He sighed deeply and closed his visible eye once more. An irritating burn over came his head as he noticed that his hiai-ite was rubbing his freshly cut wound raw. Kakashi untied the cloth from around his forehead, and loosely gripped it within his right hand, while lightly running the tips of his free hand, down the dark red scar. He winced slightly as a sharp pain shot through him, causing him to clench his head-band tighter. A drop of red blood tickled down his cheek, and soaked into the edge of his dark black mask.
"Kakashi, I told you not to mess with it." called a voice, as a blurry figure appeared in front of him. The first thing the young Jounin noticed was the blonde hair. Yondaime came into view, and he smiled down at his pupil.
"Yeah, I know Arashi-sensei, but it hurts." Kakashi complained as he squinted open his right eye to stare at his teacher. The blonde merely smiled back, and sighed happily. He grabbed the hitai-ite from the boy, and cuffed his Hokage robe at the sleeve, to gently wipe the excess blood from Kakashi's wound. The Jounin exhaled a sigh, as his sensei to the liberty to wipe the sleep from his eyes, as well as the blood from his re-opened scar. A hitai-ite was then placed within Kakashi's gloved hand, and his fingers curled around the metal.
"You couldn't get to sleep, could you?" Arashi asked softly as he lowered his gaze to the silver haired ninja's feel. Kakashi didn't answer, which was a definite 'yes' to the question.
"I just... had a lot on my mind." Kakashi muttered as he looked away and down at the landscape. He blinked a couple of times, before he pulled his head-band up against his forehead. He tied it loosely around his head, and pulled it to slant over his left eye. His visible eye, then drifted to gaze at his sensei.
"Obito, and Rin?" Yondaime asked boldly, as he sat down upon the tree branch with his legs dangling over one side. His bright blue eyes slightly dimmed, and he sighed. He knew that Kakashi hadn't gotten over their deaths. It was horrifying enough for little Kakashi to sit and watch his own father kill himself, then his best friend/rival, Obito, sacrifice his life to save Rin's and Kakashi's; and recently Rin died. It was all too much for the small boy. Yes, on the outside, he let on that nothing bothered him. That he was as cold hearted as a murder, but on the inside, he was hurting, and there wasn't much left that he could take.
"Yeah, I miss them. I miss them alot." Kakashi's voice began to break as he spoke. He coughed back a couple tears as his eyes stung. His chest began to ache, and his body felt cold and lifeless. He wanted to die. He wanted to just fall out of the tree and land to what fate awaited below. God, all he wanted was for the pain to stop. Every time he closed his eyes, and darkness takes over, memories flood his frail mind. Memories of terrible things. Things that a boy his age should not even be able to imagine, let alone experience. So much red, so much pain. So much hate, and anger; that when Kakashi opens his eyes again, the fear is still hovering over him, like a blanket of death. But there is one person, still with him, that can save him from those terrible memories. One person, whom he trusts, and cares for. One person, whom he could not live without. His sensei.
"I know Kakashi. We all miss them." Arashi pulled the small form, to be sitting next to him. He then lifted the boy up into his lap. "But, it'll be ok Kakashi." Yondaime wrapped both of his arms around the small ninja. "It'll be alright." His soft, and warm voice spoke into the boy's ear; trying to bring life back into him. As he held onto the boy, he took notice to the fact that the Jounin was shaking uncontrollably. The small boy hic-cupped, and bit his lower lip. He clenched his eyes shut, and trembled beneath the rush of emotions. Small tears began to form within his eyes, and he fought them back. He shook his head side to side, as he further fought the tears. A cough was emitted from his throat, as he tried to clear the lump that had grown within. Yondaime tightened his grip on the fragile boy, pulling him closer to his chest. He rested his chin upon Kakashi's shoulder, and leaned his head against the silver haired ninja's. "Kakashi, sometimes it's alright to cry. Sometimes it's alright to break the rules. To release your stress, and pain. It's alright, Kakashi." The Fourth's voice was still just as soft, and just as comforting as ever to the boy's ears. Kakashi eventually relaxed against him. His shoulders slumped; his head leaned back to rest against Arashi's shoulder. He hic-cupped, and bit his lower lip to continue to fight back the tears. He had to be strong. He had to hold back his emotions. He could not let his enemy see his weakness. These words, he was taught to live by. To never let your emotions get in the way of a battle. To never let your emotions distract you from a mission. To never let you emotions be used against you. To never let your enemy see you cry.
Opponent......opponent.... what opponent was there?
There was no enemy, no one to use his emotions as a weakness.
No one there to hurt him.
These words echoed through Kakashi's mind, until an image of Arashi came into his head, and the realization, that his sensei was not his enemy cleared his thoughts. The Jounin opened his eyes, and the tears streamed. They rolled down his cheeks, and were soaked by the black mask that clinged to his face. He could relax around his sensei. He could tell his sensei anything. His sensei was the last person, whom would hurt Kakashi. This, the boy knew, and believed in greatly. He soon felt a small tug at his face, as Yondaime pulled gently at his black mask. The cloth was soon pulled from his face, to hand loosely around his neck. Tears streamed freely down his pale cheeks now, and Kakashi closed his eyes. He brought his hand up to push his hitai-ite up onto his forehead, and he inhaled slowly. He coughed again, as he felt another lump in his throat, yet held back his whimpering cries. He remained silent, except for the occasional cough and sniff.
Tears continued to roll along his cheeks, and drip down his chin. His body trembled, his chest jerked. His shoulders went numb, his throat ached, his stomach tightened, and his heart hurt. All of these emotions, pouring down upon him all at once, was horrifying to imagine, and so, at an attempt to comfort the boy further, Yondaime began to slowly rock them back and forth, in a calming, soothing motion. The Hokage felt Kakashi's breathing begin to even out, and slow down to a semi-normal pace. He felt the boy's body begin to relax further, and he could tell, that Kakashi was falling asleep.
The Jounin coughed once more, as he leaned further into his sensei's embrace. His body trembling only slightly, and his mind began to go fuzzy. Before he knew it, he suddenly felt tired all over. His breathing deepened, and his thoughts began to slow down. His eyes slowly closed, and he soon fell asleep. The blonde continued to rock them back and forth, at least until he could feel the sun's warmth rising. He smiled down at the boy, before wiping Kakashi's tear streaked face with the cuff of his sleeve. The blonde's eyes brightened at the peaceful gaze upon the boy's features, and he shifted Kakashi's legs to be dangling over the crook of his left arm. While Kakashi's soft, spiky hair was maneuvered, to rest within the crook of Yondaime's right arm. Another smile broke onto Arashi's face, as he felt the boy shift within his arms.
((More to Chapter One))
Arashi looked down at the boy, and smiled softly. He held tightly onto him, as he slid off the branch and landed gracefully upon the one beneath them. The body within his arms shifted slightly, before leaning into the warm embrace of its holder. Kakashi seemed so light, so fragile, so vulnerable. Yondaime knew that the boy trusted him with his life. That the boy could put himself in harms way, and know that in the end, his sensei would be there for him.
When they first met; Kakashi was still up tight about his father’s death. He wouldn’t open up to any of them. He would keep to himself, except when he was specifically asked a question, and even then, he sometimes didn’t talk. It wasn’t until Yondaime had found the young ninja crying by himself in the woods. He had comforted the boy, and they talked. Over time, Kakashi began to open up to his sensei more, and more, before either of them knew it, a bond had been made. They would spend hours at a time together, and Kakashi looked up to Yondaime as a second father.
The blonde leapt from one tree branch to a lower one, while moving at a downward slope; towards the ground. He shifted the sleeping form within his arms, as he found the need to make sure that any off branched, or vines didn’t hit the younger ninja. A smile crept onto Arashi’s face, as the village came into view on the horizon. He jumped from the last tree branch to land gracefully upon the ground. He paused for a moment, to let Kakashi’s weight settle within his grasp, before he took off again, heading closer and closer to Konoha.
He had been placed as Hokage, about a year ago, and the amount of time he got to spend with his pupils greatly decreased. He was just too busy. So many people needing his help. So much paper work to do. So many problems that needed his expertise to solve. It was stressful to a man, but no matter what. He always seemed to find time for Kakashi.
The sun was beginning to rise about the trees now, and the morning warmth was creeping in. Arashi came to an opening in the forest, and a dirt path appeared. As he darted along the dusty road, bits and pieces of rock, and dirt were kicked up from his hasty movements. He smiled inwardly, as he inhaled the soft October air. The weather was still warm, even though autumn was stretching around. The leaves were finally changing beautiful shades of red, orange, and yellow. The farmers were getting ready for the big Harvest later on in the months, and Kakashi’s fourteenth birthday, was but a couple weeks ago. Yondaime knew what to get the boy. He knew exactly what to get the young Jounin for his fourteenth birthday. It wasn’t most people would have expected either, at least not from the ‘proper’, ‘well mannered’ Hatake. Kakashi was so eager to get the newest volume of his most favorite book. Icha Icha Paradise. The silver haired ninja, had first been exposed to this type of novels, when he met Jiraiya. Arashi had stopped to visit his former sensei on a friendly greeting, to talk of old times, and to catch up on things. In the end, he wound up buying two volumes for his curious student. It never dawned on Yondaime that his student would be so interested in something like that, at such a young age. Now, the Hokage would deny it if you asked, but in truth; Arashi loved reading the books, just as much as Kakashi. Though, not many people pressed the matter, as to find out the truth. Think about it, if your life, and entire village, rested within the hands of a pervert. What would you do? Well, he’d be the last person that you’d go to with your problems, and as nice as that thought was to Arashi, it was his job to take care of people’s problems. If nothing else, he knew that he should set a better example for his student, but as long as Kakashi did nothing bad or inappropriate, then there was honestly nothing wrong with the boy reading as he pleased. It actually didn’t even interfere with Kakashi’s training. Kakashi would set his body to auto-pilot and spar against Obito, while reading the book at the same time. God, did it piss the Uchiha off. To be beaten by an opponent, who isn’t even half way devoting their attention to you. Not paying attention to your attacks, your movements, nothing. Just reading a god forsaken porn book. Now, wouldn’t that piss you off, just a little? Well, it d**n right irritated Obito, and soon enough, he got his revenge. There was this one time, where Obito had grabbed the silver haired ninja’s free hand, and took full advantage of the fact that Kakashi’s other hand was occupied with the book. The Uchiha then lunged a powerful kick to Kakashi’s stomach, thus knocking the wind out of him, and almost making him cough up his lunch. Ever since then, Kakashi has been paying semi-attention to any sudden movements, or grabs towards his available hand.
Yondaime paused at the village gates, and smiled up at the ninja sitting within the high up guard tower. The ninja waved down at him, and opened the gates. Kakashi shifted in his arms, and nuzzled his face into the crook of his sensei’s arm. The Fourth Hokage smiled down at the sleeping ninja, and entered the village. The gates closed behind the two, and the Yellow Flash took to his name, and disappeared within a blur. He swiftly leapt onto a roof-top, and skillfully dashed across it, before jumping off and landing upon one further along. The scenery around him seemed to go out of focus, and blur. He took notice to the fact that he was traveling slower than usual, due to the extra weight. It wasn’t much, but just enough for him to notice. His eyes quickly glanced down at the boy, before he chuckled softly under his breath, as he remembered the first time a complaint was made of a member in his squad. It was Rin. She was a Genin at the time, and while the team was heading towards one of their first real missions, she tripped on a roof shale, and crashed into the house below. Luckily, no one was currently occupying that area, and that there was nothing that could have caused serious damage to Rin. Arashi chuckled again, he remembered how Rin would not stop apologizing. Every time someone looked at her, she thought that they were upset with what she had done, and so she apologized to them. For heaven’s sake, she was apologizing to random people. Some, of which had no idea why she was apologizing in the first place, and others, where so far out of the loop, they didn’t even belong to the Hidden Leaf Village, and still she apologized. It took her, a whole three months to finally get over that ONE incident.
Yondaime sighed happily. His students were….unique to say the least. Yet Obito was worse that Kakashi, and Rin put together. He was a…. nightmare all his own. The Fourth Hokage came to land upon a small building, and he shifted Kakashi within his arms.
“We’re almost there.” he said softly, as he jumped off the side of the building and leapt into an open window of a large nearby house. Yondaime inhaled the warm and comforting essence of his house, as he made his way to Kakashi’s bed.
There had been several times a week, that Kakashi would sleep over at his sensei’s house, so Yondaime went ahead and made the boy a room all his own. It made things a lot easier on Yondaime. This way, he wouldn’t have to worry about him as much. He could keep an eye on the boy, making sure that he ate full meals, and got enough sleep. Making sure the boy didn’t do things that would get him into trouble.
Yondaime shifted Kakashi, into one arm, so that he could pull back the covers and place the sleeping boy onto the bed. He smiled when Kakashi immediately relaxed into the feather soft pillows, and sighed softly in his sleep. He watched his pupil for a moment, before pulling off the boy’s sandals, and covering him up with a blanket. The then untied the Jounin’s forehead protector, and set it on the bedside table, as he realized that he needed to clean and bandage the now visible scar on Kakashi’s face. Yondaime’s hands gently ran through the silver strands of hair, before he sighed and left the room; in search of antiseptics, and gauze.
Title: The Pain
Rating: NC-17
Anime: Naruto
Pairing: Kakashi/Arashi & Kakashi/Iruka
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto, or any of the characters as such. They belong to the creator of the anime show Naruto which as far as I am concerned is owned by the great Masashi Kishimoto-sama.
Please enjoy.
Chapter One (Updated)
Chapter One
Act One, Scene One
Kakashi opened his eye as he leaned back against the tree, in which he was sitting within. The air was wet and cold as the young thirteen year old boy inhaled through his masked mouth, and frowned. He sighed deeply and closed his visible eye once more. An irritating burn over came his head as he noticed that his hiai-ite was rubbing his freshly cut wound raw. Kakashi untied the cloth from around his forehead, and loosely gripped it within his right hand, while lightly running the tips of his free hand, down the dark red scar. He winced slightly as a sharp pain shot through him, causing him to clench his head-band tighter. A drop of red blood tickled down his cheek, and soaked into the edge of his dark black mask.
"Kakashi, I told you not to mess with it." called a voice, as a blurry figure appeared in front of him. The first thing the young Jounin noticed was the blonde hair. Yondaime came into view, and he smiled down at his pupil.
"Yeah, I know Arashi-sensei, but it hurts." Kakashi complained as he squinted open his right eye to stare at his teacher. The blonde merely smiled back, and sighed happily. He grabbed the hitai-ite from the boy, and cuffed his Hokage robe at the sleeve, to gently wipe the excess blood from Kakashi's wound. The Jounin exhaled a sigh, as his sensei to the liberty to wipe the sleep from his eyes, as well as the blood from his re-opened scar. A hitai-ite was then placed within Kakashi's gloved hand, and his fingers curled around the metal.
"You couldn't get to sleep, could you?" Arashi asked softly as he lowered his gaze to the silver haired ninja's feel. Kakashi didn't answer, which was a definite 'yes' to the question.
"I just... had a lot on my mind." Kakashi muttered as he looked away and down at the landscape. He blinked a couple of times, before he pulled his head-band up against his forehead. He tied it loosely around his head, and pulled it to slant over his left eye. His visible eye, then drifted to gaze at his sensei.
"Obito, and Rin?" Yondaime asked boldly, as he sat down upon the tree branch with his legs dangling over one side. His bright blue eyes slightly dimmed, and he sighed. He knew that Kakashi hadn't gotten over their deaths. It was horrifying enough for little Kakashi to sit and watch his own father kill himself, then his best friend/rival, Obito, sacrifice his life to save Rin's and Kakashi's; and recently Rin died. It was all too much for the small boy. Yes, on the outside, he let on that nothing bothered him. That he was as cold hearted as a murder, but on the inside, he was hurting, and there wasn't much left that he could take.
"Yeah, I miss them. I miss them alot." Kakashi's voice began to break as he spoke. He coughed back a couple tears as his eyes stung. His chest began to ache, and his body felt cold and lifeless. He wanted to die. He wanted to just fall out of the tree and land to what fate awaited below. God, all he wanted was for the pain to stop. Every time he closed his eyes, and darkness takes over, memories flood his frail mind. Memories of terrible things. Things that a boy his age should not even be able to imagine, let alone experience. So much red, so much pain. So much hate, and anger; that when Kakashi opens his eyes again, the fear is still hovering over him, like a blanket of death. But there is one person, still with him, that can save him from those terrible memories. One person, whom he trusts, and cares for. One person, whom he could not live without. His sensei.
"I know Kakashi. We all miss them." Arashi pulled the small form, to be sitting next to him. He then lifted the boy up into his lap. "But, it'll be ok Kakashi." Yondaime wrapped both of his arms around the small ninja. "It'll be alright." His soft, and warm voice spoke into the boy's ear; trying to bring life back into him. As he held onto the boy, he took notice to the fact that the Jounin was shaking uncontrollably. The small boy hic-cupped, and bit his lower lip. He clenched his eyes shut, and trembled beneath the rush of emotions. Small tears began to form within his eyes, and he fought them back. He shook his head side to side, as he further fought the tears. A cough was emitted from his throat, as he tried to clear the lump that had grown within. Yondaime tightened his grip on the fragile boy, pulling him closer to his chest. He rested his chin upon Kakashi's shoulder, and leaned his head against the silver haired ninja's. "Kakashi, sometimes it's alright to cry. Sometimes it's alright to break the rules. To release your stress, and pain. It's alright, Kakashi." The Fourth's voice was still just as soft, and just as comforting as ever to the boy's ears. Kakashi eventually relaxed against him. His shoulders slumped; his head leaned back to rest against Arashi's shoulder. He hic-cupped, and bit his lower lip to continue to fight back the tears. He had to be strong. He had to hold back his emotions. He could not let his enemy see his weakness. These words, he was taught to live by. To never let your emotions get in the way of a battle. To never let your emotions distract you from a mission. To never let you emotions be used against you. To never let your enemy see you cry.
Opponent......opponent.... what opponent was there?
There was no enemy, no one to use his emotions as a weakness.
No one there to hurt him.
These words echoed through Kakashi's mind, until an image of Arashi came into his head, and the realization, that his sensei was not his enemy cleared his thoughts. The Jounin opened his eyes, and the tears streamed. They rolled down his cheeks, and were soaked by the black mask that clinged to his face. He could relax around his sensei. He could tell his sensei anything. His sensei was the last person, whom would hurt Kakashi. This, the boy knew, and believed in greatly. He soon felt a small tug at his face, as Yondaime pulled gently at his black mask. The cloth was soon pulled from his face, to hand loosely around his neck. Tears streamed freely down his pale cheeks now, and Kakashi closed his eyes. He brought his hand up to push his hitai-ite up onto his forehead, and he inhaled slowly. He coughed again, as he felt another lump in his throat, yet held back his whimpering cries. He remained silent, except for the occasional cough and sniff.
Tears continued to roll along his cheeks, and drip down his chin. His body trembled, his chest jerked. His shoulders went numb, his throat ached, his stomach tightened, and his heart hurt. All of these emotions, pouring down upon him all at once, was horrifying to imagine, and so, at an attempt to comfort the boy further, Yondaime began to slowly rock them back and forth, in a calming, soothing motion. The Hokage felt Kakashi's breathing begin to even out, and slow down to a semi-normal pace. He felt the boy's body begin to relax further, and he could tell, that Kakashi was falling asleep.
The Jounin coughed once more, as he leaned further into his sensei's embrace. His body trembling only slightly, and his mind began to go fuzzy. Before he knew it, he suddenly felt tired all over. His breathing deepened, and his thoughts began to slow down. His eyes slowly closed, and he soon fell asleep. The blonde continued to rock them back and forth, at least until he could feel the sun's warmth rising. He smiled down at the boy, before wiping Kakashi's tear streaked face with the cuff of his sleeve. The blonde's eyes brightened at the peaceful gaze upon the boy's features, and he shifted Kakashi's legs to be dangling over the crook of his left arm. While Kakashi's soft, spiky hair was maneuvered, to rest within the crook of Yondaime's right arm. Another smile broke onto Arashi's face, as he felt the boy shift within his arms.
((More to Chapter One))
Arashi looked down at the boy, and smiled softly. He held tightly onto him, as he slid off the branch and landed gracefully upon the one beneath them. The body within his arms shifted slightly, before leaning into the warm embrace of its holder. Kakashi seemed so light, so fragile, so vulnerable. Yondaime knew that the boy trusted him with his life. That the boy could put himself in harms way, and know that in the end, his sensei would be there for him.
When they first met; Kakashi was still up tight about his father’s death. He wouldn’t open up to any of them. He would keep to himself, except when he was specifically asked a question, and even then, he sometimes didn’t talk. It wasn’t until Yondaime had found the young ninja crying by himself in the woods. He had comforted the boy, and they talked. Over time, Kakashi began to open up to his sensei more, and more, before either of them knew it, a bond had been made. They would spend hours at a time together, and Kakashi looked up to Yondaime as a second father.
The blonde leapt from one tree branch to a lower one, while moving at a downward slope; towards the ground. He shifted the sleeping form within his arms, as he found the need to make sure that any off branched, or vines didn’t hit the younger ninja. A smile crept onto Arashi’s face, as the village came into view on the horizon. He jumped from the last tree branch to land gracefully upon the ground. He paused for a moment, to let Kakashi’s weight settle within his grasp, before he took off again, heading closer and closer to Konoha.
He had been placed as Hokage, about a year ago, and the amount of time he got to spend with his pupils greatly decreased. He was just too busy. So many people needing his help. So much paper work to do. So many problems that needed his expertise to solve. It was stressful to a man, but no matter what. He always seemed to find time for Kakashi.
The sun was beginning to rise about the trees now, and the morning warmth was creeping in. Arashi came to an opening in the forest, and a dirt path appeared. As he darted along the dusty road, bits and pieces of rock, and dirt were kicked up from his hasty movements. He smiled inwardly, as he inhaled the soft October air. The weather was still warm, even though autumn was stretching around. The leaves were finally changing beautiful shades of red, orange, and yellow. The farmers were getting ready for the big Harvest later on in the months, and Kakashi’s fourteenth birthday, was but a couple weeks ago. Yondaime knew what to get the boy. He knew exactly what to get the young Jounin for his fourteenth birthday. It wasn’t most people would have expected either, at least not from the ‘proper’, ‘well mannered’ Hatake. Kakashi was so eager to get the newest volume of his most favorite book. Icha Icha Paradise. The silver haired ninja, had first been exposed to this type of novels, when he met Jiraiya. Arashi had stopped to visit his former sensei on a friendly greeting, to talk of old times, and to catch up on things. In the end, he wound up buying two volumes for his curious student. It never dawned on Yondaime that his student would be so interested in something like that, at such a young age. Now, the Hokage would deny it if you asked, but in truth; Arashi loved reading the books, just as much as Kakashi. Though, not many people pressed the matter, as to find out the truth. Think about it, if your life, and entire village, rested within the hands of a pervert. What would you do? Well, he’d be the last person that you’d go to with your problems, and as nice as that thought was to Arashi, it was his job to take care of people’s problems. If nothing else, he knew that he should set a better example for his student, but as long as Kakashi did nothing bad or inappropriate, then there was honestly nothing wrong with the boy reading as he pleased. It actually didn’t even interfere with Kakashi’s training. Kakashi would set his body to auto-pilot and spar against Obito, while reading the book at the same time. God, did it piss the Uchiha off. To be beaten by an opponent, who isn’t even half way devoting their attention to you. Not paying attention to your attacks, your movements, nothing. Just reading a god forsaken porn book. Now, wouldn’t that piss you off, just a little? Well, it d**n right irritated Obito, and soon enough, he got his revenge. There was this one time, where Obito had grabbed the silver haired ninja’s free hand, and took full advantage of the fact that Kakashi’s other hand was occupied with the book. The Uchiha then lunged a powerful kick to Kakashi’s stomach, thus knocking the wind out of him, and almost making him cough up his lunch. Ever since then, Kakashi has been paying semi-attention to any sudden movements, or grabs towards his available hand.
Yondaime paused at the village gates, and smiled up at the ninja sitting within the high up guard tower. The ninja waved down at him, and opened the gates. Kakashi shifted in his arms, and nuzzled his face into the crook of his sensei’s arm. The Fourth Hokage smiled down at the sleeping ninja, and entered the village. The gates closed behind the two, and the Yellow Flash took to his name, and disappeared within a blur. He swiftly leapt onto a roof-top, and skillfully dashed across it, before jumping off and landing upon one further along. The scenery around him seemed to go out of focus, and blur. He took notice to the fact that he was traveling slower than usual, due to the extra weight. It wasn’t much, but just enough for him to notice. His eyes quickly glanced down at the boy, before he chuckled softly under his breath, as he remembered the first time a complaint was made of a member in his squad. It was Rin. She was a Genin at the time, and while the team was heading towards one of their first real missions, she tripped on a roof shale, and crashed into the house below. Luckily, no one was currently occupying that area, and that there was nothing that could have caused serious damage to Rin. Arashi chuckled again, he remembered how Rin would not stop apologizing. Every time someone looked at her, she thought that they were upset with what she had done, and so she apologized to them. For heaven’s sake, she was apologizing to random people. Some, of which had no idea why she was apologizing in the first place, and others, where so far out of the loop, they didn’t even belong to the Hidden Leaf Village, and still she apologized. It took her, a whole three months to finally get over that ONE incident.
Yondaime sighed happily. His students were….unique to say the least. Yet Obito was worse that Kakashi, and Rin put together. He was a…. nightmare all his own. The Fourth Hokage came to land upon a small building, and he shifted Kakashi within his arms.
“We’re almost there.” he said softly, as he jumped off the side of the building and leapt into an open window of a large nearby house. Yondaime inhaled the warm and comforting essence of his house, as he made his way to Kakashi’s bed.
There had been several times a week, that Kakashi would sleep over at his sensei’s house, so Yondaime went ahead and made the boy a room all his own. It made things a lot easier on Yondaime. This way, he wouldn’t have to worry about him as much. He could keep an eye on the boy, making sure that he ate full meals, and got enough sleep. Making sure the boy didn’t do things that would get him into trouble.
Yondaime shifted Kakashi, into one arm, so that he could pull back the covers and place the sleeping boy onto the bed. He smiled when Kakashi immediately relaxed into the feather soft pillows, and sighed softly in his sleep. He watched his pupil for a moment, before pulling off the boy’s sandals, and covering him up with a blanket. The then untied the Jounin’s forehead protector, and set it on the bedside table, as he realized that he needed to clean and bandage the now visible scar on Kakashi’s face. Yondaime’s hands gently ran through the silver strands of hair, before he sighed and left the room; in search of antiseptics, and gauze.