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r--kt · 27 days

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Tenzo is a replacement for Obito.

From Obito's point of view.

contents | introduction · the essence · similar story: Jinx and Caitlin

[ I mention the similarity with Arcane here, but if you haven't watched it, you can just not read this part, the essence won't change much. ]

here's the thing: It's a headcanon, and it is simple in formulation, but a bit complex in explanation of the certain image. below I discuss the reasons for some of Obito's reactions during the war, and his perception in general.

if Kakashi and Obito had somehow happened to be in the same place once during the ANBU period, or if Obito had known about the members of Kakashi's team, he would be jealous of Kakashi for Tenzo.

not romantically jealous (it's up to you though), rather painfully possessive, with resentment and anger. and not in a vivid way. it's more of a gnashing feeling inside, clogged enough not to recognize it, but not weak enough that it doesn't affect anything at all. why would that even be? their kekkei-genkai, appearance and bond with Kakashi.

CH 317 on the left; CH 605 on the right.

Tenzo's mokuton is smooth, malleable, these are neat bars of wood, and Tenzo has no difficulty making large houses or complex thin figures out of them, such as keys or eyes (ANBU arc in anime) or cute figures (almost any scene where Yamato uses kekkei-genkai).

Obito's mokuton is broken and sharp, it's branches with thorns, which rather embody his frustration, instability and anguish. such wood is easy to use to injure, kill, block the way, isolate yourself from others, but not to build anything out of it. this can not protect gently (to make a shelter or a useful object), this mokuton can only attack. the detail parallels very well with the personalities of both characters and their connection with Kakashi, with how Obito perceives it.

no matter what Obito says, he's a good liar. the old bonds he had in his "past" life remain important to him. his anger at Kakashi in the war, among other practical reasons, is due to the fact that Kakashi dared to acquire new connections that are more important to him than that bond with Obito. at least that's why, among other things, Kakashi doesn't go over to his side (while Obito hoped he would, I'll make a post about it one day). and the connections Kakashi has, subconsciously or not, are perceived by Obito as annoying, as a disregard for everything they've been through together, for everything Obito went through. this is a resentment that provokes anger, the root of which is as follows: "you should not have new connections, you should suffer, because I am lonely and I suffer for you" (for others in general, but this one is the agenda).

his anger is sometimes about "I did so much for you, I gave you the most valuable things I had (life, strength, the ability to care for others), and you ruined everything, well, maybe not you, but I thought it was you at first... and now you, bastard, are trying to stop me?" but not about that today.

and that's why not only Tenzo would annoy Obito, but anyone else who's close to Kakashi. the man consistently selected the people most similar to his past experience, and here they are all around him. then Minato appears in the war. so why am I talking specifically about Tenzo, whom Obito may never have seen?

Tenzo's kekkei-genkai makes everything more confusing. This becomes something personal, which Obito perceives in the way described above. That's just an interesting parallel between these two.

And that's not to mention Tenzo's appearance. He is in some ways still looks like Obito, at least because of the silhouette, hairstyle, etc.

And what this can be compared to? Jinx and Caitlin from Arcane.

Arcane EP 7, "the boy saviour"

Of Course Jinx experiences it much vividly, it's her canon event. for her this storyline is more important than something like this for Obito, but the essence is the same. It is a feeling of betrayal from a person dear to you, who showed with all his appearance that he/she would be on your side until the very end. And it feels like you've been replaced by someone who's really more comfortable, or better at something, or more socially approved. And you're just a lonely sick weirdo.

It is not surprising that both Jinx and Obito treat Vi's/Kakashi's kind words or regrets as something annoying - subconsciously, among other things, they can see it as a mockery. They just don't really believe it.

so here it is. just the way I see all of this.

what is the role of this hc? to show the subconscious in Obito, which is constantly manifested in war through his action or inaction, through his words, through the way he manipulates, through illusions that he shows or sees himself. I like that about him. I like his big vulnerable uchiha heart.

[ I should have written some other post about Obito first, otherwise you will now decide that this is the only way I see him... ]

#obito uchiha #yamato tenzo #obito x kakashi #kakashi x obito #naruto #naruto shippuden #arcane #kakaobi #obikaka

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mixelation · 6 months

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more on reborn au au (au squared) obito. technically includes plasticity spoilers?

okay so my goal in plasticity is NOT to "redeem" anyone or have anyone change their personal goals. so obito reincarnates and he still wants his moon's eye plan but also he is a little baby. i think i'll let both him and itachi keep their magic eyeballs but they don't have enough chakra to actually DO much with them until they're older (i guess like 12-13 bc that's when itachi was an ANBU captain, but it seems like neither of them should be able to be casually spamming mangekyou until they're adults)

however i think obito is uuuuuh easily distracted. like he can make a convoluted plan and carry it out-- he IS an uchiha thank you very much-- but also he's going to get sidetracked by just doing random shit for the lulz. this is why in canon he spends months harassing deidara for no reason. so he determines he must put his evil plans on hold for an indeterminate amount of time and WAIT A SECOND he hang out with rin now!!!!

i think he'd actually be very frustrated with trying to maintain a friendship with rin? like he put her on the HIGHEST pedestal but at the end of the day, she's a normal young girl. she's sweet to him but she's not as interesting as he remembers and she's a kid so she makes mistakes and also, obito is kind of insane and all of his peers Sense This about him. so he likes checking on her and doing short social activities with her, but he's not having hours long heart-to-hearts with her anymore. they're not as close. also if anything happens to rin obito will kill everyone in konoha and then himself

obito is kind of like "whatever, i'll be a genius this time around, that looked fucking fantastic for kakashi" so he attempts to be A Genius but it turns out if you're better than everyone else your age, adults expect you to..... do things?? obito is his own boss he doesn't just DO things smh. so he sets up this weird dynamic where he get lauded by his family but his family is also like uuuuh why aren't you graduating early??? BUT BECAUSE RIN IS THERE AND HE NEEDS TO LOOK AT HER

also, incredibly annoyingly, kakashi can still beat him sometimes because kakashi is a weird genetic freak. instead of just continually kicking his ass obito has just put more pressure on him to get stronger. horrible

konoha gives obito to minato and is like: there is something deeply unhinged about this kid but he had a sharingan at 8 so. do something with that. and unfortunately minato trying very earnestly to mentor obito is sort of endearing, and obito didn't realize the first time around how many strings minato pulled to get rin into medic-nin training and keep them off the frontlines as much as possible and obito..... will let him live this time, maybe.

at some point obito catches wind that danzo is sniffing around kakashi and so he breaks into danzo's home and is like "aaaaw how cute, but kakashi is mine. keep it up and i will kill you <3" and scares the living shit out of danzo. (minato is SUSPICIOUS obito Did Something but this does mean MINATO no longer has to do anything, so he doesn't ask questions)

the minute obito thinks he can use kamui more than once without giving himself chakra exhaustion, he starts poking around internationally. there's no real goal except MAYBE find and kill zetsu and madara, he's just Doing Shit. and in Doing Shit he runs into the Ame Trio and realizes there's more than one reincarnate?

obito: oh.... oh my god

obito: (kamuis directly into three year old itachi's bedroom) HELLO????

itachi: (OH FUCK????)

so i think the obito-itachi relationship is obito realizes he has a sounding board for all the various random shit he's been doing and whining about how his friendship with rin is weird, and also what if he claims kakashi by nonconsensually implanting one of his eyes??? no no, you're right, it's better if obito has two eyes to make up for not being half hashirama cells.

also his presence makes itachi 10x more feral

itachi: if you decide to kill everyone again, you have to give sasuke to me, unharmed. if you don't i will ruin your entire. i will kill you as painfully as i can. this is non-negotiable

obito: whoa whoa whoa little coz!!!

obito: i'd only kill the old people :)

itachi: aaaaah

obito isn't really interested in uchiha massacre 2.0 though. he doesn't care if itachi murders danzo, and he'll eat popcorn while watching but he doesn't offer help. he convinces itachi to swap eyeballs with him for the EMS, but itachi really wants SASUKE to inherit his eyeballs once he's old enough so Obito might have to swap? again? with sasuke?? fine, whatever. this new version of team 7 all think he's bonkers and sometimes walk on extreme eggshells around him, but they're NICE to him and he's not going to fuck that up. minato will ask kakashi and rin to babysit once he has his brat kid, never obito, but obito doesn't really care because it means he has more time to go harass other akatsuki members

and then kakashi is taken hostage (UNFORGIVABLE) and it turns out. there was someone ELSE he could have been bothering this whole time!!!

obito: tori PLEASE join konoha it will be SO FUNNY

obito: anyway excuse me i'm burning down kusa <3 here hold kakashi for me. omg, DEIDARA'S here too??? *_*

someone commenting on obito watching itachi and tori gay chicken (straight chicken?) each other so hard they end up married so i've been debating how his presence affects this dynamic. i think he obviously makes it worse. because he cottons onto itachi's Girl Problems the second they start and he keeps trapping him in social situations and giving him "dating advice." so itachi is even MORE desperate to get a stable girlfriend to get his entire stupid family yo leave him alone

itachi: i'm dating tori. i haven't told her yet

obito: this is

obito, tearing up: the greatest gift you could have given me

also obito supports book club SO HARD and comes to every meeting

#reborn au #reborn au au: it's gotten sillier

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seoheesoo · 1 month

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What if Sakumo had lived and how much did Kakashi's life change after Minato became Hokage?

[Part 5]

"Did you want to see me, Hokage-sama?" - Kakashi silently entered the office and quietly closed the door behind him.

Minato looked away from the documents and looked at the teenager.

"Yes, thank you for coming so quickly", - Minato put the folders aside and motioned for Kakashi to come closer. - "I need to discuss something with you."

Kakashi nodded and involuntarily straightened his back.

"I want to give Obito the rank of jonin", - said Minato.

"He will be overjoyed", - Hatake grinned, imagining his friend’s face.

"Obito has been working hard lately. I think he fully deserves it", -Minato bound his fingers and put his chin on them. - "There is something else."

Kakashi silently waited for the continuation. He noticed traces of fatigue on the Fourth Hokage's face. The work was not kind to him at all.

"I want Obito to lead a new team of three", - Minato broke the silence. - "And I also want you to join the ANBU and become the captain of my personal guard."

Fourteen year old teenager froze in one place, stunned.

"New team?" - the teenager frowned in confusion.

"The three of you have done well on missions under your leadership, Kakashi. But if Obito plans to become Hokage in the future, he needs to gain experience in leadership."

"Do you want me to join ANBU?"

Minato sighed heavily and closed his eyes for a few seconds.

"I understand that I've been putting too much on you all this time. I left you as captain in my place. You couldn't help but feel the weight of responsibility. But now I ask you for more. Many in the village believe that I am unworthy of the title of Hokage. With you as my right hand, I would feel much more stable. I need you in ANBU, Kakashi."

Kakashi covered the distance and stopped in front of the guy. Minato looked up at him with tired eyes. Kakashi tried to give his face a determined and at the same time calming expression.

"I will always be on your side, sensei", - the teenager got down on one knee. - "And I am honored to be your right hand."

"Thank you, Kakashi", - Minato exhaled with noticeable relief and smiled. - "Now, won’t you run after Obito?"

After Kakashi found Obito and brought him to the Hokage's office, dusk began to fall on the village. The teenager headed towards the house. All the way he thought about Minato's words.

"I’m home", - he said automatically, closing the front door behind him.

The delicious smell of food reminded him that in today's chaos he had missed lunch. Sakumo's cooking skills improved a lot after he took several lessons from Duy. But despite his hunger, Kakashi barely touched his dinner.

"You’re too thoughtful today", - the teenager heard his father’s voice. - "Something happened?"

"Minato sensei is disbanding our team", - no matter how hard Kakashi tried, he could not hide the bitterness in his voice. - "He wants Obito to become captain of another team, and for me to join ANBU."

"ANBU?" - Sakumo put down his chopsticks and bound his fingers. - "Minato wants you by his side."

Kakashi nodded.

"What's bothering you?"

"I…" - the teenager sighed heavily. - "I don’t want our team to disband."

Kakashi looked away. Sakumo pursed his lips.

"We worked well together", - the teenager continued. - "And I’m used to always being with them. I'm used to the fact that I'm nearby and can always protect them. And now I will work alone, while they will be in a team with people they don’t know. I… worry about them."

"It’s completely normal to worry about your friends, Kakashi," - Sakumo said slowly. - "You worry about them and want to protect them. But, unfortunately, you won't be able to always be there for them."

"I know", - Kakashi answered barely audibly. - "I’m just afraid that something might happen to them when I’m not around."

"I'm sure Obito and Rin can take care of themselves. They may be just as confused as you right now. You need to talk to them and give them confidence. You're a great friend, Kakashi."

Kakashi winced and looked up at his father.

"Do you have friends, father?"

"Don’t worry about me, Pup", - Sakumo smiled at his son. - "I have one and it’s quite enough. Finish your dinner before it gets cold."

Kakashi nodded and picked up his chopsticks.

"Thank you, father."

The next morning, Kakashi stood in Minato's office in full ANBU uniform.

"Kakashi, please take off your mask", - Minato asked. - "I have great news. You are the first person to know about this."

Kakashi nodded seriously.

"Kushina is pregnant," - Minato said quickly and smiled widely.

"Congratulations!" - Kakashi felt himself smiling back.

"Thank you", - the guy sincerely thanked. - "I have a first mission for you. I want you to guard Kushina throughout her pregnancy."

Kakashi froze in shock. Of all the people in the village, Minato decided to give this mission to him - to protect the life and health of Kushina and the unborn child. Emotions quickly changed on Kakashi's face. He still hasn’t answered anything, trying to put the information in his head.

"Kakashi", - Minato’s soft voice brought him out of his thoughts. - "There is no person in this village whom I trust more than you."

The teenager held his breath and bowed deeply.

"I won't let you down, nii-san!"

"I believe you," - Minato smiled at the usual address; it seems that Kakashi didn’t even notice how he called him big brother. - "Do you know when your uncle is coming back?"

"No", - the teenager shook his head. - "I can send Pakkun to him."

"I will be very grateful to you. I want to tell Jiraiya sensei this news as soon as possible. I don't have much to do today and I'm already heading home, so you can start your mission tomorrow. In the meantime, rest."

Kakashi nodded goodbye and left the Hokage's office. He headed to the nearest training ground and called Pakkun. Having conveyed the message to Ninken, Kakashi looked after him thoughtfully.

"Rival!" - he heard a loud voice behind him.

A few seconds later, Guy materialized opposite him.

"You look somehow different", - Guy carefully examined the teenager from head to toe.

"Minato sensei appointed me to ANBU", - Kakashi nervously moved his shoulder, he was still not used to his new form.

"Cool!" - Guy threw one fist up. - "You never cease to amaze me, Rival!"

Kakashi felt his cheeks turn slightly pink at the seemingly simple compliment.

"Will you sit down?" - Kakashi patted the ground next to him, Guy immediately sat down. - "I have great news."

"Anything even cooler than your promotion?" - the teenager was sincerely surprised.

Kakashi nodded.

"Kushina-san is pregnant."

Guy opened his eyes in surprise.

"Congratulations, Kakashi!" - he exclaimed loudly and hugged a teenager in his arms.

"Are you congratulating me? Why?" - Kakashi said barely audibly, trying to get out of the suffocating embrace.

"What do you mean why?" - Guy pushed the gasping teenager away from him and looked carefully into his eyes. - "Your little sister will be born soon! Or little brother!"

"Little brother?" - Kakashi asked in bewilderment in a hoarse voice.

"Or little sister", - Guy added in a serious tone, and then smiled brightly. - "You will become an older brother!"

Kakashi blinked in shock.

"I…"

"I can already imagine you with a little baby in your arms", - Guy sighed dreamily, still not letting go of the teenager’s shoulders.

Kakashi remained silent, ignoring Guy's passionate monologue. Too many events happened in these two days.

***

Kakashi walked quickly towards the Hatake family residence. Minato returned home a little earlier and let him go, knowing that today all the teenagers were going to celebrate Obito's birthday.

"Kakashi!" - a loud voice came from behind the teenager.

Kakashi skidded to a halt and looked around.

"Do you have a minute?"

"You know that we are a little late for your birthday, right?" - Hatake asked, raising one eyebrow up questioningly.

Obito ruffled his hair in embarrassment and laughed awkwardly.

"Something happened?" - Kakashi immediately tensed.

"No!" - Obito shook his head negatively and put his hands in front of him. - "I just... wanted to talk to you."

"Okay", - Kakashi narrowed his eyes skeptically. - "About what?"

"Well, you know", - Obito’s eyes nervously darted around. - "You are now in ANBU, I was given a different team, and Rin decided to stay to work at the hospital. I... now I will spend less and less time in the village. Although I would like to stay here longer..."

Kakashi sighed tiredly.

"Get to the point."

Obito flinched when he heard Kakashi's sharp, commanding voice.

"I know that Rin is in love with you", - he said suddenly. - "And I know that you like her too. Now you will spend more and more time together while I am somewhere far away on missions..."

As Obito continued to speak, Kakashi noticed a flash of green color out of the corner of his eye. Hatake swore quietly and frowned.

"Obito, stop, shut up", - he interrupted his friend’s monologue. - "I don't like Rin. And she's not in love with me."

Obito froze, stunned.

"Just ask her out, idiot!" - Kakashi finally said before disappearing into thin air, leaving his discouraged friend alone.

Kakashi landed silently on a tree branch. As he had expected, Guy was training at his favorite training ground. He practiced his blows with a completely unreadable expression on his face. Sighing heavily, Kakashi jumped to the ground.

"Yo."

Guy flinched and put too much force into the blow, breaking the wooden post. Kakashi swallowed. Guy stood still for a moment, then turned to him, a broad smile shining on his face.

"Rival! Have you come to challenge me?" - the teenager exclaimed too loudly. - "What is it this time? Rock climbing? Arm wrestling? Or maybe…"

"You heard everything", - Kakashi interrupted him.

Guy's smile faltered.

"Yes", - the teenager lowered his eyes to the ground and shrugged his shoulders embarrassedly. - "Sorry, I didn’t mean to eavesdrop, I was just passing by."

Kakashi took a step forward when Guy immediately took a step back.

"In any case, even though I had no right to overhear a conversation about your personal life, this is still great news!"

Kakashi frowned. He tried to catch Guy's eye, but he stubbornly did not look at him.

"You... both of you deserve to be happy. I..." - Guy paused, and then added in a muffled voice. - "Happy for you."

"It’s not like that," - Kakashi said quickly. - "I don't like Rin."

He immediately felt a prick of shame. This is the second time this evening he has uttered these words. He really liked Rin, but never in a romantic way. He always treated her like a sister.

"And Rin was never really in love with me", - he continued. - "In fact, she has been liking Obito for some time, and this idiot can not understand it. They are even worse than Asuma and Kurenai. Those two don’t announce their relationship, but at least they confess to each other, and these two will be beating around the bush until the end of time."

Guy remained silent, which made Kakashi very nervous.

"So, you don't like Rin?"

"No", - Kakashi shook his head to be convincing. - "Actually, I..."

"There you are!" - they heard an exclamation and turned towards the voice. - "Everyone was already tired of waiting for you and sent me on a search."

Genma leaned his shoulder against the tree and cast a lazy glance at them.

"How long will you stand here? We’re late for the party."

Guy shrugged and stretched his lips into a smile.

"It's not good to keep friends waiting."

Kakashi was still trying to catch his eye, but the teenager had already walked towards Genma. Hatake sighed heavily and followed him. Guy noticeably took the lead, while Kakashi and Genma walked leisurely behind.

"Interrupted some important conversation?" - asked Genma, the senbon clutched in his teeth flashed brightly in the moonlight.

Kakashi chuckled.

"Don't pretend like you didn't hear anything."

Genma smirked at the edge of his lips. They continued walking in silence until they reached the cafe. The loud voices of their friends could be heard from the establishment.

"If you break his heart, I’ll break your face", - Genma drawled slowly, making Kakashi freeze at the entrance.

"You know that this will never happen", - Kakashi gave him a serious look.

Genma shrugged. There was a barely hidden worry in his dark eyes.

"I know, but I still have to warn you. I am his best friend. And I will protect him from everyone. Even from you."

Kakashi nodded silently and entered the cafe, still feeling Shiranui's gaze on his back.

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#kakashi hatake #sakumo hatake #minato namikaze #might guy #obito uchiha #rin nohara #genma shiranui #kakagai #I'm sure that if Sakumo had lived #then Kakashi's team would never have had problems with teamwork #which means that they performed all the missions perfectly under Kakashi's leadership after Minato became Hokage #I love Obito and Rin's relationship so much #I also really love Genma and his friendship with Guy

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nejiisthebesthyuga · 3 months

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🤡:Naruto achieved everything thanks to hard work! He is so morally strong,he never gives up no matter what! Naruto overcame his destiny of a loser!

•Naruto’s first teacher: the student of 4th Hokage Minato,the anbu captain,the famous copying ninja jonin,one of two non-Uchiha with sharingan,the 6th Hokage…

Yes,I am talking about Kakashi.

•Naruto’s second teacher: the student of 3rd Hokage Hiruzen,the famous legendary sanin,first candidate on the role of 5th Hokage…

You know I am talking about Jiraya,right?

•Naruto’s father: a famous genius, the yellow lightning of Konoha,4th Hokage Minato himself.

•Naruto’s mother: a kunoichi from famous Uzumaki clan with incredible amounts of strong chakra,Kushina,without whose help Naruto would have never been able to tame Kurama.

•Can’t forget that fact that Naruto is Ashura’s reincarnation,the reincarnation of younger son of legendary Sage of Six Paths, Hagoromo Otsusuki.

And these aren’t even all Naruto’s network privileges,just the main ones.

#naruto anime #naruto x hinata #naruto mobile #naruto meta #naruto gaiden #naruto merch #naruto memes #naruto movie #naruto analysis #naruto #anti naruto uzumaki #anti hinata hyuga #anti naruto ending #anti naruto the last #naruto uzumaki #naruto universe #naruto ultimate ninja storm

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caninekakashi · 2 years

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HERE IS THE POST!! I AM NOT A COWARD!!

kakashi has Bad Dog Disorder and a dissociation problem, and here is why

first, we need to establish what makes a ‘bad dog’ bad. and the answer to that, in a cruel home, is everything

what is a bad dog?

a bad dog is a dog that barks too loud, that whines too much, that wants too loudly, that needs too humanly. a bad dog is a dog that is seen, or a dog that is heard, or a dog that isn’t seen, or isn’t heard.

a bad dog is a dog that can never win, because no matter what they do, no matter how they behave, they are always bad. once you’re awarded that title, there is no giving it away.

which brings us to “friend killer” kakashi.

bad dog disorder

there is literally no other way to describe what kakashi has going on mentally than just calling him a bad dog. every action, every reaction, it all comes from a place of wanting to be Good. he wants to be good DESPERATELY, he wants to be good for his father, he wants to be good for his sensei, he wants to be a good leader, a good teammate, he wants to be a good shinobi, he wants to be good. but at every step of the way, every turn, every leg of the journey of his youth, he is shown repeatedly, and unequivocally, that he is Bad.

he tries to follow the rules, tries to do the opposite of what killed his dad. obito tells him that hes wrong, kakashi learns that he’s bad when he fails. if he was good, he would have succeeded.

(he and his father are bad, theres no way around it. the village hated them for good reason)

he tries to take care of his team, tries to protect rin. Rin takes away Kakashi’s choice and uses him as a weapon.

that is a very important shift in kakashi’s mental state, rin jumps in front of kakashi’s hand. rin uses kakashi as the weapon to end her own life. she USES HIM as a WEAPON, for the very first time, and she loves him for it.

kakashi is used as a weapon, and he is loved for it. there is no coming back from that.

everyone kakashi has lost in his young life, has died for or because of him.

(he is bad because he failed, because he killed the one person he was supposed to protect, he can’t be good no matter how hard he tries, so why try?)

(but kakashi still tries.)

anbu

minato puts kakashi in anbu to keep him close, to get him to guard kushina, to TRY and give him a break, a moment, and then he dies, and no one ever pulls kakashi out.

it is my personal belief, that kakashi is a pacifist. i don’t think he likes fighting, i think fighting alongside allies terrifies him, just look at his reaction to gai opening the 8 gates. that is not the expression of a jonin shinobi prepared to do what it takes, that is the face of a terrified man about to lose another person for and because of him.

hound never looks like this.

kakashi in anbu is noticeable becuase he does not emote, not even when the mask is off, at most he will glare, very frequently he is completely blank.

kakashi removes himself from situations that scare him, as noted by his refusal to get close to people and his desire to flee. he dips out the second the option becomes available, because he is scared.

being in anbu? doing horrific missions now because minato isnt there to keep him close, to keep him from seeing the great depths of depravity humanity is capable of? kakashi is a child, and he is a weapon, and anbu will use him like one.

if he stayed present, if he was there for every mission, every massacre. if he was in the moment, in every second spent with his hand through another person’s chest, he would die. kakashi would die. gai was right, that’s NOT who kakashi is.

but someone has to be.

which brings us to:

kakashi’s shitty brain

this man has mental disorders previously only contractible by shrimp.

he is contrasted to obito frequently, which is correct, theyre good narrative pieces, but they are polar opposites.

obito feels deeply and obsessively, the emotion he feels in the moment is the strongest he’s ever felt in his life, there is no memory of any other feeling while he’s feeling it.

and kakashi can’t convince himself to feel anything, not really.

obito is angry, a righteous furious kind of rage that demands payment for the suffering that led to it. but kakashi doesn’t have that rage, he can’t. there are times when he has anger, sometimes even intensely, but he can’t keep it. kakashi doesn’t have the fuel required to keep any strong emotion alive long enough for him to feel it.

obito and kakashi both have a very small, scared child in them.

they always come back to that moment, that mission, back to when they were a team.

there is a terrified child in them both, and then there is something else, some kind of hurting thing, something that keeps them safe.

kakashi lives as the child, and obito lives as the other one.

if obito and kakashi were stuck in a hole, you could throw them both a rope. obito would climb out, indignant and angry at the circumstances that put him in that hole, and kakashi would hang himself.

to their core, they are different. because obito wants to be a savior, and kakashi wants to be saved.

but with his team gone, with his father dead, his sensei dead, with his friends kept at an arms length to keep them safe, there is no one to keep him safe.

there is no one to save him.

so kakashi has to save himself

hound

hound is a mask, one would argue that it is The Mask. the mask to hide all things, the mask that is worn whenever something kakashi can’t handle approaches him. whenever kakashi is afraid, whenever he is that small child, there is hound.

hound came to him when kakashi was young. hound was bloody to kakashi’s broken, and kakashi needed him to survive.

hound settles over kakashi like a second skin, awkward and ill fitting, hound was made of kakashi, but kakashi was not hound.

hound is the knife, kakashi is somehow, still, not the wielder.

hound moves when prompted, kills when asked, attacks when threatened, and anbu uses him like the weapon kakashi couldnt survive being.

kakashi has a Very complicated relationship with hound, because even out of anbu, hound doesn’t leave. hound has been there for over half kakashi’s life, he is a prominent part of his existence now.

kakashi knows that it was his body, his hands in another’s chest, his feet used to kick, to break, but it is hound that was standing in front of him, hound that was pulling the strings.

hound has ALWAYS hurt kakashi, because that is what hound is, a weapon against that which kakashi cannot stand, what kakashi fears, hates. hound has always bit kakashi first, the target second. kakashi is used to it.

kakashi hides behind hound, needs hound to survive, because hound pulls the wool over his eyes, hound numbs the pain, hound lessens the blow, because. its a lot easier to justify your actions when you take away your control of the events.

is a bad dog bad?

in any situation, kakashi can be himself, or he can be the dog, but he can't be both. so he has to choose who is what when he walks into any interaction, when he has to make any decision.

is he kakashi, or is he the dog? does the dog take priority or does kakashi? and when the dog takes priority, it gets easier and easier to let it take charge.

is a bad dog bad? no it does what its supposed to do. but what about you?

kakashi can’t afford to be ‘him’ in anbu, he has to be the dog, he has to be hound, he has to survive. his morals contradict with his mission and what he needs to do, his wants oppose what is demanded of him. hound is a shield to handle everything kakashi can’t handle.

when it comes to anbu, the choices he has to make, there is no clear ‘correct’ choice. and kakashi can’t make that connection because kakashi does not exist in a grey area. kakashi is either good, or he is bad, he can’t be both.

to a mentally stable person, it’s clear that these situations are not black and white, there is an overlap, a grey area, color. but dogs are colorblind.

so where does that leave kakashi

kakashi’s life is defined by an overwhelming lack of choice. lack of control.

he couldn’t control his village’s reaction to his father. couldn’t control his father’s suicide.

couldn’t control the cave in, had no choice about taking the eye.

he couldn’t control rin, had no choice about being used kill her

couldn’t even choose to help minato and kushina during the kyuubi attack.

couldn’t control, had no choice, had no way out, could only ever be dragged further in.

at the very least, he can choose to have hound, he can control that. chose when to wear that mask, but the funniest part about it, is that he can’t.

he’s removed from anbu against his will, stripped from his addiction with no transitional period, and then forced back into civilian life with a “thanks for your service” and no therapy or any reason to keep going.

and hound doesn’t leave.

hound is still full of teeth, sharp with his claws, he is still howling and haunted, hound still craves violence, still bites, snaps at whatever is closest.

when he was in anbu and JUST anbu, and all his allies were nameless, replaceable faces -- (they were never replaceable to kakashi, but hound doesnt care) -- hound could snap and bite, hound could do what it was created for, hound could gnaw on kakashi’s limbs, could rip into his enemies, could handle all the bloodshed that always led kakashi into a panic attack.

WITHOUT anbu, all kakashi has are s rank missions, and his friends who are trying to save him, and it’s not the same. kakashi has no choice but to continue courting what he has known his entire life, violence, and whatever hurts him the most. hound never goes away.

kakashi lives his life off of table scraps, never taking more than he is given, never asking for more. he does not deserve more, somewhere along the way kakashi confused ‘living’ with surviving, and hound

hound never goes away.

psa guys i promise i know thats not how dog colorblindness works it was just a metaphor <3

#lev howls #THESE. ARE MY MANY THOUGHTS #i literally can't look at this wall of fucking text anymore thank you <3 #kakashi #hound #trying to reread this makes me feel like it is so incomprehensible ill have to look at it again later but YEAH #had to edit the post sorry for any new notifs <3 #my meta

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Granny Rin feeling so fucking validated in her hatred of the third when she sees Naruto’s everything. Just like I fucking knew it. I knew it before all you bitches. I took one look as his crusty musty dusty rusty face and knew it in my soul. Because fucking finally. A situation not absolutely layered in moral ambiguity that she can talk about. And he still fucked it up. She honestly thinks the only good that man ever did was appoint Minato as Hokage. Well that and die.

Grandma Rin off to the side watching Orochimaru kill her sworn enemy:

The day Aki tells her she breaks into Hiruzen’s office somehow managing to get around the ANBU and other guards and points at him with a jeweled hair stick sharp enough to kill just “I knew you were the worst sort but I didn’t know this would be how your proved me right you pathetic excuse of a man. The best thing you ever did for this village was step down for that child’s father and then you spit on his memory by treating his son like that?”

And Hiruzen is old. He’s tired. He, frankly, is aware of just how badly he dropped the ball and knows that his successor is very likely going to hunt him through the pure land for everything he has done to his child.

“So you’re claiming him?”

“My grandson is, and you will not stop him.”

“You know what he is.”

“He is a boy, Hiruzen. Not a weapon. Not a demon. A child that has been alone since the day he was born.”

He doesn’t look at her. He knows. He knows. “The elders won’t like it.”

“The elders can suck my left-“

“Rin.”

“You won’t take him from us.”

“I won’t, but you have to be aware—“

“I am aware of far more than you are you old sack of bones. Let me worry about my flowers and you look the other way.”

Hiruzen is old. He’s tired. He knows even if he is the god of Shinobi this is the one fight he will not win. “Fine.”

Rin doesn’t smile at him. never has. “Good.”

She’s gone before he can think of anything else to say. More silent than even his ANBU guards that should have stopped her on her way in.

#the elf talks #naruto #red lights and fox fire au #during the invasion it’s just #orochimaru currently impaling Hiruze: What’s poppin #Rin with popcorn: don’t mind me just watchin

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There is a loophole, somewhere, that will let her have her godson. Mikoto is sure of it.

Minato is dead. Kushina is dead. But Mikoto does not wail and weep and rage. She cannot. Kushina wouldnt have, if the Uchiha Clan had died, if it was Itachi and Sasuke on the line.

She withdraws from active duty. She tenders her resignation from ANBU and T&I. She helps with the rebuilding, pushes her clan to open its largely-undamaged doors to those left homeless by the Kyubi.

And every day, she approaches Hiruzen with the same request.

And every day, she receives the same answer.

"He is jinchuriki now; his life is no longer what it would have once been. He can be entrusted to no one Clan of Konoha. Now, dismissed."

But Mikoto cannot be disuaded. There is a loophole, somewhere, that will let her have her godson. She bounces Sasuke on her hip, nearly castrates Fugaku when he returns from a mission with a bloody Itachi in his arms (itachi isnt hurt, but he is still far too young to know war. She and her husband do not speak to each other for a week), and with her every free hour she throws herself into the archives. First the public library, then her own clans.

Her visits to the Hokage dwindle down to only once a week as she pieces together her case. Good, she thinks, even in her frustration at finding nothing that would be undeniable. Let hiruzen underestimate her. It is a mistake no enemy of hers has survived.

But weeks turn to months turn to years.

The Uchiha records offer her nothing by way of leverage.

Fugaku finds her in the training room of their home, long after she has put the boys to bed. She is dressed down to her breastband and thin pants, her Ruby Claw resting across her hips.

She wails. She weeps. She rages. She lets fugaku beat her bloody, and gives back as good as she got. And when the room is all but trashed and they are laid out on the floor, shoulder to shoulder, he says,

"There is an answer out there, somewhere. Youll find it. Im sure of it."

She rolls over and kisses her husband, right there on that ruined floor, and it tastes like blood and sweat and tears.

It is the classic Uchiha Obsession. She knows it well.

But in the morning, when she is pleasantly sore, sated and calm for the first time in what feels like years, she fixes breakfast for her family, pinches Sasuke on his cheek as she tells him to get ready for his first day of temple school. Kisses her husband goodbye.

Goes to do what she should have done in the first place.

And deep in the fragmented records of a dead village, she finds the whirlpool she was looking for.

Clan matters are private things, divorced from the village and its Hokage, and Mikoto fights tooth and claw to keep it that way. She fixes meals for her family, teaches itachi the way kushina taught her to make an exploding tag. She argues her case before the Elders.

She kisses Fugaku, long and slow and sweet.

Its six years to the day. Mikoto tries not to feel the weight on her shoulders as she enters the Hokage office.

"I am Uzumaki Mikoto. And I am taking my godson now."

#q's plunnies #naruto #uchiha mikoto #uchiha fugaku #hiruzen sarutobi #seek (and ye shall find)

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(Jiraiya)

[Art work is not mine! Credit to kokodraws01]

Requested by: Myself

Keys:

Y/N: Your Name

Word Count: 4.517

Warnings and/or Pre-Notes:

Non-romantic one-shot; more fatherly one-shot vibes

This is 100% word vomit so I’m sorry

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I can feel my fingers going numb as I cling to the vest of the Anbu that's been babysitting me the past couple of days. They hate when I call it babysitting but it's what they've been doing. "Kid, loosen your grip," my makeshift nanny says, trying to force my grip loose. I do as I'm told, loosening my hold a bit so my knuckles are no longer white.

I keep a hold on them though, following behind them blindly as we weave around the Hokage's palace. I don't know why I'm here. All I've been told is Lord Third wants me to meet someone. It's probably another shabby attempt at adoption.

Ever since Lord Fourth died, I along with his baby have been left alone in the world. I've seen the baby a few times. He's the cutest little bean in the world. Chucks of blonde hair on his head, cute little whiskers imprinted on his face, and the chubbiest cheeks I've ever seen. I think his name is Naruto but I'm not too sure about that either. I'm not too sure about anything.

I can't tell if I'm looking into it too much or not but I'm pretty sure Lord Third has been purposely keeping me away for Minato's and Kushina's baby. I think the Lord is worried I'll get too attached to the baby. After all, Kushina and her husband took me in after my father's death during the war. That technically makes me the bean's family I suppose.

Maybe the Lord is right for keeping Naruto and me apart. He has to have his reasonings for it. I know the little bean has the Nine-Tail locked up in him, just like his mother did. Maybe that's why the Kage is so worried about Naruto getting attached to me, or me to him.

From my thoughts consuming my attention, I don't notice Mr - or Ms - Nanny has stopped, which causes me to bump into them. "I'm sorry," I murmur, getting sharp eyes cast down at me. Not the best reaction but better than a lecture.

"Remember your manners," Nanny says, glaring at me for another second before opening the door in front of us.

The command is a mix of my mouth with the Hokage and said attitude scaring off the people who were 'considering taking me in'. I have a bad - ego-humbling - habit of reminding Lord Third that he's not Minato, among other things. I think Kushina would be proud of me. Maybe that's why the Kage doesn't want me around her son.

"Y/N," Nanny's voice husks out, a warning in their tone as they tug the door half open, eyes peering down at me again. Maybe Nanny is a mister.

"Yes, Nanny," I mumble, pushing past them and walking through the doorway.

"I am not your nanny!" They call a bit huffy as they follow behind. "I am a high-ranked Shinobi of our village! I am not a nanny!"

I let my eyes roll at their tantrum, a bit of a smile tugging at my lips. Who knew it would be so easy to break the ego of an anbu?

"Y/N!" Lord Third calls, his fake chirp to it.

"Third," I mumble, doing a half curtsey. It might make me a bad person but I can't stop wishing Lord Third died instead of Minato. Maybe he knows that and that's why he doesn't want me near the baby.

"Jiraiya, this is the girl I was telling you about," the Lord says, turning his attention away from me.

I perk up a bit from the name. I've heard a bit about the frog-themed sage; most notably from Minato. Kushina talked about him a bit but most of the time she just called him a pervert.

The old man looks exactly as Minato described him; red strips down his face and fluffy wolf-like white hair. He's a weird-looking man.

"Is this another attempt of you pushing off your responsibilities?" I ask before I can stop myself. I can feel the anbu's glare from here. So much for watching my manners.

A string of coughs comes from the Kage before he clears his throat. "No, no, no. Of course not. I'm just-"

"Sick of me? You know, when Minato couldn't handle my attitude he'd go for a walk. He didn't pawn me off to the nearest person." Maybe I am just being difficult.

The room goes silent as a lovely staring contest starts. Anbu glaring at me. I try not to let the regret of my words sit on my face as I look at the Hokage. Lord Third looking at me with wide eyes and a fish mouth as he struggles with his words. Lastly, Frog Man flipping between Third and me.

"As I was saying," the Lord finally pushes out, his attention turning away from me again. "Minato's student has seemed to inherit his wife's... personality." The word is painfully obvious to be a cover-up. It makes a happy smirk sit on my face. Kushina would be proud... I think. "On the plus side, it seems she did inherit Minato's drive for service too."

"Ya, no," I cut off, my previous smirk falling off my face. "I'm not willing to die for this village, much less you." I take it back, I'm not being difficult. Lord Third is a jerk and I just happen to treat him as one.

Once again silence falls over the room with stares filling it up. "So..." the white-haired man starts, "your S.O.S message was for this brat?" He asks, thumb pointed at me.

"I'm not a brat!" I bark back, arms crossing over my chest as I glare at the frog.

"Yes, you are."

"No, I'm not."

"Well, I've never met a not-brat that so openly insults the Hokage."

"Well I've never met a Hokage that pushes off his responsibilities to the point that his co-worker dies," I hiss out, teeth clenched hard enough that ripples of pain circle around my jaw.

A gasp falls from the anbu posted up at the door. The gasp is quickly followed by a deep, exhausted sigh from the old man behind the desk. "Y/N," Kage says slowly, eyes snapping closed and another sigh spilling from him. "I... please wait outside."

"And if I don't?"

"Out-" Lord Third yells before softening his tone, "-side, please."

I let my eyes slit, nails digging into my arms as I stare at the sorry excuse for a leader. "Don't be mad at me because Minato was a better Hokage in his short rein than you've been for the past handful of decades."

Lord Third's face scrunches up, his knuckles bumping against his desk a couple of times before he opens his eyes. "Please wait outside," he repeats, tone even and cold. I hit a nerve with that insult. Good, he deserves it. If Lord Third has no haters left, just know I'm buried six feet under.

I glare at the village leader for another beat before turning away. I waste no time weaseling out the door, anbu glare hot on heels.

I hate my nanny, I hate Lord Third, I hate the frog man, and I hate Minato for dying. How could he die? How could he leave Naruto with so much responsibility at the very start of his life? How could he leave his son alone in this world? How could he leave me all alone?

The tile of the floor is cold as I sink to it. My knees bump against my chest as I curl myself up into a small, hatred-filled ball. How much trouble would I get into for swinging on Lord Third?

The thought scares me a bit. I know the Shinobi life is filled with a lot of violence, a lot of sadness, a lot of death, but how could I have a thought like that? How could I so quickly jump to violence? Especially against a fellow Shinobi? The Hokage none-the-less?

The anger in my chest quickly bubbles over to sadness. I hate this month. It's the worst month of my whole life.

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That was... interesting. Sarutobi-Sensei wasn't kidding when he said the kid has the 'personality' of Kushina.

My eyes trail after the girl as she sulks out of the room, her anger filtering out with her. I've heard very little about her; nothing more than passing comments when my path would cross Minato's. Despite the small comments, he seemed quite proud of her. Well, she and Kakashi. All of his students, actually. Those two are the only ones still alive though.

"Okay, I get why the message was an S.O.S. but what do you expect me to do about... that?" I ask, turning my attention back to my Sensei.

It's hard to notice, but after all my years serving under him, I can pinpoint the proof of anger and sadness on his face. The little kunoichi mercilessly went cutthroat for the Lord. I will say, that was pretty ballsy of her. Not many - if any - Shinobi would be willing to insult the Kage to his face. Much less, such a young ninja.

"I don't know," my sensei finally says, tone soft and eyes pushed closed again. "I am just worried that..." another sigh is pushed out his nose. "Orochimaru has been spotted with the recent death of Lord Fourth. I cannot help but wonder if it has something to do with the... loss the village is grieving."

The small speech rolls around my head, not-so-good connections being made. "You think it has something to do with the kid - kids Minato left behind?"

"Well, we already know Orochimaru has a vendetta against Kakashi. I would not put it past him to go against Kakashi again. Or try to go after Naruto... or Y/N." Silence fills the space between us, Lord Third thinking over his next words. "I have faith that Kakashi would have the... means to deny any 'quick to power' situation Orochimaru would try to offer or to hold his own against him again if need be. Y/N... is filled with anger and hatred for me. My past student isn't above using that as a manipulation tactic."

I hate to admit it but that's the same conclusion I came to. I can't help but see it as a waste though. Is protecting this single student worth so much effort? Wouldn't my time be better spent doing literally anything else? "My Lord-"

"Just think about it Jiraiya. Get to know the girl. If you decide you're not willing to take her on, I'll..."

"You'll what?" I push slightly, my eyes turning back to the door.

"I'll have to pull her as a Shinobi. I cannot take the risk of Orochimaru having such an easy target. Even if my worse fears don't happen, I can't have a Shinobi with unchecked anger."

My eyes glance back to my sensei before settling on the exit again. This seems like a whole bunch of not my problem.

The room is filled with the sound of the Kage moving his chair and the soft sound of him sitting down. "It would be such a shame to lose her as a Shinobi. She might be a bit hot-headed, but she sure does possess your student's loyalty and spirit."

The words sting a bit, to the point I can understand the Kunoichi's rush to anger. I've done a good job avoiding the acknowledgment of Minato's death. I've done an even better job at refusing to process it.

"What's to come of his son?" I ask, using it as an excuse to further push the dread out of my thoughts.

"I'll take care of him for now. Naruto... will have a difficult life. One that I'm sure will lead him to you sooner or later. But, for now, Naruto does not need your guidance, Y/N does."

The bundled-up guilt trip doesn't work as well as I'm sure my sensei wishes it would. It still seems like a waste of time. You can have as much loyalty and spirit as you want but it won't make you a good or useful Shinobi.

"Give it a week Jiraiya. Get to know the girl how you wish, but at least give her a chance before you chalk her up as a dead end."

That guilt trip didn't work either. At the very least, I was given an order so I'll obey it. I don't know what my sensei thinks a week will change. A short-tempered, anger-riddled Shinobi has no place as an active-duty ninja. She would serve the village much better after being pulled from the Shinobi rankings.

"As you wish," I mumble before following the kunoichi's previous path. Sometimes I don't know what goes through my Sensei's head.

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What a waste of time is all I can think of as I walk down one of the roads of the village. The Lord has insisted I visit the village nursery to 'at least meet Naruto'. I don't have time for a student, let alone a baby. Despite that, I'm not one to deny an order. Which is why I'm huffily walking to the nursery with a pass gently tapping against my chest.

When the nursery comes into view, I'm a lot less mad about being ordered to make a stop. The two ladies at the desk are a sight for sore eyes, and my eyes are definitely sore. I take my time walking in front of the nursery, using this chance to soak in their beauty through the giant windows.

"Welcome in!" The blonde one says once the bell above the door rings. "Who are you here to pick up?"

"You, hopefully," I answer a little too eagerly.

That doesn't work how I want it to. Her cheery smile falls as the redhead behind the desk chuckles a little. "Don't pay the Sannin any mind," the redhead says, standing up and walking around the desk. She squeezes the blonde's shoulder and whispers something in her ear. Ms Blondie groans before walking away. I would be pretty upset with her leaving if the sight of her walking away wasn't so nice.

"Jiraiya," Ms Red-Head calls, pulling me from the beautiful curves of Ms Blondie. Again, I'm not too upset, the woman in front of me is nice to look at too. "My condolences for Lord Fourth," she says gently, face going soft with pity as she looks at me.

It's annoying having everyone in the village look at me like this. So what Minato died? It's part of the Shinobi life. Everybody knows that, including me. He died with honor, why would that upset me? I don't care about his death, he was just one of many students... maybe I care a little bit. Just a tad, if I care at all, which I don't.

"Thank you," I grumble, turning my focus away from the girl in front of me. All of a sudden she's not as beautiful as I thought she was.

Silence hangs in the air for a while before a screech is let out down the hallway. "What do you think you're doing?! You're making him upset! Give him back!" A voice calls anger and fear very evident in it.

"Is someone trying to steal a kid?" I ask, sparing a glance at Ms Redhead again.

She lets out a long, deep sigh before rubbing her temples. "No, Y/N gets a little... protective of Naruto when we try to separate them for any reason." The word any is stressed so heavily I almost feel bad for the nursery worker. It seems Minato's little kunoichi has been making problems for everyone.

"Give him back!" The whine comes again. A door slamming cuts off her next sentence but that doesn’t stop her little rant. "You're upsetting Naruto!" She isn't wrong about that, Minato's kid is screaming his lungs out.

The train wreck making its way down the hallway is a bit funny; the hot-headed Shinobi tugging on the worker as said worker tries to keep the baby out of reach. Kushina’s personality sure as hell is poking through.

“Fine! Take him!” The nursery worked says, her patience finally breaking.

Within seconds, the bundle of blanket and Minato’s legacy is pressed against Y/N’s chest, her hold soft but strong. Lulls and hums spill from her as she ogles over the baby, who does calm down.

My heart tings at the sight of stress evident on the older child’s face as she worries about Naruto. Sensei was right about Y/N being too attached. No, nope, I’m not getting attached now too. So what if Minato’s student stresses herself to death over his son? That’s not my problem. That’s her problem. Even if she is just a baby herself… a baby that lost another set of parents… which isn’t my problem. At all.

I turn on my heels, shoving the image of Y/N clinging to Naruto like a lifeline out of my head. I met Naruto, at least as well as Y/N will probably let me, so my assignment is complete. I tried, not my fault I failed.

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Between Sensei’s goose chase, villagers down my throat, and helping out with the smaller missions, I’ve had no time for my research.

Until today anyway. I managed to avoid Sensei so he couldn’t ‘accidentally’ guide me onto Y/N’s path. She’s getting suspicious that it’s not accidents anymore, so at least she has a bit of a brain behind her eyes.

I try not to let a smirk sit on my face as I walk into the bathhouse. The last thing I need is someone getting a bad feeling; I can’t get band from another hot spring. Especially one of the only mixed-gendered bathhouses still in the village. It saddens me a bit that it’s a swimsuit required spring but hey I’ll take a bathing suit and hot women over no women and nudity.

It was a blur, check-in, changing, and walking out to the spring. Not so much a blur now, but it is disappointing. There’s only one other person in the spring, their back facing me as I rinse off. Their head is tilted back, towel covers their face as most of them are dipped into the spring. Only the tops of their - bare - shoulders and random strains of hair are visible.

The person is tiny compared to me. Small frame, almost fragile looking. The idea of it being a child flickers through my head but is quickly ran off. It’s school hours so civilian children would be in class and the new shinobis should be busy with their sensei.

Once the water starts running cold, I turn it off and grab my towel. Even if there’s only one pretty lady to look at, I’m not letting my money go to waste. Plus, maybe they’ll be very pretty… or maybe it’s just a feminine guy.

I shake the idea out of my head as I approach the water. I take my time, tying my hair into a bun and looking over the other person. That is definitely a child, which makes me a pervert. Maybe Tsunade is right about my hormones getting the better of me. Once again, I shake my previous thoughts out of my head as my face scrunches up.

“Jiraiya, are you stalking me?” The hazy voice comes, sleep almost evident in it. What child is skipping out on their responsibilities to sleep at the hot springs?

“What?” I ask, arms dropping to my sides once my bun is set in place.

A pruning hand smoothly escapes the water, not even a ripple being made as it moves. I watch carefully as the little lady removes the towel from her face; being met with the features of an exhausted Y/N. What the hell? Is this some master plan of Sarutobi-Sensei?

“No,” I answer shortly, eyes jumping around her face. The stress is catching up to her, lines and dark circles already starting to form on her face. If Y/N keeps stressing herself out like this, her stress lines will be at Itachi’s level in no time.

The familiar ping is back. I hate to admit it but every time I’ve come across her, my heart has torn a bit more. I see Minato’s loyalty to the villagers, Kakashi’s kindness, Obito’s childishness, Rin’s undying love for everyone, and so many hardships. God damn it Sarutobi, why do you always have to be right? Just the thought of my sensei is pissing me off.

“Seems like it,” she mumbles, sliding her towel back over her face; this time only her eyes are covered.

“How’d you know it was me?” I ask, sparing her another glance before sinking into the water. I take my time, letting the water work around my muscles while making sure to keep space between myself and the child. The last thing I need is people calling me a pedo instead of a perv.

There’s a long hum before Y/N shifts some in the water, a bone or two creaking as she does so. “Before… everything, Minato started me on the basics of senjutsu. Mostly just sensing energies around me and such.”

Congrats Sensei, Minato is now at the top of my shit list. How could I leave this kid half trained on senjutsu? Especially with the threat of Orochimaru hanging in the air?

“I don’t think I’ve been around you enough for you to be able to pick out my chakra,” I push gently, hoping to find out how far her training had gone. Another hum but no answer follows it. Y/N is not going to let me have my way easily is she?

The space stays silent other than the natural noises of the spring. At that moment the girl across from me hasn’t moved, making me a bit worried she fell asleep. It’s not safe to sleep in a body of water, even if there is someone else around. She doesn’t trust me enough to sleep in such dangerous conditions… I don’t think.

When I go to move to check if Y/N is asleep, she finally breaks the silence. “You keep popping up because Lord Third is worried about Orochimaru, right? He’s worried if you don’t train me that I’ll turn to the snake sage to finish my training?”

I freeze in the middle of the spring, ripples stretching out without new ones following. “What makes you say that?” I ask carefully, eyes scanning the child in front of me. She’s covered in markings, bruises being the lesser and scares being the more decor. There’s a mix of scars, some still fresh and pink while others are a faded white color. Y/N definitely has put her time into the Shinobi world. Most notably the Nine-Tail attack that took her Sensei.

“I’m not dumb, Froggy Sage,” she hisses, head snapping up and towel being discarded from her face. “I know your fellow Sage didn’t like Minato and I’ve heard the whispers of him being sighted. If they’re true, Naruto, Kashi, or me are most likely his targets.”

I almost laugh at the nickname. I’ve never had someone call me Froggy before and I can’t tell if I like it or not. “Just, tell Lord Third to stop worrying. I have no interest in Orochimaru or any power trip he’ll try to manipulate me with. You can also let him know I won’t be mad at him forever too.”

My head spins with the thought of Y/N overhearing my conversation earlier this week. Does she mean it or is she just trying to play me?

I let my body sink back into the warm water, this time seated closer to the girl. “So… what’s the deal with Minato’s baby?” I’m getting tired of asking questions.

“He’s almost two months old so he doesn’t do much. He smiled for the first time the other day. The nursery says Naruto can hold up his head during tummy time now, which they say is good. I’m worried he’s a bit behind though. Keiko says I’m just anxious though.”

“Keiko?”

“The red-head you googled at the other day. She’s Naruto’s primary caregiver.”

I roll around Y/N’s answer for a second, even though that’s not what I meant. “What’s your deal with Naruto?”

Another hum, though this time the melody is different. “I just worry about him. I don’t want him to be alone in the world. Though, he has Lord Third and Kakashi too.”

“We will be traveling a lot so you’ll have to check your attachment.” What?! That’s the first answer that pops into my head? That’s what spills from my mouth?

I did not mean that. There is no ‘we’ just ‘me’. I travel a lot, Y/N stays here, in the village, with her anxious attachment to Minato’s son. How do I take that back? Do I say ‘just kidding’ and hope I get a minor reminder of Kushina’s anger issues?

“We?” Y/N asks, eyes sharp and guarded as she looks at me.

“Yes.”

No!

That is not the answer! The answer is no because there is no ‘we’. I do missions alone, I travel alone, and definitely do not travel with a child-aged girl. Do you know how much of a damper she’ll be on my women game? Or maybe she’ll help with it… no!

A huge smile cracks across her face, stress marks damping with her happiness. “You really mean it?”

“Yes.”

Maybe.

Her body loosens a bit as she moves closer, a good amount of space still between us but she’s still noticeably closer. “Is it pity training?” Y/N asks, a sad teasing tone to her words, and her smile all of a sudden seeming fake.

“No.”

The smile is back, huge, happy, and reaching her eyes this time. God damnit Minato, why did you have to have such skilled students? I can’t let their potential go to waste.

“This is going to be fun,” Y/N whispers to herself before crawling out of the hot springs. Her skin is a bit pink, making the faded scars stand out more.

“Yes,” I answer to myself, letting out a small huff. Why’d I let myself get attached? I don’t have time for a student, let alone the patience for one. And yet… I just signed myself up for the one that’s going to test my patience the most.

“I’ll see you tomorrow, Froggy,” Y/N says, patting my bun before turning around to walk away.

“I don’t like that nickname! It’s not sticking!” I call after her.

“Yes, it is!” She calls back before the door cuts off our conversation.

Yes.

It’s going to stick because I could hear the smile in her voice as she said it. “Screw you,” I mumble to the sky, smile on my face as I say it. I can imagine Minato laughing his ass off at the situation he left for me, the situation I talked myself into. I guess Minato won’t be the only unofficial child I have anymore.

#jiraiya #jiraiya oneshot #naruto shippuden #naruto shippuden oneshot #naruto shippuden x reader #jiraiya x reader

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orangelemonart · 2 years

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Your sannin swap au is lovely for many reasons, one big one being that you give the female characters some actual agency lol. I had a REALISATION as i was rotating characters in my mind, and wondered what your take would be (if u want!)

Mikoto and Kushina were best friends, right? Why was she not taking in her best friend's orphaned child and raising him?? It's wonderfully complex from a political and clan optics perspective, (NO ONE would be happy about it) but I do feel like Mikoto should have had the character opportunity to either take care of Naruto OR bully Sarutobi into doing a better job. Like. C'mon.

I thought about that and now I'm annoyed lmao.

Ok so I actually spend a lot of time thinking about this, and I have several different theories that are supported by the text (I know there are filler episodes/scenes that expand on this but I am going off of the manga canon exclusively, specifically chapter 500).

For context, Kushina's pregnancy was kept a huge secret. Biwako and a few anbu (all of whom were killed by Tobi) knew, as did the two elders, Danzo, and Third Hokage. Mikoto found out by accident when Kushina was being moved and- unlike the rest of the village- she knew Kushina's child's name. Which means she- unlike the rest of the village- would have known that the new jinchuuriki was Kushina and Minato's son, not some random imported Uzumaki.

Kushina and Mikoto are friends but they weren't that close.

Mikoto was forbidden from any contact with the jinchuuriki child due to Danzo and the council's power in oppressing the Uchiha. They already suspect the Uchiha orchestrating the attack, there's no way they would have let her have any access.

Kishimoto makes a lot of mistakes that are massive plot holes, Mikoto finding out Naruto's name was one of them. Also that no one noticed the kid who looked exactly like Kushina but with Minato's hair and skin-tone was their son. Bad writing lmao.

The second one is more fun but the third one is most likely.

I have a lot of theories regarding Mikoto, Jiraiya, Kakashi, and Sarutobi with regards to baby Naruto that are mostly text-supported but really just desperate attempts to fill Kishimoto's holes

#i know what i said #naruto #most mistakes in naruto come down to: how did no one know whos kid he was??? why wasnt he treated like konohamaru even with a bijuu???#the answer is usually: kishimoto came up with the jinchuuriki/bijuu/narutos parents things much later #and in the original drafts and possibly the early chapters naruto wasnt a human with a demon sealed inside #but a demon sealed in a human form

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syana3101 · 2 years

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[ It's The Same Tale, Once Again ]

Pardon my mistakes, English is not my first language.

Summary : (This story takes place a year after the Uchiha Massacre happened.) Kakashi is dead. All thanks to his ANBU mission. However, a mysterious man named Roku, whom he met in the limbo, gave Kakashi a second chance to fix everything from the beginning. Kakashi expected to be back one day before the Kannabi Bridge tragedy happened.

He was wrong. He was back when his mother died one day ago, and he had to face his father, again.

Could he save his father and himself? At this point, he could only hope.

0 - Chara

Death was the least of his worries. But Kakashi never thinks it would be hurtful to die when someone is with you. In his last moment, he said his last wish to Tenzo. His wish was simple: "Please protect this village and be better than me." Forgive yourself and keep walking until the end. I wish you all the happiness that may come to you. "

2 - 3

But rather than dead, Kakashi found himself in limbo. A man introduces himself as Roku. And Kakashi told the story about the tragedy that started when his mother died until his death. Roku was patiently listening and sometimes made some weird commentary about how he and Kakashi were particularly the same.

And since Kakashi never heard Roku tell him his story, he asked him, "What kind of person were you when you were alive?"

Roku simply answers, "Let's just say I'm lost on the road of life. And I'm here waiting until I'm ready to take my second chance. "

Hearing such words, Kakashi feels a little jealous, yet happy. "It must be nice to have a second chance."

Roku: "Haha, not really. I have never been ready to face my second chance." After all, I made a lot of mistakes. And I don't think I've ever been ready to forgive myself. "

Kakashi: "Ah, I see... Regret is hard, right?"

Roku : "I know, anyway, do you want it?"

Kakashi: "Excuse...?"

Roku: "Do you want my second chance?"

Kakashi: "... Pardon, but I must be mistaken. It's your second chance, right? That is to mean, it was all for yours, not mine. "

Roku: "Nah, I'm actually able to give someone my second chance. Well, let's just say how grateful I am to Rikudo Sannin for giving me a second chance. But, I'm not ready. Could you deny that? "

Kakashi: "... I'm not ready either. I mean, Facing them again, I... I...".

"I know, you, or I, or people there, have never been ready to face the same things again. But Kakashi, you were brave and "kind." I'm proud of how much you tried to learn and change."

Kakashi shows him a sad smile behind that mask. "You flatter me too much."

And with that, Roku placed his hand on his cheek. "And because of that, I'll give you this chance. Please use it wisely, and... Remember, save what you can save. Not everyone. You can change some of their fate, and you can also change your life. "

"... Huh, so I can't deny your offer?" Kakashi nods. "Alright, I will do this—."

By the second time his word was not finished, a particle of light started to surround him. "Thank you for telling me your story, Kakashi."

"Wait, wait—."

"Promise me, be happy in this life..."

"... I promise..."

6 - 7

Kakashi heard a familiar voice around him. It must be Minato-sensei. 'As I thought, this is the Kannabi Bridge mission. '

He was glad until... "I'm so sorry for your loss, Sakumo-san."

'... Father? What—? '

"Thank you, Minato-san. I'm also sorry you came to my wife's funeral. "

'Mom?'

"Please don't mind it, Sakumo— Wait, I think Kakashi-kun is awake...

"Huh? Ah, right... Can you wait here for a while? I'll go get him...

Kakashi can hardly open his eyes. So puffy— he must be sobbing over his mother's death— dear God! Please let him open his eyes.

"Kakashi..."?" His father's tender voice made him feel something stingy, sweet and bitter in the heart.

"Kakashi?" He could see the blurry vigor on top of him. And when he finally saw the full image... "You awake... Wait, I'll take some water... "

Before Sakumo moves, Kakashi tucks his finger into Sakumo's sleeves. Sakumo looks back. "Yes, Kakashi—?"

Kakashi couldn't help but cry (again).

Afternote

This is my longest piece that I have ever written in English. I humbly apologize if I made a lot of grammatical mistakes (which I did).

But here, some notes about this story (the draft that I keep/before revision of this story or what might happen next).

1. Originally (I think), Kakashi's death was caused by his own sacrifice. If you ask why, here are the short stories: Shisui is saved from committing suicide by Kakashi, who knows the Uchiha Coup plan (but if you remember, in the novel, Shisui was killed). He managed to keep Shisui hidden and work with him. He also worked with Tenzo and later with Itachi. Kakashi has a plan to expose Danzo's crimes (stealing doujutsu), and with that, he wants to show that it is not really Uchiha's the one who has a problem. And perhaps it will persuade Lord Third to reconsider. But that mission is not what Tenzo, or Shisui and Itachi, thought would be accomplished. Kakashi sacrifices himself to bring Danzo down (which I imagine Kakashi used himself as a trap and would rather Itachi, Shisui, or Tenzo finish the rest).

> Because of this, the Uchiha Massacre never happened, and Lord Third changed his mind. Shisui regains his one eye and works as a Jounin, while Itachi serves as an ANBU. Tenzo is still in mourning for Kakashi and has taken on the role of Jounin teacher for team seven.

> If this happens, When Kakashi is back in the past, the main goal after saving his father and his teammates is to remove Danzo from this existence.

> But since I thought this idea was ridiculous, I stopped using it and made Kakashi die because of the mission. And if you'd like to use it, sure you can.

2. After this event happens, I will add a lot of fluff. Kakashi and Sakumo deserve so much happiness (and I can't really write action, so I instead write scenarios about fluff and family feelings/bonding).

3. For the future event about Sakumo's mission, I'd rather change it. Well, you could say it was like patrolling around Konoha's border (while someone else takes his original mission). But knowing that the mission was a total failure, even for Sakumo, the attack suddenly happened and Sakumo almost died due to chackra exhaustion.

> This accident caused Sakumo to return to an active jounin routine for a while. The village didn't shun him, but pity him. And the village blame the person who takes Sakumo's original mission because that person is the one who start the war and Sakumo couldn't get back to "become a hero for this war" since his condition.

> The person who takes Sakumo's original mission is sort of a Jonin who enviously looks at Sakumo. His child is years older than Kakashi's and still in academies. That child sometimes bullies Kakashi, telling him his father is a coward for taking on a simple mission (that child thought patrolling the Konoha border was a simple mission). But when the situation changed, Kakashi could only blatantly think this was irony for that child's family.

I will add something in (maybe) the second part~ Thank you for reading this far! Have a nice day!

#kakashi #sakumo #hatake kakashi #sakumo hatake #yamato tenzo #naruto #fanart #my fic #fanfiction #comics

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bogbees · 7 months

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It's 10:30am, I haven't slept and should be cleaning but soulmate au where you feel phantom pain when ur soulmate gets injured ninja dad ver

10:30 AM · Apr 10, 2017

Kakashi feels his nose hurt and it's like "whaaat" Minato/ Sakumo be like "Yo kid it's probably just ur soulmate no big deal" cue confusion

Iruka constantly feels injuries it's alright until he's like seven and his eyeball is searing with pain as Kakashi fucking removes it

Iruka is like "Jesus christ is my soulmate ok???? Are they in trouble???" Kohari be like "probably a Ninja, nothing to worry about"

Cue adorable "well I'm gonna get strong and protect them!!" promises from the mouths of babes. You're crying, I'm sobbing my ass off

They can't dechiper between another's pain on the kyuubi attack. They ache all over, it's painful but they must keep going

Idk if the strain of loneliness and such things would carry over. It'd be interesting but also really heavy stop hurting the dads I'm beggin

So Kakashi goes on more missions than Iruka, gets injured more often. Iruka powers through it and has forgotten ab his promise to his mom

Kakashi thinks his soulmates fucking dead or something. Maybe a civilian, but mostly dead. He's startled whenever he feels a kunai hit him

Cause Iruka’s kids are bad with projectile weapons. He tries his best to keep from getting hit (emotional trauma fr the kids) but yanno

So when Nar steals the scroll, Kakashi is out of town when he feels this thing pierce through his back and fucking panics. What the fuck

When he gets back he hears about the academy teacher who almost died saving Naruto. Um? Clarify ? Turns out A GIANT SURIKEN PIERCED THE GUY

So he's like "this.... this can't be it...." lo and behold, he meets the man a week later and he has a scar. Over his nose. Huuuuh.

That's funny, I first learned about soulmates when I felt like my nose was gonna fall off.... huuuuuhhhh

So Kakashi is Kakashi right. Doesn't want to deal with it (get close and deal with emotional trauma when Iruka eventually dies) so he dodges

Iruka is none the wiser bc honestly, he's pretty sure his soulmate is like, an anbu or some shit with all the trouble he's gone through

And it's like, all fine and dandy for awhile. Bc Iruka and Nar are "family," Iruka joins them for dinner a lot. Kakashi hates it.

But Sakura is keen and will notice something's up with her teacher if he just bails every night and doesn't at least attempt to know them

So it's on these ichiraku ramen "dates" that Kakashi finds himself falling for his soulmate. He really hates it

Actual thing Kakashi said into his pillow "god damn it he's really nice and his smile is---" the rest is muffled by the fabric and his sobs

Iruka tho, he's harder to please. Man's got standards. Kakashi's not meeting any of them with his perpetual half lidded dead fish gaze

But! He comes to at least like the guy by the chunin exams. Whoops he's trying to kill my children???? No sir please fuck right off will ya

Kakashi be like "I can't mope that Iruka MY SOULMATE hates me I'm trying to train soldiers here if I can't have him it's fine bc Konoha wil"

Whoops would you look at that, they're asking him to pop out a scroll to greet his kids for passing round two. You know who'd like that

Iruka would like that. He'd like to see his kids ( their kids inner Kakashi cries) pass round two and see them and congratulate them

Anyway the gist is Kakashi pines the entire time and it's not until he gets trapped in that genjutsu that Iruka catches on

He's like, feeling awful and when he visits with Sakura, she's telling him about the symptoms bc she's been reading, he goes "is that so"

He goes home and considers the possibility of him being his soulmate. It's not impossible, but it's just so surreal. Wouldn't he had said..?

So he laughs it off. And it's not until much later, when Naruto has left and returned, after many weird dates,

When Kakashi returns from Suna drained and on the verge of passing out, that Iruka decides it must be so.

Because he had collapsed and can't move, he feels fine, it's just his soulmate has drained their chakra he tells the nurses

When Kakashi gets omitted, Iruka grabs some crutches and makes his way to the man's room and yells at him for how foolish he is

The nurses will not stop talking about how Iruka had whopped the famed Kakashi up the side of the head with his crutch only to wail in agony

It's all over Konoha by sundown. They've been given the same room. Naruto and Sakura are screaming. Gai is beaming. Somewhere Tenzo laughs.

"When did you find out," Iruka says when the moon hangs in their window, exhausted from the day. Kakashi is feigning sleep but Iruka knows

After much silence between then and what must be crickets playing their music in the fields, Kakashi dares to look over to Iruka.

(Under the moonlight, the serious moonlight, lyrics provided by David Bowie)

Iruka has fallen asleep. Kakashi bites his tongue. He should have said something, told him the truth. He settles for watching Iruka sleep

And not until years later, when everything has been said and done, that Kakashi confesses to having known they were soulmates from the start 11:42 AM · Apr 10, 2017

#bogs' muttering #the great naruto twitter to tumblr transfer #naruto #kakairu

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socrateswept · 2 years

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Kakashi raises Naruto thing

It went like this: Kakashi was fourteen and he had lost just everyone he had ever loved. All that’s left was a newborn that he picked up out of the rubble. He hated him. The little bundle pressed to his chestplate. It wasn’t fair, but emotions rarely were. Naruto Uzumaki represented the worst day of his life. Kakashi can’t stand to look at him for long with his dandelion colored hair. But at the same time the thought of putting baby down down somewhere made him crazed with rage. Faintly, underneath the smoke and the acid tang of the Kyuubi’s chakra, he could smell Kushina’s and Sensei’s scent on the baby.

The first Anbu who tried to take Naruto from him got a kunai to their instep for their trouble. The second got a broken arm. The third— well at that point they learned not to try to take him on singly so that was also when the fourth, the fifth, and the sixth tried. In the end they had to call the Sandaime Hokage in to try to talk sense into him.

“Kakashi, be reasonable. Who will watch him when you are out on missions? Your landlady? There will be ninja out for Naruto’s life everywhere. He’ll be dead by the time you get back. You can’t take care of him on your own.” Sarutobi said looking more haggard then he has in a decade. He had a ninja’s flak jacket on, but civilian pants. Retirement had agreed with the man a little too much.

What he meant was this: You are young still. A child yourself no way equipped to take care of a baby without a partner to help.

Kakashi heard this: Naruto was in danger and nobody else can protect him except for you.

His chakra flickered. Pulling on the dog contract took the barest concentration and required no handseals. Kakashi could preform the jutsu blind and half dead.

Bull appeared in a soft puff of white smoke in front of him. Posture grim. He didn’t ask what happened to Sensei and his wife. He didn’t have to. Kakashi wore the answer to that all over his body. He slipped Naruto into Bull’s backpack.

“Take him to the summoning realm.” He said hoarsely.

The Hokage cried out, “Kakashi what do you think you are doing—?!” And shunshined next to him.

Pakkun would have hesitated and asked questions, but Bull had no such inclination. Him and Naruto were gone, before the Hokage’s feet touched the ground.

“There,” Kakashi said savagely. “My summons will look after him while I am on missions. Can I go now?”

~!~

Kakashi, in fact, would not be going anywhere. They took him to T&I to try to persuade him to bring Naruto back. Though it took them a while to find someone willing to ‘encourage him.’ Inoichi took one look at him and walked out and so did half of the department. A ruddy face newbie who stunk like fear and sweat got stuck with the job and the worst she managed to do was a few broken fingers, before another ninja whisked him away. Murmuring that a clan meeting had been called.

In the council chambers was every large clan and even a few small ones. They still wore their armor and smoke clung to their bodies.

Chouza was the first to break the silence. “If Kakashi wants the boy I don’t see why he shouldn’t raise him. He knew Kunshina and Minato well.”

Kakashi raised his head. Blinking with dull shock. Where one clan went the other two followed. He had just gotten the backing of the big three. And here he thought they had dragged him in here to declare him a traitor and order his execution. He had earned it thrice over. Attacking a Konoha Anbu was a death sentence.

Danzo sneered from his seat on the Sarutobi’s right like he had never been dismissed from the position of the Hokage’s advisor. “The Jinchuuriki cannot be under the power of any clan. That’ll sway the politics too much.”

A snarl ripped its way up Kakashi’s throat.

The smaller clans flinched, but all Danzo did was narrow his eyes at him.

“The Hatake clan is down to a single member.” Shikaku cut in. Sending Kakashi a quelling look. “And despite being the clan head for a decade has yet to attend a clan meeting. Its influence could hardly be smaller.”

“Besides.” Inoichi added with a smile. “Nobody can deny that Kakashi would have been the Yondaime’s pick.”

Everybody in the room shifted uneasily at Inoichi’s words. If the Yondaime had been here he would have sent them all packing for treating his student like a criminal, but if he had been here Kakashi would have never done what he had did in the first place.

“Kakashi is only 14 years old. Surely, Minato would have wanted his student to be able to live his own life.” Sarutobi protested.

Danzo remained unbothered by the tides of opinion turning against him. He smiled. A cruel, nasty, little thing like a centipede curled on his face.

“Hiruzen is right and I can provide proof.” He threw a binder onto the table. “Minato’s will. Jiraiya is the boy’s godfather. That’s who he should go to.”

In another world that would be enough. Kakashi was exhausted beyond reason and coming down from battle adrenaline. Not really wanting to be saddled with an infant he would have taken the out that the Danzo provided. He would have even been grateful for it. But this world was not that one.

“Alright, when Jiraiya gets here I’ll give Naruto until then he stays with me.” Kakashi said, staring Danzo down.

Chouza nodded his head. “He stays with you.” He rumbled. The sentiment echoed by the rest of the clans.

Sarutobi was clearly unhappy with this turn of events. Everyone knew that Jiraiya wouldn’t be coming for his godson anytime soon, so this might as well be Kakashi’s official appointment as guardian, but he could hardly go over the heads of all of the clans in such a blatant fashion. He would be lucky if only a civil war sprung up from it. It could lead to the dissolution of the village itself.

“Alright then. He stays with you,” he said finally with a sigh.

~!~

A month into guardianship Kakashi still had no idea of how to care for an infant. As a matter of fact he had been rather content letting his summons deal with Naruto. Going on mission after mission with a fervor that alarmed the people around him. Even on his days off he left him in the summoning realm.

It wasn’t until Pakkun summoned himself into Kakashi’s bare bones apartment to scold him that he even considered it wasn’t the best course of action.

“Enough’s enough.” Pakkun snarled. Slamming his paw onto the floor like a judge’s gavel. “You need to spend time with the pup. He needs interaction. Real human interaction in order to not stunt his growth.”

Kakashi covered in blood and worse from his last mission blinked tiredly at Pakkun. “My father left me with his dogs after my mother died, and I didn’t turn out any worse for it.”

Pakkun growled. Thin, harsh, vibrato rattling through the air. “Your father didn’t leave you there for longer than a week! He took care of you every chance he got. Naruto’s not a dog Kakashi he needs more from you than this.” Pakkun paused. Then sighed. “Look if you are feeling overwhelmed you could talk to the Hokage about it I am sure he could—”

Kakashi cut him off with a growl of his own.

There was no way he was going to surrender Naruto over to anyone. The thought of anyone else touching him. Letting them leave their scents all over his puppy soft face— It didn’t bear thinking about.

So that was how he ended up with a baby in his house. Naruto wailed constantly. His tiny arms waving in the air in Kakashi’s direction who ignored him. Staring resolutely at a wall. He wanted to be picked up. Kakashi knew that. But he couldn’t bring himself to move to comfort the crying infant. After a month the scents of Minato and Kushina would have doubtlessly faded from his skin and Kakashi couldn’t stand to confirm that for himself yet. Naruto will tire himself out soon.

He did not tire himself out. He continued bawling late into the night and into the wee hours of the morning. It continued even after Kakashi finally broke down and held him. Big hiccuping sobs muffled into his shirt. No matter how much Kakashi paced he couldn’t get him to settle. Even when he choked through half remembered lullabies that his mother might have sung to him once.

Kakashi needed help. He couldn’t go to the Hokage and his dogs were refusing his summons for 24 hours. There was only one adult figure in his life that might help him.

He jumped over the rooftops two at a time. Pre-dawn twilight giving him enough light that he didn’t need to use chakra to navigate. The lamps were still lit. Dotting the roads below. He prayed he didn’t run into anybody he knew. Gai was his biggest threat. He was the earliest early bird that ever was and he would definitely be out. The gods must have smiled upon him for he made it to his destination unhindered.

The Uchiha compound squatted on the bank of the Naka river. Unlike most civilian buildings they rarely went above one story. It was too easy to use a fuuton justu and topple anything taller. They used Hashirama trees for the entire thing and it smelled a little like the forest. Kakashi felt eyes on his back as he briskly jogged through the compound. Nobody confronted him. So he did his best to ignore it.

He went up to the clan head’s house and slammed his fist upon the door with more force than was polite. It was too early by far, but he didn’t care.

Mikoto was the one to open the door. Despite the hour she was clean and sleek enough to go to an audience with the Hokage.

“What are you doing here, Kakashi?” She asked, but her eyes drifted down to Naruto so she knew the reason already.

“He won’t stop crying!” Exploded out of Kakashi without his permission.

Mikoto closed her eyes for a moment as if looking for patience. “I’m sorry, but I can’t help you.” She said, eventually. Grim as a tomb.

“What do you mean you can’t help me? Is this about the eye? This is Kushina’s son!” He hissed. Feeling soft pops of chakra as the Uchiha clan turned their attention to the commotion. Nobody came to stab Kakashi in the throat, so presumably the chakra flares were an all clear signal. He wouldn’t know. It’s not as if the Uchiha taught anybody else their weird chakra based communication system.

“That’s not it.” Mikoto leaned against the door frame. “Look after the attack things have been… difficult for us. It wouldn’t be good for the us if I were to be seen spending time with the jinchuuriki. You have to leave.” She said. Starting to slide the door shut.

Wretched emotions piled up in his chest and he shoved his foot in the way so she couldn’t close it. “You coward!” He screamed at her. “If it had been you Kushina would have stopped at nothing to help your sons!”

Mikoto stared at him with sharingan red eyes, and he had the sudden awareness that she was a jounin in her own right. One so powerful that people across the globe celebrated her wedding anniversary, because that was the same day that she decided to retire. Kakashi braced himself. Keeping one hand free to form handseals.

“You’re right.” She said. “Kushina would have stopped at nothing to help my sons. Even if she had to leave the village. Even the the Sage himself came down to tell her she was wrong she still would have kept my boys safe.”

She bowed her head. “Please. Come inside.”

Dazed from the emotional whiplash he trailed in after her. Popping off his sandals with ill grace.

She reached out to take Naruto from him and he had to curl his fingers into fists to avoid lunging at her. Mikoto’s sharp eyes caught the motion, but she wasn’t deterred. Plucking the baby from his stiff arms without a blink. She hefted Naruto onto her hip. The babe having devolved into soft whimpers.

“Look at you. Aren’t you a little banana boy? Took after your daddy, didn’t you?” She wiped Naruto’s snotty face with a napkin. “Hmmm.” She squinted at Naruto with her sharingan still active.

“He’s hungry Kakashi. When’s the last time you fed him?”

He hunched his shoulders. “Oh—er. Last night.” Actually, his dogs had been the ones to feed him.

Mikoto pinned him to the spot with a look. “They need to eat every two hours.”

She swept off to the kitchen. Leaving Kakashi to scramble after her. Why the hell hadn’t anybody told him they needed to eat so often? Little kids don’t eat that much. Babies are a lot smaller than them. Where would they put it?

Mikoto filled a glass bottle up with milk. Snapping on a rubber nipple with easy efficiency. Flames danced across her palm as she warmed it up with a jutsuless fire. To be able to control the temperature of her fire so precisely took a control that few shinobi had. As a matter of fact the last time Kakashi had seen someone capable of it had been his father who used to let sparks of lightning fall upon Kakashi harmlessly to keep him entertained.

After it was sufficiently warmed Mikoto handed both it and Naruto back over to him.

Kakashi awkwardly juggled the baby in his arms as he struggled to arrange the squirming infant to his liking. He popped the bottle into Naruto’s mouth and considered that to be a job well done.

“What on earth are you doing?” Mikoto said. “Support his head more, and stop holding the bottle at that angle. He’ll swallow a lot of air.”

Silently, he made the requested changes. But that didn’t appease her much as she stared at him.

“How do you bathe him?” She asked.

“With a water jutsu.” He said, because that was better than saying his dogs bathed him.

On and on it went with Mikoto quizzing him on childcare. She showed him the correct ways of doing things when his knowledge proved inadequate.

Fugaku shuffled out of the bedroom. A scowl already twisting his face. It got worse when he saw Kakashi.

“Are you sure this is a good idea?” He asked pointedly.

Mikoto gave her husband a level look. “Whether it’s a good idea or not doesn’t matter because it’s going to happen regardless.

“Fine then.” Fugaku said. “I am going to wash up.”

“Breakfast is warming on the plate dear.” She called after him.

And that was that.

#kakashi hatake #naruto #naruto uzumaki #mikoto uchiha #socwrites #snippet #rough draft #I have a vague outline for this #but it's mostly just an excuse for me to explore #the relationship between the hatake clan and the uchiha clan #This is long enough I could post it #If I ever bothered to edit it. :')#naruto fic

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