Kakashi Mama
Kakashi Hatake was wondering the streets of Konaha, on one cool dismal evening. He was walking alone as usual and had just passed a popular date restaurant, seeing all the couples sitting there eating together never really bothered him. He was far to busy with his missions for dating. He continued on his path, walking slowly to take up time. He was to meet his contact for the mission at the Memorial Stone later that night.
"Daddy? Can me and sissy take you out for ramen?"
Kakashi glanced over towards the voice of the young child who had asked the question.
"YOU GUYS are gonna treat ME this time huh?", laughed the man who must be the boy's father.
The little girl standing next to the boy moved closer to her father, "Yeah daddy! We saved up our allowances and everything!"
"Cause you take us all the time, now its our turn to take YOU!", said the boy, now very happy.
The father picked up the girl, carrying her as he began to walk, "Alright then, this time's on you guys.", smiling he grabbed the boy's hand and they left heading towards the Ichiraku ramen shop.
Kakashi stood there a moment till he realized that he had stopped walking.
"I wonder what it would be like to raise a family…', He thought to himself. He shrugged the thought away and headed to the Memorial Stone.
It was now pitch black outside, with only the moon providing light to those outside the city's main streets. Kakashi had entered the small clearing next to the Memorial Stone. His eyes narrowed as he sensed the presence of someone other than himself. He walked closer to the memorial, taking each step slowly. He heard someone breathing deeply, as if each breath took more and more effort. He now stood in front of the memorial itself, finding that the one breathing deeply was a woman. He could tell two things about her; one being that she was carrying some small bundle in her arms; and two being that she had received some sort of mortal wound.
"…Please..", breathed the woman slowly.
She was sitting with her back against the memorial, she tried to adjust her position, only to flinch in pain and return to her old one.
"…His name is Lloyd…Please…", she managed to say through her pain and irregular breathing.
Kakashi moved closer to her and kneeled as he realized she was trying to hand him the bundle she held. He took the bundle from her slowly. It moved slightly, startling him. He looked down at it with a defensive wonder. He was shocked, not at the fact that he held a baby in his arms, but that the baby was smiling dearly at him. He looked back at woman.
"Please… please take care of my son….Lloyd…", she managed to say. Kakashi didn't respond.
"My name is Anna… Please…Tell him I loved him very much…", she said.
Kakashi nodded his head, Anna saw this and smiled. She closed her eyes slowly and breathed no more.
"Kakashi!", hollered a male voice from the nearby tree line. The man appeared next to him as Kakashi stood up. The man, who wore an Anbu uniform, looked down at the woman.
"What happened to her?", the Anbu asked.
"…I found her like this.", replied Kakashi, "She died after giving me her baby." "Her baby…?", asked the Anbu.
The baby's coo was answer enough for the man.
"I understand… What are you going to do with him?", the man inquired.
"I don't…", Kakashi looked down at the baby he held and saw that endearing smile once again.
Kakashi smiled back with an unsure and slightly confused look.
The look softened and it was then that Kakashi knew.