I don't own Naruto, if i did Kakashi would would have had a more active roll in Naruto's childhood.


Rule 25: A shinobi must never show emotion

It had been a long day for Hatake Kakashi and he simply wished to go home—maybe study some more ninjutsu—but instead he was being forced by his overly-enthusiastic teacher to eat with him and his "teammates". Kakashi felt like scoffing at the title, they might be on the same team but they were naïve, weak, and useless on missions.

Some part of his mind did kinda acknowledge that Rin had potential but Obito... was a stupid, useless, immature, irresponsible, too happy, dead last. As for their teacher...

… Minato was a great Ninja, but really, he acted as childish as Obito sometimes!

This was one of those times.

Kakashi felt a tick start to form in his eye as he tried not to look like he was at all associated with the loudness beside him. Sure, it might have been a C rank mission but they were in a time of war, C rank was usual, so why get so happy about a mission complete? They only took a day trip out of the village (in a relatively safe area too) to escort a paranoid official home. What was the big deal?

Obito suddenly swung around and caught Kakashi around the neck and dragged him a few feet forward before Kakashi realised what was going on. With clear killing intent Kakashi flipped Obito a few yards into the gutter with a little more force than was strictly necessary. The look on Kakashi's face as he had been caught had been priceless, but Obito's face now nearly had Rin rolling on the ground gasping for breath.

Rule 25 was the only thing keeping Obito alive, after all, killing the idiot would show how annoyed Kakashi was.

As they arrived at the ramen stand Kakashi tried to take the farthest seat possible from the idiot, but Minato took it and started to order as he smirked smugly. Kakashi stared daggers at him as he sat down. Rin,deciding Obito's life was in danger, sat between the two boys. Calmly eating his miso Kakashi tried to tune out the "...and then I was like...", "...then that Teme...", "...and Sensei was like...", and "...and I can't believe..." 's that were far to loud.

"loosen up Kakashi"

Kakashi glared at the speaker as Minato calmly sipped his ramen (hiding yet another smirk as the teen didn't need to know he was being laughed at for acting like a pouty kid). Kakashi huffed, finished his ramen, and got up to leave catching the attention of his teammates.

"Hey, Teme. where are you goin'?" asked Obito. Kakashi ignored him and walked out into the fresh air. He didn't make it a block before his teammates ambushed him again. "Sheesh, Teme, leaving like that! At least warn us next time!" Obito practically yelled throwing his hands behind his head and turning his face away in disgust. Rin was calmer as she explained "We were hoping we could hang out a bit longer. I mean... seeing that we are teammates now and we haven't really hung out all that much outside of missions and training, we should get to know one another. Right? There are a few hours until sunset so would you like to...".

Kakashi kept walking. Yeah, it was cold but he didn't have time for such nonsense. Plus, he was afraid the idiot would rub off on him. "Come on Kakashi, please?" Rin was begging now, dang, that meant Obito would-"Man! Get that stick out of your ass and act human for a while Teme! Sheesh! you think— what is that sound?"

The flailing stopped as all three kids paused, listening. Kakashi started walking towards the sound with a kunai at the ready. Obito and Rin both stood in a defensive position behind Kakashi all thoughts of a fun evening out long gone. The sound came from far within an alley which was far too dark to be safe.

"What do you think it is?" Obito whispered straining his eyes (and perhaps wishing for the legacy of his family, the Sharinghan). Kakashi started to walk forward into the darkness. Rin gasped as the shadows began to mask him from her sight "I think we should tell someone. Like Sensei!Let's—"

"I'm already here." Rin and Obito both jumped as Minato walked past them after Kakashi. Farther in the alley, Kakashi stopped at the sight of an unknown nin crouched over. The unknown was moving frantically making him look more suspicious. Minato caught up with him and studied the nin before throwing a kunai aimed at the knee hoping to incapacitate.

It was expected for any nin to try to dodge: that was why it was weird when the nin didn't move and took the hit strait on—he wouldn't be walking out of there. Instead, he worked faster and more frantically. Just as Minato was about to charge the nin said nin slammed his hands against the ground revealing a large seal. Minato pulled Kakashi back away from the edges of the seal as it grew and spread like it was writing itself. The unknown nin stood in the center of the seal focusing intensely. The lines in the seal seemed to ooze chakra and as it grew brighter the amount of chakra being released grew.

It was hard for Kakashi to stand as close as he was as the seal grew ever brighter. He couldn't look or he would be blinded and the chakra was so hot it was sure to burn—it probably already had. He could feel the maliciousness and hatred in that chakra as it sucked his breath away and burned his skin. Suddenly, he felt his arm being yanked back with great force, pulling him away from the numbing raw power.

Minato let him go after pulling him back a safe distance then ran back to try and stop the attack for what else could it be? Kakashi stared wide eyed at the bright red mass of power that surrounded the barely visible unknown nin before he jumped to his feet and tried to find a way to help stop it.

Kakashi noticed other ninja arriving around the glowing seal ready to defend the Hidden Leaf as well as they could, but all seemed at a loss as how to face it. Soon several Huuga had their special eyes focused and were able to explain what was going on.

"It is nothing but chakra moving around like wind captured in a sphere, moving at a speed that would likely shred anything inside"

Kakashi stared as hard as he could into the sphere of power and noticed the unknown nin was moving oddly like as if he was being pushed around or being burned alive. The nin seemed to stumble as close to the edge of the seal as he could before he fell limp halfway. As soon as the nin was on the ground streaks of golden light began to break through the evil red until the red dissipated into calmness. Once the red was gone the chakra lost its maliciousness and seemed like... like... Minato.

Kakashi could only think to associate that kind of aura with the one around his teacher—calm but ready for a fight. Calculating.

A Huuga continued to describe what she saw, "The chakra in the middle has dissipated and its seems as if there if something other inside. It looks like a human."

Kakashi heard Minato ask if it was the original unknown nin he must not have seen the guy trying to get out he thought.

The chakra continued to dissipate from red into gold until it seemed as if a large animal stood next to a small figure. Guarding it. Kakashi stood with a kunai at the ready facing the animal as it turned and looked him in the eye. It was a fox.


Please review.

This is an idea i came up with because i didn't think there were enough family stories without a ton of romance for kakashi. So, if there are pairings, they will be subtle (mostly like MinatoXKushina).