Prologue
It was a typical home, complete with an average family consisting of a child, a dog, and even the white picket fence. Yes, it was almost embarrassingly clichéd at the whole setup was.
The couple's child Kakashi was tucked in for the night, the mother and father sitting side by side on the child's bed. The mother was reading her child his favorite book, Loneliness's Child.
It continued to bemuse the two parents exactly why this particular book so enthused their child. It was a story of a boy who had been alone from the day he'd been born, no parents, simply alone. In their pity the gods had bestowed great powers upon the child.
Instead of helping the child, however, these powers made him even more of an outcast, everyone viewing him as a monster instead. Truly it seemed as though the boy was doomed to be forever cursed with loneliness.
Years later, the child finally made a friend, someone it seemed he could trust, it looked as though his loneliness would finally cease.
However, it was revealed later in the book that his 'friend' was in no way as such. He had befriended the child on a dare, a cruel and childish prank. The dare? To befriend the local monster, as the locals seem to view this special child.
When the child of loneliness found out about this betrayal he made a vow that he would rather be lonely forevermore, than trust anyone ever again, thus the story ended.
The parents' confusion was understandable of their son's fixation was comprehendible, but they chalked it up to the story's life lesson of being careful not to trust everyone you meet. (Both parents were in business so their caution was easily discerned).
As the years went by and their child grew from child to adolescent and from adolescent to man, they figured he would lose his love of the childish fable.
No such luck, Kakashi continued to hold on to that old book, as though he were saving it for something.
When their son announced that he too, would be going into business both father and mother cried.
"We're so proud of you son!" His mother exclaimed.
"Yes." His father agreed, and then noticed the book in his son's hand. His eyes narrowed in contemplation. "Kakashi why do you always carry that book around, you do know it is a child's tale, right?"
Kakashi just grinned.
"Of course I know it's for children, dad." Was all he said, but he made no move toward throwing the book out, or putting it away.
His dad just looked pointedly at his wife and shrugged.
So Kakashi descended into the world of business, taking it by storm as his mother and father had done before him.
Yet still he kept that book close to his side, for he had a reason behind everything he did.
Kakashi had determined the first time he heard that story that he would be the one to save that child. To save him from the loneliness that he seemed to be cursed with the day he'd entered the world
He didn't know what had put this idea into his head or what made him think that this child even existed. He just knew.
The first thing he had to was to raise enough money to search and locate the child. And once he had accomplished his goal, Kakashi grinned, now I'll make sure that he is never lonely again.