ok, so this is my first story here on ffnet. it is not edited so there might be a lot of mistakes. i hope it turns out alright.

DISCLAIMER: i do not own Naruto and i never will. as sad as that is to say it is true and always will be true

SUMMARY: Naruto is found beaten up and unconscious in the woods by Kakashi. When he wakes up, it seems like Naruto has a case of amnesia and no one knows how long it will last so the hokage orders Kakashi to look over the boy

PROLOGUE

There was a sense of calm in running through the trees, even if it was late in the night. The wind in your hair and the green trees everywhere. Kakashi was glad that his mission was over, now he could move through the trees at any pace he so desired, there was no longer that sense of urgency hanging over his shoulders telling him he needed to get something done.

That sense of calm quickly disappeared though with the scream that came from not too far off in the distance. Kakashi's senses were now on high alert as he sped off toward the direction he heard the scream coming from.

When he arrived at the area where the scream came from, all he saw was the body of boy lying unconscious on the forest floor.

Kakashi approached the boy to see if he was okay or not. What he saw shocked him, it was a young boy who looked to be around the age of 10. He was beaten up badly and was covered in blood.

"Well, looks like I'll have to take you back to the village to get you injuries looked at," Kakashi said to himself as he picked the boy up and ran towards Konoha.

xXx

As soon as Kakashi entered the village, he wasted no time at the gate check and headed straight to the Hokage's office with the boy.

Reaching the doors to the Hokage's office, Kakashi didn't bother with formalities and just barged into the office.

Startled at the sudden interruption, the 3rd Hokage and Iruka turned towards the door to see Kakashi with a boy in his arms.

"Kakashi, what happened to the boy?" Sandaime asked with a worried look on his face.

"I found this boy in the forest as I was coming back from my mission. I heard a loud scream and ran in the direction it came from and found him lying on the floor looking like this."

"I see," the Hokage said as he stood up from his desk and walked over to Kakashi. Shock was written all over the Hokage's face as he got closer to the boy. "This is Naruto! I wonder who could have been heartless enough to attack him?"

Just then, Naruto stirred in Kakashi's arms. Slowly opening his eyes, he cringed in pain due to the state his body was in. "What happened? Where am I?" Looking around he noticed three men in the room with him. "Who are you? Ji-san, who are these people? " Naruto asked with confusion written all over his face.

Iruka looked at the boy worriedly. "Naruto, do you remember anything? Do you remember who I am?" Iruka asked.

"No, I don't know you! Ji-san, who are these people?"

"Oh boy, this can't be good," Iruka said shaking his head slowly. "What should we do Hokage-sama?"

"Well it seems he has no memories from his time in the academy if he can't remember who Iruka is, so that must mean he has no memories from after the age of 5. If that is so, that means that Naruto has the mentality of a 5 year old," Sandaime said with a worried look on his face. "Kakashi."

"Hai."

"I am making it your mission to take care of Naruto until he regains his memory. Try to lead as normal a life as possible while taking care of him. No one is allowed to find out about his memory loss or who knows what would happen to him. Is that understood?"

"Hai. I will do my best."

"But Hokage-sama…," Iruka started.

"Iruka, listen to me. I know you care for the boy, but you already have you time taken up teaching in the academy. Leave Naruto with Kakashi, he will be in good hands. You can help out with this situation by trying to keep Naruto's condition a secret during his time in the academy until his memory comes back. Now," looking at Kakashi, "since no one can find out about this, I'll need you to take care of treating his wounds for me. Naruto, listen to me. You are going to go with this man. He is going to take care of you until you get your memory back. Is that understood?"

Naruto nodded even though he had no clue as to what was going on.

"Okay, now that that's settled, you can leave Kakashi."

"Hai." Still with the boy in his arms, Kakashi disappeared in a cloud of smoke.

xXx

"Alright Naruto, lets get you cleaned up." Kakashi said when they reached his apartment. Sitting Naruto down in a chair, he went to get his first aid kit from the closet. Kakashi began to clean and bandage Naruto's wounds only to be surprised at the fact that most of the wounds on the boy's body were already mostly healed.

"Is there something wrong? You keep looking at me with a funny face." Naruto asked worried something was wrong with him.

"No, nothings wrong. I was just amazed at how quickly you heal." Kakashi said as he finished wrapping the bandages. "Since it's already so late why don't we go to bed." Kakashi said walking over towards his bedroom. As Kakashi entered his room and prepared himself to go to bed, he saw Naruto standing awkwardly in the doorway. Kakashi sighed to himself, "You can sleep with me, my bed is big enough anyways."

A giant smile plastered itself on Naruto's face when he heard that and immediately ran forward and jump in bed.

Kakashi smiled at the boy's antics and climbed into bed also.

"Goodnight Naruto," Kakashi whispered to the already knocked out boy.

TBC

ok, tell me what you think. reviews would be greatly appreciated to this newbie writer!