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KAKASHI POV

Kakashi's house

Darkness, doom, despair, death. Those four words ran my life. Nothing ever went right for me and nothing ever would. Father took his life when I was young and mother died baring me into the world. I never could save them. One life it was me who had taken it. Nothing would change me. Nothing would bring me out of the dark. My sensei had tried along with his wife. My two-team members tried but now days they have all given up. Nothing can change who I am and what I have done.

" Kakashi come on open up your gift."Kushina (Sensei's wife) told me. It was Christmas Eve. Every year on Christmas Eve the gang would come together and exchange gifts. This year she had me. I felt bad for her nothing she could give me would take back the things I had done. She handed me a small box rapped in golden paper with a red bow on top. I untied the bow and removed the paper. I was just about to open the box when I heard a knock at the door. " I wonder who could it be? Not to many people are wondering about this late at night on Christmas Eve." Kushina made a confused face as I went to answer the door.

When I opened the door no one was in sight. So I closed it and started my way back to the group. " Whaaaaa! Whaaaaa!" Everyone ran in confused about what was going on. I turned to the door and went to open it again. This time I looked down and saw in a small basket a baby boy with tears freezing on his face. He had a note in the basket with him. I quickly bent down and brought the kid in. The group stared in awe at the baby. He had a tufted of raven hair and deep onyx eyes. His skin was as pale as the snow falling on the ground. He seemed more then a few months old. Just then little Naruto crawled in heading toward his father. Sensei bent down and picked Naruto up and walked over to me.

" Kakashi do you know this child?" Sensei asked. I nodded a no. He sighed. " Poor kid being dropped off in the middle of a snow storm." He put his hand on the kid's forehead and pulled away. " Rin you should look at him. Kid is running a fever." Rin ran over to me trying to get me to let go but for some reason I couldn't. Those eyes they astonished me. They looked confused and scared. Even at such a young age the child knew we were not his family and he shouldn't trust us just yet. " Kakashi." My head jolted up. " Give Rin the baby." I barley let my arms stretched out and gave Rin the small child. " Kakashi bring that note over here." I picked up the note and walked into the kitchen.

I handed it to Sensei. " What does it say?" Obito asked coming out from behind me.

"Oh my god." Kushina put her hand over her mouth.

" What?" I asked.

Sensei looked up. " He's an Uchiha." Obito's eyes popped out. " That is not all. It has his medical records, birth certificate, and it says his name is Sasuke. He is around four months old. Born July 23rd. It says here Kakashi you are now Sasuke's legal guardian."

"What." I took a seat in one of the kitchen chairs. Rin walked in with Sasuke.

" I looked out side and I found a baby bag by the side wall. Who ever left him here wanted him to be taken care of." She sighed.

" You have no idea." Kushina put her hand on her forehead as if she had a headache. Rin looked at us oddly. " They left the baby to Kakashi to take care of."

" What! Kakashi is only fourteen. He can't raise a child!"Rin yelled.

" Whaaaa! Whaaaa!" Sasuke began to cry at the noise. I walked over and took him into my arms. Almost instantly he stopped.

" What is up with you kid? Why did you just shut up?" I looked the kid up and down.

" He likes you. Remember he is an Uchiha. He knows who he can trust and not. He may be a kid but his heritage still runs through his veins." Obito walked over and looked at the kid also. " Wait a minute."

" What?" Sensei asked bouncing Naruto up and down on his leg.

" You said his name was Sasuke right?" We all nodded except for Rin. " This kid is my cousin." We all were drawn in by that. " My aunt and uncle just had a baby boy a couple of months ago. He was Itachi's new little brother."

" You mean to say that Mikoto and Fugaku Uchiha just gave up their youngest son just at random?" Kushina was shocked.

" Well what gets me is when ever I would stop by they all adored Sasuke. Even Uncle would talk about how he would some day bring honor to the village." Obito looked at Sasuke once more. " Yep that is defiantly Sasuke."

" Okay so we know who he is and who his parents are, so lets go see why they gave him to me." I held Sasuke close so he wouldn't fall. Sensei shook his head no. "What why not?!?"

" Because he legally belongs to you. And the parents made this a closed case. You aren't aloud to see them without permission, and then you must ask if you could bring Sasuke. They clearly don't want him in their lives any longer." Sensei said with regret in his voice. I could tell he was having trouble excepting this.

" So I have no say in this what so ever?"

" Well you can choose to give him up also, but you have no say in what the parents did yes." Kushina said. " Are you going to give the child up?"

"No." I answered imminently. " This child can't be given up again. It wouldn't be fair to him." All of them looked at me with sympathy.

" Kakashi take into consideration you are only fourteen. This will be a responsibility that will take over your entire life. You know that right?" Sensei asked.

" Yes I know."

" Okay. Then I guess we will all help you." I looked up in thanks. " He is now apart of the family." I turned toward Sasuke's face and saw only confusion. He was staring around. Investigating his new home. I would give him everything. He was my purpose in life. I endured all this pain for only him. I stayed alive for him and him alone. My team was great but now I had something new for me. Family. He would bring us all together. Darkness, doom, despair, and death would now become light, hope, happiness, and life now that he had entered my world. No longer would I think of father claiming his own life or I taking mothers. I would repair the damage I had done through him. He is my saving grace. Sasuke is my son. He may be an Uchiha but hence fourth he would be… I looked at the birth certificate… he would be Sasuke Akio Uchiha-Hatake.

" His full name is now Sasuke Akio Uchiha-Hatake. And I want him to know of his bloodline. If he gets sharingone Obito please work with him. You're the only Uchiha who would teach him most likely. He will probably end up being shunned by his relatives." Just then the phone rang. (In my world they have phones. It is just easier.) "Hello. Yes. Obito it is your mother." He walked over and took the phone.

Next thing we knew Obito walked in grabbing his gift. " I must go home."

" Why?" Rin asked.

" Sasuke is dead." We all looked confused. " My aunt and uncle claimed Sasuke has died and the family is in morning. My guess is it will be a closed casket funeral and sensei you will probably be informed in the morning. But for now my mother took the bait and we must visit our family and grieve with them. Kakashi?" I turned to him; " You think Sasuke can hold off on Sharingone for about a week?" We all laughed.

"Yeah I think he can resist." Rin took Sasuke's small hand and waved good-bye to Obito.

" You never opened your gift Kakashi." Kushina noticed the still unopened box. I walked over and handed Sasuke to her. I bent down and slowly opened the box. Inside contained a small dagger with the Japanese character for fire in scripted on it. " You might want to keep it away from the little one. And baby proofing the house would be a good idea also. Sasuke can most likely crawl and that can make everything in the house become a weapon. So Minato and I will come over tomorrow to help you with that chore."

" Thanks for everything. Oh! Before I forget sensei I drew you so…" I went behind the tree and pulled out a medium sized red box. " here you go." I handed it to him and he reached out and grabbed it.

In the box was something I had searched for days to find. "Inside is a hand made kunai set made with pure silver granting ten times more speed when throwing." I said as he opened the box.

" Thank you Kakashi. That will really come in handy." Sensei said showing the set to Kushina.

Rin walked over and handed me Sasuke, " I should be heading home also. Mother and Father get mad when I am late. They think I was kidnapped or with a boy that is over twenty one and raping me." Sensei chuckled.

" Hey leave her alone. If Naruto was a girl and well thirteen years older you would think the same thing." Kushina snapped.

" Kakashi you be good to that baby. He is sweet and innocent. Don't do anything stupid." I nodded. "Good."

I looked a Sasuke once more. He had fallen asleep on my shoulder and was in clothing ready for bed. At least the parents wanted him to be ready for me. " I think it is time for him to go to bed." I looked around for something he could sleep on. " One problem I don't have anything for him to sleep on." Kushina just slapped her forehead.

" Aren't you supposed to be a genius?" I nodded. " Then have him sleep one the bed with two dogs that don't move in their sleep beside him. That way it will be almost like a crib." I handed Sasuke over to her and summoned two medium sized dogs. (Don't know Kakashi's ninja dogs names!!) I told them the orders and they left to the bedroom.

" Thank you guys. It really means a lot that you support what I am doing."

" Kakashi you're giving an abandoned child a home. We can't really help but support you. Like Rin said take care of that boy. He needs to know what love feels like. And so do you." With that Sensei and Kushina left with Naruto. Kushina handed Sasuke over to me first and I headed to the bedroom.

When in the room I placed Sasuke carefully between the two dogs. "Alright you two you are to make sure this baby is unharmed. That means no moving. Squashing him is harming him. Pukkan will be staying up making sure you do nothing to the boy." I quickly summoned Pukkan and gave him the same orders. When I left the room Pukkan was perched on the chair watching the other dogs every move.

It was about three in the morning when I was awakened by cries coming from my bedroom. I ran from the couch were I had been sleeping to my room. I saw the dogs up on their feet looking at Sasuke with confused faces. One was sniffing him thinking he was poisoned. I ran over and picked the child up. This time he didn't stop. " Great." I muttered. " What's the matter kid?"

" Kakashi?" I looked over to Pukkan. " The other dogs think the little one needs to be changed." What!! Changed. " As in change his dipper." Pukkan said slowly as if I was a retarded person.

" I know what changed means. Thank you." I placed Sasuke back down on the bed. " Okay watch him and don't let him roll over. I am going to get the baby bag." I ran back into the living room grabbed the bag and ran back to the bedroom. I walked over to the bed and next to Sasuke I put down a towel, once placed on the bed I picked up Sasuke and laid him down on it. I opened up the bag and pulled out a new dipper, baby powder, baby wipes, and a small toy for Sasuke to play with. When I gave Sasuke the toy he shut up and started to play with it. Lucky for me he was easily entertained. I unbuttoned his pants and pulled them down. I saw his dipper and went to work. (Not going into details.)

I had successfully changed the young child's dipper without fainting from the horrid smell. So once again I left the room so I could throw away the little bomb outside where I would not smell it. When I entered the room I redressed the baby but he was still fidgeting. " Great now what do you want?"

" Maybe he is hungry." Pukkan suggested.

" Sense when did you become an expert on babies?" I asked.

" Well my sister had a litter of pups last month so I am more knowledgeable then you master." I glared at the dog. But he was right a litter of pups was more baby knowledge then I had.

" Fine then I will go heat up a bottle. You stay here with the kid."

" Kakashi wait. What's the kid's name anyway?"

" Sasuke." I said as I left the room. Tonight was going to be along night. That was for sure. Sasuke was going to make sure of it. And he did. I was up half the night. After changing him, I had to feed him, and after that I had to burp him, then put him back to sleep. By the time I was done it was five in the morning. Two hours spent on one screaming child. But the dogs had fun. Pukkan took a liking to Sasuke. He thought that the whole night was just so funny and adorable. I was going to get that pup if it was the last thing I did. The bright side was that Sasuke liked the dogs too. So I guess that helped. I ended up just not sleeping. I was to meet up with sensei in an hour for training anyway. I would have to bring Sasuke but I am sure sensei would bring his wife and she would watch Sasuke for me while I trained. She would probably bring Naruto and the two would play through the day. I looked at Sasuke once more. Oh how peaceful the kid looked. As if he was never abandoned to start with. Like he was mine from the beginning. A smile found it self on my face.

He was mine now.

A/N: Please tell me how you liked it! I am really hoping to make this a multi-chapter fic. But with no ones comments I might not right anymore to the story. Please review. I have other stories too. Just go to my profile and I have summaries of each story. Bye! Please review.