Rain…god how I loved it. The only time I don't want it to rain is when I'm in pursuit of a criminal, not to mention he was also a highly trained ninja assassin. The rain obscured my view, making the trees and grass blur and melt into one big green blob as I ran after the young man. Unfortunately for me, he also had smoke bombs which he threw behind him, completely blinding me and making me loose him.
"Damn it…" I cursed and jumped out of the trees. I looked around but saw nothing. He'd gotten away. I leaned against the tree, knowing I was going to get chewed out again for not catching him. This was the second time he'd gotten away, the first time Anko tried to get him. I sighed and closed my eyes but quickly opened them when I heard a cry. At first it sounded like an injured animal but when I listened closer it sounded like…a baby? Why would a baby be out here? I followed the sound cautiously; unsure of what it could be and fearing it was a trap. The closer I got to the pitiful sound the more I was sure of what it was.
I got to a tree where the sound seemed to be coming from, but didn't find anything. I looked up but nothing was there. I turned around to walk away but found myself looking down into a basket with something moving inside. I knelt down and looked to find a small child, not a few weeks old. Or maybe a month, I couldn't tell. I picked up the crying form and held it close. I looked around and tried to find foot prints or any evidence of the child's mother or father. I found nothing but puddles from the hard rain and fallen leaves. I looked back down at the baby and found it was a bit calmer than when I first found it. I sighed, deciding I couldn't leave it out here to freeze to death or worst, to have the fugitive find and kill the child and wrapped my coat around both of us. The child whimpered and I felt it cuddle closer. I quickly ran to the Hokage's home to ask him what I should do.
Once inside the office, I threw my soaked coat over the coat rack and walked inside.
"Kakashi, what a surprise to see you here." The Hokage said and stood up. "What do you have there?" he said looking at me with confused voice.
I quickly handed the small bundle to him, hoping he'd be able to tell me what to do. He took the child and it started crying as if wanting to be back in my arms. Strangely I wanted the child back as well.
"Kakashi, where did you find her?" He asked, trying to hush it. Girl, it was a girl…
"I found her in the forest sir. There wasn't any sign of her parents and I couldn't leave her out in this rain. I didn't know what else…" The Sandaime held his hand up to silence me.
"It's alright; I would have done the same. You did the right thing Kakashi." He said handing her back to me since he couldn't seem to calm her. As soon as she was back in mine she quieted down and just looked up at me with her big purple-y eyes. Why was I feeling so attached to her? I couldn't take her in even if I wanted to. I'd never be home.
"Kakashi, could you take care of her tonight? We don't have anyone else available for her care." I was shocked by the offer.
"Of course." Why did I say that? If I got too attached…I didn't know what I would do.
Once home I set the bag of supplies the Hokage gave me for her on the table. I dug through it and found a bottle and the baby formula and made her a bottle. She'd gotten fussy on the way home and I thought maybe she was hungry. I sat down and started feeding her. She ate like she hadn't eaten in days. I rocked her slowly and watched the bottle empty with in minutes.
"Goodness, you're hungry." I chuckled and started patting her back to burp her. "You eat like one of my ninken...Bull." She just looked at me and made a small burping noise.
"You know, I can't just call you kid all night. What should I call you?" Again she just stared. "How about…Aurora?" I smiled at her from behind my mask. At this she closed her eyes and drifted to sleep. I got up and walked up stairs to lay her down. Problem was, where could I lay her? Only bed in the house was mine and I was afraid if I put her there I'd squish her. Without even realizing what I was doing, I had made a pillow barrier in the middle of my bed and laid Aurora down on it.
"Well, that was easy." I said yawning. I lay down on the other side of the barrier and watched her sleep. Before I knew it I was a sleep as well.
I woke up to a weird noise. I looked around and saw Aurora fussing and almost in tears. I looked at the clock on the wall and saw we'd been a sleep for only an hour.
"Mmm…what's wrong?" I asked as the smell hit me. "Ugh! Really?" I was not looking forward to this part. I picked her up and walked back down stairs. Why didn't I take the damn bag with me? I thought. I grabbed a diaper and the wipes and started undressing her. The smell alone could have made any ninja run. And with my sensitive nose it was killing me! Gagging on the smell, I quickly changed her and washed up. Thinking back on it, I should give her a bath as well. Picking up the stink ball, and the bag, and headed back up stairs to wash her up. I kind of needed to wash up too now that I thought of it.
"Well, should we take a bath?" I asked Aurora. Why was I talking to a baby? She couldn't answer me. I started the bath,made sure the water wasn't to hot and got us both undressed before getting in. I sighed and lay back, trying to relax. "Oh Aurora, what am I going to do? I can't keep you." I thought out loud and washed her with a washcloth. "I want to. I'm not sure why but I feel a connection to you. Hell, I already named you." I felt myself getting too emotional and stopped before I went too far.
Once we where both cleaned we went back to my room and changed clothes. I laid her back down and she immediately went back to sleep. I laid down on the other side, my mind racing on what I wanted to do. I wanted to keep her, for reasons I couldn't explain, but I knew it wasn't possible. I covered my face in frustration and held back a groan, not wanting to wake Aurora. She stirred and made a cute little noise.
"That's it, I'm keeping you." I thought and smiled as I looked at her. "You're too cute…"
Thank you to Musical Cake for telling me of the errors! I meant to go back and fix this one but must have forgot ^^"