Here is my new chapter. Hope you enjoy.
I do not own Naruto.
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For Kakashi, life as a parent seemed almost a nightmare during the first year as a child needs care 24/7, yet he had made a promise and would not go back in his words. However as years went by he grew to love Naruto and it wasn't like he was alone taking care of the child. When he was out on missions, the young girl he met in the hospital, Anko Mitarashi was more than glad to take care of the young child, though when she achieved the rank of jounin she also had troubles with the time. Kakashi had also grown fond of the young Kunoichi and developed a sibling relation with her, he had even tried to remove Orochimaru's cursed seal with disastrous results, Anko ended in the hospital a month. But of course as years went by Naruto's life became more and more complicated. The village didn't seem to have forgotten or forgiven the Kyuubi, which from a logical point of view was normal, but by extension they seemed to hate young Naruto.
The first signs of this began when Kakashi and Anko took the little Naruto to the park when he was just three. It was a nice day and Naruto had tried to convince his father and "elder sister" to go to the park by repeating the word shouting.
"Park! Park! Park!" he repeated when all three of them were eating on Anko's home. Like Kakashi, the young kunoichi lived alone, since she was twelve as her family had turned their backs on her when she fell victim to Orochimaru, now she was seventeen and a rather beautiful woman in Kakashi's opinion. Of course the 21 year old parent was the first to fall to the charms of his son, when Anko glared at him he defended himself by saying that Naruto wouldn't let him sleep that night if he didn't take him to the park and adding that Asuma and Guy could corroborate his story. Anko finally gave in and after a Ramen based lunch, Naruto wouldn't eat anything else, to the park they went.
When all the families on the park saw them, they picked up their little ones and left without acknowledging them. Of course, Kakashi didn't care, and Anko in the past had been left alone due to her relation with Orochimaru so she was used to it, but little Naruto who had suddenly been left alone began to cry. It didn't last though. Anko knelt before the little child and smiled at him.
"Come on Naruto they have left the whole park to ourselves. Let's play!" She said. Naruto swept the tears from his face and did as told sat in a bench watching the two of them play throughout all the afternoon.
Kakashi sighed in relief because in his mind he had been trying to figure out ways of telling Naruto why the rest of the families in Konoha avoided him, without hurting his feelings and without telling him of the Kyuubi as the Lord Hokage had forbidden any kind of mention of it to the child. Now it seemed it would unnecessary for now.
"It will always be like this" said a voice behind Kakashi. He didn't take his eyes off Naruto and Anko but he didn't need to, he was hiding his Chakra well but, so well that Anko hadn't noticed yet, but that raspy cold voice was unmistakable.
"How can I help you in this fine day Lord Danzo?" Kakashi replied with fake politeness.
"I want you to give back what you stole from me three years ago, I want my weapon back" Danzo said with contained anger.
"I do not recall taking any weapon of yours with me three years ago. I think you are mistaken. Yet again perhaps you should ask the Uchiha clan, you seem to have taken an special interest on them this past years." He replied not letting his voice waver.
"You seem so full of yourself Hatake, yet I wonder if you can protect the child from me like you seem so sure of" Danzo said. Kakashi smiled.
"While I do not forget who I am talking to, you shouldn't either. I am after all a commander of the ANBU forces of the village. If you come near my son I swear you will pay." Kakashi replied angrily. Danzo had disappeared though Kakashi was sure he had heard his threat. Besides Naruto had Anko as well and the girl was also a prodigy within the ranks of the ANBU, there was no way the old scoundrel could come near the child without Kakashi's knowledge. Meanwhile Anko and Naruto continued to play without a care in the war, for now Naruto could enjoy childhood in blissful ignorance of the heavy burden he carried and Kakashi made a vow to make sure that would carry on for a long time.
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Sarutobi knew that Danzo had bothered Kakashi again. It wasn't good. Root and the ANBU were both crucial to maintain Konoha safe from outside attacks. However Danzo had always been ambitious and Sarutobi knew he had to calm him somehow. He could not give him Naruto, if given too much power Danzo would use the Kyuubi to wage war against other villages. He could let him investigate the Uchiha clan, after all he didn't think he would find anything on the clan, he really hoped so.
Sarutobi sighed smiling sadly. It was during this times he missed his wife the most. She could always give good advice even when everything seemed hopeless. He also missed the fourth hokage, he was a young but promising leader with life full of greatness ahead, cruelly interrupted by the kyuubi when he went rampant. He suspected there was someone behind it but Root had not found anything leading to who they were. He was disappointed. One of his personal ANBU guards appeared before him.
"The lord of the Land of Wind is here, Lord Hokage." The man said. Sarutobi sighed and lit his pipe.
"Make him enter. I trust my sons have brought him here unharmed?" He replied.
"About that…" The ANBU explained with a sad voice. "Your eldest son has not made it back, my Lord, he was killed in an ambush by the Sand's shinobi. However Asuma has come home unharmed, he is in the hospital."
The Hokage's expression hardened, his eldest son was dead, his wife died a few days ago during the birth of his first grandson, Konohamaru, who just lost both his parents and would never get to meet them. While he wanted to scream and cry in agony, he was the Hokage and as such he could not leave the village's government issues unattended.
"Find the Lord of the Wind country a good place to stay for the night, I'll meet him tomorrow, first hour in the morning." He said dismissing the ANBU who disappeared as quickly as he appeared before him. "Gai" He said, as another ANBU masked with a turtle's mask appear before him, "Takeshi", an ANBU with a hawk's mask appeared before him an knelt with a fist on the ground not looking at him.
"I want you to find Danzo and tell him to come to my office, Gai, you Takeshi bring Kakashi before me, I wish to speak with him as well."
Both ANBU nodded and disappeared to do their respective tasks.
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Kakashi waited outside the Hokage's office. From what Takeshi had told him the Hokage had also sent someone to get Danzo. He also knew this was a hard day for the Hokage and would have preferred to discuss his problems with Root any other day. He had left Naruto in Anko's house with the promise to pick him up tomorrow as he feared the reunion could drag on well into the night. He heard screaming inside the office.
"You are a fool Sarutobi! The kyuubi is a weapon not a pet!" Danzo shouted.
"Know your position" the Hokage replied in a cold yet more commanding and frightening voice. "I am the Hokage of this village and my orders to you and your organization are law. If I hear you have gone near that family again, I will not be as tolerant. Besides, I have given you what you have wanted now, permission to spy on the Uchiha even though I think those talks of rebellion are just your imagination."
"Yes, Lord Hokage, I shall do my best to obey you" the office's door opened and Danzo got out glaring at Kakashi before leaving. The voice of the Hokage sounded from his office.
"Kakashi, come in" he said. Kakashi obeyed. The Hokage seemed tired and the sadness of losing a son was clearly visible on his features yet he smiled at him.
"I see you have grown really fond of little Naruto, huh?" the Hokage asked. Kakashi nodded with a smile.
"I told you I would love him as my own" Kakashi replied smiling under his mask.
"Good. He will need it. Most of the villagers view him as the Kyuubi not realizing he is just another victim." The Hokage explained. "As you may have realized in the park. Did you not?"
Kakashi nodded, it wasn't a wonder that the third Hokage knew about the park. He however was confused.
"Excuse me, Lord Hokage. Have you brought me here to talk about my son?" Kakashi asked.
"Of course." Said Sarutobi kindly. "That child is extremely important to this village. I thank the gods know that I left him in your care. That child must know a normal childhood. If he grows up only feeling hated, he could lose control and destroy us."
"I think you are wrong" Kakashi replied. "You see, I think Naruto is not able to hate anyone. He is too stubborn. He would try to prove them wrong and show them his true value." The Hokage looked at him surprised. "That is my opinion."
The Hokage smiled. "You think he can be greater than his father?"
"I don't think he can" he replied surprising the Hokage. "I know he will."
