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EDITED: 2/10/11

Hearing the words spoken by the Hokage, Wolf did a double take behind his mask. He was unsure if he heard the old man correctly, "Come again Hokage-sama, fatherhood?"

"Yes, Wolf. I want you to act as Naruto's father figure for the time being…teach him to protect himself, enroll him in the academy and make sure he knows who he can trust."

Wolf turned to gaze at the small boy in the bed, unsure of himself, "Hokage-sama, surely there is somebody more qualified to look after the boy?"

"Wolf, you are one of the few I would trust to look after Naruto. Many others would try to harm him, and Weasel is too young to except the responsibility. Think of this as an ongoing mission."

Wolf sighed; he could not in good conscious go against the orders given to him by the leader of the village. "I accept Hokage-sama."

The old man nodded, giving Wolf instructions to meet him in the tower in the morning, for now he wanted both Weasel and Wolf to stay and make sure no harm came to the boy lying comatose on the bed. He then made his way out of the room, heading to his office leaving the two ANBU to look after the youngster.

Wolf and Weasel stood near the window simply watching for any sign of foul play neither wanting to really talk to the other. After three hours of silence Wolf finally sighed, "Mah, I am not looking forward to being a father, how do I even explain him?"

Weasel thought for a minute, wondering if the man next to him really wanted an answer or was he merely musing out loud? Deciding it was the former he answered, "Say you adopted him or something…. Or you could just go with the simple idea and take it as the Hokage implied a protection mission. You don't actually have to be the boy's father"

Wolf sighed again, one hand resting lightly on the back of his head, "I suppose your right Weasel… there are not many who would attack the boy if he is under the care of ANBU."

It was cold and dark and fear radiated off him in waves, the water tugging at his ankles trying to sweep him off towards some unknown place. 'Where am I?

Ku ku ku… Let the water bring you to me

'Who are you?' Naruto whispered, eyes fluttering around the area, his terror growing.

Wouldn't you love to know? I am the one who will always terrify your dreams… what holds me is weakening…. I will escape from my prison.

His eyes grew to be twice their size as Naruto tried to desperately back away from the echoing voice that held so much hatred and malice. The water around his feet grew angry, pulling him with more force, lapping a little higher each time the little boy tried to back away. Mid-step Naruto lost his footing, falling forwards into the water mouth open in a soft scream. It went up his nostrils and down his throat, choking him as he desperately flailed around in the freezing cold water.

That's a good human… come to me who shall soon rule over you.

A pair of blood red fire filled eyes entered his vision, the hatred emanating from what was in the darkness almost palpable. Naruto fought the water harder, desperate to get away. He shut his eyes as a mouth containing razor sharp, bone white teeth grinned eerily at him.

Wolf and Weasel immediately noticed something was wrong, the monitor attached to the still comatose boy was beeping erratically, his heart rate was climbing to dangerous levels as he writhed on the bed. Wolf jumped into action restraining the boy's arms in a vice like grip, as Weasel bolted from the room to get somebody to control Naruto's heart rate. The skin underneath the ANBU's hands was clammy and covered with a light sheen of cold sweat, his face contorted in a grotesque expression of fear. 'What could be causing him to react like this?'

A nurse ran into the room followed by Weasel, she held a vial and syringe both filled with a clear fluid, "He needs to be sedated ANBU-san, please move."

Wolf moved, loosening his grip, but still holding the boy still. It was at that moment Naruto jerked up right, mouth open in a soundless scream as his eyes flew open filled with fear. The nurse paused as Wolf and Weasel watched to see if the boy was awake or still under the influence of what had him terrified in its grip.

Naruto's eyes quickly scanned the room, taking in the presence of the nurse and the two strange men with animal masks. He realized he was in the Konoha hospital, which meant somebody had found him tied to the tree; his mind pondered this before deciding the one who found him was most likely one of the men with masks. "H-How did I get here?" his voice was shaky and still held terror.

The nurse turned on her heel and strode out of the room muttering to herself, "Awake….is a waste of good medicine…" were the only words that reached the ears of the three in the room.

A depressed look anointed Naruto's tan features, he did not understand why the village was so against him, the words of the nurse made his chest constrict and eyes start to water. Seeing the look on the boy's face did something to the otherwise cold, emotionless ANBU, it pulled gently at the heart strings both remembering times when they themselves felt that same sense of utter despair. "Hey….kid…. Don't cry on us now...keep it together just a while longer." Wolf muttered padding closer to blonde boy.

Naruto grimaced and rolled so that the tears running down his face would go hopefully unnoticed as he buried himself into the pillow. Wolf and Weasel stood by, as the young boy fell asleep both lost in their own thoughts.

Morning came too fast in Sarutobi's opinion; he was not looking forward to dealing with the council when they learned what he had in mind. It was not something he could keep from them either, the longer they went without knowing, the worse the situation would become when he finally mustered up the guts to tell them exactly what he thought of them. It was bad enough they had found a way to put a limit on his power as Hokage. With a heavy sigh the old man made his way towards the tower intent on talking to Wolf and then diving into his daily dose of paperwork….actually, today was looking more and more like a make a kage bunshin to do the paperwork kind of day, whoever would of known that shadow clones could be so helpful.

Settling behind his desk the old man, waited calmly for Wolf to make his merry way to the office, his wait was a lot shorter than it normally would have been which probably had something to do with his "special" orders to Weasel. Sarutobi was just not in the mood to deal with Wolf's antics lately and right now Weasel was his best shot to get the other man in his office in a timely manner. So it was no surprise when after only an hour past the time he was supposed to meet Wolf that the man was carried in a deposited unceremoniously in a chair by three of Weasel's clones.

"Now that you're here Wolf, will you please remove your mask?"

The man complied revealing another mask covering the lower portion of his face and an inquisitive eye, the other eye was covered by his silver hair. "Hokage-sama, what do you need me to do?"

"I need you to take on the guise of Jounin. You will still have ANBU status and take the higher ranked missions, however you duty now is to Naruto. He is under your care and if anything where to happen to him, I can think of a few people who would hunt y-," he paused for a moment before abruptly changing the subject, "So are you prepared for all the trails of being a father, Kakashi?"

The silver haired man twitched, seriously considering if the Hokage had finally gone off the deep end. He gave a small shake of his head to rid himself of his thoughts before answering, "I guess?"

"Now run along to the hospital and get Naruto, the staff knows you are taking him. I don't want him there any longer than is needed; I know you are fully capable of finishing caring for him in his weakened state."

Kakashi gave a nod and poofed away. Sarutobi grinned to himself turning his eyes to the pictures on the wall, "Yondaime… I hope this can somehow make up for the years of mistreatment. Your student will do well raising Naruto… maybe the boy can even get Kakashi to become more human. He has never been the same since losing everyone else on his team as well as his father."

He wandered lazily into the hospital his wolf mask once again back in place, 'Well how hard can raising a child be?'

Kakashi checked the boy out of the hospital and quickly made his way to his small apartment setting the sleeping boy on his bed. The man removed his mask and tanto placing both in a drawer before grabbing a pair of lose sweatpants and a shirt from the dresser, intent on a shower.

He left the bathroom to find Naruto still sleeping, sighing the ninja walked over and lightly shook the boy's shoulder, "Mah, you should get up kiddo. We need to have a talk about this whole situation."

Up in his tower the Hokage gazed at his crystal, 'Oh Kakashi… you have no idea…. I guess today you learn Naruto parenting lesson one: never wake a sleeping blonde… it can prove to be a terrible mistake.'

A/N: Well that is Chapter Two, now back to tor- studying I go.