Sorry about this late update… I've been having some problems with my computer…

Kakashi stood in his apartment looking trough the window, looking over the sleeping village. He sighed a happy, content sigh and turned to look at his wife and daughter.

Naoko and Chiyou were fast asleep in the bed on the opposite wall. Kakashi had been awake and watched them sleep almost the entire night. In few hours the sun would be up.

For the first time in years he was reminded of the happiness of having family.

A smile crept on Kakashi's now unmasked face as he watched Naoko shift in her sleep and a small smile graced her lips.

Kakashi walked to the bed and took Chioy into his arms and walked back to the window.

' This is your home now, little angel.' Kakashi thought as he looked down at his daughter's sleeping face.

' Now it feels like home for me too…'

A shadow passed the window and Kakashi placed his mask back on before the shadow landed on his balcony. Kakashi glanced at the waiting Anbu and laid Chioy back beside Naoko.

Kakashi opened the door and closed it silently behind him.

" Hatake-san. Hokage-sama has requested your presence at the Tower." The Anbu said quietly.

" This time of the night?" Kakashi wondered.

" She said it was urgent and concerned Naoko-san."

Kakashi sighed and opened the door to get inside.

" Tell her I'll be there in few minutes." Kakashi said and the Anbu nodded and disappeared.

Kakashi moved silently to the bed and placed a kiss on Naoko's cheek, took his jounin vest from a chair nearby and closed the door behind him.

' Why would she want to see me this late? Or should I say early?' Kakashi wondered as he looked at the fading stars on his way to the Tower.

" Sorry to drag you all the way here at this time of the night, but this is urgent." Tsunade said as Kakashi closed the door and stepped into her office.

" So I was informed." A hint of irritation coloured Kakashi's silent voice.

" I found an envelope from Sandaime's papers. It was sealed with a jutsu so powerful that only a Kage could open it. There was a small note that said that the envelope's information was for my eyes only. It had a letter from Naoko and Yondaime's father to Sandaime. The letter had been opened and sealed again. What I'm about to tell you does not leave these walls." Tsunade said and her voice and appearance were serious.

Kakashi was stunned from what he had already heard. What could be this important?

" Does Naoko know about that letter?" Kakashi asked as he sat down to a chair.

" No, she doesn't even know that…" Tsunade silenced for a while. " She doesn't what has been done to her. The only one who knew was her father and Sandaime. Now it's just you and I who know."

" Please, Tsunade-sama. What can be this secretive?" Kakashi asked and he was afraid that the things he was about to hear might be too much for him. He had never seen Tsunade this serious.

" For this letter Naoko was forced to leave village, for reasons she still doesn't know. This caused her the troubles that were and apparently are still following her. For her own safety she left the village on Sandaime's request after the Fourth's death. The reason why I'm telling you this, is because I'm worried about her and your family. This could get ugly if I'm the only one who knows. You're much closer to Naoko and able to protect her much better than me." Tsunade said, rose from her chair and took a sake bottle from a cupboard and gave Kakashi a glass. Kakashi eyed it warily.

" Believe you're going to need it." Tsunade muttered.

" Could we proceed?" Kakashi said asked not really sure if he wanted to know.

" First of all, I need you to read this. Then we can proceed in the matter." Tsunade said and gave the letter to Kakashi and slowly began to drink her sake silently watching the Copy ninja.

Kakashi looked up from the letter with paled face and his eyes wide and shocked. The letter fell from his shaking hands and he buried his head in his hands.

" This cannot be true…" Kakashi muttered and Tsunade eyed him with sympathy and sadness and turned to look at the rising sun… A whole new chapter had begun to Konoha's Copy ninja and his newly founded family... How dramatically things were going to change, Tsunade didn't even want to think about that.

' This is too much for me to handle…' Kakashi thought and a sudden wave of panic and the possibility of failing washed over him.

A/N: This was a short one... More will come once I have more time and some idea about what is going to happen...