A/N: okay quick little note. I know the age of Kakashi and Mikoto is very different in the anime. For this to work in my story I have changed their ages during the time when Obito was killed. Kakashi was 16 and Mikoto was 20.

Chapter 21

Kakashi waited until five o'clock before he summoned Pakun to go and get Tsunade for him. There was something he needed to speak to her about and he didn't want to leave Sasuke alone. With Sasuke sleeping it would give him the chance to speak to Tsunade without him hearing it or wondering what was going on. The truth is Kakashi's mind was going a mile a minute ever since Sasuke mentioned his childhood. Kakashi knew there had to be a reason for Fugaku to have neglected Sasuke growing up. Even if Sasuke was a surprise Fugaku wouldn't have ignored him just because he didn't want Sasuke. Fugaku was a hard man, but he still would have taken care of his son and he would never have let Itachi do it over him. Something must be the reasoning behind it and Kakashi was worried it was from a mistake he had made a long time ago. Twenty minutes later there was a knock at his front door. Kakashi opened it to see Tsunade standing there on the other side. He didn't let her in; instead Kakashi went out and closed the door behind him. They were standing on his front porch where Kakashi knew Sasuke wouldn't hear or see them.

"Kakashi what's going on?" Tsunade sounded concerned, but annoyed at the same time.

"Do you have a sample of Sasuke's and my blood?"

"Of course I do. I have one for every ninja just in case something happens."

"I need you to run them for comparison."

"Comparison for what?"

"For DNA"

"Why would I do that? Sasuke's an Uchiha and you're a Hatake your DNA won't show anything."

"Because Sasuke might not be a full Uchiha."

"Kakashi what are you talking about?"

Kakashi let out a sigh. This was a story he had never told anyone. He wasn't proud of what he had done and at the time he knew it was wrong, but he did it anyways.

"You know about the mission that Rin, Obito and I were on. It was our last mission."

"The one where Rin was kidnapped and Obito died saving your life. The one that gave you that eye."

"When we got back everything was crazy for a little while. I felt like I had failed and in a way I did. Everything changed that day that he died. I changed. I was sixteen and I made a mistake. I went out and went to this bar that would serve underage ninja back then. Uchiha Mikoto was there. I sat down and she came over. She had been drinking, but she wasn't drunk. We started talking and drinking. She was upset about Fugaku and the way he had been treating her. She was twenty and a mom of a five year old boy that, well it was Itachi so no more really needs to be said about that. One thing led to another and we ended up sleeping together. She was gone before I woke up the next morning. I knew I had made a mistake, a huge mistake. She was a married woman with a young son. We were both drunk it shouldn't have happened. It got busy with missions and the war that I didn't see her again for six months. When I saw her she was pregnant. I only ever saw her once and I asked her about it. She said it was none of my business. That the baby was Fugaku's. I was sixteen I didn't want to be a father so I let it go and didn't think twice about it. I saw Sasuke growing up and he looked exactly like Mikoto so I never thought twice about the possibilities."

"So why now Kakashi? What's the point in finding out now after thirteen years?"

"Earlier we were talking and he mentioned his childhood. Apparently Itachi is Sasuke's legal father. Fugaku never signed his birth certificate. He said Fugaku always ignored him and acted like he wasn't even his son. The only time I saw Sasuke was when Itachi was with him. What if Fugaku isn't his father and he knew it? Maybe there isn't a point in bring this up, but what if he is mine?"

"Well let's look at that. What if he is yours Kakashi? Then what? You just said what you did was a mistake that would make Sasuke a mistake."

"Sasuke's not a mistake. Sleeping with Mikoto was, because she was married but if Sasuke is mine he would never be a mistake. I've always felt something for Sasuke especially since we have been on a squad together. Maybe there is a reason for that. His chakra is a lot like mine maybe that's not a coincidence. Maybe he's a lot like me, because he is me. I know I'm taking a risk in finding out, but if I am his father then he doesn't have to feel alone."

"If this comes out that Sasuke is your son it won't be easy Kakashi. Sasuke will be upset and feel betrayed that you never told him. He might not want anything to do with you. It's not easy to find out that after thirteen years the man you thought was your father turned out to be someone else. Even if he didn't have a close relationship with him, Fugaku was still his father to Sasuke. It's not going to be easy to get over this combined with what he already has to deal with. This could push him over the edge."

"I know there are a lot of factors and different outcomes for this. I have to know though. I shouldn't have let this go when I was younger and if it turns out that he is mine. I'll regret letting this go if he is mine. I should have stepped up and found out from the start, but I didn't. I can't make that mistake again I need to know. I don't have to tell him if he is mine, but at least I'll know the truth."

"Alright I can run the DNA and see what it comes back as. If it does come back that Sasuke is yours then you need to think about every possible outcome before you decide on whether you'll tell him or not."

"I know. The first step is finding out and then I'll see what to do next."

"Did Sasuke say anything else?"

"We talked a little bit about what happened. He didn't really want to talk about what happened. He knows he has to talk about it, but at the same time he's sick of always talking about it. I got him to eat a sandwich at least and he was out of bed for a couple hours. He went back to sleep about an hour ago."

"That's good that he is slowly starting to talk about it and opening up to you."

Kakashi and Tsunade turned their attention to the group that was walking towards Kakashi's home. Kakashi could feel his annoyance start to increase.

"Looks like you are about to get some company. I'll get to work on that test and let you know."

"Thank you Tsunade-Sama."

"Good luck"

Tsunade went and headed back to her office so she could do some research herself about Sasuke's childhood. Kakashi got off his front porch and went to meet the group of students that were coming his way. Kakashi knew that they were going to see him and that they were here to see Sasuke. Kakashi was getting really pissed off and annoyed that they couldn't respect Sasuke's wishes. Kakashi stopped and looked at the group that contained; Naruto, Sakura, Neji, Shino and Kiba.

"You better be just passing by and not here to see Sasuke."

"We're taking a stand Kakashi-Sensei." Naruto said

"Actually Neji and I are just here to ask how Sasuke is doing." Shino said

"So what are you here for Kiba?"

"To be honest I just want to see how this turns out. I mean I get that Sasuke wants some space, but how long are we supposed to pretend like nothing happened?"

"Is it true Kakashi-Sensei was Sasuke really raped?" Sakura asked with a soft voice.

"Who the hell told you that?" Kakashi was clearly pissed off and it was a new one for the young group.

"Naruto-Kun"

"Naruto why would you tell her that? You were ordered to keep your mouth shut."

"I was upset it just came out. Besides Sakura has the right to know the truth about what happened."

"And Sasuke doesn't have the right to privacy? Did you even think about how Sasuke would feel about it?"

"I was mad it just came out Sensei."

"How many people know about this?"

Naruto and Sakura looked down at the ground. The rest of them didn't know that Sakura had even known about the rape. They knew that Kakashi would be furious if anyone else knew about Sasuke being raped.

"Who knows?" Kakashi didn't even want to have this conversation. He couldn't believe that they were so stupid to go around talking about this.

"Everyone in the group knows. It wasn't just Sakura there when I said it. What's the big deal? He can't just pretend like it didn't happen besides it's not our fault that he was raped. He can't just hide forever he needs to get over it."

"Naruto that's not something you go around telling people. It's his story you had no right to tell anyone, especially because we were ordered not to." Neji said

"We only want to help." Sakura said lightly

"You know I was actually telling him earlier that he needs to see you. That you're his teammates and that you wouldn't treat him differently. That he needs to at least see you two so you can see for yourself that he is alive. Now I understand why he doesn't want to see anyone. This is how you act? You go around with your big mouth telling people about something incredible personal and private. Stay away from Sasuke all of you unless I say otherwise."

"That's not fair! Shikamaru can come see him and he doesn't even like Sasuke, but we can't. He can't just sit around feeling sorry for himself. He needs to get the hell over it." Naruto said clearly angry.

"Naruto shut up. You don't even see where you've gone wrong." Neji said

"There's no right or wrong way to go about healing from something like this. This isn't something that a person can just get over in a week. I can only speak for myself, and I didn't know anyone else was told about this." Shino said

"Shikamaru gets to see Sasuke, because he understands how delicate this situation is. He doesn't yell at Sasuke or tell him what he needs to do. You know what they talked about the other day, absolutely nothing. Shikamaru talked about his mission that he had been on. Shikamaru gets to see Sasuke, because he doesn't treat him differently or push a subject he knows Sasuke can't talk about."

"But we can do that and we're his team." Sakura said.

"Clearly you can't. And for the record he isn't sitting around feeling sorry for himself. He can barely walk from the bedroom to the living room. His body is completely damaged and will take at least six months before he can even start to think about training. You should be out here helping him stay safe, but instead you're talking about a private subject to people. So clearly you can't be supportive of him."

"Kakashi-Sensei what can we do?" Kiba asked

"You can keep your mouth shut and your ears open. You all seem to have forgotten or not noticed the war that is going on. The war that the Sound has started. The war that its sole purpose is to kill Sasuke. I don't know about you, but I would like to keep Sasuke alive. Seeing as you two are more interested in talking then training then you won't have a problem with no training. Until I say so I won't be training either of you and you won't be going on missions. If I hear any of you or the others talking about Sasuke you will face the same fate."

"Kakashi-Sensei that's not fair!" Naruto said

"No what isn't fair is what happened to Sasuke. What isn't fair is Sasuke having to worry about not only getting better, but if he'll live to see tomorrow. What isn't fair is you running your mouth about something you have no right talking about. If you can't understand that then I will personally put your ass back into the academy until you learn what it means to be a ninja. Now all of you get out of my sight and stay away from Sasuke."

The others looked like they were going to protest, but the fact that Kakashi was mad was enough to have them leave. Kakashi had never been mad at them before and they had never seen him made before. They knew Kakashi was going to be stressed out, but they never expected him to act like this. He was so mad and they really didn't know what to do or to say to make it better. Neji was the only one that didn't walk away. Kakashi turned to walk away, but stopped when Neji called to him.

"Kakashi-Sensei"

"What?"

"I didn't know that Naruto had told people. I didn't know that Sakura now knew. I didn't even tell my family what happened during that week. I honestly just came to see how Sasuke was doing and to tell you something."

"What is it?"

"It might just be a rumor, but I heard some Jounins talking. They were on their way back from a mission when they saw four Sound ninjas sitting around talking. They're apparently called the Sound Four. They were talking about how they were going to get revenge for Orochimaru. If what they said was true then those ninjas are on their way here for Sasuke."

"Have you told anyone?"

"Not yet I was going to tell Tsunade-Sama after I saw you."

"Go tell her and then go and find Shikamaru. Once you find him both of you come back here. If they are coming for Sasuke they'll come here. Have Tsunade send Asuma and Gai here as well just in case."

"Yes sir."

Kakashi turned and went back to go inside. He didn't want to leave Sasuke alone for very long just in case he had a nightmare. He couldn't believe how stupid Naruto had been about this situation. He was standing by what he had said he would do. If Naruto didn't smarten up he would put him back into the academy to learn what it truly meant to be a ninja. Kakashi wasn't going to tolerate this from anyone especially Naruto. Sasuke had every right to feel the way that he does and if he didn't feel ready to see anyone then that was his decision to make and no one else's. Kakashi went into the bedroom and sat down on the side of the bed. He didn't want to wake Sasuke up he just wanted to look at him. Kakashi knew that the start of the war was coming and all he could do was hope that he would be ready for it.