Present day-

"You really disliked the fourth Hokage huh?" Naru asked as Kakashi fell silent again. His eyes flickered to her face and he frowned before nodding his head. Hell yes he'd disliked the man. He'd hated him with a passion for invading their territory, space, even their home.

"He was a truely strong person. So much so that I could almost smell and taste it in the air around him. I kept thinking, 'What is this? It can't possibly be human.' And I would feel afraid. Not normal fear- but true fear. One look from the fourth could stop me in my tracks. Then there was the fact that my dad was fascinated by him. It was almost like he was under a spell or jutsu or something. He invited the fourth to stay with us for a time. So that he could find out who he was-"

"I bet that went over well."

"Like a lead balloon with a bomb attached to it. I didn't want that man within a thousand miles of us." Kakashi said. His voice shaking slightly as he laced his fingers together in his lap and clenched them until his knuckles were white.

"You said that you and your father were the closest thing to biiju that the village had ever seen before. So for the fourth to scare you so much he must have been something."

"Oh he was. He was a piece of work like you wouldn't believe. Never spoke unless he was spoken too, never did anything that might piss my father off. He was gentle- yet there was a very, very subtle undertone of power so great that it felt as if it could have ripped the world itself apart if he ever decided to use it. I think that's what scared me the most. Feeling that power humming through his veins when he touched me. It always made me feel like I was drowning in a pool of ice."

"So what happened after that?"

"Huh?" Kakashi said stupidly, unsure of what she meant. He hadn't known that telling Naru about his past would be so emotionally draining. Honestly he was having trouble thinking straight.

Naru rolled her eyes at him and said. "You mentioned that your dad let him stay with you guys. So what happened?"

"Oh, oh right. Well after inviting the guy to stay with us for a while, my dad laid down some conditions to keep the fourth out of trouble while he was with us. One of these conditions was that he stay outside at all times unless invited in. Dad told me that the fourth was an 'outside pest' and thus had to stay out of our home. I just think dad didn't want the man poking around our home. He more or less wanted him where he could see him."

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Before the White Fang's death-

It was the third night after his father had invited the stranger to stay with them, and Kakashi was having trouble sleeping.

His heart was thudding against his chest at a rapid pace, his hands were sweaty, his stomach felt like it was tied up in knots. And he could hear the screws being taken out of the kitchen door, allowing Minato enterance into their home again.

He felt the flow of the air in the house change, could smell it twisting and turning like a small hurricane but without the destructive force.

Kakashi curled up under the covers of his bed as a shiver ran down his spine and wondered how his father couldn't be aware of Minato's presence as he slowly worked his way through the house until he came to his room.

Kakashi squeezed his eyes shut and tried to lay still as the door was quietly nudged open and the blond walked in.

Minato looked at him for a moment then brushed past him and the bed and made his way over to the window across the room and used a razor sharp blade to etch something into the window sill, just behind the cover of one of the curtains then put the blade away and turned and walked over to Kakashi's dresser to check out the knick knacks on it.

Kakashi watched Minato from under his lashes and tried to resist the urge to throw a kunai at him. He'd already figured out that throwing things at the man didn't do anything but frustrate him.

Minato turned again and slowly made his way over to the bed- causing Kakashi's fear and anxiety to spike dangerously as he tried hard to stay still and pretend like he was asleep when he felt the man's hands tugging at the covers a little bit. Kakashi's eyes opened wide and he found himself looking into deep azure blue eyes as Minato silently laughed at him.

"What's wrong pup? Not going to do anything rash are you?"

Kakashi would have liked to answer him. Maybe use one of the choice words his father often spoke and tell him to go fuck himself. Was that how that word was used? He wondered for a second before focusing. There was however just one small, teeny tiny problem.

He was now so scared that he couldn't even speak.

Minato adjusted the covers so that they were up over his shoulders, around his neck and chin and smiled before saying. "Just hang in there pup. Little kids with sharp senses like yours are always scared of me. You just have to get used to my presence, then it won't be so frightening." Kakashi blinked. Unsure of what he meant and twitched as the blond ran his fingers through his hair before getting up and silently leaving the room.

He could detect the sounds of the kitchen door being put back into place and the screws returned to the hinges and bolted upright and scrambled out of his bed and ran to his dad's room and crawled in bed with him.