The Sun Goddess Son

Chapter 18: Failed mission and Death

It was that same year when things started going south very early that summer.

Kakashi stared to notice some changes. The pup could fell it in the air and around him, especially his father. Sakumo spent more time at home not leaving the Hatake estate at all. The Sannin, Minato nor Kushina didn`t come as much as they used to, neither did Waka or Issun. The only ones whom were now mostly there were Kakashi, his parents and very rarely the Celestial Brush gods. And still both Ammy and Sakumo were growing more distant from their son. Ammy only came once a week and Sakumo was pretty much a drunken mess that didn`t even seem to care for his son anymore.

So the young pup was mostly left alone to take care of everything by himself. Kakashi woke up early in the morning to prepare breakfast for himself and Sakumo, after witch he cleaned the dishes and did other chores around the house, all the while he still trained at some point and time during the day. That was also the time when Kakashi didn`t go to the Academy.

One of the many changes that Kakashi had also noticed was how the villagers treated him and Sakumo. They thought of his father a traitor and even associated Kakashi as one too. And Ammy only came once a week.

There wasn`t any spending time as a family nor training. No those days were gone, now the two parents spent their time alone and left Kakashi to his own devices to do as the pup pleased. Sometimes the pup would sit in front of his parent`s bedroom in hopes that the adults would spend some time with him. But that never happened and Kakashi spent alone waiting amleslly for them.

Kakashi soon found out about Sakumo`s failed mission. The man made the choice of saving his comrades instead of completing it. Witch would result in many deaths, since the mission was a suicide one. And since the day they returned everyone in the village, even those whom had been on said mission started to hate his father. And ever since then Sakumo had completely depressed to even do anything. He didn`t eat, drink or take care of himself. And whenever Ammy came she either didn`t stay long or she spent more time with Sakumo and not any time with Kakashi.

Sometime before fall Ammy announced that she was gonna take Kakashi to Kamui into the Oina`s village of Wep`keer and maybe even Yoshpet to visit Ponc`tan. That was the first good news for Kakashi that year and the pup couldn`t wait for the journey to start. But before the journey could start there had to be sacrifices.

It was September some days after Kakashi`s birthday when it happened. Ammy was at the Celestial Plain that day, only Sakumo and Kakashi where at the Hatake clan compound that night when it happened.

It was a dark and rainy night. The residents were all asleep when a dark shadow slipped into the Japanese garden. Lighting flashed and the dark shadow was revealed to be a wolf as dark as the night with white tips, silver orbs and blue markings. The black wolf entered the quiet house and walked through the dark halls looking for his target. The wolf heard light snoring coming from a room, into witch he looked into. The dark being of the night walked towards the bed in witch a child with silver hair lay in. The wolf saw the tell tale red markings on the pups unmasked face. The same marking he had seen on his other half, the great Sun God Shiranui. The wolf glanced at the pup one more time before leaving.

The wolf left the pups room in order to search for his target. As the wolf traveled the halls it wasn`t long before he found what he was searching for. There in the middle of the room sat a man with the same silver hair that both father and son share. The man was in his standard jonin attire, without the flak jacket and his tanto before him. The wolf entered the room with a creak, but the man didn`t turn back to look at the dark guest that had entered his home.

˝What have you come here for?˝ Sakumo asked.

The wolf snorted. ˝You don`t need to know the reason for my being here human.˝

The White Fang wasn`t fazed. ˝You`re here to end me. Are you not?˝

The wolf`s ears twitched. ˝Your quite observant for a human. What makes you think that I am here to end you?˝

Sakumo sighted. ˝Ammy told me that you are afraid of our son.˝ There was the unspoken question of why the dark being was afraid.

So the wolf answered. ˝Your pup has high levels of chakra, higher than a jinchuriki his age shouldn`t have. Maybe as he grows older those levels will be far beyond even Kaguya`s chakra levels and she is considered to be a god. Snort. As if such being that was not born with chakra could ever surpass the power of a Celestial Brush god in the first place. Besides that the pup has the same power as his mother and grandfather do. He is the first ever naturally born god, given birth by a goddess to a human man. The Child of the Sun has the power to bring this world back to life if the world were to die. That is also the reason that this pup is a danger to me and my creations. And in order to prevent that I am to eliminate those closest to him.˝ As the wolf finished those words he picked up the tanto that lay before Sakumo, after the wolf transformed into a humanoid form. The now human had a black kimono with blue and white swirls, some parts being fur, silver armor and a white belt with a brush holster.

Sakumo sighted once again and looked through the window into the rainy night.

The dark being noticed the shinobi`s reaction. ˝If I am to take your reaction into account and how things had been going for the last few months. This will be like taking you out of your misery.˝ The wolf took the tanto from it`s sheath and traced the fingers over the blade.

˝But at the same time you will be putting my son into it.˝

˝That is… unfortunate. He will just have to get over it if you like it or not.˝ The dark being took hold of the tanto by it`s hilt and stabbed the man into his abdomen. The silver haired man gasped then he slumped onto his side and started to bleed. The humanoid being turned back into a black wolf, whom turned into a shadow like substance and flew out into the storm.

Kakashi woke up some time later, as he walked down the hall a scent entered his nose. And the pup halted, there was a coppery smell, the smell of blood and- death! It hit him hard and the pup took down the hall. Soon he came upon the room where the smell of death was originating from. The sight that greeted him made the pup freeze in shock and fear. The pup walked toward his father`s still form. ˝Dad? Daaad?˝

The pup took uncertain steps toward the older man`s still unmoving form. Kakashi got a closer look at his father`s form. He saw the tanto in his father`s abdomen and a lot of blood. Kakashi stood there staring at Sakumo`s body not completely sure for how long he stood there unmoving. After who knows how long Kakashi turned tail and ran from the Hatake compound, through the streets of Konoha toward Minato and Kushina`s apartment.

The pup whom had turned into his wolf form barked and clawed at the door. Some moments later the door was opened by the blond shinobi. The first thing that Minato saw was from head to toe drenched white and red wolf pup. ˝Kakashi?˝ The blond teen asked and the pup whined.

The blond picked the distressed pup and carried him inside. The pup stayed with the pup for the night. Kakashi told both Minato and Kushina as to what had occurred before he came. In the morning the couple reported to the Hokage of what had happened. Ammy told the Hokage, Sannin, Minato and Kushina that Sakumo was in fact killed by someone. But in order to keep Kakashi`s true nature a secret the Hokage announced that Sakumo committed suicide.

A few days after that there was a funeral. On witch only the Sannin, Minato, Kushina, the Hokage, Kakashi and Ammy in wolf form were present on the service. After that Kakashi lived with Minato and Kushina.

But Kakashi`s misery was about to get much more worse in a few months time.