The Sun Goddess Son

Chapter 20: A New Friend

It had been only a few days since Ammy`s death. Kakashi had stayed in Oki hut on a pile of firs near the fire pit. The white and red wolf pup wasn`t completely alone. No there was another pup.

Her pelt was like the freshly fallen snow, her coat was a blue snowflake like pattern and her eyes were a beautiful pale sky blue. There were also small white and blue pearls in her hair with some hummingbird feathers behind her ear. The white female has according to Oki lived with him ever since her parents deaths.

The day was like any other with the snowstorm brewing outside the two pups were curled up into balls of fluff near the fire pit and Oki was on a hunting trip with other tribe members. Leaving the two pups to their own devices. The female pup had taken it upon herself to befriend the other pup that had arrived not long ago. She took a seat near Kakashi and started a one sided conversation with the other.

˝So… my name`s Yuki, you know snow. What`s yours?˝ The pup looked excitedly at the other pup, but it soon left her face when the other one didn`t answer.

˝Well I guess it`s okay if you don`t answer.˝ She was quiet for a second and she lay down on her belly her gaze resting on the flames before her. ˝I lost my parents a year ago. Dad was very sick and Mom got seriously injured and she died after that.˝ Yuki looked at Kakashi`s still curled up form. ˝I do miss them, but I still have Oki, grandma, grandpa and now-˝ Here she paused, looked at Kakashi and smiled at him. ˝…you.˝

At those words said pup`s ears twitched.

The she pup yawned. ˝I`m going to sleep.˝ Yuki was just about to lay her head on her front paws when she heard a voice.

˝Kakashi.˝

˝Hm?˝ She asked.

The other answered. ˝My name is Kakashi.˝

Yuki smiled then she moved closer to Kakashi so that the two pups lay right next to each other and fell asleep once again. And that is how Oki found the two of them, a tangled ball of limbs and fluff.

In the months that followed both Kakashi and Yuki worked hard in learning the ways of the Oina. It is tradition that an older member teaches a young pup from an early age. But in Oki`s case he taught both Kakashi and Yuki.

The two learned how to hunt in the snow, traveling in a snowstorm and fighting. The two of them were doing great in their lessons and Oki was proud to say that he was the one teaching the two pups everything that he knew.

The two youngsters were currently in the forest messing around. They had tracked down, caught and killed a rabbit not too long ago and were now using said bunny as a toy. They would toss the dead animal in the air for the other to catch. Sometimes both would hold onto it and play a game of tug-o-war.

At one point Kakashi pulled harder onto the animal causing Yuki to let go of the rabbit. The she wolf skidded into the snow, while the god stood there with his head tilted to the side the bunny dangling from his muzzle.

Yuki shook herself and looked at her friend, for whom she swore was grinning. She crouched low to the ground and jumped toward her friend targeting to sink her fangs into the still body held between another set of fangs. But it didn`t go exactly according to plan and Yuki landed into Kakashi and the two tumbled down the hill that was behind Kakashi.

The two rolled down the hill with the bunny flying into the air and landed in the snow. The two pups finally stopped bellow the hill and landed on top of each other. Kakashi landed on top of Yuki whom lay on her back, their noses touched and their eyes gazes met. Silver gold gazed at sky blue and sky blue gazed into silvery gold.

If only the two of them had known that this was love at first sight.

It is tradition in the Oina tribe that one a week or so the younger generation had a combat between each other in order to improve individual skill. In Kakashi`s and Yuki`s generation was this one pup who boasted all around as to how he was gonna one day fight and defeat a god. Of course many of the pups were exited whenever they were paired up against Kakashi, really who wouldn`t be. The pup was a Sun god so it made sense.

So on one of these days Yuki was paired up against the boasting young male. Let`s just say that the fight didn`t end in her favor. She fought bravely and even though she lost, Yuki didn`t waver in showing any emotion a loser mostly did. No she walked back to Oki`s side like a true hardened warrior that returns from a long battle, she was proud in a way, she gave it all she could.

But that didn`t sit well with the boasting pup, so he insulted the she wolf that he had defeated in their fight. ˝Oh! So you think that just because you`re training with Chibiterasu and are a member of the Uchiha clan that you are so much better than the rest of us. Well to bad missy, your not. We`re working our asses way more than you are. And one day I will be the one to defeat the Child of the Sun.˝ The pup smirked, but he soon found himself flying into the air and landing painfully on his back. As the pup looked up he came face to face with a pissed off and yet still calm Kakashi.

The white and red pup then said in a low tone to the admittedly much older, bigger and muscular pup. ˝Listen well because I`m only going to say this only once do you hear me.˝ The pup could only nod his head in fear.

˝Yuki is an amazing wolf, she works hard every day so she could one day become a warrior of the Oina Tribe and Uchiha clan. She does all of those things because she wishes to prove to everyone that she is worthy a warrior, a hunter, a tracker and a kunoichi. Training comes at a price. There are scratches and bruises littering her body, but with each day that passes there are less of those. She could be throwing a tantrum right now for not winning against you, but she doesn`t because she knows that in the real world it won`t help her one bit. Out of all one day to be warriors here I must say that Yuki is the only one who has my respect for doing her best. So don`t you ever dare try and act disrespectful towards her or you won`t get away unscathed.˝

With those words Kakashi walked back to Oki`s side to sit in silence, leaving the bully and other members in stunned silence.

There was less snow and less snow with spring just around the corner. And on hunting trips stalking prey was becoming quite a chore, when your leg sinked into the now mushy stuff that could only be called half frozen water. But despite the obstacles both Kakashi and Yuki still managed to bring decent amount of food.

On one such day both pups were returning from their hunt when Oki came toward them.

˝Hey Oki! What are you doing here? I thought that you we`re gonna wait for us back at the village!˝

Yuki want on to asking the warrior many of questions to witch Oki only shook his head and chuckled to.

˝Slow down Yuki. You two will in a few days be returning back to Konoha.˝ At those pup both pups exclaimed.

˝WHAT?!˝

˝Calm down and don`t worry about anything. You will be coming here every winter and even I`ll come and visit the two of you to Konoha whenever I can.˝

The two youngsters calmed down at those words. And only a week later they made the long journey back to Konoha, where Yuki started at the Academy, met her grandparents with whom she now lived with, Kakashi graduated and Minato became his jonin sensei.

But despite those changes both Kakashi and Yuki still hanged out together, they sometimes went to hunt in the forest surrounding Konoha and each year before snow completely cowered the lands they traveled to Kamui where they stayed each year before the snow melted and the two of them returned back to Konoha.

The two were wolves and ninja at the same time. One with the Kekkei Genkai of the Uchiha clan. The other a Celestial Brush god that was born with chakra in his blood. Life continued as such until the two reached ten years of age.