Birth Mark

This is a tale of action, adventure, and lets not forget romance. Basically what would happen if I entered the Naruto universe and changed things with Kakashi completely. If you must know or can't guess I'm the girl in this who's Kakashi's old childhood friend. Well Chou!.

P.S.

Please review. I know this is probably irritating, but this is my first fic ever. So please be nice. Arigato! .

Dreams

It was the middle of summer in the Konohagakure Village. The sun was hidden behind the hills making it impossible to see the morning sky. The streets were bare so only kind of people up at this hour were shinobi who spent all night studying or those who spend their days training every minute possible. Kakashi Hatake was one of these shinobi when he was younger. 5:30 was the time he was out and ready for training.

A young Kakashi walked down the streets of his village towards the forest. He admired the cold morning mist that would help keep him going when he trained. Then he felt that he had forgotten something very important.

"Kashi-kun! Wait for me!" yelled a young girl running up to Kakashi. The young girl had long brown hair that moved like ripples in a pond when the wind brushed by, She wore a blue dress that had black shorts under that. Her big eyes were of a hazel golden brown/green mixture and could always warm your soul with just a glance. She was about 4 years younger than Kakashi, and always looked happy.

"Shh. Do you want to wake up the entire village, they'll probably get you for that," Kakashi said putting his hands up trying to get her to keep her voice down. "Well if you came to pick me up this morning then I wouldn't have had to chase you down," she said jumping on him to give him a hug.

"Ok, fine I see your point, but where did you come up with that nickname?" Kakashi asked. "Oh you mean Kashi-kun! Well yesterday I was eating some candy and it was sweet like you, so I thought why not call you that," she said smiling.

"Well ok fine you can call me that, but not in front of anybody else," he said trying to avoid all possible situation of embarrassment. "Kay, whatever you say Sensei-Kashi-kun, so what will you teach me today?" she asked as Kakashi carried her on his back then walked towards to woods.

"Umm… Today you can learn how to use chakra, and we can even work on your shuriken skills, since you've mastered the kunai knife. Is that ok with you?" Kakashi said handing her 3 shuriken. "Yup! It's fine with me. But I brought my own shuriken," she said pulling them out of a pocket. "Oh that's right your parents are weapons makers. Ok then, I'll use these," and he put them away.

The found a nice clearing a good distance away from the village were they began there training. They trained hard till about 10:30. Kakashi had taught his friend about chakra and how to control its follow, and he helped her master the shuriken. She helped him in TaiJutsu and GenJutsu stamina training.

Once they were finished Kakashi walked her back towards to village. The young girl looked tired but happy as she said, "Thank you Kashi-kun for training me today. I really had lots of fun!" "That's good, oh and thanks for helping me train too," he patted her head thinking, "How come she always looks happy, and I never feel tried or sad around her?"

The girl jumped on Kakashi's back and asked, "Hey Kashi-kun are you going to do anything today?" He thought for a moment and began to say something when he was interrupted by some one behind them. "Kashi-kun, what kind of a nick name is that Kakashi?" laughed a tall shinobi.

Kakashi turned around fast with his friend still on his back. "Sensei! What are you? What are you doing here?" he stammered a little embarrassed and surprised. "Does that matter? Anyways how'd you get a nickname like candy?" he said joking with him.

"Oh I gave it to him!" the little girl said cheerfully. "Really, hmm Kakashi should you really be training her, you have the Chunin examines to prepare for? Besides shouldn't her parents enroll her in the academy," he said controlling himself from laughing. "Well Hokage-sama, my parents want to wait till I'm older, but I want to learn now and I want Kakashi to teach me," she said looking at Kakashi for support.

"Sensei, even you know her potential, her parents are just a little protective. Besides they said we could play together," Kakashi said trying to help her out. "Hmm. Well if that's true then why doesn't she come to today's lesson? The two smiled big and were quite happy.

"Thank you Hokage-sama!" said the little girl hugging him. "No problem, come on were late enough as it is," he picked her up and put her on his shoulders, then the three of them headed towards some unknown meeting place in the forest.

"Umm. Hokage-sama do you think I'll ever be as good as you?" asked the little girl. Kakashi was a little surprised to here her ask that. "Well, that depends how hard you train and eager you are to learn. Oh and you don't have to call me Hokage-sama you can just call me Yondaime, Kay! He said cheerfully.

Her face lit up when she smiled then said, "Ok Yondaime-kun, I'll train has hard as I can." "You do that," answered Yondaime. As they got closer to their destination the weather began to change suddenly.

The sky was bright and clear and then clouds moved in and covered the sun. The air grew cold and the sky looked almost as dark as night. Rain and thunder fell from the sky.

Just then the surprised three were encountered by a shinobi who requested the Hokage's presence in a fierce battle. He acknowledged him and turned towards Kakashi and the girl.

"Kakashi protect her, and then meet with me back at the village later on. But if you must help protect the village from the Kyuubi," he said this with worry in his eyes. Kakashi was surprised, "The Kyuubi, let me go with you!" "I'm sorry, it's too dangerous. Beside you have to protect her any way you can," said Yondaime.

"Alright, come on lets hurry," Kakashi gestured to the girl to follow him. "What's the Kyuubi Kashi-kun?" she asked with concern. "It's the Nine Tails Fox Demon!" he replied. "Oh, that thing," she said pointing to the hills behind them were the Kyuubi was terrorizing and slaughtering shinobi left and right.

Kakashi was stunned when he saw the Kyuubi tear thought the forest his friends. "Come on! Hurry I've got to get you to a safe place," Kakashi grabbed her hand and ran towards the village. "But what about Yondaime-kun, isn't he fighting the Kyuubi, why can't we help out?" she asked confused.

Kakashi was worried, "Listen you're not strong enough to fight that thing yet. Neither am I. But you'll be much safer in the village." She looked concerned, "What about you? You aren't going back to help them are you?" Kakashi pressed on in silence.

"Well are you!" she yelled. "Yes, and I'm going to take you back at the village!" Kakashi had almost reached the village doors when she broke away from his grip. "No! If you're going back, I am too."

Kakashi was surprised, "You're not getting it, you'll die!" "Well so could you, that's why I'm coming," she looked quite upset. "No, both of us aren't ready for him! That's why you have to stay here! Besides Sensei told me to protect you, but I can't do that right now. The village is the safest place for you!" he yelled and pushed her thought the gates.

"But?" she started then was cut off by an irritated Kakashi, "No buts! You can't come and that's that!" "But if he told you to protect me then shouldn't you do it?" she slowly said. Kakashi looked her. She looked really crushed, but she didn't cry even thinking about what could happen to him.

"Look I'm not strong enough to protect you. That's why you have to stay here," he tried to comfort her a little. "That's not the problem, it's why are you going if you're just going to die?" she softly.

Kakashi smiled, "How about this? I promise to come back." She looked up and smiled, "Really, you promise!" "I promise!" he said. She was lit with hope and said, "Ok! Don't break your promise!" she said hugging him good-bye. "Don't worry I won't!" he quickly walked her to the gates then closed them.

He put his hands on the door and tears slowly dripped down his checks. He quickly wiped them away and turned towards the woods to face the Kyuubi. Then ran straight into the forest and stopped the second he pasted the first thick brush of trees.

He was frozen with shock. The clearing in front of him was a graveyard. There were gravestones beyond gravestones of his dear friends that have died by his side in the many battles he has encountered during his life as a shinobi.

Kakashi fell to his knees and he looked like his present 26 year old self and in his uniform. He read the gravestone that was before him. It was the gravestone of his best friend Obite Hayate.

The wind was very cold and harsh, and it carried the soft voice of a little girl, "You broke your promise." He quickly turned around but couldn't make out the figure hidden in the shadows of the trees. Then the wind blew and he made out a shadow not more than three feet tall coming closer.

The little girl who he grew up with walked forward into the dim light. "You never came back," she said clutching a kunai knife in her small hand. "Why?" she asked. "I'm sorry, I had to leave you there," Kakashi slowly stood up.

"Why!" yelled the little girl hurling her kunai knife towards Kakashi. He didn't even bother to dodge it, for he knew no matter what he did he would never stop his pain. The knife flew towards him, and then it pierced his heart. "I'm sorry," he said as he fell towards the ground, his body lied there with a small puddle of blood growing.

The wind blew softly and the girl faded away in it as it went by. Kakashi sat up in his bed, remembering his past he put his hand on his head. He was still a little shaken for his night terror that was filled with jumbled up pieces of his past.

Slowly he got up from his bed, then when he realized he had a lesson to teach in another hour and plopped back down. His clock was about 3 hours off, and he knew it.

He covered his face again and said softly, "I'm sorry, Narichi."