This or anything concerning Naruto, is not my personal property, if it was id be swimming in my pool of gold coins right about now….
Chapter 1: Who is Hakada?
Kakashi, Naruto, Sakura and Sasuke, were finally set out on another mission, yet this time it was not as satisfactory as Naruto thought it would be as he thought that he was unofficially already a chuunin. In this one they would have to collect flowers for a restaurant as Valentines Day was coming up. As usual Sakura was all over Sasuke asking him what his favorite flower was…
"I love tulips, Sakura gather me some, because one day you will be my wife!" Naruto said with as much gusto as possible. SMACK! Once again Sakura lands him a great punch in the face.
"Why are women so difficult?!" Says a teary Naruto.
"Women are trouble Naruto." Commented Kakashi.
"Why do you say that? The closest you've gotten to a woman, is through those dirty books!" Naruto shot back.
"That's not true". Replied a solemn Kakashi.
Naruto with a sparkle in his eyes said, "then tell me all about it please, I need all the help
that I can get, have you ever been in love?"
"Only once", Kakashi began, "and it's enough to last me a lifetime!"
"Why? How can you say that?" Roared Sakura. It seemed that Sasuke and Sakura's attention had been diverted from the flower picking and in to the glum face of Kakashi. "I can't imagine living a life without love, id rather be dead."
"Even if you were left with a broken heart?"
"Kakashi, to know that I have lived a life with only one person loving me for who I am, id be the happiest in the world, its better to have one complete lover for at least a brief period of time rather than having none, ever" replied Naruto, winking at Sakura.
"Well, after what I've experienced, I completely disagree, and I'm sure if you guys went
through what I went through you'd never want to fall in love ever."
"Kakashi, what did this girl do to you…" said a very concerned Sasuke...
"I don't think I want to discuss it…"
"KAKASHI!!!" They all screamed, and with his head down, Kakashi started his story...
"I was very young, I had just been promoted to a Jounin, and that's when I met her, that's when I met Hakada…
It was right after the fourth Hokage's funeral, and that's when I found out a huge secret kept from all, he had a daughter, even though he had adopted her, he still called her his child. She was very special, even though she was only 8. Her skills surpassed even myself, she had amazing power, which I wasn't surprised the Hokage kept her secret.
It started when the Third called me in for a private meeting, I though that he was going to assign me to an A class mission, instead he told me a story about a very blessed yet unlucky girl. She was eight yet already orphaned twice in her life, she had enough natural talents to even rival the power of a Hokage, and was already a Jounin."
"WHAAAAT!?" Exclaimed Naruto, "she was a chuunin at eight???!! Impossible!"
"No Naruto", replied Kakashi, "it is not impossible, I was chuunin at 6, and she was a chuunin at 4!"
"WHAAAAAAAAAAAT?!" Now all acted on their wonderment. "How? I read that the youngest recorded ninja to pass the chuunin exam was you!?" Sakura pointed out.
"Yes, Sakura that's right, but you should know, that all records mostly ones taken of ninjas tend to sometimes be inaccurate. You see, Hakada had transformed and kept transformed through out the whole exam, so all thought she was the normal age to enter. They all thought she was 12. There were rumors going around at the time that a being like Hakada existed. The Fourth was very protective over her and knew that if people knew she really existed they would try to taint her, kidnap her, or do horrible things to her in order to find out her secrets, most thought that she would be a great trump card to Konoha and would want to use her as just that. But the Fourth simply saw her as his child, be she blood or not, and did not want to use her as a trump card.
She had lived a life hidden away from the village, therefore the only people she ever spent time with was her family, the fourth, and the third, which she used to call her grandfather.
So, after the death of her father she was heartbroken, and kept to herself on top of the mountain, and would barely ever come home. My assignment was to be a friend to her, to comfort her and to convince her that life was worth living. To me, I felt that my talents were being wasted I wanted to be out fighting for Konoha, being told to baby-sit an 8 year old, was more like a chore to me, one I really didn't want to do.
It was a challenge climbing to the top of the mountain, already I felt cheated in life that I had to work so hard to be what I am, to achieve what I achieved and she got it all straight after birth! When I finally got to the top of the mountain I first caught glimpse of her…
She was floating, really floating, using Chakra around two feet from the ground with her chakra flowing, her eyes closed, but with tears slowly making their way down her face…
All jealous thoughts were wiped from my mind, I was mesmerized by this heartbreakingly beautiful site.
I moved forward, closer to this captivating beauty, and her eyes slowly, sadly opened and looked at me. It was clear she had been crying for a long time, maybe even days, her sadness I never thought anyone could experience it, she was so grief-stricken, it hurt me too, I felt her pain just by looking in to her eyes, and I couldn't speak.
Then she spoke to me, "Kakashi-kun, I presume" she said, already I was shocked at her power, how could she know my name? "Grandfather sent you, the third Hokage, right?" "Yes", I said "how could you possibly know, my purpose and my name?"
She looked at me and smiled a solemn smile, "I know my grandfather well, and I know you Kakashi-kun, I've seen you before outside the stadium at the end of the chuunin exam you were speaking to one of my partners, I assure you I need no friends, I'm better left alone, let me mourn in peace".
Even after her words I felt that I was more needed than the third or I even thought. When I first saw her, she looked older than she was, the way she spoke everything, but at that moment, she looked like the little girl she really is, she was a little girl with no father, no parents, one who felt all alone in the world, she had so much power so much skill, but not the fundamental things we need in life a family that was with her always.
My body started to move, it seemed I couldn't control myself, I moved towards her and as I reached her I looked in to her eyes, and felt my heart breaking, and I embraced her, she didn't push me away, she stood quietly crying in my embrace, tears were slowly escaping my eyes too"
"OH! That's so beautiful!" Squealed Sakura, "shh!" Urged Sasuke, "Kakashi, please continue".
"I really don't think I want to" said Kakashi eyes already watering.
"Kakashi why, is she dead or something" said Naruto, followed by a punch in the stomach from Sakura, "you heartless fool!'
"Yes she is, and I'm not sure how I feel about that" said Kakashi.
"What do you mean?" said a shocked Sasuke.
"Before, she ran away and/or died, Hakada was responsible for the death of my comrades."
All fell silent; no one knew what to say or wanted to necessarily question Kakashi.
"Finish your work and meet me at the center" Kakashi said after what felt like a very long time. He left straight after, leaving them to discuss what he had told them.
"Love, seems to be a real hassle, I mean if I end up falling in love with someone and they kill all my friends…"
"Shut up Naruto, that's not what happened I'm sure of it, I don't know I just don't feel that that's all there is to it, I doubt she would have killed them."
"Sakura you seem to forget that he said that she was responsible for the death of his comrades, it doesn't necessarily mean that she was the one that killed them"
And with that, they didn't speak to each other, until it was time to say goodbye.
After that conversation with Kakashi, he didn't seem to be in the story telling mood, he answered no questions about Hakada and kept any word exchange to an absolute minimum.
One day, coming back from a mission they ran into a very enthusiastic Gai-Sensei.
"Kakashi, my sworn lifelong rival, I challenge you to a battle of wits!" To that, Kakashi disappeared not after shooting Gai a gloomy look.
"What's wrong with him?" exclaimed a concerned sounding Gai.
"Don't know, he's been like that for days, all work and no play, makes Kakashi a very dull sensei!" Exclaimed Naruto in return.
"Has it been that long?" whispered Gai to himself.
"Has it been that long for what? Is this about that girl Hakada?" Said Sasuke with a very concerned yet very much annoyed tone.
"Aah, Hakada, how do you know about her, which one are you talking about though, the girl Kakashi stole from me or the one they talk about in legend??"
"Legend? What legend? I haven't heard about any legend about a Hakada!" A very annoyed and confused Naruto added.
"You don't seriously mean the one about the heroes??" Said an unconvinced Sakura.
"Well, Sakura-chan, you may not believe it, but I believe that all legends or myths as you may have it root in truth."
"What's the legend Gai-sensei?" Sasuke asked.
"Well, it was believed many years ago before even you young people were born that a young child was born on a spot were much blood was spilt, blood of heroes from all ninja families of Konoha, well except one of course.
This child, upon arrival in to this world, it seemed that her mother died instantly, as if the mothers' purpose in life was simply to deliver this child. The child immediately was engulfed in blood, that came seeping from the ground, and not any blood, it was said that this blood was of the heroes, which once stood on that very spot.
The villager said to have witnessed that, was so taken aback he did not know what to do and luckily he found a Jounin close by, coming back from a mission alone, the great Fourth, before his promotion that is.
Upon his arrival, his shock was evident; he barely saved the child from the blood engulfing it. Later, they said that the blood engulfing the child was not only surrounding her but was making its way in to her very system and it is said that the power that these heroes possessed was injected in to this child and that was verified when the child was held by the young Jounin. It seemed that this child was blind but under close inspection, it was evident that she possessed the Byakugan!"
"What? But that's impossible! That skill is unique to the Hyuuga clan that must mean shes one of them?" Exclaimed Sasuke
"Yes, that's true, but the Hyuuga clan, insisted that none of them have anything to do with that child!"
"Does that mean she has the Sharingan too?" Said Naruto
"No, because the only family not to have a casualty in that spot is the Uchiha, so she couldn't have the Sharingan" replied Gai sensei with a dashing smile aimed at Sasuke.
"But isn't it said that even if she was alive, she left the village and committed suicide as she could not be killed?' Replied Sakura.
"That is something I personally don't believe, even though the Hokage and many other high ranking officials insist that she is not real, I believe that if she was so powerful she couldn't possibly kill herself. It's just a feeling"
"So you believe that she isn't mythical?" asked Sasuke
"Well, maybe she is, maybe she isn't, but I do remember thinking that Kakashis' fiancée was her, once." Said Gai chuckling to himself.
"FIANCEE?!" They all found themselves yelling.
"Oh, you must not know about that, Kakashi is a very private person, but let me tell you about beautiful Hakada… (wink), I met her two weeks after Kakashi did, you see it had seemed strange that I had not battled with Kakashi for the previous two weeks, so I decided that I had a right to know what was keeping him so busy!"
All three rolled their eyes at Gai.
At seeing this Gai retorted, "Oh I see, you care to turn me in to a fool, such insolence how dare you roll your eyes at me!! That's it, take 50 laps around the centre!!"
"WHAAAAAAAAAAAT!?" Exclaimed the threesome, "there's no way I'm running around in this weather!!" Sakura added
"If you don't run, I wont finish my story" Concluded a very confident Gai..
"Yeah, whatever,"
"He's probably lying anyway"
"You know I think he's very delusional…"
And with their backs to the very much outraged sensei, they set out on their ways home…