How he became the person he is
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto.
Chapter 13:
The next day, in the Hokage tower, the judges of the chuunin exam were having another meeting.
"Well, I think that the Hatake boy is ready to become a chuunin." One of the councils spoke up.
"Yes. He is young, but he has the potential to lead a team. Although, I don't think that will happen for a few years." He paused. "He is talented, too. He is under Uzumaki's tutelage, right?" Another council asked to the Hokage.
"Yes, he is. So, anyone who's against Hatake's promotion?" asked the Hokage. No one said anything, and had a positive expression.
"Are you going to send him on B-rank missions?" It was Jiraiya.
"Not right now, of course. Remember Arashi prevented him from going to missions until a week ago. He needs more experience. We'll probably send the two of them on missions together." responded Sandaime Hokage.
"What about a team?"
"We'll talk about this later, Jiraiya. We're here to talk about chuunin promotions." Jiraiya nodded.
"Uchiha Daiki and Matsuki Yuki had the potential as well." Kaito commented.
"I agree." Jiraiya said.
"Well, anyone else who wants to add someone to our new list of chuunins?" asked the Hokage.
The meeting went on like that, talking about the genins they put on the list. They talked about their flaws and their skills. At the end, Kakashi, Daiki and Yuki were the only ones that made it to the final list.
"Hokage-sama, I'll send the notifications tomorrow morning." Kaito said as he got up after Sandaime dismissed everyone.
"Yes, please, Kaito." He smiled.
Kaito bowed, and left. When the other judges left, and Jiraiya went to his sensei.
"Are you going to assign him on a team?"
"No. No one of his age made it to even genin, yet. I don't think it would be wise to put him in a team with people twice his age. Besides, we aren't as desperate that we need to send a six-year-old to the battlefield. He can learn little by little." The war that was going on was between the Hidden Leaf and the Hidden Cloud. During the last ten years, there had been many clashes between the hidden villages, and a few months ago they had started the war with Hidden Cloud.
"Yes, that's true." Now they were entering the Hokage's office.
"Talking about the war, Orochimaru is coming back from that mission. Heprobably will be here in a week or so. I think Tsunade is also coming back from hers."
"Wow, old man. You're making them do some work." The Hokage whacked him on the head.
"I should probably send you on S-rank missions this whole week."
"Oh, come on, sensei. I'm the only one that became a genin sensei and had to deal with the little brats. And, I was working during the year I was out, too. I've been looking for the stuff you told me to look for." said Jiraiya as they sat down, and he rubbed his head.
"I know you didn't spend the whole year doing what I told you to do."
"Ehem. At least I've given up on writing until we settle things down among the hidden villages. You didn't expect me to kill myself working, did you?"
"Well, you did do a good job, I admit. Not even Arashi knew what you were doing."
"Yeah, I know. Heh. You know, I need a break. I even helped out with the chuunin exam."
"You just had a month off! You better stay within the village. Or I will send Arashi to hunt you down."
"Ha! As though that kid will be able to track me down." Sandaime looked at him in a way that said, 'or maybe, I-should-track-you-down-myself'. "Okay, okay. I'll stay around, sensei. Hmph. I can't wait to see Tsunade again." Jiraiya smiled.
"I'm sure she can't wait to see you again, Jiraiya." 'To give you a good punch, that is.' thought Sandaime to himself, and smiled.
"When did she leave for that mission? It's been like two years since I don't see her."
"Oh, it was more like a training thing. She wanted to learn more about medicines. It's been almost eight months since she left."
"As usual. Everything has to be perfect for her. Well, I'm going to the hot springs, sensei. It was a long day." said Jiraiya as he got up.
"Ne, I'm sending you on missions starting tomorrow. You better appear."
"Will you give me a new vest? The old one got all teared. That's why I haven't been wearing it." Not that his traditional clothes were uncomfortable, but for missions, the green vest was more effective.
"Yeah, just make sure you're here."
"Hai, hai." Jiraiya disappeared in a puff.
It was almost noon, and Kakashi was reading a book in the living room. Sakumo was out on a mission, and Tomoko was preparing lunch. Then, Kakashi heard a knock on the door, and went running to open it himself. It was a man wearing a green vest.
"Hello. Is your older brother home?"
"I don't have a brother."
"But this is the Hatake house, right?" Kakashi nodded.
"Who took the chuunin exam, then? This is for Hatake Kakashi." Tomoko came behind Kakashi and bowed to the man. The man bowed too.
"Good afternoon, are those the results of the chuunin exam?" Tomoko asked.
"Yes, ma'am."
"They came earlier than what we thought, ne, Kakashi?"
"Yeah, mom." The man glared at Kakashi as though he couldn't believe it.
"Uh, yeah. This is for you, then." Kakashi received it, and smiled at the man and said, "Thanks."
"Have a nice day." said the man, and he walked away, glancing back at the kid holding the envelope.
Once in the kitchen Kakashi opened it and read through it. Then he handed it to his mom. Tomoko read through it, and she couldn't believe it. Her son made it to chuunin at six. There was also a badge attached to the bottom of the page. It had a leaf in the middle encircled by fire. There was a note saying, 'Recognition of Chuunin Hatake Kakashi, for winning the tournament of the chuunin exam.'
Kakashi was glaring at Tomoko to see what she would do next. She hugged him and ruffled his hair.
"Good job, Kakashi. I'm proud of you. I'm sure your father will be proud of you as well." She smiled.
Kakashi spent the rest of the day imagining himself with a green vest while reading his book. Sakumo arrived at around four, and he heard it from Tomoko. Sandaime had told him to go home and find out. He went straight to his son's room after hearing from his wife, and called from outside the screen.
"Hey, Kakashi!" Kakashi got up and slid the door open.
"You're early, dad." He smiled.
"Yeah, I ran like crazy." He grabbed Kakashi by the waist and placed him on his shoulders.
"Hey, you wanna learn a cool jutsu?" They headed to the back yard.
"Really? What is it?"
"Kuchiyose no Jutsu. I summon nin-dogs." He waited for a response, but as he got none, he continued. "You have to sign a contract in blood, and they will help you whenever you summon them. Cool, huh?"
"Yeah."
"Now that you're a chuunin, I'm sure you'll be able to use it. Nin-dogs are helpful when you need to give chase. They are also very loyal." Once they arrived, Sakumo let Kakashi down, and he explained about the jutsu.
"Everytime you want to summon them you have to use your blood as a sacrifice to summon them." Sakumo took out two scrolls from one of his front pockets of the vest. "Bite your finger and write your name right there." He pointed at a blank space on the scroll. His name was next to it. Kakashi did as he was told.
Sakumo told Kakashi the hand seals, and he summoned one of his nin-dogs. Kakashi glared at the dog that came out of his father's hand in awe.
"Hey, Kiyo. This is my son. You can summon one at a time, or as many as you need or want out of your pack. You see, I have my own scroll, and I'm giving you another one." He told Kakashi.
"Did you ever think that your son looks too much like you?" Kiyo asked his summoner.
"They can talk too, Kakashi. And yeah, I always think about that, Kiyo." He laughed. "Well, your turn Kakashi." Kakashi nodded and performed the hand seals.
A small brown dog came out. Kakashi saw in asthonishment the dog that he summoned for the first time in his life.
"Yo, Sakumo, Kiyo. Long time no see. This kid here summoned me?"
"Yeah, Pakkun. He's my son. And I'm passing the scroll to him." He smiled.
"What's your name?"
"Kakashi."
"I bet you named him, huh, Sakumo?" Sakumo scratched the back of his head and gave a sheepish smile.
"Anyway. Kakashi, I'm the head of my pack. We're eight total. When you summon, you have to know how many of us you want, and concentrate on the chakra you use."
"Okay."
"Try to summon the others, Kakashi. You'll have to use quite a bit of chakra." Sakumo told him.
"Do you think he will be able to Sakumo?" Pakkun asked.
"Yeah, I'm pretty sure. He's a chuunin, after all." Pakkun's eyes became round as he saw Kakashi performing the seals.
The other seven nin-dogs appeared, and one almost knocked Kakashi. He was way bigger than Kakashi. Sakumo laughed. Kakashi looked up to the dog, who was looking down at him.
"Well, he did it. Hey, everyone. This is our new summoner Hatake Kakashi. Sakumo's son." Pakkun said. The nin-dog that had almost knocked Kakashi went to him and placed him on his back. Kakashi watched in awe as all of them gathered around him. He felt safe surrounded by his new nin-dogs. Instinctively he scratched behind the ear of the one that was holding him.
"That's good, Kakashi. Thanks guys. See you next time." All the nin-dogs disappeared. "Let's go in. And hide the scroll so that your mom doesn't see it. I didn't tell her that I was going to teach you the Kuchiyose no Jutsu." Kakashi smiled, and Sakumo ruffled his undoubtful silver hair.
The next morning, Kakashi entered the kitchen with his usual look of sleepiness.
"Hurry up, Kakashi. You have to go to the ninja administration center." It was Tomoko.
"But I have training, mom."
"We still have time. Your father is going to take you in a few minutes." she said, as she placed the rice in front of him. "I'm gonna be out today, Kakashi. I'm going to the hospital to see if they need help, okay?"
"Okay."
"Honey! Kakashi's already here. He's gonna be late for training with Arashi-kun if you don't hurry up." Sakumo appeared in the door.
"Ne, no need to worry, Tomoko. We'll be alright." He sat down and began eating.
"What time are you meeting him?" Tomoko asked.
"Uh... no idea, mom. We forgot to arrange that."
"Oh, dear..."
"Arashi is still as forgetful as ever, ne?" Sakumo commented. Kakashi smiled. Tomoko shook her head.
After breakfast, Sakumo and Kakashi left to the Hokage tower was. Everything was in there. The Hokage's office, the ninja administration, the mission room, the conference rooms, some stores and many other things. The administration center had a a large desk across the room, like in the banks.
"Hello, my son was promoted. He needs to be registered. He's a chuunin now." Sakumo was talking to a lady in the far end.
"Good morning. What is your son's name?"
"Hatake Kakashi." She looked into some files and found Kakashi's with a picture of him from a year ago.
"Oh, it was him. The genius boy. Already a chuunin?" She looked up, and Sakumo smiled.
"Well, he needs to take a picture. Is he here?"
"Yes." Sakumo pointed down.
"Oh, I see. Come this way, please." She realized that the recently promoted chuunin was just a kid.
She took a picture of Kakashi, and told Sakumo that that was it.
"Well, now we have to go and get your vest." Kakashi smiled. Of course, he didn't know that they didn't have extra small vests.
"Oi, Sakumo! Did your vest get teared up already?" It was the store's owner.
"No, it's for my son. Do you have one that could fit him?" Sakumo said, as he looked around.
"..." The owner looked at Kakashi raising an eyebrow. "He's a chuunin?" Sakumo nodded. "Well, you know very well that we usually don't have any chuunins under the age of 12. So, obviously, we don't have vests for a... how old is he? Five? Six?"
"Six. Yeah, I should have known. Thanks anyway. See you later." Sakumo looked at Kakashi, who was with those bored eyes of his.
"Son, you heard him, right?" Kakashi nodded. "You'll just have to keep using your clothes."
"That's fine with me, dad. Are you going to the mission room?"
"Yeah, I gotta go, now. See you at night Kakashi." He ruffled his son's hair, and disappeared in a puff.
Kakashi headed to the training grounds where he always met Arashi, and he found his sensei sitting below a tree.
"Hey, Kakashi. Sorry about that. I didn't tell you the time we were meeting." Arashi gave an apologizing smile, as he got up.
"That's alright, sensei. I went to the ninja administration center."
"I knew you were going to pass. Won't you get a vest?"
"They're too big." Arashi chuckled.
"I see. Well, we have to go to the mission room. Let's go." Kakashi followed Arashi.
"Sensei, what about training?"
"We'll see if we have time after the mission. They need people to take care of the easier missions, Kakashi. Now that you're a chuunin, we could go on B-rank missions, but I doubt Hokage-sama will send us on those, yet." Kakashi nodded. "But we'll definitely take a day off on the week for training." He smiled.
"Okay."
That day, they received a D-rank mission. It was to fix a ceiling for a family livingfifteen miles away. They didn't have time for training since their trip took most of the time of the day. When they arrived back in the gates of Konoha, Arashi left to turn in the report, and Kakashi went straight home.
"How was it, Kakashi?" Tomoko asked when she saw her son coming in.
"Good, mom. Had a D-rank mission." Kakashi said in a complaining tone.
"Ne, that's how everything starts."
"Hai, hai." He sat down next to his mom.
"I'm going back to the hospital starting tomorrow. They need a lot of help. We're at war, and things aren't going easy, I guess." Kakashi glared at her.
"Is it grave?"
"No, son. If it was that grave, your father wouldn't be able to come home everyday." She smiled. "It's nothing you need to worry about, Kakashi. It has always been hard to have medic-nins, since they need a lot of knowledge and skills. Konoha doesn't have as many medic-nins as it needs, so that's why I'm helping." Kakashi nodded.
A/N:
Well... LOL This chapter had a lot of dialogue. Nothing really happened here. Kakashi was promoted, learned a jutsu, Tomoko's going back to work... I'll try to make the next chapter more interesting. Thanks for reading!
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