The training that was supposed to take place never happened. All it was, was Minato-sensei asking Kakashi's abilities and Kakashi being very vague. Oh how he missed messing with his sensei like this.

Wait…

Did Kakashi ever mess with his sensei the first time around?

Guess that's some food for thought.

After having a little "getting to know you" sesh, Kakashi and Minato made way towards the blondes' apartment. It was nothing impressive. Just a small 3 bedroom, 1 bathroom, and one kitchen apartment. Kakashi could also tell by the way that the stove hummed and screeched when turned on, or maybe when the faucet won't turn on for a good 30 seconds, that the place was hella old. Ancient is probably a better word for it.

The silver-haired boy let himself fall backwards onto the bed, only to sit right back up again at the smell of smoke. What the?.. Kakashi thought in slight worry. He ran into the kitchen and found a strange sight in front of him.

Minato-sensei stood there, pink apron on, back turned towards the stove, which was spewing smoke.

"Now it says to add some paprika… what the hell is paprika?" the blonde man muttered, flipping through the pages as if it would provide some clue as to what paprika was.

"Um, sensei?.." He trailed, eyeing the what-seemed-like-chicken on the stove. "I think you should check this…"

Minato just waved his hand. "Don't worry, the recipe book says that it's supposed to smoke a bit. Now, paprika?.. Can I just use ground, red peppermint instead?"

"I'm pretty sure it's not supposed to smoke that much." Black fumes were coming from the charred piece of meat.

The blonde-haired man just ignored him and asked him to get out the peppermints in the upper cabinet, preferably red. The boy just gave the poor piece of chicken one last look before doing as he was asked. Kakashi has never cooked anything like this before, so maybe it's supposed to look like that? The teen seemed to know what he was doing…

The silver-headed boy crawled up onto the counter (which was quite frustrating considering how short he was), and grabbed the red peppermints as instructed. The cherry-red candy was in a huge, glass jar, and it was filled to the rim with the delicious treat.

Wait a minute… Kakashi took a look over at the treat and then popped one into his mouth. This isn't peppermint, it's cinnamon! Shocked at this amazing revelation, Kakashi could only look at his sensei in disappointment. After all, Minato thought that these candies were peppermints. Naruto would never do such a thing with food. Never. But, Kakashi guesses that's from Kushina's side.

"Oh good, hand those peppermints here," the blonde called out, holding his hand out. Kakashi was realizing just how blonde his sensei is. Minato's blonde hair is on a whole new level.

Shaking his head, he handed over the cinnamon candies. There's no point in ruining the blondes concept of reality.

Minato took the candies in hand and then crushed them into a fine powder, he then slowly poured it on the 'chicken' the powder immediately melting around the chicken, making a thin glaze. Minato quickly then splashed water on the steaming mess, and then a wind jutsu to dry it. Kakashi blinked at the overkill, but was starting to get used to it.

Minato chuckled as he lifted up the… 'chicken.' It didn't even look like chicken if Kakashi was going to be honest. It looked like a black blob surrounded by a thin, reddish, almost diamond like glaze.

"Bon Appetit."

oOoOo

What Kakashi has gone through in the past (or should he say future?) was nothing like the torture he was going through now. Zabuza? Easy peasy. Itachi's Genjutsu? Laughable. Madara? Well, he was close- but this was still torture. His child-like body couldn't stand this kind of torture!

The silver-haired boy stood over the toilet, retching out his guts. His new sensei wasn't doing any better outside. Now, why is the almighty Jonin outside puking for the world to see? Kakashi kicked him out as punishment. Yes, out of the Jonin's own house.

The young boy flushed the toilet with mild satisfaction. Nothing like puking up his own guts and then flushing it down like it never happened. Kinda like his old timeline. It was basically flushed down the toilet without any extra thought given. But of course it was for the best, Kakashi had to remind himself, giving his young body a look over in the mirror.

The first thing he noticed about himself was his eyes. His cold dark eyes; eyes that don't belong to a child. Hell, he never had a childhood in the first place, and as tempting as it was to act like one, Kakashi knew that he could never, never, go that far. There are too many things he needs to change, starting with his father…

Shit.

The young, silver-haired boy paled at the realization. The mission. The mission where his father saved all of his teammates, that's today. Well, to be put more realistically, it starts today and ends in a month. Kakashi peaked out the bathroom window, looking frantically for his now sensei. He needs to get out of there. Out of Konoha. Out of the Fire Country; today!

Why hadn't he realized it sooner? Why hadn't he registered when his father said he was going to go on mission that he was going on that mission?

The man-turned-boy clenched his fist, drawing out small droplets of blood. Why had he been so stupid? He then began to search for a possible excuse, only to stop, knowing that it is his fault.

The boy quickly rinsed his mouth out with water and opened the bathroom door. Looking left and right, he ran out of the front door and down into the streets of Konoha. His sandals picked up dust as he ran towards the gates that lead out of Konoha. There would be no way that they would let him out intentionally, after all, times were already tense between countries. Between the bloodthirsty Kiri and Iwa wanting to find any reason possible to start a war with the Leaf. Poor Ame is in between, and will take the brunt of the damage as the countries besiege it, trying to take the upper hand.

The young boy reached the gates and pumped chakra into his legs so he would be nothing more than a blur, mistaken as nothing but the wind. However, he was unlucky.

"Now Kakashi, what do you think you're doing?"