I'm going to assume that people have seen the fight in the Village Hidden in the Waves and don't need to retell a story that you can watch or read? This is Kakashi's view still and it's after Naruto, Sasuke and Sakura have gone back home but Kakashi is wondering about a bit. Enjoy!
I sighed to myself and looked up to the sky. It was about two in the afternoon by now. My team and I got back about a half hour ago but I didn't want to go home just yet. One reason was Iruka was waiting for me and was going to make my life a living hell. The other was because something about the boy, Haku, was bothering me. Why did he seem familiar? He shouldn't have, I've never met him before then. Something about the way he looked…
I was also wrapped up on something else, concerning who was going to take care of Aurora should anything happen to me. My thoughts haulted when a blur of black and white landed in front of me.
"Kakashi-san, Lord Hokage wants to see you." The ANBU in a tiger mask told me, before disappearing once again. I sighed, wondering what in the world he wanted.
Before I could even knock, the door burst open and an angry looking kunoichi walked out in a huff. "Kakashi, just the man I wanted to see." Sandaime smiled at me and acted like nothing had happened. I nodded and moved into the center of the room, wondering what was going on.
"What is it that you needed me for?" I gave him my best bored look, even though I was suddenly worried that something may have happened to Aurora or Iruka.
"I wanted to talk to you about Aurora." He said as he lit his smoking pipe and took a drag from it before talking. "The night you found her, you said there was no one around her correct?" a puff of smoke leaving his mouth as he spoke.
"Yes sir. Due to the rain, I wasn't able to find any footprints." Now he had me even more worried. What the hell was going on?
"Mmm…" he closed his eyes for a moment. "I sent a few ANBU out to see what they could find when you returned. They found a young woman's body and another body, but we were only able to confirm that the body was male." He opened his eyes again; his gaze was intense and made me uncomfortable. "We were able to do some tests on them and found out that the woman was from the Yuki clan and the man was from the Hōzuki clan. We need you to bring Aurora in to confirm a theory we have."
I was shocked at hearing this information. "My Lord if I may ask, why are you telling me this now? Why didn't you tell me you may have found her parents before?" my words came out harsher than intended.
He chuckled, taking another drag from his pipe. "I wanted to, but I had to contact the Mizukage and get an old blood sample from someone in the Yuki clan and Hōzuki clan to confirm our findings. It took much longer than intended."
Hearing this made me relax a bit. At least he wasn't intentionally hiding this information from me. "Understood."
"Hn. Please retrieve your daughter as quick as possible. You're dismissed Kakashi." Sandaime smiled.
I was just about to open the door when I realized, Aurora wasn't at my house she was at Iruka's, which was in the opposite direction. I mentally kicked myself and quickly turned around. I had been thinking about the boy, Haku. The boy...Yuki! Wait a second. Is that why I thought he looked familiar? I thought to myself. I continued to mentally compare Aurora to Haku. They had similar facial structures, though since she's two it was kind of hard to tell, but I could see it. From what I can remember of the young boy, their eyes were the same shape as well. Maybe she really was a Yuki, but a Hōzuki as well? Those bloodlines where two of the strongest in the Mist village, but both were thought to have been killed off during the Third Mizukage's reign. If they really were who they said they were, it was no wonder they ran, but why here? Why not the Village Hidden in the Clouds? I know it was a little further but wouldn't it have been slightly safer, seeing as the village is located right at the ocean?
While I was lost in my thoughts, again, I had wondered up to Iruka's apartment complex. I saw that there were people in front of the building and didn't want to confront them, so I decided that I'd find Iruka's window. It wasn't hard since the teacher had left his window open and I could hear his voice which was right above me at about the third floor level. Thankfully it had a large tree right in front of it. I climbed up it and peeked in, making sure he didn't have the chance to see me and kill me on sight.
I had to smile when I saw Aurora sitting on his lap. He had a book held in his hands and was reading to her, but I couldn't make out what the title on the cover was. It was cute but, not as cute as it had been two years ago when he had been holding her and singing to her as she fell asleep.
"Kakashi, I know you're there. Just come in already." The chunin sighed and shut the book. Aurora's eyes lit up when he said my name.
"Ma, sensei, I was enjoying your story." I smiled as I hopped through the window. "Please continue." Iruka rolled his eyes at me.
"Daddy!" Aurora cheered, climbed off Iruka's lap and ran to me. I knelt down and wrapped my arms around her. I didn't realize how much I had really missed her until she was in my arms.
"Hey caterpillar. Did you have fun?" I said as I released her from my hold and looked her in the eyes. I was taking in her features, comparing them to Haku and found them to be almost identical. I was also trying to ignore the death glare I was receiving from the tanned man behind her. I knew I had been gone far too long, but I didn't know this C-ranked was going to turn into an A-ranked so fast. Maybe I should have sent him a letter letting him know…
"Uhuh!" Aurora beamed, unaware of the tension in the air. "We did all forts of things." I was going to miss when she grew out of her baby talk. I smiled and just listened to her accounts of the week she had with her 'Uka.' They painted, he taught her what chakra was, I was surprised she had caught on to what it was, and other things that were difficult to decipher, but I think it was mostly coloring and something about ramen.
"Aurora why don't you go get your things gathered up." Iruka said through gritted teeth. The look on her face told me she had witnessed his strict teacher side at some point during the week and she ran off to do what she was told. The moment she was gone Iruka descended upon me and back me up to the wall. "A whole week Kakashi!? You said this was a C-ranked and C-ranked only take a few days tops!" He was yelling, but it was just above a whisper.
"I'm sorry. I had no idea it would turn into an A-ranked." I should have lied, but his tone told me I shouldn't tell any kind of lies or I might be castrated on the spot. Before I could continue, he held his hand up.
"Hold on a second! You took my former students on an A-ranked mission?! How could you do something so irresponsible?!" Now he was yelling at me and didn't seem to care how loud he was.
"Ma, that's not what I said. I said it was a C-ranked but it became an A-ranked during the mission. No one was hurt." Too badly. I silently added.
Iruka pinched the bridge of his nose in annoyance. "And you didn't come back why?"
"I told them we should, but all three of them said they could handle it. You should have seen Naruto vowing to do this mission over the wound he got during the first hour." Once more I cursed myself for not being able to filter myself. The shade of red the chunin's face turned couldn't be healthy.
"YOU LET HIM GET INJURED!?" I swear the whole complex shook. "Damn it Kakashi I didn't think I was possible for you too…" He stopped when Aurora rounded the corner and looked like a deer caught in the headlights.
"I'm weady…" she said timidly. She had a small backpack over her shoulders and was holding a blue, yellow and green bunny that looked new. I wondered how she'd suckered Iruka into getting it for her. She didn't really have too many toys since she seemed to like to color more than anything so I wasn't going to be mad about it. It was sweet he cared for her so much.
"Alright sweetie. Well Iruka, I thank you again for taking care of her." I said and walked away from the wall I had been backed against. "Oh I almost forgot. What is it that I owe you?"
Iruka had a red tint in his face, but it wasn't from anger, it seemed to be more from embarrassment than anything. I think it was because he'd managed to scare Aurora. "Ah…just take me out for ramen sometime and we'll call it even." He said rubbing at the scar across his nose. I gave him a close eyed smile and held out my hand for Aurora to take, which she did far too quickly. I think Iruka's outburst scared her more than I thought.
"Fader, don't we live that way?" she pointed behind us with her right hand. "Why are we goi' the wong way?"
"The Hokage wants to meet you." I smiled down at her. It wasn't a complete lie; he did want to see her, but only because of her possible bloodline. She didn't look excited by this though.
"D-did I do something wong?" she asked, her eyes taking on a bit of a frightened look.
"No, no caterpillar." I stopped and knelt down to scoop her up. "You're not in trouble at all. He just wants to see how much you've grown is all." She smiled at me and wrapped her little arms around my neck as best she could.
"'Kay." She said into my neck. "But why fader?"
"I don't know." I said and started walking again towards the Hokage tower. I did know, but I wasn't going to tell that they were going to take a blood sample from her.
"Ah, that was fast Kakashi." Sandaime smiled aa he stood and walked towards us. "My have you grown! How old are you now?"
Aurora had had her face buried in my flak jacket, peeking up and quietly answered, "Two." before burying her face once more. I didn't know she could be so shy. He chuckled and motioned for me to follow him.
I followed him down the hall a little ways and was lead into a smaller room that seemed to be a small medical office. Aurora's eyes widened, looking up at me with a look that sent guilt right through me. She looked at me as if I had betrayed her, which I kind of had. I rubbed her back in what I thought to be a soothing manner to try and calm her down.
"This the patient Hokage-sama?" a medical nin known as Hōshō asked. If he wasn't wearing his medical ninja outfit, Aurora might have been ok with him, but with the outfit on she was terrified and I felt bad for the stuffed bunny she had held in a vice like grip. If she kept that hold on it, the thing soon wouldn't have a head.
Hōshō started to walk forward and the tears started to flow.
"Daddy I'm scared!" she sobbed and cried against my chest. Damn it…I hadn't meant this to scare her. Even the Hokage gave her a sympathetic look.
Hōshō gave a kind smile, one that reminded me of Iruka. Maybe he would be able to help me calm her down. "Hey there, I'm not going to hurt you ok?" he said, but holding a syringe wasn't helping that fact. "All we want from you is a little bit of your blood to find out if you're healthy." I knew he was lying, but it was my job to tell her about her real parents later, not his.
Still crying, she peeked up at him. "B-blood?" she tensed and snuggled closer to me in an effort to get away. "No!"
Hōshō gave me an apologetic look. "I'm sorry to ask this but…we do need to do this. I'm… I'm going to have to ask you to hold her down." I wanted to punch him for saying that, but he was right. We did need to know if she was related to the two people, or what was left of one, but why in the world did they need a whole vial of her blood? Why not just a finger prick? It was a DNA test right?
I sighed and moved to sit in a chair near the counter where all of the medical equipment was, shifted Aurora in my lap to hold her better, and held out her arm. Somewhere in the process the bunny got dropped, which was what was keeping her from completely freaking out. The moment the bunny hit the floor, the crying and whiling started. This was only the second time in her life she had screamed so loud it made my ears ring.
Finally that whole fiasco was over. Hōshō gave her a sucker, which cheered her up a bit but it didn't help the headache I had from her screaming in my ear. We were finally home though. The sky was getting dark by this point and all I really wanted to do was just go to bed. As soon as I shut the door Aurora looked up at me.
"Fader…why did they wants my blood?" she asked through the sucker in her mouth.
"Well sweetie…I need to tell you something." I said as I set her down. She held her bunny tightly against her chest and seemed worried I was going to make her go back to the doctor. I chuckled and knelt down. "No you're not going to the doctor again." She relisted the grip on her bunny and smiled. "You see, you're not…sweetie you're adopted." She tilted her head to the side in a confused way.
"What's adopted?" she asked and she sat herself on my knee.
"It means you're not my real daughter, but that doesn't mean I love you any less ok?" I ran my hand through her copper colored hair and smiled at her. "The reason they took your blood was to see if they found your real parents." I had no idea if she understood any of this.
"Oh." Was all she said. "Hey fader, why does you wear a mask?" Nope, she didn't get any of it. At least she seemed to understand that it didn't matter if she was my blood or not.
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