Word Count - About 1,800

AN - So I know literally nothing about ROOT or Danzo or whatever so yeah, which is why I like avoided putting more information about it, anyway sorrryy!

Chapter 3 ~ Confusion

(Alternate Title for later in the chapter ~ Kakashi is an Idiot. Also an Asshole, but still an Idiot.)

Namikaze Minato is… well he's pretty surprised. Okay, he's totally shocked. When he first heard that The Foundation had been burnt down, he thought that the ANBU was playing a prank on him, so he told not to joke around.

He wasn't.

Now he's standing right in front of the foundation completely shocked. He went back to his office to sit down.

The ANBU investigating it came back to report.

"The fire does not look like it was an accident. All of the seals were destroyed as well. It was most likely an assassin attempt on Danzo-sama." The ANBU informs him.

"Was there anyone harmed because of it?"

"Yes. A lot of ROOT members were killed in the incident. Only about seven people escaped unharmed. Danzo-sama himself also got injured by it. All who were harmed were quickly taken to a medic. The fire was an extremely strong fire jutsu. Danzo-sama said it was probably caused by an Uchiha."

"Okay, you are dismissed."

Sigh.

This is going to be so much paperwork.

When Kakashi successfully escaped with Tenzo, (he eventually just had to knock him out) he put him on his couch. Tenzo soon started to wake up.

"Who… are you?" He asked Kakashi.

"Just… your savior."

"... What?"

"Hatake Kakashi."

"Kinoe."

"No. You're Tenzo now."

"Oh… well okay then." He hesitantly responded. "Wh-what happened to The Foundation?"

"Something that should've happened to it a long time ago."

"..."

"You're staying with me now. No questions. I'm your senpai now." Kakashi's Logical Inner Self cackled evilly.

Yes.

This was working out perfectly.

7:30 PM

Okay, Minato decided. Done with the paperwork… well, enough of it anyway.

Now he's going to visit his favorite little student.

On his way there, all he hears is:

"oHmYkAmIdIdYoUhEaRaBoUtThEfOuNDaTiOn" from literally everyone. Word travels fast in this village, he's definitely sure now.

Now he's at Kakashi's door. He notices the traps deactivate when his Chakra is near. Hmm. Kakashi must have changed them. He knocks on the door. No reply. But he senses his student's Chakra in there. He knocks again. The door opens.

"Yo, Sensei" Kakashi lets him inside.

Yo, Kakashi. Did you hear about what happened to the Foundation?" he asked his student once they were both on his couch.

"Yeah, word travels fast" is his reply.

"Anyways, that's not what I came here to talk to you about," He tells his protégé. "I have a proposal to make."

"Eh?"

Kakashi, I want you to live with me."

"EHH?" Is Kakashi's comical response.

"Do you want to?" Minato asks him. "I mean, your apartment isn't really the best place to live in for a thirteen year old."

"Sensei I… I do want to… but…"

"What is it? You don't have to pay or anything, so don't worry about that."

"Uhh, stay here. I'll be right back. Kakashi says before leaving.

Tenzo is mad. Really mad. Stupid Kakashi-Sempai locked him in a cupboard. Like, all of a sudden, there was a knock and he just freaks out and tells him to be quiet, then stuffs him in his cupboard.

He better get him out soon.

Kakashi comes back about a minute later. With Kakashi, is a boy who is about probably ten years old. Who is yelling at Kakashi for locking him in a cupboard.

What?

He decides to question his student's sanity later. The kid turns around and shuts up immediately when he sees Minato. Then Kakashi explains.

"Sensei… you see, the kid found me when I was out shopping for food, and he told me the foundation was burning down and that he escaped," Kakashi explained, "so I took the little guy in."

Well. That kind of makes sense. Guess Minato is taking in two strays now.

"I see…" he looked at the boy. "What's your name, kid?"

"T-tenzo"

"Well, it seems like you and your friend are going to live with me now," he grinned at them, "Kakashi you should probably start packing now."

"Hai, Sensei!" He replies.

"Once you're done packing your stuff, I'll help you move it in, but I have to go now, so goodnight Kakashi and Tenzo," Minato says before he leaves.

Kakashi supposes it's a good thing that all he has in his apartment (that's actually important to him) is his Team Minato photo, his clothes and ANBU gear, shuriken, kunai, scrolls and his super fluffy grey blanket that Rin got him for his thirteenth birthday. He put his stuff in a few boxes.

"Come on, we're moving this to Sensei's house," he tells Tenzo, while giving him a large box to carry.

"O-okay."

After moving everything in his sensei's house, Kakashi flops on the couch. He can hear Tenzo look around in awe and amazement at the place. Kakashi would do that too if he was stuck in a test tube or a foundation all his life. Kakashi shifts to a more comfortable position on the couch. Right before his little kohai decides to push him off of the couch. He glares at Tenzo as he sits up on the floor.

Tenzo grins at him. That little brat.

He walks over to where Sensei's window is. He opens it and looks at the beautiful night sky.

Then proceeds to walk over to Tenzo calmly, pick him up and throw him straight out the window. He hears Tenzo screaming at him and cursing at him and distantly wonders how his little kohai learned all those words while stuck in a foundation.

He flops back down the couch. He falls asleep.

Minato decided to walk home tonight from his Hokage office, because the night sky was so clear and so beautiful.

Then, while he was busy stargazing, something hits him.

Literally. He finds out that what hit him was Tenzo.

"Uhh… hi there?"

Tenzo looks shocked and immediately starts frantically apologizing to him. And explaining what happened.

"An-andthenextthingIknowIwasflyingoutthewindowandIdidn'tmeantohityousorrysenpai'ssensei."

Eh?

"What?"

Oh these are definitely going to be interesting people to live with.

"Um, nothing, just… a jutsu gone wrong, heheh…" Tenzo explained very (un)convicingly.

While Tenzo was flying through the air, he made a few conclusions.

One, to never underestimate or his senpai, because then he'd be at a major disadvantage.

Two, to never push him off a couch. The reason for that is pretty self-explanatory.

Three, to just never piss his senpai off in general.

Then he just happens to fly into the Hokage. Nice.

And then before he can stop himself, he's raging about Kakashi to the Hokage. But then he thinks about his precious life and comes up with a good lie. Well, it sounded kind of better in his head… but you know, Tenzo never really had to lie about things like this.

"Ahh, what kind of jutsu was it?"

"Uhh…" Tenzo flailed, "I… forget what it was called. I think it was a… wind jutsu."

"Hmm, I didn't know Kakashi could use wind style jutsus."

At this point there was sweat trailing down from his forehead.

"So, were you on your way home?" The word sounds weird to Tenzo. He's never had a home, or anything really that close to it. It makes him feel all… weird inside.

"Ah, yeah we should probably get back now," The blonde grinned at him.

They started to walk to his house together in a peaceful silence.

Meanwhile, Kakashi wasn't having a peaceful time.

Ugh. He really should've stayed on the couch.

You see, Kakashi was just trying to make dinner, because Kakashi hasn't even really been in his own kitchen for months. And he didn't want Sensei to have to do everything for him. He already let him into his house.

So Kakashi just wanted to be a good boy and make a nice dinner. He really doesn't know how flames can just appear in boiling water. (And Sensei's fire alarm is so annoying.) And all of Kakashi's elemental knowledge just wasn't working.

When he used Water Release on it, the flames just got even bigger. So Kakashi gets up, goes to the living room, grabs a random pillow that he knows can be replaced easily, and goes back to the kitchen.

And proceeds to slap the fire with said fire. Somehow, it works. Hmm. He'd have to use that trick more often. Fire-Preventing-Pillow No Jutsu. Maybe he should keep this pillow, instead 8th throwing it out as he originally planned.

Kakashi ends up making pizza, (well, it was already pre-made but details, details) because what could go wrong when making pizza.

Apparently this could. Somehow, the pizza just… melted? Off of the thing (Kakashi doesn't know the proper grammar for kitchen things. Shocking) and on to the bottom. Nice.

Well, I guess I can just make… popcorn, He weakly decides.

So Kakashi gets a piece of corn, and proceeds to cut the kernels off. Then, he puts them in a pan on the stove.

And here Kakashi is just a few minutes later frantically fringe to keep all of the popcorn in the pan. And there's a few on fire too. Huh, Kakashi thinks, wonder how that happened.

And now the pan is overflowing with the popcorn bombs, and he wonders what he did in any life to deserve this. He doesn't want to die at the hands of the evil popcorn bombs. Not when he and Sensei and Tenzo are living so peacefully at their new house. Well, not really yet, but, you know. They'll get there.

Speaking of them…

He hears a knock on the door. Then a "Kakashi, I'm back! Tenzo is with me!", and then a quiet and muffled "think he's asleep", and then he hears the lock being picked.

Oh no. He can't be seen like this. He even put on an apron. He runs to the window and throws the whole pan of the popcorn bombs out. He also takes off the apron and stuffs it under the couch.

The fuck did you even put an apron on for? To help with your cooking?

Yeah… maybe the apron was cursed. So it wasn't Kakashi's fault at all.

The door opens.

Kakashi pretends to be asleep.

Minato was expecting a lot of things when he came home. He expected Kakashi to be unpacking, getting something to eat, staring out a window waiting for him… Which is usually how Minato finds him when Kakashi is waiting for him, or at least when his Chakra is hidden well. When it isn't, he'd find Kakashi looking at him expectantly standing in front of the door.

Anyways, he even expected Kakashi to summon his ninken and… just feed them… or cuddle them… or something.

These expectations did not prepare him for walking into his kitchen. Which now had burn marks on the cabinets, and… popcorn? On the floor? And… a pillow. And Kakashi who is supposedly asleep.

These definitely are going to be interesting people to live with, that's for sure.