Inu and his Chiisana Koinu
Language lesson:
Inu: Dog
Chiisana: Little
Koinu: Puppy
In the park, sitting against a tree inn the fetal position was four year old Naruto Uzumaki, sobbing. Naruto had tried to play with some kids, and some had! But then their parents came and took them away, one had even hit him! Now, he was alone, suffering by himself.
Not too far away, hidden in a tree, was an ANBU, codename Inu, real name Kakashi Hatake. Watching over Naruto had always been his favorite pass time until moments like these and it made him mad at the world and the people in it. Mad at the council for denying him adoption, mad at the fourth for telling him to stay hidden, mad at Minato-sensei for leaving his son alone, and especially mad at the people who see the fangs before they see the dog.
Kakashi silently sighed, until the day comes where everyone saw Naruto, he would be the pup's guardian. Fluidly, Kakashi cut his thumb and went through rapid hand sights before thrusting his hand onto the branch he was on. In a plume of smoke, a small ninken pug appeared; it shook its head and looked at Kakashi.
"Yo," the pug said, scratching his ear.
Kakashi didn't take his eyes off of Naruto. "Hey Pakkun," he replied.
"What can I do for you Boss?" Pakkun asked.
Kakashi gestured to the sobbing kid and Pakkun sighed in sympathy. "Poor pup," Pakkun agreed.
Pakkun turned back to his master. "What am I doing?" he asked.
Kakashi smirked behind his mask and pulled out something from his weapons pouch.
Pakkun drooped. "I'm getting too old for this," he muttered.
Naruto panted and hiccupped as he finally got a hold of himself. He sniffled and wiped his tears, looking up at a whimpering sound. In front of him was a familiar pug with a tennis ball in his mouth. Naruto gave a watery smile.
"Koinu-san," Naruto greeted, reaching out and scratching the dog's head.
Pakkun growled in pleasure before dropping the ball and backing away. Naruto giggled gleefully and quickly rubbed his eyes before tossing the ball as hard and as far as he could. Humoring the boy and his lame throw, Pakkun ran after it, retrieved it, and returned the ball to the boy, making him giggled hysterically.
Kakashi smiled and relaxed against the tree trunk as he watched his precious dog and puppy played together seemingly without a care. Someday, he'll be the one playing, him and his chiisana koinu.
End.