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so here's the next chapter. In this chapter, I tried to put in Kakashi's own reasoning as to why his son uses the Uchiha name.
When they reached the dango shop, they were greeted by Sakura and Hinata who were on their way to the
hospital. "Kakashi-sensei! It's been a while. How are you?" Sakura asked looking at her former instructor. It's
been several months since they last saw each other. Kakashi had been sent on a mission near the Water
Country recently and today was the first day he appeared in public. Kakashi chuckled and gave a brief greeting
before teasing her about dating Naruto. "I guess all the coaxing and pushing works, huh?" he added cheekily.
Sakura turned a soft shade of scarlet before retorting that she'd only agreed to stop him pestering her. She
then walked away before the two jounins decide to continue to torment her.
Amidst the laughter, Naruto suddenly remembered about his extra special guest. He reached out for her arm,
"Neh, Sakura-chan. Make sure you stop by my place after work today." He grinned mysteriously. Kakashi,
Hinata and pretty much every customer in the shop stared at the couple. "Uh… Naruto… don't you think you
should wait a while before making that invitation?" the silver-haired jounin asked, quite sheepishly. Hinata
nodded fervently as she stammered the same thing to Sakura. The pink haired woman was startled at the
'audience's' response, even more confused when she saw how Naruto was oblivious to the reaction. He only
managed a 'HAH?' as a reply.
"Ugh… Naruto, why are you asking me to stop by again?" she asked, rubbing her
temple while the inner Sakura was punching the air, yelling 'Shannaro! It's TOO early for that!'. Naruto blinked
before realizing that Sakura was talking to him. He looked at her straight in the eyes, grinning at her so
adorably that Sakura can't help but smile along with him. Then as if a light bulb had lit up in her head, her
whole face lit up a well, "Hikaru?" Kakashi turned at the mention of the name. He cleared his throat, "Why is
Hikaru going to your house, Naruto?" he asked. The couple looked at each other for a few seconds before
Naruto said that it wasn't the jounin's business to know. "It's not like he can stay over at your place." He said
with a slight bitterness in his voice. Sakura noticed the change in the atmosphere and squeezed Naruto's arm
as if coaxing him to stop. She looked apologetically at their former instructor, "Kyora nee-san usually leaves
Hikaru with Naruto every time she leaves for a mission. So I guess it's safe to say that Hokage-sama has
assigned her on one again." She said. Turning to Naruto, she asked him if he had any requests for dinner
tonight. She was going to have to go to the market anyway if Hikaru was staying over at the blonde's place.
Naruto's home, though bigger than his last apartment still boasts a cupboard full of instant ramen. Sakura
doubts Kyora would approve of feeding her son nothing but cup noodles for the few days she was gone. Not
that Hikaru minds. He idolizes Naruto so much that he was starting to pick up her friend's habit of eating
ramen whenever he can. Seeing the good natured banter going on between Sakura and the boy who used to
reside in her heart, Hinata smiled warmly. There was no doubt in her mind and in her heart that Naruto is in
good hands. She knows how Sakura really feels about Naruto no matter how much she denies it. Deciding that
it's best that she leave the two to talk, she excused herself, telling Sakura that she'll help explain to Tsunade
if the Hokage asked about her student. Naruto shouted a thank you before insisting to Sakura that he'll eat
whatever she cooks. He's always done that before hasn't he? Realizing that she was running late for her
training, she made up her mind to make curry for the boys' dinner.
As she ran off, she reminded Naruto to invite Sai to come along too. The young man nodded as he waved
enthusiastically at the retreating figure. Then he turned at Kakashi who had an unreadable expression on his
masked face. His eyes were unfocused and he seemed to be thinking hard when Naruto smacked his back.
"Sorry I was a bit hard to you. But really, you deserve it." He said, rather regretfully.
Kakashi rubbed the spot where Naruto hit him, silently agreeing to what the blonde was saying and just
vaguely nodding to whatever the loud blonde was saying next. But Naruto didn't understand. The jounin
stared into his sake as the past swirled into focus in his memory. Even though Kakashi's marriage to Kyora
was kept under wraps, some people still manage to find out the truth. So when silver-haired Hikaru was born,
there were endless kidnapping attempts made on the infant. And one of them nearly succeeded. That was
when he decided that his son should not carry his name.
He had many enemies out there. There was a good chance that they might use Hikaru to get back at him. It
was not that Kyora can't protect Hikaru. Kakashi was more than sure of what that the former ANBU was
capable of, but he was also sure that she can't always watch over him. Carrying the Uchiha name has fewer
risks compared to his name. He smiled ruefully when Kyora's face flashed across his memory. He knew that
she understood his worries. So why was it still so hard to come home and see her smile again? She always
had this sad expression on her face. She never spoke whenever he came. She didn't even sit with him when
he sat by Hikaru's bed. Instead, she stood at the door, watching. Even when he walked out of the house, she
just stood by silently. When Naruto noticed that Kakashi wasn't paying attention to him, him peered at the
silent jounin who suddenly smiled softly at his cup.
"AHH!" he shouted, pointing at the startled Kakashi. Naruto bent closer and said in a hoarse whisper, "Are you
thinking of something perverted, Kakashi-sensei?". Kakashi snapped out of his surprised state and told Naruto
that he wasn't. "Besides, why should I waste my time thinking about it when I can just read it?". With that he
took out, with flourish, the book Naruto thought had perished over the years. The blonde stared at the
chuckling shinobi. 'Dattebayo! This man is unbelievable!' he screamed in his head, lunging at Kakashi. He tried
to snatch it but the fast jounin moved it out of his reach. "I thought Kyora nee-chan burned your last copy!" he
said, still attempting to grab the cursed book. Kakashi dashed to the door as he single-handedly avoided
Naruto's assault. "Arigato for the drinks, Naruto~" he said, waving to the infuriated blonde who was faced by
the smiling shop owner.
so that's it for this chapter. I'm uploaded another chapter together with this one so please enjoy!