Okay so that was the big reveal! Kakashi is Chidori's father. Does her name make sense now? Was it obvious? Anyway, the chapters should start improving from here! This one will be longer than the others and hopefully better. Thanks for reading! And special thanks to everyone who's reviewed so far, I appreciate it!:)

P.S. I know I've updated these chapters all in a row but I wanted to get to the better parts as quickly as possible!

Like Father, Like Daughter –

"Yes Kakashi. She's your daughter."

I was thoroughly enjoying the panicked look on my "father's" face, well, what I could see of his face. Huh, I guess I didn't lose all aspects of my old personality after all. I still enjoy other people's misfortune! I knew it was a big moment and all, but I couldn't help but laugh at his expression. Thankfully, my giggle went unnoticed.

He was staring at my mother as if she'd sprouted another head. "Is that why you left?"

My mother nodded, "I was afraid to tell you."

"How old is she? What's her name?"

"She's nearly six months old, her name is Chidori."

He glanced back to me, "Cute name." It appeared he was calming down, "She's okay right? Healthy and all that…"

"Of course Kakashi. If anything, she's a genius," my mom moved to pick me up. As she stood I let my dog fall to the ground. She moved closer to him, "Would you – would you like to hold her?"

He seemed frozen in place. "Uh, I guess so… If it's alright?" My mom gave him a small smile and handed me over. His arms were bigger than my mother's and I felt small. He looked down at me and I stared back. I had expected anger or denial, but if anything he just seemed shocked. My mom was looking more sure of herself and I was laughing in my head. I didn't think it would be like this – there was no resentment. My parents were totally clueless on how they were supposed to do this, it was endearing.

When my father looked at me I could tell he was confused, frightened, and maybe a little bit proud. He wasn't the asshole I'd been expecting. I was relieved that my mother hadn't been blinded by her infatuation, he really did seem like the good guy she'd thought he was. "You could've told me," he finally said. "I wouldn't have been mad. She's my daughter too and I would've liked to see her grow."

My mom burst into tears, "I'm sorry Kakashi! I didn't know what to do and it was so unexpected…" The rest of what she said was indecipherable through her sobs. As always when my mother cried I started to cry too.

Kakashi looked unsure as to what to do, "Kaoru?"

She pulled herself together and took me from his arms. She carried me to her bedroom with Kakashi following uncertainly. I was placed in her bed with pillows on either side so I didn't role off. "Chidori-chan needs to sleep. We can talk back in the living room."

He just nodded and followed her out after shooting me another glance. I was disappointed, I had wanted to see the way things turned out. I debated crying but dismissed that idea quickly; I didn't want to scare my new father away. I was happy and I hoped he would want to be a part of my life. From the little I'd seen of him I thought he would and I was glad. As much as I thought I didn't need a father I still wanted one. He was nice to my mother too, despite what she'd done.

I strained to hear what they were saying but all I could make out was a muffled echo. If only I didn't have to sleep so much as a baby! I was frustrated at my exclusion, but it didn't last. I was exhausted from all the change – moments later I was falling asleep to the hushed tones of my parents.

…

When the sun rose the next morning I found my mother snoring softly next to me. I stared up at the ceiling and wondered what decision my parents had come to on how I was going to be raised. I shifted slightly, suddenly hungry. My mom stopped snoring immediately and I felt guilty for waking her. "Morning sweetie," she mumbled.

Well, if she was already awake… "Hungry. Chi-chan hungry."

My mom laughed. "Well if 'Chi-chan' is hungry I guess I'd better feed her." She got up slowly, stretched and carried me into the living room. She put me down on the same blanket as the night before so she could walk into the kitchen. I rolled onto my stomach and picked at the blanket while she messed about fixing breakfast. By the time she was done I was being fed a mushy substance that tasted like apples and my mom was drinking tea.

We finished eating and my mom picked me up once more. "Let's get cleaned up. That bath yesterday was great after all that travel, but I could definitely go for another."

I clapped my hands together and she took me into the bathroom with her. Once the tub was full of warm water she climbed in and put me on her lap. She washed me first with baby soap and was careful to avoid my eyes. Then she let me splash around a bit before taking me out and wrapping me in a towel. I was dried thoroughly and left sitting on the towel as she climbed back in to wash her hair. When she was finished she drained the tub and climbed out, wrapping herself in the other towel as she did so.

I lifted both arms up and she carried me back to the bedroom. She gave me a new diaper and dressed me in a light blue onesie with white flowers on it. With her favorite comb she tried to tame my hair. As always she gave up after a few minutes. For some reason my hair just wouldn't lie flat and after seeing my father's hair I didn't think it ever would.

Once she was satisfied with my appearance she gave me my dog and left me to crawl around on the floor as she dressed. She wore black pants that she wrapped against her calves and a dark green tube top over a long-sleeved shirt that looked like it had wires in it. Then she put on her standard sandals and tied the sash with the metal rectangle around her hips. I looked at it and pointed as I made a series of noises that were decidedly not word-like.

My mom followed my finger and looked down at the leaf insignia. "Oh this? This is my Hitai-ate. I wear it because I'm a kunoichi." I gave her a blank look. "I'm a ninja. Like in the stories we read." My blank look remained and my mom ruffled my hair and started strapping little pouches to her hips.

What?! I had been so sure my mom was sane. A ninja? Is she messing with me? We had plenty of children's stories about shinobi and their brave tales, but I didn't recall her ever saying she was one! I decided that either I had misunderstood or she was just teasing me. Either way, my mom did not think she was a ninja, that would be too silly.

Her next words however, pushed ninjas out of my mind completely. "Alright Chidori-chan, your dad is going to take you today. I need to get back to work and start training again. This way you'll get acquainted and I won't need a baby-sitter." She was smiling and looked truly happy for the first time since we had left our old village. I, however, was not smiling.

I stared at her with my mouth in an O. I couldn't believe she was abandoning me to a stranger already! Sure he was my dad, but I had only met him yesterday. How could she trust him to take care of me? She had barely ever let anyone hold me, let alone take care of me for a day. A knock on the door had me closing my mouth and my mother scrambling to tie up her hair. With a quick glance in the mirror she nodded, scooped me up, and went to answer.

"Yo," said the tall, silver haired man. My mom smiled up at him as my mind went spinning out of control. She was betraying me! I didn't know this man; he didn't know how to take care of a baby!

"Hey Kakashi. Come on in," she called over her shoulder as she made her way to the kitchen. She grabbed two bottles, some baby food, diapers, and a blanket. She shifted me to her other hip as she reached into a drawer and pulled out a scroll.

"Here, take Chi-chan while I seal up her stuff." She didn't wait for an answer and thrust me into his arms. We sent perplexed and overwhelmed glances at each other; clearly my new father didn't know what to make of this situation either.

When I looked back to my mother all the things were gone and she was rolling the little scroll up. Wait, where did everything go? Geez, this day was getting more and more confusing.

My mom handed the scroll over to Kakashi and he shifted me to one arm to take it. "Alright, I need to go to ANBU headquarters and get my superiors caught up. Taking care of Chidori is really easy. She can speak some and understands even more, she won't cry either. But when you meet with your team be careful – Chidori's never been around kids before and I don't want her to be overwhelmed okay?"

"Sure…" he answered, still clearly overwhelmed himself.

"Great! Bye Chidori-chan!" And with that she kissed me on the head and dragged us out the door. She closed and locked it behind her and took off running with a wave, "Have fun!" She disappeared down the stairs and left us there, together.

I gulped.

…

"Well, that was interesting." Kakashi stuffed the scroll into a pocket and lifted me up by my armpits. He held me up for a moment and examined me with his one visible eye. I stared back, determined to remain calm.

"Maa, you'll do." I nearly choked. Was that meant to be a joke? He moved me so I was resting against his chest and started walking. I pouted – I'll do! What does that even mean? His casual manner may have put me at ease, but it was still weird.

He carried me down the stairs and out of the apartment building and into the sunshine. I yawned happily. I loved warm weather both in my old life and now; it was so relaxing and peaceful. This more than anything made me calm down. Nothing bad ever happens on days as nice as this one was.

As he walked I decided that he wouldn't dare treat me badly – after all, if he did, he'd have to face my mom. I had the distinct feeling my mom's boundless energy intimidated him, hell, it intimidated me sometimes. With that in mind I made the decision to just go with the flow. If I really wanted a father I'd have to get used to the idea of spending time with him.

I snuggled into his chest and prepared to nap, I always slept better in my mother's arms and I figured it would be the same for another's. He stiffened at first and I smirked – I was making him uncomfortable and it was, well, kind of cute. He slowly relaxed and gave my head an awkward pat with his free arm. I giggled, I was so going to enjoy torturing my new dad.

I yawned again. Humph, I guess I'd have to wait until after my nap to mess with him. Smiling once more I shut my eyes and drifted off.

…

My new dad was still walking when I stirred. He noticed the movement and shifted me to his other side. I lifted my head up and blinked in the sunshine. As my eyes adjusted I took in our surroundings. There were shops on either side of the road and I could smell food in the air. I looked around eagerly for the source of the smell, wishing I was allowed to eat real food. I spotted a little food stand selling what looked like pastries. My mouth watered, if only I had teeth… damn.

I turned away from the food I knew I couldn't have and looked instead at a flower shop. It too smelled delicious, but in a different way. Through the window I could see all sorts of beautiful flowers. I looked up into the eye I could see, the dark blue one so similar to my own and I pointed to the flower shop. He raised an eyebrow in response. Smiling sweetly I pointed to myself and then back to the flower shop.

With a sigh he turned and walked into the flower shop. Once inside he turned me around in his arms so I was facing all the flowers. I squinted and tried to figure out which one I wanted. I was torn between a bright yellow sunflower and a Calla Lily. In the end though, I couldn't resist the brightness of the sunflower. I pointed towards it and Kakashi walked over to it.

"Is there something I can help you with Hatake-san?"

"I'd like to buy a sunflower if that's alright," he drawled.

"Of course, though if I may ask, who's the little girl?"

"My daughter."

The woman looked puzzled so I tilted my head and gave her a smile, "Mo'nin."

She squealed, "Oh she's so adorable! May I hold her?" I tensed up a little. The calm, elegant air was gone instantly. I'm always a little put off by excess energy when it's someone I'm not familiar with and I looked up at my dad with pleading eyes. This woman's abrupt change was downright scary.

"Actually, if I could just buy the flower… I'm late to meet my team."

The woman looked put out, "Oh, okay. I'll ring it right up."

Roughly three minutes later we were back on the street and I had a large sunflower in my hand. I glanced back towards the shop and heaved a sigh of relief. My dad noticed and chuckled under his breath. I was grateful that he had saved me from that woman. Something about her just made me want to shudder in fear. I resolved to put it out of my mind and sniffed the flower, feeling better after doing so.

Kakashi adjusted his grip on me and made his way out of the busy area. I poked the sunflower's petals sniffed it again. It was so perfect that I'd doubted it was real, but after sniffing twice I couldn't deny it – the flower was authentic. Inspiration struck me and I lifted the sunflower up as high as I could. I practically shoved it into my father's face. He looked startled for a moment but when I tapped my nose with my other hand he got the picture.

He crinkled his eye up as if he were smiling. "Yes Chidori-chan, the flower smells nice." I grinned and brought it back down to sniff it myself. It was odd how such simple things made me happy.

I was still petting the flower like I would a dog when I noticed our surroundings had changed drastically. We were now in a large clearing with a stream on one side and trees on all other sides. There were even three upright logs at one end of the clearing with dings and scratches in them. Huh, I didn't even recall how we'd gotten here. One second we were surrounded by shops the next–

"YOU'RE LATE!"

I winced at the sudden noise. Turning my head a little I noticed three figures standing a little ways away. "Yo," called my father.

There were two boys and a girl. They were children, probably between ten and thirteen, though I couldn't be sure. The girl and the blonde boy had been the ones to shout, the third just scowled. I gaped at the girl's hair – it was pink! I mean, I'd seen some weird hair colors lately, but pink? Where in the world is pink hair normal? Even her eyebrows matched; it looked natural. She was pretty, I guess, with the cotton candy hair and her green eyes, but still strange.

Thankfully, the boys' appearances were less startling. Though the one with the bright orange jumpsuit had… whiskers? No, they were just lines. The other one had dark hair, dark eyes, and less outrageous clothes.

"What's with the baby?" shouted the blonde in the jumpsuit. I grimaced, my ears were still sensitive.

"Shut up Naruto! Stop shouting, you're scaring the baby," she shouted back. Great. Another loud one.

"Alright team I would appreciate it if you stopped screaming in front of my daughter, okay?" said Kakashi in his usual drawl. He sounded amused, but I appreciated the fact that he'd noticed how the noise was affecting me.

"Since when do you have a brat?" asked the dark haired kid. He was still scowling. I bristled at the term brat but ultimately ignored it when I realized I couldn't retaliate.

"Apparently since six months ago," said Kakashi. "Her name's Chidori-chan."

The girl was already cooing at me and grabbing my tiny hands in hers. I smiled at her, at least someone appreciated my cuteness. The blonde kid stepped closer and went to poke me in the cheek. I flinched and closed my eyes but the poke never came. When I opened my eyes we were behind the group of kids.

"Maa, I'm going to have to ask you to give her some space. Little Chi-chan here is just a baby after all." They jumped at his voice and spun around. They too had no idea how we'd gotten behind them. "Anyway, let's have you practice tree walking some before we move on with training."

The kids grumbled at that but moved away to each stand in front of one of the trees at the edge of the clearing. I looked on curiously as they lifted their feet and ran vertically up the tree trunk! What the hell? I was officially freaking out, how was that even possible?

I leaned my head back to stare into my dad's masked face. He was looking at me curiously. I looked back at the freaky monster children and squeaked at the sight of them standing sideways on the trees, arguing about something.

"Chi-chan do you know what chakra is?" he asked me with his eye crinkled in a smile. I just stared at him blankly. I wondered at the nickname for a moment before I remembered my mom using it in front of him early in the morning.

He walked a little ways away from the demon children and jumped up onto one of the logs in the ground. I gasped a little at the jump before he sat down and put me on his lap. Once we were settled he reached forward and put his hand in front of me.

I stared at his hand in wonder. It was glowing! A blue glow surrounded his hand and there was no flashlight anywhere I could see. Hesitantly I reached out to touch his hand. When I finally did I felt the oddest tingling sensation in my finger tips and I laughed. No longer wary I stuck my other hand out to join my first. The tingling sensation felt so cool! I took my hands away and it disappeared and as soon as I touched his hand again the feeling returned.

I clapped and went off in excited baby gibberish. I didn't even try to form words, I just made random noises to express my excitement. I was so caught up that I didn't notice the three kids return from their tree exercise until the blonde kid spoke up.

"Ne, Kakashi-sensei, what do we do know?" I stopped playing with the blue light and looked up, startled. My dad let the light fade away and turned his attention back to the children.

"Hmm, I can't really think of any training... I guess I'll give you guys a mission today then," drawled Kakashi. He reached into his pouch and pulled out a scroll similar to the one my mother had given him, only without the ribbon tied around it. He tossed it in the air and the blonde, Naruto, made a clumsy attempt to catch it.

He yanked the scroll open and the other two went to read it over his shoulders. A moment passed, "Aw, Kakashi-sensei! Why do we have to do a dumb mission like this?"

The pink haired girl nodded, "Yeah, isn't weeding a little too easy for us? We can handle more you know." The scowling boy didn't say anything but he nodded.

I looked up to see Kakashi scratching his head. "If it's so easy it should be done twice as fast then. Maybe I'll give you a more dangerous mission after."

"Dangerous? Like rescuing a princess, fighting bandits, or something like that? Ne, tell us Kakashi-sensei!" whined Naruto. He was about to continue when the girl punched him in the head and effectively shut him up.

"Thank you Kakashi-sensei. We'll go and get this done." The dark haired kid was already walking away and the girl chased after him, dragging Naruto by the back of his jumpsuit.

Once they were out of sight I heard a heavy sigh. My dad lifted me up and jumped back down to the ground. It was so gentle that I probably wouldn't have noticed the movement if my eyes were closed. He stared at me for a moment before saying, "I really hope you don't turn out like any of them." It was said so seriously that I snickered, well, as much as a baby can snicker.

I agreed wholeheartedly with the sentiment. Those were some weird-ass little pre-teens.