For those who have already read my updates two days ago would know that my laptop was ruined two months ago and I just brought a new one so I'm sorry for the delay. Anyway I had a bit of writer's block but in the end I'm pleased with how this chapter came out. Hope you feel the same and enjoy reading!

Three days had passed since Kakashi saw the death of his mother. Still waiting for news about his mother's murders, Kakashi passed the time training with Naruto and helping him better his elemental manipulation. Akio and Jiraya stayed to protect Naruto and train Kakashi at the pools. Despite the fact that they were sitting in an isolated area, Akio had some of his agents spread out trying to discern useless rumors from useful information. Jiraya was waiting for news about Dai and Mahiru, Takara's murderers, and was going to join Akio's agents once that matter was resolved.

Right now Naruto was trying to master the wind shield jutsu, which enveloped him in sharp winds that pushed weapons away and protected him from some jutsus. Kakashi was standing nearby throwing weapons at him. Since Naruto was still perfecting the jutsu, some of Kakashi's weapons hit their mark and although they were blunted, Naruto glared at Kakashi whenever that happened.

"Sensei, stop that!" Naruto yelled for the fifth time "Can't you wait till I learn the actual jutsu to test it out!"

Kakashi smiled in amusement, "How can you learn it if you don't have the opportunity to learn from your mistakes? This way you can see what you are doing wrong and work on it."

"But at this rate I'll be too injured to train!" Naruto complained.

"The Kyuubi will heal any injuries you get faster than I can give them to you with blunted shuriken," Kakashi smiled brightly.

"You're enjoying this, sensei" Naruto accused much like he does whenever Kakashi is late.

"Can't say that I'm not," Kakashi admitted chuckling a bit, "are you ready for another go?"

"You're mean," Naruto muttered as he started going through the seals once more. Wind enveloped him again and Naruto watched closely as the winds knocked away the shuriken. Naruto could feel his shield weakening as it attempted to block more weapons, but despite its attempts, the shield broke and Naruto felt two shuriken striking his left leg. "Damn it!" Naruto yelled as he started hoping on one leg clutching his injured one.

Kakashi started laughing at Naruto's predicament and Naruto glared at him yet again. "Why don't we switch and you can try protecting yourself from a rain of shuriken?!"

"I would but I can't use the wind element," Kakashi replied still laughing.

"How come?" Naruto asked not having known that.

"Because my main element is lighting and since lightning is weak against wind my chakra can't withstand trying to manipulate itself into wind." Kakashi explained "For you, you will never be able to use fire jutsu unless you are the Sage of the Sixth Paths or something."

"Who's the Sage of the Sixth Paths?" Naruto asked curiously

"The father of ninjutsu," Kakashi elaborated "Ask Kyuubi I'm sure he knows more since he was there during that time."

"As if he'd tell me anything," Naruto snorted.

"Well are you ready to start again?" Kakashi asked cheerfully grabbing of couple of shuriken and aiming them at Naruto.

Naruto grumbled but started forming the seals before they were interrupted by Akio. "I have news about Dai and Mahiru," he announced.

Kakashi's expression hardened immediately and he stepped forward extending his hand to take the paper in Akio's hand. Akio handed it to him and watched at Kakashi read the findings. Dai, his mother's assaulter, had already died after being poisoned by an enemy and Mahiru had retired due to losing a leg in an explosion.

"Well?" Akio asked waiting for a reaction.

"Their cruelty was subjected back to them," Kakashi said, "Dai died a horrible slow and painful death and Mahiru became a cripple. I know we are ninja and killing is part of the job but what they did was unforgivable. I'm an assassin and I killed a lot of people. But I always gave my targets a swift clean death away from the eyes of their loved ones. It's not much since a kill is a kill but at least I didn't let them suffer. To know they suffered in return, I'm satisfied. That's all."

Naruto never wanted people to suffer so he felt a bit sorry for the two murders unconditionally. However, his sensei seemed to have moved on so that was good enough for him. He knew that his sensei won't stop thinking about it for a while but at least now he had some closure.

Akio nodded in understanding, he had misjudged Kakashi. He thought because of his assassination career and his blood, Kakashi might be a heartless killer. But he actually did care about his victims and did his job in a manner that made the target and those close to him suffer less. The sole comfort of knowing you're precious people died a quick and painless death was enough to ease their hearts.

"You are a lot like your mother, you know" Jiraya stated, a smile on his face. "She never wanted people to suffer needlessly but could never stand those with a cruel heart. She wasn't a ninja; however, she worked as a nurse in the hospital and saw the horrors that lay in the ninja world. She was a kind hearted, smart and quiet woman. Of course she had a sharp tongue when she wanted too," Jiraya laughed at the end remembering that tongue being used against him all too well, "You are more like her than you know, and knowing her, she would be proud of you."

Kakashi just stared at Jiraya never having expecting such a speech from him. Sure Kakashi was his student's student but their relationship never got on a personal level. All they discussed were ninja matters so for Jiraya to say such things, Kakashi was grateful, and inclined his head as a thank you.

"Well then," Jiraya decided to break the tension "Do you guys want to continue injuring Naruto or do you want another crack at the pool, Kakashi?"

"Let's go with the pool," Naruto stated quickly rubbing on his arms which were still stinging painfully.

Kakashi laughed and nodded, "Yes sounds like a plan, Naruto could use a break."

Naruto shot his sensei a grateful look then remembered that is was Kakashi who was chucking painful objects at him and glared once more. Kakashi ignored him having received over twenty glares from Naruto today.

They headed towards the pool and Kakashi bent down once more, sent his chakra into the pool and feared whatever was coming next.

Surprisingly, Kakashi looked to be about eight years old and not the six year old Kakashi thought he'd see. Kakashi expected his father's suicide yet it seemed that Kakashi had come to terms with that already. Kakashi briefly thought about it and realized that he had already forgiven his father for committing suicide and was actually proud of his father for protecting his teammates. Kakashi forced himself to stop thinking about that and focused on the memory in front of him.

It was in the afternoon and the center of Konoha was buzzing with activity as people went about their daily business. Kakashi was sitting under one of the trees and he seemed to be waiting for someone.

"I don't believe it," Naruto stared in horror "you are actually waiting for somebody, you?"

Kakashi smiled sheepishly at Naruto, "is it really that surprising?" Naruto nodded his head vigorously while Jiraya laughed.

"Have you been waiting long, Kakashi?" the person Kakashi was waiting on finally arrived. It was a tall blonde man with wild spiky hair and kind blue eyes.

"Dad?" Naruto stared longingly at his father. Jiraya had finally told him that the Fourth Hokage was his father during his own training. When Naruto found this out he was happy, overwhelmed and angry. He couldn't understand how his own father sealed the Kyuubi in his own son, giving him a horrible childhood. Jiraya did not have the answer but told him that knowing his father, he probably had a reason and picked him because he believed in him. Naruto hoped this was true and now seeing the blonde man alive in a sense, he hoped he could get to know him better and probably find out why his father burdened him with this.

"He was my sensei," Kakashi nodded. At this Naruto's eyes widened in shock. He had so many questions he wanted to ask but right now the projection was playing so Naruto held his mouth for once.

"No," mini Kakashi replied "you wanted to see me, sensei?"

"Yes, I though since you just completed your first B-rank mission, we should celebrate," Minato smiled warmly

"I don't get it," Kakashi replied rudely "what's the point?"

"There is no point, Kashi" Minato chuckled "it's just fun."

"Do I have to?" Kakashi sighed in annoyance "I want to train."

During the whole exchange Naruto was surprised. This kid was his sensei? The person he knew was so different than the little kid who Naruto summed up to be a brat. Then again he was only eight in this memory and everyone had to be a brat at some point. Also B-ranked at eight or nine, that was amazing. He wondered how much a genius his sensei was.

"Yes," Minato replied undeterred, "you have a lot of time to practice, today you should relax. Also, I know this great restaurant Kushina and I always go to."

"Kushina… could that be my mom?" Naruto wondered briefly.

Kakashi seeing he has no choice reluctantly followed as his sensei led him through the streets of Konoha. Soon they arrived at a casual medium sized restaurant. Minato was greeted enthusiastically the minute he entered. Apparently he was a frequent customer. The waiter's eyes shifted to Kakashi and his eyes widened in recognition. A flash of hatred passed through them but the man masked it quickly and beckoned the two of them to a table.

"Alright here's the menu, take your time to order and I'll be right back when you're ready," he said, flashing them a fake smile, and then left.

Minato and Kakashi continued on as if the man was acting completely normal. A while later they had ordered their food and Kakashi excused himself to go to the bathroom. On his way back, however, he spotted a couple of men surrounding his sensei. Confused, Kakashi inched closer to listen.

"… train that Hatake kid, in my opinion you should just let him die," one man said.

"He's a lost cause, Minato san, people are talking you know," the one on the left said.

"They are saying that you should be ashamed of yourself teaching rubbish like that," the last picked up the conversation

"Don't fall down because of that kid," the first one said again, "you built yourself a nice reputation, keep this up and you might as well throw away all your hard work."

"Thank you for your advice," Minato said his voice laced with anger "but it is not needed, Hisashi."

"Don't do this to yourself, Minato," Hisashi warned anger creeping into his voice as well, "ditch the kid before you regret it."

"Go away," Minato stood up glaring at them, his chakra flaring dangerously. The three men gulped nervously and wisely stepped away. Guilt washed over Kakashi, he never thought the villagers gave his sensei a hard time because of his family's reputation. Minato calmed down and turned to see Kakashi looking at him remorsefully and sighed. "Don't worry about it," Minato waved his worries away, "you will always find people who will talk nonsense, don't give them a second thought. Come on, the food arrived while you were away and if you don't eat it now it'll get cold."

Kakashi walked back to his table but didn't touch his food, "Sensei, I…"

"I told you to forget about it," Minato smiled "people like that aren't worth your time or happiness."

Kakashi just nodded and ate his food in silence. The projection then faded away.

"So you haven't forgiven the villagers for the way they treated you?" Naruto asked. After Kakashi told him his father's story, Naruto knew that his sensei had gone through a similar experience as him. But to see it happen made it all too real.

"No it's not that," Kakashi smiled "It's just, I hate the fact that to associate with me brought hate towards Minato sensei, I felt guilty, still do by the pool's standard."

"Oh don't worry about that," Jiraya chuckled, "Minato was never bothered by that, he was only angry at the way people treated you. Trust me when I say, you have nothing to feel guilty about with that!"

"Kakashi sensei," Naruto spoke up quietly a thought having just struck him, "did you have problems like that because you were my teacher?" he asked afraid of the answer himself.

"I did," Kakashi nodded not lying to Naruto, "but it really didn't affect me one bit, so don't worry. It was just annoying to have to deal with a bunch of stupid idiots."

"What did they say?" Naruto asked.

"Pretty much the same thing those three guys said now that you mention it," Kakashi noted no longer feeling guilty to what had happened to Minato sensei having gone through it himself and realizing it really did not matter.

"What did you say?" Naruto kept the questions coming.

"Will unlike your father I threatened them to keep their stupid mouths shut. I might have also told them that if I ever heard such nonsense from them that they'll find themselves in a hospital on the brink of death, having a reputation as Konoha's top assassin does have its merits." Kakashi smirked remembering the trembling faces of the ones he scared. Top jounin and ANBU, who understood perfectly well that being a jinchuriki did not make you the incarnation of the devil, had no problems with the whole thing so he only had to deal with the idiots.

Naruto smiled at hearing that, "Thank you."

"Don't mention it, but I really don't deserve your thanks, I should have done more for you before you were placed on my squad." Kakashi sighed.

"Why didn't you?" Naruto questioned. He had already thought of that the moment he learned his father was his sensei's sensei.

"When the Kyuubi attacked I was only fourteen and had just joined ANBU. With the number of men and women that had died during the attack, especially right after the war, Konoha was short on man power. Because of that I was sent on a lot, and I do mean a lot, of missions. I simply did not have the time to sleep sometimes, let alone take care of you. I left ANBU when I was twenty four, two years before we met, and at that time I just thought that it was too late to come into your life. That was a mistake on my part. When Sandaime sama asked me to be your sensei, I tested you like any other team, and was glad you passed. I'm sorry."

"It's not your fault," Naruto smiled "you were protecting Konoha. But I wish you did come up to me when I was ten it would've been nice to know that somebody other than Iruka sensei cared."

"I used to come by your house sometimes, made you sure you had plenty to eat, gave you some extra pocket money, but I know that's not enough." Kakashi explained .

"That explains why I sometimes had more money than remembering! It was weird you freaked me out!" Naruto laughed.

Kakashi laughed as well happy that Naruto had forgiven him for his lack of care when he was younger. Akio and Jiraya decided to leave them be and went to review the spies findings in order to prepare for the next storm.

"Since my father was your sensei, why do you think he sealed the Kyuubi in me?" Naruto asked.

"You mean why did he choose to condemn his own son as a jinchuriki, right?" Kakashi asked already knowing the answer. When Naruto nodded, Kakashi sighed, "I don't know, but knowing Minato sensei he probably had this grand plan that none of us know of. He never did anything without a reason before; everything he did had its own motive. He did not choose you randomly, that I am sure of, he chose you for a purpose. He was really happy when he found out he was going to have a child, he dotted on you even before you were born. I can't imagine he sealed the Kyuubi in you without feeling awful for doing so."

"Can you show me?" Naruto asked hopefully.

"Does the pool even work like that?" Kakashi asked. When Naruto gave him an 'I don't know' look, Kakashi decided to just try. He bent down to the pool, focused on that memory and sent his chakra into the pool. The water rippled and to Kakashi's amazement it was the memory he wanted to show. These pools were amazing.

"You called me, sensei?" Kakashi asked as he entered his sensei's home. Naruto noted that Kakashi seemed to have the sharingan this time.

"Yes, I'm going to be a father, Kakashi," he blurted the news out immediately a huge smile plastered on his face

"Oh, congratulations, sensei," Kakashi said slowly trying to absorb the news, "when did you find out?"

"About an hour ago," Minato replied still smiling "I didn't expect that but I'm really excited."

"You deserve it sensei," Kakashi smiled genuinely "you'll be a great father," he stated with absolute faith.

"Thank you," Minato replied gratefully, "I can't wait to see his or her first steps, hear his or her first words, I wonder whether he or she will he look like me or Kushina, will he or she be more like me or her, I hope he's or she's healthy, I want to raise him or her to be a kind person…."

And on and on it went with Kakashi just chuckling at his sensei. Naruto didn't even notice as a few tears fell down his cheeks, once the memory was over he snapped back to reality. Kakashi gave him a moment to compose himself.

"He really loved me," Naruto smiled.

"He did," Kakashi confirmed.

"You two seemed close," Naruto said a bit jealous.

"He became my sensei since I was five years old," Kakashi elaborated "and as you can see our relationship is much stronger that when you first became my student around five years ago. Imagine double that time."

"Makes sense I guess," Naruto nodded "Do you have any memories of my mother?"

Kakashi smiled, nodded and then sent a new memory into the pool. The rest of the day passed by with Naruto learning more about his parents than he had ever thought he would. The memories Kakashi had of when his beautiful red haired mother was pregnant were Naruto's best as they cemented the fact that he's parents had loved him a lot, even before he was born. At the end of the day Naruto felt a new connection to the parents he had always longed to have.

"Thank you, sensei," Naruto said gratefully as they headed back to the small inn.

"Don't mention it," Kakashi replied and with that their bond grew even stronger.