YEESH THAT TOOK ME A WHILE TO UPDATE!... I don't have an excuse, though… Again, I apologise for the shortness of last chapter, but… I HAD TO DO IT TO YOU!
Disclaimer: Blahblahblah it's not mine, except for the OCs. Good.
"… what to do with him… no, he didn't know anything… I don't think you should… he's in a state of shock right now… yes, he saw the body… no… no… Kakashi?" The call of his name brought Kakashi out of the meditative state he had been in as he sat on a bench outside of the Hokage's office. The boy had been letting the murmurs of the conversation wash over him as he stared unseeingly at the wall opposite. It had only been four hours since he saw… his father. Now Konoha had come to life and around him the day was beginning. The Hokage and Naoki had been in conversation for a little while, no doubt concerning his future. As of yesterday, Kakashi was a genin, and should be assigned to a team. However, he knew that the Sandaime Hokage was considering pulling him back into education, to minimise the vast change to his life that he was going to feel. As if that could be achieved.
Naoki opened the door and Kakashi got to his feet, suddenly stumbling and blinking. Naoki smiled down at him carefully, sadly, and caught him before he fell. Kakashi didn't meet his eyes, and walked past him into the office, where the Hokage sat with compassionate eyes. Naoki followed him in, and silently closed the door behind them.
"Kakashi… I…" The Hokage started, but faltered as the five-year-old met his eyes with a stony cold gaze.
"I don't want to go back to the Academy." He said simply. The Hokage looked at Naoki, and then back to Kakashi,
"It might be for the best, Kakashi," He murmured, but the boy was adamant,
"Why don't you want to, kiddo?" Naoki asked quietly, and Kakashi looked at his feet,
"I will join a team, and then a year from now I will take the chuunin exams."
"You're only five, Kakashi!" The Hokage argued, but he merely nodded,
"My father took the exam then, didn't he?" He replied emotionlessly, and the Hokage cast his eyes down,
"Look, I know this is hard for you, young as you are-"
"Don't patronise me." Both the teacher and the Hokage gasped at the boy's words, but he carried on, "Maybe you're worried about if I would make a good ninja, because my father broke the rules. What he did makes no difference to me."
Naoki took him by the shoulders and forced him to look up,
"Kakashi! Where did you learn to talk like that? Your father was a hero!"
"He was a coward. He makes me ashamed." Kakashi spat, and the Hokage stood up suddenly, pulling Kakashi with him and walking to the window overlooking the village,
"Is that what you really think?" He asked, his eyes facing away from the boy, who nodded stubbornly, "So you will disown your father?" Kakashi hesitated but then nodded again, "Then there's nothing to be done." The Hokage turned back to face Naoki, "He will live with you for the time being, Naoki." He commanded, and Naoki bowed, before casting a confused and saddened look at Kakashi,
"Come on, Kakashi." He murmured and they bowed again and left the office.
Ok, so this one is quite short again… I'm warming up, I promise! I think I made Kakashi a little OC, so any thoughts would be really helpful… hear that, people? REVIEW!
