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Officially turning five made him realize something... the universe hates him.
Why does he think so? Well, it started out peaceful. He and Kakashi were walking to his class, with him being carried on the man's back. They were talking about what happened over the Winter Break and Naruto, thankfully, made it a habit to visit them whenever he can.
"I'll see you later, Hatake-san."
"Love you too, Ren-chan."
Of course, his face flushed red when Kakashi said that. I mean, the famous Kakashi of the Sharingan, the student of the Yondaime, just said 'Love you' to him. Shikanai had made it her duty to take care of him and make sure he catches up on the material. Ren mused, the Nara girl can be active when needed be but most of the time, she's asleep.
Lunch was like any other day. Chomi would spoil him with food made from the Akimichi clan and Inoue would always question him about random things.
Then, before he goes home, he visits Naruto and stay at his apartment for a couple of hours before saying that he needs to go home. The blonde would wave him off with a grin on his adorable face and promises to visit him and Kakashi over the weekends.
When he got home, Kakashi was already there, surprisingly and they also had a visitor. Normally, Ren would be ecstatic to meet Kakashi's friends and ask them about embarrassing stories of Kakashi's childhood that wasn't shown in neither anime or manga.
No, this visitor was the last person he wanted to meet. It was the last person he expected to meet in his entire childhood. This person's aura was so vile that Ren gagged on it. He could feel the malicious intent in that mask of his.
The luminescent glow around Danzo was whirling around slowly, as if it was a predator waiting on its prey. It was terrifying, absolutely horrifying.
He was absolutely horrified. He would have blacked out if Kakashi didn't speak.
"Ah, Ren-chan, welcome back. This is Shimura Danzo, a Councilor in Konoha."
"Hello, child."
He was screwed.
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Name: Nohara Ren
Mother: Nohara Kazue
Father: * *
Relatives: All Deceased
Birthday: 31st of December Year *
Status: Civilian Orphan
Gender: Male
Age: 4
Adoptive Guardian: Hatake Kakashi
Report:
According to what the previous caretakers have witnessed, Nohara Ren showed incredible indepence for his age. He cleaned up after himself, cleaned his own dishes and other similar stuff, only at a mere age of two. His independence was a mystery, for no caretaker guided him in whatever activities he did but was able to show what he was capable of doing.
Nohara Ren had been a silent child and had never spoken until three years old, a year after he was put into the orphanage. One caretaker said that he spoke in defense for the Kyuubi Jinchuriki. Nohara Ren spoke with authority and accusation, using words beyond what his age is capable of. After this incident, most caretakers resigned from their job in fear of him being 'possessed' by the demon child.
At the age of four at the beginning of the new year, the demon child had been kicked out of the institution and Nohara Ren had been locked up in his own room. At the same night, he didn't go out even when his caretaker unlocked the door. He didn't go out to eat nor to take a bath. He was found huddled in a corner with his face buried in his knees.
The next day, Nohara Ren met Hatake Kakashi and much to the caretakers' disbelief, the child agreed to be adopted by the Hatake without previously meeting him at all except for that single meeting.
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The man closed the file he was reading. His interest was piqued by this young civilian boy. With no parental guidance, he was able to be seen as an independent boy, the characteristics most, if not all, child like him lack.
How was he able to obtain his independence without someone guiding him? What was most surprising was how intelligent this child is. From that report alone, Danzo could see how perfect this child is in his institution.
It took a long time for him to decide on a date to visit the child because of how busy he is.
He had asked the Hokage to get Kakashi do his duties for only half a day and he naibely agreed to his request. Danzo visited the Hatake without warning, and he was certain the young man was tense in his presence.
It wasn't long for his subject of interest arrive. When the boy saw him, he turned frigid and Danzo approved of how skillful he was for his age to mask his emotions.
"Ah, Ren-chan, welcome back. This is Shimura Danzo, a Councilor in Konoha."
"Hello, child."
The brown haired boy snapped out of his stupor, and like most of his soldiers, the young boy took a bow of forty-five degrees. "Greetings, Shimura-sama." The report was right, his vocabulary is much larger than most his age.
Danzo's thought suddenly wandered to Itachi. This boy reminds him of the Uchiha prodigy very much.
"Um, I have homework... and um, I'll bebe going to my room, Shimura-sama, Hatake-san."
Danzo watched the boy like a hawk.
Nohara Ren was certainly an interesting individual.
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Kakashi had his guard all up ever since Danzo arrived at their home. The Hatake was cautious of him, ever since that man tried to recruit him for ROOT. That man came to him when he was at his most vulnerable state.
Thankfully, he managed not to agree thanks to some selective individuals. The Hatake was terrified that Danzo have his eye on his precious little Ren. He was panicking.
The great Kakashi of the Sharingan (even though he's not an Uchiha but he was able to utilize the dojutsu very skillfully just as much as any other Uchiha, or even better) was panicking and it was not a laughing matter.
Ren was in danger.
Danzo might do something as to kidnap the young boy without him noticing. Kakashi won't have that. He has said it before again and again to himself, to Rin, to Ren that he will protect him. But... there will be certain times when Kakashi won't be there for him because of missions.
When the Councilor left, Kakashi's shoulders slumped in relief but was worried. Ren had showed his intelligence in those simple words. Greetings, Shimura-sama. Most kids his age would probably say Hello! It's nice to meet you, Shimura-san! Kakashi furrowed his eyebrows.
And then, he sighed. He walked up to Ren's room and opened the door slightly to see what he was doing. He knew Ren enough to know he always does his homework back at the Academy before going home. The sight made his heart clench as he found him under his blanket.
Kakashi knew he was trembling in fear. Even kids can sense how powerful Danzo is (if only Kakashi knew the truth). He softly went over to him and slowly sat by his bedside. "Ren... he's already left."
"I dun wan go 'tside."
The Hatake forced a chuckle out and wrapped his arms around Ren, who was covered from head to toe by a blanket. "Then, I'll stay here instead." He could still feel the little Nohara trembling in his arms but his shivering considerably slowed down.
"Wut 'bout din'r?"
"I can get a Shadow Clone get it for us."
Kakashi waited for Ren and in a matter of seconds, the adorable boy pulled he blanket off his head and cuddled close to him. "Hatake-san, that man... his aura's vile. I felt like I was going to choke on it." The Hatake curved an eyebrow. "Aura, you say?" Ren meekly nodded.
"Yeah, aura. It's like a luminescent glow that radiates from a person's body. This um... aura is kind of... unique? I mean, everyone has different colours. Like yours for example, it's a silvery blue. Somehow, it can tell me when you're feeling apathetic, lazy or happy even without showing it on your face. It happened with Shimura-sama. His aura was... gray with a hint of red and black. Even though he seemed nice and was smiling down at me, I couldn't help but feel like he's... dangerous or something."
Upon hearing this unique ability from him, Kakashi found himself holding Ren's shoulders and giving him a look in the eyes. "H-Hatake-san?" He was confused, that much was obvious. It's just, Kakashi can't have Ren be in immediate danger.
"Ren, have you told anyone about this ability of yours?" Ren's eyes shows fear and confusion and Kakashi could understand. He was acting weird all of a sudden, after all. When the young Nohara shook his head, Kakashi sighed in relief and pulled him close to his chest. "Listen carefully, don't tell anyone about this. No one, okay?"
This ability of his... to see and feel people's intentions and emotions... it could be a dangerous weapon. If people caught wind of this, Kakashi's not sure if he can protect Ren all by himself with all the people after him if it ever happens.
"Ren, can you see everyone's aura?"
"No. Um, I can only see the aura of people if I concentrate enough but I get exhausted easily. However, there are times when I can just... see it without concentrating at all. It's also hard to read their intentions. Er, am I... am I in trouble?"
Honestly, all Kakashi could think about was how his tenseness was alleviated. "No, no you're not. Ren..."
"Yes, Hatake-san?"
"Why don't you ever call me Kakashi?"
"... you... you want me to?"
It was only then did Kakashi remembered how formal this boy is. How every person Ren meets, he calls them by their last name with the suffix -san. Kakashi never really corrected him when he first called him 'Hatake-san' because he thought, Ren would come around.
"I don't really mind, you know."
"Oh."
"K-Kakashi-san..." A small smile graced the Hatake's lips. So, all he needed was a little push to call him Kakashi, eh? "Yes?"
"... um, can you train me? I mean, um, I'm... a... uh, little left behind in taijutsu... and... um, chakra control... so I thought that I should ask you and... sorry, I'm rambling, aren't I?" Kakashi chuckled and ruffled the boy's silky brown hair. It was always relaxing to ran his fingers through Ren's brown hair.
"I don't see why not." Maybe it's time to retire from the ANBU and be demoted to Jounin again. That way, Kakashi will have more time to spend with Ren and more time to train him. Besides, Kakashi already earned quite a lot from all his missions.
"Ren, did you know your Auntie Rin had rectangular tattoos on her cheeks since it's customary to the Nohara Clan when they go to the Academy to become ninjas?"
"Eh?"
His precious little Ren is such an adorable kid and Kakashi couldn't imagine a future without this boy beside him.
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The next day, Ren was five hours late and when he got to class, they were staring at his face and tattered clothes. He was uncomfortable with all the staring, even Yura-sensei was staring at him! "Um, I'm sorry I'm late. K-Kakashi-san and I trained this morning and we uh, lost track of time."
Ren said with a sheepish expression on his face, making him more adorable, he thinks. How? Because the next thing he knows, the females in his class was squealing his name with the exception of Shikanai. The new lavender rectangular tattoos on his cheeks just made him more adorable.
Nohara Ren was many things in his past life and being adorable was not one of them. "You may take your seat, Nohara-kun." Ren jogged his way to his seat beside Shikanai, who was giving him an exasperated expression. "You look cute." She had said the moment he sat down.
His face flushed red in embarrassment and anger. "I'm not cute! If anything, I'm handsome!" He took offense. A guy doesn't like being called cute, he likes being called handsome. Shikanai smirked and pointed behind them. "I beg to differ, Ren."
Curious to whatever she was pointing at, Ren looked behind them, only to blanch when he realized almost every girl (no, all girls) were staring at him with heart in their eyes. He looked down and thought, why did Auntie Rin have to be so adorable?! Her genes must have passed on me! And even Kazue-kaasan was a mesmerizing woman! I don't know about my father, but I bet he was also good-looking! Why?! I could've stayed looking like a normal kid! Why did you guys have to be so good-looking?!
"Don't worry about it. They'll probably forget about it tomorrow." Was Shikanai's words before taking her usual naps.
Shikanai-san is right. They'll forget about it tomorrow, so why is it he's having a feeling that they won't?
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The very next day, Ren had to ran around the campus to lose his fangirls before joining Shikanai, Chomi and Inoue for lunch in their secluded area. It was an exhausting day, to say the least. Overnight, he got himself a fanclub and Shikanai had the nerves to tease him about it.
But it was all worth it.
Why? Because the moment he got home, Kakashi told him he retired from the ANBU and gave him advice how to avoid his fangirls.
Oh, how he loves his guardian.
