Chapter 2: A Sensei and His Pupil.
After a month…
"Sensei." Kakashi called out, approaching the Hokage's desk.
"Hmm?" he was busy writing a report, but still gave his full attention.
"Uh, it's nothing." He left the subject, 14 year old Kakashi, musing on everything that's happened.
"What's wrong?" he stopped writing and looked at him.
"It's… the demon fox." He started.
"What about it?" his expression was undefined.
"I had a dream about it. It was inside of me, so I wanted to know… What is it?" he looked like he was crying.
"Uh, well… you see." He stuttered with a smile. "I was very scared, to tell you." He started. "But I remembered that I am doing this, for the sake of Konoha." He looked up and smiled at him.
"And for your son?" he raised the subject.
"Especially for him, for his future." he got up and left the papers, resting his hand on Kakashi's shoulders and left the office. The paper was Naruto's birth certificate. Namikaze Naruto.
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On top of the Hokage Office…
"Hmm... The future, you say?" Minato leans his arms down on the railings while Kakashi sits on the other side, facing outwards.
"Yeah." Kakashi's dull expression still hasn't been perfected.
"But never forget your past." Minato muses.
Kakashi was silenced by the memories that haunted him. He wasn't able to sleep since that day. And even afterwards when Rin just vanished. He was all alone, and there was no one, no one but his sensei.
"Sensei, Arigatou…" he felt so sentimental that he didn't even look at the Hokage, Minato just smiled.
"Come on now, I could feel the rain coming…" Minato leaves and Kakashi follows, the Yondaime then places his hand on Kakashi's head.
"You're doing fine, you just need motivation."
"Where could someone get that?"
"You like books, don't you, Kakashi?"
"Hmm... Now that I think about it, I don't."
"Well, we'll see about that." He patted his back.
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The next day…
Minato just woke up, seems he has fallen asleep on his desk yet again. Blast these files, when will they end?
*Knock Knock*
"Ungh… Come in." his voice was still hoarse.
"Minato, sleeping on the job, ey?" his sensei was back with a huge scroll in the rear.
"I have to finish these before 5 PM." He seemed defeated already.
"Hmph, my students could do that in a flash." He crossed his arms and looked at the ceiling.
"I am your student, and I am the yellow flash". He sarcastically replied.
"That's why I believe in you." He returned to his normal stance and smiled. Of course being the old pervert he is, it wasn't as awesome as Minato's.
"Thanks, Sensei." He returned to his files and took a glance at his old team picture. Team Yellow, huh? Those were some damn good times.
"Hey Minato, better get that done fast." Jiraiya said.
"You're the one to talk, you're not the Hokage now, are you?" he jokes.
"Nope, and thank God I'm not." They share laughs. "I have to go, Minato. And what you asked for, is right here." He set a familiar orange book on the table.
"Thanks Sensei." With that, Jiraiya left with a pervy smile on his face. I'm going to be a huge hit.
Minato grabbed the book and read the summary at the back. Sensei, such a pervert. He kept it in his drawer and continued his files.
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A bond between student and teacher, something not everyone understands…
It's a sacred bond, wherein respect and love for the other is manifested.
Yet, somehow it isn't what you call perfect. It's what you call satisfaction.
Until one grows, the other can't. That's what I think. They have to grow together…
Notes: Well, there we go, Chapter 2! :D Basically it starts with the history of Icha Icha and its influence towards Minato. Little does he know in the alternate universe, it takes over Kakashi's life.
Naruto is Masashi Kishimoto's. ©
