The night air was filled with a sense of calm easiness. One that would lull any normal person to sleep.

But I knew in my stomach that it was wrong. The peace and silence, it felt almost artificial. It was because of this feeling that I stayed awake, and kept my eyes on everything. Even after all the partying stopped and everyone went to sleep I stayed awake and alert.

There was a sudden creak from the door into the nursery, and I nearly jumped out of my skin. I quickly composed myself however, when I saw it was just one of the orphanage workers checking up on everyone.

The girl was wearing a red shirt, and some black pants. She also had black hair flowing down pass her shoulders. It was hard to make out any of the finer details of her appearance though, do to the darkness of the night and the dim light coming from the hallway she just came from.

However when she scanned the room her eyes landed on me and I saw the way her eyes softened. She quietly made her way over to the crib that I was laying in and gently placed her arms on the railing, leaning down to rest her head on them as well as she peered down on me with that fond look in her eyes.

However before I could try and get her to leave She spoke up and said "Cant sleep?". That uneasy feeling I had didn't go away though so i decided that maybe this woman would take me to the hokage tower, where I knew I would be safe; and responded with "me have water please" in the best Japanese I could.

The woman's smile grew a little more before in the same small voice said "sure". I saw that she was about to leave without me though, so In a moment of rare panic I made a squeaking sound. The woman turned back around.

I made sure my face was that of a scared child not wanting to be left alone, when I saw her slight hesitation I reached out my arms and made grabbing motions with my hands. I watched her resolve break before she let out a slight sigh before reaching down and picking me up by my armpits.

She then lifted me up and placed me on her side one of her arms wrapped around my back in her attempts to sooth me. I continued to play the part of the scared 1 year old till we got to the orphanage kitchen, where the woman grabbed a small cup from the cupboard and filled it with water all the while rocking me back in forth in her arms in a manner that would have made any other child calm down.

But the feeling only seemed to get worse as time went on. It wasn't long tell the cup was filled. The woman then brought it up to my face about to help me drink from it but my pride would not let me be helped to drink something unless my arms were completely broken.

So I instead reached out and wrapped my small baby hands around the glass and brought it up to my mouth and took a couple of drinks from it. The woman looked only slightly surprised by this but she didn't say anything just letting me finish before taking the glass.

She then said "all better"? The room was still to dark to make out facial features so I decided to instead make my voice as small as I could before saying "I scared, I want go to Hokage, Hokage make me no scared" there was a moment where even without seeing her expression I could tell she was confused before she said "I'm sorry little guy, but it's really late and the Hokage is always really busy protecting everyone else. So he needs his sleep to."

However before I could try and convince her to take me, there was a slight whooshing sound and before I knew what was going on I was being held underneath someone's arm held close to there chest. I could only hang there and watch as another figure was behind the woman and was choking her out.

I tried to scream, to make some sort of noise to alert anyone who would listen however before I could the person holding me put a clothed hand over my mouth, successfully muffling my scream, and with one quick chop from the other shinobi to the back of my neck I was sent into the realm of unconscious.


Kakashi was kicking himself mentally right now. How could he be so stupid! He was coming back from a mission and was about to check on his little brother when he saw him being kidnapped from the orphanage! He thought that if it wasn't for that damn council he would have adopted naruto a long time ago. And he wouldn't be chasing after two ninjas who had his little brother slumped over in there arms.

Flashback

kakashi was hidden in the rafters above the council chambers watching the council's discussion about what to do after the kyubi attack. Most of the time kakashi would have ignored the discussions of the council. They mostly consisted of just boring and tedious meetings that he could only put just enough attention in to make sure that the room was secure.

Even if he didn't he still had his squad with him to cover any other entrance. However right now he was laser focused. He wasn't going to let anything happen to his teachers son. And so he listened while every now and then taking a look at his little brother as if to make sure he was still there.

So when kakashi heard one of the civilian council members ask what happened to the kyubi, kakashi got curious too. All he knew was that he was fighting the kyubi one second sending jutsu after jutsu at it then the next gamabunta landed on the beast and after a couple of seconds of struggling the kyubi was teleported away, no doubt by his sensei, and after that if kakashi wasn't already running off 2 soldiers pills then he would have joined lord third when he ran off.

But a couple minutes later he came back alone with little Naruto. So he eagerly awaited the reinstated hokages answer. The hokage then explained how he felt where minato had teleported to and ran off towards the direction. When he got there he saw lord fourth and his wife kushina dead. Both of them had gaping holes in there chests, and not even a foot away was their son just staring at them.

Kakashi almost fell out of his perch when he heard how his sensei and surrogate mother had died. It's was only his countless years in anbu that allowed him to keep his footing. He felt someone grab his shoulder and saw that it was one of his subordinates.

When he turned the hand tightened in a reassuring gesture. Kakashi could only nod his head in thanks. However kakashi's attention was brought back to the meeting when he heard the civilians shouting. He didn't get all of it but from what he could hear, he didn't like it.

He heard things like "kill the demon" and "finishing what the fourth started". Kakashi was about to go down there himself and kill every councilor right then and there but the Hokage flared his killing intent and they all quieted down. He then watched as the Hokage waved his hand at his little brother figure and said, "this mere baby has more manners then any of you right now" emphasizing the word baby, to make it clear to the council that the child was in no way a demon but instead just a regular kid.

He then went on to say "if you let me finish what I was saying" he shot a pointed look at the civilians who had the decency to look sheepish, and said "the kyubi was sealed inside this boy by the fourth in order to save the village from the beasts wrath. That is because the kyubi is just an amalgamation of chakra and as such cannot be killed by regular means".

The civilian side looked like they had just swallowed a frog while the shinobi clans who already knew what sealing was could only look on in exasperation or in some cases amusement at the civilians. However the next question on kakashi's mind was what would happen to Naruto now, sure kakashi was in anbu and his skills would be needed but he would still make time for his little brother.

So when he saw the old war hawk danzo stand up he was immediately on guard. "Hiruzen allow me to take the weapon so he can be trained to utilize his power properly". For a brief second kakashi thought he saw the Hokage contemplate the idea, but just as quick as it came it was gone and lord third denied the request.

Stating that under the training danzo would give he would be stripped of his emotions and for a Jinchuriki who's emotions can cause the seal to weaken, it would be stupid to take those away from him.

Kakashi could have sighed in relief when he saw danzo just sit back down his argument being thoroughly dismissed. However the Hokage wasn't done as he motioned for kakashi to appear next to him and continued saying "the boy will be placed in an orphanage where he will grow up just as every other child. I'm making naruto's status a triple S rank secret and anyone caught breaking this rule will be executed."

The Hokage finished off his sentence by taking a drag from his pipe eyeing everyone in the room. Kakashi was then dismissed so he grabbed Naruto, taking no small amount of joy when he saw his little brothers bright curious eyes look on his mask before looking at his hair and giving him a bright smile.

He was thankful for the mask less everyone see his bright smile too. He quickly shunshined away with his brother in his arms as he reluctantly handed him to the already over worked volunteer.

Flashback end

kakashi had been ordered to take on a mission. Due to how specialized kakashi's arsenal is it made him the only candidate for the assassination of a group of A rank shinobi. He had completed the mission but had taken several hits, and that leads us back to now. Where we see a bloody kakashi in his anbu gear in pursuit of the shinobi that had taken his little brother.


It didn't take long for kakashi to catch up to the two nins, kakashi could tell they were mid to high chuunin but the difference between a jonin and a chuunin is wide and the difference between a jonin and anbu is just as wide. So even with kakashi's injuries it only took him a couple of minutes to be hot on the tails of the nins.

They seemed to sense him so they dropped a cluster of smoke bombs. Kakashi quickly made a cross hand seal and said "shadow clone jutsu" and next to him in a puff of smoke a clone of himself stood next to him.

Then he and his clone went throw hand seals and shout out "summoning jutsu" in duel puffs of smoke two little dogs appeard. The original kakashi spoke up immediately "pakkun, biscuit, enemy ninjas have taken Naruto, find him" and without any other fanfare the two dogs took a sniff of the air and headed off in different directions, kakashi and his clone both took a dog and followed.


The kakashi following pakkun took several turns and back ally ways before they caught sight of the shinobi. He was racing down an alleyway below them. Kakashi quickly jumped down and prepared to fight and kill for his little brother.


With biscuit.

The kakashi that followed biscuit was quickly gaining on the ninja who looked identical to his other counterpart. Both had black cloaks on that billowed in the wind as they tried to run from him. But kakashi was faster and in a blur of motion had the nin pressed down on the top of a roof by his neck.

He quickly reached his non occupied hand and pinched Naruto, only for it to pass right through him. Kakashi cursed before he brought his other hand up who was still holding the back of the nins neck, and said "who do you work for?!"

But before he could get any answers he heard a crunching sound, and white foam started coming from the ninjas mouth. Kakashi angered by not getting his answers throw the ninja back down on the roof before dispelling in a poof of smoke.


Back with the original kakashi

kakashi was preparing a fist to land squarely on the shinobi's head, planning on caving it in, but the shinobi dodged at the last second, causing his fist to impact with the ground and causing cracks to spider web there way around his fist.

However the nin taking advantage of Kakashi stationary position throw some shurikens at him. Kakashi quickly dodged and leapt towards the ninja with a kunai in hand. The nin brought up a short tanto to block his strike aimed for the nins neck.

The ninja then jumped back while making one handed hand seals and said "fire style: fireball jutsu". Kakashi then realized that he was led into a trap because as the fire ball was racing towards him it was illuminating the alleyway walls which were covered in explosive tags which were starting to be set off.

It was only thanks to a quick replacement jutsu with a box on a nearby roof that he was saved from the massive explosion of heat and flames. Kakashi let out a low growl as he sensed the ninja trying to get away. He then decided to stop playing and used the shunnshin to teleport in front of the ninja and landed a hard close line on his neck causing him to let out a gasp as his momentum carried him forward making him lose his footing and land on his back.

Kakashi getting the memories from his clone grabbed the real Naruto from the air, the ninja after being decked so hard accidentally letting go of him.

He then quickly grabbed a kunai and flipped it around so the small circle was facing the nin before shoving it in his mouth preventing him from cracking one of his teeth and swallowing the cyanide pill inside.

He then landed another blow to the nins head knocking him out. Kakashi after knocking out the ninja held onto his little brother figure for dear life, he was so scared that he was going to lose him. After he was done holding onto his little brother he pulled him back only to see that his hair didn't look quite as bright, and in front of kakashis eyes the little 1 year old he was holding dissolved into mud.

Mud clone kakashi recognized however he was to late as he felt the tip of a sword pierce his back. He was just barely able to move himself as to not get stabbed in the heart. But the sword had pierced one of his lungs. Kakashi let out a couple of coughs as the ninja put his foot on his back and kicked him off his sword.

Kakashi was barly running on fumes from his last mission and was now completely out of chakra, that shunnshin was all he had left after his shadow clone had dispelled sending him back some of its chakra. "But it wasn't enough" he thought to himself. As he could only watch as the ninja still letting his little brother dangle helplessly in his arms, flicked his blade, ridding it of any blood before sheathing his blade and jumping off into the night.