Hidden Villages

I: Hidden Leaf

The rain continued pouring down on the roofs of Konohagakure, but also the heads of any person who decided to venture out into the rain. A single eye looked out from behind the Anbu mask at the rain which drenched the entire vi sable world, yet the beholder's current mood matched the dreariness he saw before him.

A hand reached up underneath the Anbu mask and pinched the bridge of his nose as his ears picked up the sound of Naruto arguing with the Hokage regarding the fact Jiraiya would not be staying with the young child. His arms folded across his thin frame, yet a yawn threatened to escape from between his lips.

Kakashi watched his former sensei's sensei become more and more frustrated with the boy until finally the man glanced away and pointed outside with that rather obnoxious grin of his. "Hey, look! A naked woman!"

The young Anbu watched the Hokage's jaw drop, but also watched as Naruto's head turned in the direction Jiraiya indicated. "Where! Where!"

The old pervert attempted sneaking away while Naruto was distracted. Kakashi found himself pointing at the man. "Hold on old pervert! Did you turn him into a pervert as well?"

The Hokage glared at the sage. The goofy grin remained plastered on his face, but he stopped in his attempts at sneaking away. Naruto turned towards the man. "Wait. Were you trying to sneak away?"

"No, no. I wouldn't do that to you Naruto." Jiraiya glared at Kakashi for making his attempt fail.

"Yes, you would." Kakashi piped up.

The Hokage took a deep breath. "Now, now. I told you both that was enough."

Naruto folded his arms across his small chest and his mouth formed into a pout. He looked like a miniature Minato, yet Kakashi couldn't see Minato sulking like that. Instead, he remembered Kushina reacting in that manner. He felt emotion, yet as a shinobi refused to allow himself to emote what he felt.

The perverted sage smirked. The look on the man's face meant he was up to something, but Kakashi found himself unable to react before the smoke bombs appeared between his fingers. The items were quickly dashed on the ground causing smoke to fill the room so that Jiraiya might escape without Naruto noticing.

Kakashi almost took a deep breath as his emotions regarding something bad happening to the son of the fourth Hokage almost emoting externally. Instead, he moved over towards the child and attempted covering Naruto's mouth so the child wouldn't breathe in too much of the smoke.

Something sharp cut into his shoulder where he tried pressing Naruto's face. Kakashi's teeth ground together from the pain while his mind wondered what attacked him. He saw upon the smoke clearing a blond haired child biting his shoulder. A sigh from the Hokage made Kakashi turn his head slightly.

His head didn't turn far before Kakashi realized he'd wrapped his arms protectively around the child, but he had pulled the boy into what was theoretically a hug. Kakashi didn't move or emote, yet in the back of his brain he knew he wasn't comfortable with touch of any kind. Despite this he was touching a child who'd latched his teeth into his shoulder.

His arms lowered, yet Kakashi found himself unsure of how to react. He wanted to finish turning towards the Hokage in order that he might be given an order of some kind, yet a flash of red out of the corner of his one good eye told him the man had approached him. Hiruzen lifted his pipe to his lips. "Now, isn't this a predicament? I wonder how we'll get out of this one."

Kakashi's arms hovered inches away from the boy as he continued to wonder the same thing. The Hokage turned his free hand on its side and whacked Naruto on the top of the head. He imagined the tap wasn't like the ones Minato would playfully give him - in other words gentle, because he felt Naruto's teeth dig in a bit more when the hand came down.