Alone No More

Discovery

Warning: violence, signs of child abuse
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The following morning, Minato woke up alone in bed but could hear voices emulating from the kitchen. The yellow flash got up and got ready for the day before heading to the kitchen. When entering the kitchen, Minato was greeted by Kushina who's standing at the stove making breakfast. While Kakashi sat at the table mending a tear on one of his ninken's jackets with a little sewing kit. When Kakashi saw Minato, he let out a soft whistle which resulted in Biscuit entering the kitchen. Kakashi helped put the jacket on the dog, then washed his hands. While Biscuit trotted out of the kitchen muttering something about loud mouth females. After drying his hands, Kakashi helps his Sensei set the table as Kushina finish making breakfast.

"I didn't know you were such a heavy sleeper, Kakashi?" Minato teased after sipping of his some tea.

Kushina giggled, as Kakashi poked the food on his plate with his fork while pouting then retorted with, "I was tired."

After breakfast, Minato and Kakashi started for the training ground. While heading over to the training field, Minato grinned as Kakashi walk next to him while wearing his new jacket. While the two walked through the marketplace, Minato stopped when a fellow leaf shinobi made an insulting comment to Kakashi. Minato slowly strolled up to the man who was also a jonin like him, but before Minato could do anything, Kakashi grabs hold of Minato's sleeve. The yellow flash looked down in surprise as the youngest student pulled him towards the training field. While the boy stated that they needed to hurry before they're late for training even though they left for training an hour early.

When the student and Sensei reach the training grounds, Minato tried questioning Kakashi about that shinobi and the villagers, but Kakashi remains silent. A few minutes later, Rin arrived at the training field. Then after thirty-some minutes later, the boisterous Uchiha arrived panting loudly after his run, as he explained why he had to help the elderly woman with her heavy bags. Only to get a scolding from Kakashi with a lecture on how a shinobi must follow all the rules and regulations. During training, Minato surveyed the area around them while making it look like he was watching his students sparring. However, the Jonin-sensei was unable to detect anything ominous or out of the ordinary. Before ending training, Minato reminded his students that he and Kushina will be gone on a mission during the weekend, but there will be practice on Monday.

After Minato and Kakashi returned home from training, Minato told Kakashi that he needs to go get a few things before leaving on his mission. Kakashi nodded to his Sensei, as he sat on the couch reading this book before Minato teleported away. Minato stealthily snuck into the records building and was quickly able to locate Kakashi's file. The blonde jonin remained undetected as he checked Kakashi's file. Discovering that there is no written statement or documents on Kakashi's Foster family, or who is the guardian of the boy, or where he was sent after Sakumo's death. According to Pakkun, Kakashi only stayed at his Foster family's house for three months. Then moving back to the Hatake compound, and has been living there ever since.

To Minato, this was odd that there was no sign of what happened to Kakashi after the white fang's death. Only the boy's academy information, the date when he became chunnin, a paragraph size report on Sakumo's suicide, and his papers on being transferred to a team of two genin under Minato's care. The yellow flash quickly skimmed over the report of Sakumo's death. The whole report was far too straightforward for Minato's liking. It was basically saying, case closed, death by disembowelment, caused by self-inflicted wound/suicide. Minato's jaw clenched as he realized that the shinobi in charge of this case didn't even try to figure out if it was an assassination, they just deemed it as suicide.

Another strange element to Kakashi's file was the lack of medical reports. Which are not common for a chunnin, even if that chunnin is a prodigy. All shinobi are required to have a yearly physical exam an order to keep engaging missions. But after Kakashi turn genin there are only one medical physical reports marked off by a Doctor Yoshida. Plus, three injury reports stating that Kakashi refused treatment, and left the hospital, before being released by a doctor.