The Time Traveller: Tsukinode [Kakashi Fanfic] *Rewrite Ongoing*

1.1. First Meeting [Rewritten]

Chapter 1: First Meeting

*Time Skip to 5 years later*

*Kakashi's pov*

Today we got a day off from those D-rank missions. Obito and Rin left to enjoy this free time with our other classmates. They don't realise that such moments should be used to practice and sharpen our skills. But I am not going to waste my time on explaining such obvious things to them.

I decided to go to Minato-sensei for some more training, and went to his house and rang the bell. Minato-sensei answered the door. 'Oh, Kakashi! Do you want something?'

'Sensei, could you train me today?' He looked surprised. 'You want to train? But you have got a day off' he asked. 'That is the reason why I want to train, sensei.'

'I am sorry Kakashi, but I can't. I am busy right now.' He said in an apologetic tone. 'Is it a mission?' He nodded. 'Then let me come along Sensei, I could help.' At this, he chuckled. 'This is not the kind of mission you are thinking of. And no, this not a D-rank mission, but still important.' 'What is it about?' 'I cannot tell you about that.'

Then he thought about something, and said 'But since you're so curious, I will let you join me. I could use your help.'

After getting ready, we set out for the town. According to Minato-sensei, we had to convince a child to train to become a shinobi officially. Evidently, they did not attend the Academy, but had the calibre to be a great shinobi, from the reports the Hokage had received. But there was a deeper reason to this-- they belong to a clan that is near extinction, and hence, their kekkei genkai is very rare and precious.

Minato-sensei stopped in front of a dango shop. This was weird. Is this where someone of a rare kekkei genkai is living?

The dango shop owners were an old couple in their late 50s, Kyuu Nakamura and his wife Ume Nakamura. They were the child's guardian.

Soon, we and the Nakamura, along with a boy, settled down in their living room. The boy had straight black hair with a hime cut, that reached just below his ears. His on the left was tucked behind his ear while his right ear completely covered. The bangs on his face nearly reached his black eyes even with his face up, looking the other way with an annoyed look. Minato-sensei introduced himself and started talking to us. Then he asked the boy to tell his name. With a sigh, he answered 'My name is Moriko Suzuki, and I am not interested in your offer, so I must ask you to leave.'

'Moriko, what did we tell you?' Mrs. Nakamura scolded... Wait, his voice, it was not like a boy's it a girl's. It wasn't girly or very high pitched, but definitely a girl's.

'You are a girl?' I stupidly said out loud.

Then she made an even more annoyed face. 'I thought you were a boy' I muttered in shame while turning my eyes away, feeling embarassed at my mistake.

That was when she said something ridiculous 'so you are not a goat, I thought you were.' 'What did you say?' 'I said I thought you were a goat, you like one, with your jagged white hair- you even sound like one' she said calmly.

Sensing that the atmosphere was becoming tense, Minato-sensei tried to calm us.

*Moriko's pov*

That goat, he looked so proud and arrogant, but he's even stupider than he looks. But right now I have to deal with this jōnin. 'Anyways, I stand by what I said. I will not become a shinobi, and I have my reasons. And besides, a helping hand offered is nothing but a trick to cause you more troubles. So no.' I said, rather bluntly, and stupidly. I shouldn't have given that reason. Now he will question me more... How troublesome.

But he did not, he just smiled. 'But you have been training, haven't you? Seeing from how your hands am cuts and callouses. We can help you train and become stringer. So why not become a shinobi?'

I did not want to answer that, so I just left the room.

*Kakashi's pov*

That girl is just so full of herself. This mission would be above A-rank, just for that attitude of hers. Beside me, Minato-sensei sighed, then he told me to leave the room for a while as he wanted to talk to the Nakamuras alone. So I nodded and left.

I found her in the backyard, throwing shuriken. She was very good. But her stance seemed very familiar for some reason. Then, I proceeded to throw my own shuriken at the target. She turned back to see me and scowled 'What do you want?'

'Nothing, I was just passing by. Your skills are pretty good. But not great.'

'What do you mean?' She asked, sounding interested. 'Your stance is completely wrong. Because of that, you end up wasting a lot of your strength in throwing them. Look' I showed her and she watched. After that she imitated my stance perfectly and threw her shuriken. She was a very fast learner, and very keen too. 'Yesss! I finally got it!' she said happily. 'That's more like it!' I said smiling, and then stopped. Why did I praise her, why was I smiling? Moriko stopped smiling too. There was a long silence.

I decided to break it. 'That's what Mianto-sensei meant. You need a teacher to help you improve your skills. You are capable. You could become a shinobi easily- a great one in fact.'

After some more silence, she finally spoke. 'I want to become shinobi, but I can't.'

'Why?' I asked. Why was she so stubborn?

'I have seen what shinobi can be like, especially with people who have kekkei genkai. You must know, I have kekkei genkai. And it's rare. So people have hunted down people like me. And they will do it no matter what, even if it includes doing something to the people near them.' she said with a hint of anger in her voice. 'They feared our kekkei genkai, that is why they hunted us down. Have you ever thought why there aren't many Suzuki? It is because either they were killed off, or so many of them changed their names just to escape so that they could live in peace. So I have to live without becoming an official shinobi, so that I don't attract too much attention and can stay near the people I want to protect.'

A/N: So sorry for leaving it in the middle, I'll try update soon

Published: May 6th, 19'

Rewritten: Mar 14th, 22'