Left Behind
Chapter 13

I can’t believe it’s been 9 months. 9 months since the Hatake Clan was shattered. 9 months since I’ve started living with Minato. 9 months since my brother has been in a coma. Heh I don’t blame him. Not too many people live after being hit by 27 chidoris. Wait let me re-phrase that, No one has EVER lived after being hit by 27 chidoris. Most of them die after the first one. As his brother you’d think that I’m waiting for the day news comes he’s ok. But I’m not. He’s going to die and we all know it. Do you honestly think that after being in a coma for 9 months he’s going to live?! No.
“Kakashi sweetheart where are you?!” A voice cuts into my thoughts. Kushina-san.  She went on a mission a while back…….two days ago. Minato’s been busy with his hokage work for the past 3 days. “Kakashi!” I hear Minato yell. They should know by now that when they’re not around I stand out in the balcony. With the door locked behind me. Eventually Minato wanders over to the balcony door and knocks. “Kakashi, you in there?” He yells. I don’t get what the point is in asking, because he knows I’m here. He waits a while, and then knocks again. “Kakashi open the door.” He growls. “Minato just leave him alone” I hear Kushina-san behind him.  “I’m in the mood to be alone Minato, go away” I say calmly over my shoulder. “Kakashi don’t push me. Open the door!!” He screams. God what’s his problem? I wait a while then grab the knob of the door. “THAT’S IT!” I hear him scream. Next thing I know the door is broken down on top of me and Minato is standing there, with his leg out. God who ever knew the door was so god damned fucking heavy?!
“Minato! What the hell?!” I faintly hear Kushina-san yell as she runs over to me and grabs an edge of the door. She quickly throws the door off of me and pulls me into a hug. “Are you ok sweetie?” she whispers into my ear. I look up at Minato. It was more like a glare but whatever. What the fuck is wrong with him?! He fucking threw a door on me!!! What the hell???? I pull out of Kushina-san’s grip. “I’m ok” I grow as I stand up and brush the dust off of myself. He’s usually so calm and collective about these things. Probably had a bad day. “You couldn’t just leave me alone…..” My voice trails off as he throws me a glare. “You think you’re the only one with problems around here?! You brat.” He screams in my face.
You Brat. Those two words trigger so many memories…….Aniki…….
Tears unknowingly form in my eyes. Damn it. I stand next to Minato. “I hate you.” The words just flow off my tongue. And it’s the truth too. What the fuck is wrong with him?! Seriously. I run past him to the roof. Damn him. “Minato what the hell do you think you’re doing letting out your work stress on Kakashi?!” I hear Kushina yell behind me.
Yeah what the hell………..


Guilt. Something I haven’t felt in a long time. I feel it now. Thank to Kushina’s endless yelling at me, and the fact that Kakashi has been on the roof for the past 6 hours.
The guilt nearly kills me once I get to the top of the stairs and step onto the roof…….There he is…….just sitting there with his legs hanging off the edge of the roof. I take a second to just look at him. I really did say a bunch of stuff I didn’t mean this morning. For an adopted son I really should treat him better. “Hey…..Kakashi….”I mutter as I walk up behind him. “I’m uh….sorry…..you know about this morning…” I say. Truth be told the reason I did all that was because……well because this morning a few of the medics came in my office and informed me that….that…….Senji ……if he doesn’t wake up soon ………we might be forced to pull his lifeline. Konoha is going through a bad time……and we don’t much have time for things like this anymore. And as much as it hurts me……….eventually we just might have to kill him. And to tell Kakashi that…..….is just as good as ripping the guy’s heart out. “Kakashi see….today…..today they let me know that-““That you might have to kill Aniki?” Kakashi finishes for me. How he figured that out is beyond me. He seems to have read my mind as he says “It’s kind of obvious. You’re never pissed off unless it has something to do with my brother. Look you don’t need to be sorry. It’s me. You’re right I did think I was the only one with problems. I’m sorry.” He says so quietly I can barely hear him. I bet you he’s enjoying the fact that I’m dying of guilt right now. I shouldn’t have said all those things. He’s only 8. I mean if I was 8 and all that shit happened to me I’d probably be just like him too. “Look Kakashi….” I sit down next to him and put an arm over his shoulder. “I’m really sorry. I know you’re going through a lot. Honestly it’s not just because of Senji………..I really really want to save him. But…..but you see my-“I haven’t told anyone this in ages…….not since Jiraiya-sensei, Tsunade –samma and Kushina……. “You see Kakashi…….my father……..and my brother……….they-they both had their lifelines pulled when I was 7. I-When I became the hokage I promised-I promised I would never let anyone suffer like I did. A-and today…..today marks………14 years since they’ve been dead. A-and it-it makes me so upset that on the day they died……..I broke my promise. I hate to see you suffer like I did Kakashi.” I manage to say……choking on my tears. I hate to be breaking down like this in front of him. He looks away from me. “Hmm…..It’s ok………it’s real easy to get pissed off like that when you’re going through this stuff…………..hey…” He says as he looks me in the tear filled eyes.  It’s actually kind of embarrassing having him see me crying. “Hey don’t-don’t worry about it………Sensei” He says as he hugs me. The second he does I feel as though fireworks light up in my system. First things first he just called me sensei. For the first time ever he didn’t call me Minato. And he hugged me. As in actually embraced me with caring for the first time in his life.  It makes the tears flow out of my eyes. “Aw thanks kid” I whisper as I put an arm around him. This is a day I’ll never forget.
The Day Kakashi Accepted Me As His Guardian……As His Adoptive Father