What are we fighting for

Author Note: Hey everyone and welcome back to 'What are we fighting for'. I do hope I didn't lose any readers because of what I did, and maybe I have gained some readers from the anticipation of an updated version for this story. I have made changes to every chapter, in my opinion this story is going to be so much better. I truly love this story and that is why I am taking to the time to re-do it and make it better. So without further ado please read on and let me know what you think. – itachiluv89

Summary: Keeping my identity a secret and trying to protect a criminals child from his enemies within the Village was not the ideal life. But it was the one I was thrown into, and I didn't regret any of it. To protect my son and the ones I held dear I would do whatever it took to protect them, even betray my own Village.

Chapter One: How I got this Way

"You'll never feel at home. Anywhere, anywhere you go. And when you sit around, all your questions they start to grow. They won't give you any answers. And they lie about what they don't know." Heavy Prey by Lacey Sturm

I was only six years old when my real identity was taken from me. I was wondering the outskirts of Konoha when I was found by a group of ANBU. One of which had hair just like me but it stuck up like a Scarecrow.

"Hi there, don't be scared I'm not going to hurt you. I'm just here to help."

"I'm not scared."

"That's good. Do you know where you are?"

"No."

He nodded his dog masked face before talking again.

"You are in the Land of Fire on the border of Konoha the Village Hidden in the Leaves. Where are your parents?"

"I don't know, I don't have any. Am I in trouble?"

"No sweetie, you are safe now. I'm going to take you into the Village and hopefully we can find someone who knows you."

He picked me up, I felt safe even though I did not know this man, or should I say teen he was about ten years older than me at the time. The group took me to their T&I headquarters where I met Ibiki Morino. Despite what people would say about this man he was very kind and never once did I feel frightened by him. They checked me over for any injuries and drew blood from me.

He had me bathed and clothed with fresh clean clothes by a female ANBU. I started freaking out when the dog masked man handed me to another ANBU who was not him and male. I was not comfortable around men, yet there was something about the one who had carried me all the way back to his Village I felt a connection. At the time I didn't know what it meant to sense another's chakra, so I didn't know that it was his chakra I was drawn to that made me feel safe.

When I finally met Hiruzen, after several hours, he asked me a series of questions, which I answered the best I could. The one question he asked that I was very positive I knew was my name and age.

"Well dear,"

I hesitated for just a moment before telling him what he wanted to know.

"My name is Yuuna and I'm six years old. I don't know my last name."

"That's alright child, I have had some of my Shinobi ask around the Village but no one has mentioned or had even known that a child was missing. We are not sure of where you came from or why no one seems to know of your existence."

He paused.

"Because of this child and for your safety you will be giving a new name. You will become Yuuna Hatake. Do you remember the man with hair like yours? You clung to him the whole way back to the Village."

"Yes I remember, the one with the dog mask."

"His name is Kakashi Hatake, and from now on you will be living with him. He will be known as your brother, and your father's name is Sakumo Hatake."

"When will they be here?"

"Kakashi will be here soon, but Sakumo has been dead for quit sometime. To be honest about six years, so just around the time you would have been born."

So this old man has given me a new name, a brother with the hair of a scarecrow and a father who died when I was born. Why not just send me to an orphanage? Before I could say anything there was a knock at the door and it opened slightly.

"Ah, Lord Hokage I know I'm actually early but is she ready yet?"

The scarecrow peaked his head in and I turned to see him. We resembled each other greatly from both having white hair. Though my facial feature would be my down fall as to my true identity, I looked a lot like Tobirama Senju. As I would get older I would come to realize I had the same affinity for wood style jutsu just like Hashirama Senju, and the same strength when it came to being a sensory type like Tobirama Senju. Kakashi would become one of those I would be able to sense from no matter the distance as would another person, but I will talk about him later.

"Hm, Come in Kakashi I am actually finished with my explanation on what will happened to Yuuna.

I got up from my chair and Kakashi entered the room fully. I walked to him and just stared, as a child I was afraid of men I didn't know but with him it was different.

"Uh, hello Yuuna. I am Kakashi Hatake your brother."

He leaned down to my eye level and extended his hand for me to shake, but because of the calm safety he gave off I wrapped my tiny arms around his neck and hugged him. He stiffened in my hold but relaxed shortly after and hugged me back, he even picked me up and I got comfortable in his hold. I buried my head into the side of his neck and my long white hair fell around my face. I could sense the tension from the ANBU guards outside the door. They were ready to take action if I became a threat in anyway. I truly could not blame them I was someone unknown and the two men in the room with me were very important to the Village.

"She seems to have taken a liking to you, that's good."

"Yeah I guess."

Sarutobi reached down and pulled up a duffle bag to sit on top of his desk.

"This has some clothes for her. She may begin going to the Academy starting next week. This has her class room and who her Sensei will be written on it."

"Ah, thank you."

Kakashi reached for the paper and bag and was about to leave when he was called back for a moment more.

"Kakashi, do try not to fight with her Sensei, he's new and is trying his best. So go easy on him."

"Sure, sure. Am I good to go now?"

"Yes you two may leave, but one more thing I will need for both of you to come back in the morning. Yuuna's blood results should be in and we will be able to confirm what Clan she is from."

"Yes Sir,"

Kakashi simply said and he teleported away to our new home. When we got there it made me feel slightly queasy seeing as how this was not something normal for me. He opened the door and set me down inside while he closed the door behind us.

"So this is where we will be staying, come on I'll show you around."

I held his hand as we walked around he showed me the living room and kitchen both very nice and clean. I'm not a messy person so it wouldn't be hard to keep things that way. He showed me to the patio we had outside the back door, I could see the tops of a lot of buildings because we were on the third floor. He took me down a hall and said that the first bedroom was his and if I ever need something at any time to come in and let him know. He explained that because of the missions he took there would be times where I would be alone at night, but that someone would be around during the day to check up on me and made sure I ate, did homework, and went to bed at a reasonable time.

Next he showed me my room, it was almost identical to his but a little more girly. I wouldn't have said it then because that would be rude, but I was not nor would I ever be a girly girl. There was one bathroom so we would have to share.

"Are you hungry?"

I nodded my head to him and we went back to the kitchen to eat. He opened his fridge and was looking around.

"Is there anything you want to eat?"

"No I'm not picky."

"Instant ramen for us tonight."

I gave him a small smile and sat at the table with my hands resting on it.

"We'll have to go grocery shopping. While we're there you can point out anything you like to eat. For right now I will not be sent on any missions so I can be here and get you adjusted to the Village, okay?"

"Okay."

We talked for a little while and finished our food. Kakashi told me about the things that were around our building and took me down to see the park that was close by. And for once in my six years of life I played like any other child at the park. Kakashi pushed me on a swing and was waiting to catch me when I went down the slide. I wish things could stay this way, all happy and smiles. But I knew there was a harsh cold reality that would take it all away. Happiness doesn't last long something always goes wrong in the end.

As I slept in my new bed I tossed and turned, my six year old mind racing a million miles a second. Once my mind settled down and I finally thought I was going to sleep. My nightmares started to plague me. I didn't think I was making any noise but I was. I was screaming in agony as if someone was there torturing me. I felt someone shaking me and yelling my name, when I was finally able to open my eyes I saw that it was only Kakashi there with me. I leaned up and threw my arms around him, dug my face into the side of his neck and cried.

"Shh, it's okay. You're okay now, I'm here."

He gently rubbed up and down my back to sooth me, needless to say he stayed in the room with me all night. When we got up in the morning he made breakfast and then we went to the Hokage's office.

"Oh good you came in early."

The Hokage put the papers he was looking at aside and pulled out a file, he opened it on his desk.

"So the blood results are in and the medics ran the samples in comparison to that of a Senju. The test shows that you dear girl have all the same properties of a Senju, more specifically you genetic make-up is like that of the Second Hokage Tobirama Senju."

"Does this mean you will send her to the Senju compound so she will be among her Clan?"

"No. I would rather she stay with you. No one from the Senju Clan has reported any missing children and I fear they would not know what to do with her if her existence became known. Her DNA matches far too closely to the Second's for her to be the random child of one of their Clan members. I want to keep her a secret for a while longer, I have asked for the Leader's of the Uchiha and Hyuga Clans to come and take a look at her."

"Are you sure that is wise, with Lord Fugaku I mean?"

"He would not harm a defenseless child, he does have two of his own."

"Of course."

"They should be here any minute."

As if on que there was a knock at the door, I pulled onto Kakashi's pant leg to get his attention.

"What's wrong Yuuna?"

"Nii-Sama, they feel very strong."

"How do you know that?"

"Mhm, I feel strong waves of air coming from them. But I know it's not really air, this is too thick."

I was scared and he could tell. Kakashi picked me up and held me in his arms before talking again.

"They won't hurt you, I promise."

I leaned my forehead on his and knew his words to be true.

"Okay,"

"Well if I didn't know any better I'd say she was sensing their chakra."

The Hokage said as he passed by us to open the door. When the door opened I saw two very stoic looking men standing there. They both walked into the room and the Hokage closed the door behind them.

"Stand her up on the desk Kakashi."

I tightened my grip on Kakashi's shirt silently begging him not to let go. One of the men, the one with brown colored eyes noticed my nervousness and he approached us.

"It's going to be okay child, we are here to help."

He plucked me from Kakashi's grip, my so called brother didn't fight him to get me back. But he kept his one visible eye on me the whole time. The man who held me stood me up on the giant desk in the room.

"There we go; see nothing to worry about."

He looked me over, gave both arms a light squeeze, poked my sides gently, and made a face.

"She is very malnourished. Kakashi do be sure her diet contains the proper amount of protein and vitamins to help her gain some weight."

"Yes Sir."

"Right, let's get this started. Dear, I know they already had someone of the Yamanaka Clan try to take a look at your memories. But they were unsuccessful there is something in your mind that was blocking them. So I am going to take a look. You're going to feel a slight pressure on your mind but it will not harm you, okay."

"Yes,"

He held me still but not tightly and all of a sudden his eyes went from brown to red and black. And just like he said I felt pressure on my mind. The world stood still for what felt like hours to me but was really only a few minutes. When the man's eyes went back to normal so did the rest of the world. I let loose a shaking sigh and staggered a bit. The man in front of me helped me to sit on the desk, he even went as far as to move more papers and lay me down. He stroked my hair gently before turning to the others in the room.

"She is Senju one hundred percent. Both her parents looked to be full Senju, and yes she is most certainly from Tobirama's lineage. But as to why she was left alone along the border of the Village I could not see. Inoichi was right there is something blocking her memories. Her mind is not just blocked from us but it seems she may have been tortured as well from what I could see."

I turned my head to the side and looked at the people in the room. I really didn't know any of them but there was a sense of safety here. The other man who had walked in the room, I noticed had almost colorless eyes and long hair. He approached me next, I tried to sit up but the other man motioned for me to stay laying down.

He didn't say anything to me but I saw a change in his eyes. There was no pressure to my mind or anything and I wasn't sure what he was doing.

"There are no blockages to her chakra system. Have you done the chakra test to see what her element is?"

"No, but I would assume she would be better suited for water type jutsu."

"You may find she will lean more towards wood style jutsu. Genetically speaking, yes she is very closely related to Tobirama. But something about her chakra is similar to Hashirama the first Hokage."

"That's impossible."

Kakashi was the one to speak what the others were thinking. He walked closer to me but was stopped by the man who's eyes turned red.

"There is no way her chakra can be the same as the First Hokage's. Not unless she was experimented on."

"That is a possibility, but for it to be true she would have to have another type of chakra within her. And that is not the case. It would seem that both her parents for this to happen would have had to been very closely related to both Hokages."

"It's safe to say her parents abused her and she somehow escaped them or was helped. Though it does not explain why we can't see all of her memories or whys he herself does not remember her own parents."

I was starting to feel sleepy from all of this and my eyes kept closing but because I wanted to hear what they were saying I was making myself stay awake. Kakashi noticed but didn't say anything about it just yet.

"Before you both walked in she; I think she was able to sense your chakra. I sure she doesn't know what she did but it looks to be that way."

"Interesting, for a child her age to do something no other can."

"Like your son, Lord Fugaku."

"Yes, Itachi may only be seven but he is already a Genin."

That was the first time I heard that name. And until the day I met him I followed everything he did, I wanted to know more about this boy who was from a Clan that was supposedly an enemy to the Clan I was from. By birth we were enemies, but that didn't mean we as people were had to be enemies.

"It looks as if she is tired from this experience. Take her home, let her rest and make sure she eats properly."

"Yes Sir,"

Kakashi was finally allowed to approach me and I used what strength I had to roll onto my side and sit up. I gladly accepted him lifting me into his arms and we disappeared in a puff of smoke. When we were back in our apartment I lifted my head from Kakashi's shoulder.

"Nii-Sama, what's a Senju?"

He looked up slightly as if he was think, then moved to sit in the living room. He sat on the couch with me in his lap.

"Well a Senju is a Clan of people who all have the same ancestor. You are part of that clan and thus makes you a Senju."

"But what does that mean? Who are those two men that you all were talking about?"

"Okay, let me answer the second question first. The two men that were discussed, the ones we were comparing you to. They are known as the First and Second Hokages. Hashirama Senju was the First Hokage and his brother Tobirama Senju was the Second Hokage. Hashirama and his longtime friend later enemy are the founders of our Village."

"So they're important?"

"Yes. The Second Hokage Tobirama Senju, he is the one we are positive you are related to. All the more making you a Senju."

"But the man who had no color to his eyes he's the one who said something about my chakra like that of the First Hokage."

"Yes sweetie. Your chakra is like the First Hokage's, but that's a good thing. I know someone who will be able to help you learn some really cool jutsus."

"Really? Who is it, I want to meet them."

"Calm down. You can meet him soon. But first I have some books that you can read about the Senju Clan. And it should help you better understand what it means to be a Senju."

"Okay."

"Right come on."

He got up and walked to the bookshelves that he had along one whole wall of the room. They were both filled completely with all different kinds of books. He looked at them before pulling the one he wanted. I read the front of the title and it said. 'The History of the Senju.'

"Here this should be good for you. Um you can read right."

"Yes, I can read."

"Awesome. If you ever get bored there's a lot of books you might like. But I will say it would be best if you stayed away from the ones along the top shelf. Those are a little too graphic for you right now."

"Okay."

Kakashi sat me down on the couch and went to take a shower. Once he was done we went out into the Village to do some grocery shopping.

Six months into going to the Academy to train to be a Ninja and I was already getting into trouble. At the moment I was sitting in the classroom alone waiting for Kakashi to come and get me. He was going to have to talk to my teacher. But like always that brother of mine was late, like an hour late. It was almost going on two hours when I felt his chakra outside the door. He knocked before entering the room, first he looked at me then to my teacher.

"Well what did she do this time?"

"Ah, Kakashi-San please have a seat."

"Iruka-Sensei I don't have all day."

"I know but this is important. Yuuna-Chan used her Mokuton on another student."

"Really, is that all this is about?"

"Kakashi she made the tree move and pull up two students into the branches."

"Were they bulling her?"

"Yes, but that,"

"There is your answer as to why she did it. Yuuna was just protecting herself."

"I know that but none of the other kids can even do half of what she can."

"So what are you saying?"

"I think she should be placed into another class. One of a higher level."

"No."

"Kakashi listen,"

"I said no. She's only six, there is no need to have her advance so quickly. I don't need her to turn out like. Hmm, the answer is no."

"Alright, but I think it would be smart to at least let her advance to the next grade."

"Fine, but no further. Can we go now?"

"Yes, I will send in the paperwork in the morning. You will get a letter on who she is to report to next week."

"Thank you. We're going now. Come on you."

He picked me up from my seat and we left the classroom. He waited for us to get outside before he spoke to me.

"Little one, I thought we made it very clear not to use your Mokuton on people especially your classmates."

"I know but those guys were making fun of me because of my white hair."

"My sweet little sister you will come to find in this life that no matter what you do there will always be something for people to make fun of. You just need to learn to ignore them. Your hair is beautiful and it defines who you really are."

"So you're saying don't defend myself from bullies."

"No, I want you to stick up for yourself, just don't use those techniques."

"Okay, I won't use them."

"Good now let's get some dinner. Afterwards we need to go home so I can pack, I have a mission."

"Will you be gone long?"

"No, a day, two at most. I have a Genin team that will be here to check up on you and walk you to class. And they will make sure you do your homework."

"I do my homework, it's just so boring. Why won't you let Iruka-Sensei put me into an even higher class?"

"Because that would make you the second person in two years to advance that fast. And I think that if we are going to keep who you really are a secret it would be best to have you go through the process as a normal student."

"So who is the other student that advanced so fast?"

"Oh I'm sure you two will meet some day."

"But Nii-Sama who is it?"

"Nope I'm not telling you."

"That's not fair Nii-Sama tell me."

We went on like this the whole way home after eating dinner at the Ramon shop. Afterwards Kakashi left and his mission lasted almost a month when he told me it would only be about two days. I had the dumbest Genin team take care of me. Eventually I was able to get away from them and wonder into the ANBU HQ only to be caught in the end by Ibiki. I stayed with him until Kakashi came back to the Village. Needless to say the Genin team did not get paid for their mission which they failed.