From Before
DG32173
Sarah: here's the first of a series of books. I've got this one complete on paper; just need to type it up is all. I don't own the Naruto anime, manga, or cast. I do own the plotline for this series, so don't touch.
!!!WARNINGS!!!
Blood, mentions of death, pranks; rated T for just in case.
SUMMARY
Kakashi meets a young Sakura, and this is a tale of what happened before the start of the series. Insinuated Kaka/Saku
NOTE
(Authors note)
"Talking"
'Thinking'
Scene change
POV change
MemoryScene change in memory
INDEX
Akutama: bad people
Dono: mister
Gomen: sorry
Iie: no
Inu: dog
-kun: a suffix of endearment, usually reserved for men.
Okaa-san: mother
Otou-san: father
Chapter 1
Found in an Alley
"You sure you don't want to celebrate the success of the mission with us, Kakashi?" a young man of about nineteen queries. His eyes are very dark and his hair is messy and ebony in color. His hair is held up by his hitai-ate and a set of goggles are over his forehead.
A nineteen-year-old Kakashi shakes his head, smiling under his clothe mask. "Iie, liquor messes up your senses, Obito," he laughs. Obito and Rin laugh as well, then wave goodbye before turning to head into downtown Konoha.
Kakashi shakes his head in amusement and walks towards his home. After about two blocks, though, he stops in mid-step. He hears the sound of a child crying in a nearby alley. Frowning, he follows the sound and soon finds a small girl with long messy pink hair crying into her hands. She is wearing what he guesses to be a formerly red dress. But it's caked in dirt and grime. She is sitting with her legs pulled up to her chest and has her elbows propped on her knees.
Kakashi's frown deepens. He never liked seeing girls cry, especially young ones. He walks towards her, purposely making noise so as not to startle her by appearing in front of her. She completely ignores him and continues crying, long pink hair hiding her face. The shinobi kneels in front of her. "Hey, what's wrong?" he asks softly.
She looks up at him with shocked emerald eyes. She starts tearing up again and wraps her small arms around his chest as much as she can. She starts crying into his shirt. Kakashi shakes his head and gently strokes her soft hair, murmuring comforting nonsense into her ear. After a while her sobs turn to sniffles and she pulls back. "Gomen dono," she mumbles.
"There's nothing to be sorry for," he says gently. He always liked little kids. "Now, why were you crying in the first place?"
She sniffles. "I'm lost," she murmurs.
He nods gently, understanding her fear of being lost. "Where are your otou-san and okaa-san?" he asks
Her lower lip trembles, signaling more tears might come. Kakashi panics before she sighs and answers his question. "Okaa-san died when I was really little; otou-san says she died saving the village. Otou-san is always away on missions. Maki watched over me," she says.
"Maki?" Kakashi asks, confused. "Your nanny?"
The little girl giggles. "No, silly! Maki was my inu!" she says, chuckling. But her giggles quickly die down. "But Maki was killed by some akutama a year ago. They was looking for otousan. Maki hid me in the toy chest and went to scare them out. And they killed her. So it's just me."
Kakashi frowns at that. No child should be left by themselves. "What's your name?" he asks.
"Sakura," she says.
"How old are you, Sakura?" he asks.
Sakura holds up five chubby fingers. "This many," she says proudly. Then she looks at him cutely. "What's your name, dono?" she asks.
He smiles slightly behind his mask. "I'm Kakashi," he says.
Sakura scrunches her small nose. "Can I call you Kashi-kun?" she asks.
He laughs and nods. "Sure," he says. He looks up at the dark clouds. "Looks like it's going to rain, Sakura-chan," he says. He smiles at her. "Do you want to come to my place until the rain stops?" he asks. "I can take you home then."
"Okay, Kashi-kun," she says. Then she giggles as he scoops her up before standing up himself. Then he takes off for his apartment just as the rain starts.
Sarah: I hope you guys liked that. I got this first book finished on paper, I just need to type it up. Don't yell at me if I go slow though. I am also editing and adding some stuff here and there as I type it. And just so you know, even if I do type it up fast, that doesn't mean I'm going to post the fic fast. It depends on the reviews I get to dictate the speed I update.