Summary: In which Kakashi and his friends meets Danzō and Sakumo is called for a mission.

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Kakashi is playing with Obito and Rin (Kurama and tou-san are talking quietly with each other behind them, an occasional chuckle and grunt here and there, but Kakashi doesn't mind) when someone knocks on the door.

He looks up with his friends to see Sakumo's eyes flicker with confusion and Kurama arching his eyebrow delicately, before his father stands and heads to the door. Slips past the doorway to their special place and turns, disappearing from sight.

The red-haired man that Kakashi has come to know stands and heads to the doorway, peering out. Obito stands up, wobbling a little and heads to him. "Kurama-nii?" he asks curiously, when Kurama's body stiffens.

"Shimura-sama," comes tou-san's voice dryly, and Kakashi blinks in shock. Sakumo is usually calm and easygoing, but the tone he's using now is.... "What can I do for you today?"

"I would like to talk to you about a–" a man's voice stops after he speaks. "Uzumaki. How pleasant to see you here."

"Shimura, how good it is to see you as well," Kurama greets back, and Obito whispers to Kakashi and Rin about how Kurama never greets anyone back other than a dip of a head or (he quotes) "Like a super duper cool shinobi!". "What are you doing here?"

(Kakashi actually really isn't sure how Kurama greets others, but he's seen the one he's beginning to call a second father greet people politely. But not in this tone of chilliness that sends shivers down his back.)

"I need to speak to Hatake-sama here about a mission." Kakashi dares to poke his head out and stares at the new man. Rin and Obito pokes their heads out, too, and stares. He wears bandages, and thick robes, and Kakashi really doesn't like the scent of the new man. They all hide behind Kurama, latching onto his leg, and Kurama stares down at them and looks up again.

"Why do you have bandages?" Rin pipes, tilting her head and scratching herself. Bad man, bad man, Kakashi tries to warn her. Fails when she doesn't listen.

"...... They are to cover a very old injury of mine," he answers curtly.

"You don't look badass with them," Rin declares. Obito and Kakashi are staring at her now, because is she trying to get them killed here? Kakashi doesn't want to get killed yet, thank you. "Kurama-nii looks really badass when he gets bandages, and they don't make him look creepy like some kind of bastard who's hiding something."

The little Hatake takes one look at his father, who's covering his mouth with his hand, but dark grey eyes gives him away, as amusement glimmers inside. Kurama's muffled choked sound is heard above him, and he's never been so glad to know that someone can face bad man down like that.

"Hatake-sama, I believe that I need to discuss something with you?" Bad man ignores them, though Kakashi can see that Rin's statement gets to him by those little twitches of his body.

Tou-san nods, taking the bandaged man down the hallway. "Of course. This way to my study."

When they vanish from view, Kurama makes eye contact with all of them, and his expression is guarded. "Whatever you fucking do," he begins, "don't ever go or talk to that man. You'll regret everything."

(What Kakashi doesn't realize though, as soon as tou-san comes back and they stop playing, and Obito and Rin leaves with tearful goodbyes and Kurama taking them away after talking to Sakumo, he looks to his father and hears dreaded words.

"Kakashi, I'm going on a mission.")

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Kakashi gets his first meeting with Danzō, and no one is liking it! I like how I wrote out Rin to be a brave girl that insulted the elder, but that's mainly because Kakashi and Obito drags her on their mini adventures (mainly pranking shinobi with paint with the help of Kushina). And yes, this mission was the mission that led to Sakumo's downfall, but this time, trouble awaits!

To clear things up, this timeline is a bit more different because I don't know how old Sakumo is, so I'm putting him up in his twenties. The Sannin are in their early thirties, and Minato and Kushina are just turning 21-22. Our lovely trio of kids are around age 3, and Kurama is the same age as Kushina, not not, one year older at least.

Terms:
Tou-san - Father or dad

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