A/N

In this story, Kakashi doesn't know Sakumo at first, the hokage tells him that Sakumo is his father after Sakumo dies and kakashi takes his surname, Hatake. Kakashi has an emotionless personality at first.

20 years ago

The silver haired boy whimpered as another needle was pierced into his skin. Another one of Orochimaru's experiments in one of his private quarters. A glass container encased him in green liquid with tubes floating gently around him. Genetically modified with the very on DNA of Konoha'a white fang, Sakumo Hatake. 

His eyes fluttered open to see shinobi flooding the room, ordering men around to the other now dead experiments. And the boy met his eyes. The boy blinked curiously while the man froze, eyeing the features of the frail boy. The man proceeded to rummage through the folders containing the boy's information and gulped.

Experiment 207, genetics tested with: Sakumo Hatake

18 years ago

The boy, now dubbed as Kakashi, lived alone along the borders of Konoha. He picked things up disturbingly quick and was hailed genius... But no one knew what his surname was. In the first years of being in the academy he had no last name and no one knew where he came from. Rumors spread like wild fire that it was Sakumo's brat because they almost looked identical but the man denied it while the child said nothing, emotion void in his eyes.

Kakashi was 4 years old.

16 years ago

Kakashi became a gennin the previous year.

The white fang committed suicide today, the yellow flash being first to find him. Kakashi frowned as he felt a foreign tug in his heart as he look at the pathetic stone grave at the corner of the graveyard and walked over to it. It was covered in "colorful" graffiti and something inside him urged him to clean it. And so he did. He knelt there alone cleaning the pale stone for hours, face blank.

Silently he stood up and smiled. Blinking slowly he thought of what he just did. He... Smiled? He looked back at the now clean grave and warm feeling bloomed in his chest and he felt his lips curve, his eyes softening. This feeling was nice... The stone was clean and Kakashi laid beside it. The wind blew gently over him and he looked at the orange sky filled with marvelous white clouds.

He never felt so... Alive? Something wet slid down his cheeks he wiped it, looking at his hand confused.

Sakumo...

And Kakashi slept, feeling a new emotion of peace.

Kakashi was 6 years old and was meeting his team the next day.

Next day

"Hi! You must be Kakashi!" a girl with purple markings on her cheeks cheered. Kakashi stared at her, mildly surprised and nodded, eyes never leaving the new girl. She went red under his gaze and turned away. "Hello! Looks like most of the team is here-" the new blond man paused as he looked at Kakashi.

"Sakumo chibi...?" he questioned, tilting his head to the side. Kakashi followed his gesture with the same amount of confusion. The blond man shook his head and grinned, "My name is Namikaze Minato! You can call me Minato-sensei! Nice to meet you!" 

Minato looked towards the girl and motioned her to introduce herself. "My name is Nohara Rin!" she chirped. They both looked towards Kakashi expectantly and he complied. "My name is Kakashi." 

"... No surname?" they both questioned.

"Never had one." he replied. Minato was about to say something else when a boy with orange goggles barged into the scene. "UCHIHA OBITO IS HERE!!" he announced. Minato and Rin sweatdropped while Kakashi stared blankly at the new boy and soon Obito got annoyed.

"Teme! What are you looking at?!" Obito growled, stepping closer to Kakashi. Kakashi felt another foreign feeling that day. 

Annoyance.

Frowning, Kakashi took a step back, Obito taking another two forward. This process continued till Kakashi was pressed up against a tree, Obito in his face. Kakashi frowned even more and walked up the tree over Obito. (I'm like so tempted to ship ObiKaka right now)

"Wh- How did you do that?!"

Kakashi silently looked down at him and grinned. A new emotion. Smugness. Obito growled and tried to jump at Kakashi's legs but failed. 

"Kakashi..."

The boy looked over at his sensei and gracefully jumped and landed on the ground in front of him. "Sensei."

"Ok, gather around and lets introduce ourselves like our likes, dislikes, hobbies and dreams. I'll start first. My name is Namikaze Minato, I like ramen, and konoha, I dislike people who hurt my precious ones, and my dream is to become hokage and have a family."

"MY NAME IS UCHIHA OBITO! I like to help grannies and training, I dislike cold people who look down on others! My dream is to unlock my sharingan and become hokage!!"

"My name is Nohara Rin! I like helping people, I dislike unfair people and my dream is to protect everyone I love till the end!"

Everyone looked at Kakashi as he thought.

"... My name is Kakashi. But... What is 'like' or 'dream'?" he asked, confused. Everyone was shocked and different thoughts filled their heads.

(Minato) How can he not know what 'like' or 'dream' is??

(Rin) That's just so sad...

(Obito) He's joking right?

"Uh- um... 'like' is when you feel... a warm feeling towards something or someone or something you do." Minato tried.

Kakashi paused. 

A warm feeling...?

"I... Only felt that once."

"Oh. When was that?"

"... After I cleaned Sakumo Hatake's grave of graffiti..." Kakashi whispered, thinking of that day. Everyone noticed his body loosening and eyes softening and at that all their eyes widened. "I had an urge to clean it and when I did I felt a warm feeling like he- I could finally rest. It was the only time I felt like that and it was yesterday." he confessed, eyes drifting to the sky.

His eyes closed as the sliver lashes rested and Kakashi breathed in the fresh air. He open his eyes and for once they shined. Time seemed to slow as the team seemed to take this scene in. 

Minato walked forward with his head own and hugged Kakashi. Kakashi blinked in surprise and his eyes widened. " I hope you will find your dream and likes in this team... Kakashi."

And the warm feeling bloomed in his chest again.