Catching Up
"This changes things. The Death Eaters will be after all six of these kids, not just three. We need another team. And Kakashi shouldn't be by himself now, you know?" said Kushina. She and Minato were standing in the corner of a large hospital suite. Everyone was now chatting amongst themselves, awaiting Dumbledore's arrival. The only three exceptions were the two unconscious: Kakashi and Lupin, and Padfoot. Rin had healed Kakashi's wounds, he just hadn't woken up. Lupin was sleeping off the paralytic Kushina had used.
"I will go back to the village and speak to the Hokage. It does change things. But what do we tell Sirius?" asked the worried blonde.
"You tell him the truth. Then you face the consequences for not telling him sooner. He deserves that, Minato. Or are you afraid you will lose Kakashi?" responded Kushina, eyes narrowing on Minato. He shrunk further into the corner, a lot like the six teens were doing from the other red head in the room.
"Damn it, Minato. That boy idolizes you, you know? Probably more than you did Sirius and definitely more than you idolized that pervert you call a sensei!" exclaimed Kushina. This outburst caught Padfoot's attention. He walked over to them and after glancing around, transformed into Sirius. Minato looked at the floor.
"What is wrong?" asked Sirius, keeping his voice low so as not to startle, or worse, encourage eavesdropping.
"Kakashi is Sakumo's son, Sirius," said Minato, not looking up.
"Are you telling me...Aurora...?" said Sirius, turning and looking at Kakashi.
"Yes," said Minato as he risked a glance at Sirius. A wide range of emotions flashed through the man's face. Surprise. Happiness. Guilt. Sadness.
"Aurora...Damn it. I thought Sakumo and her wouldn't be able to. You know, her being a witch with magic and him a ninja with chakra. I know she died. I don't know how," said Sirius.
"Enemy attack. It was her first mission after having Kakashi. We had managed to avoid war for a few years after our return from here to our village. It lasted almost a decade. It cost Kakashi both parents and his original eye. But that kid is as tough as his parents," explained Minato.
"Means he's stubborn, huh?" said Sirius, faking a laugh as tears formed in his eyes.
"We know about what happened to you, you know? But after James and Lily..." started Kushina, stopping when Minato just walked away. He glanced at Harry then went out into the hall.
"Kid still blames himself huh? He was a KID. Younger than this lot. He tried his hardest. We all did," mumbled Sirius.
"He loves deeply. Us, his students, James, Lily...He can't handle loss. You should have seen him when him and Tsunade found not only Obito crushed under rocks, but Kakashi missing an eye and on death's door from chakra exhaustion. Obito was making Rin transplant one of his sharingan into Kakashi when he and Tsuande showed up. Tsuande managed to save both of them and grew Obito a new eye through science. But Minato...while I was at the hospital with his students, he went on a rampage. He wiped out an entire army by himself. Of course the baka couldn't get out of bed for over a week after that..." said Kushina.
"I spent thirteen years in prison for a murder that wasn't even committed. All that time my godson, James's son, who I should have raised was being abused and neglected by Lily's sister and her family. I have no choice but to leave him there because I am still wanted. I would love to get to know my nephew Kakashi. But maybe his life is hard enough. All I could do is make it worse," said Sirius. He walked out after Minato.
Harry watched Sirius follow after the blonde man. He frowned. He knew his godfather wouldn't go far from Lupin. According to Mrs. Weasley they were not to leave the hospital suite till Dumbledore arrived. Apparently that only applied to the teens and not adults.
"Getting much use out of your dad's cloak?" asked the red haired lady as she walked up.
"How...how did you know about that?" stammered Ron.
"I've met James Potter, you know. He originally let Minato borrow it so Minato could develop seals and jutsu like it. Minato said he gave it back, you know?" said Kushina.
"Huh?" said Ron and Harry both, at the same time.
"Pardon us. I don't think we have introduced ourselves. My name is Hermione Granger, and these are Harry Potter and Ronald Weasley," said Hermione.
"My name is Kushina Uzumaki. Those over there are Obito Uchiha, Rin Nohara, and Kakashi Hatake," said Kushina, pointing to the teens as she named them.
"Who is Minato?" asked Ron.
"The blonde baka. He and Padfoot are talking," said Kushina, using her senses to feel Minato and Sirius and noted that Sirius was back in dog form.
"But who are you? Why are you here?" asked Hermione.
"You'll have to ask Dumbledore. Here he comes now," said Kushina, walking back for Minato's team.