Age 12
I looked at Konoha gates. I didn't like Pein right now, he just had to send me to Konoha. I sighed and walked through the gates. I hurried to the Hokage tower and inside, I went to the Hokage's office and knocked.
"Come in." a voice called and I walked inside.
"Sir, I-I was wondering I-if I-I could live here... I... I was chased out of my town; my mom was the only one keeping me in the town."
"What about your father?"
"He's been gone since I was little, I don't even know what he looks like."
One of the anbu sneezed and the Hokage looked at him curiously. I looked at him in confusion.
"What's your name, child?"
"My name is Okami no Ko." I said and he nodded
"Would you like to be enrolled into the ninja academy?"
"Could I?" I asked.
"Of course. you could start today, it’s still early. just give this note to Iruka and he'll let you start with the children your age." The Hokage said handing me the note he scrawled. "A guardian will retrieve you."
"I-I get a guardian?"
"Everything will be fine child. If you still don't like the guardian by the time, you're of chunin rank. I can set up an apartment for you."
"O-okay..." I said softly.
I left toward the academy, not paying attention to the thoughts running around the Hokage's office.
Is she really Koji's and Kakashi's daughter? was the thought of the majority of the room, while the ANBU who flinched thought, Is that really my little girl?
Kakashi's point of view~
"Kakashi, will you take responsibility for her?"
"Yes sir. I will, after all, if what she says is true, she is my daughter."
"Very well. When the academy lets out, I expect you to retrieve her."
"Yes sir."
I knew I was dismissed and appeared in my home, I readied it for the arrival of Okami. Before I knew it, it was time to get her. I disappeared only to reappear in front of the academy, without my ANBU mask and gear. I walked inside and stood in the door of the classroom.
"We will wait for your guardian, to get here so I can explain the cuts and bruises." Iruka Umino said and I let out a soft breath.
"That would be me." I said and they looked towards me. "Please explain."
"Can I, Iruka-sensei?" She asked and Iruka nodded.
^third person POV^
"You see, this morning when I got in class people stared and made snide comments to where Iruka-sensei couldn't hear them."
"If you're anything like your mother they don't even have to say them out loud." I said and she sat straighter.
"Y-you knew my mom?"
"Yes, she was an amazing ninja and a force to be reckoned with, on and off the field. I've seen more men fall for just looking at her the wrong way. She was as strong as Tsunade when she wanted to be, but she could play the helpless kitten with the best of them."
Okami giggled.
"It was amusing to watch, if I'm not mistaken, she was nominated for ANBU when she turned twelve, she'd just became a chunin."
"Really? My mom was chunin by twelve?" She asked and Kakashi nodded chuckling.
"Yes, she was an amazing woman, I can tell, you will be just as amazing, if not more so than her."
'This I am sure.' Kakashi thought and she smiled softly.
"Thank you. That means a lot."
"Come on, I'll help you patch up the cuts and get some ice on those bruises." Kakashi said and held his hand to his little girl.
She nodded at took said hand. He led her from the academy and to their home. Kakashi led her to her room and showed her where everything was.
"If nothing fits, or is too big, we'll get you something that does fit tomorrow."
"Kay, thanks papa." She said and he chuckled softly.
"You're welcome, I'd like to make up for the time I lost... And I'll do my best."
She smiled softly; she knew he meant what he said. She wanted to try, try to get to know her real father. So, she could make the decision that Pein put before her. The decision of Konoha's fate, if it's only a section of Konoha or if the corruption had spread to all corners. She got to decide who lived and who died, that was why she was here.
"I'll come back with dinner; I have to put someone off my trail for a while." He said, and looked at her carefully. "Is something wrong Okami?"
"Huh? No, nothing's wrong, I was just thinking."
"Must have been some sad thoughts, your mom got that look when she remembered the people she left behind or when she went on assassination missions."
"I had a friend that I saw when I was little, but I had to leave him... I just miss him is all."
He rested a hand on her head and smiled softly. "You'll see them again; I have this feeling you will."
"Thank you, papa. I hope you're right."
"I'll be back, why don't you rest for a while. If you feel like it, I'll teach you some family techniques."
"Really?" She had perked up at the mention of a way she could bond with her dad.
"Yes, we can start when you feel like it."