Sakumo Returns Ch. 11

Then I snap back to reality, cause I thought I heard Kakashi beginning to speak. But I stare at him for the next couple hours, with no change at all he makes a hand jutsu and dissapears. I am saddened, so I turn around and head for the palace.

'The countdown begins.' I think to myself. 'The countdown begins.'
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Kakashi P.O.V.
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I walk towards the Hokage tower, constantly inwardly cursing myself for not telling Dad I forgive him.

"Stupid!" I whisper under my breath. 'You should have told him!' But all thoughts of that are put away as I step into Tsunade-sama's office.

"You called for me?" I ask voice calm as always but I notice that no other shinobi are here, not even Shizune. 'That's odd; I wonder what it is about this mission that is so classified.' But I am focused the instant I hear her sigh.

"Kakashi let be honest that I did not wish to send you on this mission. The whole council was called to see who was going to be the best for this job" I arch my visible eyebrow at her. 'The whole council? I can only ever think of 2 other times when the council was called to delegate missions…'
"Kakashi this mission is solo-information gathering. You are to infiltrate the woods surrounding Amekagakure. You are looking for a scroll containing forbidden jutsus and kekki genkai of that village."She handed me a sealed scroll.

"There are more specs about the mission inside." Her eyes closed and she was about to speak when I asked,

"Tsunade-sama, what is the rank of this mission?" My voice is flat and cold despite the sinking feeling in my core. She answers me, voice barely audible,

"It's unranked." My suspicions confirmed, I nod.

"You are to leave this village no later 6:00 tonight."

"Hai!" I give the standard sharp response. I turn to go out the window but I hear her say,

"Please come back alive. I don't want to bury another shinobi, or let the ANBU find you." I nod and jump out the window, I plan on leaving ASAP.
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Sakumo P.O.V.
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I finish talking to Akihira only to be told what I was told before, about how he has to forgive me. I sigh, and head towards the Hokage Tower, hoping my long time friend would cheer me up. I start towards the village and I realize that being a wolf is way to conspicuous, so I stay my human form,
hoping that I won't be recognized by too many. Smiling I pull up my mask, and head off

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I am about to reach the tower when Jiraiya stops me.

"Oi, Hatake-san! Come here and drink with me" I smile glad that in his happiness, he called me by my last name, not breaking his promise that he made to keep my return secret. I walk over to the long haired sannin, and he walks me into the bar, yelling for a bottle of good sake. I follow him and pull my mask down once inside, I get some stares, but I know everyone here will forget about it in the morning.

"So what's going on old buddy? Talk to your son yet?" He asks jovial tone still in his voice.

"No not yet, apparently he has to talk to me." I sigh out my face downcast. "And I was about to talk to Tsunade too, but you called me over, so now I'm here." The man's face becomes serious for a moment, then he smiles.

"All right one bottle, then you can go talk to the big-boob-himme." He jokes, and give a slight
chuckle. Once more his voice becomes serious,

"So he has to talk to you, you said? How so?" He asked

"Well it's not so much talking as it is forgiving. Him forgiving me that is." I see the sad seriousness wash over the older man's features. He remembers. My suicide from what Kakashi told him, shaking, crying, my own son totally scared to bits. By my own hand. Literally. Not words from Minato nor Jiraiya, hell not even the summoned pack of dogs could comfort him. It was worse than when he lost
Obito, the expression on his face. Such pain…

"He forgives you." That voice comes from outside my head and I am plunged into reality once more.

"Pardon?" I ask, for so engrossed was I in that memory that forgot what was going on.

"He forgives you. I know so."

"Kakashi told you?"

"No, but I can tell. Even in that Sharinghan eye, I can see it. You're still his dad. He still loves you."

"But Jiraiya, I killed him. You know so."

"Yeah that might be, but Obito brought him back." I look up to the man. He was right.

"Now didn't you say that you has to see Tsunade?" He asks, the playfull tone returning, and sparkle in the dark eyes. I smile put my mask back up and rise.

"You're right I did." And with that I leave.