100 Themes fics

Title: Foreign (sequel to Eyes)

Pairing/Characters: none/ Minato, Jiraiya, young Kakashi, young Iruka

Rating: G

Warnings: WAFF, One-shot, Little angst, COMPLETE

Summary: Emotions are not foreign to Kakashi, they're simply hard to face

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto though we all wish I did. ;p

Dedicated to Beasiesgal





"That was a pretty clever trick Min," Jiraiya laughed, watching the two boys as they played.



The blond smiled and shrugged as though it was nothing but the glistening of tears in the corners of his eyes gave away that it was definitely more than nothing. "He needed this. They keep putting him in teams with older kids. The teenagers either treat him like a baby or simply don't know how to play and he won't drop his guard in front of them long enough to. "



Understanding the problem all too well, Jiraiya nodded. "He did need this, you both did. It's good to see him laughing again."



"I was starting to wonder if it was an emotion completely foreign to him at this point," Minato said softly, his voice cracking slightly.



"It's hard to smile when you've just lost your mother and your father won't come out of his room most days." Jiraiya looked over his shoulder through the open doorway at the door to his friend's room. "And it doesn't help that there are those in the village that would put the weight of it all on his shoulders."



"It's good then, that there are people like the Uminos to whom compassion is not a foreign emotion, who see a child's sadness and wish to ease that rather than add to it." Minato wiped his eyes and forced the mask of composure back on his face.



Jiraiya nodded, smiling as he watched Kakashi correct Iruka's hold on a shuriken. "It seems to run in the family."