#Oc: Hatake Yua

[skykashi]

Hatake Yua (Kakashi's mom) and her little family for @depressedhatakekakashi 🥰

and a close up on baby Kakashi because I love him 🥹❤️

[depressedhatakekakashi]

Fairy tales in Disguise

Words: 2,440

Au: collage professors au/modern au

For: @howdoesoneadult

Tick-Tock

              Tick-Tock

The hands on his watch counted down the seconds. There was still five minutes left before Kakashi could officially be considered late, but Gai couldn’t help but feel a little annoyed at the situation.

They’d promised to meet at their favourite cafe, the same one they’d been going to since they young college students trying to find their way through the world, and Kakashi had the audacity to keep him waiting.

“I should know better,” forcing himself to look away from his watch, he focused instead on the book he was holding. ‘Gods and Heros: Fantastic Tales’. It was one of the newest books on mythology he could get his hands on during his last visit to the bookstore and he had made it his personal goal to read all of it before the next semester began.

Only two weeks and one hundred and fifty-seven pages to go before he met that goal.

One upside of Kakashi being late was that he had more time to read.

“That looks interesting,” he barely had an opportunity to lower his book before the seat across from him was being claimed. It wasn’t Kakashi sitting across from him, but an older woman with long brown hair and curious brown eyes that were fixated on his book. “is that new?”

“i-it came out just last month,” he confirmed. “I’m sorry, I don’t mean to be rude but-“

“you’re not rude at all,” the woman cut him off, a cheerful smile that looked eerily familiar. Yet, when he searched his memory for any hint of who the woman was he couldn’t come up with a single thing.

She was a strange, yet she’d claimed the seat opposite of him as if they were best friends.

“How is it?”

“What?”

“The book,” she pointed at the book in his hands. “Are the stories any good?”

“They’re the same,” he admitted, though thinking back he had found that the stories he’d read so far had a bit more excitement to them than previous ones. They were more fanciful, with a bit more adventure and excitement. “they keep the original tales but add a bit more…flare.”

“Like any good fairy tale.”

Gai cringed at the use of that word.

He couldn’t never quite explain it, but he hated it when people referred to mythology as fairy tales. Sure, there were a lot of similarities, but the comparison felt forced. Like a book seller trying to slap a title on the book just so it seemed more appealing to shoppers.

“Myth’s,” he corrected her gently while placing his bookmark back into its place and closing the book. “they’re myths.”

“Which are fairy tales we use to explain what happens around us,” she fired back, a triumphant smile that reminded him a little of Kakashi. Whenever he was arguing, and especially when he was correct, he got a smile just like that one.

Sometimes it was the most beautiful smile Gai had ever had the pleasure of seeing.

Other times, like right now, it irritated him.

“Fairy tales are random stories a talented writer comes up with,” he argued. “they’re in fanciful worlds with magic powers. They have talking animals and incredible hero’s and…” she raised an eyebrow, challenging him to continue. He tried, but as he thought through the argument that he’d had a hundred times before a realization hit. “I’m just proving your point…” his shoulders slumped and his eyes dropped down to the book.

He'd had this argument with so many people over the years. All of them had their reason’s for calling myth’s ‘fairy tales’ but no matter what they had to say he always had a counter point, and while there was never a clear winner in those arguments he’d walked away satisfied that he’d educated them about the importance of myth’s a little.

Yet, sitting across from this stranger he found himself questioning every single one of those arguments.

“Myth’s,” he insisted. “they’re Myth’s. An integral part of society. They help us understand what’s going on around us, how things came to be. They attempt to answer every question we have about the world around us.”

They were Myth’s, not fairy tales.

There was a fundamental difference. He couldn’t think of what exactly that difference was, but he knew there was one.

“Fairy tales are an extension of those same questions,” his companion responded, her smile growing softer as she dug her hand into her bag and pulled out a book of her own. This one was much smaller than Gai’s, with flower’s decorating the spine and a bright purple cover that caught his attention easily. “This fairy tale had its own goddess’.”

“Did real people believe in them?”

“No,” she conceded. “But they’re still gods. Just as likely to exist as the one’s in your book.”

On that, Gai didn’t even bother trying to argue. As much as he loved mythology, he was not a religious man. The gods in his stories were fascinating, but they were no more real than the gods people worshipped today.

Their stories were simply more interesting to him.

“It’s not a bad thing, you know,” she continued, settling a bit more into her seat. “to call them Fairy tales. Fairy tales are one of countless ways we express ourselves. We find joy in them. They make us cry, scare us. Sometimes they even force us to think about the world around us. Is that not what your myth’s do?”

“well, yes-“

“Yet they’re different?”

“They’re a look into society,” he answered, his finger tracing over the book’s spine. “They tell you what people want to believe. Not just one person, like a fairy tale, but a whole society. Myth’s let you look into the souls of people who are long gone and will never have the chance to explain how they saw the world. They’re one of the few sources we have to see into the minds of those people. To see the world as they saw it. Fairy tales can offer a similar glimpse, but they’re restricted to a hand full of people and they’re shared with the world. When someone reads a fairy tale, they don’t do so believing that the world they’re entering is in any way real.”

“You believe that” she gestured to his book. “Is a believable world.”

“No,” he chuckled at the thought. “But once upon a time, people did. They worshipped these gods and heroes. they went to temples with offerings, prayers, and sought knowledge from the people in these stories.”

The smile on her face only seemed to grow the more he spoke.

“Tell me this,” setting his book down on the table, he crossed his arms over it and leaned forward. “When you read your fairy tales, do you come out of them thinking that the fairy’s and gods are so real that you should worship them?”

“I do not.”

“But these,” he picked up the book and held it in front of himself so she could get a good look at it. “These are fairy tales, sure, but they’re fairy tales people believed in. they’re fairy tales people learned not just their morals from, but which became such an integral part of their world that they were willing to fight for them. To shed blood for them.”

“You have clearly never been on a public form to discuss your favourite fairy tale with other fans.”

An image of Kakashi hunched over his phone typing furiously while muttering about ‘reading comprehension’ and ‘stupid people’ popped into his head at that moment. It was difficult not to laugh, since the view was always so delightfully ridiculous.

“my boyfriend does a lot of that,” he admitted, chuckling as he thought about how much Kakashi would hate him discussing his personal flaws with a stranger. “he gets very heated over them.”

“mmm, yes Kakashi does do that,” the smile dropped off of his face instantly and he stared at the woman in front of him, her words dancing around in his head.

“Sorry,” he shook his head. “Kakashi. Do you…do I know you?”

“Not really no,” she continued to smile, which only served to annoy Gai more as he struggled to figure out just who she was an how she knew his boyfriend. “Kakashi should be here soon, correct?”

“uh, well,” glancing down at his watch he frowned. It was not three pm. The time when him and Kakashi had agreed to meet. “He should be here right now, but he’s usually late.”

“He won’t be late today.”

“how can you-“

“Sorry,” Kakashi’s voice called out. Looking up, Gai grinned when he saw Kakashi making his way toward the table with a book in one hand and a leash in the other, his service dog Pakkun happily trotting alongside him. “I hope I’m not late.”

“Right on time, actually,” standing up, Gai waited until Kakashi was close enough and leaned in to steal a quick kiss. “I seem to have made a new friend. She says you know her.”

“Hmm?” looking at the other side of the table, Kakashi frowned when he saw the woman sitting there in his spot. “I thought I told you I was going to meet you tomorrow.”

“I wanted to meet today,” she countered, that cheerful smile still on her face. “Besides, we both know you would have continued to hide your boyfriend away if I didn’t make an appearance on my own.”

“I would not.”

“So, you’ll let your father meet him tomorrow?”

“I…” pausing, he glanced back at Gai. “To clarify, before you get any ideas, it’s not you I’m embarrassed of.”

“Me?” Placing a hand over his chest, Gai gasped. “Why would you ever be embarrassed of me? I’m wonderful!”

“A fact that Kakashi continues to reiterate every time we speak,” the woman spoke with fondness. “Yet I feel as though he never mentions us.”

“I do!”

“Oh? What does he know of us then?”

“Well, he knows dad works in the police force.”

Gai hummed. One of the first things Kakashi had told him when they met was how his father was an officer in the police force and his mother was a writer.

A writer who had given him his love of books, and who loved fairy tales more than anything else.

“Oh…” he cringed as the realization hit him. It seemed so obvious now that he knew, yet it had flown right over his head.

Their smile was the same.

Their love of books the same.

They even shared a mole on the right side of their chin, though he forgave himself for forgetting about that. Most days Kakashi’s mole was hidden by his mask so it was easy to forget it existed, even if he did think it was the cutest thing ever.

“See? I’ve told him about you.”

“Your mom’s in town? No, your parents?” he gasped. “and you didn’t tell me? We have to have dinner!”

“Gai, please-“

“Tomorrow night, no tonight,” he insisted. “at our favourite Sushi spot. We can get a sushi boat and-“

“Gai….”

“And we can continue this conversation,” he turned his attention to Kakashi’s mother, his smile growing even brighter.

“You mean the one about how myths are just fairy tales with a different name?”

“Mom!” Kakashi yelped, his hands reaching out to cover her mouth only to be slapped away. “We talked about this. That’s the one thing I told you not to do.”

“Which of course means I had to,” she huffed. “And he makes some good points. I’m looking forward to hearing what more he has to say on the topic.”

Slapping a hand over his face, Kakashi groaned. “This is why,” he grumbled. “I can’t leave you alone for five seconds. How can I introduce the most important person in my life to you when you can’t even stop yourself from getting him riled up over something I told you upsets him?”

Gai stood there staring at his boyfriend, his heart swelling with love as his words sank in.

“The most important person in your life?” his mother repeated, and Gai’s smile grew impossibly wide.

“I-well-“ Kakashi’s eyes darted between the two of them, panic setting in as he realized just what he had said. “Can we start over? This is going all wrong.”

“No,” wrapping an arm around Kakashi’s shoulders, Gai pulled tight against his body. While he did that, Pakkun walked forward and plopped himself down directly beside Kakashi’s mother. “I think it’s going perfectly.”

“Me too,” standing up, she extended a hand toward Gai. “And since my son won’t give us a proper introduction, I am Yua.”

“Yua,” Gai chuckled. “Like the warrior hero from the land of Iron.”

“Oh, you read mythology from the land of Iron as well?”

“I didn’t use to,” he admitted a bit sheepishly. “But when Kakashi told me his mother came from there I thought I should pick up some copies. Fill myself in. I wouldn’t be a good teacher if I didn’t gather as much information as I could, right?”

Her eyes twinkled with excitement. “So he did mention us.”

“A lot,” he confirmed. “You’re his hero’s.”

“Ok,” placing himself between the two of them, Kakashi glared at Gai. “We don’t need to tell them everything I say, do we?”

“Maybe not,” Gai conceded. “I can save all of that for tonight.”

“Wait a minute-“

“And we’ll have to tell you all the things he says about you,” Yua continued over her son. “Calling you the most important person in his life doesn’t even begin to describe how much he adores you.”

“Mother…”

“I like this one,” she smiled at Kakashi, a tender look in her eyes. “You chose well.”

Looking back at Gai, Kakashi chuckled fondly. “I did,” he confirmed, leaning slightly into Gai’s body so that their heads were almost touching. “He’s just as embarrassing as you and dad. Perfect for me, really.”

Throwing his head back, Gai let out a loud, cheerful laugh.

There was nothing in the world, he was certain, that could truly embarrass Hatake Kakashi, but knowing that he was one of a select few people with the capabilities to do that felt nice. It was a power he’d have to be careful with. He didn’t want to abuse it.

Except, maybe tonight. Kakashi would forgive him for this one transgression.

It might be his only opportunity to tell his beloveds parents about the time he’d jumped into a river to save a dog only to have the dog swim away from him just as he reached it.

[sinnbaddie]

Kakashi and Yua piece for @depressedhatakekakashi happy birthday 🙇‍♂️🥰

[depressedhatakekakashi]

A thought Yua had pushed back as much as possible, but which she was forced to confront head on now. Her parents were not aware of Sakumo’s return to the Land of Iron, but it would no doubt raise suspicions if she chose to relocate without a lover or a really good reason.

A reason she hadn’t had the opportunity to think up yet.

“My parents will be there own problem,” she whispered, afraid to meet Mifune’s eyes for the first time in her life. “A problem that I will take care of, no matter the cost. I will be making no changes to my current situation until it is safe to do so for Sakumo and Kakashi, and even then I will approach the subject with the care that it requires.”

The words were said with confidence, but Yua didn’t feel nearly as confident as she tried to sound. To choose Sakumo when she knew her parents views on him, would be as close to social suicide as she vould manage. Not only her own, but her families.

To marry a Shinobi was frowned upon for any regular citizen of the Land of Iron. For a Minamoto it was simply impossible.

Her first duty before returning to Mifune’s home would be to approach her parents. A task that she had no doubt would weigh on her mind for the following day’s.

“Still,” she lifted her head and squared off her shoulder’s, returning to the proud, determined posture she always tried to maintain in front of others. “It’s something i must figure out. If not for Sakumo, then for Kakashi. He may seem cool headed, Mifune, but do not be fooled. He is a child in a strange land with an uncertain future. He not only needs your protection, but if you can… your guidance would do him well. I’m afraid Sakumo is in no place to provide that guidance right now with everything that has happened to him.”

Yua was, simply put, very desperate.

She couldn’t turn to her family in this instant because their reaction would be the exact same as the first time they met Sakumo. No, it would be worse because now there was a child in the mix. They would be furious and her attempts at finding help with them would only end in screaming and more hurt.

A hurt that she couldn’t live through again. Not when she’d already turned her back to her lover and her child once.

There was only one person she could turn to in this moment, which is why she found herself in Tatomi village staring at the door to her old friend’s home.

“Yua?” Sakumo spoke softly, well aware of his questionable position within the boarders of the Land of Iron. “Are you sure?”

She wasn’t. She couldn’t be sure of anything when she was willfully going against the beliefs she was taught to adhere to under all costs, all for the meager hope that her lover and child would be allowed to find a home her.

A home where she could finally be a part of their lives.

“I can trust him,” she answered with unwavering confidence. “If there’s anyone in this world I can trust, it’s Mifune.”

With that thought, she lifted a hand, knocked on the door, and waited with baited breath to see what. Her fate would be.

It was after dark. The days were short in the Land of Iron, but as the seasons crept closer to winter, they grew shorter and shorter. Thus when Mifune retired for his two week break in Tatomi Village, he anticipated calm times.

San had gone home. Mifune was not a difficult master to look after, being a military man, and she had earlier days than usual during his weeks off. She had a grandson to look after as well, and since Mifune only wished for her to look after the minimal cleaning and stocking of the kitchen, most time she only did once overs of the house before bidding Mifune a good day.

Mifune had been polishing his blade, beating the residual dust off, when he heard a knock at the door.

Did one of the neighbors come for a visit?

He opened it, looking out into the dark. The entryway was lit by a single lantern, and he was thoroughly surprised by who he saw in the doorway. He might have mistaken it for a social call.

But Yua had someone with her. A man, and a child.

Her expression spoke volumes. She said with her eyes what she didn't need to say out loud. I need your help. His surprise shifted to quick acceptance, and he nodded, standing aside. "Come in."

The sword would be left in his room. He instead led his old friend and her companions into the sitting room, refreshing the stove with firewood, before putting a kettle of water to boil. Once it steamed through the spout, he prepared genmaichia, full bodied and warm, and set it at the table. All of this was carried out in efficient, calm silence.

"Well." He sighed. "I suppose there's something you need my help with. Let me have it sempai."

[depressedhatakekakashi]

Gai: you’re an arrigent bastard sometimes you know.

Kakashi: oh ya, got that from my mom :)

Gai: that-

Kakashi: dad used to say I was the spitting image of her when i was annoyed with someone.

Gai: … i think i understand why Sakumo-san is in love with Yua-san.

[depressedhatakekakashi]

Gai: Ms. yua, how did you get your scar?

Dai: *spitting out his drink* Gai! You can’t just- Yua-San i am so sorry!

Yua: *still sipping her tea as if nothing happened* I got it fighting the seven deadly swords men

Gai: 🤩🤩🤩

[depressedhatakekakashi]

Sakumo learning his son has an electric nature and being unable to contain some of his sadness because he was really hoping they’d share that old hatake earth nature

Meanwhile Yua is standing there vibrating with excitement, refusing to let that excitement out, because she LOVES lightning and thunder and he son can CONTROL IT

[depressedhatakekakashi]

I need the funniest thing Yua ever does is to be her looking upon Gai and going ‘ahhh, Mifune 2.0 with his energy notched ip to 100 :)’

And since Kakashi is Yua 2.0 plus a dash of DORK she just assumes Kakashi and Gai will have a sibling bond just like her and Mifune did

And then Kakashi informs her one day age 32 that he’s going out on a date with Gai and her brain just comes crashing to a hult because what do you Mean you’re dating Gai!?’

She’s not ok

[depressedhatakekakashi]

Tsunade: How are you friends with him? he's so-

Yua: gross? perverted? weird?

Tsunade: yes

Yua: and still, we both continue to be friends with him.

Tsunade: No see, i was forced to by government assigned teams. You had a choice.

Yua: A choice of being friends with Jiraiya or having no one to talk to in this entire boring village about books.

Tsunade:... ok, fair.

[depressedhatakekakashi]

Its your birthday. You wanna talk about Yua, you get to talk about her!

In GOS, what was she like before she died. She was one of the first humans it sounds like so I almost imagine her being fierce! I always like to imagine Sakumo likes the type of woman who can kick his ass (XD;).

When she dies, did she become a star? As a god of death and the stars, I could see that being one of, if not the first thing Obito did when he was created. Like "look daddy don't cry anymore." *scoops up her soul. Puts it in the sky* There. Now mama is always watching over us."

.... when he invents reincarnation, I wonder, is he allowed to ask her if she wanted to try again. Become human. Than he could get his parents back together and his mom could have a second chance at life and love! She could have been reborn a samurai, and kicked Sakumo's ass upon seeing him because she has no memory of him...his heart skipped a beat because she's even more fierce!!! ♡//\\♡!!!

Or is none of that allowed? TT-TT (OROCHIMARU YOU BACK THE HELL UP!)

Ohhh so many beautiful questions to ask!!!!

She is definitely a fierce woman. It’s a major reason Sakumo falls for her, but a main factor for him falling for her was the fact that she threatened danzo, a god, with a sharpened rock.

It was hot af

As for her lifetime, and what happeneds, she is the first star.

It’s kinda like how you explained. When Obito was created he wanted to cheer Sakumo up so he took Yua’s spirit and lifted it into the night sky. She’s the first start to ever light up the night sky.

As for a second chance, i think she would take it because it would be an opportunity to live free of everything that went wrong in her first life. She gets a do over and she happily takes it, and is born into a prestigious family with parents that love her deeply.

And when Sakumo eventually rolls up (cuz she was born in a village dedicated to him) she ends up sitting on his waist with a sword to his neck, and Sakumo falls in love with her all over again

Most importantly, though, that’s when she finally gets to meet the god of storms because Kakashi always tried to put distance between himself and his mother because of how much Sakumo said he is like Yua (in how he smiles and acts)

[depressedhatakekakashi]

I always knew i needed to think of how Yua died, but i never wanted to because i don’t WANT to kill her

But now that @sinnbaddie has talked with me about it i’d have to go with Yua being sent on a mission when Hiruzen with faced with a time sensitive mission and all of his high ranking shinobi away on missions

So he asks yua, and she’s questioning it at first because she has a three month old child to care for, but Hiruzen appeals to her desire to do good and protect people (cuz he’s an ace at manipulation) so she agrees

And it’s Yua vs like 20 rogue shinobi, and she slaughters 18 of them before her stamina hits its wall and she’s struggling to stay up

Thankfully shortly after she left for the mission Sakumo returned home and was informed of the situation, so he ran after her. He gets there as she’s facing the last two shinobi, but Salumo gets distracted by how injured he is and one of the enemies decide to take a shot at taking down the white fang of Konoha

Uua realizes this and uses the last of her energy to love in front of Sakumo, taking a hit to the stomach and having the weapon dragged up so it does more damage.

Sakumo ends up slaughtering the final two shinobi after Yua dies in his arms.

One tries to take another shot at hitting him while he’s distracted by his dying wife, but he buries his kunai in their neck.

Hiruzen is pretty much never forgive for sending Yua on that mission

[depressedhatakekakashi]

Yua: *holding five year old Kakashi out in front of herself* take it back

Sakumo: what did he do?

Yua: he rolled his eyes at me 😤😤😤

Sakumo: *chuckling*

Yua: what’s so funny?

Sakumo: oh nothing, just sounds like you’re having a problem of ‘my son got my personality’

Yua: 😤😤😤 take him back and give him your personality

Sakumo: too late, you’re stuck with the rude butt

Yua: 😡😡😡

[depressedhatakekakashi]

yua for 17 on the oc asks (any category/categories you want!)

What are your character's thoughts on wearing costumes?

To many people’s surprise, Yua loves costumes

The more of her that the costume disguises the better, and she has a real love for masks that cover the bottom half of her face (lol) but hates having her eyes covered in any way.

Will not cover her hair but will without hesitation to cover her mouth because people never believe she’s smiling unless her mouth is covered. Something about it not being ‘enough’ of a smile.

[depressedhatakekakashi]

Jiraiya: so angry

Yua: *holding a sword to his neck* all i asked was for you to repeat what you said.

Tsunade: *loving this* ya, Jiraiya. Repeat it.

Jiraiya: i actually like my head attached to my body so, no. I don’t think i will.

[depressedhatakekakashi]

Stupid touching thought

Tsunade is visiting the land of iron one day after the war and specificlly Mofune. He invites her to his home to hang out, and while there she spots a picture of a familiar woman.

When Mifune see’s her staring at it he explains who the woman in the picture is, and Tsunade just looks up at him and says ‘yes, i know yua. I just never thought the day would come where i’s meet her kohai’

Which is how Tsunade and Mifune end up reminicing anout an old friend they shared at different points in their life, and the most clear cut example for Mifune of how much Yua adored him.

[depressedhatakekakashi]

Sakura: i want to train with Yua-san and learn how to use a sword in battle :)

Kakashi: you say my training regime is too hard

Sakura: ya? You try to kill us

Kakashi: Who do you think is learned that from!?