Chapter 44

Five Years Ago

Kakashi silently read his book, his attention away from the wound on his shoulder that was getting treated at the moment. Apparently, an ice shard was just pulled from his scapula barely thirty minutes ago with the use of painkillers of course.

"Hey, Kakashi. Can't you really take your eyes of those perverted books of yours for one minute?", Guy frowned as he crosses his arms.

"I don't really have anything to do anyway.", he replied, flipping to another page.

"Huh?! Then! Battle me! Kakashi!", Guy exclaimed showing off his toothy grin as he points at himself with his thumb.

"Uhm...would you please keep it down inside the hospital, there are other patie--", the poor girl's tiny voice was buried by the green beast's exploding enthusiasm.

"Don't get so lousy right now! I still have to get my pay back for losing to you last time!"

The silver-haired sighed tiredly, not really in the mood for games. "And? What are we competing in?"

Guy joyously twirled around before flipping out a box of cards. "Let's play Hanafuda!"

"Sir..."

Kakashi sweat dropped before burying his nose between the pages of the book. "I'm not really in the mood right now..."

"C'mon Kakashi! If I lose, I will do twenty thousand push ups!", Guy punched the air with excitement and his best friend watched him with a bored expression.

"Isn't that too exaggerating?"

"There's no thrill if I don't challenge myself!", Guy proudly screamed.

The nurse had enough, she barely had any sleep for three whole days because of the constant changing of her night shifts with the never-ending flood of injured patients. And the doctors are irritating her nonstop by dumping most minor work on her but, she can't do anything because this was her job.

"WILL YOU PLEASE LEAVE NOW...?! YOUR FRIEND IS JUST FUCKING FIVE STEPS AWAY FROM YOU AND PEOPLE FROM OVER A MILE CAN DEFINITELY HEAR YOUR VOICE! WE HAVE EARDRUMS TOO! YOU ARE NOT THE ONLY ONE HERE...! DO YOUR JOB OUTSIDE AND I WILL DO MINE INSIDE...! GET IT...?!", she deserved an applause for even showing the way out to Guy as he squeaked a small "yes ma'am".

Kakashi rubbed the back of her head muttering a quick apology. "Sumimasen...! You see my friend is just too eccentric but, he's a good guy. Please spare him...", he bowed as he sweat buckets.

'Women are scary...! This is why I don't wanna get a married.'

The nurse breathed a sigh of relief as she shut the door close with a heavy bang. "Hatake-san, your wounds have been successfully treated. However, you are required to rest for a few weeks at home and please prevent from exercising or eating any spicy food.", she wrote something on her check board, ripping the piece of paper giving it to the startled Jonin. "The hospital recommends you to drink the medicines prescribed by the doctor to further sped up your recovery. It will take a week at the bare minimum before you can train and do missions again."

Kakashi swiftly glanced at the paper on his hand as the lady place a few bottles filled with capsules on the side table. "Ah-Hai, arigatou."

"For today, rest still on your bed. You are discharged tomorrow morning. Please call the staffs if you have any problems or worries.", she walked through the door, sliding it open before looking back. "And, I'm also fan of the series.", she smiled as she winked before finally leaving the room.

Kakashi was stupefied for one second before he rested his body on the bed. He laid his book flat on his stomach as he covers his eyes with his free arm. The atmosphere suddenly went gloomy and sullen, his soft breaths underneath his mask echoing inside.

His fingers dug on his scalp, pulling his glossy silver hair. His right eye snap wide every time he blinks. Small red spots danced around his vision, the chair, the table, the wall, the window, the curtain was all bathed in blood.

Kakashi's emotion went visible through his single juddering eye despite his face being mostly covered. He was in pain as he partially closes his grey eye, hoping he would get some sleep. But, he felt like he would be a monster if he would sleep just after silencing the lives of innocent kids.

The sound of their cheerful laughs was replaced by screams of agony and torture. They were repeatedly vibrating in his head nonstop. He embraced his pillow, hoping to find some warmth. He felt guilty.

He wanted to die right then and there. His whole body was trembling. Every spot was sore and all he wanted was some pain relief.

What he committed was unforgivable and he wished that hell would just gobble him up this instant. Because he was living a nightmare scarier than the depths of hell itself and he carried out a sin not even Satan would commit.

He was disgusted by himself as he curls into a ball, the pillow caught a single tear slipping from his drowsy eye. Because no one else would catch it for himself.

Kyuuji dropped his sword on the floor as soon as he closed the door to his apartment. His footsteps were heavy, staggering even. He made his way towards the bathroom immediately, blood trailing on the wooden floor.

He didn't bother taking his clothes off when he submerged himself in the cold water of his bathtub. The delicate transparent water was tainted with a beautiful scarlet color. He was silent for a few minutes as he stared lifelessly at the ceiling above.

It wasn't long before his hazel eyes dilated, his pupils shaking vigorously. The corners of his mouth moved slightly upwards, grinning at his comedic fate. His shoulders slumped before he convulsed to a laughter.

"HaHaHaHaHa!", he pressed his palm on his forehead while staring down on his reflection.

He placed his left arm over his head, his laughs slowly morphing into something else.

A drop of saline liquid created ripples on the still water. After that single moment, the dam in his heart finally bursts. He sobbed into a fiery, the tears streaming down his face uncontrollably. His cold and frozen cover finally broke down.

"I'm sorry...hic...I'm sorry...", he buried his messed-up expression in his hands. His body sank lower in the water as he trembles uncontrollably.

He was basically an empty shell of a human feeling constant pain, sorrow, and suffering.

He clutched his chest in pain, there was a stinging sensation in his heart. No matter what he does he couldn't remove the throbbing feeling mentally nor emotionally.

He cried with blood as he screams trashing around. Water splashed all around the white tiles that were now crimson. He reached his hand out, searching for the light that he lost and will never find again. "Someone...save me...please...!"

He missed being with the arms of the only person in the world who showed him true compassion and love. "Asuna...I'm sorry...I'm sorry..."

His shaking hands trembled even more as he clasps them together, turning to his side. His wet long hair velvety hair, cascaded down his skin like flowing waterfalls.

The dark bags were under his bloodshot eyes and the only thing he could wish right now is to end this nightmare.

Between his palms was a daffodil ornament, her favorite hair piece that she dropped that tragic night. Gritting his teeth, he punched his chest, hoping that the pain would ease slightly.

He was unable to breathe and he hopes he wouldn't wake up tomorrow.

"Kami-sama...wake me up...from this dream", he hopelessly prayed in between his ragged breaths. "...I'm living in hell..."

The Gods up there didn't really listen to his prayers. Not even a word from a single soul. If they did, the world could have been a better place.

However, people never really begged because the gods never existed. Even if they did, they were useless immortals.

He whispered her name countless times, hoping that she would also call his name, no matter where she is at the moment.

"...Asuna...I can't imagine a world...without you...", he brushed his wet fingers on the gold flower in his hands. He clutched it gently beside his heart and he felt imaginary warmth as his lips form to a small smile. His last smile.

In the end, he was just another child who is begging for love and comfort trapped in a vicious world filled with hatred, resentment, pain and suffering.

And the ones behind it comfortably sat on their chair. The elder council were all present, a meeting commencing.

"The reign of terror the Ryuugaime Clan have been imposing has finally ended.", the old woman said within a sigh of relief.

"Looks like it. I have not imagined that they would be wiped out in a single night. It is unbelievable that all it took were eight ninjas.", Homura added.

Danzo glared at Hiruzen who lighted up his pipe.

"What is the meaning of this Hiruzen? You said those children would be brought to Konoha. But, you had them killed.", he said out loud in spite. "They could have been precious assets to the village. No nation will even make a single option about invading us!

"You are too narrow minded, Danzo.", he replied with a grave voice smoking on his pipe. "Do you really believe that brainwashing those children will guarantee us stable power?"

"Having a single Ryuugaime in our clasps alarmed the world. And that boy is a half-blooded one at that. If we have a few more, the village would be completely safe and secured from threats.", Koharu interjected proving a point.

The other old man nodded his head. "I agree with Koharu. Hiruzen, it is a waste for those talents not to bloom within our grasps. Danzo could have trained them into loyal servants."

The third Hokage sighed tapping his pipe to remove the burnt cigar away. "I ordered Kakashi to kill them for the sake of this village we are all protecting. It is indeed true that controlling them would bring us an indestructible force but...", he snapped his eyes into a serious glare pointing to the rest of the three.

"The inner desires of a Ryuugaime is something we can't touch nor control. They value trust more than anything, gaining their loyalty must mean also gaining our loyalty. Do you think you could give it to them when we killed their clan?", everyone looked away except for Danzo who simply glared.

"They could see through all our lies with their eyes. And we can't risk the safety of the village in exchange for power. Once a Ryuugaime is provoked, there is no turning back. They would rampage, destroying everything on their path, including those around them.", he finished before taking another smoke.

"Then how about that child? If you speak as if you are still living with the threat of that clan. Does not that mean we should annihilate everyone in their bloodline?", Danzo incited a verbal argument against Hiruzen as he rests his hands on the handle of his wooden cane.

Sarutobi simply looked down. "Kyuuji have pledged loyalty to the village."

Koharu raised a word immediately after. "But, like you said earlier, we can't fully control them. There's no telling when that child would turn his back on us."

"Let me rephrase that.", The hokage calmly said out of nowhere. "He is someone who have pledged loyalty to the people of the village not to the hokage nor to any of you. He is simply devoted to protect Konoha as a whole."

"What would back your claims? The fact that he massacred his own clan?", Danzo taunted. "if he could kill his own family, he would be able to do the same to us who are simply just strangers to him. We need to kill him before he kills us."

The Sandaime creased his eyebrows before explaining himself. "Kyuuji owe his life to Minato. That makes Kyuuji to have the will to protect the same village, the person he was indebted to sacrificed his life for."

"You are not making any sense. Loyalty? Do you really believe that child will remain loyal forever? You are too soft, Hiruzen.", Danzo commented before walking out of the meeting room.

Everyone sighed as he finally left, the tension in the air disappearing.

"The meeting ends now. We would have a word with the Fire Daimyo tomorrow.", Hiruzen said in his tired tone before he was left all alone inside the spacious room.

Shimura Danzo calmly walked inside the dark halls of the ANBU Root headquartes he leads. The torches on the wall dimly lighted up a small space giving him a sense of where he was walking to.

He heard series of thumps and thuds behind the door he was standing in. There was the continuous clanging of metals, that was unpleasant to hear. He didn't need to knock for it was opened inside by a Root ANBU he personally trained himself.

"I told you to untie me. You fucking bastards. I'll kill you once I get out of here.", despite being held captive, he still held an insane majestic aura. The candle light bounced on his hazel nut hair when his ears perked up at the sound of someone else's footsteps.

The bandaged man watched with amused eyes at the boy who struggled to break free from the chains wrapped around his body, neck, arms and legs. He had a seal taped around his eyes in caution to prevent him from having his power get uncontrollable.

Danzo moved his eyes to the two people wearing masks and cloaks. "As per your instructions we have left a fake body behind."

"I thought it would be a girl.", he said with his low voice.

One of them spoke in behalf of the other. "Danzo-sama, the youngest princess was killed by Ryuugaime Kyuuji the moment she awakened their clan's dojutsu."

The blindfolded man stopped moving, his whole-body went rigid after hearing the conversation the people in front of him had.

"That's a shame. Women are more prone to emotions that's why they awaken their dojutsu quicker than men. While that is true, they are also easier to control.", he let out a disappointed sigh before looking at the boy before him who was unusually quiet. "But, I hope this child have the eyes I am looking for. If he doesn't I will forcefully awaken them myself."

The brunette muttered something under his breath, it was so low none of them heard it.

Danzo placed his hand over the boy's blindfold who was muttering incoherent words.

"Danzo-sama. He is still unstable. It is dangerous to get too close.", the other masked ANBU warned.

The old man however ignored his plea, slowly pulling down the black seal attached on his eyes.

The thirteen-year-old boy stared at nothing in particular, his eyes in visible disbelief and crushed hope including love.

"Asuna...", he whispered under his breath and Danzo's single eye widened in disbelief seeing his golden eyes that were dripping with tears.

He smirked in return at the color swiveling around his gold-gemstone like orbs. Two green circles surround his green pupils as he whispers the girl's name over and over again. The third circle just disappeared, a few seconds ago.

"I thought we landed on a goldmine here, we dug up a diamond instead.", Danzo's laugh boomed inside the whole room. "Do you know how rare those precious verdant eyes of yours are?", he asked.

The boy ignored him and were simply in his own state of mind. His thoughts were shaky.

"Only one out of a thousand Ryuugaime is born with those eyes. You don't have to awaken them yourselves for you already possess them since birth. If I'm right, they call these rare Ryuugaime born only once in a few centuries, Watatsumi."

"You did well, you two. Seeing a Watatsumi far exceeded my expectations.", Danzo praised and the two nodded their heads in return.

"Now then. From now on, you must remember I'll be your new father. My commands are absolute.", he placed a strange seal on the boy's body who didn't flinched the slightest bit. Numerous kanji got tattooed on his pale skin and he simply sat there, his eyes emotionless after hearing the devastating news.

He knew his clan was killed, but he hoped that she at least escaped. That was what he planned before he got captured by the two ANBU after he was greatly weakened by poison and seals.

He knew who they were talking about the moment they said about the youngest princess.

His beloved younger sister was killed by his best friend.

A/N

HELLOOOO!!! 

I had this twist in mind and I finally wrote it in one sitting. 

My ass hurts and my school is literally killing me with homeworks. 

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If I had more free time I would have written more. 

Hehe what do you think would happen next? Any theories? 

I don't care how ridiculous they are, let me see it on the comments. 

For those avid readers, I'm pretty sure you already found out who that guy was.

And you are only seeing a glimpse of the past. 

I'M LOOKING FOR A BETA READER HUHU. I BEG YOU, PLEASE COME OUT MY SAVIOR!

I'm loving the votes and comments, AND THANK YOU FOR THE FOLLOWS! I LOVE YOU GUYS SO MUCH!

I was thinking of publishing a new book...

It's a KAKASHI LOVE STORY but, I don't know it would be satisfactory. Since there are smutty scenes ahwuehwue (*'∀'* )

It's not dark, rather heartwarming with a tinge of pain. It's just a little drop okay! (*'ー')

Should I???

I'M DEAD IF MY PARENTS KNOW ABOUT THIS! arGh!