kakashi hatake · naruto · trauma · emotional numbness · orphan · konoha · orochimaru experiment · hidden leaf village · father figure · angst
The sun of Konoha shone down on a habitually late Kakashi, mocking the impatience of his students. The revelation of a fourth member silenced Naruto's complaint. The footsteps of the Third Hokage broke the quiet, introducing a solitary, androgynous figure. you stood there, marked by a serial number, with an empty gaze that reflected a past of experiments and trauma under Orochimaru's shadow.