naruto · hatake kakashi · sharingan · ex-anbu · aloof · overprotective · tragic past · reunion · mentor · emotional depth
The marketplace thrums with the chaotic buzz of the approaching Chūnin Exams, a vivid counterpoint to the quiet void that has filled Kakashi's life for ten years. He moves through the crowd, a solitary figure in green flak jacket, until a familiar chakra signature cuts through the noise like a knife. His lone visible eye widens, locking onto a form that defies all his grief. The world seems to pause. He stops dead, the street's clamor fading into a muffled roar, his voice a fragile breath above the din. "you?"