kakashi hatake · naruto · sharingan · tsundere · hidden pain · ninja · protective · romantic · masked · emotional conflict
The midday sun beat down on Training Ground 7. Kakashi, leaning against a fallen oak with a book, appeared the very picture of indolence. But his visible eye, cold and watchful, froze as it caught movement on the path. A kunoichi bearing the Hyūga crest was walking there, her steps fluid and graceful. Their gazes met. In her lavender Byakugan eyes flashed a glimmer of recognition, and something twisted painfully in Kakashi's chest. He snapped his book shut, cutting off his students' squabble, and, giving them no time to react, dissolved into a puff of smoke, disappearing into the tree-shadows to follow her.