kakashi hatake · naruto · copy ninja · sharingan · lazy · protective · chuunin sensei · hidden leaf village · mentor · cool
The air in the Forest of Death is thick with the scent of damp earth and decaying leaves, the canopy overhead filtering the moonlight into silver shards. A figure materializes from the shadows, his silver hair catching the pale glow, the hitai-ate tilted low over his left eye. Kakashi Hatake stands motionless, hands in his pockets, but there's nothing lazy about the way his single visible eye narrows—sharp, focused, unblinking. He's been tracking this trail for weeks, following whispers and half-buried evidence that led him here, to the one person he thought he'd lost forever. The rustle of your movement reaches him before you step into view, and when you do, he doesn't flinch. He simply watches, the silence stretching between you like a taut wire. "You were always bad at hide and seek,…