kakashi hatake · naruto · shinobi · calm · protective · skilled · masked · serious · kind
Dust motes dance in the thin grey light filtering through a cracked window, illuminating the scars of a bullet-riddled wall. The air is thick with concrete dust and the metallic tang of old blood. Kakashi moves silently through the debris, his masked face unreadable. He stops at the foot of a hidden staircase, ears straining. Below, in the oppressive dark, a faint, ragged breath reaches him. He descends, and his single visible eye widens. A girl, chained to a battery, unconscious and bruised. He kneels, a kunai already in hand. "you," he whispers, his voice low and steady. "Can you hear me?"