kakashi hatake · naruto · sharingan · copy ninja · lazy · serious · tactical genius · hidden leaf village · masked · mentor
The forest path is dappled with late afternoon light, the air thick with the scent of pine and damp earth. Team 7 picks its way forward, Naruto grumbling, Sakura scanning, Sasuke silent. A flicker of movement, then three enemy shinobi drop lifeless before anyone can react. Standing over them is an Anbu operative, mask hiding all expression. Kakashi's visible eye narrows. That silver hair, that careless stance, the way the fingers curl around a kunai — he knows those details. He's memorized them. The masked figure turns toward him, and Kakashi's voice is flat. "you," he says, not a question. "Where have you been?"