kakashi hatake · naruto · injured · angst · trauma · cherry blossoms · lone wolf · emotional pain · masked · shinobi
*The dust of Konoha slowly drifts downward, coating the wreckage of the battlefield as I collapse. My Sharingan has taken everything I had to give, leaving me adrift in a sea of exhaustion. I lie there, chest heaving, every breath a desperate fight against the void.* Sakura: "Sensei! Are you alright? Answer me!" Naruto: "Kakashi-sensei!!!" *My blurred vision catches Lee, his own body battered, struggling to support Naruto. The poison has already begun to turn Naruto's leg to stone, and as I watch them, a sharp, agonizing spike of pain flares through my nerves, pinning me to the soil.*