Title: Six Degrees of Separation
Summary: Kakashi finds his father dead after coming home from a tiring mission with Team Minato. Named after the song. Oneshot.
Genre: Family, Tragedy
Fandom: Naruto - Featuring Kakashi H. and Sakumo H.
Words: 594
Idiot.
He could offer no higher praise.
The man had been foolish, out of his mind even, to have committed such a heinous crime as that. What was he thinking, failing such a top ranked mission of unparalleled importance?
"Daddy! When I grow up I wanna be an awesome ninja like you!"
Kakashi watched the dark figure of his father, presumably dead by now. The White Light Chakra Sabre, slick with the sticky red liquid, was driven through the abdomen of the man, the blade flashing in the pale moonlight of the night sky.
Where had the ninja he admired gone to?
"I'm sure you will - you are my son after all."
It was sad really, a pity to see such a wonderful ninja banished to the Earth with a simple swipe of a lifeless blade.
Simple as that.
The seven year-old chunin knelt by the lone figure of the one who had single-handedly raised him up. Silver hair mirroring silver hair was the only testament to their relationship. Almost like mourning, Kakashi noted as he looked over the man once more, unable to tear his eyes away from the gruesome sight. Almost.
But an awesome ninja wasn't truly an awesome ninja without recognition from the one he loved most.
"Hai! I'll follow the ninja rule book and become even greater than Daddy! I'll be the next Hokage!"
A smile.
"But remember that your comrades are more important to you than the mission. Always put your comrades before your duty."
A dark chuckle shattered the oppressing silence around. "Like that had done you any good," Kakashi muttered sourly as fresh memories flitted through his mind, of ninjas and fellow comrades alike ridiculing a certain silver haired man for his actions, even more clearly the sight of his father carrying a fallen comrade and the knowledge that he failed the mission.
For rules were made for a reason, and those who disobeyed rules were trash.
"Then I'll follow tou-san, and be an even greater ninja than you!"
Kakashi gripped the weapon tightly as he, hands trembling, shakily pulled it out of the cooling body, releasing it from the firm grip of the two bloody hands. Letting his eyes linger over to the calloused palms of his father, Kakashi absent-mindedly sheathed the blade.
How wrong he had been for the short 7 years of his life - but he knew that he was not the same misguided boy as yesterday.
The man before him, he wasn't a ninja.
He was trash.
The man caressed the young boy's face with a calloused hand, before kneeling down to look at the boy eye to eye.
This sabre...the silver-haired boy admired the handicraft. It was a piece of art, unique to his father and he was sure that to anyone who even glanced at this blade, the first thing coming to their mind would be Konoha's White Fang.
It wasn't a commemorative item, Kakashi frowned as he strapped it to his back. He would rather not be reminded of that imbecile. No, he kept it solely for its handiness in battle and for that reason only.
"I'll be back soon, I promise."
He certainly did come back.
But what was the use of coming back when you died shortly after?
He watched as a blanket of snow masked his role-model's retreating footsteps.
As a lock of silver hair fell to the ground, Kakashi decided that tomorrow, tomorrow he would be the greatest ninja ever, unlike his scum of a father.
Today though...
Today, he'll be a son.
A/N: Our very first author's note amg. Mmkay. Laura here to clarify somethings. Yes, it snows in Konoha. I've put up the link on our profile but basically, due to the way the countries are arranged and such, it should snow in Konoha. In theory, that is. (all the seasonal winds and geographical location and stuff like that) xD And we really hope you enjoyed this 3 Please - reviews and favourites are very, very, very much appreciated. We basically jump around in excitement whenever we receive a review. And trust me, people stare xD Also seems to like mucking up formatting when there's more than one italics in a row, so please PM if there's any mistakes 3
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