Title: Remembrance - a "Naruto" fanfiction
Alternate Title: Haunted
Originally Written: August 8, 2010 at 01 37
Disclaimer: Original Story and Characters Copyrighted by Masashi Kishimoto
Warnings: Darker (mourning) themes. If you do not like a negative fanfiction, please click the "Back" button.
A Kakashi-centric piece
Some days, it feels like Kami-sama is crying as the gray clouds blanket the sky, each weeping pure tears of sadness upon a dampened world below. It is on those days where I stay here the longest, slowly getting soaked with those honest tears while my eyes stay dry in mockery of the true regret I feel in my heart.
I slowly lift my fingers, tracing over fading characters worn by touch as I remember those I had never treasured - never treasured until it was too late to live without regrets.
I think I will always regret what I had been too impatient to enjoy. The laughter and simple comradeship we all shared, a feeling of belonging I had not experienced since my father had died - maybe even before then.
Her adoring glances, his awkward declarations, his cheerful demeanor - all missing, gone from this world.
There are still times when I catch myself looking around, expecting to see one of them waving to me, waiting to tell me what new thing had happened that day.
But then I wake up - back to the harsh reality that hits me with a sharp slap. And I fight back the tears that will never come - that have not come for years now, even if I am torn apart inside.
Their ghosts still haunt me, the words echoing in my mind, making me remember...
Authoress's Note: Another story spun outside of my control, but one that ironically describes multiple characters in the series when a few sentences are tweeked here and there.
This piece describes Kakashi as he stands in front of the memorial, remembering his old genin team from his youth, both his teammates and his sensei.