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Dear Kakashi Hatake,
I do apologize if this letter seems strange, but I wanted to thank you anyway. That nice jonin who had been spying on you earlier (Gai, I think, was his name) told me where to send this and I hope it's fine. He's fine too, by the way, after falling from that tree when you threw that rock at him.
Anyway, I just wanted to thank you for your help today. It was strange that we met like this. I had always seen you around the memorial, standing there for hours whether it be rain or shine. You're usually there really early in the morning and it was a time I preferred myself. It's quieter then. You had always seemed so deep in thought so I always left the moment I saw you and would return later to put down the flowers. But sometimes, you would be there again at night. Like I said, you always seemed very...sad, or lonely, or detached so I kept my distance.
This time, however, for the first time since I began visiting the memorial regularly, I arrived before you. You weren't as shy as I was, you simply smiled and asked who I was there for. I told you my father, a chunin that. I told you about my mother, she was heartbroken. You were kind the entire time and I realized that there wasn't a reason for me to be intimidated. I felt bad for not asking your name, but I knew you were a shinobi and my mother had always kept me away from people like you. She was worried that I would become friends with one, and they would die.
I'm sorry if what I said brought back memories. I tend to do that. Say things carelessly.
As I was saying, you were kind and surprisingly understanding when I told you about my father. He died recently, only several months back so the pain is still fresh but I could easily avoid it by, like what my mother said, staying away from shinobi. It surprised me that you knew him. It surprised me even more when you spoke kind things of him. Gai told me later that you were a jonin, and that only astounded me further. But I wasn't very surprised to find you were a high-ranking shinobi. You gave off that sort of atmosphere.
I'm sorry, I'm rambling. I just wanted to send this letter to thank you for giving me the address of the shelter several miles from Konoha. I'll be sure to visit there soon and hopefully adopt a dog. God knows that a companion would be welcomed right now. Maybe I'll show you the pup later if we ever meet again.
Thank you again,
Saika Idane.
Thank you for reading!
So I guess even after Broken Dolls, I'm not done with Kakashi yet. But you can't blame me. He's such a complex and undoubtedly the greatest character (...ever).
Just a little test run of an idea I was contemplating for about five minutes before I wrote this out. I thought it would be an interesting take :) What do you think? Reviews would be lovely.