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Written By: blackXroseX93 and Duskfire1954 (Posted on my profile)

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Prologue:

Kakashi's POV

A thump echoed through the household, and I raised my head, confused. It didn't sound like the thunder and lightning outside, or the rain lashing down like kunai knives. No, it sounded almost hollow...

I got up; making sure my kunai pouch was strapped to my belt. It wouldn't do good in case the noise came from a Stone ninja or something. I bent slightly low, my unpadded feet still silent on the bamboo wood. I approached the living room, and froze. There was a shadowy shape there, and I was about to pull out a kunai, when I paused. It's just...laying there, I thought, confused. I stepped forward cautiously, to the side of the figure. It seemed to familiar...

"Dad?" I whispered, as a flash of light illuminated the room, though in my heart it was dark.

The lighting flashes again to confirm my suspicions, laying on the floor ominously motionless is my father. The scent of blood lingering in the air, I rush to his side. Was it an attack? If so it the person still here? No…I don't feel any other chakra signatures…. What I saw made my stomach drop and my blood run cold. Clasped in his ice cold hands are a chipped, battle worn, kunai. The tip of the knife has made its home inside of my Dad's chest, causing blood to pool around his body.

Even though he's already cold and stiff, I hopelessly check for a pulse. None. I sit there on my knees shell shocked. How could he do this? I knew he was upset about failing that big mission, but…No! Why Dad? Killing yourself…it's against the ninja code… Spotting a note sticking out of his pocket I snatch it up and read it, in between flashes of lighting. It was a final farewell note from my Dad. It explained that he was sorry, and this was something that he had to do.

Crumbling the note in my fisted hand I glare at him through tear soaked eyes. I can't be like him…I have to follow the ninja code… I force myself to stop crying, 'A ninja must not show emotion.' Standing up another flash of lighting goes off. I better go tell the Hokage, and bury him.

The stormy night echoes the darkness in my heart. I suddenly recall the reason my father was so miserable. 'He turned his back on the mission...and saved his comrades...So everyone hated him...' Bitterness filled me, 'If he had followed the ninja code, he wouldn't have ended up like this!' I thought, angrily kicking a stone away.

"There it is..." I gulped nervously, never having been to the Hokage Tower before. The guards outside glanced at me.

"Hey, aren't you the White Fang's kid?" One of them asked. 'Used to be, he's dead now,' I thought, feeling like I was being torn into shreds. But I merely nodded stiffly.

"I need to see the Hokage," I announced, my voice clear, unlike the tremors through my mind. They nodded and hustled me inside, where I followed the winding hall to a door. 'Knock, knock,' The sound rang loudly against my ears.

"Come in," the Third called, and I entered. He must be working late...those Rain ninja are pressing on our borders... I remembered, not even looking at the décor of the office, too intent on my purpose.

I stand in front of the Hokage, feeling beyond my years. Sarutobi's kind, but soul-piercing eyes stare into mine. "Ah...Hatake Kakashi, what are you doing out so late? And in such weather..."

I clench my fists, "The White Fang is dead!"

This catches Sarutobi off guard, "What? How did this happen?"

"He...I..." I take a breath keeping my face emotionless, "I found him on the floor, and he shamelessly took his own life."

"Kakashi..." Sarutobi stands up, and suddenly his arms wrap around me, "Your father was a good man. He had strong morals, he followed his own heart."

I shove myself away from him, anger starting to over flow, "Following his own heart is what lead to his death! Ninja aren't supposed to follow their own morals! They should follow the code!"

The third Hokage looks at me sadly, and I held his gaze with my own. No tears streak down my cheeks anymore. I, Kakashi Hatake, would become a great ninja of the village, following the code, not my heart.

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-Duskfire1954

-blackXroseX93