A very short one-shot about both Kakashi's past, and the serious side that Naruto can have. Don't ask me when this took place. If I would have to say, it would be somewhere before the Chunnin Exams.

Oh, and just to let you know? This is a one-shot, and only a one-shot. I am amazed at myself for getting this written. I am not a writer. I don't minde writing poems when my emotions get out of hand, but otherwise, quoting Shikamaru, to troublesome.

Disclaimer: If I owned Naruto, Kakashi would have gotten together with Jiriya and trained Naruto till he kicked everyone's ass. But hey, it didn't happen, so that must mean I don't own it right?

Enjoy the oneshot!

Reflections

Finally reaching his destination, Naruto found someone already there. Enjoying the view of the village from the Hokage monument, was his sensei.

"Normally when people come up here, its to think. Care to share?" Kakashi just hmphed in reply. With a chuckle coming from his throat, Naruto sat down beside his teacher.

"What did he do to you?" Kakashi just turned his head to Naruto and a raised brow was his only response along with a question. "What do you mean?"

"I'm not stupid. The look in your eye is the same as everyone else that has went through that." A second passed, and Naruto continued, "It's amazing what you can learn just by observing. A twitch can indicate a lie, glazed eyes indicate remembrance of a certain memory. After just watching for a long time, I've learned to read people, and you have a look in your eye of abuse. A look hidden behind a mask. Masks can hide so many things, both good and bad. But I can read behind masks."

"Oh, now can you?"

"Yes, it's the same look I see in when I look at myself in the mirror."

"What does this have to do with me?"

"Your father. He abused you when you were little didn't he."

"I don't know what you're talking about."

"You don't have to lie to me Kakashi-sensei. I know how brutal it can be. It may not have been a parent, but it happened."

Kakashi just turned, and looked back over the village. "You have really grown up, Naruto, you know that? I don't think I have ever thought of the day when the only person to really see behind my mask would be you. But, it works out. You are a master of masks as well, aren't you?"

Let me know what you think!

Tootles, -dawn-