Set after Pain's invasion, when Naruto and Kakashi came back to the village.
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Eclipse.
Kakashi leans against the tree and watches as the crowd engulfs Naruto. They lift him up, toss him in the air, and he can't help the smile that steals across his face. He's well aware of how the blond draws everyone towards him, how they all orbit around him like if he's the sun.
He chuckles and turns his face to the sky. "If he's the sun, what does that make me, Obito? The moon?" He hears someone approaching him and turns, eyebrow raised in question.
"Sometimes they eclipse," Shikamaru says, calm as ever. "Troublesome as the process can be, the sun and moon can eclipse."
Kakashi hums thoughtfully as he turns his attention back to Naruto. "Maybe they can," he says. "Maybe they can."