Chapter 2: KY-sensei is writing this one! We switch off every other chapter.
Smoke began to fill Kakashi's lungs as he came closer to the village. Why was the village on fire? He pondered. He looked up and saw a tall, fat pillar of smoke where the village laid. Kakashi quickened his pace. If the waterfall village was going to attack the leaf village; why was the village on fire? He passed houses and farmland, on the outskirts, that was in shambles. The smoke thickened with each passing second. Kakashi now had sight of the gate, it was tattered and glowed from the raging fire.
Inside the village was worst than he could imagine. It looked like a battalion had swept through the city a long with a wild fire. The dead and wounded lay in the streets in pools of blood. There were cries for help and moans from the dying. All buildings were torn apart or burned by the fire. Kakashi looked for signs of the attackers when he realized, the waterfall village wasn't going to attack the leaf village, it was in the middle of a civil war. He walked through the dead and dying trying to help anyone he can. However, it was no use; most of the wounds were too deep to treat. He couldn't leave these people here to die but what could he do? He didn't know enough medical Nin Jutsu to help them. He continued to wander through the city. The farther Kakashi went, the bloodbath became bloodier, the thicker the smoke and ash, and the more people he saw brutally attacking each other. He kept out of view from the civilian attackers, since he could be considered an enemy, and can trigger an attack on the leaf village for being in the village. Kakashi continued to lurk through the shadows helping the people with minor injuries and trying to help those with major injuries. He was sorry to say that most of the people who were dying he couldn't help and the only thing he could do was watch them die.
Reaching the Village center was the bloodiest of all. Hundreds of people were dead and a thousand more dying. The fire raged on with great fury. Kakashi coughed from the ash and smoke entering his lungs. The smoke was thick and it was hard to see what was in front of him, he could hardly see his own hand when he put it in front of him. The ash piled up on the ground like snow after a blizzard, it was almost 5inches tall. This fire has probably been burning for days since the ash is so high off the ground, Kakashi thought to himself coming out of the shadows. He searched the bodies for clues of what happened. The wounded cried out from the immense pain. What has happened? What caused the fighting to break out? Kakashi thought his mind distant from a dying woman who grabbed his leg.
"Help me!" she cried. She bled badly since her left leg was missing. Kakashi didn't know how to answer. It was hard for him to see this woman bleed to death. The only thing he could do was create a tourniquet around the spot where it was bleeding. He wished he could do more for her but he never did specialize in medical Nin Jutsu.
Before the woman died quietly she told him, "I hid my daughter near the gate, if she's dead can you bury her and if she's alive can you take her somewhere safe?" After that the woman died peacefully with a small smile on her face. Kakashi gave a small nod to the dead woman's wish. He would find the little girl soon after he found the leader of the village. In the middle of the center there was a fountain. Kakashi came closer to the fountain so he could see if anyone was alive near it. Making sure he didn't step on the bodies of the dead and wounded he walked to the fountain with patience.
The water in the fountain was now a crimson from blood and eerie from the floating corpses. One of the corpses moved a little. The person was alive! Kakashi quickly went to help the person, removing him from the water. The man coughed up the bloody water, muttering a thank you to Kakashi.
After the man had regained his breath, Kakashi asked, "What's going on, why is The Waterfall Village in flames?!" The man faked a cough ignoring him.
"Answer me!" Kakashi said growing a little impatient. What is he hiding? Kakashi thought. The man continued not to speak to him.
Ignoring Kakashi's question he added his own, "Why is a Shinobi from the leaf village here?" This man spoke with high authority. He must be the leader of the village, Kakashi assumed.
"I won't answer your question until you answer mine," Kakashi stated watching his surroundings for enemies waiting to ambush them from the shadows.
The man sighed, "The only way you can stop this is going back to your village and!-…" The man fell silent. An enormous amount of blood came gushing out of his mouth. Kakashi quickly ducked down surveying his surroundings for the killer of the leader. The killer was using an arrow that was unquestionably sharp. This arrow could go through bone like it was butter.
It was clear to Kakashi that it was now time to go. The assassin could easily kill him with a head shot. Kakashi quickly got back to the shadows; unfortunately an arrow grazed his arm. He continued through the dark alley ways and dark streets creating pressure on his bleeding wound. The closer he got to the gate the less smoke and ash there was. When he reached the gate he remembered the dying woman's wish. Kakashi searched around the gate for her daughter. After 10minutes he began to lose hope, beginning to think that the girl was dead. Not until he heard a crying girl from outside the gate was he able to regain his efforts in finding her. I wish the woman told me her name he thought going outside the village to find the girl.
"Little girl! I'm here to help you, please come out," Kakashi said soothingly. The little girl came out crying with a deep cut under her right eye.
"WHERE'S MY MOMMY?!" she asked still crying. Once again Kakashi didn't know how to answer. The girl looked around the age of 2 or 3. Could Kakashi tell her that her mother was dead?
Telling her the truth is better than lying Kakashi thought. He cleared his throat,
"Little girl, Mommy's dead….." The little girl's eyes were as wide as saucers. She began to cry more than before. Kakashi picked up the girl and began to console her, in a matter of seconds the crying girl cried herself to sleep. Not wanting to disturb her Kakashi walked through the forest but made sure to hide if people were near by. He walked all night by mid morning he was tired and the little girl woke up. Not knowing where she was or who she was with she began to cry again. Kakashi consoled her again, now noticing the cut under her eye.
"How did you get that cut?" Kakashi said looking at her face. The little girl continued to cry putting her hand on the wound which made her scream. He put her down on a fallen log, taking out a small med kit that he kept with him. The girl stopped crying because curiosity was getting the better of her.
"What's that?" she asked with a curious look in her eyes. He took out a small container of ointment.
"It's a healing ointment. It's going to hurt a little okay?" Kakashi said putting one hand on her head to keep her still and the other put applied the ointment to the wound. She squirmed from the pain but she didn't try moving away.
"All done," Kakashi said after 5minutes, taking out bandages and wrapping them into a square placing it over the wound. She flinched but didn't try to get it away. After that he placed medical tape over the square to keep it in place.
The girl poked at the square before asking, "Who are you?"
Grabbing her hand to stop her from poking at the wound, he answered, "Hatake Kakashi, I'm a shinobi from the leaf village."
"REALLY?!" she spoke with surprise, "Oh! I'm Kou Hoshiko, it is very nice to meet you Hatake-san (Or Mr. Hatake I'm trying to practice my Japanese; )" They shook hand, he was glad to know her name. He could finally stop calling her "little girl."
"Your mother told me to take you some where safe," Kakashi told her standing up, taking her hand. They walked to a dirt path where they walked in silence for about an hour, because Hoshiko's feet were hurting. Reluctantly Kakashi began to carry her. Hoshiko eventually pointed out a house that was a friend of the family. He took her there knocking on the door still holding her.
Eventually a woman opened the door enough asking, "Who are you?"
"You know this little girl right?" Kakashi said setting the three year old on the ground.
"Of course I know her!" the woman said rudely. It looked like she was getting ready to close the door on their faces.
"Her parents are dead…Would you be willing to take her in?" Kakashi asked examining the expression on the woman's face. The woman was shocked at what she just heard nodded her head. Kakashi pushed Hoshiko inside the woman's house saying good bye before leaving the woman's house. 2hours into his trek home he heard the sound of small feet hitting the dirt. Turning around he saw the little Hoshiko following him with a big grin on her face.
"Hi Hatake-san!" she said happily running up to him hugging his leg because she was so small.
"How come you are not with the nice lady?" Kakashi asked raising his one eye brow. "I thought she was going to take care of you?"
Hoshiko pouted, "But, I want to stay with you Daddy!"
Kakashi spoke nervously, "What did you call me?"