Chapter 3
Memories from the Past
Ever since Kakashi could remember he always wanted to be a professor. The idea just fascinated him, the power to stand up in front of a class and teach a person something just filled him up with excitement. He worked hard all through school; he took extra classes over the summer break in just to graduate in three years instead of four.
Once he got to university he knew that the next four years of his life were going to be great and he was right. Kakashi had the time of his life; he still had good grades, being a genius always helped in that department. However, university opened multiple doors and one door Kakashi thought would remain nailed shut began to open one nail at a time. It started out with just innocent partying which lead to drinking, smoking, sex, and eventually drugs. Once all the nails were removed the door flung wide open. There would be times when Kakashi would binge for two weeks straight. He would spend all of his money on alcohol and drugs. He would party until five in the morning on nights where he should have been studying. Everything changed though after that one night.
When people say don't drink and drive they really mean don't drink and drive. Kakashi had been in the passenger seat of a blue Sundance drunk and stoned out of his mind, exactly like his friend that was behind the wheel. One minute they were joking around singing along to a Bon Jovi song. The next thing they knew they were crashing into a green mini van. Kakashi to this day has no memory of how long it took for the crash to happen or how he ended up in the hospital. It wasn't until hours later that Kakashi found out his friend had killed the man and a woman in the van.
The man's name was Steve Perkins he was an engineer for local companies and was the main provider for his family. The woman's name was Jody Perkins she was the idle soccer mom as the papers had put it. She took care of the home and her three children, two twin boys at fourteen Max and Mike and her twelve year old daughter Gracie. When Kakashi had first heard about this he didn't know what to say. He had on some level taken away three children's parents. Yes he wasn't the one driving; however, Kakashi still always felt as if he was.
When Kakashi woke up in the hospital later that night he was no longer high and drunk. He was disorientated, dizzy and confused. He tried to remember what happened, but nothing came to his mind. He moved his hand up to his head feeling something around it. That's when he first noticed his eye hurt. His fingers ran over his left eye he could feel stitches going through it vertically. A few minutes later the room was filled with police officers, they spoke of an accident and that's when his memory was triggered. He could remember a car and a green van he could remember the glass from the windshield slashing his eye. That was all though, all he could remember was the crash. The police officer told him that his friend that was in the back seat was killed in the crash. He wasn't wearing his seatbelt which caused him to go right through the windshield. Kakashi had told the police that he didn't remember anything they left once they found out they were getting no where fast.
That's when he walked through the door to Kakashi' hospital room. He was a tall man with mocha skin; he had short brown hair and was wearing a black suit. From what Kakashi could see he appeared to be a fairly built man. He closed the door and walked around to the side of Kakashi' hospital bed. That's when everything began to set in motion.
"Hello Kakashi how are you feeling?"
"Fine. Who are you?"
"My name is Miller. I'm with the Detective Unit. I need to ask you a few questions."
"Okay, but like I told the last officers I don't remember hardly anything from last night."
"This isn't about last night. You have information that could very well help our Undercover Detective Unit out. You've been partying with some very dangerous people the Red Dragons. I'm sure you know who I'm talking about so don't try and play dumb. We need to take them off of the street. I need you to give us the next location of their party."
"If I do this what exactly is going to happen to me?"
"Nothing. Look you hang out with them all the time, all I am asking of you is to just call me the next time you're all at a party together. My men will come and arrest them as well as you just to be safe. Once you are at the station we'll hold you for a little while then let you go. You don't have a criminal record so there's no need to suspect anything."
"What makes you think I would even do this?"
"Simple, you are twenty one it's your last year in university you up hold your 4.0 average even through all the partying. You're extremely intelligent you can all ready imagine what last night will do to your chances of getting into a teachers college will do."
Kakashi sat there for a few moments as much as he hated to admit it this Miller guy was right he wouldn't be able to go to a descent teachers college. Kakashi was quickly placed between a rock and a hard place. There was only one way out the problem is he didn't know if he could just up and betray all of his friends virtually. Letting out a sigh Kakashi truly didn't have a choice he liked his friends, but he just simply couldn't throw away all that he's worked hard for.
"Fine the next time we are all together I'll call you or send you a text message letting you know when and where."
"Here's my calling card give me a ring when you know."
Kakashi took the card and placed it down on the table bedside his hospital bed. Miller just gave Kakashi a nod and he was out of the room within seconds later. Kakashi was released from the hospital a few days later. He found himself walking around town with no purpose of destination. Everything that had happened in the last seventy-two hours was rushing through his head. He had partied all night, been in a car crash, meet and decided to work with a detective to get his friends arrested and seen the police arrest his friend for killing two people. To say that Kakashi' mind was racing would have been an understatement. Kakashi had found himself at the accident scene.
It looked like it never even happened. The street was clean and the cars had been towed away, and were without a doubt sitting off to the side of some impounds lot waiting to be processed by the police. Cars were even driving on the street which meant that the police and investigators had everything they needed. 'It's like it never even happened.'He thought. Pushing that thought aside Kakashi started to head back to the dorms.
It was a long walk back to his dorm room, every person that he walked by looked at him. Every time someone glanced at him Kakashi felt like they could see right through him. It was almost as if they knew that him and his friend were drunk and stoned a few nights back, crashed into a mini van and killing parents of three. Once he got back to his dorm that's when Kakashi discovered that everyone had already heard what happened.
If the looks of hatred and pity weren't enough indication, the lovely graffiti all over his room door simply stating KILLER was a dead give away. Kakashi shook his head and opened his door. He was thankful that he had lucked out in this year's lottery and had received a single room. He was tired from previous nights and all he wanted to do was go to sleep. He would worry about his door later. Kakashi took his shoes off as well as his shirt, changed into his sweat pants and crawled into his warm bed and fell asleep within minutes.
The music blared into his ears causing his head to pound. The lights flashed before his eyes, images invade the windshield of the car. His friend catches his eye as he downs the last of the whiskey. The car began to swerve, his began to follow the car swaying side to side just then he stopped, everything stopped. He could hear screaming, he saw red and blue lights flashing in the distance then it all went black.
Kakashi woke up to a cold sweat dripping off of his body. He never had gotten many nightmares as a child, but this was different this was no nightmare for nightmares never happen. This dream was a memory from that night. A direct reminder of how idiotic Kakashi was truly being. That night was a rude awakening for Kakashi. 'I have to change. I have to return to who I use to be.'He thought. He looked over at the clock and discovered that he had slept all day and all through the night. It was eight in the morning the next day. 'Today's the day I change my life.' He thought. Kakashi got up and got dressed. He made his way down to the bathroom for a shower. Once he was done he went back to his room and began to clean the graffiti off of his door.
After an hour and a half and many scrub brushes later the graffiti was gone. Kakashi cleaned up the mess and started to put his plan into motion. He would have to admit though; he was worried how this would all play out. He couldn't help being conflicted; they were his friends even if they are dangerous. However, he just couldn't let everything that he had worked so hard for just go down the drain. 'Plus if they are as dangerous as that Miller guy says they are, then I would be helping society.' He thought. Kakashi spent the next few hours pacing around his dorm room mentally arguing with himself, holding his cell phone in his left hand. Finally he decided that it would be irresponsible for him to not try and work with Detective Miller on bringing his dangerous friends off of the street.
Kakashi decided he would call Tony to see what was going down that night. 'The sooner the better.' He thought. Tony was a little fish in the gang, he was at the bottom of the rank; however, he always seemed to know just what was going on before the rest of the gang did. Which consisted of five main people, the top dog Duke he was from a broken home and a run away at the young age of twelve and became addicted to drugs by sixteen and dealing by eighteen. His right hand man Shawn was the classic good guy that hung around with the wrong crowd.
He became best friends with Duke and eventually became his right hand man. Levi was Duke's left hand man. Kakashi never knew his story; Levi was very much an introvert. Not even Duke knows his story and no one ever dared to ask. Andrew and Tony were the two little guppies in the gang, they weren't bad kids growing up, but they weren't church boys either. They both ended up in the gang through word of mouth. They helped Shawn with a few raids and the next thing they knew they were being initiated into Duke's gang the Red Dragons. Kakashi dialled Tony's cell number. It rang three times before he finally answered.
"Yo Tony"
"Hey Tony its Kakashi"
"Hey man, how are you after the other night? I heard about the crash."
"Ya I'm fine. I'm in need of some serious parting though, what's going down tonight?"
"Well the gangs heading down to an underground club, it's illegal and shit so you know it's gonna be good."
"The whole gang eh, what time?"
"Ya we're all meeting up out front at 11:30 tonight. You down?"
"Ya where is it?"
"It's on the corner of King and Arthur; it's that huge abandoned warehouse."
"Oh ya I know where that it. Alright see ya tonight."
"Peace man."
After Kakashi hung up the phone he went to his coat pocket and grabbed Detective Miller's calling card. He stared at it briefly, mentally double checking that this is what he really wanted to do. After nodding slightly he dialled the number and waited for an answer. It rang several times before there was an answer.
"Miller"
Kakashi didn't say anything, 'What do I say? Hi remember me the guy with the friend that was driving impaired and killed two people. And the only reason I'm not in jail with him is because I'm selling out my friends.'He thought.
"Hello?"
"Hello its Kakashi"
"Well hello finally. Do you have any information for me?"
'Straight to the point apparently.'Kakashi thought
"Yes I do, there's an underground club that we're going to tonight. We're meeting at 11:30 on the corner of King and Arthur. That is where the club is located."
Kakashi didn't wait for an answer just hung up the phone placed the card in his pocket and headed for his classes.
Miller heard his phone ring, he picked it up and looked at the caller ID, and it was a private number.
"Miller"
He waited a few moments for an answer; he could hear someone breathing on the other end. 'I hope it's not someone in trouble.'He thought.
"Hello?"
He was pleased when Kakashi finally introduced himself. After getting the information from Kakashi he was just about to thank him when all he could hear was a dial tone. 'He hung up on me?'He thought. Miller couldn't believe what just happened, it was the first time that an individual has ever hung up on him. He couldn't help but stare at his phone in shock.
"Something wrong Miller?"
Jamieson talking snapped him back to reality.
"No that was just a new informant. I have the location of where the Red Dragons will be tonight."
"I'll inform the team to get ready and meet in roll call."
"Thank you Jamieson."
With that he walked away to rally up the team.
Kakashi went about his day like it was just another day. He went to his English class at ten he got his assignments that he missed from the last three days. Then he went to his Writing class and worked on his short story and his other assignments once he was finished. He was glad he only had two classes today he was tired and wanted to get some sleep before he went out tonight. After getting back to his dorm he placed his bag down and got undressed. He set his alarm for eight so he would have time to get dinner, get dressed and make his way down to the location. He crawled into bed and fell asleep within minutes.
Everyone was already in roll call when Miller walked into the room. His team consisted of twelve people himself, Jamieson his right hand man, and ten other officers and agents. He took his usual place standing in front of the white board and began.
"Hello everyone. Our mission today is easy as long as everything goes according to plan. Which we all know rarely ever does, so be prepared for anything. Our informant is meeting with the Red Dragons at 11:30 tonight. They are going to an underground club that is located on the corner of King and Arthur. We will be positioned around the building, across the street and have two under covers inside. At midnight we will go in and arrest them including the informant. He is going to be around one of them; he has spiky brown hair, a scar on his left eye and is approximately 5'8 and 21 years old. Jamieson."
"Alright you have all been told where you are located, so make sure you are there by 11:30 and ready to go. Now remember we are to get in grab them and get out. The local police have already been informed of the club, they will wait till we are out then send their men in to empty and shut the place down. Remember for the safety of the informant treat him like you would treat the members of the gang. We don't know that he isn't apart of the Red Dragons if they suspect anything he will be killed. Be safe and good luck."
"Dismissed."
Kakashi woke up to his alarm going off it was eight at night. He had a few hours to wake up, get some dinner and get ready to go down to the club. He was nervous about tonight, he was just hoping that everything went alright and he wasn't suspected of betraying them. All he had to do was act like his usual self, 'Piece of cake.' He thought. He got up and headed for the bathroom. After he was through with taking a shower he went down to the café and got some dinner. After looking around he decided it would be best to eat in his room. People still seem to be upset with him if the glares were anything to go by. After getting a hamburger and fries he paid the café lady and went back to his room.
He sat down at his desk and turned on his laptop to check some emails while he ate. He got multiple junk emails that he discarded without opening; he also got multiple emails from friends and family wanting an explanation of that night's events. Which, is exactly why he left his phone off and why his voicemail was full within an hour. He just wasn't ready to answer their questions and hear their judgment and lectures. Shaking his head he finished his meal and went to brush his teeth. Once he returned he went to his closet and stared at his clothes, mentally debating on what to wear. Which shouldn't take very long considering his wardrobe consisted of blue or black jeans, and shirts that were mainly black and if they weren't they were black with a design on them. Kakashi never really considered himself as a punk or gothic. He didn't wear anything with a pentagram or skulls. He just didn't have a flare for color, black was easy to match and easy to wear. It also gave him the mysterious look to him that seemed to keep the crazy girls away.
After grabbing a pair of black jeans and a design shirt he got dressed and then gathered his wallet and keys. On his way out the door he reached for a black hoodie and made his way out. Normally Kakashi would have driven to the location but it was only a few blocks away, and he really didn't want to leave his car there all night on the street. Not that anyone would actually waste their time to steal a car that barely worked. The car itself was a complete definition of a clunker but it was his piece of tin and didn't want it stolen. His friends would question him, but he could always use the excuse of the accident to demolish any concerns.
Kakashi turned around the corner and saw his friends standing there waiting for him. Tony waived and Kakashi waived back. The reality of the night was starting to sink in as it came closer to the raid.
"What no car?"
"It's only around the corner besides I've had enough fun in a car for a few days."
"Ya I bet."
"How are you feeling Kakashi?"
"I'm feeling the need to get shit faced Duke."
"What kind of friends would we be if we didn't help you with that? Let's go."
Kakashi just smiled and gave a nod. They all made their way towards the door. After paying the twenty dollars in exact change they were in the underground club. The music blared and it was packed with people. Off to the right you could see the bar, the seating was on the left side and in the middle was the dance floor full of people. They made their way to the bar first to grab some drinks then managed to make it across the sea of people to a booth on the other side.
"Yo man this place is dope!" Levi yelled
"Look at all the horny bitches just waiting to be spanked." Shawn replied
"I heard that there are rooms in the back with beds in them. Which means let the fucking all night begin!"
Andrew and Shawn gave a high five and made their way towards the dance floor to go hunting. Kakashi just shook his head he wasn't one to go around chasing females and having random sex. 'Well not with females anyways.'He thought. Kakashi was very much the definition of a closet case gay. He kept it from his family and especially this group of friends, he never dated anyone and if he needed to release some stress it was in some dark public place with someone random.
It wasn't that he didn't want to have a real relationship it was just with school being hectic at times he wouldn't be able to give the person his full attention. Not to mention his family, he knew they would never approve. His mother always spoke of grandkids and how great it will be. Times may have changed and science has gotten more advanced but a male still couldn't have a child with another male. So he would hide it until that one guy came around that he just couldn't say no to.
Kakashi, Tony, Levi, and Duke all just sat there drinking. Seeing who could do more shots then the other. After almost forty five minutes later Tony was no longer able to say anything clearly and Shawn and Andrew made their way back over. They both looked a little roughed up. Everyone at the table just laughed and Duke just handed them a shot each. Simply letting them know that they had to catch up. Before they all knew it flashlights were in their faces and they were thrown to the ground and being arrested.
Miller and his men were waiting outside for the signal of the two undercover agents inside letting them know where they were. Miller just hoped that Kakashi would go through with all of this, Kakashi was smart and he would be a good agent if he ever chooses to go this route. Miller definitely could use more intelligent agents on his team. He was hoping that Kakashi would find that he liked doing something like this and may consider switching careers.
They got the signal and headed for the club once they got pass the bouncer they headed straight over to where the Red Dragons were in the booth.
"Get down on the ground!" Miller yelled
His men grabbed them and threw them to the ground and started to handcuff them. Once they were all cuffed they made their way across the dance floor and outside where they could talk. They were all pushed up against the one wall outside by the club. The music could still be heard, but they didn't have to yell just to be heard.
"You're all under arrest for multiple charges. We've been trying to get the Red Dragons off the street for a while and now we have you. Who's this one a new member?" Miller asked pointing to Kakashi.
"He's just an acquaintance." Duke said
"Well your acquaintance is coming to. Get them in the cars."
They were all placed in cop cars; they could see the police raid the club as they were driving off towards the station. 'Now for the hard part'Kakashi thought. Once they reached the station they were divided up and put into different rooms. Miller decided he would start at the top and work his way down, first up was Duke. As he entered the room Duke was sitting handcuffed to a chair and his feet up on the table looking perfectly comfortable. Miller walked up and pushed Duke's feet off the table then sat in the only other chair in the room opposite of Duke. He knew the likelihood of getting any information out of Duke wouldn't happen. Still he had to try and if he couldn't get it from Duke he would get it from one of his underlings.
"Let's just cut to the chase here Duke. When is the drug drop going to be made?"
"Why Detective Miller I don't know what your talking about. I would never get involved in drugs of any sort."
"Well I see you haven't changed a bit since you were younger. I know you're in the drug smuggling business now where is the drop going to be made?"
"How many times do I have to tell you I don't know?"
"If you don't tell me you're going to jail. This is your only shot of walking out of here a free man."
"I have many friends in jail, I'm sure they miss me. Besides I won't be in for long you and I both know that Detective."
"You know Duke you may be willing to sit in jail, but I guarantee that one of your little friends won't be as willing as you."
"They won't talk if they know what's good for them. Feel free to try, but you're just wasting your time."
With that Miller got up and left the room. After almost two hours he was down to his last man in the gang Tony. None of the other men gave anything up they weren't about to betray Duke. Tony was different though, he didn't have a record Miller was hoping that would be enough leverage to get him to talk.
Miller noticed that Tony looked nervous and worried when he entered the room. Tony was the youngest in the gang and the most innocent. He wasn't a bad kid growing up just got into the wrong crowd. Miller sat down across from Tony and looked him in the eyes. He saw what he needed to see fear; Miller had Tony right where he needed him to be.
"Are you really willing to go to jail for something that you're not apart of Tony?"
"I'm going to jail?"
"For drug smuggling you and the rest of the gang, except Kakashi."
"Why isn't Kakashi going?"
"He has no prior record and Duke admitted that he is just an acquaintance and not a member."
"Ya but I have no record and I'm not high on the chain I've only been in the gang for less then a year."
"Well there's only one way you're going to avoid jail but you won't do it."
"What is it?"
"If you tell me the location of the next drug drop is then I'll let you go."
"You want the location of the next drop and then I won't go to jail?"
"You can walk out those doors with Kakashi as a free man Tony."
"They'll know it was me."
"Not necessarily I'll just put you in the holding cell with the rest of them and then tomorrow morning well cut you lose. You don't have a prior record and there's no evidence that connects you to the gang."
"I want it in writing first then I'll tell you."
Miller just nodded his head and left to get some paper. Once he returned he wrote down the deal. Tony would give up the next location of the drop and tomorrow morning he would be released from custody with no charges. They both signed it after Tony read it over. Miller had to give him some credit he may only be a little guppy on the food chain but he was smart to ask for it in writing.
"The drop is gonna be this Wednesday at six. The drug dealer and his right hand man will be meeting an organizer in an abandon factory at 425 Ottawa street."
"Alright thank you Tony. Just act normal when you get back to the holding cell and tomorrow you and Kakashi will be cut lose."
Tony just gave a nod and an officer came in to bring him back to the holding cell. Miller got up and gave the information to his right hand man Jamieson. Then headed to the room where Kakashi was kept in.
"Tomorrow morning you and Tony will be cut lose based on having no prior record."
"Tony as well?"
"He gave us the information that we needed to be able to put an end to the drug smuggling operation that the Red Dragons had going. Thanks to the both of you less innocent teenagers will be dying from his drugs."
"I'm glad to hear that."
"You should consider doing this more often. You did well tonight and I could definitely use someone with a high level of intelligences on my team."
"Look I'll admit I didn't hate it, but I want to be a University Professor."
"Who says you can't do both?"
"What are you talking about?"
"Well you could work undercover and still go to school and become a teacher. We have a few agents that have a double life. They enjoy it very much actually; it allows them to have the best of both worlds. It's harsh on the family life but you take the good with the bad."
"I don't know I'll have to think about it."
"Well you have my number if you ever change your mind."
That night The Red Dragons and Kakashi spent it in a holding cell. There was this eerie awkwardness to the whole situation, after all they were there because of Kakashi. It surprised him that Tony talked he never thought he would go against Duke, but he supposed in certain situations peoples real personalities start to show. For Tony it wasn't that he wasn't loyal to Duke it was the fact that he feared jail. Kakashi just sat there in the cell and observed what the others were doing and talking about.
Kakashi remembered leaving the next day with Tony and the looks from the gang members. They never suspected Kakashi of betraying them, frankly because they knew he didn't know anything. They gave Tony the look of death when he was released; the excuse that he had no record didn't sit well with them. Kakashi placed an arm around Tony and they went out for some breakfast.
That was the last time he saw Tony. He read in the paper a few weeks after the arrest and the drug operation was brought down; that Tony was found murdered in some back alley off of King Street. The news hit Kakashi harder then he thought it would, he hadn't really known Tony very well but he knew him better then the rest of the gang. He found himself going to the funeral and he even visits his grave every year.
A few weeks after that Kakashi decided to call Miller and join his team. After a year of intense training and balancing school Kakashi was an official undercover agent. Now it was almost five years later and he was living a double life that none of his friends knew about. He still only had a few one time flings every now and then still waiting for the one man to keep him memorized.
Kakashi shock his head snapping himself out of a memory flash back; remembering that he was on the phone with his boss.
"Kakashi you still there?"
"Yes, sorry I got distracted for a moment there. You have a new mission for me?"
"I do it involves an underground drug heist. It's not huge at the current moment, but it's promising. I would like to nip it in the bud now before it gets too big."
"I don't suppose there may be another agent that could work this one by any chance? I just started an investigation of my own actually."
"This investigation is involving what exactly?"
"The Nicholson's actually, I have reason to believe that there is child abuse and neglect going on in the household."
"We don't usually handle cases of abuse; you should be passing it off to the police."
"I know it's not our protocol; however, it does involve the top defence attorney in the country. Not only that there's just something about this boy there's more to this."
Kakashi could here Miller let out along sigh after a few moments he spoke again.
"You said boy? The Nicholson family only has one son and he's eighteen I believe."
"That's Itachi, he lives upstairs and goes to school. They talk very highly of him. The issue is that they have another son that is twelve that sleeps in the basement and is never mentioned. I can also tell that he is a very gifted child just by speaking to him once."
"Alright you've gotten me curious so I'll give this mission to another agent you have a week to report back to me if you find anything."
"Yes sir."
"Take care."
"Good night."
Kakashi went into his study and started to do some background check on Fugaku. He had no record as he expected with him being a lawyer. He had family but never was close to them and apparently doesn't keep in contact with them. There were articles about his family how he had the perfect wife and son; never a mentioning about Sasuke anywhere. It was like he didn't exist to the world. Kakashi was determined to get to the bottom of this. Even if Sasuke did enjoy sleeping in the basement which he couldn't see why judging by how cold it was. There was still no excuse as to why no one knew about the boy and why he didn't eat with the family.
Sasuke was gifted Kakashi was sure of it especially if those note books were his. Kakashi couldn't deny the interest in Sasuke he reminded him of himself when he was younger. He also believed that Sasuke would make one hell of an agent one day. He could tell there was this fight in Sasuke's eyes even if he did only see them for a few seconds.
Glancing over at his clock he decided to turn in and get some sleep. After all he did have to get up and go to work tomorrow. He also had to tutor Itachi tomorrow after work. He would try and see if he could get some information out of Itachi about Sasuke as well. Turning off the light he crawled into his bed and closed his eyes finding the need for sleep coming fast and before he knew it his mind was blank.
