Hello people
So here is the second chapter. I have a few more things to say first.
First of all, thanks for the reviews and followers and favs. This story is far from being as popular as my other ones but I expected it (it's not a usual crossover and I don't usually like crossovers myself, most of the time not even reading their summary). So thanks.
Second, the update was fast but don't expect me to update as fast the other times. It's already written but I have so many things on my mind right now that updating will not be my priority. (And the chapters might not be as long as this one and will most probably be cut randomly)
Also, you might find this chapter a bit slow. Don't forget that it was a writing experience before anything (character development and manipulation). It'll get more ... or let's say less slow as the story develops.
And lastly, don't forget that it was written several years ago so the characters' info will not be canon because the canon just wasn't there at the time. (Well, this is Fanfiction after all).
I think that's all.
Thanks for reading!
-Celohei
Chapter 2 (kinda)
[-No time skip-]
It was roughly three hours after someone brought the BAU members tea and coffee that Sakura knocked at the door. When she came in, she could see the team dispatched all over the room.
"-Miss Haruno." Welcomed Aaron.
"-Just Sakura, please. I'm younger than you. So how are you doing?
-Well, it certainly isn't an easy case but you already know that.
-Yeah… But enough about work, you had a long day. I'm here to show you to your hotel.
-Well then, we're following you."
Once outside, the BAU members could finally see where they were. Before them was a bustling pedestrian city, full of people but strangely peaceful despite the crowd. As Sakura lead the way to their hotel she explained the general lay-out of the city:
"-So, as you guess, we've just left the administrative sector of the village. Here is the market street. Your hotel is ten minutes away from here. There's a fine BBQ restaurant over there…"
As they walked by a large building, Emily asked:
"-And this, what is it?
-Oh, that's the Academy.
-Is that where you and Naruto went?
-Yeah… Aah, those were the days…
-What about your third teammate, Sai?" asked Derek.
"-He joined our unit only a few years ago. I don't know where he… studied."
A few minutes later the hotel came into view. As their entered the hall, Spencer noticed a sign on the front door. Sakura went directly to the woman at the desk.
"-It's for civilians only." Came the harsh voice of the receptionist.
Sakura sighed:
"-I know. Tsunade-sama made reservation for those four people for an undetermined period of time.
-Right." The woman's tone was more cheerful than seconds before. "I'm sorry but I only have three rooms left.
-But we booked four rooms.
-Yes, but there has been some… incident earlier this afternoon and five rooms were damaged; leaving me with only three.
-Oh. What happened?
-Ask your colleagues." the woman answered bitterly. Sakura grinned sheepishly, regretting asking her.
"-It won't be a problem." Interrupted Aaron. "Derek and Spencer will share a room, if that's ok with you?" he said, turning to the both of them.
"-Sure.
-No problem.
-Okay then. If that's ok with everyone, I'll be on my way.
-Wait. Do you know some nice place to eat?" asked Emily.
"-Of course! What do you like?
-We're not difficult.
-There's the BBQ we passed earlier or…
-BBQ's fine." Said Spencer.
"-Wanna join us?" asked Derek.
"-I wouldn't want to intrude…
-No, it's fine! "answered Emily. "Plus, it would be nice to have another girl.
-Ahah! Yeah, I can understand that, no offense.
-None taken.
-Ok so what about that: I'll let you relax and unpack your things and I come, say… in half an hour to pick you up?
-Great!"
After she left them, the team proceeded to unpack their things in their respective room.
"-Did you notice?" asked Spencer in the room he was to share with Derek.
"-Notice what?
-Well, when we entered the building, there was a sign on the door, and the woman in the hall… She insisted that this hotel was for civilians only.
-Yeah, I noticed. I don't know, Reid. Let's not worry with that for now, we had a long day and I'm starving."
Forty minutes later they were all sitting in the nice BBQ restaurant. As the time passed and their food arrived they were having a nice conversation. Emily was talking with Sakura while the three men of the team were talking between them.
"-So are you the only girl in your team?
-No. There are also JJ and Garcia but they didn't come with us this time.
-Must be nice…
-What, you're the only girl in your team?
-Yes… Don't get me wrong, I love my team. But, you know, sometimes it would be nice to have another girl I could talk to.
-Yeah, I can understand."
All of a sudden, Sakura tensed up. A man approached their table. He was tall, had wild brown hair and dark eyes. He seemed to be the same age as Sakura.
"-Sakura.
-Kiba, what is it?"
The young man looked briefly over the table. Apparently he would have preferred Sakura to be alone.
"-It's… It's Hiro. He won't come back, I'm sorry."
The BAU members watched their now silent host, wondering how she would react. Her face was surprisingly blank...
"-Who?" … as was her voice.
"-Sound" Was Kiba's answer. Anger flared in Sakura
"-Sons of bitches." Her face was now set in a mask of cold anger and determination. After a few seconds she took a deep breath. "Thanks Kiba for telling me. Do you need me?
-Shino's been hurt but nothing serious.
-Good.
-I… I have to go, I must tell Naruto.
-Don't. I will tell him. He won't be happy.
-Thanks. Well… See you later.
-Yeah, 'later."
Kiba nodded to the BAU members and left the restaurant. The silence at the table was uncomfortable. Finally Emily was the one to break it.
"-Are you all right?
-Yes.
-We're sorry. Was he someone close?
-Thank you. He was my neighbor. We weren't exactly friends but he was a nice guy. A little younger. Naruto will be pissed, though. He liked him. He sort of looked after him after his parents died last year.
-You can leave if you want, we'd understand.
-Thank you. I'll see you tomorrow if I can.
-Bye."
They watched her as she stood up and left the restaurant.
"-I hope she'll be okay" said Emily.
After that, they finished their supper in silence before going back to their hotel. They would have another long day tomorrow.
Two days later the BAU members found themselves in Tsunade's office. When they entered the office, they took notice of Naruto, silently standing in a corner of the room.
"-Good morning everyone!
-Good morning, Ma'am.
-So, have you made any progress?
-Yes. The information you gave us is very helpful. We already have a profile but since you knew the perpetrator, we are working a little differently than what we usually do. Delivering the preliminary profile wouldn't help you much. We need more time to draw a precise and detailed profile in order for it to be of any help.
-All ri-" The blonde woman cut herself midsentence. "Enter!
-Tsunade-sama." A dark haired man came into the room, a file in hand. He was wearing some kind of a military uniform. He nodded to the BAU members as he walked to the desk. He handled the file to Tsunade before taking a step back and waiting as she read what was on the first page. Her brow furrowed and she tssk-ed. "Damn those bastards" she mumbled. "Fine!" She straightened. "Kotetsu, you're dismissed." The man bowed and left the room. "Naruto." The young man didn't say anything but his eyes were fixed on Tsunade's. "Takara's band has acted one time too many, deal with them.
-Permanently?
-Permanently." Whereas Naruto's tone was blank, Tsunade's was somber and carried a final weight. The BAU members tried to understand what was all that about as they watch the blond man leaving the office. They noted that, contrary to the other guy – Kotetsu - Naruto didn't bow.
"-Has something bad happened?" asked Spencer.
"-Nothing that concerns you. So, where were we?
-We need a few more days to build a profile.
-All right. I won't keep you any longer, then. If you need anything, you can ask Team Kakashi. Good luck."
When they were back in their working room, for lack of a better word, Emily didn't waste any time expressing herself:
"-What the hell was that?
-It's none of our business" said Aaron.
"-I know but it was weird. Did this Kotetsu guy actually wear a military uniform?
-If that's the case, it's none of our business. We were warned that this was a special organization. We've only been in the administrative part of the building so we wouldn't know, but what if it is some sort of military compound?
-Well, that would change the whole profile" answered Spencer. There was a tense pause before Aaron spoke again.
"-We don't know. This might have been just one person.
-Hotch. You know we have to know," interjected Derek. "We can't build an accurate profile if we're not given accurate information. If the unsub, whatever his name is, since it's too classified for us to know, is part of the military we have to know." Aaron sighed.
"-I know. I'll see what I can do. Meanwhile, we keep digging in what we have. I'm well aware we don't have his complete file but let's make the best of what we do have."
The information contained in the box included more photos of the crime scene, conclusion of the autopsy of the corpses, geographical info as well as personal data of the unsub: date of birth, notes and photos from his Academy days,… As Spencer looked into what was left into the box, he found a thin blue file.
"-Guys, I think I found something."
His colleagues interrupted their works and approached him as he was reading the first page of the file.
"-What is it?
-It's… It's a psychological profile.
-What ?!
-Well, Reid, what does it say?
-It's not a regular profile.
-What do you mean?
-It was made when he was five years old," answered darkly Spencer. A few seconds of shocked silence followed his declaration.
"-Five years old? Who draws a psychological profile of a five-year old kid?
-Maybe something horrible happened…
-Wait, wait… Ah! No, apparently nothing happened. Look, here it says it's regular procedure to profile every children when he or she reaches five years old.
-Wow, that's just weird," declared Emily.
"-Okay, Reid, keep reading that profile and see if you can find anything," ordered Aaron.
Spencer didn't even answer as he was already totally absorbed by his task. The first page was the conclusion of the test. The following pages were the actual written part of the test. The oral part had been written down on the following pages. An hour later, Aaron called for a debriefing.
"-Okay, let's see what we have. Morgan?
-There's nothing weird about the autopsy. Reid was right about the weapon; the legist said the cuts are long and perfectly clean. The killer stroke with chirurgical efficiency, they were dead before realizing they were hurt. This guy knows the human body and he knows how to use his weapon.
-Emily?
-I couldn't find anything relevant about the victims or the crime scene that we didn't see before. They were apparently part of a group, a military group. The choice of the crime scene doesn't reveal anything, I'd say it happened there because the victims were there. And he didn't bother to hide the bodies, it's like he didn't even care if they were found.
-Yeah, I couldn't find anything either. Reid?
-All right. So there were three profiles in the file. The first one was drawn when the unsub was five. I didn't see anything special except for the fact that it was a child's profile. He seemed to have a normal childhood until then. He doesn't talk much about his family except for his big brother. He seems to admire him but be jealous of him, too.
-That's hardly something to worry about, normal family stuff.
-Yes, until a few years later.
-What happened?
-His entire family was killed, he was the only one to survive.
-Oh my God! Did they catch the killer?
-They didn't catch him but they know who it is. It was in a 'confidential' envelope.
-Who was it?
-His brother.
-Are you serious?
-Unfortunately. The file says that the brother slaughtered the entire family before disappearing. They never caught him. The unsub was eight. He wasn't injured but was in a coma for several days. When he woke up, he didn't speak for a whole month and was kept in the hospital. He refused to eat for the first three weeks. He was released five weeks after the massacre. He went back to school but didn't bond with his classmates. He barely spoke, only when asked a question in class.
-What about the person who took him in?
-Nothing.
-Not a word?!
-No, apparently, nobody took him in.
-What?! How is that possible? He was only eight!
-No wonder he ended up killing people.
-It's a wonder in itself that he survived his childhood, if we can call it that.
-After that, he didn't have a childhood anymore.
-You said there were several profiles. What do the others tell?
-Nothing much, he became a lonely child and everything that goes with it. His score at the Academy stayed surprisingly stable, he was the first of his class when he graduated.
-And after that?
-I don't have anything. The last test dates from when he was twelve, the day after the graduation.
-Hum. Okay. Well-" Aaron interrupted his speech when someone knocked at the door. "Come in"
Sakura entered the room and greeted everyone.
"-Hi! So how are you doi-" She fell silent as she saw the psychological profile on the desk. Her face darkened and her whole body tensed up, though it was obvious to every person in the room that she was trying to hide it.
"-Sakura? Are you all right?
-Uh? Oh, yeah, yeah.
-So, you personally knew him?" asked Derek.
"-I…" she sighed, "We went to school together. We were in the same class at the Academy.
-Really? What was he like?
-I don't like to talk about it.
-We need to know. It would help us build an accurate profile, we're sorry.
-It's ok, I understand," she sighed. She seemed to be thinking about something. Finally, she said "Come with me. I don't wanna talk about him here". Her eyes switched rapidly over the photos of the crime scene that were on the wall.
Sakura led them to a tea house. She chose a table at the back of the shop, separated from the rest of the tables by wooden panels. After ordering drinks, she kept silent for a few minutes. She was struggling on how to begin her story.
"-Sas… He wasn't a killer. Sure I was young and I didn't pay attention to that kind of things. But I remember when he was young. He was always smiling when he was with his family. When his brother would come to fetch him after school, he would be the happiest little boy you could imagine. When we were six I bumped into him and his mother at a festival. I didn't recognize him. Sure he wasn't a bad kid in class, but I had never seen him smiling as broadly as that day. In class I guess he was okay. Always the best in everything but he didn't have a lot of friends, though he got along with a few kids. Then, a few months after my eighth birthday he didn't come to school for several weeks. We didn't know why. When he came back to class, he was totally different. He wouldn't speak to us anymore, merely answering the teachers. He closed himself off. He wouldn't care for the others. At that time I sort of had a crush on him, a childish love. I used to follow him everywhere. He would spend all of his free time training. The years passed by and nothing changed. He would always reject everybody, me included, even if I wouldn't see it. I understood that later, when it was already too late." She paused, drawn back in time by memories. The BAU members didn't dare shaking her out of it. They understood her need to stop for a moment. When they thought she wouldn't continue, she did. "Anyway. We graduated, him almost scoring a perfect score," she snorted, "I was the only one to outperform him in the history part of the exam. After graduation we were put on the same team together with Naruto.
-Naruto?!" Emily couldn't stop herself.
"-Yeah. The teams are made to be balanced. Sasuke being at the top of the class and Naruto being the dead last, they were put on the same team. I was put together with them to… I don't know, maybe it was so I could prevent them from killing each other or pulling the team together, I don't know. At the time, all I knew was that I was on the same team as Sa… him. That was all that mattered to me.
-What are these teams you're speaking about? Don't you go to high school after graduating the Academy?
-Hn? Uuh no. I guess it's a little different than what you're used to. Let's just say that it's more like an apprenticeship.
-Uh uh.
-Did Naruto and he not get along?
-Not really. They were always arguing about something. But I don't think they really meant it. Again, I didn't understand that until much later. Back then, all I was seeing was that Naruto kept bugging him and prevented us to go on a date. Gosh was I stupid. Most of the time, they would just say harsh things to each other but never really hurt the other. Kakashi made sure of that.
-Kakashi? The same Kakashi that we know?
-Yes, he already was our instructor back then. But one day things got serious. It was after the first part of an exam; we were thirteen. They fought, I couldn't stop them. Kakashi arrived a few minutes after the beginning of the fight but Naruto had already hurt Sasuke." She didn't seem to notice she had used his name several times. The others certainly wouldn't tell her: at last they could put a name on their unsub.
-Hurt?
-He broke his arm. I think Sasuke was the one to begin the fight though. When Naruto left the roof, he seemed so sad. I guess something Sasuke had said had hit home. After that incident, Kakashi was furious. He sent Naruto with another instructor for a month and left with Sasuke to train. I don't know much of what happened during that month. I was on my own and I had to prepare for the second part of the exam. Finally I guess everything seemed to settle down. After the inv… exam we went back to our routine. Sasuke was even more closed to us than before but I thought it was only because of what happened on the roof. Just after Naruto passed fourteen we went outside of the village and there were complications… We were attacked. Kakashi had been badly hurt, I had to keep the client safe so I had to stay by his side. Sasuke and Naruto had to fend for themselves and protect us. But Sasuke… I don't know what happened. I don't think Naruto knows and if he does, he'd never tell me. All I know is that all of a sudden Sasuke was down, bleeding profusely and barely conscious. His opponent was closing in for the final strike. I saw everything in slow motion. It was horrible. Kakashi, lying on the floor, Sasuke too. Blood everywhere. I couldn't move. Naruto was too far away. I have absolutely no idea of how he did it but he managed to finish off his opponent and suddenly he was there. He saved Sasuke's life. I think that was when everything began to go down. Or maybe it was even before that, I'm not sure. When Sasuke woke up, Kakashi was still in a coma. The first thing he did was to ask Naruto to fight him. Of course Naruto refused. It went like that for a few weeks: Sasuke demanding a fight from Naruto, Naruto refusing and Kakashi trying to reason with Sasuke. But one day Sasuke snapped. We should have seen it coming. It was the day of the sixth anniversary of his family's death. Kakashi was out of the village. Sasuke provoked Naruto. Badly. He knew his buttons, all he had to do was push them all. I hadn't realized he knew Naruto so well until then. After a few unsuccessful injures, he said one word. One single word. The only word capable of triggering a reaction out of Naruto. And without fail, Naruto reacted. Oh my God, he reacted. That's when my world crumbled. Sasuke and Naruto were fighting. They were fighting to hurt each other, to inflict pain, both physically and mentally. I couldn't do anything. I've always been way behind them in terms of power. I couldn't bring myself to move. They were my family, protecting one would have meant hurting the other. I just couldn't. And I did well not to. I realized a few years later that I would have been killed if I had tried anything. Their fight brought them away from the village. I couldn't follow them, they were too fast. I don't know what happened. Naruto has refused to speak about it ever since. Next thing I know, Kakashi was bringing back a comatose Naruto. Sasuke was nowhere to be found. We saw him again two years later but we couldn't do anything, we just crossed each other. They… We were a family. I needed them, both of them. And I lost them both. I didn't lost Naruto the way I lost Sasuke, but he was never the same again after that. It broke him. It broke us. Even Kakashi changed. Not much; but there was a vital piece missing in our lives. Sai arrived in our team when we were eighteen." She paused again. "I don't know what happened. I mean I don't understand how everything broke. Sure we weren't a perfect team but we were a family. A family with broken members. Then we became a broken family, a broken family with broken members." She snorted. "And I thought I was in love with him… I didn't even know him." She took a deep breath and pulled herself back together. "Well, I hope that will help you. I gotta go so…" The BAU members could see she wanted to be alone or at least away from them.
"-Oh, okay, sure!
-Thank you for sharing this with us.
-Don't mention it.
-No, really, it must have been pretty hard to share your memories with perfect strangers.
-It was, but you needed it so… Anyway, I'm serious, don't mention it to Naruto, he would be furious.
-Why?
-His relation with Sasuke ran deeper than I ever imagined. What happened literally broke him. And if he was to know that I told you that, he would never forgive me.
-Okay. What about Kakashi?
-If you can find him, you can always ask. Doesn't mean he will answer you. Well, see you later!" She was out of the teashop a few seconds later.
"-Well, we got more to work on," said Derek.
"-Yep.
-Okay, Morgan and Prentiss, I want you to find Kakashi; Reid, go back to the office and review what we have. I'll be speaking with Tsunade." After paying for their drinks, they did as Aaron told.
The four of them went back together to the office building before parting ways. Emily and Derek went to ask for Kakashi's whereabouts. After asking several people without any results, they left the building.
"-So, where do we go?
-I don't know.
-Excuse me?" came a voice from behind them.
"-Yes?
-I heard you were looking for Kakashi." The man was tall and had broad shoulders. His skin seemed naturally tanned. His hair and beard were brown and shaggy. His eyes were a deep, almost-black brown.
"-Do you know where he is, Mr…?
-Asuma, Sarutobi Asuma. And no, I don't know where he is but I know where he might be.
-Could you indicate us the way?
-Well, I was heading this way so just follow me." And the trio walked by the street. "So you're the guys they invited to help, uh?" Asuma asked casually. Everything about him felt casual.
"-That would be us. I'm Derek Morgan.
-Emily Prentiss.
-Asuma. Nice to meet ya.
-So, you know Kakashi?
-Yep," answered Asuma as he lit up a cigarette, "we work together from time to time.
-Is he always that hard to find?
-Yep. That's Hatake Kakashi for you." Emily and Derek didn't know where they were heading. They hadn't been to that part of town yet.
"-Where do you think he might be?
-Dunno. Maybe in the park or at the cenotaph. At this time of the day, I'd say training ground, though.
-Training ground?
-Ah yeah, part of our job. Anyway, why are you looking for him?
-We need his help with something, ask him a few questions.
-Hm. You could always ask him… Doesn't mean he'll answer you.
-You're the second one to tell us that.
-Ahah! Lemme guess, first one was Pinkie. I ain't surprised.
-Why do you say that?
-Well, she does know him pretty well. Knows he ain't the type of guy to answer questions." They arrived at the park. Asuma led them through it. When they didn't find Kakashi, Asuma took another direction. "Training grounds it is, then.
-We don't want to keep you from what you have to do, just indicate us the way, we'll be fine.
-It's ok. I need to see him anyway so why not now? Plus I doubt you'd be able to find him without some help, no offense. He's damn hard to find when he wants to be and the training area is pretty big.
-You sure?
-Yeah, don't worry.
-Ok, thanks.
-Why wouldn't Kakashi answer us? I mean, if he knows something that could help us, why not tell us?"
Asuma looked at the sky, silent for a few moments. Then he sighed.
"-Look, I know I'm not working on this case but I know what it is about. And I know my friend. Kakashi just isn't the kinda guy who will discuss his deepest emotions with you. This… This whole stuff… It shook him pretty hard. It shook all of us. If he doesn't want to talk about it, fine, I let him be. If he needs me, I'm here and he knows it. We all have secrets, we all have scars and we all have injuries that aren't healed yet and that maybe will never heal, he more than a lot of people.
-Has something bad happened to him?
-Something bad? With Kakashi, it's easier to keep track of the good that happens to him, saves you a lot of time. To put it simply, he has a pretty shitty past. As I said, we all have scars, but Kakashi… If I had to go through half the shit that happened to him, I wouldn't be here to talk about it, if you know what I mean. I don't know how, but he's still there. If keeping everything bottled up is his way of coping, it's fine with me.
-Don't you think it'd be better to let it all out? Before he snaps?"
Asuma had a dry and empty laugh.
"-Believe me, if he's gonna snap, nothing could prevent it. I hope it never happens because the day he snaps, it won't be pretty. Ah! Almost there!" His shifting of mood almost gave a whiplash to Derek and Emily. From dark and serious, he instantaneously became cheerful. It was almost scary.
They were now out of town. Before them were large fields of grass on the left. On the right, trees blocked the view. They kept walking, passing by the trees. Before long, they arrived at an empty rocky ground. Asuma stopped at what seemed to be the entrance of the training ground. He spoke seemingly to nobody as he lit up another cigarette:
"-How you been?
-I can't hide from you, can I?
-Nope." Suddenly, Kakashi was next to the group. Emily and Derek hadn't seen him coming and so were surprised by his appearance. He looked totally different from the last time they saw him, namely the day they arrived. He was wearing the same marine cargo pants they saw on the guy in Tsunade's office, the same as Asuma's; the same deep green jacket on top of the same marine shirt. What startled them though was the mask that was covering the lower half of his face, as well as the headband that hide his left eye. On it was a symbol they couldn't decipher.
"-Yo!" Kakashi greeted with his usual laid back attitude.
"-Kakashi," said Asuma, "can I talk to you a second? Then I'll let you with our guests."
The two men took a few steps back. Emily and Derek couldn't hear what they were talking about and nothing in their body translated anything of what they thought. After a short conversation, Kakashi came back to them while Asuma waved them goodbye and walked to the opposite direction.
"-Is everything okay?
-Hm? Oh yeah, nothing special. So, you wanted to see me?
-Yes.
-We would like to ask you a few questions concerning Sasuke." At that, Kakashi tensed up.
"-Who gave you his name?
-It was in a file in the box," lied Emily, not wanting Sakura to have any trouble with her superior.
"-Hm. What do you want to know?" Asked Kakashi as he begun to walk without any direction in mind.
"-We need as much information about him as you can give us." The silver haired man stayed silent for a while before answering.
"-I'm not the one you should ask that kind of stuff.
-Who is?
-Naruto. But he will never answer you.
-That's Sakura and Asuma said about you.
-No, they probably said that I wouldn't necessarily answer your questions. Naruto won't answer your questions.
-So you're gonna help us?
-I didn't say that." Emily and Derek were quite amazed by the man's capacity to effectively not answer and dance around the questions.
"-Well, we won't know until we try. So, what can you tell us?" Again, Kakashi stayed silent before answering.
"-I can't tell you much but since there's no way Naruto will answer you – and that is, if you can find him – I guess I'll have to help you. What can I say? Sasuke was my student. I became the head of the squad when they were twelve. He wasn't exactly a quiet kid but he was silent most of the time. When he talked it was often to bicker with Naruto. Nothing really hurtful. They got along really well.
-Really? Sakura told us the exact opposite.
-She was just a kid. No, they were friends. Not exactly what you call a regular friendship, but they were friends like they could. They were both lonely. Sakura had her family. Naruto and Sasuke… They found themselves in each other: alone in a world that didn't care about them.
-Alone? Didn't they have anyone that looked out for them?
-No. Sakura knew that but I don't think she understood exactly what it meant until a few years ago. So Sasuke and Naruto, even if they seemed to hate each other, they were dependant of one another. Alone together, they weren't so alone anymore. But it changed. I should have seen it. They became serious in their fights. Naruto was becoming stronger, it didn't sit well with Sasuke. He blamed Naruto for a lot of things. Everything went to Hell when Naruto beat Sasuke. He was able to do it long before that, but Sasuke was his friend, he would never have hurt him. But Sasuke hurt him. I wasn't there, I don't know why they begun to fight. I arrived only after a few minutes but Naruto had already put Sasuke in his place. I kept them apart for a month. After that everything seemed to be normal again but something was amiss. Several months later, I had to leave the village for a few weeks. On my way back I found Naruto alone, badly hurt and unconscious. I brought him back to the village and then I understood. He and Sasuke had fought, seriously. And Sasuke was gone, he had left. We looked for him. We tried to understand. For several weeks if not months, everything we did was related to 'finding Sasuke'. But we never found him. Until two years later. We crossed him in a city. We couldn't stop to look for him. When we came back three days later, he was already gone. That's the last time we actually saw him.
-I don't understand. If this is the last time you saw him, how can you know he's the killer?
-We heard about him, but above all, we know him. Even if we hadn't heard of his activities, we'd know he's the killer. We would recognize his skills everywhere.
-How? His 'skills'? What do you mean?
-Ah… That I can't reveal." Kakashi fall silent. Their walk had let them back to the entrance of the village. "I believe you can find your way from here?
-Yes but we're not done.
-I am. See ya!" And with that, he left them alone. Flabbergasted Emily and Derek took the direction of their office.
"-There's something fishy about all that stuff," declared Derek.
"-Yeah! I don't know what it is but there's definitely something.
-Okay, let's go back to the others and find out what they have."