Third and last of the series. OroItaKaka. Sort of
Moonstone
There's something about darkness that fascinates Kakashi. There's something about red. He's disturbed by it, but he can't look away. And so when Itachi returns, with his ever-red eyes, and his dark intentions, he meets those eyes, he tries to see that soul. And then the swirl merges into the mangekyou, and suddenly he does.
He has to wonder how he never knew what Itachi wanted from him. Does it make the fall of the Uchiha his fault? It doesn't matter. It happened, and it's happening again, and he still can't look away. To tell the truth, he doesn't even want to.
He's not surprised when Orochimaru seduces Sasuke away. Who wouldn't want that kind of power, that special ability? Only someone who has it, but Orochmaru doesn't so he wants it. But it occurs to Kakashi that maybe Orochimaru doesn't want Sasuke so much as he wants Itachi, the same way Itachi wants him. It makes him stop, and take a deep breath, even as he runs on mission after mission until he can't think.
When he dreams, it's of darkness and red, brilliant swirls, and snake eyes.
It would be so easy to go. He's a trusted ninja, he's got a lot of freedom. It would be simple to go out on one of those solitary missions of his and never come back. He's human, after all, and the idea's very tempting. If he closes his eyes he can imagine it, tied up together, warm and dark. He wants it.
He watches the moon instead.
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.: darker dreams than this :.