Chapter 1
"Are you sure that will work?" Kakashi leaned against the wall, observing the scripts that hang around the room. The Hokage gave a small painful laugh.
"No, he said, putting on his hat, "but it's the best thing we have. You well know what happened to the previous plan."
"Yes," Kakashi said flatly. His friends were killed by a mere 10-year old girl. "There was so much blood, it was hard to believe a little girl would kill so much." He looked at the Hokage with his one uncovered eye. The other was covered with his leaf band. The Hokage nodded.
"Don't go overboard, Kakashi," he warned. "If you get too angry over the past, you, too, will end up like your companions. There was already too much…" He trailed off.
"Bloodshed, I know," Kakashi confirmed.
"From both sides." The old man nodded. "To me, it sometimes seems that for every drop of blood her enemy sheds, she sheds her own drop." He plucked his pipe out of his mouth. "I doubt it's for pity, though." Kakashi nodded and stood up straight.
"I'll go and see if she will remember me from this morning." He turned to leave.
"Be careful."
"I will."
END of CHAP 1