Chapter 1:
The Nightmares
A dark shade of grey covered the partially visible walls. You could hear the violent screams of a woman. "KILL HER!" she screamed, her face invisible in the shadows as other shinobi shadows held her back. "KILL HER! SHE'S A DEVIL! SHE'S A THREAT TO EVERYONE!" The screams went on. Through the shadows, it seemed as though she was referring to a baby. A one year old, to be exact. The baby was not old enough to understand the words so she laughed, giggled, and even held her hands out, indicating that she wanted to be carried.
Out of the darkness, another shadow appeared n front of the baby in a form of defense. From the outline of the shadow, it looked like Kakashi. He held out his kunai, prepare to attack incase the woman got hasty. The woman's screams directed towards Kakashi. "KAKASHI! KILL HER! IT'S NOT SAFE TO BE AROUND HER!" she yelled, as shines of tears ran down her undetectably dark face. The shadows holding her back now rushed to take her away from their current location. Her screams became louder. "KILL HER, KAKASHI! KILL RI!"
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Kakashi had woken up from this irritating and disturbing nightmare he's been having these past few days. At first, it was a shock and then, after a few seconds, a feeling of distress slowly fills his eyes. 'Only one more day, huh? 'he thought to himself as he got up off his bed and began to put on his clothes. After everything was on, he glared at this picture of a girl. The reflection of the sun upon it made it difficult to see her face.
Naruto, Sakura, and Sasuke were left waiting as usual. Naruto and Sakura were both, like always, cranky and annoyed. Sasuke didn't really care. "Kakashi is late again, Geez!" said Naruto, waving his hands in fists. Sakura didn't say a word but it was noticeable in her face that she was angry.
"Sorry I'm late," said Kakashi as he appeared from below the bridge they were standing on. Shocked by the voice, everyone turned towards him. "What's your lame excuse now!" yelled the angry Naruto, pointing his finger towards Kakashi. Kakashi stepped a bit forward as he said, "It seems as though I overslept and began wondering around aimlessly until the moment I figure out what it was." Sasuke sighed as a sweat drop emerged on his head. 'Better than admitting he got lost…'
Sakura glanced at Kakashi in suspicion. "You've been getting a little more 'lost' lately, Kakashi-sensei," she said. 'You can't lie and this you're gonna get away with it-cha!' exclaimed Inner-Sakura. Kakashi was beginning to sweat a little. "Gomen, gomen. I've been dozing off because of a certain occasion coming up," he said, as he raised his hand to his head. Everyone paid closer attention.
Kakashi opened his eyes and soon after, he raised his finger. "Oh, I just remembered. Tomorrow, I cannot come I'll give you guys the opportunity to practice without me." Everyone waited for the details. "So, let's start your training." Kakashi smiled while the others had a feeling there was more to the story.
During training, what Kakashi said haunted each of their thoughts. Kakashi stood there, reading Flirting Paradise, thinking, '. . . Yuki cheated on Mitsuki?' Naruto practiced his aim thinking, 'Argh… What's the big deal about tomorrow!' Meanwhile Sakura practiced her speed. 'What are you hiding, Kakashi-sensei?' she thinks with a sigh. Sasuke remained quiet as though he didn't care.
In a short period of time, training was already over. The students were getting ready to leave. Pretty soon, they parted and the day ended.
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Clips from the recurring dream rushed through as cries from a baby were heard I the background. Once more, shocked Kakashi woke up, heavily breathing. He slowly raised the palm of his hand to his forehead and sighed, yet it wasn't in relief. "Guess the day has come…"