Sumimasen, left u in suspense but college can be a pain so... Here is the update... e-n-j-o-y
Fifteen years ago, Kakashi met a young woman that would forever change his life. His memories of her usually remained buried but her death he would never forget nor forgive... Uchiha Mai.
A few years ago he had lost both of his teammates and as a way of grieving he would take the most dangerous assignments. The Hokage knew what his genius ninja was going through and seeing him so withdrawn and isolated, decided that it was time to help him get over his loss. After coming up with some ideas, he called for the copy ninja. 'Hatake Kakashi, I am disturbed by your 'loner' behavior. A young guy like you should be socializing around, having fun in missions, instead you insist on taking dangerous mission by yourself and rejecting your peers. It is for that reason that I will assign you a different kind of mission this time. You will help Iruka, making sure that everything goes smoothly during the Chuunin exams. If you have no questions, you are dismissed'
The copy ninja nodded and disappeared. To him, being assigned to babysit shinobi sounded like a stupid idea. He would much rather take on difficult missions all by himself and train all he could to keep his mind occupied. He knew he needed much practice to master his sharingan eye. On the last mission he had lasted only fifteen minutes, and nearly collapsed after the copy technique. He was learning the hard way since the proud members of the Uchiha clan had pretty much refused to train the shinobi that had an eye of one of their own.
He was annoyed by his new mission, but smiled knowing the only good thing about it was helping Iruka. Both of them had hanged out several times and he suspected that his teammate Rin had a crush on the Academy 'sensei'. He remembered seeing her fuss over the way she looked when she came back from a mission if she thought she might cross Iruka's path. His eyes became watery as he remembered the cute talented Rin. Looking back he knew that he had been very lucky to have wonderful teammates.
And how could he ever forget Uchiha Obito. That boy taught him so much about true friendship, teamwork, gratitude and humility. He visited his grave all the time to thank him for his parting gift and always swore he would never forget; they would always be together. But many had lost someone dear during the Third Great Shinobi Wars and his grief multiplied last year when he learned that Rin had gone off on a mission by herself and perished in the Land of the Earth. He had been so arrogant and cold and yet they had loved him unconditionally.
His thoughts were interrupted by the cheerful Iruka when they met on the street. 'Hey Kakashi, I heard we're going to work together for the Chuunin examinations. You ready to see some nice matches?' Absentmindedly, Kakashi shrugged his shoulders. He was doubtful he would encounter any gifted children like he was, since he became Genin at 5, Chuunin at 6 and Jounin at 13 years of age. Iruka, now 16 like himself, had recently become Chuunin but due to his popularity the Hokage had decided to let him lead the examination though the ones in real control were Jounin way older than both young men.
'How about we celebrate with some ramen at you-know-where?' Iruka beamed. 'You and ramen, so obsessed as always, your treat I'm guessing?' Kakashi sneered. 'Aww you're so stingy, but yes it's my treat and afterwards we can talk about the shinobi that will be participating this year...' Iruka continued talking all the way to the ramen shop while Kakashi's head was occupied with sad thoughts. Were it not for the free food he would've ditched.
A few days later, when Kakashi and Iruka entered the examination classroom all the young kunnoichi swayed at the sight of the two handsome young men. They in turn ignored the whispering and began to read out the instructions to the written exam. Kakashi watched bored as the participants used the usual copying techniques to get the answers to the test but the only thing that surprised him was when he realized he was suddenly trapped in some sort of genjutsu.
He stood on a lonely hill, and the sun was setting before him, coloring the sky in shades of red and auburn. Then the wind began to whispering, 'If you wish to live, then share the test answers with me, will you not?' Kakashi looked around but only saw nature around him. When he tried to walk his feet seemed petrified and as he intended to activate the Sharingan the wind spoke again. 'I looked inside you, but you seem not to know the answers, what a waste.' He suddenly found himself in the room again and nobody seemed to have noticed what happened.
He began looking at each and every one of the students to see if he could find the one that had cast the strange technique on him. That wasn't normal genjutsu he assumed, but what disturbed him was how helpless he had felt. No one seemed to be looking at him, no one looked particularly suspicious, and anyways who would waste such a technique for a stupid written exam? He remained watchful but never found the culprit in the classroom. Later during the matches he only paid attention to see if he could identify the assailant.
An unlikely kunnoichi caught his attention during one match. She was beautiful, skilled and arrogant. She was fighting her opponent, a heavy taijutsu user, with her eyes closed, dancing as she dodged every blow and smiling gleefully while at it. Her long red hair flowed after her and he found himself staring, enraptured by the beauty before him. When her opponent's concentration began to falter, she jumped backwards into a wall, and using her chakra, positioned herself in a pouncing position.
Her opponent trembled as the girl opened her yellow cat-like eyes and smiled evilly. Barely audible she whispered 'sharingan' and the iris became red as the trademark Uchiha blood limit activated. Everybody saw her lips move, but no one heard what she said. Suddenly the young man she was fighting closed his eyes and reached for a kunai. No one knew that he was trapped in her technique, and that she had total control of what he was seeing and of his actions.
Inside his head the young man saw in fast forward how he had won the match, but upon arriving to his house something possessed him. His clothes were stained with the blood of the kunnoichi and he found himself addicted to the smell. Then with a single kunai he murdered his family and all of his neighbors, even going as far as attempting to lick from the pools of blood. Then a voice in his head told him, 'Their blood or your sacrifice? There's always a choice. You could stop the beast from possessing you.'
Everybody saw as the terrified young man reached for a kunai and stabbed his hand with it, as if somehow trying to wake up. A jounin from the Hyuuga clan called out to the medical nin saying that there was a strange chakra hovering all around the young man and that it seemed as if it was about to devour him. Upon hearing that Kakashi flew down to the arena and barely managed to stop the young man as he intended to fatally stab himself. As the medical nin took over, the announcer declared the girl won and she fell off the wall as they called out her name: Uchiha Mai.
It was considered rare if not nearly impossible for a female to carry the Uchiha blood limit. To make matters more interesting the girl did not belong to the main family and as such no one paid much attention to her, not even when she was orphaned some years ago. She had managed to survive by using her abilities, catching wildlife in the forest and using her mind reading abilities to learn from other clan members what they had been taught at the Academy. Then at the time of the Chuunin registration she blackmailed one of the committee members who had stolen a scroll for his wife.
But now she lay nearly helpless after her victory was announced. Her technique sucked too much chakra out of her, but she believed that her performance might force the clan to finally acknowledge her. Main family or not, she was a sharingan user and as such she believed she deserved at the very least some form of respect so they'd stop calling her the 'Hermit Monster'. Tears of rage escaped her as she remembered how the clan members humiliated her and blinded by such sadness she didn't see the young shinobi that stared at her intently as the medical nin took her away.
'Such murderous intent, and she's our age' Iruka commented as he read the kunnoichi's profile. He and Kakashi were gathered with a few other superiors discussing whether they should allow her to remain participating or not. They discussed the way she entered the exams and observed the young man she attacked was alive. But at the end of the discussion they concluded that they couldn't disqualify her because she had 'allowed' her opponent a head start and there was no evidence of deliberate cheating.
'Well then, if that's all, then I would like to assign a sharingan user to watch her every move. I'll send you Kakashi, because I somehow suspect that the Uchiha would be inclined to get rid of her.' As one of their superiors ordered Kakashi to go, Iruka placed a hand at his shoulder and wished him luck. At the infirmary behind the fighting area, the copy ninja felt suddenly reluctant to go see the girl. Then an upset medical nin met him at the door and complained about how the girl's chakra was acting as a shield around her and none of them seemed to be able to help.
'And who are you?' said the girl in a low yet defiant voice as he entered. 'Unfortunately I'm your new babysitter.' He said flatly and after a while she asked 'That's it? You just declare you're my babysitter and comfortably sit there as if you had been invited?' She stared angrily as he shrugged his shoulders, pretending to be uninterested in her. But a soon as he heard a whisper, he reacted by activating sharingan and declaring so out loud. She stared in disbelief as she noticed that he was looking straight at her with his head protector lifted and a red orb ready to copy her technique.
'You are not Uchiha so why do you...' 'That's none of your business' he cut her off then continued in a more controlled tone 'Get this straight, I'm pretty annoyed that instead of doing missions assigned to my Jounin rank I'm stuck here babysitting a rude and troublesome Genin girl' At the mention of the word 'girl' in such a condescending tone, her chakra began to increase at a scary rate. He watched amused as she lost her temper and breaking her concentration he laughed saying 'With such temper, what a waste of looks. If you're dying or plotting against the village, I'll be right outside.'
No one had ever given her a compliment. Up until their death her parents had called her plain and sometimes seemed to envy her abilities. Everybody knew she was a beauty, a 'wild one', short-tempered and dangerous. After her parents died in a landslide accident, she had pretty much kept to herself, and the few people that knew her whereabouts where those she bullied with her mind techniques.
And there she was now, in an infirmary bed, puzzled whether she should feel good about the ninja's compliment or not. The moment he had walked into the examination room she had chosen him as a victim seeing that he seemed disturbed and uneasy. But now she had to admit that even though he was easy prey back then, the way he spoke as he exited the room had left her shocked. A childish desire took over and she decided that she wanted that guy to herself, to possess and control and break his will as much as she liked, because no one was allowed to talk that way to Uchiha Mai.
Oh wow, this has turned quite complicated hasn't it? And yes, she's my character exclusively and I'm telling you, Itachi wasn't the first one to think of wiping out his entire clan...