When the Other Side Wins
There is a place where the sun always shines, expect when you want rain and the wind blows gently, unless you would rather it not. This is paradise. This is peace. This is…genjutsu. One-shots
Kakashi
Kakashi relaxed, keeping one eye on his genin and the other on Jiraiya's newest novel. He couldn't wait to find out if the main character was really- oh she was. Kakashi blinked. That was the 5th time he had guessed accurately what was about to happen. This was odd because one the best things about the book series was things never turned out the way he expected. No matter, Jiraiya's books were perfect as always. He was merely getting better at 'looking underneath the underneath' of the subplots.
This pleased him immensity, almost as much as being lucky enough run into his favorite author and getting him to sign his new book. In fact he had been able to get Jiraiya to sign his entire collection.
The man was always happy to speak with a fan and Kakashi had been fortunate enough to find him quite a few times this past month.
In fact Jiraiya had been around an awful lot more then usual lately…but why shouldn't he be? This was the safest and most secure Konoha had ever been. It's no surprise that the sanin was taking a well deserved break here with family and friends.
Yes after the Last War or the War of the Nations, there was peace. The idea of fighting again like they had been in the past was repulsive to all the five great nations. They were comrades in arms now, every shinobi no matter the village.
It was all because of there great Hokage of course, without him the battle would have been lost.
"Oi Kakashi sensei! Are we done yet?" Called Naruto loud as always.
Sakura scolded him for being rude as was her way, while Sasuke smirked at Naruto for getting in trouble with Sakura again.
Kakashi evaluated their work and saw that they had done well, as was expected of his students.
"Yes Naruto, you have completed the mission."
"Alright! We did great guys!" Naruto enthused, his teammates rolled their eyes affectingly at his antics and Kakashi went back to his book.
"Hey Sensei!" Naruto called again. "Mom wants to know if you're coming to dinner tonight."
Kakashi thought about it. He had dinner with his student's family most nights, but somehow he never got tired of seeing Minato sensei. Occasionally it would just be them, but Obito and Rin came as well more often then not. They were truly a family….a family.
"Not tonight Naruto. My father's getting back from a mission today. Some other time?"
"Sure Sensei! Have a good time with your dad."
Hmm…it wasn't like Kakashi to forget something like that, but he knew his father was coming back today for weeks now. Still it had only slipped his mind momentarily.
It was a few hours till he should return, but he supposed he should head to the gate now so he wouldn't be late.
It always seemed that no matter how early he set out he was always late somehow.
No matter this time he would get there right on tim-
He stopped. It was quicker to go though the training grounds and his feet had lead him down a familiar path one he had taken a hundred times.
There was a stone… Kakashi recognized it of course. It was a monument of Konoha, the smooth unbroken surface representing their everlasting strength and the Will of Fire.
Kakashi approached the stone slowly, almost reverently. He dragged his hand down the smooth surface…sometimes he thought he could feel…no it was smooth and unbroken.