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Ch. 1
Return of the Hound
It was no secret Kakashi was slightly crazy, most of jonins' were - it was part of the job - something everyone knew but was never explained to the eager young lads and lasses who entered the academy to become one of Konoha's finest. Now, Kakashi did have it a little differently. Not many shinobi stayed in Black Ops as long as he had, and fewer still made it out alive. So yes, Kakashi was an exception.
It was a normal day... Well as normal as it could get within a village filled with men and women who killed for a living. Anyways, it was a normal day for Kakashi: waking up, getting ready for the day, then going to the memorial to pay his respects, especially to Obito, and his sensei Minato. He stayed there for an hour completely forgetting he had a meeting with the Queen of the village, Tsunade, half-an-hour ago. When he did he simply shrugged and dragged himself to her tower.
Tsunade being the kind and compassionate women she was completely understood. And it was after she punched him through the wall she gave him his mission, "Kakashi, you have been recruited to go help the Village in the Waterfall with their civil war." she handed him a manila folder which held all of the information which would - hopefully - lead to a successful mission.
"Yes ma'am" he saluted and hurried off to pack and leave. Three days later he reached his destination.
Needless to say the mission was completed successfully, though not without casualties to both sides, two months later. And though Kakashi had remarkable skills he was still human - a mortal - and like all mortals he had a conscience. So it was understandable that though he had decided not to remember the lives he had taken during his time in the Village in the Waterfall, he was depressed. But, Kakashi had an alternative motive to not remembering. It was Kakashi's biggest fear that if he did remember Hound would re-appear, and this was something he had a right to be terrified of.
So it was not the war which bought about the return of 'Hound,' no it was love. How can this be? You may ask. It is really quite simple.
The love whom would open the door to the return of Hound was a simple lady with no family name to speak of on the road towards Konoha. Not a beauty, but pretty in her own right "the love" did not have the body which a man would fantasize about - instead she was rather thin – nor did she have astonishing features with one exception-as there is always an exception in such cases. This exception was her hair, a dark obsidian color-so dark was her hair hues of blue flirted with the sun and so thick and long women would kill for her hair. But because she was a practical lady it was not done in an elaborate style, instead it hung in a simple braid along her back so as to keep the hindrance to a minimum. Though she was simple in appearance she was kind and loving, and all her intentions selfless. She was just a giving person by nature, even after what she had gone through.
So as was explained, she was a simple woman of no elaborate style on her way to Konoha when she was attacked by a small group of bandits. For her they came out of nowhere, but for Kakashi who was watching nearby they had been "seen" 2 miles before they attacked.
The attack was pretty standard, "Give me your money." from the leader, and a fearful but instant comply. But it was not enough what she gave them, and it was when the man closed in to get the "payment" when Kakashi acted. It was quick and swift, and though he did not aim to kill, the men were down for the count in record time. During all of this Kakashi kept his back turned to the women, refusing to acknowledge her.
But it wasn't his nature to ignore others when he knew he could help, and thus it was with a painful heart that he asked her, "Would you like company to Konoha?"
The girl though surprised at first quickly regained her bearings and answered in the positive. And thus the two quietly started their way to Konoha. There was a long pregnant pause, the girl still calming her nerves while Kakashi focused on the road. After a while the tension rose to such an extent the girl decided to introduce herself, "Shinobi-san," she waited until he acknowledged her before she started again, "I realized I haven't introduced myself. My name is Orchid Iris, but most people just call me Iris." She dismissed this with a wave of her hand as she continued, "I'd just like to say thank-"
"Loves re-birth." Kakashi interrupted.
"You know your flowers!" Iris exclaimed a smile blooming on her face. Kakashi just nodded. And that was all Iris needed to ramble on about the meaning behind flowers and how important such meanings could be.
A few hours later they reached large gates which would lead them to a safe place.
"Papers please miss." The gate keepers commanded dismissing Kakashi as the duo entered the village. Quickly Iris searched for her papers and handed them her documents.
After she had been cleared Iris turned around to address Kakashi, "Thank you…" She trailed off when she realized he wasn't there.
"He left as you were getting your papers out miss." One of the guards stated.
"Oh." Iris looked around confused, "Um, thank you sir." The guard nodded and turned his attention back to the next people entering in.
A/N: Once again, please read and review! I would love to fix errors, and would love your support and know what you'll think about it!
