Hey, chapter 3 is finally up! Woooo thank you to all of you readers who clicked on this story, and many thanks to the people who reviewed! my mind just swims with giddyness everytime I read them ^-^
and minor changes (and i mean one word minor) to this chapter, i made a few typos...
Oh and not sure if I said this before, but I recommend that you read Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (which I DO NOT own!) before reading this, or else it might not make sense since I skip a few HP scenes.
Anymoo, I'm really proud of this chp, I worked real hard on it ^(oo)^
IM REAL SRY BOUT THIS but unfortunately, the detention and dragons had to get cut off this chapter D: (narrowly dodges beer bottles thrown at me)
It was too long and would take me at least a few more days until I could finish it and I didn't want you guys to wait too long
Please don't worry too much! I'm typing it out as fast as I can without killing the quality,
(And typing out gore was pretty fun…)
So I bring you chapter 3
Beware of Gore and the repeated use of the f word (gasp! :O)
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Kakashi POV
Kakashi glared at the teacher. Blood pumping angrily through his head, he willed himself to sit down, he closed his eyes, shutting down any emotion.
'Just breathe. Shinobi Rule9, Do not show your emotions.'Snapping his textbook open with a loud snap, he was barely aware of the pair of shocked eyes staring at him on his side. 'I am not my father. I will never be who he was.'Kakashi tried to read, but couldn't digest the words. 'Just breathe.'Furrowing his eyebrows slightly, he tried to concentrate again, but now a voice beside him made him lose focus again.
"Ka-kakashi..?"
"What?!" Kakashi snapped, whipping his head towards his neighbour. It was Harry. Harry Potter, staring at him in distrust, and a bit of.. Fear? Kakashi recognized those eyes, the eyes in every single living 'target' that he had killed. The eyes that openly say:
Deceitful. Evil. A killer.
Not that he wasn't.
Staring back at those eyes, Kakashi started, realizing that he had inadvertently HAD shown his emotions, Harry had seen the bloodthirsty look he had given the oblivious teacher.
Oh crap.
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
"You need something?" Kakashi asked casually, twirling his quill like as if thinking to kill was an everyday thing.
Harry blinked. Kakashi had changed from pissed into seemingly calm in one fluent moment. 'Was he just imagining things? No, it's not possible to imagine something like that.'
"No, nothing."
"Don't bother me then." Kakashi said, returning his gaze back towards his textbook.
Harry turned around towards Ron, thoughts wildly jumping around in his head. 'What was with that look? She only just forgot his name, she does that all the time? Why would he KILL someone for that?!? There's no other way, Kakashi is a Death Eater.'He was about to poke Ron and whisper his suspicions towards Kakashi, but stopped, remembering what happened the last time they had talked about him. Kakashi had heard.. Somehow. Reluctantly drawing his hand away from Ron's shoulder, Harry slumped in his chair. He would have to wait for the end of the day.
The class passed through in a slow pace, and Harry tried to focus to no avail. Finally, half an hour later, the bell rang.
"Miserable old bat," said Ron bitterly as they stepped down the many stairs of the tower. That'll take all weekend, that will…Ow! Huh, Harry? Oi, leggo!"
"Shut up, Ron! We need to talk, somewhere he isn't," Harry whispered urgently. Catching Harry's tone, Ron stopped struggling and followed Harry back towards the common room.
Hermione spotted them from the crowd. "How was divina -..Harry?!" She blinked at the expression on Harry's face.
"Not right now Hermione!" Harry mouthed, nearly running off towards the common room. Ron passed by the bewildered Hermione, giving her an apologetic look.
"Weasley! Hey, Weasley!" Harry groaned in frustration. Now was not the time for a dumb blonde, stupid, little -
"Your dad's in the paper, Weasley!" said Malfoy, brandishing a copy of the Daily Prophet, and speaking very loudly, so that everyone in the packed Entrance Hall could hear. "Listen to this!"
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Kakashi bounded down the stairs, intending to follow Harry and Ron. He cursed at his mistake, how could he let himself be seen like that? He had to clear Harry's suspicions before the matter could get out of hand. Scowling at the thick crowd near the Main Hall, he tried to pass through it until he heard a voice.
"And there's a picture, Weasley!" said Malfoy, flipping the paper over and holding it up. "A picture of your parents outside their house - If you can call it a house! You mother could do with losing weight, couldn't she?" He continued, taunting Harry and Ron, who was shaking furiously.
'So this is a Slytherin.' Kakashi mused. He disregarded the incident before him, turning to leave towards the Gryffindor common room. 'He at least, did one thing useful, Harry is nicely distracted.'
"You know your mother, Malfoy?" said another voice, stopping him as he curiously listened. "That expression she's got, like she's got dung under her nose? Has she always looked like that, or was it just because you were with her?"
Kakashi smirked at the look on the blond. 'Hahahaha, the Slytherin got pwned.'He narrowed his eyes though, when the blond swiftly took out his wand, brandishing it at Harry's turned back…
Fingering his kunai under his robes, Kakashi briefly debated what to do when a loud noise and screams interrupted his thoughts.
"OH NO YOU DON'T, LADDIE!"
Kakashi blinked once down at Moody limping dramatically towards Harry, wand in hand, and down at the white weasel shivering exactly where the Slytherin was before.
'Transfiguration, interesting.'Kakashi thought, a little disappointed he didn't have his sharingan out right now. 'It would be interesting to know that, could be useful.' Relaxing his tense pose, and turning his head away from the weasel, Kakashi began to calmly walk back towards the common room again, inwardly laughing the scene. 'Karma works in beautiful ways.'
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"..Draco Malfoy, the amazing bouncing ferret.."
Harry and Hermione both laughed, and Hermione began doling beef casserole onto each of their plates.
'I guess the Death Eater news will have to wait,'Harry thought dryly, sighing as his stomach grumbled, screaming in his head one word over and over again.
'PIEPIEPIEPIEPIEPIEPIEPIEPIEPIEPIEPIEPIEPIEPIEPIEPIEPIEPIEPIEPIEPIE..'
Harry grimaced at the beef casserole on his plate, listening to his stomach's wishes and grabbing a slice of apple pie. Digging in, he watched Hermione eat at top speed again.
"Don't tell me you're going back to the library this evening?" said Harry.
"Got to," said Hermione thickly and departed.
Fred and George took her seat.
"Moody! How cool is he?" said Fred.
"Beyond cool." George affirmed.
"Super cool!" said Lee, sitting down as well. Ron leaned in, interested in their lesson.
Harry tuned out of the conversation, absentmindedly eating his awesome apple pie. He glanced quickly around the Gryffindor table, puzzled at Kakashi's disappearance. He wasn't the only one though. Girls wearing what appeared to be enormous heart-shaped pins with a large blown up picture of Kakashi on it, were looking around the table in disappointment. 'Okaay, that's just too weird.'
Harry tore his gaze away and thought of the matter at hand.'Before I can prove that Kakashi was a Death Eater, I need more evidence, more information.'Harry frowned, stabbing at his pie in frustration. 'But how do you get information from an enigma who keeps so much to himself, he has a headband over one eye, and a mask covering most of his face?'
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The next few days passed without great incident. Kakashi was relieved that Harry had refrained from telling Ron about the Divinations incident, but he had to be cautious. Kakashi walked quickly towards his Defence against the Dark Arts class, arriving only 2 minutes after the late bell, putting his past lates in shame.
Kakashi was honestly curious about that class, he was interested in how wizards defend themselves. The only offensive spell he really knew that the wizards do was Stupefy, but that couldn't be a spell they actually relied on against enemies! That would have been…. Too nice.
Kakashi walked in just as Ron said, "…the Imperius curse, or something?"
"Yo," Kakashi said, waving an arm towards everyone. "Sorry I'm late, some stalkers was following me, and I ran all around the school trying to lose them."
Moody sweat dropped. "Just sit down Hatake." he growled slightly.
He reached into a drawer, taking out a jar of big spiders. Kakashi watched, fascinated, as he muttered, "Imperio," and made it cartwheel and tap dance. Kakashi tuned out as Moody spoke, just watching the spider roll over and over…
"CONSTANT VIGILANCE!!" Moody barked suddenly, and Kakashi jumped in spite of himself. 'What a nutcracker,' he thought irritably.
Hermione raised her hand and so did another person, a chubby and timid-looking Gryffindor called Netball or something.
"There's one - the Cruciatus curse,' said Netball in a small voice. Kakashi watched curiously as Moody took out another spider. After swelling it with a spell he cried, "Crucio!"
Kakashi watched as the spider rolled in agony. 'A torture spell,' he mused, and continued to calmly watch it.
"Stop it!" said Hermione suddenly. Kakashi raised an eyebrow in confusion but followed her gaze towards Netball, who was shaking in obvious discomfort. 'Ouch, he doesn't look so good.'
"Right… anyone know any others?" Moody said quickly.
Kakashi glanced around the room pretty sure of the next curse. 'First it was a unwilling obedience or submission spell, then a torture spell, the next one was probably.. Death. But how would the spider die? In a painful flame that would burn it to a crisp? It was obviously something very bad since the class is dead silent.'
He watched as Moody took out the last spider, waited in expectance for the spider's cruel death.
"Avada Kedavra!" Moody roared. There was a flash of blinding green light and the spider rolled over, dead.
Kakashi blinked. 'Just like that? No pain? No anything? A quick and painless death and the whole class was afraid of it?!'
Kakashi tried to contain his laughter at the simple death but gave an unwilling small chuckle.
The class glanced at Kakashi in sympathy, mistaking the chuckle for a pained sob.
"Not nice," Moody said calmly. "Not pleasant." (Kakashi almost lost it there.) "And there's no counter-curse. Only one known person has ever survived it, and he's sitting right in front of me."
The class stared at Harry in silence, who flushed in embarrassment, and in the silence, Kakashi couldn't help it, he laughed.
Harry glared at the laughing boy in disbelief.
"What the FUCK is your problem?!" Harry exclaimed, disturbed and pissed at the laughter coming from Kakashi.
------------------------ Harry POV
"What the FUCK is your problem?!" Harry exclaimed. He seethed inwardly at Kakashi. 'Was the Death Eater so sick minded he would laugh at the death of something or someone else?!'
Kakashi stopped laughing with some effort. "Aaa, sorry. I just don't get what the fuss is all about." He explained.
If Harry was mad before, he was Hulk-Angry now! "How can you fuckin' LAUGH?!" Harry said, storming up near Kakashi who had just simply raised an eyebrow.
"A flash of light and the spider was dead," Kakashi stated, a boredom tone evident in his voice. "Painless. Please, that spider should be fortunate to have such a simple death like that."
The class watched in astonishment, or in Moody's case, amusement, as the pair argued.
"MY MUM AND DAD GOT KILLED BY THAT SPELL! How can YOU say it was SIMPLE!?! YOUR PARENTS DIDN'T DIE!" Harry roared and fisting his hand, came up to punch Kakashi, right in the face.
Kakashi reacted. Moving in a white blur, he easily dodged the punch to Harry's surprise, and gripped Harry's hand in a vice-like grip.
"Stop drowning yourself in self-pity, Potter." Kakashi muttered, his eyes glaring dangerously. "My parents DID die, but not from a stupid, painless, spell." Kakashi said, his voice so low that only Harry could hear.
Harry shook with uncontrolled fury, and said the first thing on his mind, "So I guess your father died protecting you too, " Harry said sarcastically, his voice wavering with fury. "Or maybe he just disappeared and was found hanging from a tree branc-"
CRASH. In a burst of speed, Kakashi grabbed the nearest object next to him, a glass vial, and viciously threw it at Harry's face.
Harry staggered into a chair from the pain and broken glass on his face, gritting his teeth in frustration, oblivious to the class who gasped and Hermione screaming at them to stop.
"FUCK YOU!" Harry brandished his wand, pointing it at Kakashi who had frozen. Then Harry caught a look at his face.
Kakashi was shaking. His breathes came in laboured gasps and his eyes met Harry, an array of emotion flickered openly on his face for just a split second.
In that second, Harry knew he had gone too far.
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Crack.
The invulnerable wall around me was breaking, threatening to shatter at any moment. I screwed my eyes shut, blocking out the voices, the memories…
'No, no, no… Shinobi Rule.. Number 9.. Never.. Show……" My mind reeled in effort to keep the wall up, and a wave of dizziness threatened to knock me out.
The wall effortlessly blew apart, fragments exploding from it embedding deep into my skin. The world in my mind pounced at the now helpless figure among the rubble.
And my world came crashing down.
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I was 5 at that time.
"Father..?" The house was silent as usual, but it was just too quiet. Eerily so.
I tip toed into his father's room. It was empty. Puzzled, I began to search the house but stopped at the Family room. 'Father would never be in here.. He never came here after mother died but I have to check…'
After a mission gone wrong, my father, the White Fang, once the pride of the village, was now a disgrace.
I froze, my small hand on the door handle. Small gasps were heard on the other side and a dark, warm, substance seeped out from under the door.
Blood.
Eyes widening in horror, I slammed open the door.
A man was kneeling on the ground, a small sword cutting him open through the stomach.
There was liquid goop, stomach fluids everywhere - bubbling - acidic - messy- burning my nose like I would never imagine it would be- rapidly soaking into the man's white robes. Blood and intestines pooled out over him, strewn on his shaking thighs. The smell nearly made me gag, but my body remained unmoved as I slowly made eye contact with the still breathing man.
The face was like a porcelain doll, with pale white skin from loss of blood, and bags under dark, and lifeless eyes that were slowly clouding over. The man coughed, sending a spray of rich, red blood that splattered on the ground, sprinkling on my paling face.
'No..'
"F-Father.."
I stumbled towards him, slipping on the blood that painted the room a dark red. Lying numbly on the floor, tasting the salty, metallic flavour of my own flesh and blood, I screwed my eyes and made a faint, horrified noise.
'This has to be a dream.'
The corpse opened his mouth, closed it without speaking, and with effort, tried again. "Uhn," he gurgled. Another cough shook throughout his body and he vomited.
" 'Kashi…" The corpse rasped, smiling calmly. "I am.. So proud.. of you.." The new combined smell of bile mixed with blood woke me up from my stupor, and I touched my father's hands. The warm reassuring hand I remembered felt like ice under my trembling fingers.
'This can't… real.'
No, it was real. The tanto sticking out of his bleeding body was real. The blood and bile that had coated my face and bleached my hair red was real. The happy and content smile he wore was real…. But our promise..
"Please.." I begged, pulling down his mask and sniffing, tears streaming down my horrified face. "You promised, Father…"
It was the only thing that was fake.
"Sakina…." Sakumo said softly, speaking to his dead wife, oblivious to my presence. Swaying slightly, he smiled through the pain in his eyes and the last light in there flickered. He tilted- agonizingly slowly, almost gracefully- and fell into my arms.
He was dead before he hit the ground.
I tried to push him off me in a spastic movement, and the his amount of blood loss made him light as a child. I finally managed to wriggle out from underneath the body, the effort accelerating my already erratic breathes. The body slowly slid to the floor with a solid thud. My hands shook so badly.. I couldn't stop even if I tried.
I think I screamed, but I couldn't tell. The echo of the sound of the body sliding to the floor rang in my head, refusing the sound waves that slammed into my eardrums.
Thud,
Thud,
Thud.
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"OKAY, THAT'S IT. 80 POINTS FROM GRYFFINDOR!!" Moody snarled. "I'll see you two after class." He growled, both of his eyes on Harry and Kakashi. The class walked hesitantly at the door, murmuring and giving Harry furtive glances. Ron looked at Harry in disbelief and Hermione gave Kakashi one worried look before the rest of the class left out the door.
"GET TO IT!" Moody roared. Soon, the room was silent.
Kakashi stood exactly where he was, eyes closed and eyebrows furrowed.
Harry's mind was in turmoil. 'What was with Kakashi's expression before?!' He thought back to what he said.. 'Or maybe he just disappeared and was found hanging from a tree branc -'Harry's heart sank. 'Oh my God. I can't believe I said that.' He gave a guilty look at Kakashi who ignored him, staring defiantly at Mad-Eye Moody with emotionless eyes.
Mad-Eye Moody stared at both of them, barely holding back his anger. "To think that two Gryffindors would actually be Slytherins in disguise." He muttered. Harry looked shamefully at the floor and Kakashi didn't even twitch. "Detention, for both of you. Tonight." Moody silenced Harry's protest with a growl. 'How am I going to finish my Divination homework now?!' Harry thought glumly.
"Considering that you are allowed out of the hospital wing though," He continued. Harry looked up, a look of confusion on his face. Moody snorted. "Don't tell me you can't feel the glass embedded on your face, Potter. You're bleeding all over your robes." Harry blinked, and touched his face gingerly. A spasm of pain shot back and Harry grimaced. Sure enough, his face was a bloody mess.
"Can I go now?" said an expressionless voice.
Moody's brilliant blue eye rested on Kakashi. "You're going to the infirmary too. You look real pale Hatake." Kakashi narrowed his eyes but couldn't deny it.
"If Madam Pomfrey makes you stay the night, switch the detention to Monday night." Moody finished and with a swish of a cloak and a few clunks of wood hitting stone, he left out the door, leaving Kakashi and Harry in an awkward silence.
Harry opened his mouth but closed it, not knowing what to say.
'Just say sorry dammit!'His good side of his conscience said sternly.
'Why do I owe him an apology?!'retorted the evil side.
'Well,'the first voice said, 'Didn't you see his expression?! WELL?!'
'He insulted them. I'm not saying anything.'
'You're so full of yourself!'
'I am NOT saying anything!!'
'JUST DO IT'
'DON'T WANNA.'
'YOU WILL OR I'LL SPANK YOU SO MANY TIMES…"
'EEEEEEEEEEK!'
"IM SORRY OKAY?!" Harry shouted in panic, whirling his head towards Kakashi who…. Wasn't there.
'Wow, you're such an idiot'
'Oh shut up.'
'Wait, aren't we suppose to go somewhere…?'
'The hospital wing, stupid.'
'Oh…. Right..'
Harry walked in an agonizing pace towards the hospital wing, ignoring the shocked stares he got from his bleeding face.
Finally, he arrived at the door. Before he could knock the door speedily swung open.
"Oh Merlin! What happened to you? Your friend told me that someone else was coming as well…" Madam Pomfrey scolded, herding him to one of the beds as she began dabbing potions and spells on his face.
Harry snorted at the "your friend" part, but winced as she dabbed a particularly bright pink potion that stung his skin. "Where's Kakashi?"
"In that bed right beside you." She said promptly, pointing to a bed with plain white curtains drawn over it. "I gave him a sleeping potion so he's sleeping right now."
"You mean we both have to stay the night?!" Harry yelped. His hopes of finishing his Divinations homework quickly died away.
"Of course! It'll take forever to take the glass out, even with magic! Plus, the potion works better overnight." Madam Pomfrey said, as she handed him some pyjamas. "Kakashi didn't seem hurt at all, just exhausted, and he flat out refused to remove his mask!" She tutted, and then whisked out a purple potion, motioning Harry to drink it.
Realizing that it was a sleeping potion like Kakashi's, Harry slipped in his pyjamas, and downed the whole glass, immediately feeling drowsy. Collapsing on the bed, Harry closed his eyes and fell asleep.
A blanket of stars.
I tore my gaze away from the window, eyes resting on a cloaked figure kneeling on the cold stone floor.
"Well?" I rasped icily.
"M-my Lord," the teen stammered. "The boy, Kay-kay-shee.." He licked his lips nervously, trying to say the foreign name. "..Is doing his job very well but I'm afraid that it could take l-longer to reach Hogwarts and deliver the note."
I mentally scowled. "Wormtail" I hissed. Another man in a black robe stepped forward.
"Yes, milord?"
"Send in Mo and Hartly, those two new people under the imperius curse. Tell them to try and infiltrate Hogwarts." I laughed at his confused face. "I want to see Hogwart's new defence."
"If, b-by chance they do s-successfully infiltrate Hogwarts.." Wormtail began.
"Oh please Lucius, do you really expect that they will? I have no use for two children anymore. Hmm, I'd like you to follow them as well." Wormtail gave me a shocked face. "Oh, don't worry. When they fail, kill them on the spot and return back." Wormtail gave a shaken bow and left.
Turning my head towards the cowering teen at my feet, I hissed,"Do not mention this to anyone. Talk, even once, about our spy and my plan will fail."
"Don't worry, my Lord! I won't tell a soul!!" The man bowed, relief evident in his voice.
I smiled down at the man. 'On second thought,' I mused, raising my wand. Seeing the action, the man widened his eyes in horror.
"AVADA KEDAVRA!!" I laughed at the pitiful corpse on the floor.
"Wormtail…" I whispered disdainfully. A hunched up man in the corner of the dark room jumped.
"Y-Yes Milord..? W-what can I d-do -"
"Stop stammering," I hissed and the man fell silent. "Now fetch Nagini, supper is ready."
The hunched man bowed quickly and scampered away, leaving me alone in the room. I was in a good mood. After waiting years for this, a few more extra days couldn't possible hurt. Smiling evilly, I did something that always cheered me up that was kept a strict secret from everyone else.
Checking that there's no one around, I smirked evilly and began to laugh maniacally. "MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!"
Nagini came in just then and stared at her master. Hey, it wasn't everyday you get to see an evil baby of a master laughing maniacally.
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Kakashi woke up in the middle of the night to evil laughter. 'I only slept for a few hours apparently..' he mused. Yawning, Kakashi rubbed his right eye sleepily. Then, it finally sunk in.
I woke up to WHAT?!
Kakashi swiftly got up, pulling away the curtains to meet a very bizarre scene indeed.
Harry Potter, was clutching his scar in obvious pain, rolling around in his bed, laughing maniacally with pure glee written on his face. Drool spat out from the side of his mouth, adorning his pillow with many little wet spots.
'Uh, wtf?'
Walking up to the insane Potter, Kakashi shuddered as he remembered what happened. 'That son of a bitch.'Deciding to vent his anger a little, Kakashi smirked and fisted his hand.
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"ARGH!" Harry woke up to pain. Pain from his scar that was throbbing like mad and pain from someone who punched his face.
Harry sat up with a jolt, relieved that his headache was lessening although his cheek was burning like hell. Man, the guy sure packs a punch. He glared at Kakashi, confused by the slightly amused look he gave him.
"Uhh, what?" Harry groaned, clutching his abused head. "And why did you have to punch me?!?"
"You were laughing manically in your sleep, you insane baka."
Harry flushed in embarrassment but then his eyes widened in shock as he remembered the dream. 'It was just like that time… They mentioned Kakashi and..'Harry paled. 'His dream proved it, Kakashi was a Death Eater. And he's here… to kill me? No, my last dream during the summer said that Voldemort didn't want me dead.. What the hell is going on?!' I glared suspiciously at Kakashi.
Kakashi cocked his head at Harry's sudden mood change. First embarrassed and now he was glaring daggers at him. Well, not that he hadn't before.
Kakashi raised an eyebrow, "Well, aren't you going to say something?"
Harry blinked in panic as he thought furiously for an excuse, "Uhh, I was plotting the demise of Malfoy, that blonde git. Remember?" He said weakly.
Kakashi closed his eyes. "Not what I meant. I meant Moody's class…" He trailed off. Harry began to sweat.
'Oh fuck, I forgot to apologize.'
'Why the HELL should you apologize to a DEATH EATER.'
'Well, uh.. Love thy enemy?'
'Listen to me man, you can't trust a Death Eater…'
"What's to say," Harry snapped, listening to his dark side. "Why should I apologize to someone like you." He added, hatred evident in his voice.
If it were possible, Kakashi's eyes grew even colder and emotionless than they were before. He closed his eyes.
"Someone like me, huh?" Kakashi said, smiled softly, although the action didn't reach his dark eye. Turning his back on Harry's confused expression, Kakashi grabbed his things and paused at the door.
"I guess you're right," Kakashi muttered quietly and left out the door.
Kakashi made his way back towards the dormitory, his mind racing at what just happened.
"Why should I apologize to someone like you."
Kakashi mentally kicked himself. What was he thinking?! Actually expecting an apology like any other fucking person.
"I don't deserve it."
Kakashi numbly walked towards the dormitory. The only ones left in the common room, the red haired and the bushy haired ones, jumped at his arrival.
"What?" Kakashi said shortly.
"Aren't you supposed to be in the hospital wing?" Hermione said timidly.
"Couldn't sleep." He answered and disappeared into his dormitory.
Hermione stared in confusion at the white blur that retreated upstairs. The moment their eyes met, Hermione inwardly shuddered.. His eyes were.. Dead. There was no other way to describe it. What could've happened in one day to make him like that?
Kakashi changed quickly into his ANBU uniform. Donning his mask, he leapt out the window into the slight drizzle outside. Running chakra into the soles of his feet, he ran vertically down the stone tower.
Arriving at a thicket of trees, he brandished 4 shuriken, viciously throwing them at an unfortunate tree. 'I need a distraction,' Kakashi thought bitterly. 'What better way than to train?'
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Harry stared confused at the closed door, his anger slightly ebbing away. 'I don't deserve it? That was definitely not the reaction he expected..'
Making his way back towards his bed, Harry tried to get some sleep to no avail, the recent events hammering in his mind like nails.
"To heck with this!" Harry exclaimed and after fitting back into his robes, he impatiently left the hospital wing.
Ron and Hermione looked up bewildered from their homework, to an annoyed Harry walking through the portrait door. Hermione carried what seemed to be a small box.
"Hey Harry!" Ron said, waving his hand lazily towards him, busy writing gibberish for his Divinations homework. "That sure was some fight, eh?"
"What happened Harry?! You look pale as a ghost!" Hermione exclaimed, dropping her quill.
Harry rubbed his sore face angrily. "I had a dream about Voldemort." He said shortly. "Y'know, like the one during the summ-"
"WHAT?!" Hermione shrieked. Ron gaped, forgetting that Harry said the V-word in his shock as well.
"Well…" Harry began. "I was having this dream about.." Ron glared at him and Harry rolled his eyes. " -him. Anyway, he was talking about Kakashi and how he was doing his job very well." He hissed.
Harry stopped, seeing their reactions. Ron gave Harry an Oh-my-god-wtf look and Hermione just froze, her face white as snow.
"T-that can't be possible!" Hermione whispered. "K-kakashi can't be a-a.."
"A Death Eater…" Ron finished numbly.
"Kakashi is s-such a.." Hermione began, collapsing on a nearby sofa chair.
"A what?" Harry snorted. "A cute little white haired chibi who would never hurt a soul?"
Ron shook his head shamefully when Hermione nodded.
"She's in denial" Ron muttered but glanced at Harry skeptfully. "You reckon Kakashi is actually a Death Eater though? Think 'bout it!! He's, what, our age?"
Before Harry could reply, a soft tap, tap, was heard near the window.
"Hedwig!"
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Kakashi breathed in the cold air. He felt a little pang of pity at the toppled trees surrounding him, a victim of his harsh training. Adjusting his mask, he was about to head back towards the school when his sensitive ears caught something.
Rustle.
Kakashi narrowed his eyes. No students were allowed at this time of night. And what teacher would be out near the Forbidden Woods? There was only one answer left.
Enemy.
"Come out," Kakashi said calmly.
A teenager slowly clambered out from the darkness of the woods. He was tall, with short, brown hair, and a large assortment of freckles. A black cloak covered him from the rain, and Kakashi noted the wand openly held in the right hand.
'Death Eater,' Kakashi noted grimly.
Suddenly, the teenager slid down to his feet. "Please!" he sobbed. "Get me away from that Voldemort! I'll do anything!" He cried piteously, smirking inside at Kakashi's surprised face.
"AVADA KEDAVRA!"
Kakashi widened his eyes in surprise as a green jet hit his back and he toppled forward.
Another Death Eater that had sneaked up behind Kakashi smirked at the toppling wizard. "Hehehehe, guess you didn't see that coming, huh, mudbloo -HUH?"
Kakashi vanished in a puff of smoke that quickly cleared, leaving behind..
A log.
"WTF?" The tall Death Eater cried, abandoning his act. They both looked around in confusion.
"Earth Release: Inner Decapitation Technique!"
The two Death Eaters cried out in surprise as they were suddenly pulled down from under them. With only their heads above ground, they exchanged glances of fear and struggled uselessly. They were effectively trapped.
"Well, well, well.." A voice behind them mused. "That was too easy.."
Kakashi leaped out from the branches of a tree. He dramatically brandished two kunai and smiled wickedly.
"Tell me, why are you here?"
From the cover of the trees, Wormtail, in his animagus form, watched in awe. 'A 14 year old kid just wiped them out like they were pathetic noobs!' Shaking out of his stupor, the rat changed back into normal form, and muttered, "Sectumsempra!"
Kakashi whirled around at the sound, and dodged the spell. Instinctually, he drew his katana from his back, and viciously threw it at the area the sound came from, earning a squeak of pain.
Two new screams of pain were heard from the two heads on the ground, and Kakashi glanced at them.
The two heads were twitching in pain, the spell making cruel slashes adorning their face. Blood, contrasting brightly against their pale skin, oozed onto the ground, and a white liquid mess, like clear, runny jello, trickled slowly down their agonized faces.
'One of them is going to be blind,' Kakashi noted, unfazed by the gore in front of him.
"K-Kyla…." one of them rasped. Kakashi frowned, and taking aim, he swiftly threw two kunai at the pitiful bodies/heads on the ground.
He turned his head away from the sound of metal hitting flesh, and sighed. He looked quickly, combing his eyes through the thicket of the trees. Cautiously, he walked towards the trees, the only sign of a person being there was the blood on the katana sticking through the ground. 'Strange… He just disappeared.'
Turning his head back towards the mangled corpses, he quickly retrieved the kunai from their blood-stained foreheads with a bit of effort - they were stuck in pretty deeply. Wiping the bright red liquid and other who-knows-what on the sodden grass, Kakashi briefly wondered what would happen if someone saw these corpses before he could properly -
"OH MERLIN!"
'Oh well.'
Kakashi looked up to two wizards, McGonagall and Snape, running towards him.
McGonagall, turning a little green at the sight in front of her, tried to focus her attention on the white-haired boy in front of her, though that didn't really help. Blood adorned the ANBU uniform like a Christmas tree, and bits of flesh hung limply on the emotionless mask.
She nearly threw up.
"…."
Snape spoke instead in her silence, preferring to close his eyes at the sight as well. "Explain, Hatake." He said, struggling to sound calm.
"Two intruders, Death Eaters if I may say, attempted to get into in battle against me. After I immobilized them, another figure in the trees attempted to kill them," Kakashi said evenly. "I lost the figure in the woods and killed them to spare them a painful death," He continued, jabbing a thumb casually over his shoulder towards the two mangled bodies.
Waiting for a response, and getting none, Kakashi continued. "I'll be in Dumbledore's office to give him the details." Getting up, he walked past the two frozen wizards. "I trust you'll clean this up." :]
Snape's only response was to barf out his apple pie.
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Kakashi walked quickly back towards the common room in his now blood-free ANBU uniform. He yawned. It must be getting close to 10:45 now. Everybody should probably be in bed now.
-----FLASHBACK
Kakashi stopped in front of the gargoyle guarding Dumbledore's office.
"VampireArgonian92," Kakashi muttered. (1)
"As you wish," the gargoyle said, and lazily allowed Kakashi entrance up towards the office. Kakashi walked up the stairs. Opening the door, he found the office quite empty. 'Great.' Kakashi thought, mentally rolling his eyes. 'He must be asleep right now.'
Deciding to leave him a note, Kakashi leapt into the office. He curiously looked around at the snoring portraits of past Headmasters adorning the walls, and his eyes settled on a small bird.
The bird was, magnificent and seemed to glow with heat. A red and gold plumage decorated it, with long, elegant tail feathers fluttering underneath. Intense, golden eyes looked deeply into his own, matching his own curiosity. Suddenly, it stretched it's fiery wings and perched happily on his shoulders.
Kakashi's eyes softened as the strange bird nuzzled his hair, warm and comforting to the touch. Reaching out a hand, he stroked the radiant feathers, simply mesmerized by the colour.
Suddenly, Kakashi heard a chuckle coming from behind him. "Consider yourself privileged Kakashi! Fawkes has never taken a sudden liking to a stranger before.. Well, except myself." Dumbledore came in through the door, dressed in his usual array of purple robes, a slice of pie in one hand.
Dumbledore chuckled again at Kakashi's bemused expression. "Oh, I went to get a midnight snack. My dear stomach kept screaming for pie all night."
Kakashi nodded uncertainly, and returned to stroking Fawkes. "Dumbledore-san, the reason I came up here is -"
"Oh, I heard it from Professor Snape," Dumbledore said, waving a hand. "We met near the washroom apparently, and he told me what had happened. All I'd like to do is ask a few questions."
Kakashi nodded in confirmation.
"Did you happen to see the figure in the woods?"
"No, Dumbledore-san."
"Would you like me to take out all that blood on you? It is kind of, how you say, bothersome."
Kakashi blinked, as if seeing himself for the first time. " Aaa, hai."
"Scourgify" Dumbledore said, raising his wand and the blood magically disappeared.
"Thank you.. Is that all the questions?"
"No, no, dear boy. Now, where was I..? Oh yes, did you kill the two men?"
"The man in the woods fatally wounded them, and I finished the job."
"Do you like apple pie, Kakashi?"
"Aaa, no, I don't like swee -wait, what?!"
Dumbledore chuckled again. "Oh nothing. Anyway, because of this incident, I'm afraid we'll have to be more alert at all times. Is there a way for you to guard the school from now on partly during the night..?"
"I can do it all night" Kakashi offered.
"Well, thank you, Kakashi."
"Is that all?"
"Why yes. Good night, sweet dreams. :]"
Kakashi gave Dumbledore a perplexed face, but bid him good night as well, and left the door.
Dumbledore took a bite of his apple pie. "Oh dear, I forgot to mention to him. A request from Sarutobi….." He smiled softly at the letter he brandished out.
Dear Dumbledore,
How are you my friend? Thank you for the letter. I thought it would surprise you by Kakashi's age but I am sorry if it may have caused you inconvenience. How is Kakashi doing? I've sadly received no letters from him.
Anyway, if you are interested, I'd like a request. Tell Kakashi that I would like him to participate in the Triwizard Tournament. Register him from Konoha academy….
------------------------------------------------- END OF FLASHBACK
"Balderdash" Kakashi muttered, and the common room portrait swung open. (2)
To his slight surprise, there was a small commotion in the nearly empty common room.
Ron, Hermione and Harry were having a heated discussion. Harry had just hit himself on the forehead with his fist, jolting a snow white owl near him.
"I shouldn't've told him!" Harry said furiously.
"Shouldn't've told who?" Kakashi said curiously. The trio jumped, as if finally noticing the person near the common room door.
"Nothing," Ron said quickly. "Just a le -. OH MY GOD."
Kakashi stared, mystified by Ron's reaction. "What?"
Hermione stared in horror, and pointed openly at Kakashi. Or more specifically, at his back. Kakashi followed her gaze, landing on his katana. 'Oh, shit.'
Dumbledore had wiped away all trace of blood on his clothes, but the blood on his katana was still there, openly dripping the bright red liquid onto the carpet.
Kakashi ran through his mind for an excuse. "Aaa, that. You see, in my old school, we were taught differently. Because of that, I went to train in the Forbidden Woods so I won't get sloppy. During that time, I encountered some, uh, monsters there. And voila!"
There was a dead silence. Kakashi sweat dropped. 'I don't think they believe that.. Only one choice left.. RETREAT!'
"Well, I'm tired." Kakashi said cheerfully. "Good night!" And before the trio could say a word, Kakashi vanished in a puff of smoke.
"You believe me now?" Harry said, breaking the silence. "That 'cute little chibi' came in here, wearing what he wore when he first got here, and blood, yes, BLOOD, on that sword he always wears!" Ron and Hermione nodded dumbly, their mind still comprehending the scene they had just saw.
Hermione swallowed. "I have an idea… I think I know where we can get information and evidence against Kakashi."
Ron and Harry stared at her. "Well..?!?" Harry said.
"The Kakashi Fan Club." She whispered dramatically. (3)
"The Kaka -what?!" Ron said, bemused.
"The Kakashi Fan Club. A group of girls who claim that they know everything about Kakashi." Hermione explained. "They know a lot about Kakashi, lots of pointless things like his favourite color and such, but I heard that the leader, Sky Mandarine, a 3rd year from Ravenclaw, knows even more about Kakashi, even information about where he came from!"
"And how do you know this?" Harry asked, awe evident on his face, previously forgetting the scrunched up letter from Sirius in his hand.
"Well," Hermione said nervously.
"Answer, Hermione!" Ron grinned.
"I used to be part of it!" Hermione said, blushing furiously. "But after Harry nearly punched Kakashi in Moody's class, they kicked me out."
Ron laughed uproariously. "Hahahahaha, YOU were part of a stalker club?!"
Harry stared at Hermione, not sure whether to laugh or apologize. "So we have to join that group?" He said, ignoring Ron who was now doubled up on the floor. (Otherwise known as rofl)
"Well, there's a catch." Hermione said, smirking knowingly.
Ron stopped laughing at he saw that smirk. "What?"
"It's an all girl's club."
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The next day…
"I heard that Potter had a fight with Kakashi!!"
"Yeah, I was there! Harry even tried to punch him.." =(
"Hahahaha, you should've seen him face afterwards, it was all messed up. That's what he gets for messing with the adorable Kakashi~~!" ^-^
Ignoring them, Harry returned to his toast, but his stomach had other ideas..
"PIEPIEPIEPIEPIEPIEPIEPIEPIEPIEPIEPIEPIEPIEPIEPIEPIEPIEPIE.."
Giving in yet again, Harry swiped a slice of chicken pot pie and nibbled contently on them.
"Hey, Hermione…" Harry snapped. "Can you please how exactly we are supposed to get into an all girls club?!" Ron could only nod in agreement, his mouth stuffed with baloney.
Harry looked around the table, Kakashi was mysteriously gone from dinner today. In fact, he was gone the whole entire day. Rumours soared every hour Kakashi was absent, and Harry has never, in his whole life, been this unpopular with the girls. Even Hermione looked irritable at him.
'Sigh, where's the silver lining in this situation?'Harry thought impatiently.
'Uhh, since Kakashi wasn't here, he couldn't eavesdrop…?'Yeah, that could work.
"Congon, 'ermionee!" Ron grumbled through his baloney-filled mouth. He swallowed. "And stop laughing, seriously!"
Hermione fought to contain the smile she had wore for the past night.
"Polyjuice potion, right?" Harry whispered. Hermione shook her head.
"That would take too long to make. I say… Pinkeyfruit potion." Hermione said dramatically.
Ron froze, a slice of baloney halfway to his mouth. "NO, I'LL NEVER DO IT!" He roared, ignoring the looks the rest of the Gryffindors gave him. Hermione laughed at his expression.
"Uhh, what is a Pinkeyfruit potion?"Harry asked apprehensively.
"I say we just talk to Dumbledo -" Ron whined.
"We can't talk to Dumbledore!" Hermione interrupted. "I mean, you need more proof than just your words. We need hard evidence."
Harry took another bite of his chicken pot pie. "And how do we get that exactly..?"
Glancing around, Hermione whispered, "I told you, Harry! Pinkeyfruit Potion!"
Hermione snorted in exasperation at Harry's confused expression.
"Pinkeyfruit Potion, Harry! It changes your gender."
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Hehehehe , hoped you liked this chapter.
Aaa = Umm
Hai = Yes
(1) I dedicate Dumbledore's password to my first reviewer, VampireArgonian92!! Just don't sue me.
(2) I'm too lazy to check if that's the password. Correct meh if I'm wrong
(3) hehehe the first 3 words of the Kakashi Fan Club spell KFC!! Unintentionally of course.
Anyway, please stay in touch for the next chapter, which I PROMISE has the following:
-gender bending
-young love, in a twisted way
-dragons! (im not kidding this time!)
-more gore (whoopee!)
- and the detention scene