Sorry folks! This update has been awhile in coming! I had a really hard time writing this because it just doesn't seem like Kashi? I dunno. I may have to tweak later. Anyways, thanks to ike3 for reviewing! Please read and review! It's much appreciated! :)
Kakashi
Why do I love him?
The truth is, that boy was me. Sasuke was me.
His faults had been my faults and his losses had been mine (to an extent).
He hadn't had enough time to grow, though and that was where he differed from me. His growth had been put to a stop when the Snake Sannin approached him (I grew when Obito left me and Rin left me. I became the bitter old man that I am now.) Sasuke (my poor little prodigy, the son I never had) sold his soul to the devil in exchange for the strength to defeat a fallen angel. He became a demon in his own right and tossed his friends away.
A shinobi that doesn't follow the rules is trash, but those who abandon their friends are worse trash. (See Obito? I remember. I remember what you taught me and I stand by the words you left me. I remember.)
You abandoned your friends and now I owe it to them to put an end to you, to stop you from further tarnishing the image of the boy that you were (the boy that we all loved, you left us why did you leave us) and ruining yourself anymore than you have. You lost yourself Sasuke. We tried to save you, Naruto and Sakura (the poor kids they tried so hard to bring you back, but each time they came home empty handed, broken hearted, bloodied and damaged bodies) but you wouldn't let us.
You pushed us away. And for what? Power. Revenge.
What did it give you? What did it leave you with? In the dark of the night when you lie alone in an empty underground cave, what do you think of? What do you see before you fall asleep?
Do you see the face of the girl you loved? (You know you do. Or did. Maybe you still do. Do you?)
Do you see the face of your brothers? (Either of them? The blood brother and the bonded one both love you more than life itself. They would give their lives for you, but how do you repay them?)
Do you see the face of your mentors? (I know I wasn't much, but I helped you a little bit, right? please say I did? At least, I put you on the path of life, but what did the Snake do? He destroyed that path and used its bricks to build an imperturbable wall.)
I don't know what you see Sasuke, but I know what I see. I see the face of my teacher, (ah Sensei. It's been awhile.) the faces of my team mates, (you guys are here too, huh?) the face of my father, (hey Dad. I forgive you, you know? You don't have to wait here anymore.) the faces of my students (I'm sorry Naruto. I'm sorry Sakura. I'm sorry Sasuke. I couldn't protect you guys from the hardships of life and I couldn't keep you safe from the demons of the day. I tried though?)
I'm sorry, Sasuke. I couldn't save you from yourself.