The Hatake family.
Kakashi stood in silent vigil, guarding the spirit of his father.
Three days ago, he could have returned home happily.
He had wanted to tell his father the good news—he was about to graduate.
"I can finally make my dad, Konoha's White Fang, proud," Kakashi thought.
This was what he had always wanted to prove.
After all, graduating from the Ninja Academy at the age of five was an incredibly rare achievement.
Most students in Konoha graduated between the ages of ten and twelve.
Kakashi became the first to graduate in his class.
In just a few months, he would officially leave the academy and step into the world of shinobi.
But when he rushed home, eager to tell his father the good news, what awaited him was a cold, lifeless body.
His father, Hatake Sakumo, the renowned White Fang of Konoha, had taken his own life.
Days before, Kakashi had felt an ominous premonition.
He had walked the streets of Konoha with his father, only to notice the way other shinobi avoided them.
Some even whispered cruel words behind their backs.
Even the friends his father once held dear had begun treating him with cold indifference.
Some spat curses under their breath.
Kakashi had turned to look at his father, but Sakumo had merely given him a wry smile and continued walking.
It was at that moment Kakashi knew—something was wrong.
Rumors about his father had spread throughout the village.
Kakashi had pieced together the truth.
His father had abandoned a crucial mission in order to save his comrades.
And in doing so, he had caused the village a great loss.
But what Kakashi never expected was that the father he had admired so much would choose to take his own life over it.
At the Hatake residence, Sakumo's body lay on a funeral bier.
Kakashi had long since run out of tears to shed.
But wiping his face, he forced himself to be strong.
He was alone now. There was no one else left to lean on.
His father's death had taught him a harsh lesson.
Kakashi made a decision.
From this moment on, no matter what happened—
The mission always comes first.
A shinobi who fails his mission is nothing but scum.
"It's truly a shame for Konoha's White Fang to die like this."
A voice of regret echoed from behind.
Kakashi turned sharply.
An unfamiliar man stood in the dimly lit room, his orange hair framing scarlet eyes that held strange vertical pupils.
Despite his foreign presence, his attire and forehead protector marked him as a shinobi of Konoha.
When Sakumo died, only a handful of people had come to pay their respects.
Even those who had come, Kakashi had turned away.
"Sorry, no one is welcome here at the moment," Kakashi said coldly.
But the man, Kurama, did not leave.
"Kakashi, your father chose to end his life this way. If he couldn't endure the words of others, then how is that any different from running away?"
Kakashi clenched his fists, his voice shaking with anger.
"Who the hell are you? Don't you dare insult my father!"
Kurama merely smiled.
"He abandoned his son and ran to another world. Do you call that a competent father?"
Kakashi trembled with rage.
Kurama's words cut deep.
Because they were the truth.
And the truth hurt more than anything.
But Kakashi refused to accept it. He refused to let this man insult the father he had always admired.
"Get out!" Kakashi snarled, raising his fist and swinging at Kurama in blind fury.
But the next second, Kakashi was sent flying backward.
Too weak.
He couldn't refute him. He couldn't even land a hit.
All he could do was watch, helpless and furious.
"What the hell do you want? Why did you come here?!"
Kurama raised a single finger to his lips, signaling for silence.
Kakashi instinctively obeyed.
"I'm here to change the outcome. To bring your father, who ran away into death, back to the real world."
Kakashi froze, confusion written across his face.
"What... what are you talking about?"
A smile played at Kurama's lips.
"Put simply—I can bring your father back to life."
Kakashi's eyes widened, staring at Kurama as though he were a madman.
"That's impossible!"
He had kept vigil over his father's lifeless body for three days. There was no doubt in his mind—Sakumo was dead.
"You're insane! Get out of my house!"
Kurama didn't argue.
Instead, his scarlet pupils changed.
The moment Kakashi saw them, a strange unease crawled down his spine.
A pair of eerie rings appeared within Kurama's irises.
Mangekyō Sharingan.
Kurama turned toward the funeral bier where Sakumo lay.
"Divine reversion ."
For a moment, silence filled the room.
Kakashi didn't dare move. His body tensed, his breath shallow.
A dreadful feeling gripped his chest.
Then—
Crunch.
The wooden bier creaked.
Kakashi's breath hitched.
The air in the closed room seemed to shift. The black funeral curtains rustled despite the absence of wind.
"My head... it hurts a little..."
A hoarse voice broke the silence.
Kakashi's heart nearly stopped.
Sakumo sat up.
Kakashi stumbled back, unable to believe his own eyes.
"This... this isn't real..." he whispered.
Yet, his father was right there, moving, breathing.
He had been certain there were no vital signs. He had watched over his lifeless body.
"Father...?" he asked hesitantly.
Sakumo blinked, his eyes adjusting to the dim light.
"Kakashi...?"
The older man's gaze met his son's, filled with disbelief.
His hands moved, touching his own body.
"I'm... alive?" he murmured.
He remembered everything.
The decision to take his own life.
The blade against his throat.
And yet, here he was.
The wound was gone.
Kakashi's lips trembled. Tears that had been suppressed for too long finally spilled over.
"Father!"
He threw himself into Sakumo's arms, sobbing without restraint.
Sakumo could only hold him, his own regret weighing heavily on his heart.
He had left his son behind.
If he had a second chance, he would never make the same mistake again.
Kurama watched in silence before finally speaking.
"I'll give you time to reunite. But I didn't bring you back for nothing, White Fang."
Sakumo turned his gaze toward Kurama.
And the moment he saw the man's scarlet eyes, he felt a shiver of unease.
Just who was he?
And why did he have the power to bring the dead back to life?
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