Kakashi eyes never left the white picture frame that was placed in front of him. It had been an hour since everyone had left the funeral but he couldn't possibly make himself leave, not yet. His heart was aching from this loss because he knew now that he had no one left. No one he could lean on when he hit his depressive episodes. No one when he had his nightmares in the middle of the night.

He was truly alone once again.

"Hatake."

Kakashi didn't bother turning around to see who was speaking to him. He already knew exactly who it was. "What do you want, Danzo." As much as it was suppose to be a question, it was more of a statement since he knew what he was there for.

"I'm sorry for your loss. I knew you were rather close to the Hokage and his wife." He waited to see if Kakashi was ever going to respond to him but as mere few seconds turned into a minute, he spoke out again. "I'm here to see if you want to fulfill the offer I gave."

Kakashi eyes still never left the picture frame of Minato and Kushina smiling faces. He knew he had nothing else to loss if he agreed to join Danzo forces but something inside of him was telling him that he couldn't.

Rain started to pour on them but neither made the move to go get shelter. Kakashi eyes finally closed and he moved his head to look up so he could feel the cold water hit against his face. He was enjoying the sensation until an image popped in his head of his ex-teammate, Rin, smirk at him.

Exhaling, he re-opened his eyes and turned to look at danzo. "When do I report to you?"

Danzo couldn't help but smirk at his words.

As he got closer to the gates of the village, he could see the guards, Kotetsu and Izumo stiffen in their spot. They both could smell him from were they stood, thick intense reek of blood. Kakashi stopped right in front of them, waiting for one of them to speak.

"Looks like the mission was successful." Kotetsu said as he looked at him head to toe. Kakashi was soaked in dye blood and he showed no signs of it bother him, as usual.

Izumo eyes narrowed at him, "It looks like you got to carried away again. If I remember you were assigned an escort mission."

Kakashi head tilted their direction and Izumo had regret his words. They watched as his sharingan activated with a crazy smile appear on his lips. "Some complications happened that made me, well, not be so nice." He watched as they both looked in different directions and all he could do was smirk while walking off towards the Hokages tower.

Kotetsu hit Izumo on top of his head before watching Kakashi retreating figure. He was one of the few that pitied the man while others plainly feared him but he understood why. After Kakashi lost everyone close to him he vowed to never get close to anyone as long as he lived. In those results, he became powerful and deadly. He didn't care what he had to do, as long as the mission was carried through, he would do it. He was the "friend-killer" after all.

The moment Kakashi stepped foot inside the tower was the moment everyone that was in it stayed quiet and watched him go towards the Hokage office. No one dared to stand in the way. The sight of them all by the walls was enough to make him laugh. When ever Kakashi made eye contact with one of them, they quickly looked away and walked the oppiste direction then where he was heading.

By the time he got to the main office, Hiruzen was waiting for him and gestured for him to close the door. "What happened?"

"Few bandits had gotten in the way but I took care of it."

"I see." Hiruzen picked up his pip and took a long, deep drag from it. "We have an open position for a genin teach-."

"I decline."

Hiruzen laughed at his immediate decline. "I'm not giving you a choice, Kakashi. Next year, you will be a genin sensei and you will teach them."

"You think it is a smart idea to make a heartless killer like me teach a bunch of stupid brats."

"Killer you are. We all have been one in a point of time but heartless, no."

Kakashi fist tightened on his side. He really wanted to tell him off but he just turned his head away, "Fine, then let's hope I don't get myself killed before then." He transported away and landed near a tree.

He gripped his side in pain while leaning into the tree next to him. He then notice he was few feet from the playground of the academy.

He watched as a group of girls were fanning over the sole Uchiha boy. He wanted to laugh at how pathetic and carefree they were acting. They were preparing to be ninja but instead they were acting like civilian people that didn't have a clue in what was outside of the village gates. He took in the pleasure in knowing that one day, their spirits would be crushed.

As he watched the kids follow the Uchiha inside, he notice that the pink hair girl had stopped following the Uchiha to look at him instead.

"Are you okay, Mr. ANBU?" He didn't answer her which made the girl frown. "You are bleeding..." When she took a step to get closer to him, someone had called out her name. She turned to see Iruka calling her inside. She looked back again at the ANBU but he was already gone.

"Sakura!"

"Coming Sensei!" She was hesitant of moving but she shook her head and ran inside.

Kakashi lone eye watched her. Grunting in pain, he gripped his side again before disappearing into a puff of smoke.

Soon Kakashi would regret not leaving as soon as he appeared that day because that one interaction had changed his fate and sealed their destiny.