"Get them out of there!"

Flames devoured the house as many ninjas tried to help the family inside. The house belonged to Zamin Hatake and his wife, Keiko Uchiha. Zamin was Kakashi's older brother. Zamin and Keiko had one little girl named Hitomi.

"What's going on here?!" Someone yelled. Kakashi had arrived. "Why is my brother's house on fire?" Ninjas looked uncertainly at each other.

"Someone set it on fire," a man said. "It is believed to be the same man who killed the Uchiha Clan."

Kakashi ran toward the house, hellbent on saving his his brother's family. He kept running, despite everyone telling him it was no use. Kakashi ran through the burning doorframe and stopped inside to look around. He saw his brother and Lana laying dead on the ground, blood oozing from wounds in the heart. Kakashi almost allowed himself to cry, until he heard another one cry. His niece!

She was barely three years old. Kakashi ran through burning house towards his niece's room. He discovered it covered in flames, like the rest of house. He saw his niece, Hitomi, sitting on her bed crying. He noticed that she had burns on her forearms and calves. He grabbed her and she stopped crying momentarily. Kakashi planned to run back the way he had come, but discovered that it was collapsed. He frantically looked around for an exit. The window! The only not destroyed part of the house.

Kakashi ran towards the window and jumped through the glass, using his body to shield Hitomi. Everyone gasped as he jumped out.

"Kakashi!" One of them yelled. "Were they alive?" Kakashi looked down in his arms to find that Hitomi was petrified. She clung onto his arm like there was no tomorrow. He looked at her, his headband covering his sharingan eye. Hitomi looked up at him and smiled, causing Kakashi to smile back. Kakashi was pulled from his thoughts when the burning house crashed down behind him. His eyes widened and the little girl in his arms started to cry again. His brother and sister-in-law, Hitomi's parents, were gone.

Hi guys! This is my first Naruto fanfic on this site, so please do give constructive criticism for anything you guys think could be improved! I'm not sure how often I'll be able to update, so I don't have a set schedule yet. I'll let you all know when I do though!

-Crazy Little Demigod

P.S. I don't claim to own anyone except those I created. All other characters belong to the creators of this amazing anime.