#but also I think Pakkun looks really funny here sorry

[009720kakashi]

medikits

Kira stayed silent during her scolding, her tears now staining the tops of her cheeks. Kakashi didn't trust her at all and she didn't blame him. She no longer trusted herself. But she didn't know what to say. Even if she hadn't meant to or didn't remember it, apparently she'd done it and... that was enough to lose the one strand of hope she was holding on to. This morning she'd bought treats for a new furry friend, wanted to read a new book and had some kind of spark of joy at the thought that maybe... she could connect with people again. To be liked for who she was. Somehow she had this funny idea that the man who'd been sent to kill or capture her, could be the first. In the end, that was a very naive idea anyway, but she still somehow believed it a little. She felt the vile of poison nuzzled in her chest. Something she always kept close to heart in a place that it was unlikely anyone would check, being that it was so personal. It was one of the first inventions of Kira's design. A poison strong enough to kill her faster than she could regenerate. Developed by mixing venom of various species of snakes. Having been so scared of becoming someone she hated. Of becoming like *him* she made it as a pact to herself. It's time... then. Isn't it? Yet, Konoha wanted her alive before dead. That was troublesome now. A blessing turned curse. Her personal mission was now in contrast with Kakashi's. "It doesn't really matter though, whether I remember it or not. It still happened, and it's my fault." Kira wasn't one to make excuses, or to point to her tormentor for her problems. Her issues were hers to solve and if she didn't solve them, then nothing else mattered. It wasn't like they were friends and that was good in this case. It meant she knew he'd stop her at any means necessary which was of some comfort to her even if she was also afraid of somehow hurting him. "I'm sorry you have to do all this because of me." She added, her voice sounding dead already, not at all fighting the restraints. "Whatever it is you want me to do, I'll do. But... if for some reason I'm not listening and... I hope that doesn't happen but I feel really scared and confused because apparently that... can happen... um. Well. I'm... I'm sure you'll do what needs to be done." She said, knowing he would.

He would not discuss this or console her. First he barely knew her and second he was not qualified for that. The thing was it did not make any sense. By burning down the village she had actually made it even easier to find her. Even without it they got her scent. He would have found her sooner or later.

“Well I guess we can agree that something is going on with you. I doubt we will find out what it is here. If the intention was running, that was one bad execution though. I would assume you are smarter than that considering you have managed to stay hidden for such a long time.”

He bit his thumb, went to the seals and with a ‘Kuchynose no jutsu’ smashed his hand on the ground. Two quite wolfish looking dogs disappear. 

“I’d recommend no patting if you want to keep your hand” he said as a warning. Not all of his summons were as civil as Pakkun. These two were a little more on the violent side. Also wonderful trackers. 

“Maa I think you just try to not make a fuss and if you do, the Sharingan will give a bit of support ne?”

He loosened the ties around her ankles and pulled her up. 

“Come then…I suppose you’ll prefer to run on your own and not be carried.”

He sure would prefer that. If not he might summon Bull after all for carrying. 

A Mission for the Lost - RP

@009720kakashi

Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi stood up from his seated position behind his desk after he’d summoned the ANBU Captain Hatake, Kakashi to his office. Walking around to the front of the desk, he looked over to the door to ensure that it was shut from any prying eyes or ears before he spoke.

“I regret that I don’t have more time to check in with you, considering all that you do for the village, but I have a pressing mission that I can only entrust to you. This is a S-rank mission and yet I can only send you alone, which I will explain in a moment.” He said, sighing for a moment as he looked towards the window, which was closed off with blinds, then he looked back at the masked shinobi.

“I’ve kept information about this individual to a minimum thus far, but as new revelations have surfaced, I cannot allow their rot to spread into our village and endanger our people now knowing what form it takes. You are being tasked with the retrieval of a woman named Kitsune Kira. I will give you a picture of her likeness, although our only reference is from when she was just a child, in which she always wore a mask and cloak. Her eyes will likely be the most telling feature if you come across her.” Sarutobi explained, now handing the scroll of information to Kakashi, and the picture along with it. In said picture, was a nervous looking girl, clasping her small hands together in front of her with bright blue eyes and a short ponytail kept high with bangs framing her face despite a slate grey mask covering half of it and her hood hiding much of her hair besides a few clues of the style she wore.

“I assume you don’t remember her, but she attended academy during your years there as well.” Sarutobi didn’t go much more into detail on that topic, knowing it would likely not matter anyway. Instead, he continued on with the intel. 

“It was long suspected that she murdered her parents before abandoning the Leaf Village at the age of nine. Suspected, though not confirmed. Considering she had not been heard or seen again, even after several tracking-nin were sent after her, I thought it might be possible that she ran off and took her own life after finding her parents dead. That is, until recent reports were brought forth. I didn’t know her well, but from the word of her teammates and squad leader, she was a gentle girl.” Sarutobi said, recalling the many testimonies to vouch for her, only to slowly turn into rumors instead when enough time had passed. “You are the first one to know this besides myself and a select few others, but her abilities of regeneration were the result of an experiment conducted by Orochimaru with her mother’s approval when she was not yet born. In theory, Kira is a living anomaly, as she was not expected to survive long enough to be born alive. The only prevailing theory about why she might have done such a heinous thing is that it’s possible Kira found out about the nature of her existence and something inside her broke.” As Sarutobi paused his speech, the air weighed heavy before he continued his briefing. “The woman is clever, if rumors prove true. Therefore, I do not want to send out a squad, it will attract too much attention. Not just that, but you’re one of the best tracking ninja the ANBU has, so I feel as though sending you alone should be enough to finish this.” He said, but there was a hesitance in his eyes as he was about to say his next statement, but it disappeared a moment later as he looked at the masked ninja.

“I need you to track down this ghost of Konoha’s past and put an end to it. I prefer that you bring her back alive once you find her, but if that proves to be an impossibility, then I will need you to bring back her body instead.” After a pause, he continued. “You may set out as soon as you are ready.”

[everyyamato]