“I assume I deserve this, but can you tell me why you want to kill me this time, Sensei?” Kakashi leveled an even gaze on Iruka, his lips pursed behind his mask. He had been reading his book in some nondescript tree in the village, but now he found himself pinned to the ground on the other side of said tree. With a tanned arm shoved against his throat, and molten chocolate eyes staring in a rage down at him. It looked like the academy teacher was trying to collect himself, before he exploded into a million pieces above the copy nin.
“Did,” He started, but then had to gain control over himself again as his voice cracke
She was staring out the window again.
Rain trickled down the glass, in webs and tendrils.
Her finger traced a random path, following one of the many strands of rain water as it continued on its journey.
“You have to change.”
Her words hung in the air, and the silence was unusually heavy.
His burning eyes flicked to the back of her head.
He knew she had been thinking hard, that she had been mulling over something in her mind.
It was a long time coming.
He was almost surprised she finally broke the silence between them.
He blinked and rolled his shoulders, dust dropping off of them and fluttering to the floor.
It had been a very
She could taste ash on her tongue.
The world was new.
Her eyes opened for the first time.
And her legs felt like those of a newborn fawn.
Flames licked the edges of her body.
Iron forged flesh.
A weapon.
A menace to the living.
She could hear the echoes of her past selves.
They were all dead now.
Conquered.
And she emerged the new victor.
Stronger.
Better than all the other she’s who came before her.
She breathed pure fire and it invigorated her.
She bathed in blood and it cleansed her.
She had awoken once again.
And this time, she would not show mercy.
This time, she would swallow worlds whole.
And be the last thing men would speak of