[Naruto] I, Hatake Kakashi, just want to live a peaceful life

They say rumors stop only for the wise, but in this war-filled and fragmented world, most people are fools whose emotions are dominated by negative emotions.

They urgently needed an outlet to vent their negative emotions, and Hatake Sumo gave up the mission through that outlet.

No one knew who was the first person to insult Konoha White Fang, but rumors swept Konoha overnight.

Fools have selectively ignored the logic of the whole thing and Hatake Sushige's glorious achievements as the White Fang of Konoha, as if Hatake Sushige was the enemy who killed their relatives on the battlefield...

They lived in the peace earned by Konoha White Fang and accused him from the moral high ground.

Most of the people who participated in insulting him were civilians, and they didn't even know the real name of Konoha White Fang.

The conflict between civilians and ninjas has always been the main contradiction in this world. Civilians want to become ninjas but hate ninjas.

The people most harmed by the ninja's war were the helpless civilians...

They are just afraid. The fear of war and the fear of ninjas makes them live in oppression every day. They don't care who made the mistake or what mistake they made. They just want to use this to vent their long-standing anger...

So when the war started again later and no one was available in Konoha, they realized: Ah! It turns out that Konoha White Fang, who was reviled at that time, is the great hero who protects us...

After all, the ANBU ninjas who supported Hatake Sumo were in the minority. They could not be exposed to others, and they were still performing tasks outside the village when the incident happened.

The Third Hokage's hesitation also made other people who wanted to help Hatake Sumo feel powerless, and at the same time made those who created rumors even more rampant.

The abuse and accusations silently weighed on Hatake Sumo, making his will become more and more depressed day by day.

People on the street were pointing at him, and gradually he no longer wanted to leave the house.

During this time, Kakashi came home and saw his father's dull eyes and tired expression. Although he couldn't empathize with it, the way his father forced a smile in front of him despite being sad made him feel irritated.

Even now on the street, he would receive strange looks and harsh words from some people, but he could sense the panic and humble mood swings when they spoke, as if Kakashi would scare them out of fear if he even blinked.

Just like God doesn't care about the life or death of ants, Kakashi doesn't care what they think.

He doesn't think his father is at fault, and he doesn't understand what mission is so important. He only knows that his father always leaves him at home in order to complete the village's mission. He also knows that his father fights on the front line of the war, always risking his own life. Promise your companions for the bet that they will return to Konoha safely...

Obviously my father has done so much for the village, but now everyone is blaming...

And today, Yakushi Nonou's accusation against him at the high-level meeting broke through Hatake Sumo's last line of defense.

"Kakashi! Should a ninja give up his mission for his companions?"

He wanted to continue to maintain the image of a father to Kakashi, but now he was like a drowning man, hurriedly trying to pull at any straw at hand.

Kakashi was stunned, not expecting his father to ask him this question.

"The ninja code issued by the ninja school says that ninjas should put their mission first. But..."

In Hatake Sumo's eyes that fell silent, Kakashi paused for a moment, the figures of Obito and the others flashed in his mind, and he also thought of the rumors in the village.

"If I were asked to do something against my will, I would rather not be a ninja! In fact, becoming a samurai is not bad either!"

Is this your answer! It's better not to be a ninja than to give up on your companions!

His answer made Hatake Sumo see hope, and his heart was as turbulent as a dead pond with stones thrown into it.

Kakashi didn't know that his words had greatly shocked his father, but he really thought so. Becoming a ninja was just because it could provide a great guarantee for his peaceful life, but it was not the only choice. .

When necessary, he will give up his identity as a ninja to fully implement his philosophy.

Obviously Hatake Sumo's understanding was not Kakashi's original intention, but he always let himself go in his heart.

After that night passed, Kakashi saw the familiar smile on Hatake Sumo's face again.

This time, no matter how people outside arranged him, he kept this smile.

Hatake Sumo, who was temporarily dismissed from his position, is now farming at home and growing vegetables, and does not take the initiative to take on tasks, leaving many people outside waiting for his reaction to have different thoughts.

Although I don’t understand what happened, I can see my father every day when I go home and eat delicious saury every day. Kakashi chose to ignore the unpleasantness of the past few days and the rumors he heard about his father.

Thinking of asking my father about my mother while the iron was hot, I took my father for a walk along the house after dinner.

"Duosang! What kind of person is my mother?"

Facing Kakashi's question, Hatake Sumo was a little surprised. After all, he had never asked himself, and she had never mentioned it to him.

"Your mother! She is a very violent person! She always hits people at every turn. My father fell in love with her because he couldn't beat her before!"

? ? ? ? What kind of confusing love is this?

Kakashi, who felt that his father was deceiving him, didn't believe the answer, so he made up his mind to get to the bottom of it.

"Duosang lied! My mother must not be so violent! It must be Duosang who lied to me!"

"Dosan didn't lie to you!" Hatake Sumo gently touched his head.

"Your mother was a civilian girl from the Country of Fire. She saved Dosang when he was injured on a mission. Dosang fell in love with her and then you were born."

This was something Hatake Sumo had prepared long ago to deal with Kakashi, but he didn't expect it to come into use after so many years.

"Duosang is lying! Mother is not a commoner!"

"Ah, yes, yes! Look at Duosang's memory. In fact, your mother is the daughter of a famous figure in the Land of Fire. She fell in love with Duosang and eloped with him..."

Hatake Sumo teased Kakashi and told him poignant love stories that he made up.

Unexpectedly, Kakashi said calmly:

"My mother is a ninja, she is not a ninja from Konoha!"

Hatake Sumo, who didn't expect him to say this, looked at him in shock.

"She has the blood to manipulate bones." Kakashi paused, combined the information he saw in the library and his own understanding, and slowly said:

"She should be a ninja from Kaguya's clan in Kirigakure Village. She... is in Kirigakure Village, right? Dosan!"

Hatake Sumo's face suddenly changed, and he looked complicated for a long time before he said:

"You were half right, but she is no longer alive. Kakashi, you have awakened that ability, right?"

"Ok!"

Kakashi stretched out his left hand and shot his phalanges toward the ground, demonstrating this power to his father.

The past events that had been deliberately sealed came to Hatake Sumo's heart, and those details that he thought would be diluted by time instantly pierced his heart and tortured him...

He touched Kakashi's head with a serious expression:

"Kakashi! Remember Dosan's words! Don't use this power!"

Kakashi raised his head and looked at his father in confusion.

"Your mother is a genius of the Kaguya clan in Kirigakure Village... She... loves you very much! She won't want you to use this power!"

Hatake Sumo moved his lips slightly and wanted to say something, but the heavy past and everything that happened recently filled his mind and mixed with each other, so he could only gently touch Kakashi's silver hair and choose to remain silent. .

Sensing his father's deep sadness, Kakashi also chose not to continue this topic, but he also missed the last chance to get the truth from his father...

Neither of them spoke anymore, just holding each other's hands and walking around the house.

It's night, when everything is sleeping.

Hatake Sumo was sitting on his knees by the window, looking directly at the boundless night. He slowly took out a necklace from his body. On it was a small piece of polished finger bone. If you look closely, it looked similar to the finger bone that Kakashi shot during the day. …

The silver-haired girl's face appeared in his mind. She looked happy, sad, embarrassed, and crying... they were all so clear.

He thought he would forget her, but he didn't expect that she had taken root in his heart. Whenever he recalled it, it seemed as if she appeared in front of him and stabbed a bone knife into his heart, causing him great pain.

Kakashi will awaken her ability. This is something Hatake Sumo has been avoiding but knows very well. He always deceives himself in his heart, thinking that Kakashi will definitely not awaken the corpse vein.

But every time he thought like this, he would laugh at his naivety. Her talent was so powerful, how could Kakashi, as her son, not be stained by her shadow...

This cursed blood took her away from him, now it will take Kakashi away too?

Hatake Sumo's eyes lost focus and fell into memories. For a long time, he picked up the White Fang short blade with a firm expression.

He had an awareness, an awareness that ensured that his son would grow up safely... At the same time, he urgently needed an answer, an answer that had nothing to do with ninjas and Konoha.

No one knew what the question was in his mind.

He had abandoned his beloved for the sake of the village, and now it was time for him to atone for his sins.

The figure of the silver-haired girl crying gradually overlapped with the face of the pharmacist Nonou that day. Hatake Sumo stood up straight, took off the Konoha forehead protector and gently placed it by the window, and took a deep look at the sleeping figure. Kakashi engraved his face in his mind, then picked up the short blade and walked towards the boundless night outside the window...

In the Konoha orphanage, after countless sleepless nights, the pharmacist Nonoyu finally fell into a deep sleep.

The white-haired ninja stood quietly in front of her bed, looking at her with a complex expression under the moonlight...