Hatake Residence.
"I'm back!"
With a cheerful shout, a white-haired, spiky-headed boy wearing a black mask over the lower half of his face rushed into the house.
"Dad, let's go practice swordsmanship!"
Kakashi, who had just charged into the courtyard like an excited puppy, slid to a stop beside a white-haired man wearing Konoha's green flak jacket and a half-sleeved Hokage Cloak draped over his shoulders.
Seeing him organizing his ninja tool pouch, his voice became somewhat disappointed.
"Are you going on another mission?"
Hearing Kakashi's unhappiness, Hatake Sakumo paused what he was doing and turned around. One hand rested on his son's white hair as he asked with a smile, "How did you get along with your classmates today?"
"Hmph~" At his father's question, Kakashi immediately put on an arrogant expression. "They're all too weak. Not one of them can put up a fight."
"Hehe." Sakumo chuckled. "Then did you make any new friends? Boys or girls, either is fine~"
"No." The images of two classmates flashed through Kakashi's mind, and he quickly shook his head. "The class is full of either lovestruck idiots or dead-last fools. Who could possibly be worth being friends with?"
"What about Might Guy?"
"Might Guy? He's another dead-last loser. He's a little better than one particular idiot, but there's nothing worth mentioning."
At this point, Kakashi did not take the bowl-cut boy seriously at all.
However, Hatake Sakumo did not agree.
"Don't underestimate your classmates, Kakashi." He ruffled his son's hair. "That boy from the Might Family has potential no less than yours. If you don't work hard, you might not be able to beat him in the future!"
Young Kakashi scoffed at his father's claim. That Might Guy, who could not last more than a few moves against him and only knew