"The truth..."
The village told him the truth was that the Nine-Tails' rampage had caused the Fourth Hokage's death.
Danzo told him that the root of it all was the Uchiha clan.
And now... the culprit Danzo spoke of was going to tell him the truth as well.
Shh—
The flames melted away like falling snow. Uchiha Sora leaned against a tree by the roadside and smiled faintly. "It doesn't matter if you don't want to hear it. Leave your Sharingan behind, and I'll let you go."
Whoosh.
Kakashi leaped down from a branch and slowly approached Uchiha Sora. "I'll listen. But this eye was a gift from Obito. If you want it, kill me first—"
"The one who caused the Fourth Hokage's death was Uchiha Obito."
—
Kakashi's foot stopped in midair, never landing, as though his entire body had been frozen in time.
"Y-You... what kind of joke is this?!"
His furious rage temporarily overwhelmed his instinctive fear. After a brief pause, Kakashi drew a kunai and charged at Uchiha Sora at top speed.
Crash!
Bang!!
Their figures crossed. An instant later, Uchiha Sora snatched away Kakashi's kunai, drove it through the back of his hand, and pinned him to the ground.
"Questions and answers are too slow. See for yourself."
He grabbed Kakashi by his spiky hair and forced their eyes to meet.
A surging wave of ocular power crashed into Kakashi's mind like a savage beast.
Images began to weave themselves together.
A familiar scene...
Konoha Cemetery, before Rin and Obito's gravestones.
Just as usual, Kakashi replaced the flowers and cleaned the graves.
He stood before the gravestones for a long time, murmuring softly...
Sensei's wife is pregnant. Watching a new life grow... it really is a different kind of experience.
That child... will probably