Looking at the publication details at the end of the book, Kakashi felt strangely empty.
He really didn't seem to be quite so sad anymore.
Was it because his attention had been diverted?
Or did he genuinely love innocent romance stories like this?
Naruto in the book was a simple soul, yet he could abandon everything he had once believed in for Sakura...
It was as though they were the only two people in the world.
The whole world made way for this young couple.
Their teachers couldn't stop them, their village couldn't stop them, the villains couldn't stop them, and neither could slander. They were made for each other.
Kakashi thought of Rin.
He closed the book.
When he looked up, it was already dark outside.
The woman had fallen asleep holding her child, leaning against the wooden door. The three men were still lying facedown on the floor. Whenever their bodies grew sore, they quietly shifted a little, but none dared move too much.
Kakashi rose from the floor.
All five instantly woke with a start, stirring up a commotion inside the ruined temple.
The three men feared they might be killed at any moment, while Karin and her mother feared he might do something terrible to them.
Kakashi walked to the doorway, stepped over the threshold, and looked out into the night.
"What's your name?"
Kakashi asked casually. If he wanted to find meaning, he couldn't simply wait for it to come knocking, could he? He needed to take a proper look at this shinobi world.
The woman froze at his question. After a moment's hesitation, she cautiously spoke.
"I wouldn't dare hide it from you. My name is Rin Uzumaki."
Her surname could all too easily bring disaster upon her, but her red hair was far