Especially after mastering Iron-Cutting Swordsmanship, Kakashi had grown considerably more arrogant.
The real reason was that everything had gone too smoothly for him. Although Chihane still stood above him, Kakashi had never lost to anyone his own age other than Chihane.
In the original story, Kakashi's arrogance had already shown itself during the Battle of Kannabi Bridge. He had acted recklessly on the battlefield, willing to stab anyone with the Lightning Blade he had created.
Only Obito's death and the loss of his eye to the Iwa shinobi Taiseki had made Kakashi recognize his limitations.
But now, thanks to the massive butterfly effect caused by Chihane, none of those things that should have happened had come to pass.
Kakashi still maintained his record of being undefeated among his peers except for Chihane. At just thirteen, he had already become an elite jonin of Konoha.
His formidable swordsmanship had even earned him the title of Konoha's New White Fang among ninja from other villages.
At that thought, Chihane gazed worriedly toward Amegakure. Nagato, I'm counting on you. You have to let Kakashi taste defeat.
Land of Rain
Akatsuki base
"Morning Peacock!!!"
Flames filled the sky and rained down like meteors, striking the Akatsuki ninja and clearing an empty zone across the battlefield.
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Twenty-four gleaming white sword flashes swept past, accompanied by twenty-four silver-white flying slashes that tore across the battlefield. Severed limbs littered the ground in their wake, clearing another empty zone.
And there was much more besides. By now, the area in front of the Akatsuki base had descended into utter chaos.
And it had all begun three hours earlier.
Three hours earlier
In a dense forest not far from Amegakure
Kakashi, Might Guy, Genma Shiranui, and