The moment he landed on the balcony he could see the glass sliding door was covered in blood. He made no sign of concern and ventured inside with easy. The mans bedroom was as plain for a person that held no character or personality to give but it did have on little thing that most rooms in any household lack, the bloody stain sheets that covered the bed.

Upon exiting the room into the hallway, white cream walls with red smear of blood going a long it, he always questioned the man. He didn't care but he also didn't understand why the man would let himself go through so much pain when he could simply just go to the hospital to get healed. By the time he made it down the stairs, Kakashi was in the living room stitching himself up with a few grunts here and there.

"What the hell do you want?"

He looked at his spike silvered hair before speaking in monotone. "Danzo order me to come see you."

"Tsk, and?"

"He wonder what you were doing at the academy."

Kakashi head only turned the slightest towards the man."I didn't have enough charka to make it past there. Is that all Yamato?" He narrowed his eyes at him before turning back to what he was doing.

"Danzo has another mission for you." In an instant, he has caught a kunai between his fingers before it could do him any harm.

Kakashi was now fully facing him with menacing aura. "Get the fuck out or next time I won't give you time to catch it."

Hiruzen fingers tapped against the wooden desk as he watched the chakra filled sphere in front of him. As experienced as he was, he had made a right choice to watch Kakashi when he came back into office few years ago. He was concerned of the mans well being but he couldnt do anything to help him because he would always turned it down. He found it better to watch over him but as time progressed the more he realized how unstable he was getting.

He leaned back into his chair and looked over the photo of Minato. He remembered the day Minato and his wife had sacrificed themselves for the village. It was a week later that he was put back into office and saw what state Kakashi was in first hand.

"That would be all. Dismissed." He watched genin team exit out of his office then turned back to the empty area in front of him just in time to see an ANBU appear before him. "I see the mission was a success."

"Yes, Lord Hokage." He presented the report to him then stood up straight and waited for him to be dismissed.

After taking few minutes to read it over, he closed it and gave him a warm smile. "It is okay to relax now Kakashi. Please, take off your mask."

Without question he did as he was told but what Hiruzen saw in his eyes made his stomach turn.

They were dead.

He picked up his pipe and looked outside of his window to see his fellow ninja's and civilians passing by but one person caught his eye. Her exotic pink hair flew in the air as she ran towards her home happily. It brought a temporary smile to his face before his thoughts went back to Kakashi.

The orange hue started to full the night sky signaling that new day had come but for Hiruzen, it was just the sign of light filling his day.

"Lord Hokage."

"Ah, Gai. I hope you handle the intruder issue already." He didn't bother looking up at the Jounin and continue on with his never ending paperwork.

"Yes but we have a slight problem."

He let his words to sunk into him before he put down his work and made eye contact with an uneasy aura forming around him. "What is it?"

"You." He took a moment to pause to keep himself from sounding frightened. "You need to come see it."

The moment Hiruzen took step into the eastern part of the village his stomach turned at the sight before him. Two, of what was people, wear sliced apart and scattered around the open area while what he presume to be a child that could be at the age of ten, maybe eleven, decapitated.

In the middle stood Kakashi, blood dripped off his face at hit the puddle beneath him making ripple on the ground. He made his way towards the Hokage even though he carelessly stepped on the bodies with no sense of emotion in his eyes.

"Kakashi..."

In the distance, screams of terror could be heard by the villagers. A man in dripping in blood early in the morning wasn't something anyone wanted to see.

Mebuki dried her hands on the apron she was wearing while she watched her eight year old door walk to the door.

"Sakura, honey, where are you going off to now? You just got home from school."

Sakura lowered her head and put her hands behind her back nervously. She was rather confused herself at the sudden decision she made today but she was more afraid what he mother would say when she told her. Talking a deep breath, she spoke in a quieter tone. "Well, I was going to go watch Sasuke-kun train but Naruto asked me to go to the playground to play. At first I was going to say no but... but I didn't feel like seeing Sasuke-kun train. So, I said yes to him."

She didn't look up at her but the stern call of her name made her jump in fright. "Sakura."

"Y-yes?"

Mebuki eyes soften at her daughter. She knew that most of the village hated the boy but Kizashi and her saw no harm from the boy. She still couldn't help but say the only few words she tells her everytime she leaves the house. "Please be careful."

Sakura's head shot up and a grin had made a way onto her face, "Yes, ma'am."