*4 Years Later*

Jerking away sweating profusely with his Mangekyou Sharingan activated and his Purple Lightning in hand has become something Kakashi Hatake has gotten used to. It's also something that happened once again this morning. Blinking his Mangekyou away and draining the chakra from his lightning he sighs as he closes his eyes slightly and a tear rolls down his cheek and he whispers, "Not again… Never." while the words are unhearable to the world it is spoken with such conviction, the conviction of a man who knows he has the power to change the world. Shaking his head he stands out of his bed and proceeds to do his morning rituals.

Rubbing his masked chin he sighs slightly as he drops down in front of the memorial stone his book open in his left hand as he just stares at it. While most believe when he's here he's simply mourning - and while he does mourn that's not all he does. He plans, he thinks, and he gets control of his emotions. As rule #25 states - A shinobi must never show emotions. When he was younger he thought this meant they had no emotions but no - this rule means that a shinobi can't get distracted by his emotions - or distract others, thus showing no emotions.

After a few hours of a mixture of mourning, planning, and mental training he disappears from the memorial stone with no sound, smell, or even a simple leaf to show that he was ever at the memorial stone immediately finding himself in front of the Hokage Tower he puts his precious up to his face starting to read as he climbs the tower ignoring the receptionist and without knocking walks into the Hokage's room. Looking up as he hears someone clearing their throat he eye smiles and the Hokage says clear amusement in his voice, "Kakashi-kun… You're late by 3 hours for team assignments… Again. For the 6th time in a row." With the last part of a sentence added on a bit of frustration bleeds through as Kakashi looks up and says, "... Team assignments?" As he says that the Hokage and the surrounding ANBU's face slam into the ground at the Army Killer who can't even remember he got assigned students that day.

"Yes, Kakashi-Kun… Team 23 - remember?" With a sealless audio genjutsu of cricket sounds applied Kakashi doesn't apply for a few moments until… "Maybeee? That's the one with Naomi, Kai, and Shimi right?" There's a snort from the rafters as the Hokage sighs loudly and says, "That was 3 years ago Kakashi… Your team is Mimo, Kazu, and Tarski." Blinking slightly Kakashi opens his mouth for a second and then shakes his head and disappears appearing in front of the Ninja Academy his hidden cheeks blushing - he really was out of it today.

Walking in perfectly on time he lifts his lone eye up to scan the strangely empty classroom he sees his 3 new failure- ahem students and his eye curls into a smile as he hears, "YOU'RE LATE!" from all 3 of them. Shaking his head and letting out a tsk he eye smiles at them and says wisely like the sage he is, "Am I late - or are you early?" Once again he applies his Cricket Genjutsu as for a moment the chibis are flabbergasted till they once again scream, "NO YOU'RE LATE!" shaking his head at them he says, "Meet me up at the Roof - don't be late!" with those perfectly reasonable words he disappears to only appear a millisecond later on top of the roof.

Shaking his head at the chibi's who appeared on the roof 30 seconds later he shoves the estimated 4.4 mph of movement aside and claps his hand and beckons to the floor in front of them to sit as he says, "Now now chibi's how about we introduce each other, ne?" As he says that he lazily eye smiles at them. Like so many of the other children for some reason, the girl raises her hand slightly and says, "a... Ano Sensei but how about you introduce yourself first so we know how to do it?" Clasping his book shut he sighs lightly but eye smiles as he nods his head, "Alright then, my name is Kakashi Hatake, I have many likes and few dislikes, my goal I don't want to tell you, my hobbies you'll have to wait a few years for, and as for my dream... " To save Konoha "Well I don't have one right now!" Ignoring the girl squealing as he says his name he claps his hands making sure his precious doesn't get hurts and nods his head towards the girl, "You're first!"

Sometime later...

"WHAT DO YOU MEAN WE AREN'T GENIN YET?"

The next day…

"WHAT DO YOU MEAN WE FAIL?"

"Well it's quite simple, you didn't feed your teammate who was tied up! This shows poor teamwork as you needed all of your teammates to be functioning properly in order to work together properly in order to take my two bells!"

Something in the air shifts - something powerful - but also something that has simply seen too much and knows too much, something that is terrifying and is unable for the brains of mere mortals to understand - causing the genin to become terrified as Kakashi's face begins to shadow, "Remember this… In the Ninja world, those who break the rules and laws are considered trash. But... those who would abandon even one of their comrades? They are worse than trash. Do you understand? If we're us Shinobi are scum anyway, we might as well become even bigger scums as long as it's to protect our comrades." As he says that he looks each of them in the eye and seeing the understanding, determination, and admiration in their eyes he nods his head and his very weak Presence disappears from the surrounding area. "Now then, why don't you guys untie your new friend, eat lunch, think about what you could have done better, and then try again next term, ne?" With those words said he disappears into a puff of smoke - making the students think he's super cool and anyone watching realizes the man was simply a Shadow Clone.

Walking into Hokage-samas office Kakashi glances at the ANBU for a second then looks at his Hokage with a book in hand-eye appearing to be reading it. "Aah excellent Kakashi-kun! You're on time for once. Now I have an important mission for you. You see recently we had a Jounin specialized in Stealth and Assassination go rogue," at this point he hands over the folder, "He has classified information on some of our ANBU Black Ops he worked with as well as some specifics on our sensory barrier, your job is to track him down and make sure he doesn't make it to wherever he's going. Understood?" For once being serious Kakashi flips through the folder for a few moments then shakes his head, "Understood Hokage-sama" with those words said he disappears to only appear with a Jounin Flak Jacket on, resistance seals off, and Ninjato strapped across his back in front of a house. Sharingan flicking on for a second as he walks through the door he inhales making sure he has the scent then simply walks back out the door and begins to track his target.

*POV Shift*

Resting my body against a tree after a 12 hour straight dead sprint I take deep breaths as I begin to fiddle with my pouch making sure the sealing scroll is there and when I see it is I begin to grab for a field ration I see a blur of white as my eyes begin to shut - the last thing I'll ever see is the glowing red eyes of The Copy Cat Ninja.

*POV Shift*

Flicking the blood off my blade while applying Water Chakra to it I begin to scrounge around until I find what I'm looking for. Pulling the sealing scroll out and unraveling it I quickly check it over before applying chakra and out comes a few smaller scrolls and a few books. Looking through the information I frown slightly at the information. There's no way this guy could have gotten some of this stuff. I only know of a few spies currently in Konoha at this time - there's no way that idiot Mizuki could have gotten it so either Kabuto or Danzo gave this guy the information here. Sighing slightly I seal up the books and scrolls and scavenge the rest of his body. Finding nothing of worth I apply some wind chakra to my hand and cut off his head. Snapping my fingers his body lights on fire and I seal away his head and begin to leisurely jog casually breaking the sound barrier multiple times over.

"I went to the targets home to catch his scent, then proceeded to track him as he went west of Konoha towards the borders of Rain Country. I managed to catch up to him before he got to Rain Country and proceeded to take him down with my Ninjato. I then searched his body and found a sealing scroll on - I then proceeded to check it with my Sharingan before unsealing it finding the enclosed Books and Scrolls. Checking the rest of his body and finding nothing else, I cut off his head enclosed in this scroll and proceeded to burn his body and make my way back home Hokage-sama." The Hokage looks through the sealed scroll with books and other scrolls for a few moments before nodding his head, "I expect a written report in the coming days with any sensitive information you managed to find while searching through the scrolls and books to be omitted. You'll get your pay voucher the next time you come in. If that's it?" Kakashi nods his and pulls out his book and with a wave sinks through the floorboards.

"Hokage-Sama?" "Hmm?" "Who does Kakashi-Senpai do that?" There's a wistful sigh from the Hokage as he inhales from his pipe and exhales it as it forms into a dragon he replies, "I have no idea… But forcibly retiring him from ANBU might have been the best idea I've ever done based on that 1 year of training he did. Hell, if he keeps this up I might just give him this hat." In response to that a loud scream is heard throughout the Elemental Nations a shouted "NEVER! I WILL NEVER TAKE A DESK JOB AGAIN!" Then a loud boom is heard - which any good Shinobi is immune to as the Sound Barrier is once again broken as Kakashi Hatake runs from the Hokage whimpering about 'Disgusting Paperwork… Devil Spawn…'

AN1: How'd you like the chapter? Any tips? Any complaints? Anything will help me out here :) I quite like the humor I've added showing how if the Naruto Anime/Manga was in Kakashi's point of view how 100% of the off-duty stuff would be a crackfic and the on-duty shit would be 100% badassery. Also I've got a bit of a character sheet that shows the Jutsu's that you may see at any point in the story and General Kakashi Ninja Shit - it doesn't state specifically how much chakra, how faster, or how strong he is. But then again - it's pretty obvious how faster, how strong, and how much chakra he has. Any ideas on how to share it with you guys?

AN2: I did the math on the movement from the classroom to the roof. I ruled that he had to move 200 ft which in a millisecond is roughly .02% of the speed of light. When I estimate that 8th gate guy gains a 1000x boost overall from the gates (probably a nerf actually?) then that's actually quite reasonable because if Kakashi used that same effort while in eighth gate he would only be moving at 20% the speed of light - whereas Guy was estimated to be moving at 99.999999% the speed of light in the eighth gate. I'll note that Kakashi wasn't actually going max speed here and it was a casual feat and that he is also currently wearing Resistance Seals because he isn't on a mission and it isn't wartime and he knows nothing will happen. However, I thought it was quite nice to add to show how fast Kakashi really is. I also like the 'casually breaking the sound barrier multiple times over.

AN3: As you can see - when it isn't necessary - quite frankly Kakashi acts insane. Which he is. He lived through the Third and Fourth Great Ninja War while being a commander in the Fourth. He had just recently truly gotten over his best friends death to find out that his best friend was actually alive and was trying to kill them all. He was an ANBU Commander for 2 years and an ANBU Captain for a few years before that. He was the Sixth Hokage in which he learned horrific top secret information. He watched all of his friends die. Not just his Konoha friends but friends from across the Nations. He was forcibly transported nearly 3 decades back in time - in which he has to now live with seeing people he saw dead. Not to mention the whole Pein Arc where he actually died. So yeah, Kakashi has a few good reasons to act fucking insane. Some people are gonna say, "Oh do a Psych Eval from a Yamanaka and he won't be cleared for duty." What do I say to that? Fuck that. Kakashi 100% know how to block his mind from a Yamanaka if necessary and to top that off they made a Drunkard with millions of dollars in gambling debts, who hadn't seen a true fight in over a decade and was out of her prime the Hokage. Do you really think they care if their strongest Shinobi is a bit fucking Insane? They were cool with Jiraiya and Tsunade being insane why wouldn't they be cool with their only wielder of the Sharingan that knows 5 elements, Yin release, Yang release and is master of numerous Taijutsu styles be insane? Eventually, the Purple Lightning will come out as he has had no reason to use it yet and then they'll care even less. Not to mention in recent years he's had no reason to use Kamui, Tsukuyomi, Susanoo, Lightning Armor, Kirin, Chidori Current, Chidori Senbon, Lightning Beast Tracking Fang, Lightning Transmission, Lightning: Rasengan, Purple Lightning Jutsus, Great Fire Annihilation and Destruction, Great Flame Rasengan, Uchiha Flame Formation, Earth and Stone Dragon, A Thousand Feeding Sharks, Exploding Water Colliding Waves, Great Shark Bullet, Great Waterfall, Rasenshuriken, Drilling Air Bullets, Great Breakthrough, or Pressure Damage. So if his fame and infamy are being increased without using any of his heavy hitting Jutsu that he's copied/learnt why would they care once they learnt about them?