Kakashi followed closely behind her in silence. He ached to hold her and tell her that none of this was real, but he couldn't; it had all truly happened. Uchiha Itachi had slaughtered the Uchiha clan.
He knew that the Uchiha clan was arrogant, that Itachi’s power had grown at an alarming rate, and that the ANBU Root was no clean place. Had Itachi truly been corrupted by Root’s ideology so quickly?
That kiss—it must have been a farewell. Reluctant, yet determined. Knowing it was impossible, he had still insisted on leaving Feitao with a lingering memory.
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