Kakashi's POV

It's over.

Kaguya Otsutsuki has won and I'm the only one left.

I have no chakra left other than the kyuubi chakra given to me by Naruto as a final gift. The last gift that he will ever give me. I remember his last words as he gave me the gift so well...

"Go back."

Those were his final words and then death took him away from me. Death always has cursed me by taking those closest to me.

Minato.

Rin.

My father.

Naruto.

The village.

And once, I thought that death has taken my friend Obito. I thought it a blessing that he was alive, but no. It was only a curse. Eventually he was taken by deaths hand too.

Look at where I am now.

No luck.

No hope.

Just holding the dead body of the once ray of sunshine in my arms. He alive just moments ago.

"Go back."

Those words. Naruto's final words. They were stuck in the back of my brain.

Tears were slipping from my eyes. Like a waterfall, they streamed down my face.

"Go back."

Dead bodies of once comrades surrounded me. They will never get a proper burial. Heck, they didn't even get a proper life.

"Go back."

Tears falling down my face, I laid down my student softly and began to search for survivors. Their dead eyes that once had life in them stared at me.

"Go back."

I wish I could of done something. Something that could change all of this. The deaths of my students played in my brain.

"Go back."

Those words. What did he mean by them? Why did he give me all that chakra. I slipped my hand in my pocket surprised to see something there. I pulled it out and found a paper with a seal on it. It was Naruto's handy work. I could tell by the design.

"Go back."

I wiped the tears from my eyes and forced my brain to concentrate on the symbols on the seal. The two that stood out to me the most were the symbols that stood for Reverse and Time.

"Go back."

Those words. Could he have possibly meant go back in time? Has Naruto figured something out. I chuckled lightly to myself at a past memory but that chuckle quickly turned to tears.

He really is the most unpredictable ninja.

Wiping my tears, I sat down and laid the seal on the war beaten ground.

It's now or never.

I put my hand on the seal and channeled every last bit of chakra I could into the seal. It immediately began to glow.

I felt myself losing consciousness, but I forced myself to stay awake. Naruto gave me the kyuubi's chakra for this reason. I will not let it go to waste.

The seal began to glow brighter and brighter until... everything went dark.

...

I felt the softness of a blanket when I woke up. A luxury I never had in the time of war.

What happened?

Memories began to rush through my head and tears began to slip down my face.

Naruto. Sasuke. Sakura.

Their deaths played through my head and I remember seeing there dead bodies. Each of them died with a smile on their face.

Before I knew it, I began to sob. I cried and cried and cried. I wanted to be alone, but I didn't anymore. I pulled my black bedsheets over my head, deciding to be alone.

I don't care if I'm in the past to fix things right now. All I can think about is their deaths.

Over.

And over.

Again.

What is that smell? Is that blood? Of course it is. How could I forget? It was the only thing that I smelled on the battle ground.

I saw Sakura get skewered by a white Zetsu. Right in the heart before she could activate her 100 healing jutsu. Blood poured out of her body and she coughed up a bit of blood. Before the life left her eyes, she muttered to me,

"Don't let them win."

She smiled and the life left her eyes.

She was the first of my students to die.

I began to cry harder. Mucus was making my mask wet, but I didn't care. All I want is my students back. They- they aren't even alive right now!

I began to cry harder- if that was even possible. Small wails escaped me.

They aren't alive right now because I know for a fact that I am definitely smaller. I think that I am around 11?

I need my students! They were mine and they were taken away! Naruto was going to become Hokage one day and I was going to be by his side cheering him on. Right? Right?

I need someone or something familiar right now. I bit my thumb and summoned my hounds.

"What do you want-" Pakkun stopped talking when he saw my condition. He quickly cuddled up to me muttering kind words and I just cried and cried into his fur.

All of the other dogs surrounded me as if they were protecting me. They helped ease the pain a little, but that did not stop the sadness.

Minato's POV

"Where's that Bakashi at?" Obito fumed. "He's 3 hours late, that's even later than me!"

Obito does have a point. Kakashi was known for being at least 15 minutes early. It was quite unusual for him to be late. Maybe I should check on him and see if he's okay.

I came out of my thoughts and saw Rin try to tame an angry Obito. I coughed to get their attention.

"You guys stay here and do your usual warm ups. I'm going to check and see if Kakashi's all right," I told them in a kind yet firm voice.

"I want to come with you," Obito told me angrily. "Cause if he is alright, I'd like to give him a piece of my mind."

I was about to tell him no, but thought better of it since he would probably just follow me anyway. "Alright then, you come to Rin."

"Yes sensei."

"I'll go in first and you two will wait outside, I'll just use my yellow flash technique to get us there quicker. Alright?"

"Yes." They said in unison.

I grabbed both of them and flashed in front of Kakashi's apartment.

"You two wait here."

I climbed the metal steps that lead to the second floor and went to Kakashi's door. I know that he's home. I can feel his chakra but it seemed different somehow. I knocked but heard no response. I pressed my head against the door and I heard a faint sniffle.

No this wasn't an allergy sniffle. It sounded like he was crying. I bet I'm wrong though. There is no way that my cool and composed student that never shows emotion is crying. I knocked again.

"Kakashi? Are you alright?"

There was no response. This was definitely unlike him. There must be something seriously wrong.

"Kakashi!" I banged on the door a little desperate. "Please answer me!"

Still no answer. I quickly went into action and used my chakra to unlock the door and run in. I wasn't ready for what I saw.

Kakashi was tucked away under his sheets and his summons surrounded him. I heard a bunch of sniffling and I saw that he was shaking underneath.

"Kakashi?" I asked tenderly while approaching. He hounds immediately growled at me and tensed.

It's obvious that they won't let me get too close to him without his permission.

"Are you alright?"

I still got no response from him and his hounds weren't taking their eyes off me.

I took a step closer but they all growled at me. I held up my hands and pleaded. "Please let me see my student."

The smaller one, Pakkun I think, seemed to consider it for a moment. He then said,

"It should be fine, he's Kakashi's sensei after all."

The hounds seemed to back off a little bit at his words but they still looked at me like I was a threat.

I slowly walked up to Kakashis' bed and slowly pulled the cover that was covering his face down. I nearly gasped at how awful he looked. I wasn't preparing myself for this.

His eyes were red and puffy and he had tear streaks down his face. His mask was covered in mucus and tears. And worse of all, his eyes just had a dead look in them. Like he has seen too much. But he hasn't fought much in the war, they shouldn't look like that. He has gone threw a great deal of pain... has he been hiding it all this time.

"Sen- sensei?" I heard Kakashi mutter.

"Yes?" I asked in concern. Kakashi began to cry more, but he sat up.

What surprised me more was that he pulled down his mask.

"I'm sorry," he cried out and began to sob harder.

My brow furrowed in concern. "You have nothing to be sorry for."

"Ye- yes I do!" he wailed. "I am probably the worst student that you could probably have! I don't even know why you bother with me."

"Kakashi..." I trailed off. I didn't know that he had these pent up emotions. And the fact that he took off his mask in front of me showed that he had complete trust in me.

"Yo Bakashi," I heard Obito yell. I noticed that Kakashi tensed up and pulled up his mask. "Are you alri- oh..."

Obito's head popped through the door as he said the last sentence and he got a good look at Kakashi. He scratched the back of his head unsure of what to do.

"Is Kakashi alright Obito?" I heard Rin say. Her footsteps approached and she peeked through the door and saw the state that Kakashi was in. "I'm sorry sensei... Are you alright Kakashi."

I looked at Kakashi unsure of what he'll do. He looked like he'd seen a ghost. His features began to melt into nonchalance and he said, "I'm fine."

{June 11, 2018}