Vilification

Dark, gloomy, lumps of clouds overcast the forest of Konohagakure, sending the land in complete darkness. Rain whiz out from the sky and ping as well as thunk angrily onto the grass and trees below them. The leaves rustle noisily together as the howling wind blows. A deafening, thunderous clap echoes around, managing to cause the ground to shake. 

In this type of weather it would be difficult for civilians as well as shinobis to see and hear anything, it would especially be more difficult in the forest. However, amidst the forest, if you have sharp hearing, you could almost hear the sounds of metal clashing roughly against each other.

A deadly fight of life and death between a group of Anbu, as well as Root agents, and a male shinobi, is currently taking place in the middle of the forest. Unexpectedly, the shinobi fighting against the agents isn't some random S-class missing-nin, he's Hatake Kakashi, the Copy Nin, who is also known to be very loyal to his village no matter what.

A Root agent, with their sword drawn, jumps forwards to attack Kakashi. He blocks the attack with his kunai and kicks the Root member and jumps back a few feet away when an ANBU member attacks him swiftly from above the trees. Kakashi, who had his Sharingan eye out, glares at all the agents as they slowly approach him.

Why is this happening to me.

Earlier in the morning, Kakashi, who has a day off, had been trying to get more shut-eye, due to the same nightmares that kept him awake everyday. He opened his eyes slightly when a loud rumbling noise outside had caused his house to vibrate slightly.

Huh? Sounds like a thunderstorm is emerging.

Kakashi suddenly had a bad feeling, however he had drifted off to sleep, before a loud and demanding knock came from his front door. Kakashi glares up at his ceiling and looks at the clock on his side table to see only about an hour has passed. He sighs and moves to get up to get changed. He dressed in his usual jounin attire, mask, fingerless gloves and tied his hitai-ate around the sharingan eye.

Guess they decided to give me a last minute mission... Hurray, exhausting missions, here I come.

Kakashi shuffled his way to the front door, just as the knocking turned into loud impatient banging. When he finally opens the door, he sees an Anbu standing in front of him.

"Hatake Kakashi, by the orders from Lady Tsunade. You are under arrest and to come with me silently to the Hokage office."

Kakashi, whose mind is a little hazy from his short sleep, stares blankly at the ANBU agent in front of him. He blinks himself awake and straightens, once he registers the words said to him.

" Wait, arrested? For what? Reading one of my books out in public. If that's her reason for arresting me, she'll need to do better than that." Kakashi does his usual eye smiling and chuckle lightheartedly, thinking that this is all a big joke. This was not what he had expected when being woken up rudely by harsh knocking on his door.

He would deeply appreciate it, if he could get more shut-eye. That's if him being arrested is all a big joke after all. Unfortunately for him it wasn't, because before he knows it, he's been roughly grabbed and tossed over a shoulder, like a sack of potatoes, by the ANBU agent.

"H-Hey, wait a moment! I have legs you know! I can just go with you to the Hokage with my own two legs!" Kakashi squawked, while the ANBU simply ignored his protest and began running and jumping over the roofs of other buildings, towards the Hokage Building.

Once they've arrived in the Hokage office, Kakashi is tossed harshly onto the floor, causing air to be knocked out of him. "Thank you Grizzly, you are dismissed", Tsunade ordered. ANBU 'Grizzly' bows to Tsunade and leaves quickly out the window. Kakashi mutters out 'rude! ', as he slowly gets some air back into him. He looks towards the Fifth Hokage to see her writing something on her desk.

Kakashi could sense how tense the atmosphere was around him. He cautiously gets up and shifts uncomfortably on his feet, not knowing exactly what to say and the reason why he's here. He's still hoping that him being arrested is still a joke or possibly a misunderstanding.

"So... are you arresting me for still reading my favourite book out in public?" Kakashi smiles innocently under his mask, however it goes away when Tsunade slams her writing material on the desk and glares directly into Kakashi's eye.

"For once in your life, stop treating everything like a joke! Kakashi, you're here because you've been accused of murdering, not two, not three, but seven, shinobis!"

Kakashi gasps in shock and disbelief. First at seven shinobis had managed to be killed in this village, Second, he was being accused of these murders! Kakashi furrows his eyebrows as he stares at Tsunade, he tries not to take a step back from the intense stare she has directed at him.

"These shinobis had been found dead at an alley by unsuspecting civilians, we've concluded that they've been dead since last night. An Anbu team that was sent there to investigate, found some stray strands of your hair, felt what could possibly be your chakra and that's not all, one of the victims seem to have the familiar wound that could only be caused by your Chidori." Tsunade clenches her fist atop the desk as she looks at Kakashi with anger, confusion and betrayal.

Kakashi shakes his head, suddenly feeling light-headed and tries not to stumble down to the floor while he weakly utters out, "... I... didn't do... it..." Kakashi didn't need to see himself to be able to tell that his face must look very pale.

" I want to believe that you didn't do this, I really do, but all this evidence that I've received, all points directly to you. Everybody in this village has even believed that you have done this as part of revenge. Because these shinobis share the same hatred against your father, Hatake Sakumo!" Kakashi tries not to flinch when his father's name is mentioned.

Before he could even utter a single word, the doors behind him were suddenly slammed open and Danzo strolls straight in with some of his ROOT agents with him.

"I think that is enough of chit-chatting with this murderer here, Lady Tsunade. It's time to take him to where he belongs, before his execution", Danzo said calmly. He motions at two of his agents and immediately, two Root agents grabbed Kakashi's arms in a tight grip.

" WHAT! LET GO OF ME! TSUNADE, PLEASE! THIS ALL HAS TO BE A BIG MISUNDERSTANDING, I DIDN'T KILL THOSE SHINOBIS!!!"

Kakashi looks pleadingly at Tsunade with his visible single eye, wanting her, no, needing her to believe he hadn't killed those shinobis, she speaks about. Tsunade clenches her fists at her side, as she looks away in shame and guilt with her eyes closed tightly not wanting to see Kakashi expression any longer.

At that moment, Kakashi felt something in him break inside. He bows his head, causing his expression to be unreadable.

Before the Root ninjas were able to move Kakashi out the Hokage office, Kakashi kicked the one on his right, behind their leg causing them to lose both their balance and grip on him. Swiftly, Kakashi uses his freed arm to grab the kicked nin and slammed him against the one grabbing his left arm.

Freed with both arms, Kakashi immediately bolts away while hearing Danzo order his nins to capture him. He decides to run where there were lots of people, hoping to lose them among the crowds.

However, it turned out to be a terrible mistake, because, instantly in every civilians he passed by, in their eyes there was only anger, disgust, hatred and bloodlust directed only towards him.

The villagers pointed and glared towards him as they screamed out, 'IT'S THE MURDERER!!!' , ' SOMEBODY CATCH HIM!! DON'T LET HIM ESCAPE!!!',' I'VE ALWAYS KNEW HE WOULD BE A DISGRACE!! JUST LIKE FATHER, LIKE SON!!!!'

Kakashi grits his teeth tightly as he begins jumping atop the roofs of buildings. Briefly looking behind him he could see that Root and even Anbu were on his trail. Kakashi's best bet now is to escape out of Konoha and fight them. Above him there was a loud rumbling sound, Kakashi saw huge, dense dark clouds covering up the sky, casting Konoha into complete darkness.

Kakashi takes his kunais out of his pouch and throws them behind him, just in time to collide with the other kunais thrown at him. Kakashi then proceeds to do a shadow clone jutsu, there were multiple of his clones, each were either fighting the agents back or running in separate directions to create a divergent for the real one to escape.

When Kakashi saw he's nearing Konoha's front gates, one by one his clones disappeared as he neared the gates. He looks behind him and curses, as a few more agents from Anbu and Root were behind him.

Once Kakashi was outside, immediately he went into the trees. The sky rumbles again and before Kakashi knows it, it's pouring heavily and a thunder boomed loudly, lighting up the gloomy sky. The darkness in the forest was bad enough, but now with the heavy rain, it manages to obstruct his vision and he could barely see anything in the trees.

Damn, a weather like this could even be difficult for Anbu and Root to navigate through here. I could use that to my advantage, but even I can barely see anything.

When Kakashi was jumping to another tree branch, he suddenly spins around and crossed his arm in a X-style, protecting his body as he's kicked to the ground.

Kakashi lands on the ground with a thud, however he swiftly pushes himself backward and onto his feet. Kakashi takes a kunai from his pouch and goes into a fighting stance, as he watches both Anbu and Root agents surrounding him.

Kakashi lifts his hitai-ate and from there a fight ensues and that's how Kakashi is now standing in the middle of the forest fighting all this agents and panting with exhaustion while glaring at all of them.

Unknown to all of them a cloaked figure watches in the darkness of the forest and on  top of a tree, watching the fight between them.

Kakashi knew he could escape, if he'd just kill them with a slice to the jugular or possibly use chidori on them. However, Kakashi can't bring himself to kill any Anbu, maybe Root, but not Anbu. He thinks, it could be he's still in a disbelieved state that his mindset still thinks of them as allies. 

That's why Kakashi would either only block their attacks, jutsu or not, or dodge them. Each time Kakashi uses a jutsu as a counter-attack he could feel himself getting strained from the overexertion. 

Kakashi's sight began to get blurry, causing him to not notice a sword coming and slash him across his chest. Luckily, somehow the wound is not that deep, which probably won't scar. However, he lets out a silent gasp as he stumbles back. 

The ANBU who had stabbed him, kicks him directly on the wound they made. Kakashi falls to the wet, muddy ground with a heavy thud, and tries not to whimper as he struggles to stand. However, he falls on his knees as he looks tiredly at the Anbu and Root surrounding him.

As they slowly advance towards him, Kakashi's eyes roll at the back of his head and before falling to the wet ground, a loud trembling roar echoes, making everything around to tremble, and everything turns black.

Kakashi slowly came to consciousness, but he kept his eyes closed and breathed slowly and evenly. Without moving, he tries to hear and feel his surroundings.

By the softness underneath him and his head, he's come to the conclusion he's in a bed with a blanket over him. He crosses out the idea, that he's in his room since it doesn't smell like it. He also crosses out the idea that he's in the hospital as there wasn't any medicine smell.

Kakashi decides to risk it and opens his eyes but closes them, due to the bright sunlight shining on him.

He once again opens his eyes, but slowly, and waits for them to adjust first before taking in his surroundings. He's apparently in someone's bedroom. The room itself wasn't too big nor was it too small. There wasn't much decoration nor furniture.

The room only consists, a couch, a TV, a bedside table and a bed. He sees his Konoha hitai-ate on top of the side table. Slightly across the bed is another door, which he thinks leads to the bathroom.

Kakashi's brows furrowed, not being able to recognise where and who's bedroom he's currently in. Just as he was about to explore his surroundings, a door to the right of the room opened.

The person entering makes Kakashi sit upright in alertness. However, he soon regrets it when his entire body hurts.

Oh, of course it had to be an Akatsuki... An Akatsuki who definitely has both a weird taste in fashion and colour for a mask...

"AH! You're finally awake!!! You've been out cold for three days. You should lay down or you're gonna ruin Tobi's hard work for you!" Kakashi glares at the intruder and tenses when hands lay on his bare shoulder and collarbone.

Kakashi swiftly shoves the hands off him and looks under the blanket to see he's...

PRACTICALLY ALMOST NAKED!!!

Cheeks slowly tinted in red, he slowly looks towards Lollipop-san and stares at him. "You... Did you undress me..."

Lollipop-san puts a hand at the back of his head as he looks away, while stuttering out, "W-Well Tobi had to be able to bandage you properly. Your clothes were also covered with dirt and were really bloodied up so Tobi took them off to wash it."

Why does he keep saying Tobi?! Who's Tobi?! Is he actually referring to himself in 3rd person?!

Kakashi furrows his eyebrows, as he scoots slightly away on the bed, "You-...", he holds the blanket closely above his bandaged chest, "You....pervert...."

Tobi flailed his arms around as panicking noises came from him, "A-AH!! NO, NO, NO, T-TOBI IS NOT A PERVERT! TOBI ACTUALLY SAVED YOU FROM A BUNCH OF BAD PEOPLE!! S-SO YOU SHOULD BE THANKING TOBI! ANYWAY, YOU MUST BE HUNGRY, YES?! TOBI WILL GO GET FOOD IMMEDIATELY!!!"

Speedily, Tobi exits the way he came in and slams the door shuttled in his rush.

Kakashi slowly lowers the blanket to his lap and slightly releases his grip on it. He shifts a bit so that his back now rests on the headboard.

Now that Kakashi is alone, questions all at once began swarming in his mind.

Where am I and what the hell happened... ? Last I remembered was that I was being chased by ANBU and ROOT, all because Konoha thought I...

...

Oh... Right...

Kakashi's eyebrows furrow as he clenches his eyes and fist shut tightly. His fist trembles as he takes deep breaths to calm himself.

W-Why..... Everybody though I killed them.....Even after all the years I have served for the village...

Inhale

... They still didn't hesitate to point their fingers at me and accuse me for the crimes I'm sure I didn't do!!!

Exhale

E-Even Tsunade....

Inhale

.... She.... Didn't... Believe me......

Exhale

...This is kind of like my father's situation all over again...

I....

... Hate....

.... Them.....

I... HATE... THE... VILLAGE

I HATE KONOHA!!!!!

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Meanwhile with Obito, he's currently halfway making his way to where the Akatsuki's kitchen is to do exactly what he had said. While on his way to get food, his mind was in a frenzy. His right eye and hand began to twitch a little, as he pouted.

Damn that bastard! I'm not a pervert! How else was I supposed to bandage all his injuries properly!!! His clothes were also sticky with blood, so I was doing him a favor by washing them!!! In fact he's the pervert, always reading that Kami forsaken book of his!!!

Once inside the kitchen, he began rummaging for anything edible that doesn't require for him to cook. He doesn't find anything until he sees a steaming hot meal with a lid on the counter, with a paper on top that says,

Dear Tobi,

While waiting for my food to cool down.....DON'T even THINK about taking this. This food belongs to ME! If I find this gone from the counter, I'll torture you slowly and painfully, than explode you alive and throw your corpse in a deep river where no one will find it EVER!!! SO DON'T TOUCH MY FOOD.... AGAIN!!!!

Obito stares at the letter for a while.

He then shrugs and crumples the paper, throwing it away and proceeds to take the meal with him and trudge his way back to his room.

Once he arrives at the front of his door, he opens it to see Kakashi sitting upright with his head protector in his right hand. He looks out the window with an unreadable expression.

This makes Obito shift uncomfortably, due to the heavy tension in the room. Kakashi doesn't even seem to know or maybe acknowledge him, even as he slowly closes the door.

"U-Um, Tobi... brought food... with him.....", he slightly raises the meal with one hand as he gestures to it with another.

Obito clears his throat, as silence still envelops them and Kakashi makes no movements. With slow steps, he approaches Kakashi cautiously and places the meal on the bedside table, and gently sits on the edge of the bed.

When he looked at Kakashi, he looked really angelic. The way the sun shines on his snowy hair and milky skin, makes him look like he's glowing. Even with the scar, it doesn't ruin his image, however the thing that does ruin it is that infuriating mask.

Obito had decided to keep the mask on for Kakashi, due to still respecting his privacy. He couldn't bring himself to take advantage of taking the mask off, even though he's an adult, he still can't help to be curious.

Another thing that ruins it are the bandages that cover the top part of his body and arms. Obito grits his teeth, however it doesn't stay long as he soon smirks. He remembers that as soon as Kakashi passed out from chakra exhaustion, he had maimed all those Anbu and Root agents, leaving a bloodbath.

Ha! Serve those BASTARDS right! However, this means that I might have exposed myself to the village.... What-the-fuck-ever, its still worth destroying those assholes.

When Obito focuses back on Kakashi he nearly jumps out of his skin, as Kakashi blankly stares at him, then goes back to staring out the window again.

Obito sits there awkwardly, not knowing what to do or what to say. Obito tries to say something to get rid of this suffocating tension, when Kakashi begins to speak.

"Can you ever imagine, fighting for your village, staying LOYAL to your village, no matter for how many years..... and yet.... they'll still cast you away, all because of one mistake or misunderstanding."

Kakashi suddenly looks down at his hands which also causes Obito to do so. He let out an inaudible gasp, when he saw the hitai-ate, in Kakashi's left hand, the symbol of Konoha had been cutted. Obito's blade from inside his side table is seen on Kakashi's right hand. Kakashi continues to speak.

"Without even a second thought, they'll immediately accuse you of a murder that you've never done

.....or despise you and shun you for unwillingly having a demon fox trapped inside you......or even better....

Cast away the person who had put their comrades above their mission only to get blamed by everyone.... even by their own comrades and be driven to die by one's hand

.....Hah... I don't even know why I'm telling you all this...I really must be pathetic huh... "

Obito stares at Kakashi's side profile for a while as his mouth opens and closes. He then pressed his lips together and looked away for a brief moment, letting all those words sink into him. When he looks back at Kakashi, his eye widens as he gapes at Kakashi, who stares at him with cold, dead eyes.

Obito tries really hard not to fidget under that stare. As a child, he's only used to Kakashi only giving him cold and expressionless looks. But not as cold or expressionless as now...

That look in his eyes... It looks.... wrong.... It looks so..... out of place. Kakashi shouldn't have that look in his eyes! H-He's supposed to look confident, stern, serious..... conscientious......... Alive!

Not this person, who looks so dead, who had completely given up on everything.............W-Who no longer has the will to live..........

As a way to break the tension, Obito gestures towards the food on the side table. Kakashi shakes his head and with a cold, expressionless, dead voice replies,

"I'm not hungry...."

Obito clenches his gloved hands tightly as he glares down on his lap, and curses at Konoha to hell and back.

"Ne, you're an Akatsuki right....? Why are you helping me instead of killing me.... No, wait, you said you saved me from Anbu and Root right? So, why did you do it... What are your intentions for me..."

Obito faces towards Kakashi, as he had an internal debate with himself. Then without a word a gloved hand reaches towards his mask and takes it off. He hears Kakashi takes a sharp intake of breath and whispers out,

" O-Obi...to.... "

Obito tries to smile, however he knows it looks more like a grimace.

"Hey.... Bakakashi..."

Kakashi looks in shock at Obito for a minute, until he lets out a soft chuckle which turns into soft breathless laughing.

"Hah....just when I thought the gods couldn't be even more cruel... Haha... yet here you are alive in front of me and also in a dangerous organisation. Hahahhhh....i give up....heh... I actually give up. You... must hate me for not being able to keep the promise to you...and I won't fault you if you decide to kill me now. "

Obito bites his lip as he furrows his eyebrows and looks down at his bedsheet. He than suddenly grasp onto both of Kakashi's hands in his gloved ones and looks with determination in his eyes.

Kakashi blushes from this sudden contact "O-Obito what-"

"Join me Kakashi!"

"HUH?!" Kakashi looks at Obito with shock and confusion swirling in his eyes.

"Join me in the Akatsuki! Together we'll make a perfect world where no one suffers from pain!!"

Obito grips Kakashi's hands, thinking he's gonna pull away when Kakashi looks away from him.

"Kakashi, it's okay now, you don't need to suffer anymore. I'm here now. Join me and together, we'll make a perfect world. Where people like Naruto... R-Rin... your dad..... and you, won't need to die or suffer any longer."