(Kakashi x OC.) It had been seven years since Kimiko had left The Village Hidden in the Leaves. Seven long years since she was branded a rogue ninja by Danzo and went into hiding.
Now under the new guise of Shizuka Fujiora with the help of her transformation jutsu, Kimiko must expertly weave her way through the suspicions and rumours that she finds herself in. Two months into her new life as the soft-spoken, kind healer; Kimiko meets the one person who could unravel her seven year lie with so much as a blink: Kakashi Hatake.
Seven years.
Seven years since she left her family behind. Seven years since she left her love, Kakashi Hatake. Why has she been branded a rogue ninja?
Why did she leave?
Kakashi didn't think he deserved to live. Everyone always said he was a prodigy, an exceptional ninja among the most skilled of ninjas, yet he still hadn't been able to save anyone. How could he be called a good ninja, be close to what a ninja should be, when he hadn't even been able to protect his comrades? How could he be deserving of life when it was because of him that they died?
If only it had been him instead of Obito...
If only it had been him instead of Rin...
If only it was him instead of her...
[Angst ahead]
[TW: blood and death]