A Ninja's Path (Kakashi X Reader)

Chapter Sixty

Fox and Panther had followed Lion closely, the former ordering the brute to set you down outside the locker room. Fox gestured for you to go inside, Panther following you closely.

The small Council member said she didn't need to remind you what would happen if you tried to escape.

A quick glance at your aunt and you knew what would happen if you did.

You went inside the locker room, probably intended for the female Nightmares. The Administration Building also served as the Nightmare headquarters, obviously seen by the interrogation/prison cells in the lowest level.

Fuyu at least gave you privacy while you bathed, although you sensed her just outside the shower.

As you exited the shower, you felt her gaze, lingering on the cut on your cheek and on the tattoos on your arms and back.

"I wanted a tattoo because it reminded me that I have control over my body. My aunt abused me for ten long years... I just needed to reassure myself that pain didn't have to come from her. I could do whatever I wanted."

It seemed like years had passed since the hot springs... incident. Kakashi...

"Fox wants you to wear these." Your aunt chucked fabric at your head and you caught it with ease. You raised a brow.

"So... done with the silent act? Fox seems convinced that you went hollow after your operation. Was that actually true?"

Panther stared you down, arms crossed menacingly.

"Right, changing. My bad." You apologized ever so sincerely. You gave a deep bow for effect.

Once again, Fuyu stood a row of lockers away from you, giving you enough privacy to change.

"At first, it wasn't an act. I was hollow. But then reality slowly returned to me and I knew that the best way to survive was to pretend that I never came back. Fox liked the idea of me being an empty husk. She... opened up to me because of it. I chose to keep acting in order to stay in the loop of the Council's doings."

You finished slipping your clothes on. "You were always the clever one, huh?"

"Are you finished?"

"Yeah... about that..."

Fuyu came around the lockers, staring at you. She lifted her mask up, lips raised in a sneer. "You look stupid."

"Shut up, I look majestic."

You twirled your white dress around dramatically. "I guess Fox really wants this execution to be... unforgettable."

"She likes theater."

"Ooh! Now I forgive her for torturing my aunt, turning her into a psychopath, and setting her on my parents like a rabid dog!"

Fuyu gave you a dead look. An I-don't-take-bullsh*t-look. But the more you analyzed... was that... amusement?

"Are you... laughing on the inside?" You asked her in shock.

Her gaze hardened. "No. We will be late if we take any longer. We must get back to Fox." She moved to shift her mask back on.

Quicker than lightning, you gripped her wrist. She froze, staring at where your skin touched as if you were the plague. "Get off me."

"Fuyu, I'm sorry I didn't kill you."

She flinched. "Shut the f*ck up."

"I'm so sorry. I just... I couldn't do it. Not when I knew you were still in there."