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stiffshoulders#14 –> bitter starter
Kakashi’s gaze rests upon the village below. It’s far different from Konohagakure–perhaps even the air is a little different, something he notes when a gust of wind rushes in through the open window. The Hokage sleeps comfortably in the room next door.
The Five Kage Summit is being held in Kumogakure this year. The alliances between the nations are technically there, but fragile at best. Each Kage has brought their escort for protection; they say that the bodyguards are to protect them from nukenin, but Kakashi’s certain that everyone else has caught on to the underlying message. They’re there to protect them from each other.
Kakashi takes a sip of water from his glass before setting it on the window sill. A heavy sigh escapes his lips as fingers tighten into a fist. The journey here hadn’t been without casualties. It’s a trap, this whole thing. It’s not coincidence that the Raikage had suddenly requested that the summit be held in his own village.
They were pawns in a game, carefully maneuvered into place. An ambush on the way here had been blamed on nukenin; Kakashi thinks differently. A bitter taste fills his mouth as he delves deeper in his thoughts. Each village was no above using any opportunity to one up the other, even Konohagakure. The rest of them be damned. Pieces of a game could only move when the player desired.
The Hatake pulls his mask back over his face as a knock on his door notifies him of a presence. Though Kumogakure provided housing over night before the meeting tomorrow, he’s sure that no one would be resting peacefully tonight. Leaving his glass on the window sill, he makes his way across the room to open the door.
“Can I help you?” Kakashi asks politely, his characteristic nonchalance back in full swing. A Kumogakure shinobi, he recognizes her out of his Bingo Book. Out of the corner of his eye, he can see the Konoha jounin positioned outside the Hokage’s door glance over.
