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Naruto has finally found a way to keep Sasuke in Konoha long enough to know whether he’s alive: put him in ANBU.
Sasuke expects the mask, the secrecy, the blood. He doesn’t expect Hound.
His new captain is ruthless, controlled, frighteningly competent—and unmistakably Kakashi, the former sensei Sasuke hasn’t spoken to in years.
The more surprising discovery is that Kakashi has no idea who is beneath Sasuke’s mask.
So, for once, Sasuke gets to meet him without the weight of Team Seven between them. Not as student and teacher. Not as failure and regret. Just two shinobi in the dark.
And somewhere between whispered orders, bloodstained gloves, and the dangerous intimacy of trusting someone with his life, Sasuke begins to want something he never planned for.
He had thought his future was simple: restore the Uchiha clan. Find a woman. Have a child. Carry what remains of his family forward.
Kakashi was never part of that future.
Now Sasuke must decide whether living means carrying the dead with him forever—
or choosing something for himself.