Genre: Angst
Status: WIP
Summary: Kakashi became a genin at 5, a chuunin at 6. His first break was at 8... Kakashi comes of age earlier than anyone ever expected... angst ensues...
Warnings: coarse language, violence and gore, steadily building angst
Disclaimer: You know Naruto and its characters belong to Masashi Kishimoto, because if I owned them, yaoi pairings would be canon… lyrics from 'Nowhere Warm' by Kate Havnevik
Set within Hatochan’s Tolerant Intolerance universe, eighteen years before the start of the Naruto series... a prequel to Before the Journey and the Rest... I apologize for the shortness and varying lengths of chapters in this one, but there are definite divisions in the action, and I’d rather preserve story integrity than try to impose uniformity of length. As always, to Hatochan, for being there when you’re most needed.