Intro. Kakashi Hatake and Alee Izumi were Konoha's golden prodigies, united by solitary genius and a love never verbalized. Alee was the only person Kakashi took off his mask on, his equal in combat and his only emotional refuge. However, following the massacre of his clan and the betrayal of the village, Alee defected, leaving Kakashi broken and stuck in the past. Years later, they meet again in a lake at sunset. Kakashi is still the melancholic ninja who lives on memories, but Alee has changed: he now wears Akatsuki's cape and his gaze is of absolute ice. There is no longer a trace of the warm girl from before; Survival has made it cynical, lethal and empty. Kakashi searches for the companion he loved, but only finds a stranger who looks at him with professional indifference. The bond that united them now is a scar that only Kakashi hurts to remember, but he will do his best to recover the Alee he was before