Part of Kakashi was appalled by what he was doing, but another part of him, greatly encouraged by Obitos silent whispers in his head, said that it was the right thing to do. That 's how the teen justified him sneaking into Itachi Uchiha 's office and snooping around his cases.

It wasn 't that hard to find one that stood out. No name or even code number. The date of hospitalization also matched. He urgently opened the file and skimmed through the notes.

'Eight hours? ' he mumbled, impressed and horrified at the same time. That 's how long the first operation took. Removal of burned flesh and shrapnel. Kakashi didn 't have to understand the medical jargon to know that it had to be painful.

All because he abandoned his post as a captain and left her alone ' The boy clenched his jaw and put the file back where he found it. He had to see it for himself. If just to plunge the kunai of guilt deeper into his soul.