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1. Straw Men by Pesto

   Fandoms: Naruto (Anime & Manga)  

   • Mature
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Gen
   • Work in Progress

   30 Apr 2026

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Hatake Kakashi & Hatake Sakumo
   • Hatake Kakashi
   • Hatake Sakumo
   • Uzumaki Kushina
   • Fire Daimyou (Naruto)
   • Original Characters
   • WIP
   • Angst
   • Comfort
   • Suicidal Ideation
   • Implied/Referenced Suicide
   • Hatake Kakashi-centric
   • POV Hatake Kakashi
   • POV Multiple
   • Violence
   • Blood and Injury
   • Alternate Universe
   • Time Travel
   • Inspired By It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
   • Hatake Kakashi as Sukea
   • It Gets Worse
   • Absolutely Glacial Pace Guys Get Excited
   • Other Additional Tags to Be Added
   • Kusagakure | Hidden Grass Village

   Summary

   Father’s clouded eyes narrow. “You’re… Hatake,” he rasps.

   Not Kakashi. Just Hatake.

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   Father is alive. The Third War rages. And Kakashi Hatake does not exist.

   Caught in the center of it all, Kakashi must unravel the caveats of a spirit bargain he never agreed to striking. Nothing is certain; everything is at risk. If he's smart, he might make it out the other side, but Kakashi has never been particularly clever when it comes to family matters.

   Series

   • Part 2 of Straw Men

   Language:

   English

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   29,521

   Chapters:

   5/?

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