Strength

Kakashi looked at the man in front of him, he had lost a significant part of his upper body including his heart. If Gojo hadn't aimed properly Toji would still be alive.

He sighed, earlier when he had used the substitution jutsu he had gotten a safe distance away.

{A/N: I don't understand why Masashi Kishimoto decided that they would barely use substitution jutsu in Naruto Shippuden after they spammed it in Naruto, it's an E-rank ninjutsu that every ninja should have learned. If Neji used it he could have prevented his death.)

Even with the sharingan he still fell prey to Toji's attacks though he was able to launch his own counterattacks, it just went to prove how strong this man was.

But now seeing him have a giant hole with blood dripping from the basketball sized hole it could really reconfigure someone's thinking.

"Gojo are you alright?" Kakashi asked.

"I'm alright." Gojo replied, then pointing a finger at Toji's body he asked. "Is he dead?"

"Yeah." Kakashi answered in a single word, this was the same way he had died in the original.

There was no response, Gojo seemed to be weighing the words he had just heard, even though he had expected it to work he hadn't thought it would work.

"Then I guess I have to do something else..." Gojo said as he walked elsewhere.

...Next Morning

(In the Star Religious Group Headquarters In Tokyo)

Several people numbering in the dozens clapped as Gojo carried the body of Riko with him out of the facility, they weren't clapping because the Star Plasma vessel had been saved. They clapped because the Star plasma vessel had died.

Tengen wouldn't be able to assimilate with her now.

They couldn't use cursed energy but they held Tengen as their God, they didn't fear death by the heir of the Gojo clan but rather they provoked him by clapping loudly.

If someone who saw this knowing all the implications of what they were doing he would be inclined to believe these were machines only designed to clap.

Even though several hours had passed Gojo's eyes still carried that crazy look in them.

The believers clapped loudly but Gojo didn't respond in anyway, he walked slowly waiting for Suguru to arrive.

Just then Geto burst through the door, he had a look of confusion on his face as he watched the people clapping but ultimately realized what was happening.

"You're late, Suguru." Gojo said as he faced the ground walking slowly.

Geto was snapped out of his daze as he looked at his friend.

He realized the man that exorcised Rainbow dragon wasn't bluffing when he claimed he had killed Gojo Satoru, a small portion of his friend's hair had been dyed red with blood. Blood from his own body.

"I take It Shoko already informed you of what happened." Gojo said.

"Yes." Geto replied in one word.

"The man is dead." Gojo said suddenly.

"I know, Shoko already informed me."

"Suguru I have a question."

'What's wrong with him, his questions are too unpredictable. It's like his mind is scattered.' Geto thought.

Without waiting for permission he said. "I really feel like killing people, should I... Can I? Kill these people?"

Just then the arm of Riko's corpse fell from the white blanket that was being used to cover the body, Geto seeing this still had no reaction, since the moment he entered this room he had known who was being covered.

In his heart he felt like falling onto his knees, he couldn't save her and that was one of the things he would carry with him to the grave. One of his regrets.

"No, you can't. They're only normal believers that probably don't even know what they're doing, the true leaders have already fled. There is no reason to kill these people."

"Is there really a reason to need to kill them?" Gojo questioned.

It was at that moment that Gojo finally stopped looking at the ground and looked his friend eye to eye, he didn't look like himself.

He looked crazy.

Gojo didn't bother trying because he knew what would happen. His pace quickened as he walked away.

"Yes. There's always a reason when you're a Jujutsu sorcerer."

…

Kakashi stood in the graveyard, he stared at the coffin he had bought today and the hole he had just finished digging.

Unlike most funerals that were better carried out on a rainy day, on this particular day the sun shone brightly. The inscriptions on the tombstones could be seen clearly even if you were far away.

Since Toji had died he had not slept, a human being couldn't sleep if they weren't tired and that was what happened with him. Even though he wasn't the one guarding Riko when she died he still felt a pang of guilt that even with his knowledge of the future he was unable to save her.

But in his defense he was the first one that Toji aimed for, since he wasn't a threat compared to Gojo and Geto he had thought Toji would still go with the original and stab Gojo. But because it seemed like he was the most vigilant one here Toji took him out first.

Kakashi looked into the sky as he awaited for Gojo to come, it would have been better if she was taken to Jujutsu Tech's grounds but since she was dead and they no longer had any need for her it was like this.

He spent 20 minutes just thinking about his past actions, even though they weren't close somehow life felt dull somehow.

But Kakashi knew that if she survived it would be somewhat selfish of him, Gege Akutami had even revealed that she was happy in the otherworld.

Gojo came over carrying a body covered with a white cloth, Geto followed looking dejected.

Without a word her body was put in the coffin covered and put in the hole six feet under, the silence seemed to be the only thing they had going.

Kakashi began putting the soil over her grave, they hadn't been ordered by the school to do it, they did it from their own accord. The 3 of them felt responsible for her death and this was the least they could do.

30 minutes later Kakashi was done, he threw the shovel to the ground. By this time Gojo and Geto had already left, they had been called by Yaga.

Kakashi stood in front of the grave, he glanced at the other side and saw Kuroi's grave next to hers. He had dug her own and carried her body by himself.

He wondered about the effects of his existence in this world, for starters since he was here alive and kicking with knowledge about the future there should be things he could've prevented.

"I guess you just have to be strong to change those things." He muttered to himself.

Kakashi looked up into the sky, he couldn't see anything but the clouds that were now blocking the sun from his point of view.

"I have to get stronger." He whispered to himself.

"I have to get stronger." This time it was louder.

"I have to get stronger!" It was no longer a whisper now it was a roar.

Kakashi walked away, he had realized something, something he hadn't known all along.

A/N: Who the hell knows what he discovered! I don't.

Also patreon is being put on a hold due to... Incosistencies.

I can't even access my own account!