Bonded and Broken

Chapter 9

Kakashi's POV

The people in the room looked agitated, some even looked more perplexed about what I'd said. It seemed like the hokage already announced that Sumire is a Senju to the group since they did not ask who she was when I mentioned her name. The chatter started to get loud as people discussed what just happened. My dad stayed quiet though, but he stood by my side and put an arm on my shoulder.

"Silence!" The sandaime roared, and the noise receded, making the room fall back into order. The hokage looked at my direction before speaking, "Kakashi, how did you know about the current situation?"

"I can feel her, hokage-sama. I knew she was struggling, I feel her chakra slowly wavering. I've felt it since about an hour ago." I truthfully answered.

I saw the faces of the people in the room look surprised at my statement. The hokage asked further, "How did you know that quickly? We only received the distressed message about 30 minutes ago by a summoning animal that can travel quickly."

"Maybe I felt it while it was still happening?" I said I was unsure of my answer since I did not really know.

"But how, Kakashi? You're not a sensor, and their location is too far for anyone to notice. It's about four hours away from the village." Minato-sensei asked and explained at the same time.

I looked at my sensei anxiously before I replied, "No, sensei. I just feel her chakra inside me. I know that she is in danger because I feel her chakra within me diminish, like its running out."

"How about Hideo-san, can you feel his chakra too?" Shikaku Nara asked, trying to deduce my words so they could understand my predicament better.

"No, I don't feel anyone's chakra but hers. She channeled her chakra to me and my body accepted it. I feel her essence in me every time. I thought the adults would know the reason for this, even Sumire and I didn't know why it happened. Shouldn't we go find her now because I feel her slowly burning out?" I answered continuously feeling very frustrated, slowly losing my composure.

"They are bonded. That's the only reason that comes to my mind. It's an old Hatake ability that was told in stories, we thought it was just an urban legend." My father explained to the group.

"How does this bonded ability work?" The hokage asked.

"It's bonding by chakra, the two people need to get accepted by each other. You couldn't choose who to bond with since it just happens naturally. It's said that each Hatake only gets one exact match for the bond to happen, so it's like finding a needle in the haystack. Maybe that's why it was thought to be just a legend since it is rare to find the perfect match." Father explained to us and then paused to look at me. "You are lucky to find your bond in your young age, it's a one in a million chance of happening because there are millions of people in all the elemental nations. They say it's like being spiritually unified, so if you are bonded you won't be able to find a different partner since it would never be the same as the bond you had."

It all made sense now. The unexpected feelings, the emotional attachment, the constant pull towards her, the innate need to be with her. I crave for her because she is the perfect one for me, my exact match. I knew these big feelings inside me were not common for my young age and I had an inkling that it had something to do with my clan. It made perfect sense too, since it is kind of related to the pack mentality that the Hatake clan had. But being bonded is more on an intimate level, something more personal and spiritual.

Father glanced at the hokage and continued his explanation, "The two people involved would channel their chakra towards one another as an invite to be bonded. If both of them accepted, their chakra would be imprinted onto each other's body. It's like having a piece of each other, they would become connected somehow and would share each other's chakra attributes. They would be one and the same, unstoppable together. What the other has, the other receives." Father stated then glanced at me again. He continued, "There could be more aspects about it that I've missed, details that probably got lost in time, but it can't be helped since it's supposed to be a legend."