"Heroes of the Sharingan"
Chapter 1: A Hectic Reunion
Obito was standing in front of the large stone that was blocking the way out of the cave he was in, flexing his muscles. His body was covered in a sort of exoskeleton, which, in fact, was one of artificial living beings, imperfect clones of the First Hokage – Zetsu. Its white body encased Obito so tight that it seemed to be a second layer of skin. While it had no face, its tentacle-like appendages that were protruding from creature's shoulders were wrapped around Obito's head, creating a mask with a spiral pattern on his face, the center of the spiral centered on Obito's right eye. From the back of the creature's neck protruded a long tube that connected Zetsu to a colossal Demonic Statue of The Outer Path in the background, and through which he was siphoning chakra. Both Obito and Spiral Zetsu, now a single being, were silently waiting for a moment when they would charge enough chakra to break through the stone.
"So, how is it going?" – asked another Zetsu, who, despite having a fully formed head, had the right half of his face missing.
Neither Obito nor Spiral Zetsu replied: they were too concentrated on collecting chakra from The Demonic Statue and distributing it through their combined limbs.
The tube pumped the chakra one last time.
"…Now!" – whispered Obito, charging at the stone, the Sharingan swirling in his eye.
The large rock, weighing almost 20 tons, shattered and fell apart from Obito's single super-powered punch. "I'm quite good, huh?" – the boy heard Zetsu say as stone debris was flying past him. Obito gazed at his fist trough the spiral eye-hole, marveling at his new combined power of Zetsu's body and Gedo Mazo's chakra, but only for a brief moment. As he was prepared to leap through a newly-formed exit, he heard an elderly voice behind him.
"Leaving already?"
This voice belonged to his savior and creator of Zetsus – Madara Uchiha. Without doubts, the noise of the stone breaking woke him up, and now the century-old Legendary Uchiha was looking at the young Obito. For a moment, their eyes met: Obito's right two-tomoe Sharingan with Madara's three-tomoe left one. Then Obito severed the root that connected him to Gedo Mazo and turned around.
"Thank you for saving me. But I need to go!"
Madara leaned forward a little. "You are being too hasty. It might be too early to thank me".
Spiral Zetsu opened up his tentacles like a fly-trap, revealing Obito with his long wave of black hair. "I don't think I'll come here again. But at least I thanked you. Now I'm going!"
Madara scowled, his wrinkled face wearing a grim mask. "You… will come back. And when that happens, you'll thank me properly".
Obito didn't reply to that, since he had no time to argue with the old man, who was probably crazy anyways. Instead he turned to half-faced Zetsu and shouted, addressing to him: "White One! Where are Rin and Kakashi?"
"I'll lead you there" – he heard one of the white tentacles on his neck say to him. "I am basically one of his clones, so I can communicate telepathically with him and the others. I'll guide you!"
Obito recognized the voice of the Spiral Zetsu, so, after bowing thankfully, he rushed through the hole in the cave's wall and entered the long corridor. On its wall there were different kinds of ninja weapons and clothes, but Obito grabbed only a black cloak – to cover Zetsu's weird body. Tentacles covered his head like a hood, and they both rushed out to the exit.
When Obito went outside the cave and sped towards his friends, Spiral Zetsu gave him a quick briefing about the situation. Turned out, Rin was captured by Kirigakure, but was rescued by Kakashi, and now Kiri shinobi were pursuing them. Their sensei, Minato Namikaze, The Yellow Flash of Konoha, was on a different mission, and neither knew about their grim situation nor could he do something to help them out. Obito scowled after hearing that, but only thought grimly that nothing could be done about that. It only meant that he and Kakashi would have to rely only on their own power and strength. Madara said that, when combined, the true power of their Sharingan would be unlocked, so even if their sensei wasn't there, they would save Rin by themselves. The only thing that really concerned Obito was a fear of being late. "For once in my life, I'll be there in time. Just you wait, Rin!" - he thought.
Ahead of him a large mass of water erupted in an explosion, pinpointing Kiri shinobi's location. Obito raced forward with all the speed he could muster, putting into it every ounce of his strength. As he was getting closer, he suddenly felt some strange, nipping feeling in his left eye – or rather, an eye-socket. As he grasped his left eye, he realized that despite the fact that his eye was missing, he could see something – although all of it seemed to be just a white noise. But then, it started taking some forms, at first bleak and incomprehensible, but more and more distinctive with each passing moment. After a few moments Obito realized that he was looking at someone's hand, but from a weird angle – as if it was his own arm. Obito looked down at his right hand, just to make sure that he wasn't hallucinating – but with his right eye he saw only Zetsu's white flesh. The arm in his vision, however, was that of a human, and judging by its size, it was an arm of someone about Obito's age. And, as lightning came, crackling, to life in this boys palm, Obito realized that it was… Kakashi?
"Whatever this vision is, I have to hurry. Hold on, guys! I'm almost…" – before Obito could even finish his thought, he shot out of the forest and onto the battlefield.
Immediately his Sharingan started analyzing his surroundings, and the single glance at the battlefield was enough to catch all the details. There were around twenty Kiri nins, all of them fully grown men in Kiri shinobi attire and lifeless masks on their faces. Each of them seemed to hold some sort of weapon, which made close-quarter combat even more difficult. However, that didn't seem to stop Kakashi, who was easily distinguished by his white mane of hair and lightning, crackling in his palm. If not for the Sharingan, Obito probably wouldn't even be able to see him, but with it he just observed everything as if in slow motion.
The boys forehead protector, that served as an improvised eye-patch for his left eye, was lifted, which indicated that Kakashi was going all out. Even though Kakashi was way younger than any of these shinobi, the sheer speed of his movements and attacks, combined with the destructive force of Chidori, allowed him to stand his ground. And Rin…
"Wait, what is she doing?"
While Kakashi was charging at one of Kiri nins, who was so slow that his quick death was certain, Rin suddenly jumped from a cliff nearby straight in front of Kakashi, as if to intercept the trajectory of his Chidori and take the blow. Kakashi, who was moving at his top speed, didn't see her yet, and in a moment Rin would be impaled on Kakashi's hand. The earth under Obito's legs exploded as he rushed forward to prevent that from happening, but he already knew that he wouldn't make it in time.
"If only I had a few seconds to spare… Am I destined to always be late?" – he thought desperately as he watched the inevitable.
But at the very last moment Kakashi's right eye twitched and, even though Rin was still in his blind spot, he suddenly looked up at her. Instantly reacting, Kakashi changed the trajectory of his strike so that it wouldn't hit Rin and, as he was still charging ahead towards her, he grabbed her mid-air with his free hand.
Obito couldn't believe his eyes, there was no way Kakashi saw her! But nevertheless, no matter how the boy did that, Obito decided to go with it, and hurried towards his friends. Kakashi, greatly slowed by his collision with Rin, now had no chances of striking the Kiri nin down using the element of surprise, and instead tried to counter his attack. He spun and as he prepared to counter an incoming sword slash with his Chidori, Obito smashed his fist right into Kiri nins abdomen, simultaneously releasing sharp roots into his body and killing him instantly.
Both Kakashi and Rin froze in place, startled by an unexpected ally. They couldn't see his face and they didn't know his motives, so they had to stay on guard, but the fact that he just killed that Kiri nin could mean that they at least shared the same enemy. Yet all of those thoughts vanished without a trace when the stranger turned to them. His right side of the face was covered in horrible scars, and the hair was much longer than they remembered it, not to mention strange white root-like protrusions that covered his head like some sort of a hood, but his face was still recognizable, and his Sharingan and a missing left eye left no doubts. Before them stood a ghost from the past, Obito Uchiha.
Rin went pale and covered her mouth with the palm, her mind refusing to believe this: she saw herself that Obito was buried beneath the rock avalanche, so meeting a person she thought to be dead, even though it was her comrade, was more of a shock than anything else. For a second, she considered the possibility that she did die to Kakashi's strike, and now Obito's soul came for her to take her to the afterlife.
Kakashi had similar thoughts, but he somehow knew that his eyes did not deceive him. With his Sharingan, the one that previously belonged to the boy in front of him, he saw every feature, every curve of every scar, so even though it seemed impossible, Obito, his first friend, was back from the dead. But, just to be sure, to hear his voice, he asked weakly: "Obito? Is that you?"
"It's me, Kakashi. I came here to protect you, Rin!" – he eagerly said, looking at her. Hearing that, he girl almost broke into tears, seemingly accepting the fact that he is really alive, and Obito weakly smiled from this display of emotions. But, as they were in a heat of the battle, there was no time to talk. Later, when they would get back to Konoha, he would explain everything to them, but for now that would have to wait. So, getting serious and turning his attention to the enemies, who were already gathering around, he said: "Now is no time for a warm reunion. Don't give up yet, Rin! Me and Kakashi will protect you!" He turned to Kakashi: "You promised me". Kakashi froze for a second, but then simply nodded and, grabbing a kunai, turned towards the enemy.
Kiri nins already realized that the strange boy was the reinforcements, and, judging by the way he killed one of their comrades, he was a full of surprises. His appearance could complicate their plans. Their orders were to feign a chase in order to ensure that the rescued girl would get back straight to Konoha as fast as possible. But now, if this new guy were to take a fight right there and at that moment, he could jeopardize their whole mission. Things already were going out of control, with white-haired boy almost killing the girl, and the captain couldn't take any additional risks. Thus, the new-comer had to be destroyed as quickly as possible, so that the operation could resume its normal course.
After coming to such a conclusion, the captain of Kiri jonins signaled his orders to his subordinates, who rushed all at once at the trio. The roots on Obito's neck immediately responded to the threat and wrapped around his head, once again forming a spiral-patterned mask. Kakashi and Obito simultaneously stepped in front of Rin, taking their stances and guarding her from the assault. Their team, reborn, was given a second chance, and they weren't going to miss it.
Three shinobi of the Mist were already charging at the duo of boys, swinging their swords at them. At the very last moment before the impact Obito suddenly stepped forward, raising his hands up. Thick roots sprouted from the wide sleeves of his robe, moving fast enough to catch the blades mid-swing. Kiri nins gasped in shock: not only these strange roots were quick and resilient enough to block their attacks, but the boy didn't even move back an inch after colliding with three full-grown men, who were charging at him at full speed! The faintest of the moments later, Kakashi followed up, jumping over Obito with blazing speed and killing all three of them with a single wide slash of his kunai.
Kiri captain cursed under his breath: his mindless approach to this new enemy just cost him the lives of his three subordinates. Of course, he knew that casualties were unavoidable, as he heard the rumors about the masked boy with white hair: despite his young age, Kakashi Hatake was already known as a skilled and dangerous shinobi, a prodigy with some damned kekkei genkai to top it off. But the captain never expected that his reinforcements would be just as powerful. If the accursed village of Konoha had such individuals under its command, it had to be destroyed for the peace of Kirigakure, and so the mission had to be completed no matter at what cost.
Kiri nins already realized the mistake of their comrades, so instead of rushing the boys they started surrounding them, trying to come from the blind spot. Obito and Kakashi noticed this and immediately regrouped, trying to leave no side open to the enemy. It seemed that the enemy wanted Rin alive, so her side of the formation didn't have any enemies, but she prepared to deflect the enemy attack nevertheless, taking out a few senbon.
One of Kiri nins suddenly threw a barrage of kunai to the ground between the two boys, and they both noticed at the last moment that all of those kunai had an explosive seals attached to them. Just before the explosion boys jumped in different directions, only to be immediately surrounded by Mist jonins.
"They are trying to separate me and Obito to take us on separately. This is bad!" – thought Kakashi, moving at his top speed to avoid strikes that were coming at him from all directions. Right now, his quick reflexes and tactical thinking were the only things that allowed him to avoid being cornered.
Obito, on the other hand, relied on his enhanced with Senju cells strength, as well as on Spiral Zetsu's help. As soon as he and Kakashi split up, Obito found himself being attacked from all angles. He did his best to counter, block or evade any incoming strikes, but even with a Sharingan, he was having trouble reacting to so many attacks simultaneously: without any real combat experience, his skills had definitely got a bit rusty during the past year. However, his kekkei genkai as well as Mokuton abilities definitely gave him the edge over the more experienced shinobi, and Zetsu did his best to intercept the attacks with his roots, which now pierced right through the cloak.
His enemies, seeing how surrounded he was, were now desperately trying to strike him down, yet the boy was evading every strike, even the ones that were coming from the blind spot. What the Kiri nins did not realize was that the ripples from their steps on the puddles of water were signaling to Obito were the attack was coming from – a simple glimpse down was all the Sharingan-wielding boy needed to calculate the enemy movements. As he spun wildly to avoid another attack he suddenly leaped at the assaulter and, grabbing him by the neck, smashed him into the ground, crushing his vertebrae and instantly killing him. Still sitting on top of the enemy and looking into the water, Obito saw three Kiri nins descending upon him with their swords held high, ready to pierce him through. Quickly, without even changing his position, the boy clapped hands together into Snake seal, and the additional roots on his shoulders immediately burst into large wooden spikes, each a few meters long, impaling the unfortunate enemies.
A death so cruel and unexpected definitely dwindled Kiri shinobi's morale: raised to hate any kekkei genkai wielder for their superior abilities on the battlefield, they, when faced with one who possessed the legendary Wood Release that was believed to be extinct, suddenly realized, that, perhaps, there was one more reason for the extermination of the clans in Kirigakure: fear. No one would believe that some boy could stand his ground against a group of way more experienced shinobi, yet here they were, staring at the mutilated corpses of their comrades, unable to even close the gap between them and this… thing.. For now, the smart thing would be to retreat and wait for reinforcements or come up with a better plan. However, things don't always as planned, especially when the factor of emotions come into play.
As Obito looked forward, he saw another Kiri nin, who, obviously absorbed in grief for his fallen comrades, decided to capitalize on the moment of Obito's distraction, and was now recklessly charging the boy with is sword held high. Obito tried to move out of his way, but suddenly realized that the weight of the impaled enemies, that were still hanging on his spikes, would not let him evade the strike. His only chance of survival was blocking it, but he doubted that could execute that perfectly right now. But his enemy was not destined to kill the Uchiha: a moment later his body went limp and he fell to the ground. The only indication of what happened to him was a senbon, sticking out of his neck, and, when Obito at the place where it had come from, he saw Rin with determined look on her face. The girl was holding a few senbon in her hands, looking for openings in enemies' defenses. Since Mist shinobi were too distracted by Obito and Kakashi, they completely forgot about the girl, who now was using the element of surprise to assassinate Kiri nins.
"I told you I am pretty good at fighting, huh?" – Obito heard Zetsu say as spiky roots with dead bodies on top of them disconnected from Obito's body and he stood up.
"Oi, don't take all the credit, guruguru" – Obito said, panting, with a tired smile (although no one could see it under his mask).
"I must admit that you are pretty strong as well. To master advanced Mokuton techniques so soon… Madara was right to choose you" – the artificial being replied, which made Obito smile again.
Although they were still in danger, Obito, for some reason, felt some sort of happiness. Maybe because he finally met his comrades after the year of separation, or because he finally left that gloomy cave, or because he was finally fighting to protect Rin, or maybe even all of those things together. He knew that the bloody battlefield, where the lives of his friends were on the line, was not the place where you can feel happy, but he couldn't help it. He was back, and as he looked down at his hands he realized that there was more to it: he was strong. Strong enough to not be a nuisance, strong enough to make a difference.
Strong enough to protect the one he loved.
"Let's end this, guruguru. Then we can all go back home… back to Konoha" – Obito said as a pointy, sharp branch emerged from his sleeve.
The Jonin Captain was outraged: his soldiers just couldn't put a scratch on these two brats, nor could they put enough pressure on them to make them flee. All the confrontations with the Mokuton user resulted in meaningless deaths of his subordinates and greatly demoralized the remaining ones. As to the other Konoha-nin…
Jonin Hatake may have lacked the brute force and bizarre Mokuton abilities of his companion, but he easily compensated for that with his speed. His light frame and lightning reflexes, granted by the Sharingan, allowed him to dodge incoming attacks at the very last moment, basically slipping through the enemy, although the sheer number of them didn't let him capitalize on their momentary confusion, so the white-haired boy resorted to a cat-and-mice tactic. Although he was basically fleeing, he was carefully looking for an opening long enough to strike the assaulter down and get away with it.
After another dodge, Kakashi suddenly leaped at the enemy, outstretching his hand with a kunai in it in a lethal strike, but before his attack connected, he was pierced through the chest by the sword of one of Kiri nins, who finally managed to catch up to Kakashi during his counter-attack. The boy body arched in pain, only to poof out of existence and be replaced by the log. All Mist shinobis frowned in horror, immediately regrouping to leave no side unguarded: what seemed like a serious miscalculation on the boys part appeared to be the cunning ploy to fool them all, since the boy was nowhere to be seen. They were doing their best to keep their calm, but it wasn't easy at all: since they didn't know where he was, the boy now basically had one free attack, and they knew all too well that with boys speed they wouldn't even see it coming. And although only a few seconds passed, the anticipation of the attack made it feel like hours.
On the other side of the battlefield, Obito palmed in pain his left side of the face, and then his right eye widened in disbelief: he had those strange visions again, and now he saw where Kakashi was and what he was doing.
The ground next to the group of Kiri nins suddenly exploded as Kakashi burst out of it, simultaneously pulling a ninja wire that, ploughing through the ground, entangled around enemies bodies. It became apparent now that after using The Substitute Technique to escape from the enemy's sight, Kakashi must've dug underground using some Earth Release technique and in just a few seconds planted a trap there. From the angle of the wire it seemed that the boy anchored the other end of it somewhere under the ground, and now it tightly squeezed Mist jonins bodies, effectively trapping them in place. But Kakashi didn't stop there: giving the ninja wire a strong pull to prevent Kiri nins from escaping, he simultaneously ran through the hand seals of his trademark technique and channeled the lightning chakra. The current of electricity wasn't strong enough to kill anyone, but it managed to stun trapped jonins for a few moments – just enough to provide a clear shot for Rin, who with a single swift move sent senbon into the necks of trapped shinobis, effectively killing or paralyzing them.
"Got you" – the trio suddenly heard Jonin Captain say. As they quickly turned to him they saw that he was standing on the open scroll with "Water" kanji on it, finishing the seals of some technique.
"Suiton: Suiryudan no Jutsu!" – he roared as the large torrent water erupted from the scroll's paper and, hurling forward, formed a giant water dragon that charged at Rin with its maw open wide.
"Shit! Was he waiting for an opening to attack Rin? But I thought they needed her alive!" – Obito thought as he rushed to intercept the strike. With a jump he tried to kick the dragon-shaped torrent, but it changed its trajectory mid-air and the giant maw closed on the boy's body.
"OBITO!" – Rin screamed in horror as she watched the violent waters smash him into the ground with enough force to create a small crater. Once again, she had a familiar picture before her eyes: Obito sacrificed himself to save her life.
Meanwhile, Obito started moving again, sitting up: his whole body hurt like hell, and the entire right shoulder of his cloak was missing, but Zetsu's body saved him from the worst, and Obito knew he could take a little pain if it was to save Rin's life. However, he was alerted by the smokes that, here and there, started to appear on the cloak and even Zetsu's now bare shoulder. And, as the smokes lighted up into squares of flames, he belatedly realized that those were paper bombs.
"They must've been in that water from the scroll. He tricked me!" – the boy thought as he prepared for the impact… and pain.
When bombs went off, Obito was right in the epicenter of the explosion. The fire swallowed and engulfed him, completely destroying his cloak and shattering parts of Zetsu's body into pieces. Obito felt his consciousness fade away, escaping from all the world's pain, but just as he was to drown in the darkness of oblivion, he heard a faint ring of the bell. The ringing was getting more and more distinct and loud, until it suddenly transformed into Rin's voice crying out his name.
Obito opened his eyes. Every tiny bit of his body hurt, on the inside and outside, and his vision was blurred. The explosion almost deafened him, for he heard almost nothing of what was going on around him. Looking down upon his body, he dully noted that he can see his own actual chest, half-normal, half-white. Guruguru was in a really sorry state: He completely opened up, revealing Obito's stump of a right hand and ripped pants. Half of Zetsu's tentacles were missing, and the remaining ones just hung down, inactive. Both the artificial being and the boy were covered in bruises, but it was apparent that guruguru has taken the most impact of explosion.
"I…d-did say I'm good, Obi-nii. R-right?" – the white creature stuttered in exhaustion.
"Kheh… thanks for helping, g-guruguru. Just hang in… there…" – Obito tiredly finished, finally falling on his side.
Kiri Captain watched as the boy finally collapsed to the ground, and then, giving his people some orders through hand signals, vanished in a Shunshin no Jutsu. The moment later all of his men followed, leaving Kakashi and Rin to wonder about the sudden retreat.
As the Captain was jumping from branch to branch, he smirked underneath his mask. Attacking the girl was a huge gamble, but he suspected that either of the boys would try to intercept the attack and take it for her, so it paid off. And now, when they had an injured comrade on their hands, they would have to hurry straight back to Konoha. For now it would do, and when they arrive, the next part of the plan would turn into motion.
Rin and Kakashi hurried to their wounded friend, who, barely conscious, was trying to sit up in the crater. Rin was already running through the seals for a basic healing jutsu, and as soon as her palms lighted up with green light, she started applying chakra to Obito's wounds. Kakashi, meanwhile, stayed on guard, looking for enemies: a retreat so sudden could as well be a cunning ploy to lower their guard. He just couldn't understand, why would the enemy leave them just when they finally managed to take Obito out? But, taking into account what Rin had told him… Could it be that?..
Obito finally felt that his strength was returning, and stuttered tiredly: "thanks a lot, Rin. You're a lifesaver".
Rin couldn't contain her feelings anymore, and burst into happy tears, hugging the boy. "You are our lifesaver, Obito! Where have you been all this time? I thought… I thought th-that you were…" she couldn't finish and just hang on the boys shoulder, weeping. Kakashi was also overwhelmed with emotions, though he was doing his best to hide that fact, so he just said: "Welcome back, Obito".
"Yeah… I'm back. Don't cry, Rin, I'm back for good" – Obito said with a smile, hugging Rin awkwardly with his only trembling hand.
While he was completely absorbed into this reunion, he completely forgot about guruguru, who, despite his sorry state, was still alive, and was attentively listening to the conversation.
'My-my, so that's how things turned out. I better inform Madara-sama about that now' – he thought and, unnoticed, touched the ground with one of his tentacles.
Back at Madara's hideout
Madara sat in the darkness of the cave, half-asleep. Next to him, White Zetsu was sticking out of the ground, his eyes closed. Suddenly, with a shiver, his eyes opened, and the android turned to his master, half-smiling as usual.
"The Spiraled One just contacted me: Obito made it in time to save his friends, and will most likely return with them to Konoha. So, it seems that he won't be coming back" – Zetsu said with a casual wave of his hand.
Madara leaned back on his improvised bed: "So that's how it is. Well, it doesn't matter: after all, my initial plan did not involve him".
"Proud as always, Madara-sama? You just don't want to accept that his help wouldn't hurt".
The old man frowned: "Watch your tongue, jozetsu. Even if the boy were to inherit my will, he still could mess up or even alter my plan: a risk that I was ready to take, but not the one to justify any efforts to return him."
"But if you are going to let him go, aren't you afraid that he might tell everyone that you are still alive? That might mess up your plans pretty bad as well" – Zetsu said with a large grin on his face, seemingly not bothered by such outcome at all.
"He is not going to tell anyone anything" Madara stated with confidence. "After all" - with a smirk, Madara made a ram hand-seal " even if is not around anymore, he is still my pawn".
…Back at the battlefield, Obito suddenly screamed in an unbearable pain, which had nothing to do with his wounds: his whole right half of the body felt like it was burning from the inside. Rin leaned back in horror from him, having not even the slightest idea what was going on.
"Obito, what's wrong? Obito!" – Kakashi forgot about his usually cold attitude and grabbed his friend with both hands, as if trying to shake the answer out of him. He couldn't wrap his head around this: just when everything seemed fine, his returned-from-the-grave teammate suddenly was on the verge of death.
Obito's screams, meanwhile, were getting louder and louder, he was grasping his chest, and his nails dug deep into the skin. Pale Rin tried to apply a medical ninjutsu to ease his pain, but she just couldn't keep her hands still on the boys violently shaking body. Then, all of the sudden, black dots started to appear on Obito's white half of the body. They were getting bigger, expanding into spots, until his entire right half of the body turned black.
Obito's mind was in a world of pain, he felt as if something thousands times bigger than him was growing inside of him. And just when the pain reached its peak, he suddenly heard a booming, familiar voice, that echoed in his head hundreds of times: "When the time comes, you will thank me properly".
"This voice… It must be Madara… Madara… Who is it?" was all the boy thought.
And then there was only darkness.
A/N
So, this is the first chapter! No matter how lame it might sound, I apologize for the bad grammar: you see, English is not my mother language, though I believe my English is quite fluent. So, if anyone is interested, I am looking for beta-readers, so that the amount of fails in my fanfics might recede.
Also, if anyone is wondering why did I make Kiri nins look like total weakling compared to two boys, they didn't really look that strong in manga either. I mean, forget about MS: they didn't even bother to dodge things like a straight punch or an incoming projectile, so I think described their capacities pretty well, without turning Obito and Kakashi into OP monsters.
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