Author's Note: I was listening to a Kid Rock song called When U Love Someone. I thought that it would be a great title for a story but I had no idea what it was going to be about. Then I thought of this idea right before I sat down to write. I realize that this chapter isn't accurate but ohh well. Hope you enjoy it! Next stop, the story.
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Naruto was standing in his mother and father's room. Naruto couldn't believe that he was the Fourth Hokage's son! No one treated him like he was but it didn't matter to him. Naruto looked around the room. There was a bed, two dressers, and closet. There was a picture of Minato and his team when he was a Genin. There was also a picture of Minato and his team when he was a Jonin. Naruto looked more closely at the picture. He recognized the gray haired boy. It was Kakashi! "What the hell?" Naruto muttered. His father had been Kakashi's sensei! Naruto couldn't believe this. He then looked at the other pictures. There were a couple of Kushina and Minato, a very pregnant Kushina and some other various pictures' from Kushina's childhood. Naruto then walked over to the closet and tried to open it. It wouldn't open.
Naruto tried repeatedly. He even tried running into the door. Naruto made a shadow clone to help him. A sealed then appeared. Naruto muttered to himself again. He walked over to the seal. Luckily, when he was traveling with Jirayia, he had taught him how to read and use seals. The seal only appeared with chakra. Naruto bit his thumb and ran it over the seal. It popped open and Naruto opened the closet.
The closet had clothes and some boxes. Naruto pulled down one of the boxes and opened it. It had several kunai but they were different. They had three prongs instead of one. Naruto shrugged and put the box back. He opened another one and it was full of baby clothes. Naruto pulled out an outfit and looked at it. It was orange and blue. Naruto smiled and knew it was his. He looked through the box to find a little stuffed fox. Naruto smirked "Figures," he muttered. He threw the fox back in and closed it. He was about to put the box back up but he couldn't leave the pushie fox. Naruto took the fox out and hugged it. He loved this fox even though it was his first time seeing it. The last box was full of little books. Naruto pulled one out and saw that his mother wrote it in. Naruto read a paragraph but it was a letter to her family. Naruto flipped through some of the other books but they didn't interest him. Naruto then picked up the last book. It was very worn and had lost some of its color. It looked brown to him but he couldn't tell. Naruto opened it and saw that it was a diary. His father's diary. Naruto flipped through it. He couldn't believe some of the things he was reading. Naruto put the rest of the books away but his father's. He closed the closet and went to the bed. He sat on the bed and began to read a book that would change his life forever.
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I was waiting for the rest of my team for the mission. We were going to Waterfall to disable a bridge that the enemy used. We were in the Great Ninja War and it wasn't looking pretty for everyone else. Even for Konoha. Eventually Kakashi, Obito, and Rin showed up. "You ready?" I asked all of them. They just nodded their heads. "Let's go." We were then off to our mission and only three of us would return. However, none of us knew that. It was going to be a mission that one of us was never going to forget.
We stopped for the night and I took the first watch writing in this. I take it everywhere with me. This isn't my first diary either. I've had several others. However, I've hidden them very carefully so no one can find them. After a while, I slept and Kakashi took over. The next morning we were moving. We were where we needed to be and I stopped everyone. "Do you have your gifts for Kakashi being promoted to a Jonin?" I asked Rin and Obito who were still Genin.
Rin nodded and handed Kakashi a small package. "It's a first aid kit. If I'm not around you can take care of yourself." Rin said smiling. Kakashi just nodded and took it.
"You don't have anything I'm guessing?" Kakashi growled at Obito. Those two never got along.
"No, why would I get something for you when you never treat me right?!" Obito asked.
"Because you cry and a ninja is not supposed to show emotion." Kakashi said to Obito.
"I get dirt in my eyes!" Obito said defensively.
"How can you get dirt in your eyes if you wear goggles?" Kakashi growled getting annoyed at Obito.
"Okay you two knock it off!" I said sternly. "This is Kakashi's first mission leading as a Jonin. I except everyone to listen to him." I looked at Obito and he nodded. "Kakashi, I want you to take Obito and Rin to the bridge and destroy it. I'm going to a front to help some Leaf Nin out. Does everyone understand what to do?" I asked.
"Hai, Minato-sensei," Rin said confidently.
"Yes," Obito said still upset at Kakashi. Kakashi just nodded.
I then took a tri-kunai out of my pocket. "Kakashi, take this and use it when you're in trouble. I will be their right away even if we are hundreds of miles apart." I said handing it to Kakashi. He just nodded and I turned to Rin. "Rin, make sure those two don't kill each other."
"Hai, Sensei," Rin said and they leapt away. Little did I know that only two of them would return. I then leapt off to where I was assigned to go. I got their in a matter of minutes and everything was going bad for us. They were behind a long line of rocks raised by Jutsu. I went to the person in charge and asked him what was going on. He explained and I nodded. "Alright, I want you to give each of your troops one of these Kunai." The leader nodded at me and I added, "Give them the signal to throw them when I say." I pulled out a scroll and hundreds of kunai fell out of there. The leader looked surprised but didn't say a word. He took them and ran to his troops. Ten minutes later, I was standing on top of a rock. I prepared myself for what I was about to do. I nodded to the leader and he gave the signal to his troops to throw their kunai into the air. Each ninja had two. There were a thousand of them in the air. "Hiraishin" I was then killing ten enemy nins a second. Less then five minutes later, I was back to where I started covered in blood. I wearily fell to one knee and then everyone clapped. They knew I was the Yellow Flash of Konoha but most of them had not seen me in action. I thought about my team when the leader came over to me. "Are you all right Minato-sama?" He asked me.
"Just Minato," I panted. "I'm fine thank you."
"Do you need anything Minato?" He asked again.
"No, no thank you," I said politely. I then felt a tug calling me to Kakashi. Shit! They're in trouble! I thought desperately. "I have to go, my team is in trouble!" I shouted at the leader and I was then gone in a yellow flash. I was afraid of what I would find when I got their. I was there in less than two minutes. I saw Kakashi on a tree branch standing against a tree holding the tri-kunai out against a Rock Nin. Rin was fighting someone else. I saw no sight of Obito. The tri-kunai was calling me over. I pulled out another and was a yellow streak. I killed the man and then killed the person Rin was fighting.
"Minato-sensei! Kakashi-kun!" Rin shouted as Kakashi began to fall. I raced over and caught him before he could hurt himself even more. His right side of his face was covered in blood. I placed him gently on the ground and Rin was by my side.
"What happened?" I asked calmly.
"Obito is dead and he gave Kakashi his eye." Rin said crying.
"His eye?" I asked confused. "Never mind, tell me later. Let's get Kakashi out of here."
We then leapt to the outside of the forest. I found a boulder and placed Kakashi on it. He was paler then usual and that wasn't a good sign. "Will he be alright?"
"His lost a lot of blood already," Rin said doing a diagnosis Jutsu. We were lucky to have a Medical Nin on our team. Rin then set to work on Kakashi. She was beat up herself with lots of cuts on her back. Some deeper then others. She also didn't look great. Once she was done with Kakashi, I patched her up as best I could.
"What happened?" I asked curious.
"Kakashi-kun and Obito were arguing and I told them to stop. They wouldn't listen; I was then captured by the Rock Nins and taken to a base. They came and Obito activated his Sharingan. I escaped with the help of Kakashi-kun and Obito. The ceiling fell on Obito and he gave Kakashi-kun his eye. He said 'Even though we weren't great friends but we can see the future together. He died after saying that." Rin was crying by now.
"What do you mean by 'Obito's eye'?" I asked confused about that.
"Obito's sharingan eye. I have no idea if the eye will work for Kakashi-kun. It might or might not. However, knowing Kakashi-kun, it will." Rin said looking at Kakashi.
"What happened to you in the base?"
"I was taken there and they wanted information. I wouldn't give it to them so they hit me with their swords. Not the sharp part though. Also a girl used Genjustu to get the information out of me. I still refused. They wanted to know things that I didn't know." Rin said shacking at the memory.
It was night by now and Rin needed sleep. "Sleep Rin, I'll watch Kakashi for you." Rin nodded getting off the boulder.
"Thanks," Rin said yawning.
"No problem." I said I looked up at the stars wishing that everything was over. I was deep in thought when Kakashi stirred beside me several ours later. "Hey," I said.
Kakashi looked at me confused. "Where am I?" He asked.
"On a boulder," I answered back.
"Why am I on a boulder and why can I only see out of one eye?" Kakashi asked confused.
I laughed because Kakashi never got confused. "Because Obito gave you his eye. You now have the Uchiha's sharingan eye. You should feel privileged. No one beside you and the Uchiha have the Sharingan."
Kakashi felt his bandaged eye. "Where's Obito?"
"Dead," I said straight out.
"Oh, Okay," Kakashi said.
"What were you two arguing about when Rin was captured?" I asked curious.
"About which way to go. I wanted to go one way and Obito then wanted to go the other. After Rin was captured, Obito wanted to go after Rin; I wanted to continue the mission. Obito went one way I went the other. He said that friends where more important then a bridge. I ignored him and walked away." Kakashi said ashamed.
I shock my head. "Kakashi, you know that following the rules all the time is going to get you killed someday. My sensei told me that those who leave there friends are lower then trash. I guess that you earlier today where lower then trash. I don't want to see that happen to you Kakashi; you could become a great ninja. Keep this day in mind and never make the same mistake again. Do you understand Kakashi?"
"But-" Kakashi was about o say something but I interrupted him.
"Kakashi, do you understand?" I asked more sternly.
"Yes Minato-sensei," Kakashi said monotone.
"Okay, sleep; I'll watch both Rin and you." Kakashi fell asleep before I finished the sentence.
Two days later we returned to he village. Obito's name was engraved on the Memorial Stone and Kakashi changed that day. He was late to everything. Even missions. I found out that he stood at the Memorial Stone looking at Obito's name. Life went on normally until our next mission.
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Naruto closed the diary and set it on his bed. Kakashi had never said what how he got his sharingan eye and now Naruto knew. Naruto got up and left his new house. Naruto walked all the way to Kakashi's house thinking about Minato's diary. Naruto knocked on Kakashi's door and Kakashi answered. "Yes?"
"Can I come in?" Naruto asked.
"Sure, what's up Naruto?" Kakashi asked opening to door for Naruto. Naruto walked over to the couch and sat down.
"I found my father's diary," Naruto said casually.
"I remember that thing. Minato took it everywhere with him." Kakashi said laughing.
"I read about the day you obtained your eye." Kakashi then stopped laughing.
"I see," Kakashi said carefully.
"What happened to Rin?" Naruto asked Kakashi curiously.
Kakashi sighed. "She died on a mission. It was just Rin and me. I wasn't able to protect her."
"What do you mean, 'I wasn't able to protect her'?" Naruto asked confused.
"I choose wrong again. I went after someone because I thought Rin could take care of herself. I was wrong. She was Chunin then. She told me something that I didn't know before."
"Which was....?"
"Rin loved me. She was deeply in love with me Obito told me that over and over again but I didn't believe him." Kakashi said ashamed.
"Why did you act the way you did to Obito?" Naruto asked thinking hard.
"Because I thought everyone was lower than me. I didn't think anyone was better than I was. Obito was also a cry baby then." Kakashi said with a little chuckle. "He also said that he had dirt in his eyes but how can you get dirt in your eyes with goggles on!?" Kakashi said loudly.
"Why did you leave Obito like that? Why didn't you go after him?" Naruto asked suddenly mad at his teacher.
"Because I was a different ninja then. I only followed the rules and nothing else. That day I made a horrible mistake. If I would have gone with Obito or not had been arguing with him, Rin would never have been captured. Obito never would have died." Kakashi said.
"But you wouldn't be the person you are today." Naruto said.
"Very true. Naruto, never forget your friends. If one is captured, don't make the same mistake I did. Promise me that." Kakashi said.
Naruto nodded, "I promise."
