This story is from sort of from kirin saga's plot bunnies. Yay for Obiito!
I do not own Naruto.
In the bright sunshine of a Friday, team seven was racing towards home, having successfully completed a mission involving guarding an important, stuck up man. Naruto had taught the customary lesson and everything had gone well.
They decided to stop to have a picnic lunch, and the scene was a happy one, for even Sasuke was being mildly friendly. It made Kakashi remember a similar afternoon several years back....
flashback
"Hey! Hey Kakashi! Rin brought moon cakes! You know you want some!" His irrepressibly happy teammate Obiito shouted at him while Rin grinned. Kakashi sighed. Just because the mission was over didn't mean they should be celebrating like this....
"Cut it out." the stoic young ninja said without much annoyance.
Rin pouted. "Come on Kakashi, you never eat! We won't keep bothering you if you just eat one!"
The Yondaime laughed from under a shady tree. It was quite apparent he loved watching the antics of his team.
end flashback
"Hey! Hey Kakashi-sensei! Aren't you going to eat?" Naruto asked, managing to frown and look happy at the same time. Sakura chimed in, "Yeah, come one! We even have fortune cookies!"
Kakashi smiled underneath his mask and came over, taking a fortune cookie from Sakura's outstretched hand. He broke it open to read his fortune as Naruto recited his off.
"'You will have a terrible misunderstanding in the near future.' What the heck is that supposed to mean? What's yours say, Sasuke?"
Sasuke rolled his eyes but read it off anyway. "'Your love life is about to take off.' How stupid."
Sakura blushed. "Mine says 'Love will come from an unexpected place.'" She seemed to think this meant Sasuke, as she kept looking at him and fluttering her eyelashes.
Naruto got into his sensei's face, shouting loud enough to wake the dead. "What'd you get, Kakashi-sensei?"
Kakashi shrugged. "'What has been long lost will be returned to you.' You guys know these aren't for real, right?"
Naruto ignored him and pondered the meaning of the words. "So, that must mean your neighbor is finally going to return your power tools!"
"Idiot!" Sakura hit Naruto over the head.
Kakashi just shook his head and sighed as he looked up at the suddenly darkening sky. This picnic would not last much longer.
The first raindrops were met with moans of disappointment.
Kakashi sighed. "Well, time to pack everything up." The genin obediently got everything out of the rain and into the basket.
They started across the field, Naruto talking about what the fortune cookies probably meant and Sakura staring intently at Sasuke, who ignored her. It continued this way until the ground fell out from underneath them, plummeting them screaming into an underground lair.
Kakashi landed on his feet, battle ready while his students either landed awkwardly or were too busy looking around.
Someone had been here recently. There was no dust on anything, and a lone lightbulb lit the room. There were bars everywhere, indicating this was some sort of prison. A sudden scuffling noise in the corner drew Kakashi's attention, and he whipped around to see a small figure huddled there.
"Who are you?" he said softly, not wanting to scare the child. Sasuke and Sakura turned to look in that direction while Naruto exclaimed "Wait! There's someone here?!"
The figure scooted forward. He was small and swathed in bandages and rags. Only one eye showed and a small tuft of black hair. "Ka....Ka-ka-shi?"he asked very slowly and uncertainly.
Both Kakashi and Sasuke gasped as they saw the boy's eye clearly. It was the sharingan.
"Who are you?!" demanded Sasuke, scaring the boy back into his corner. Kakashi put a hand on his student's shoulder as a warning and then advanced to where the familiar child was huddled back in his corner.
"Hey,"Kakashi said, trying to sound as friendly as possible, "what's your name? Mine's Hatake Kakashi." The little boy looked at him, and Kakashi noted his eye was tear streaked now.
"I-I'm U-chi-ha Obiito." He said very quietly and with some difficulty. Kakashi sat there stunned. Obiito could not possibly be alive, and even if he were there was no way he could stay this young.
"How," Kakashi asked quietly. Obiito seemed to understand what he was asking. "I-I'm no-t ag-ing. Be-cause of th-em." his voice was very hoarse and strained, like every syllable was difficult to force out.
"Uh, Kakashi-sensei,"Naruto asked in confusion, "Who is that?"
Kakashi only answered with, "We had better get out of here now." He scooped up Obiito and he and his students jumped using their chakra out of the hole and ran.
Well, I thought here would be a good spot to end. Now there will be a second chapter for sure. I'm just not so sure about a third one. Let me know how you liked it!