Obito Uzumaki's Path to greatness
Chapter 1
Forty years ago the fourth great ninja war raged between the allied shinobi forces and an organization known as the Akatsuki which also included Sasuke Uchiha, Kabuto the traitor, and a masked man known as Tobi. Tobi was later discovered to be none other than Obito Uchiha, an old team mate of the copy ninja Kakashi Hatake. Unfortunately Obito had lost mental stability and had to be stopped. Kakashi finished off his team mate and best friend while the Leaf's very own hero Naruto Uzumaki fought to bring back his own best friend Sasuke. The war had finally ended after a long, bloody struggle but not without many casualties. Despite the high death toll and the disappearance of the tailed beasts (the exception being the eight tailed giant ox and the nine tailed fox) Naruto succeeded in returning his friend to the village hidden in the leaves, life went on and the villages mourned their losses and rebuilt their individual armies, determined not to seem 'weak'. Shino Aburame became an insect breeder and head of the Aburame clan. Kiba Inazuka and Akamaru became the leaders of the new and improved ninja dog squad. Ino Yamanaka started traveling the world as a world renowned medical ninja. Choji Akimichi is a jonin squad leader but still manages to save room for food. Shikamaru Nara is the Leaf's Strategist who comes up with plans that have never failed. Hinata Hyuga, Ten Ten, and Rock Lee all teach at the ninja academy. Neji Hyuga is an undercover ninja who only goes on S rank missions. Gaara is still the Kazekage of the Sand village. Temari and Shikamaru got married and had a child. Kankuro opened his own puppet school in the sand village. Sai rejoined the Anbu. Sasuke Uchiha began to re-populate his clan and became captain of the konoha Anbu. Sakura Haruno or Sakura Uchiha as she is now referred as was promoted to the title of legendary sannin by her teacher Tsunade. Tsunade eventually retired as Hokage. Kakashi Hatake also resigned from being a ninja after having to deal with the fact of losing his former teammate twice and now is the Hokage's right hand man. He disappeared for a while and when he finally returned he had a child with him. No one knew where he went or what happened and they didn't bother to ask. Last and most importantly, Naruto Uzumaki, the number one hyperactive knucklehead ninja finally gained the guts to propose to Hinata. Nobody calls him Naruto anymore. Everyone in the Village hidden in the leaves call him the Sixth Hokage. Well, except for me, I just call him Dad.
Forty years after the war and a new day shines down on the newest set of graduating academy students. This is my Legacy!
Brriing
Brrriiiinng
Brrriiin...
I yawned as I stopped my clock, rubbing my sleepy orange eyes as I shuffled out of bed, scratching myself and stumbling out of my room towards my shower. Typical routine for one Obito Uzumaki. Halfway through my morning shower my eyes widened and not from the shampoo entering my eyes
"I'M LATE!"
I burst out of the shower, covered in suds, wrapped a towel around my waist and dashed towards my room, slipping and sliding through the door and ran straight into my dad. The Sixth Hokage. Like my dad I had blonde hair and always managed to be late.
"Hey there, Obito. What's the rush kiddo?" My Dad said smiling and ruffling my hair
"Dad, I'm late for ninja academy. I gotta go!" I said panicking
"Haha ok Obito. Your clothes are all laid out on your bed. Hurry along now"
Today was the day when the genin teams were decided. Yet I was ten minutes late. Swearing and hurriedly drying off, getting dressed.
I put on my red pants, my blue ninja shoes, my red arm bands, and my Hokage coat. It looked just my grandfather's coat except that it was blue and the flames at the bottom were red. I usually wear a shirt underneath the coat but today I was in such a rush that I just left my chest exposed (which I grew to like) and tied my headband to my forehead.
The last things I put on were my necklace (which was the same one that Tsunade gave to my father who passed it on to me) and Obito Uchiha's goggles and ear protectors whom I was named after at Kakashi's request. They were gifts from Kakashi himself. He said he wanted Obito's spirit to live on through me.
After I was finished I raced from the room and out of my house yelling goodbye to my father as I did. I just had to get to the academy.
I was running as fast a pair of twelve year old boy legs could carry me. Nothing stopped me or got in my way. Not even Ichiraku ramen which had this been any other day of school that I was late for I would've stopped and had at least 5 bowls of ramen before continuing. Another thing I had in common with my father was his love for ramen. I could eat ramen for Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, and still have room for dessert.
By the time I made it to the academy, orientation had already begun. I quietly snuck in hoping nobody would see me, especially the teacher.
"Obito Uzumaki. Well if it isn't my favorite little prankster" A voice from behind me said startling me and making me jump. But when I turned around I saw my principal Iruka sensei. Now Iruka had never been my actual sensei but after hearing my father say it so much, I just stuck with it.
"Iruka Sensei!" I said running up to him.
"Late again Obito. You are just like your father when he was a kid" Iruka Sensei and I always saw Eye to Eye. He always seemed to treat me as me and not as the son of the Sixth Hokage.
"What can I say, like father like son" I said with a grin on my face that was the spitting image of my Dad.
Iruka Sensei laughed and then waved good bye and left.
All of my features came from my dad. I'm not sure why but they did. I got nothing from my mom. Zip. Zilch. Nada. In a way I'm kind of glad. You see, after I was born she had a complete personality switch. She went from quiet and shy to brave and a figure of authority. Dad said it was because she was concerned for my wellbeing or something like that. He said whenever I'm not around the real Hinata comes out.
"OBITO!"
Speak of the devil.
A hand shot out of nowhere and grabbed my ear.
"OW. OW. OW! Quit it mom! You're embarrassing me!" I said quietly hoping no one could see me.
"Where have you been? Why are you late! And where is your shirt!" My Mom said panicking and trying to make me look presentable.
Psh. Moms.
"Mom I was just-"
"Obito, what do you call me when you're at school!"
"Ugh. Mrs. Hyuga I just over slept. Besides wasn't dad supposed to wake me up anyways?"
My mom preferred to use her old last name when she taught.
"Obito, you know your father is Hokage and you know I have to work. You're old enough to take responsibility for yourself. As of today you become a Genin" She said while her hand stroked my face.
Ya. It sucks when your Mom is your teacher.
Clapping came from the audience as the orientation ended
"MOOOOOOOO-"
"OBITO!"
" ! Can I go find my friends now that the orientation is over?"
"Oh I suppose so. Run along Obito. I will see you in class. Don't be late"
With that excuse I quickly ran out to meet up with some of my friends before class started.
That was when I came face to face with HIM!
Now normally it's hard to tell who my friends are and who aren't. A lot of girls like me just because I'm the hokage's son. Not that I don't enjoy the attention but there is only one girl that I have eyes for. Her name is Aoshima Uchiha. We have been friends ever since the beginning. Ever since I first saw her in Preschool I liked her. She has perfect pink hair and black tips at the bottom. Oh and the greenest emerald eyes you will ever see. Not to mention she is the Daughter of Anbu captain Sasuke and Legendary Sannin Sakura. My kind of girl.
I quickly pass all the annoying fan girls and scan the group of kids for Aoshima. When I finally catch a glimpse of her hair I run up to her. But right before I reach her a guy with black hair, black shades, a purple vest and green pants walks in front me so I accidently run into him and knock him over instead of "accidently" running into Aoshima.
I pat my ear protectors 3 times to try to fix my vision.
"Hey watch where you're going twerp" he said
Twerp! Oh Hell NO. Nobody calls Obito Uzumaki a Twerp. This foo is about to get a woopin. Great now I'm talkin like Killer Bee.
"Hey look man, I'm sorry. I didn't see you there" I said trying to behave with good manners since my mom was probably still around somewhere.
"What are you blind or something? Is that why you need goggles?" He said with a smirk.
Better watch it pal cuz I'm gonna wipe that smile off your know it all face. This guy was pushing all of my buttons the wrong way.
"Actually no. They are a memorial to the great Obito Uchiha who I was named after." I said proudly.
"You mean the guy who TRIED to destroy the leaf village"
"No I mean the guy that the great Kakashi Hatake respected and treated like a brother."
"Clearly I need to teach you a history lesson…. With my fist!"
"Clearly you don't know who I am. I am the son of the Sixth Hokage Naruto Uzumaki. My name is Obito Uzumaki!" I did the nice guy pose that Rock Lee showed me.
"You obviously don't know who you are up against"
I don't know who I'm up against?! I know the freakin rasengan and he tells me I don't know who I'm up against.
"Hmph. I sure hope you know what you're getting yourself into" I said getting into my fighting stance.
"Careful boy. Don't go crying to daddy when you lose" He said getting into his fighting stance.
The mysterious boy charged.
He came at me with some impressive speed I will admit. Not faster than the Fourth Hokage but at least as fast as Rock Lee without his weights on. Luckily I've trained with Rock Lee before so I knew how to evade most of his moves.
He threw a few fists and kicks at me which I easily dodged. If this punk thought he was gonna be able to beat me with just Taijutsu he would be gravely mistaken. Although something was wrong I thought to myself as I kicked him back. This is easy. Almost TOO easy.
The boy pulled out a Kunai that looked different from the normal Kunai that most ninja carry. It was green and purple mist was coming out of it. Shikamaru taught to me think before attacking so I analyzed the blade for a few seconds. Poison? Ya that had to be it. I pulled out my own kunai knife and ran towards him.
Our blades clashed with sparks as we glared into each other's eyes.
"Just give up. You can't win if you are going to keep fighting like this" growled Obito
"Don't get too cocky Twerp" he yelled back as he took out another poison kunai with his free hand.
I jumped back as he threw both of the Kunai. I managed to dodge one of them but the other scraped my right arm.
"Crap" I said wincing a bit. But I didn't feel any poison which was weird.
"That's it I've had enough of you. Multi-Shadow Clone Jutsu" I said making the hand signs for my dad's favorite technique. 20 shadow clones appeared behind me.
"Scared now. Your about to see the technique of the Sixth Hokage" One clone said
They all charged towards my opponent as I fled to a nearby tree to analyze his technique while he effortlessly defeated my clones. What's weird was that he wasn't even moving the clones just started disappearing one by one.
Let's try this again
"Multi-Shadow Clone Jutsu" I said again except this time nothing happened. No clones appeared. This had never happened before so I started panicking and freaking out trying to figure out what was going on. I tried again and again but it wouldn't work.
I jumped out of the tree.
"What happened?"
I saw the kid smirk. As he turned to walk away he said
"Just give up. You can't win if you are going to keep fighting like this" mocking me.
That's it I had had it with this guy. I'm normally supposed to use this as a last minute resort but this guy had pushed me too far. Hey what can I say, I have temper issues.
"RASENGAN!" I yelled as a blue orb of Chakra formed in my right hand as I charged towards him.
"Don't turn your back on me!" I Screamed.
Right before I was about to finish him off (or so I thought) my whole body froze. The boy turned around and had the snake seal formed in his hands. I couldn't move no matter how hard I strained. I tried to see if it was Shadow Possesion jutsu or some type of genjutsu but nothing worked.
"OBITO!" I glanced over to see Aoshima pointing towards my right hand with a look of horror.
I turned my attention to my Rasengan hand and saw that it was no longer a blue orb of chakra but a big ball of purple mist. The same mist from the kunai that struck me. "Shit" I thought to myself thinking back to when it scratched me.
I used medical ninjutsu that I learned from my mom to try and heal it when my opponent laughed.
"You retard. You still don't get it. It's not poison. Look closely"
I focused on the purple mist and saw that it was actually a bunch of tiny bugs flying close together.
"Insects! You must be from the Aburame clan!" I realized
"Correct! My name is Verge Aburame. Son of Shino Aburame and you my young hokage brat will be the first to witness my new Jutsu. Total Chakra Consumption Jutsu!"
My whole body felt so weak. It felt like my Chakra was being absorbed from the inside. I dropped to my knees.
"Right now your Chakra is being sucked out by million parasitic insects that were inserted into your body when you were struck by my kunai. But the real frightening part about my bugs is that once you lose the chakra YOU CANT GET IT BACK!" Verge laughed.
I collapsed on the ground unable to move.
"Well I think I have made my point. You can no longer use your Rasengan or shadow clones or any other Hokage level moves your father has taught you. Be grateful I spared you. Now you all see that Obito Uzumaki is all talk and no game." Verge announced to everyone as the bugs flew out of my body and into his.
All of the girls who were rooting for me left and so did everyone else who was watching. It was just me, Verge, and Aoshima.
"Obito! Are you ok? You're a horrible monster" Aoshima said as she hugged me in her arms and screamed at Verge.
"Tell me something I don't know sweetie." He hissed.
I felt like I was in a trance. I was so weak. But mostly I was disappointed and crushed. Disappointed that I lost the match and crushed because I lost my Jutsu forever.I didn't talk or scream but I did feel tears streaming own my face. Right before I blacked out in Aoshima's grasp I saw a black blur appear behind Verge as he moved closer and closer to Aoshima and me.
I woke up in the infirmary with my mom, Iruka Sensei, and Aoshima.
"Are you ok Obito?" Iruka Sensei asked.
I didn't answer. I just stared into space and felt the tears coming back.
"Where did that little brat go that hurt my son?" My mom yelled.
Aoshima just stood there quietly holding my hand.
"Now Now Hinata. Let's not be rash." Iruka pleaded
"Not be rash! My baby Boy has just had his Jutsu's taken away by some freak. No one not even my husband has been able to accomplish that! DO you have any idea how Obito must be feeling right now. The shadow clone Jutsu and the Rasengan are like a part of Naruto in him."
"I know you're concerned Hinata but we will find a way to deal with the situation. Now get back to class so you don't worry your students. Medical ninja are already on their way here."
"Fine! You know I could easily examine him myself" Hinata proclaimed as she walked out.
Iruka and Aoshima had to leave once the medical ninja arrived. They searched my entire body for any more parasitic bugs but none appeared. Once they left I was sent back to class. I stumbled into a jonin supervisor who told me to follow him. We went into an empty room and he told me to wait there. I waited for 30 minutes until the Jonin returned with a girl wearing all black had a mask made of wrappings and a flower in her silver hair, and HIM. The moments my eyes laid on him again my whole body naturally began shaking.
"HA look! He is still trembling in his boots!" Verge laughed
The girl punched him hard in the arm.
"Don't make me kick your ass again" she said.
The jonin walked in front of the three of us
"Obito Uzumaki, Verge Aburame, Artes Hatake. From here on out you shall be known as team 5. There will be no switching and this will be effective immediately. Your squad leader will soon be along to meet and evaluate you." The Jonin said and walked out.
I almost begged him not to leave me alone in here with that demon. I sat quietly my knees still trembling as Verge complained about our team and how weak I am. The girl known as Artes just ignored him.
"Soooooooooooooooo Hatake? Does that mean your Kakashi's kid?" I asked trying to strike up a conversation.
"Yup. And you must be the Hokage's kid."
"Just Obito is fine"
"So does that mean you inherited his sharingan?"
Verge cut her off before she could answer.
"Who cares? All I know is I'm stuck on a squad with a twerp and a freak. Not to mention our Sensei is La-"
Verge was stopped by the door opening as all of our moved towards the figure in the doorway.
I made a large gulp and a lump formed in my throat. This was one of the scariest squad leaders I had ever laid my eyes on. He had Anbu mask on, wrapping all over his body. It felt like he was looking right through me.
For once I think all three of us agreed on something. This guy was going to kill us.
All I could think was what a terrible day this had been.
I wake up late
I meet some jerk
I get my Jutsu taken away and lose a fight
All of my friends and fans don't respect me any more
I get the scariest teacher ever
And the worst thing of all
I STILL HAVN'T HAD ANY RAMEN YET!
End of chapter 1