So, here is chapter 2. Hope you guys like it. Read and review.

Note that if when there is a Jutsu but is bold and in English, for example "Doton! Earth wave technique!" It means it is my own jutsu. Well, at least I have not heard it in the naruto world cuz i do not know a lot of the jutsu's used. So sorry if a jutsu already exists but claims that it was mine.

Disclaimer: Yeah, I don't own naruto. :(

CHAPTER 2: ACQUAINTANCE

The Uchiha compound is at the end of the village. The Uchiha is one of the clans that cannot be underestimated with it's powerful blood line limit ability. Being able to predict attacks and copy Jutsu's is something that be very useful in combat. Kakashi knew the benefits that his Sharingan will bring to him but also needs to increase his chakra capacity due to using it too much chakra for not having an Uchiha body.

The team walked the streets of Konoha to get to the Uchiha compound. The villagers greeted the ninja's when they passed. Most of them actually just wanted to say hi to Minato since he is the hero of the village. He was already nominated to be the Hokage in 2 years from now but no surprise there. Even the Rock country feared him. They were actually ordered to run away from battle if they spotted him.

When they reached there, two Uchiha ninja's stopped them.

"And what do non-Uchiha nin's like you want?" The one to the left with a thick moustache asked.

Minato scratched the back of his head, "Well, we were ordered by Hokage-same to meet with Fugaku-san. He says that he has an Uchiha to join my team."

"Ah, so Minato-san is the one to train one of our most talented young one. Just go straight ahead." The two Uchiha men allowed them to pass, moving out of their way. Minato thanked the man and made their way to Fugaku-san.

The Uchiha compound isn't anything special. It is just like the rest of the village, only that the buildings here have Uchiha symbol imprinted on it. As they passed, most of the Uchiha resident's were pointing and whispering at Kakashi.

"Look at that brat! He stole our blood line limit!" One old woman pointed out.

"I know. I cannot believe that Konoha will allow an outsider to have it through artificial means."

Kakashi merely ignored them. It was Obito's dying wish that he has his gift so he should not feel ashamed about it. Of course, they not only just accused of Kakashi, some Uchiha passer-by's waved at them. There were some that volunteered to teach Kakashi the arts of the Uchiha and how to master the Sharingan. But, being Kakashi, the ninja that is the son of the White Fang refused them politely.

They finally met Fugaku at a training ground specially meant for the Uchiha's only. Fugaku waved at them and urged them to come. Minato waved back and lead his team there. On the training ground were two young boys in a sparring match. One, Kakashi recognized as the talented Uchiha Itachi, the son of Uchiha Fugaku. The other boy, none recognized him but as they could see, Uchiha Itachi was equal to the other.

"Welcome Minato-san." Fugaku greeted.

Minato bowed, followed by his students, "And the same to you. Who is that young boy over there? I do not recognize him."

Fugaku smirked, "That, is your new student, Uchiha Maki."

Minato nodded, "Impressive to be matched with your son."

Fugaku laughed, "As much as I hate to admit it, that is true. Itachi refuses to train or fight anyone but him. They are close friends and are equal in strength. The only difference is that Maki has developed his Sharingan and is already level three. However, I am worried that his Sharingan is different compared to the rest of the Uchiha."

"Really?" Minato replied with interest, "Different how?"

"Well," Fugaku rubbed his chin, thinking. He closed his eyes and then replied, "His Sharingan is blue in colour then the normal red. Also, his level 3 Sharingan is, how should I put it… Not in the right shape."

Minato gave a confused look. Rin and Kakashi looked at each other and they too did not know the answer. Fugaku rubbed his back, "I mean, like most Uchiha, level 3 Sharingan is indicated by the comma shapes in their eyes. You should know that right?"

Minato nodded.

"Well, Maki's level 3 Sharingan is, almost like in the shape of the stars. He also claims that his Sharingan is a little better than normal and he was right. I tested his Sharingan against a new level 3 Sharingan user and Maki was able to predict movements faster."

"Well, that is interesting." Minato agreed. He watched the match between Maki and Itachi. The two were panting. It seems that their match has been for quite some time now.

"So, who's winning?" Kakashi asked.

"Well," Fugaku replied, "They are equal. However, Maki has the advantage in his speciality."

"Speciality?" Minato asked curiously.

Fugaku nodded, "He has created a unique ability to produce a shadow clone with his Kunai."

Minato looked at Fugaku and he knew that he needed to elaborate it. Fugaku cleared his throat and continued, "Well, I have seen him create a shadow clone in two different ways with a kunai. One method I saw which was good for beating Itachi was that, whenever his Kunai draw blood of his enemy, even a drop of blood, it will immediately created a shadow clone of Maki next to it. He was able to beat Itachi since it surprised Itachi."

"I see…" Minato said, concentrating on Maki.

"The second method is almost similar. It is more like a backup plan. Maki would sometime throw his kunai at Itachi and if he missed, well, he can create a shadow clone wherever that Kunai hit. For example, if his Kunai hit a tree, he can create a shadow clone at the tree where the Kunai was."

"That is something I will need to see for myself." Minato said. Kakashi crossed his arms on his chest while Rin stood next to their sensei, watching the two young Uchiha's preparing for the next attack. They could see that Itachi was sweating madly while, although Maki has less sweat, he had more scratches on his arms. It seems that Itachi was winning but Fugaku stated they were equal.

Minato observed his soon-to-be student. He had long brown hair. His hair reached shoulder length and was quite spiky. Minato could not tell his eye colour since they are right now activated as the Sharingan. Just like Fugaku said, his Sharingan was blue. He was quite tall for his age.

Itachi was breathing in air. He was low in chakra and getting tired. Maki smiled when he saw Itachi gasping for air. Here is where he puts his advantage to a use. Gathering chakra to his feet, he sprinted towards Itachi. Itachi gathered two shuriken and threw it at Maki. Maki blocked it with his kunai and Itachi formed his seals when Maki blocked it.

"Katon: Goakakyuu no jutsu! (Great fireball technique)."

A great ball of fire emerged from Itachi's mouth and the fire was about 7 feet wide in diameter. Maki, with his Sharingan immediately formed seals himself.

"Doton! Doryuheki no jutsu (Earth release wall)!" He spat a pile of mud to the ground and a gigantic wall was formed. The wall was able to absorb the fire and melted. However, Itachi has disappeared and Maki looked carefully from left to right. He could not hear Itachi's breathing until he felt the chakra behind him.

Turning around, he ducked when he saw Itachi tried to kick his face. Itachi missed and Maki grabbed his foot to try and throw him but Itachi used his other leg to kick his hand. Maki let go and the two engaged in Taijutsu. The two were able to block and dodge each other's attack. Itachi however, with lower stamina had to fall back. Maki did not want Itachi to gain some rest so he ran forward and formed a simple seal.

"Kage Bunshin no jutsu! (Shadow replication technique)."

Two clones were formed and they ran forward ahead of Maki. Itachi threw a few kunai which destroyed one of the clones while he had to engage in Taijutsu with the other. Itachi found an opening and made an upper-cut to the clone, destroying the clone. Unfortunately, Itachi was so caught up with the clones he had not realized that the real Maki was in the air. Maki formed seals that Itachi was familiar with.

"Katon! Housenka no jutsu!"

Balls of fire were targeted at Itachi. About 3 balls of fire and he had to dodge each and every one of them. Maki smiled when his plan worked and taking out a kunai and aimed it carefully, threw it at Itachi.

Itachi jumped away from the 3rd fireball and rolled back to his feet only to find a kunai coming right to him. Itachi moved his head to the left but was too slow. The kunai scratched Itachi's right cheek and the moment he felt the pain, he curse and Maki smiled.

Immediately when the Kuna drew blood, a puff of smoke was created and a clone of Maki was created. Itachi quickly blocked a punch and grabbing Maki's clone's arm, he almost destroyed it when he felt a cold metal behind him. He sighed and knew it was over.

Maki held another kunai at Itachi's neck while his clone was being held by Itachi. "I win," Maki said happily, "The score is now 12-10."

Itachi smiled and the clone disappeared. The two were then laughing and talking about how their fight went.

Minato was nodding his head in approval watching on how the young Uchiha pulled his victory. So that was what Fugaku meant. That is indeed a unique skill and it almost worked like the kunai he gave to Kakashi only it teleports it to him.

Kakashi and Rin were also impressed on how their new team mate beat the one of the most talented Uchiha.

"So," Fugaku said, turning to Minato, "What do you think?"

"He is impressive. Being able to use Kage Bunshin at his age is good and he seemed to be quite efficient with earth technique types as well."

Fugaku nodded, "He is good in both fire and earth type techniques."

"I would like Maki to try in a spar against Kakashi." Minato suggested.

Everyone turned to him, including the two young Uchiha's. They knew they were being watched in their match but they did not know why they were here. Maki recognized Minato due to his blonde hair.

"I beg your pardon?" Fugaku said, shaking his head.

"I would like Maki to try to fight against my student, Kakashi."

"Surely you cannot be serious." Fugaku replied, "Kakashi here is a Jounin. Maki may be talented but he is just a Genin you know."

"I am sure Maki can put up a fight. Besides, he is in our team now and I am interested to see him fight one of my students. We will allow Maki to rest for an hour, and then we will meet back here for a match."

Fugaku nodded and Minato's team left. Maki and Itachi approached Fugaku with confused look, especially Maki. He does not want to fight Kakashi. He has heard about his abilities and is a talented ninja. He now also possesses the Sharingan from Obito.

"Fugaku-sama, surely you don't expect me to fight him." Maki pleaded.

Fugaku sighed, "I'm sorry Maki but my hands are tied. Minato-san insists that you have a sparring match with Kakashi-san. Don't worry, I'm sure you'll do fine."

"Yeah Maki. Show the non-Uchiha the power of the Sharingan!" Itachi said, encouraging him. Maki scratched his head. He was still in doubt. Sure, he beat a Chuunin but they're talking about a talented Jounin who was the son of the White Fang.

"I'll give it a shot." Maki gave his answer.

Fugaku nodded, "Good. Be here in an hour."

With that, Fugaku left the two young Uchiha's. Maki shrugged and the two of them decided to spend their next hour at Itachi's house, playing cards and drinking tea. The score between them was now 12-10, with Itachi 12 and Maki 10. They were both competitive and even though Itachi's Sharingan is only level 2, he was a talented Uchiha. The two discussed their fight earlier and told each other of their weaknesses. Itachi of course, complained about how he lost to the Shadow clone.

Maki created this technique of Kunai then creating a shadow clone last year and it proved to be useful. Although he did not beat the Chuunin by this method, it was almost similar. He first hid behind a tree and created a shadow clone to fight head on with the Chuunin.

The Chuunin thinking that he was the real one, fought with the clone when the real one came out and threw his Kunai at the Chuunin. The Chuunin knew of Maki's ability to create a shadow clone upon drawing blood and he dodged it, the kunai landing on the ground. He, however, did not know of Maki's other skill. While still fighting the clone, Maki silently said, "Kai (Release)!" and the kunai on the ground created a shadow clone.

The Chuunin did not notice this and when he finally beaten the clone, the real Maki kicked the Chuunin by the ankles, causing him to fall down on his back and since the clone was close, placed his kunai on the Chuunin's neck, causing his surrender.

"So, you think you can beat Kakashi?" Itachi asked, while looking at his cards. They were playing Poker. This question brought Maki out of his day dream.

"I'm not so sure. He is a talented Jounin so chances are low."

"Oh come on. Make the Uchiha proud!" Itachi continued his encouragement.

Maki sighed, "I will try, but no promises."

Itachi smiled and raised his cup of tea, "No promises. What say we toast?"

Maki laughed, "It's weird we make a toast with a cup of tea but at our age, that will have to do."

They continued playing poker until the time came. Maki was the one that noticed the time and although he hates to admit it, the thought of fighting Kakashi brought some thrills into his heart. While Itachi cleared the room and packing back the deck of cards, Maki grabbed his pouch of ninja tools but put more kunai's then the rest. This was because he can only used his custom technique of creating shadow clone with the kunai and no other ninja weapons.

Waiting for a few minutes for Itachi to wash the cups they used earlier, they soon made their way to the training ground. The weather was perfect. The hot sun was blocked by the clouds and there was a cool breeze. They greeted and waved at the fellow Uchiha's that passed by. Despite being at a time of war, when they are in the village, it was peaceful.

However, unlike Itachi, he has not yet claimed a life. Itachi was forced to defend himself when he was out of the village for a stroll. He can't believe it was so easy to pass the guards guarding the Konoha gates. That was when a Rock nin came and could have killed Itachi but Itachi beat him. After that, he was punished by the 3rd Hokage but not so severe. That was a few months back.

Upon reaching the training ground, they found that everyone was already waiting for them plus a few Uchiha nin's that heard about the fight. They must have wind of it. Maki sighed. He hated pressure. They most likely expect the pure Uchiha to beat the non-Uchiha who also possessed the Sharingan. Itachi patted Maki's back as a sign of good luck and he nodded and walked to the centre of the training ground. Kakashi was at the end of the training ground, looking at him.

The two looked at each other eye to eye, none showing any emotion. Maki has his right hand in his pouch, holding three shurikens. After a long waited moment, Fugaku gave the order.

"Begin!"

Maki immediately activated his Sharingan and thanks to it, he could see Kakashi running to him. He instantly threw his Shurikens but Kakashi easily dodged them but that was his plan. He quickly made seals.

"Katon! Goakakyuu no jutsu (Great Fireball technique)!"

Kakashi's eyes grew wide when he saw this. It was as big as Itachi's and he had to jump to his right. He looked around and found Maki no where insight. Then, he spotted a shadow looming above him. Looking up, he found Maki in the air with a kunai in hand. With precise aim, he threw it at Kakashi but Kakashi threw a Shuriken at him and the two weapons hit each other and landed on the ground.

Kakashi smirked. He knew that he was hoping to beat him the same way he beat Itachi then he was wrong. Forming the seals that he copied from a Rock nin, he applied the jutsu.

"Doton! Iwayado Kuzushi no jutsu (Rock Lodging Destruction technique)!"

A boulder was created and in the shape of a log that was aimed at Maki. With his Sharingan, he was able to dodge it only to meet Kakashi's fist, thrashing Maki to the ground. Maki felt the pain in his cheek and he rubbed it to try and ease the pain. He could feel a small amount of liquid dripping down his lips and he touched it.

It was red. His blood. Shaking his head to try and focus, he looked up and found Kakashi a few metres away from his, his hands on his hips. He was fairly confident. Slowly raising himself and grabbing a kunai, he now plans to use the kunai as a dagger, hoping to draw a small amount of blood.

With intense speed, Kakashi grabbed and threw a shuriken at Maki. Still, no matter how fast Kakashi was, Maki's Sharingan could match his speed but Kakashi was not done. The shuriken, still soaring in the air aimed at Maki, Kakashi formed a simple seal.

"Kage Bunshin Shuriken no jutsu (Shuriken shadow replication technique)!"

The shuriken turned into a large amount of shurikens. Maki jumped back and formed the same seal Kakashi used.

"Kage Bunshin no jutsu (Shadow Replication tehcnique)!"

About four clones were created and they all stood in front of the original Maki to take the hit. The shurikens all hit clones and they disappeared in a puff of smoke but Maki avoided the shurikens. Looking around, he could not find Kakashi until he felt his presence.

Turning around, he saw Kakashi with his right hand ready for a punch. Maki moved his body to the right and dodged it, and he grabbed Kakashi's wrist and threw him to a tree. Kakashi, easily landed on the tree on his feet. Taking a Kunai, he threw it and Kakashi but Kakashi, looking at the aim, did not even have to try and avoid it. It missed him and the kunai struck to a nearby tree.

Kakashi shook his head in disappointment, "You should practise your aim kid."

Maki smirked. This Kakashi was arrogant but he has a right to be. Maki stand no chance against him but he did not give up. Forming the similar seals again, he created two clones. Kakashi sighed.

Kakashi easily fought with the clones, jumping at them and easily dispelled them but found the real one forming seals on the ground while he was still in the air.

"Katon! Housenka no jutsu! (Multiple fireballs technique)!"

Small bits of fireballs were all aimed at Kakashi and Kakashi had to reveal his Sharingan to avoid them. One almost burnt his right arm but he was able to avoid it. Once he was safe, but still in the air, he closed his Sharingan with his forehead protector.

That was when he saw a shadow looming above him. He looked up and found Maki there, with his legs aimed for his head but Kakashi was so shocked he could not react. Maki's kick got his target, hitting Kakashi perfectly on the head and sent him crashing down to a tree. Kakashi then landed on the base of the tree, rubbing the blow on his head and groaned.

Maki landed a few feet away, directly in front of him. Forming the seals he knew that would give him the win, he used it.

"Doton! Earth binding technique!"

The ground beneath Kakashi started shaking and the soil, now in the shapes of ropes, tied Kakashi to the tree tightly. Kakashi tried to escape but he was stuck. He looked at Maki and he could see his confident face. His hands were also tied and he can't even form seals. The technique to escape ropes he learned from the academy were useless. Kakashi knew he was done for.

Maki was smiling and he formed one last simple seal.

"Kai!"

Instantly, a puff of smoke was created on the left of Kakashi and a shadow clone of Maki was seen. Kakashi looked at the clone in shock as the clone placed his Kunai on Kakashi's throat while the real one started walking to him slowly.

'When did he throw a Kunai there?' Kakashi thought. When he looked behind him and at the kunai, he instantly knew the answer. This was the tree that Maki threw his Kunai at when Kakashi was thrown at earlier. He actually commented that Maki should practise his aim when he actually intended to aim at the tree. Kakashi cursed for his mistake.

"Surrender, Kakashi-san?" Maki asked him, happiness in his voice.

Kakashi chuckled, "Impressive. You actually beat me kid. However, although you were smart enough to pull this, you lose."

Before Maki could react to Kakashi's statement, the Kakashi that was tied to tree disappeared in a puff of smoke and a log was changed into it. Maki's eyes widened in shock.

'But when?' He thought to himself, panicked.

After that thought came, he felt cold metal placed at his neck and he found Kakashi holding his neck with his kunai placed on it. Maki sighed in defeat, dropping his kunai and his clone was dispelled. Kakashi leaned close to Maki's ears.

"If you're wondering when I used Kawarimi (Replacement)," He whispered to his ear, "it was right after I landed on the tree after that kick you gave me. I saw your kunai to my left and then, I realized your plan. I must admit that you're good, planning so far ahead."

Everyone watched as Kakashi finally released his grip on the young Uchiha. Maki was breathing quite hard due to exhaustion of using too many Jutsu's. Then, Minato was the first to start clapping, followed by Fugaku, Rin and Itachi and finally by everyone that witnessed the fight.

Maki never felt so happy in his life. He was actually smiling as sweat poured down from his brow. He looked at Kakashi and Kakashi nodded at him in acknowledgement. Minato entered the training field and placed his hand on his back, "Well, I guess it is official then." He said aloud.

Maki's heartbeat was now beating faster.

"You are now officially the new member of my team. You shall refer to me now as Minato-sensei." He then struck a pose which caused everyone to sweat drop.

Maki chuckled and Kakashi slapped his hand on his face on his teacher's foolishness. Minato then just laughed nervously. Fugaku looked at Minato and he nodded, giving permission that the young Uchiha is allowed to fight in Minato's team. Maki knew that this was the beginning of his life as a ninja.