The Senju Brothers
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The Arcobaleno II
Uchiha Obito
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"Chaos, Kakashi."
All four heads in training ground three snap around to stare at the source of the voice, with various reactions. Minato-sensei cringes while Rin looks curious.
Obito, Obito is ecstatic.
Here is one of his heroes, right before his very eyes.
Reborn is a legend, a newly classified S-rank ninja and he's an orphan just like Obito. If Reborn can reach such heights, than surely Obito can too, once he obtains his Sharingan.
The Uchiha outcast is so happy to see the man that it takes him a second to tear his gaze away from the man's strange taste in hats -it'd look so much cooler with an orange band instead- to the boy the legendary Reborn address.
Kakashi looks furious, or as furious an an emotionless robot can be. His arms are folded, head turned away and Obito really wants to know how the hell Kakashi-baka knows the super-awesome Reborn.
"Haha, hi Reborn," Minato-sensei slides over to the slightly older male, grinning sheepishly, "what brings you here?"
"Are you going to teach us all some super awesome jutsus?" Obito cries as he bounds forwards, basking in the closeness of his idol.
A fist comes down on his head in a punishing arc. There's enough force in that blow to smash him into the ground.
"Quiet you," Reborn snaps over Obito's pitiful groan as he desperately tries not to shed any tears in the face of his idol.
"Chaos, Minato," -oh, maybe Obito should get himself a cool catchphrase/greeting like that?- "I'm on leave for the week and Kakashi-brat needs hell training."
Huh?! Why is the uber cool, ass-kicking Reborn wanting to train Kakashi-baka?!
"I don't need you, go away."
And who the hell doesn't want training from the mighty Reborn?!
The Jonin seems to think so too, because he stalks forwards, planting himself before Kakashi with a frown. The midday sun casts the hat's shadow over Reborn-sama's eyes that seem to blaze yellow for a second as he stares Kakashi down.
"Who else is going to get you up to standards. Ten laps, complain and it'll be twenty."
"You're not my sensei," Kakashi mulishly replies, and Obito's in too much shock to shake Kakashi's shoulders and scream that he's crazy.
Reborn raises an eyebrow at the blatant disrespect, and Obito knows he's in for it. This is the most exciting team training in forever!
"Thirty laps."
"You said twenty!"
"I lied. Now are you going to disobey a commanding officer?"
Obito watches in amazement as Kakashi huffs, red with fury, but complies anyway. He doesn't go without snarling at Reborn on the way past though, and the Jonin's response is to kick him into a tree. Like it's nothing.
Minato-sensei lets out a wordless cry of distress alongside Rin, even as Kakashi just picks himself up, glares, and then continues running without returning fire.
Obito's pretty sure he's got stars in his eyes.
"Is that really necessary, Reborn-sempai?" "
Yes," comes the clipped reply, and then the older ninja does, something, that has little yellow beams firing from his fingertips at Kakashi's heels. The Chunin squawks and picks up his pace.
This is fantastic!
At least, until his eyes land on Obito and Rin, who have both sat down to watch the show.
"What do you two think your doing. A team can only go as fast as the slowest member. Start running."
Bleeding hell, Obito doesn't need to be told twice.
He's on his feet right away, but trips almost instantly, and one of those funny yellow beams lands an inch from his head.
First, Second and Third save him, that jutsu is nowhere near as cool up close!
He's trailing behind Kakashi but Obito's giving it everything he has, when a startlingly quick figure joins them on their laps.
He doesn't even dare to wheeze out the question of why Minato-sensei has to train too, because if he does, he'll fall over.
And he does not want to find out what those yellow beams are.
He takes it all back, this is hell!
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Four hours later, Reborn-sama -his idol and now his nightmare, all in one- has left them with the terrifying threat of returning tomorrow, and a sweaty Minato-sensei is carrying them home.
Obito lays limply across the man's shoulder and thanks the sage he never got Reborn-sama as a sensei like he'd previously wished.
Mirroring him on sensei's other shoulder, Kakashi lays in an equally exhausted slump, arms hanging slack out before him.
"How'd you know Reborn-sama anyway, Bakashi?"
There's silence for a minute, and Obito wonders if he'll ever get an answer. But then, miracle of miracles, Kakashi speaks.
"He's my godfather."
What?!
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The Arcobaleno II
Namikaze Minato
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"Don't you think this is a bit too much?"
His three students are making their six hundredth and thirty fourth lap around the training grounds, and Minato cringes in sympathy. Thank god for his speed, at least he's had enough time to recover from his own laps.
Why he is even listening to Reborn is beyond him.
Oh wait, because one doesn't backchat Reborn, not even Jiraiya.
God, Minato pities whatever poor soul will end up with Reborn for a sensei. And someone will, eventually.
"Perhaps. That's why I'll fix their personalities after I'm sure they won't die."
"Fix their personalities?" Minato parrots, dreading the very thought. What's wrong with their personalities right now?
True Kakashi's a bit moody, and Rin's a bit naïve, and Obito's a bit, well, Obitoish. But really, changing their personalities?
"Yes, I will mould Kakashi in my image."
What a terrifying goal.
For one horror filled moment, Minao can see it, Reborn reflected in Kakashi's every action. The obnoxious smugness, a jaunty catchphrase, a habit of sleeping around. Doing anything and everything in his power to string a person along until they were torn between total disbelief and being more infuriated than ever before.
No, Minato has to prevent this, no matter the cost to his own psyche. But how?
He won't lie, chances are slim, after all Reborn's a tricky bastard on a good day. Trying to halt him when motivated just isn't possible. Or so they say.
For the future wellbeing of his country and village, Minato is willing to try.
"Is that really necessary?"
It isn't suppose to come out as blatant pleading.
The smug knowing look in those black eyes gives away that Reborn is enjoying this far too much.
"Completely necessary," he confirms, moving almost quicker than Minato can see and snatching up a passing Kakashi as he does so.
"Chaos, Kakashi."
The boy's too tired to even attempt his usual growl at the man, and only gives a pathetic wiggle, one that barely passes as a struggle for freedom as Reborn tucks him to his side. The Hatake hangs limply from Reborn's arm and not for the first time these two days, Minato feels a well of pity rise up in him.
"Well, I am off to go train Kakashi-kun in his chakra-" there's a pained whimper at the promise in those words, "-ciao, Team Seven."
And then he's gone, leaving Minato with two exhausted students and no hope of ever stopping the man.
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The Arcobaleno II
Uchiha Obito
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Obito's struggling home under his own power this time -Minato-sensei has been pushed past his limits too and was still passed out on the field as the Uchiha had made his escape- when he trips right before the clan gates and falls flat on his face.
Or, that's what should have happened.
But instead a strong hand catches the back of his shirt and hikes him up, so that his torso is lying three or so feet from the floor in midair as his limbs dangle pathetically.
"Okay there, Uchiha-kun?"
Blinking, Obito forces the energy up to his neck in order to turn to look at his rescuer and all the air gets such end from his lungs.
A lot of the village assume all the Uchihas know each other, but really, there's far too many people for that to happen. But Obito knows of this Uchiha, if only by his legend.
"Ah, Fon-sama!" He chokes out, blinking up at Reborn-sensei's -he'd forced them to call him sensei, and Obito didn't want to anymore, his every muscle and bone hurt- teammate.
Dear sage, please please please, he knows it's probably not possible, but let Fon-sama be the same one of Reborn-sensei's team.
"This looks like the handiwork of my fearless teammate," the older Uchiha muses, running a thumb over the holes in Obito's shirt as he sets him back on his feet, and the genin blushes.
He hasn't really got the money for new clothes yet, and not wanting to ruin his other good clothes, he'd taken to switching between two of the same outfit now, sacrificing them to take the brunt of Reborn's training.
"Forgive me, I'm afraid I don't not know your name, Uchiha-kun."
"It's Obito!" Obito cries out, and then slaps a hand over his mouth in embarrassment.
God damn it, his other hero -the first S-rank Uchiha since the terrifying Uchiha Madara- probably thinks he's mad now, or at least, not right in the head.
But no, Fon-sama just chuckles and pats his head as he does so, hand quickly disappearing into the large sleeves of his red shirt.
That's another thing Obito loves about the 'Flames of Konoha'. They dress however the hell they like, and while Viper's shawl thing is weird -how does she even see?- Fon's bright red ensemble appeals to everyone of Obito's characteristics.
Except, you know, orange is a way cooler colour.
"Come along, Obito-kun, let's get you cleaned up."
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That's how Obito finds himself sat on the backyard porch of Uchiha Fon's house, enjoying a cup of tea as the man laughs over his tales of Reborn-sensei's hell training.
Obito didn't know that Fon and Viper were married, never mind that they have two kids. They're both pretty much babies, but Obito's done more than his fair share of the babysitting missions -hell, most of that was voluntarily- so he really doesn't mind watching them crawl/tumble about the garden.
It makes sense why the village wouldn't want many people to know that Fon and Viper are married; they're both S-rank ninja, so there's every chance that their kids are gonna be something special.
But right now, those kids are a weak spot too. And the 'Flames of Konoha' are really, really big targets.
"If you are that worried about your taijutsu, Obito-kun," Fon says calmly, pausing in order to take a sip of his tea, "then I believe I can help you there."
"Really?!" He's not even embarrassed about his high-pitched yelp, because Uchiha Fon, currently considered the strongest Uchiha in the village, is offering to help him train.
"Yes please!"
Well, hopefully that's a bit funnier this time,
Tsume
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