Title: Rewind
Summary: " I wonder how Kakashi-sensei was like when he was our age…" A freak accident occurs, throwing Sakura back in time, to when her sensei's only thirteen… (AU)
Notes: (Same in Chapter One)
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Chapter 3
" You jerk!" Kakashi leaned backwards on his seat, caught off guard by the unexpected outburst. (Which was a bit exaggerated to him) After all, people rarely shouted vulgar things at him, much less it was from a patient in bed, who was supposed to be RESTING.
…. Wasn't that supposed to be Obito's job; to get insulted for the simplest of things?
" I'm no jerk," The silver haired teen retorted, scowling underneath his mask. " It's just a forehead,"
The girl in front of him scowled even more, if that was even possible.
" Just a forehead?! Imagine people poking fun at your forehead for half of your childhood! JUST?! You cold-hearted, gray haired-"
" Silver," Kakashi corrected, annoyed.
" –idiotic, no sense of reason, dunce!" With that, Sachiko huffed and dived under the bed-covers, ignoring Kakashi, who sat there half mortified, half seething. (But you could never tell with him; damn that mask.)
Seething for the girl insulting his intelligence (he betted his was higher than that girl); mortified for enduring this verbal abuse.
She just insulted my intelligence!
" -idiotic, no sense of reason, dunce!" A shriek rang out from room 227, Tsunade and Arashi stood near the room, out in the hallway, Obito and Rin had already headed back home.
The blond haired jounin chuckled, " Seems like Kakashi-kun's in for a verbal beating," Tsunade merely shook her head.
" Down to business, Arashi-san,"
" Ah,"
The two walked together down the hall, as Tsunade continued, " This is the fifth case about that shrine this half year,"
" Yes, only three of the missing people came back, their mental status wasn't exactly stable,"
" They were sent to the mental ward, Arashi-san,"
" …..Now that I didn't hear about,"
Tsunade willed herself not to roll her honey eyed orbs, but all at the same time, she was highly amused.
" She was lying," The Yellow Flash stated, staring ahead of them. Tsunade raised a blond eyebrow, " You mean the girl," A nod.
" How did you tell?"
Arashi looked at her, with a serious face, and for a split second, Tsunade thought he was about to become philosophical.
" Instinct" He continued on walking, while the Slug princess stopped in mid stride.
Guess she thought too early.
" Arashi-sensei? Tsunade-sama?" The two shinobi turned around, it was Kakashi, who looked extremely peeved. His left eye was twitching.
Arashi raised an eyebrow, " Aren't you supposed to be looking over Sachiko-chan?"
" She's asleep,"
The blond jounin nodded, " Did you find anything more about Sachiko-chan then?"
Kakashi stared at his sensei, before replying, " She seems to be a ninja, she caught a kunai single-handedly." He paused, " Didn't Obito notice her shrunken holster?"
" He didn't say anything about it,"
The silver haired teen grumbled under his breath while Arashi looked on with amusement. " Kakashi-kun, it's getting late," Said teen looked out the window, and noticed the sun was setting. " You head off home, I have some…matters to chat with Tsunade-hime,"
Nodding, Kakashi walked away, leaving Arashi and the Sannin alone again.
" Arashi-san, we should bring this matter to Sandaime-sama,"
" Hm, my thoughts exactly,"
Next morning...
She peeked out from under her eyelids, they were heavy as lead. Sakura thought she saw something freakishly yellow bobbing before her.
" Eeehhhh?"
" Ah! So you're awake, Sachiko-chan!"
Who in the world…oh yeah.
Sakura sat up, rubbing her eyes, while the man, who introduced himself as Arashi from yesterday, stood at the end of her bed, looking insanely hyper. It was…
" Arashi-sensei? It's seven in the morning…"
" Hosh! The early bird catches the worm!"
Hmm, why is this person so familiar?
Inner Sakura snorted, " You mean you don't remember yesterday's events?"
NO! I mean, he looks like…
Both Inner Sakura and Sakura suddenly gasped mentally, " It's the Yondaime!"
They continued to stare down at each other (Sakura was still trying the grasp onto the idea that this man was the Fourth; judging by the stone face on the Hokage Mountain, Sakura pegged him to be the serious type), and then the door suddenly burst open.
" Arashi-sensei!"
Sakura twitched madly, while Arashi gave a sunshine grin at his student.
"Oh gods, it's freaking seven in the morning! Why are you people so freakishly hyper and bouncing up and down?!" Sakura wailed before pulling up the covers to hide her face. Obito and Arashi stood there staring at the white lump.
The Uchiha grinned widely, " If you must know, Team Arashi's are the earliest to get up everyday!" He puffed out his chest, with a smug look, or at least that's what Sakura thought it was. How could one be so proud of waking up the earliest?
" It's alright, Sachiko-chan, you'll get used to them," The girl from yesterday, Rin, entered the room with a warm smile.
Sulking, the black haired kunoichi nodded.
Noticing the lack of a grumpy silver haired ninja, Sakura spoke up, " Uh, where's Kakashi-se..Kun?"
Inner Sakura snickered while Sakura praised herself for catching her mistake in time.
" He said he needed to find something," Rin replied.
Arashi walked over to Sakura's side, with a concerned look on his face, " Are you feeling better today? You were a bit pale yesterday,"
" I'm better now, thanks," Sakura said. Arashi straightened himself up, nodding towards his female student, " Rin-chan, Sachiko-chan will probably need some new clothes," He glanced at Sakura with a knowing look, " You'll take her to the market after our jog,"
Startled, Sakura looked up at the future Hokage, " J-jog?"
The jounin nodded, " Yup, fifty laps around the village!" He paused, " Well, Sachiko-chan, you don't have push yourself too hard,"
" I think I'll manage.."
" Right, let's go!"
Suddenly Sakura regretted saying she was better.
Hatake Kakashi walked into the alley Obito had spoken about yesterday, the one that…Sachiko had walked out of. He remembered running around these alleys when he was younger, but Kakashi never recalled seeing a shrine. He stopped at the dead end; nothing was there.
She could be delirious.
Maybe. Kakashi thought, as he turned around swiftly and took to the roofs, heading towards the training grounds.
" (Pant) Thirty (Pant) laps finished! (Loud wheeze)" The spiky haired Uchiha collapsed onto the ground, twitching and his wheezes becoming louder. Kakashi, who had finished his laps earlier than Obito, sat on the grass staring at the black lump that was Obito. After a taijutsu spar, Arashi had sent the four teens jogging around Konoha, like he had said this morning, much to Obito's horror.
" Pathetic," He muttered coldly. Obito heard this and jumped to his feet, still breathing deeply from the exercise, his obsidian orbs narrowing into slits behind his bright neon orange goggles.
" I'm not pathetic! You iceberg!"
The silver haired teen drawled in a lazy tone, " It's only thirty-laps, Obito-kun, can't stand the heat?"
Fuming, the Uchiha dead-last balled his fists as he glared hatefully at his rival. Before he could do anything about it, Arashi had lifted Obito up by his collar.
" Obito-kun, Kakashi-kun, what are you both doing?"
Sakura stumbled into view, from behind an equally sweaty Rin. They stood behind the blond jounin, who looked stern and was staring down at Obito, who was looking away and a scowl was evident on his face.
" We're doing nothin'!"
" Oh?" Arashi smirked slightly, dropping Obito, " Well, if that's the case, why don't you both do ten more laps?"
The Uchiha's eyes widened, as Kakashi merely raised a pale eyebrow.
" W-what! Arashi-sensei-"
" Get to it!" The would be Hokage sang cheerfully, as Obito and Kakashi got to their feet and headed out from the training grounds, hurling curses at each other along the way.
Sakura glanced at her female companion, " Are they always like this?" The dark brown haired girl laughed, " Most of the time,"
She never pegged Kakashi to the kind of guy who bullied anyone when he was younger. Then again, that wasn't considered bullying….well, to her.
Inner Sakura snorted, " More like verbal abuse,"
Indeed.
" Rin-chan, Sachiko-chan, you two can leave first," Arashi's voice pulled Sakura from her thoughts, the two girls nodded before turning back and heading to the village.
" So, Sachiko-chan, do you want to go buy supplies?" Rin asked softly, giving Sakura a warm smile, a smile that she was known for.
Shrugging, Sakura replied, while brushing dirt and grime from her red dress, " Sure, uh, I don't have any money…"
Rin waved a hand, " It's alright, I'll pay,"
" No, no, it's not alright,"
" Nah, it's ok,"
The two girls stood there, staring at each other before dissolving into giggles. They continued their trek.
Rin glanced at Sakura's dress, " Why do you wear something so uncomfortable?"
" Eh?" Looking down at herself, Sakura raised an eyebrow.
Could she answer, " I'm wearing this to impress someone!" Well, she'd be looked down at…criticized maybe?
" I don't know exactly,"
Inner Sakura cheered, " Cha! That's right!"
It was the truth. Sakura didn't know why she wore this dress anymore; she wore it because she thought she could impress Sasuke with it. After intense training sessions with Team Seven after the Chuunin Exams, she was starting to get annoyed, constantly tripping over in her dress. It was strange, from worrying over her looks, to cursing the dress she had got just to impress the stoic Uchiha. The crush was still there…but…
" Ah," Sakura decided to put that thought away, for now.
They arrived at the village plaza, Sakura could point out at least five or six things out of place; especially her favorite bakery…
It isn't there! Inner Sakura wailed, crawling into a corner. What shall we do once we have those pastry cravings?!
Sakura didn't know the answer to that one; she hoped the time never came when her cravings came…
" That's the one, Sachiko-chan, it's favored among ninjas; they have almost all the equipment one could need," Rin spoke, brushing a dark brown lock of hair away from her eyes.
Squinting at the shop sign, Sakura realized that she didn't recognize the shop.
It could have closed before she was even born.
Wait. Before she was born?
Kakashi-sensei's fourteen years older than me, he's thirteen here…that means.
I'm not born yet.
She stood glued to the ground, her right eye twitching.
I'm not born yet!
Still wandering around in her mind, Sakura vaguely found herself being pulled into the shop by Rin's firm grasp.
After a half an hour of shopping for weapons, Sakura and Rin was down the road again, towards Rin's home, which was near hers actually, when Sakura found out she recognized the streets. Glancing to the side, she saw a small clothing shop, and her emerald eyes stopped on an outfit.
" Rin-chan….eh…."
Obito sat on a small patch of grass, near the bridge where Team Arashi often grouped. He stared at the clear blue sky, pondering over what his rival had said this morning.
Dead last.
He was the dead last of the group of students he had graduated from the Academy a year ago. It was considered a shame to the Uchiha clan, his father found every chance to criticize his son.
Tears came to his eyes, Obito removed his goggles and hastily wiped away the salty tears.
Crybaby ninja.
Obito sometimes wondered why he hasn't activated the Sharingan yet, could it be, because of his eyes?
Eyes that are allergic to dust and almost anything…
He glared at the goggles in his hands.
Or was it because he was a…
Crybaby ninja.
Growling to himself, Obito hopped to his feet, heading back to the Uchiha compound, mentally bracing himself. No doubt his father would test him again, if he failed, then another string of verbal beating would follow.
Sakura found herself sitting in her new clothes, (A/N: Think time-skip outfit!) on a wooden chair, in Rin's house, in the kitchen. Rin's mother was sitting across from her, a warm smile on her delicate, yet worn by age features. The black haired genin then knew where Rin's warm smile came from.
" Welcome to our home, Sachiko-chan! I'm rather pleased to know my daughter has found…female friends…"
Rin, who was standing near the sink, blushed slightly in embarrassment.
" Mom…it's not my fault the teams are that way…"
Laughing slightly, Rin's mother spoke, " So, Sachiko-chan, are you here to visit some relatives?"
Holly crap. Sakura had forgotten about that. She nodded dumbly, while her mind was racing miles per seconds trying to think of a story to back that up. From the corner of her eye, she could see Rin eyeing her strangely; she was glad the chuunin was reserved, unlike a certain loud-mouthed blond boy she knew…
Naruto.
Rin's voice spoke again, squashing any futile attempts to walk down the memory lane. " Mom, I'm gonna take Sachiko-chan to my room; we just bought some things for her,"
" Go on then,"
Rin grinned and took Sakura's hand, leading to the stairs, as her mother shooed them out of the kitchen.
" Can I really stay here?" Sakura found herself asking meekly, while Rin laughed.
" Of course!"
" Why?" The duo stopped walking, in the middle of the staircase.
Rin gave a knowing smile, " There's no reason for random acts of kindness,"
Sakura stood there, dumbfounded. Rin's kindness was soothing, and to an extent, somewhat unnerving. Never in her life, had she met such a kind person.
It is her strength, and it can become her downfall. A cold chilling voice suddenly entered her mind, sending shivers down her spine. (That rhymed.)
Leading Sakura to her room, Rin showed a spot on the clean ground to put her belongings. A quick scan of the room, Sakura saw a small shelf of books. Rin saw what Sakura was staring at, and smiled slightly, " That's my medical journals, some of them were my mother's,"
" Your mom's a medic-nin?"
" Yeah,"
Sakura tried to tear her eyes from the books, but she felt something pulling her towards the shelf.
" Are you interested?" Rin asked, amusement in her eyes; she must have seen the conflict of emotions in her eyes, Sakura thought.
" Uh…yeah…" The chuunin went over to the shelf and plucked a dusty, worn dark navy book off, and handed it to Sakura.
Medical Jutsu for Beginners
" I think that'll suit you just fine,"
On that sunny afternoon, an unexpected friendship formed.
A/N: That didn't come out the way I wanted it to. (Twitch) I swear, I even planned out this chapter…(The ending was a bit rushed too, so sorry cries)
Well, I was nearly out of ideas for this chapter, I don't know why exactly.
I suddenly had this sudden urge to kill off Obito at the bridge (Kakashi Gaiden) for the next chapter.
But that'll come, I assure you (Winks). For now, it's all about friendship, bonding, and that whatnot. The violence and war will come soon enough.
Thanks to Mini-moonstar for pointing out the problems with the plot. I'll try to work on it. My writings tend to wander away; even if I already wrote down the storyline. (Grumbles)
And thanks to all the people who reviewed! Cookies anyone?
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