Year: 5 F.H.
Date: December Sixth
Moon: Tsukuyomi, full
Location: A Garden near a koi pond
Time: 12:00
"Alright. I'm going to go and eat my lunch in peace, I don't want either of you feeding Kiko or Sasuke, alright?" Kakashi had given his students the bell test, saying one of them would be sent back to the academy. "You and Kiko can try again after lunch, Sasuke."
In a puff of smoke, the masked man was gone. Kakashi came to a little cafe at the bottom of a skyscraper. The front of the cafe was open, to let in fresh air. There were several tables in almost random places inside. Kakashi sat down at one with a woman and an ANBU member sitting at it.
"Kakashi, you're late." Rin joked at him.
"You're getting more and more like me, pal." The ANBU, whose mask was that of a bird's with red and black lines, patted Kakashi on the back.
"Shut up Obito." Kakashi said as he smacked him on the back of his head. "I see you already ordered. That was considerate." The sarcasm in Kakashi's voice was almost undetectable.
"Don't mention it." Obito leaned his chair back and slid his hood down, revealing spiky black hair, with a scar on the nape of the neck.
"I ordered for you." Rin patted Kakashi's hand.
"The usual?"
"The usual."
"Good." Kakashi sighed and began rubbing his temples. "My new team is stressful. But they've done the best out of all of them."
"Hey, maybe 'Two thumbs down' Kakashi will finally give at least one thumb up." Obito put his feet up on the table.
"Excuse me, sir. You can't have your feet on the table." The man serving behind the cash register yelled.
"Sorry." Obito removed his feet, leaving a layer of dried mud dust covering his part of the table.
Kakashi let out another sigh, larger than the one before. In response, Rin put her arm around him and starting rubbing his shoulder. She put her other hand on his head, running it through his silky, white mane.
Obito justed blinked under his mask, wishing Rin had fell in love with him, instead of his best friend.
Kakashi and Obito weren't friends in the contemporary way. Obito loved to bug Kakashi, and Kakashi considered Obito an annoying gnat that would never die. However, neither of them would admit it, but they needed each other. Kakashi would still believe that the mission was more important than friends, heck, he wouldn't even believe in friends. He once believed everyone was just a tool of Konoha, no more expendable than a pebble, or a paper plate.
"Food's on!" The server put the plates down in front of each person.
"Yummy!" Obito began to consume his food extremely fast. If Obito loved anything other than Rin, it was food.
Kakashi took one bite from his plate, then looked at his watch.
Fifteen minutes. I need to go.
"It was nice meeting with you guys again, but I need to return to my team." Kakashi stood up and started walking away. "See ya."
"Bye." Rin looked down at Kakashi's plate.
It's no wonder all he ever orders is one fried shrimp, he doesn't even finish that. Rin chuckled to herself.
"Alright, let's see how you did. Kiko, Sasuke open your mouths." Kakashi walked up to Kiko and nearly put his nose in her mouth. He then went to Sasuke, doing the same. "I smell, rice and soy sauce! Naruto! Sakura! Did you feed them?!" Kakashi was yelling extremely loud.
"Yes." Naruto said in a sheepish voice.
"Well, then there's only one thing to do." Kakashi's eye thinned. "Pass you all!" Kakashi voice suddenly became sweet, and cheery.
"Please don't hi... Wait, what? Pass?" Naruto's eye began to twitch.
"Why did you pass us sensei? We disobeyed your oder." Sakura, unlike Naruto, kept her cool.
"Well, this was a test of teamwork. Had you two not have fed Sasuke or Kiko, you both would fail. I wanted to see if you would give up orders, to save a friend. Remember: In the ninja world, those who give up a mission are garbage, but those who abandon their companions are worse than garbage." Kakashi walked over to Kiko and untied her.
"Yomi! That's cool." Naruto jumped up and punched the air above his head.
"Yes, go home and get some rest. We have training tomorrow. Be here at 6:10 A.M., sharp." Kakashi turned to walk back home.
Kiko, Naruto, and Sakura all followed.
"Hey, aren't you forgetting something? Like, ME!" Sasuke began to kick his legs wildly. "Untie me, or Izanagi have mercy on your soul!" Sasuke's yelling went unheard by the sensei who stood in front of a black stone and a flagpole.
"You know what this is, right?"
Sasuke found that the ropes were gone, replaced by a small cloud of smoke. He walked over to Kakashi, and got a better look at the stone.
"It's the Uchiha stone, a list of all the Uchiha who died in service of Konoha." Sasuke didn't like looking at the stone, too many memories.
"Did you know her?" Kakashi pointed to a name on the stone.
"She was one of my aunts, not born Uchiha, she was married in, why?" Sasuke looked up at his sensei.
"She was my sister." Kakashi turned and walked away, before Sasuke had an opportunity to respond.
Year: 5 F.H.
Date: December Sixth
Moon: Tsukuyomi, full
Location: A cave, other information unavailable at the time.
"Where's my new partner?" Deidara was getting impatient.
Suddenly, as if perfectly planned, a portal opened across the cave and out came a man with spiky black hair and an orange mask. There was a note attached to his torso.
"Let me see that." Deidara grabbed the note from his chest and read it aloud. "Hi, my name is Tobi. I cannot speak. Deidara is supposed to be my partner." Deidara looked at this man and back at the note. "Alright, come on."
Deidara walked over to the wall, and opened a portal. He and Tobi walked through it.
The Kitsune Village
The Kitsune Village is a rather odd one. It is a religion based village. Its religion, worshiping the Kyuubi. The people of the village perform various rituals daily to profess their love for the Kyuubi. When the Kyuubi was killed by the Fourth Hokage, the Kitsune Village immediately joined the Konoha-Kappan war on the Kappan side. Now the Kitsune Village's 'Fox Fighters', jounin who use summoning jutsu and ninjutsu relating to foxes, are seen at every battle. Their closest neighbor is the Jashin Village, who they are also in a constant state of war with for supremacy. You see, Jashin, Susanoo, Kitsune, and Benzaiten are all in the same country. Amidst in a four-way civil war that is destroying all four of the villages other than Jashin, the country has become isolationist, banning all trade. Somehow Kitsune manages to send shinobi to Kappa however.
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