DISCLAIMER: Nope still don't own Naruto

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THE GIFT OF LIFE

Moving Forward

The duo slept peacefully till a noise woke Kakashi up. It was still dark; he looked next to him to find Obito sleeping with a slight drool. He heard the pounding noise again so he took out his kunai as he listened to someone cussing. An enemy wouldn't be this careless, he thought as he opened the door; outside stood a familiar figure.

"Well? Where is that no good Uchiha?" Tsunade bellowed, barging into the small apartment with a vein twitching in her forehead. Having dealt with her when she was in this mode, Kakashi quickly let her in. Obito was still fast asleep slightly drooling. Tsunade shook him awake, which made him open his eyes muttering something that sounded like 'dancing pink snakes' to Kakashi. Tsunade wasted no time as she roughly opened his right eye to examine.

"What are you doing Tsunade- hime- sama?" Obito asked fully awake and red faced. Tsunade looked at him with a scary glint in her eye but Kakashi came to the rescue.

"We were supposed to go to the Hokage tower earlier. But I guess we forgot." Kakashi said with a sheepish look.

"Do you have any idea how long I waited until the old man told me to check here, brat?" Tsunade barked placing her green chakra infused hand over his chest trailing them downwards. She had a look of concentration on her face.

"Well, you can transplant another sharingan if you want to anytime since it seems your optic nerves change in order to accommodate the sharingan so normal eyes are out of question. However, the transplant will be temporary and frequent as I don't think a different eye will last much longer." Tsunade muttered in awe or as if she was in a trance.

"So I'll have to go grave- digging or go blind, huh?" Obito said contemplating.

"Fascinating. These are my grandfather's cells from what sensei tells me. It's similar to my healing jutsus when they are used. It feels like you're constantly using healing chakra from inside." She paused for a second before continuing. "Well everything seems to be alright other than that." Tsunade said withdrawing her hands.

"Oh cool, I get super powers" Obito remarked cheerfully.

"Not so fast brat. You're not to see any medic other than me, so keep that in mind the next time you prank me." Tsunade finished with a sadistic smirk. Obito gulped sufficiently scared by the threat and asked the question on his mind.

"Ano, Tsunade- hime, will I always have the weird half- body like this?" Obito asked gesturing to his right Zetsu encased side.

"I don't think so, with the right kind of treatment it will be back to normal. Though I can't tell you about the color; worst case, it'll be paler than your normal complexion." Tsunade said thoughtfully, her gaze softening at Obito's hopeful look. She ruffled his messy hair before rounding up on Kakashi. Obito got an evil glint in his eye.

"Oh yes, Tsunade- hime, I think I saw Kakashi take a nasty jutsu to his face, you should make sure he is not dying from that. Why don't you take his mask off and heal it?" Obito asked with a huge grin on his face. Kakashi glared at his so called rival.

"Well yes. We wouldn't want the famed prodigy dying from something silly as that." Tsunade said matching Obito's grin. "Off with it!"

"But Tsunade- sama, I'm completely alright." Kakashi said waving a hand in front of him.

"I'll believe it when I see it, Hatake, off with it." Tsunade said and Obito rubbed his hands gleefully.

"Ne, ne, Tsunade- hime, will you knock him out while I borrow Matsura- san's camera?" Obito asked. Kakashi had forgotten how annoying Obito was after he vowed to discover what was under Kakashi's mask after Rin had wondered out loud. So he tried a different approach of escape.

"There's nothing wrong with me. Even if there was, ninja are allowed to keep their identity and maintain all sorts of privacy if it doesn't interfere with the treatment." Kakashi quoted one of the rules he was so fond of. Unconsciously he was backing away into one of the shelves on the wall.

"That only applies to ANBU, how you got it is beside me but I hope for your sake it wasn't illegal. As for keeping your identity private, it only applies when you either don't trust the hospital staff or in a group. Since neither applies here..." She trailed off menacingly.

Kakashi reached into one of the shelves, released a smoke bomb before getting out of the window. When the smoke cleared, Obito and Tsunade collapsed in a fit of laughter on the ground. Soon Tsunade left the apartment and Obito fell back asleep within minutes. Kakashi was annoyed at having to hide out on the ceiling for half an hour before he deemed it safe to enter into his own apartment.

The next morning Kakashi took a shower before he woke Obito up, just in case the Uchiha got some crazy idea. A flash of Jiraiya's peeping popped into his mind with Obito replacing the Sannin and him as the victim. He shuddered when Obito had a laughing fit when he discovered his cautiousness. They had a quick breakfast before heading down to their training area.

Obito was teasing Kakashi that he was going to get grey hair if he worried so much, only for Kakashi to point out his hair was already grey. That made Obito crack 'old man' jokes while Kakashi humored him with a tight lipped smile. That made Obito pick on his eye- smile quirk. Obito tried to mimic Kakashi's upside down U- shaped eye smile and failed miserably.

"Well, well, what do we have here?" Minato's amused tone made the two teens look up.

"We were waiting for you sensei and then I saw Kakashi smile."

"Really?" Asked a familiar voice behind Minato. Rin stepped forward with visible bandages holding a pair of crutches.

"Rin!" Obito exclaimed happily with little red on his cheeks. Kakashi and Minato watched as Obito talked animatedly with Rin trying to fill in on everything that had happened. Eventually, Minato broke in.

"I've got some news to tell you guys." Minato had all his students' attention.

"Hokage- sama is stepping down as Hokage and has offered it to me." Minato said somewhat sheepishly. It only took a moment as Obito happily cheered on and the other two congratulated him.

"Also I'm marrying Kushina in a week and you're all invited." Minato said blushing, which had even more cheers and applause than before.

The week passed by with our team training while the rest of the village settled down after the horrors of the war. Kushina and Rin (who still was injured to train) planned most of the wedding while Minato was happy to go along with whatever Kushina wanted. Obito was making progress manipulating his new abilities, brainstorming with Minato and Kakashi almost every day.

Minato's Hokage initiation ceremony took place a few days later; the village cheered for him (his team being the loudest) as Hiruzen placed the red Hokage hat on his head. The war had ended a while ago and everyone was looking for happiness after all the grief.

The wedding was much simple and intimate. Only a few close members were in attendance and all of them had much fun. It was definitely how Kakashi liked it. He wondered if this was how Minato had planned it in his timeline before most of his team was killed. He was happy that Naruto was going to have a happy childhood he deserved and the same went for all his comrades. He also caught sight of Obito and Rin snuggled up contently. He allowed himself a huge smile before it turned into a teasing one. The best part was no one could actually see it.

Ah, the joys of wearing a mask...

AN: Um that's it. Next chapter will have Naruto's birth and a new development.I know it's slow but bear with me :)

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