Disclaimer: Naruto does not in any way belong to me, it's the property of Kishimoto, etc.


resistance


07: revelation

The first hour passes in silence as Kakashi waits for Minato-sensei and Rin to fall asleep. Rin slips under first, and towards the end of the hour Minato-sensei follows suit. Not exactly unusual, but Kakashi wonders if Minato-sensei expects anything to happen.

Obito shifts on the other side of the clearing, drawing Kakashi's attention. Seeing that he has it, the Uchiha jerks his chin towards the tallest tree nearby, then darts up it with barely a rustle of leaves to mark his passing.

Kakashi follows him up, landing lightly on a branch at roughly the same height as the one Obito has perched himself on. There's a faint breeze, but they're downwind of the clearing, so any sound they make shouldn't carry to their sleeping teammates.

"It's cloudy," Kakashi says after about five minutes. He'd thought Obito would be the first one to speak, but it seems the other boy (man) has no interest in breaking the silence.

Kakashi can't really make out Obito's expression in the dim light, but he seems to be frowning. "Yeah," he mutters.

"Do you want it to be red or not?"

Obito doesn't answer immediately, then says, "I don't know. Maybe. But this isn't the world I wanted, so I think... no, I don't want this to be it."

Kakashi grunts and settles himself against the tree trunk, straddling the branch. No point in wasting his pretty average chakra reserves balancing on this branch. "Well, I know what colour I want the moon to be," he says drily.

Obito snorts but doesn't otherwise reply.

They stare up at the dark sky in silence.

Then Obito goes, "Ah, it's-"

Kakashi stiffens as the clouds slip aside, revealing a round, red moon.

He draws his father's chakra blade and slams Obito up against the tree trunk, forcing his chin higher with the blade. "You lied-!"

The devastated look on Obito's face pulls Kakashi up short, as does the utter lack of resistance to his assault.

"This... Look again, it's just red, it's not reflecting the Sharingan," Obito says.

Kakashi doesn't lift the pressure on Obito's throat, but he does glance up. Obito seems to be telling the truth; the red is kind of washed out and tinged orange, not like the crimson of the Sharingan, too.

Just one of those random red moons, he supposes. It's a little embarrassing, but can Kakashi really be blamed for jumping to conclusions? He's been in a state of heightened tension all day.

"What the fuck is going on," he mutters, returning to his own branch a moment later.

"I don't know," Obito says, even though the question was obviously rhetorical.


A/N: This was originally going to be two parts, splitting with the clouds parting to reveal the nice red moon, but it's a pretty bad cliffhanger even by my standards. Especially since it's not even the Sharingan-moon thing. That would just be cruel. And it's already a short chapter as is. You're welcome?