So I might not be able to update this for a week or two, going on vacation and I might not be able to use the internet, if I'm lucky this shouldn't change my schedule, but if it does I'll do a double upload for you guys next time. Also next time should get back to some action.
I'd also like to thank Prescripto13 for the comments. You really understand what I'm doing with this story so far.
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto
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Kakashi awoke to the sound of voices in the other room. He could tell from the eccentric voice he was hearing that it was Guy and his students. He got out of bed slowly and walked to the door. Entering the other room he saw Rin on the couch talking with Guy while his students were switching between their own conversation and their sensei's.
"My eternal rival, you're awake," Guy shouted.
"Yo," Kakashi responded.
"So, Guy-sensei, this is the man who you chose as your rival, he looks so cool!" Lee exclaimed.
"Kakashi, your headband," Rin worried.
"Oh, right," Kakashi started to turn around before noticing most of the genin staring at him.
"Is that Obito-Sensei's eye?" Tenten asked.
"Yes, it is," he told her.
"How can you even use it?" Neji asked, "The stress should be killing you."
"Maybe," Kakashi said, "But I believe that if it was going to kill me I'd already be dead."
Kakashi left to retrieve his headband lazily putting it over his left eye. After he returned Guy introduced him to his students and they discussed the village's affairs since Kakashi died. They left shortly after with Kakashi promising Guy another match for their rivalry. An hour later Kurenai arrived with her students. "Kakashi, this is Kiba Inuzuka, Shino Aburame, and Hinata Hyuuga," she introduced.
"Hello," they all greeted.
"A Hyuuga heiress, an Inuzuka, and an Aburame, impressive, must be a handful," Kakashi said.
"They are, but I don't mind," Kurenai admitted.
"I see, this year's genin have quite a bit of potential," Kakashi spoke, analyzing the genin team, "But they still have a ways to go before they can actually use it."
"I'm sorry, Kakashi, but we must be going, we have a mission and we can't be late," Kurenai told him.
"A mission? So soon after the attack?" Rin asked.
"Unfortunately, yes, the truth is, the world still needs shinobi even if they are still recovering," Shino spoke.
"Rin," Kurenai called as they were leaving, "Good luck with him," she said with a wink.
Rin's face went red and she had to hide it as she returned to the couch, facing away from Kakashi. Eventually Obito stopped by in the evening bringing food. If this is what recovery is like I should have gotten beat up more when I was younger, Kakashi thought to himself. It was then that Kakashi remembered that he beat himself up plenty when he trained as a kid, he just never let anyone take care of him because of it. I was such an idiot, he thought to himself.
He took some time to look over his comrades and how much they had changed. Obito was as tall as he remembered, the almost swirl-like scars on the right side of his face was there, but was less noticeable, probably due to being able to be taken care of rather than being kept in a cave with Madara. Obito wore navy pants with a navy long sleeved shirt, which probably had an Uchiha clan symbol on the back, covered by a flak Jonin vest.
Rin had grown up since Kakashi remembered killing her. She had gotten taller, she still wore a similar outfit other than the flak vest that she wore only when she had a mission. She had matured, her figure had filled out making her quite beautiful, Kakashi was honestly surprised that no one had hit on her while they were out, although Kakashi would have ended them if they did. If anything the purple marks on her cheeks just made her beauty stand out more, not that Kakashi was checking.
Rin and Obito chatted happily about the genin and their advancements. Obito also mentioned Minato had stepped down as Hokage so he could go on more missions investigating the Akatsuki. They talked about their upcoming mission to escort a runner on a race for the Wasabi family. Kakashi overheard this and his mind immediately kicked into high gear. So their already going on this mission, I didn't even notice Naruto and Jiraiya had gotten Tsunade already, Kakashi thought, so Sasuke is going to leave soon, a slight frown crossed his face beneath his mask, oh well, somethings can't be changed.
"Kakashi," Rin called, breaking him from his thoughts, "You've been pretty quiet, care to tell us about it?"
"It's nothing," Kakashi told them, "I was just thinking about the last time we all were together like this."
"It's been a while, hasn't it," Obito said, "But that's not all that's on your mind, something is troubling you, we all saw your memories. What's wrong."
"Don't worry about it," Kakashi restated.
"No, we let you do this before, we need to talk about this," Rin told him. Kakashi gave a soft glare toward Rin, because how was he supposed to be angry with her when she was genuinely worried about him, and she was giving him that face.
"I have an idea," Obito declared, "We each take turns talking about one of our memories."
"That's a great idea Obito," Rin cheerfully exclaimed, "I'll start." Rin told them about when she was a child and used to go to pick strawberries with her family in a nearby garden. She told them of the animals that she used to play with there.
"Okay, that makes a lot of sense actually," Obito said, "I'll go next." Obito's story consisted of many tales of his heroics helping the old ladies in the village.
"Really, Obito, I've heard these stories every day since I met you," Rin teased.
"Oh, right," he laughed, "Okay, I've got a better one, it was a week after I got back to the village, I was having trouble fitting in again, I went out in the village alone, in the middle of the night, it was quiet and I needed time to think, but then Anko found me, she helped me fit in, she made me feel less alone." After an "awww" from Rin and about a minute of Obito staring off into nothing, Obito turned to Kakashi, "Well, what about you Kakashi?"
"Oh, um, my life hasn't been as happy as yours," Kakashi told them, "I'll just depress you guys."
"Rules are rules, Kakashi tell us," Rin said.
"Fine," Kakashi relented, "I'll tell you anything you want to know, so what do you want to know?"
"Tell us what happened to Minato-Sensei, we saw, but I think there's more to it," Obito said.
"It was all planned by a man calling himself Madara, he set it up, released the Nine-Tails, it was all because of him," Kakashi told them, withholding the part about Obito for obvious reasons.
"So, did you ever catch the guy?" Rin asked.
"Yes," Kakashi said, a melancholic expression forming on his face, "But that's a story for another day."
The evening continued on pleasantly the three exchanging happier stories, or at least trying to in Kakashi's case. By the end of the day the three were laughing together as they joked and decided to play a few games, but eventually Obito had to leave. "Remember to rest up, we have a mission tomorrow," Obito told them.
"Really?" Rin asked.
"Yeah, straight from the Hokage, the three of us are going to take out a group of rogue nin who've been harassing some locals in a village on the other side of the land of fire," Obito told them.
"Okay, bye Obito," Kakashi said waving.
"See you guys tomorrow," He said leaving.
"Alright then, you should get some more rest before our mission tomorrow," Rin told Kakashi, "I think my job is pretty much done here, so I'll be going too."
"Rin wait," she turned around and Kakashi caught her and before she could say anything, he pulled down his mask and kissed her. It wasn't long or passionate, but for Rin it lasted forever. "Thank you Rin," and with that he disappeared back into his apartment. All Rin could think was that this was the happiest she'd been in years.
