It was the three year anniversary of Obito's death. Zaria sat on her bed hugging her knees as she stared at Obito's goggles that sat on her dresser. She skipped out on her training session stating she just wanted to be alone. She remembered all the times she would watch him train in his spare time. One of her favorite moments was watching him mastering the fireball jutsu.
Obito stood at the edge of the dock as he made hand signs to form the fireball. Zaria watched from a safe distance. She noticed he had burn marks on his face from multiple attempts at the jutsu. Her grandmother gave her a first aid kit just in case Obito went a little over board with his training. She watched as Obito made another attempt to create a large fireball. The attempt was a lot bigger than before. Zaria was amazed and cheered him on. Obito stopped to catch his breath.
"That was amazing big brother!" Zaria exclaimed as she ran over to hug Obito. Obito chuckled as he embraced her.
"You really think so?" Obito questioned. Zaria looked up at him and nodded with a huge smile on her face.
"Do you think you can teach me how to do the fire ball jutsu?" Zaria asked so innocently. Obito chuckled again and pat Zaria on the head.
"You're a little too young right now" Obito answered. Although he did admire his sister's enthusiasm.
"That's no fair! Grandma said you learned it when you were five years old" Zaria voiced a little annoyed that her brother wouldn't teach her.
"Tell you what. When you start the academy, I'll teach you all sorts of jutsus" Obito bargained. Zaria's eyes glistened with happiness.
"Really?!" Zaria exclaimed hoping her brother wasn't lying to her. Obito smiled and nodded his head making Zaria squeal with utter joy. Obito loved making his sister happy. Zaria then realized something and frowned.
"What's the matter?" Obito asked curious to why his sister's mood changed so quick.
"I don't start the Academy for another 4 years. You'll probably be really busy by then." Zaria uttered in sadness. Obito sighed as he crouched down to her level.
"Don't you worry. You're the most important thing to me. If I have to make some time to teach my sister how to be an amazing ninja like her older brother I will!" Obito proposed trying to make his sister happy again. Zaria looked at Obito and saw all the burn marks on his face. She walked over to the spot where she was standing earlier and grabbed the first aid kit.
"What are you doing Zaria?" Obito inquired still crouched down. He had no idea what his sister was doing. She walked back over with the first aid kit in hand.
"Grandma gave me a first aid kit just in case you accidentally burnt yourself." Zaria responded. She opened up the kit and took out a small jar of ointment and used her tiny finger to rub it on Obito's cheeks. Usually he would object to this, but it was his sister. He knew she enjoyed taking care of him just as much as he loves taking care of her. She used both her hands to place a bandage on each cheek.
"There all better" Zaria said as she finished. Obito reached out and have his sister a hug.
"Thank you Zaria" Obito said to his sister.
"Oh wait I forgot something!" Zaria voiced. Obito looked at her confused.
"What is it?" Obito asked. Zaria gave her brother a peck on the cheek.
"There now it's all better" Zaria announced with a smile. Obito smiled back at her.
"What was that for?"Obito asked. Zaria had never done that before.
"I wanted to kiss it better. I don't want my big brother to be hurt" Zaria claimed. His little sister was so adorable. She just wanted to put a smile on his face. That was exactly what she did. Obito loved his little sister. She clearly loved him just as much and he was grateful for that. He thought Zaria would grow to resent him for constantly being away from her. He was glad that didn't happen. Obito couldn't stand it when she got mad at him. Although that was very rare.
It was moments like those that Zaria enjoyed the most. She missed those very moments she shared with her brother. When he became a ninja they didn't spend as much time together like they used to while he was just an academy student. She still remembers Obito promising her that he would teach her the fireball jutsu and other jutsu along with it. She was disappointed knowing now that will never happen. It's worse when she relives her memories just by watching Raiden with his little sister Harumi. They were the exact representation of her and Obito. It sucks knowing she'll never get to see her brother again. She was told that his body was never recovered during the war so he doesn't even have a proper grave. Minato told her the day of the funeral that his name was carved in the memorial stone for ninja that were killed in action.
"Obito, you lied to me. You promised to teach me the fireball jutsu when I entered the academy. Now I'm a chunin and you still haven't taught me the fireball jutsu" Zaria muttered to herself. She choked back a tear not wanting to cry again. She cried a lot of tears over her brother. Usually her brother would be the one to wipe away her tears instead of causing him. Zaria got up from her bed and went into the bathroom. She turned on the sink and splashed cold water onto her face. She looked up into the mirror and saw how red and puffy her eyes got from crying. She took a deep breath and turned off the sink. She stood there with her arms holding onto the sink. She got goosebumps from her hands coming in contact with the cold marble of the sink. Zaria suddenly got an idea. On her mission she told Sasuke that one day she was going to come to the Leaf Village and show Sasuke something. While she was in the Leaf Village she can go pay her respects to the memorial stone in the park and put some flowers down for Obito. Zaria ran back into her room and went through her closet. If she was going to do this, there was something else she had to honor too. She dug through clothes she usually never wears to find her purple sleeveless shirt. It was the only shirt she owned that bore the Uchiha crest on the backside. When Shisui brought her to the Hidden Grass Village she stopped wearing clothes that represented her clan on them. It was mostly because of all the bad memories that went along with it. Despite that she actually loved her family. Daisuke gave the team three days off after today. She was going to use that time to travel to the Leaf Village to see Sasuke and to pay respects to her family.