Sorry for the really late update! I am reaching the end of my summer college classes, so I have been busy with essays and tests! Soon I will be free (for like 2 weeks :( only)! :)
Anyways, so here is the usual!
Please send in some scenarios! You can even think of scene from the future and maybe even try to guess my plot a tiny bit! (I mean, it's almost like the actual plot... but with MANY changes to it.)
Anyways, besides that...
Please enjoy!~
"Kakashi—MY ETERNAL RIVAL!" A daunting finger points straight in between apathetic onyx eyes. With a bright glimmer from his teeth, Might Guy presents a full smile to his eternal rival, aka Hatake Kakashi. Kakashi swears her eyes are being blinded by the sunlight reflecting off those pure whites and that she almost was tempted to snap the finger in front of her face that was a bit too close for comfort. Oblivious to his rival's internal conflict, Guy continues to declare to the world. "I challenge you to a swimming contest!"
The silver-haired girl blinks twice at the challenge. "A swimming contest?" She raises a silver brow at her rival, questioning the green-spandex clad boy.
"Yes!" Guy continues to grin obliviously as if nothing was wrong with the statement.
Kakashi lets the confirmation hang in the air for a few seconds before responding. "But Guy," she deadpans, "It's the beginning of November."
Guy continues to grin as if his smile could reassure his silver-headed rival. "Yes! And what a perfect time for a good swimming contest!"
"But it's November." Kakashi tries again.
"Yes, I know very well month it is! Did you think I did not know?" Guy tilts his head slightly in confusion. However, the confusion is short-lived and Guy was back to his smiling. "Thank you for trying to remind me, Kakashi!"
A silver eyebrow twitches. The silver-haired ninja sighs, burying her face in her hands and shakes her head in a mix of astonishment and frustration. Kakashi wills herself, deciding to try to pull the punchline once more. "Guy, it's November—as in autumn, November. Which means that the rivers and lakes are all freezing cold."
"Exactly!" The spandex-wearing boy laughs, "The harsher the challenge the more of a training it is! It's perfectly youthful!"
It's no use—this is hopeless. A heavy sigh escapes the silver-haired girl's mask as she internally drops to the ground, exhausted from dealing with the bullheaded, bowl-cut haired boy. However, no matter what pride Kakashi had to fulfill by besting her persistent challenger, she simply could not take on this challenge. It was simply too dangerous for her situation. No matter how much of an idiot Might Guy is, he can obviously see. Plus, Kakashi was no longer her young more androgynous self any longer. As she keeps getting older, she will soon hit the brink of puberty and she will be unable to hide her gender any longer from her peers. Heck, the silver-haired girl had already been revealed to her own teammates—she had no clue how long it would take for the other teams in her generation to uncover the truth. Hopefully by then, she would have obtained enough of a reputation in the world that she wouldn't need to worry about her jobs. Never mind all of that, I can think about that later—right now, I need to focus on keeping the green beast at bay. Onyx eyes narrow into a calculative glare, as Kakashi's mind hastily plays through several scenarios. The silver-haired girl was so preoccupied with her thoughts that she didn't even notice the familiar chakra from behind her.
Uchiha Obito had been walking to the training ground, deciding to slip in some training rather than loafing around, especially since Rin herself was off doing medical ninja training. As he was passing by the usual clearing, he sensed a familiar chakra signature—Kakashi's. Curious and bored, the raven-haired boy decided to drop by his teammate and check up on the girl. The instant he came he caught sight of the silver-haired girl glaring at the green-spandex clad boy—one obviously uninterested and the other too dense to realize. Guy must have been pestering Kakashi to take on another one of his challenges.
Shaking his head in amusement, Obito approaches his two peers, raising a hand for a little greeting. "Yo!" This apparently shocked his silver-haired teammate. The girl jerked reflexively at the sound of his voice. Obito concludes that the other must have been stuck in her thoughts, which was unusual for the silver-haired prodigy. After all, she tended to never let her guard down.
While the silver-haired ninja was unresponsive to her own teammate, the bowl-haired boy beside her decided to greet back with a big smile. "Oh! Good day, Obito-kun! You out here for some training?"
"Yeah, I was thinking of getting some training done." Obito scratches the back of his raven head.
"Oh, how youthful! There is nothing more youthful than a long day of harsh training full of sweat and tears!" The green spandex-clad boy exaggerates as always, though that's just the way the other boy spoke.
Obsidian eyes slide from the smiling bowl-haired boy to the spiky, silver-haired girl beside him. "I see that you two are about to do a challenge, huh." Onyx eyes glance to the side as silver eyebrows furrow slightly.
Obito hadn't realized it at the time, but his presence in the whole situation made Kakashi's situation a lot worse. Prideful, the silver-haired girl was highly reluctant to show any weakness in front of the Uchiha boy. She had to show that she was stronger than him—it was a matter of her pride and confidence. Now Kakashi really couldn't refuse the challenge.
"Yeah." Determined, onyx orbs meet obsidian ones.
Obito let out a hum as he nods his head before tilting it slightly in curiosity. "So what's the challenge this time? Mountain-climbing? Racing through the forest? Bungee-jumping?"
Kakashi's eyebrows furrow further, the girl stays silent for a moment, not answering her teammate's question. However, the silver-haired girl didn't need to as soon after her so called "eternal rival" announces. "We will be having a swimming contest!"
The trio became silent once again as the declaration sank in through the Uchiha's mind. A swimming contest… The dark-haired boy sneaks a glance at Kakashi who only averts her attention elsewhere. A swimming contest. Obito continues to stare at the silver-haired girl, flashes of visions from the time when they had nearly drowned together on their mission. A. Swimming. Contest. He remembers her secret that is kept hidden under the girl's navy blue and almost black shirt and mask.
"HUH?!"
Kakashi has really dug herself into a hole this time.
"But, Kakashi! If you do this then—!" Currently, Obito and Kakashi are walking back to the girl's apartment. The Uchiha boy was trying to convince his best friend to not go through with the challenge Guy had set up. However, this only further fueled Kakashi's determination in going through with the damn challenge. Even by the time the two teammates had reached Kakashi's apartment, Obito was still trying to convince his silver-haired best friend to reconsider. The raven-haired boy only finally stops when he realizes he had entered the silver-haired girl's home.
The entrance led to a relatively large room, one side being the living room as a couch was evident and on the other side was the kitchen and dining room. The dining and kitchen area took up about two-thirds of the room's space, while the living room seemed large due to its barren furnishing. Beside the single couch is are two doors, one leading to what can be presumed as Kakashi's bedroom and the other the bathroom. This is the first time Obito has ever entered his silver-haired best friend's home. Somehow, the dark-haired boy felt like the home was rather empty. It was like the place had no soul to it, and was simply just a place to sleep, eat, and do whatever else Kakashi may do—reading the Uchiha supposes.
Kakashi closes the door behind her, letting Obito inside willingly. It was not as if she had anything to hide. Onyx eyes take a sneak peek at the dark-haired boy's face and she stifles a chuckle directed towards the boy's somewhat awed expression. Gracefully, Kakashi leaves the boy to his own devices in order to enter her bedroom. Obito quickly inquires where she is going, in which she replies with a deadpan. "To get ready for the challenge." The silver-haired girl twirls back around and waltzes into her room, not even sparing a glance at her best friend.
If she had, she would have caught his flushed face red-handed.
In the security of her bedroom, Kakashi strips down to only her mask and her undergarments. Tilting her head down to examine her chest, the girl contemplates her options. In the end, she decided to go with grabbing her medical kit and wrapping bandages around her small lump of a chest, securing it. She then proceeds to dress in somewhat tight dark clothing, thinking that people would barely see the contrast in her figure if she already wore something that defined her scrawny form. She then proceeds to grab somewhat loose khaki shorts and slips them on, knowing that the bulkiness of the material would create an image of a young boy her age. With her forehead protector spiking her somewhat long hair up, she exhibits the image of gravity-defying hair. Finished with preparing, the silver-haired girl steels herself. I have to do this.
It's time.
A young boy stands in front of a large lake with several of his friends around him. Guy and friends are waiting for Kakashi so that the green beast and the silver-haired genius can compete in one of their regular challenges and this time it is a swimming contest. So of course, their peers, hearing this, were all attracted towards the event. After all, they themselves had never seen the younger ninja swim before.
Anko and Genma were brisking the event by hosting a bet to see if whether Kakashi could actually swim and who would win the challenge this time around. With Kakashi currently in the lead of the score board, many betted on their generation's young prodigy; however, others chanced on Guy having better stamina than Kakashi and sided with the green beast instead. Laughter fills the air with not a single point of tension in sight, well, except for a single brunette girl. Rin was standing amongst her peers, trying to mask her worry from them. The silver-haired challenger's teammate could not help but worry for the cross-dressing girl, especially because of the challenge this time around. However, despite her concern, Rin knew that Kakashi was smart and that she could probably pull off this challenge without revealing her gender and winning it at that.
Or at least that's what she hopes.
Soon, the noisy chatter pauses when two newcomers join the mix: Obito and Kakashi stride towards the group. Rin notes that her silver-haired teammate was calm as usual which made her feel relieved.
Genma laughs at the two, "You're late, Kakashi! Don't tell me Obito is rubbing off on you!"
Feeling a tick, not liking the slight mock in the long-haired boy's tone. Kakashi decided to humor the long-haired brunette. "Well~ I might have gotten lost on the road to life~"
Anko crackles, "Your excuses are even as bad as his!"
Annoyed, Obito huffs, "I am not that bad! Besides, they aren't excuses! I really did help the grannies with their groceries and those children get back their cat!"
With a sigh, the silver-haired girl shakes her head and places a hand on the dark-haired boy's shoulder. "Give it up Obito, I caught why you are always late once."
"Bakakashi! That was only once!" The Uchiha sputters, red flushing his cheeks.
A sly smirk crawls up several faces amongst the crowd of peers. Kagura slides over to Kakashi, the red-handed places a hand on the silver-haired girl's shoulder as she leans in. With her golden eyes, the girl begs. "Ka~ka~shi~ tell us Obito's secret… please?"
"Yeah, Kakashi!" Aoba joins in as Genma and Anko inch closer to their silver-headed peer. Even Asuma was scooting in to hear. Obito tenses at this as he mentally curses at his silver-haired best friend.
Casually, the silver-haired girl raises her hands in the air, "Sorry, not my place to tell." A glint of determination sparkles in Kakashi's onyx eyes, "I won't abandon my friends."
The ninjas surrounding the prodigy stay silent as they blink at the statement.
"Aww! That's so boring!" Iruka throws his arms in the air as the others retreat from the genius. Obito releases a breath of relief.
"Now, now, everyone! No need to be all glum! The main event is about to start!" Guy takes this chance to jump in with a holler. This rowdies up the crowd, bringing back the ninjas' spirits. Kakashi steels herself, forcing herself to not how any sign of tension, as she strides towards her rival. Noticing this, the bowl-headed boy grins before he throws his green spandex suit in the air, stripping down to his equally green swimming trunks. Kakashi shakes her head with a sigh in response as the two brace themselves to start the race. However, Guy stops abruptly when he looks at his opponent. Tilting his head slightly, his straight black hair falls to the side. "Kakashi, you're not going to get into your bathing suit?"
"Don't feel like it." The silver-haired girl responds nonchalantly.
However, the statement only caused an uproar amongst the crowd. "Come on Kakashi! Be a man and show off some abs!" Anko screams at the ninja.
Genma follows with another shout, "Yeah! Even if you are scrawny, you probably are well-built! Show off your body once in a while!"
"Yeah! Do it for your fangirls!" teased Aoba.
Even Ibiki, the serious boy, laughs along, "Come on Kakashi, don't tell me you're self-conscious!"
Aggh. That comment hurts my pride. Kakashi narrows her eyes at the other silver-haired ninja. I almost forgot that this guy was a sadist. Despite all the teasing, Kakashi would not budge, she was much stronger in will than that, and she would not be egged on towards her own disaster.
Obito and Rin exchange expressions of concern before focusing their attention on their silver-haired teammate. They didn't know what they could do but watch, and possibly jump in if Kakashi really was in a bind. After all, if they acted to suspiciously, the others would surely catch on—or at least the more intelligent ones would.
"Come on Guy, let's just get this over with." Kakashi tries to refocus everyone on the competition, but, of course, there was just one problem.
Guy was as stubborn as a bull.
"But Kakashi! The extra clothes will weigh you down! We should fight fair and square like real youths!" argues Guy.
"I said no. Now let's just get this over with, okay?" Kakashi was getting near the end of her leash. How much longer did she have to state her point?
The bowl-headed boy, of course, persisted despite Kakashi's efforts. "Come on, Kakashi! It's simple! Here, I'll even help you!" Two hands, both belonging to the green beast of a rival, reaches over to the bottom hems of Kakashi's shirt. In that moment, two pairs of eyes were quick enough to react: onyx ones widening from shock and bewilderment, and obsidian ones widening threateningly as crimson paints over the orbs.
And it was at that same moment that the owners of those eyes moved, each grabbing one of the green beast's wrists. With threatening squeezes, strong but not enough to break the joint, both Kakashi and Obito glare at Guy, simultaneously. "Don't." both warn their friend as they let go of poor boy's wrists.
Guy blinks at the two, slightly in shock, along with the rest of his peers.
Feeling that he has done something wrong, Guy, being the sensible boy he is, quickly apologizes. "Oh, sorry Kakashi. I didn't mean to push you."
The silver-haired girl softens, knowing that her rival meant no harm—after all, he didn't even know what he had done wrong, yet he was still apologizing. "Nah, it's okay. I think I was a bit too jumpy too." Kakashi tries to brush of her earlier behavior; however, she was too late to realize that it did not explain her teammate's behavior. Alarmed by her realization, Kakashi quickly peeks at his peers, checking on their reactions.
Most of the crowd had their jaws slightly agape, while others just had a lifted eyebrow or slightly wider eyes than usual. But rather than their expressions, what alarmed Kakashi the most was the silence, it was as if something was sinking in.
Nonetheless, like all silences that come from this group—this one came to end swiftly.
Horror escapes Iruka's lips.
"When did Obito and Kakashi become so in sync?!"
So how was it? I'm trying to push the generation's characters into the story more...
Maybe I should even have chapters focusing on them? What do you guys think? Should I?
If I do do that though, I do need ideas... If you have any ideas, please tell me!
Also, don't forget about those scenarios! I am grateful for all these people giving me ideas for future chapters! (Which I will do when my plotline gets closer to a more interesting aspect of the scenario)
Anyways, I hope you enjoyed!
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