Afternotes

Well, it's done, yay. Thank you so much for everyone's support, all the reviews, follows, and faves. Or if you didn't do any of those and just enjoyed the story, that's great! I'm glad y'all enjoyed this story. If you didn't, sorry.

This isn't a chapter update since the story's basically done. But I will be addressing some informations, other things I left out, some extras, and more!

Conversation between Minato and Ichiro

Minato: "Ichiro-san, can you tell me about Obito's parents?"

Ichiro: "Ah, have you heard of Uchiha Takeo and Uchiha Hayashi?"

Minato: "Do you mean the Uchiha legends? I'm sure most of Konoha has heard of them. Are you saying they were Obito's parents?"

Ichiro: "Ah, yes. They were. But uh, things happened, so he's with me now. We were always neighbors, you know?"

Minato: "I see. Do you happen to know anything about Obito's distrustful nature? Or if there was any sort of trauma that could have happened to make him so closed off and cautious? I'd like to have something to work with."

Ichiro: "Ah, ah... It's not really my place to tell you about his business..."

Minato: "I understand, but is there anything at all you could tell me about?"

Ichiro: "... Well, there's some things I'll have to discuss with him first, but I can tell you Obito's always been a little strange and..."

Minato: "And...?"

Ichiro: "I- He- When I came back after... what happened... to me... Obito saw me at my worst, and I can only assume he developed some opinions about being ninja."

Minato: "... Is that so."

Ichiro: "Y-yeah. I don't know what, but since then, he's been very vocal and adamant about staying civilian."

Minato: "Then why did he enroll in the academy?"

Ichiro: "I'm sorry, Namikaze-san, but I can't say any more than this. Please."

Minato: "Okay, thank you for your insight, Ichiro-san."

Ichiro: "... One more thing, Namikaze-san."

Minato: "?"

Ichiro: "Obito may not show it, but he is very easily distressed."

Minato: "Thank you, I will keep that in mind."

Ichiro: "Don't hurt him. Please."

It was an impossible promise, but Minato nodded anyway.

Why I didn't include it: I couldn't figure out how to blend it in smoothly at the time. But, anyway, I'll explain this bit a little more.

Since there's no information (that I could find) on his parents, I made them up. When they were alive, they were really powerful shinobi. The Uchiha council had high hopes and expectations for Obito to be just like them: powerful with a mature Sharingan. Obito really wanted to go to a regular civilian school, but the council disagreed. Obito pleaded with Fugaku, then the future clan head, but Fugaku was pressured by the council and it was during war. In the end, he gave in and had Obito enrolled in the Academy. That's why Obito really didn't like Fugaku.

A week or two after Obito's fight with Kakashi in chapter 13, Fugaku finally put his foot down and essentially told the council to shut up, let Obito do what he wants. Sometime after the war ends, Obito will be removed from field work (unless emergency) and join the Konoha Military Police Force. This will give him more time in the village with Ichiro. Whenever he's allowed, Obito and Ichiro will go out to neighboring villages just to chill. Obito hopes they'll be able to travel farther some day.

A fairly happy ending.

Obito's Sharingan

Obito first unlocked his Sharingan when he was four, almost five. Ichiro was MIA for a month, but he was able to make his way back home. His friends wanted to celebrate so they took him out to a restaurant, but the sight of red meat was a mistake. Ichiro ran out the restaurant and eventually collapsed in an alley in the Uchiha compound. He was shivering and crying, curled up on the ground when Obito found him. The sight of Ichiro distressed Obito very much. Since Obito's mind was more developed than a regular child's, he could piece together what was generally happening in Ichiro's life. Before, Obito had no strong opinion on ninjas, but after Ichiro came home, Obito was very vocal about not becoming a ninja.

The second tomoe was when Obito's granny passed away.

The third one was from his first kill.

(By the way, I won't be getting into detail on what happened to Ichiro when he was MIA. It's very disgusting, idk why I did that to him. So, just use your imagination.)

Obito and Ichiro

I imagined the Uchiha compound to be divided up into sections. Ichiro is not a full-blooded Uchiha, so he lives on the outskirt, near the walls. That section is where the partial Uchihas generally gather and live together. It's a little rundown and poor, but it's a community. Fugaku's doing his best to help but the council and the elders are very stubborn.

Obito's parents were both half Uchiha, so Obito lives there. Granny's a full Uchiha but chose to live there.

Ichiro used to babysit Obito sometimes.

After Ichiro came back home, he could no longer handle meat, especially red meat (fish is the only one he can really tolerate). Obito saw his distress and asked an Akimichi civilian chef for help. The chef agreed to help and opened up a small restaurant that serves mainly vegetables and fish and also supplies supplements. It became surprisingly popular to some ninjas and civilians. Ichiro was very grateful.

Why Obito didn't mention his situation

Someone mentioned it wasn't fair of Obito to not reveal his status as a reincarnated person to Kakashi. I did kind of set up the dialogue to reveal this part but decided against it because it wasn't too important.

Obito has very little memories from his first life. The only things he really retained from the past life are his love of games, desire for peace, and (questionable) maturity. Eventually, after living for so long in the new and crazy world, Obito became his own person, very different and removed from who he was in the first life. So the fact he is a reincarnated person didn't matter too much for both his character and the story.

But this is my opinion. If you have another opinion, feel free to tell me, I'd love to know!

Obito's big game and Ichiro's request

Someone expressed confusion on chapter 7. In that chapter, granny passes away, Obito loses an important game, and Ichiro asks to keep something a secret.

The important game had something to do with Obito living happily with granny. He lost because she died. It was kinda like a lottery game, I guess.

The secret Ichiro asked, it was about Obito's Sharingan. Obito didn't tell anyone about it, so not even Ichiro and granny knew he activated his Sharingan. When Ichiro saw that Obito already had the second tomoe, he asked Obito to keep it a secret. If the clan council knew, Obito's chance of retiring would grow even slimmer.

What could've happened

For the ending, I was deciding on one main thing. Whether to keep Obito alive or kill him. It the story had ended up with Obito half crushed under a boulder with his friends by his side, he probably would've offered his eye as a parting gift (to Rin or Kakashi, it didn't matter, though Kakashi made more sense since the kid lost an eye). And then he would've just died. No Madara and Tobi business ever happening. Obito would've been just very tired and given up on life.

But, I decided to keep him alive! Yay! I'm happier with this ending.

I did originally plan on having Obito offer an eye to Kakashi (Obito would've gotten a transplant after). But after hearing Kakashi's story, Obito decided not to burden him with the eye. So instead, he decided to treat his friend to any store once a month. For the rest of their lives. Obito thinks that's a good gift for his first friend. The first thing Obito paid for was the eye transplant. Yup, Kakashi has two eyes. Thank you anonymous donor in Konoha!

Okay, now take these extras!

Extra 1: (request) Obito is a smug schoolgirl who sits next to Kakashi and trolls him on a day to day basis.

"Okay, class, settle down, settle down. I SAID SIT THE FUCK DOWN. Thanks, class," the teacher, Nara Shikaku, demanded as he entered the class. He normally didn't raise his voice but to make sure the students knew not to fuck with him, he had to. A great bother, but a necessary evil.

Once every student found their seat, he began his announcement. "As you know, Morino's transferred few days ago. Well, we got another student now. Please welcome him. You, come in." Then, a student with a shock of pale hair entered the room.

"This is Hatake Kakashi. Great. Hatake, go sit down next to Nohara. Nohara, raise your hand." A girl with warm eyes waved at the new student.

Kakashi didn't particularly mind changing schools since he had no friends to keep in contact with. But changing schools for the fourth time in three months? Absolutely ridiculous.

"Hello, Kakashi-kun, I'm Rin," said the girl.

"Hello," he greeted back.

"Obi-chan sits on your other side, but she's not here today."

"Okay."

During break, Kakashi wondered if he should make an effort to befriend the other students. Then he caught them whispering about him.

"Can I help you," he asked with false politeness.

"Ah, sorry, we're not talking shit or anything," a student called Genma spoke.

"Yeah, we're just making bets about you," another student called Aoba added.

"What kind of bets?" Kakashi asked.

"When Obito comes back, she'll probably play games with you," Genma said.

"Yeah, and Ibiki used to sit where you're sitting now. He lasted the longest, but even he eventually cracked," a third student called Asuma said.

"What do you mean by that?" Kakashi asked another question.

"I mean that he laughed in the middle of class and started actually humoring her until he left."

"Ah. I see."

"So, we're betting on how long it'll take for you."

"How do you know I'll crack?"

"Everyone does."

Two days later, when Kakashi entered the classroom, he could tell something was off. Every single student was already in their seat. Just sitting there, quietly. It wasn't obvious, but he could feel their eyes on him as he made his way to his seat.

Rin sent an apologetic smile his way but did not say anything.

Right when Shikaku entered the room, a window opened and a girl crawled in.

"Obito," said the teacher.

"Yeah?" said the girl.

"It's the fourth floor."

"Uh, I know?"

"Nevermind. Go take a seat."

"Yes, sir!"

That was the first time Kakashi saw Obito.

When break finally came around, everyone glanced over to Obito. Who proceeded to take a seat on Kakashi's desk.

"I'm Obito," she said.

"I'm Kakashi," he replied.

"You're not gonna make fun of my name?"

"No?" Then she smiled. Her smile showed too many teeth.

"So far, I like you."

"Thanks?"

"Have you been to the secret cafe?"

"No?"

"I'll show you. And stop answering my questions with questions."

Obito hopped off his desk and grabbed Kakashi by the back of his collar. The girl was deceptively strong.

"It's time to go on an adventure. Ririn-chan?"

"I'll take a melon bread and banana milk."

Kakashi couldn't break free from her grasp and resigned to his fate of literally being dragged on the floor. People glanced at them but didn't stare for long. He realized this was a common enough occurance to be normal.

After being dragged through several hallways and flights of stairs (ouch), they finally arrived at the secret cafe. It was just a normal school cafe.

"Are you sure this is the secret cafe?" he asked.

"Yeah," she answered.

"This looks like a normal cafe."

"No, it's a secret cafe that only students and faculty of East Konoha High have access to."

Right.

The next day, Obito sat with a sharp grin in place. Kakashi's only experience with her was the whole secret cafe adventure. He was not prepared.

"Hatake, read the next paragraph," Shikaku called on him. Kakashi stood up and held his textbook before him to begin reading. But he couldn't because his book fell apart.

"Uh…"

Shikaku sighed, "Obito, lend him your book."

"Here you go, Hatake-san," she grinned, handing him her textbook.

On closer inspection, it was his own. Obito had switched their books while he was away.

"Did you seriously destroy your own textbook for this?" he whispered.

"A necessary sacrifice," she told him.

Another day, Kakashi dropped his eraser. It had rolled too far away for him to pick up without disturbing the class. Obito noticed and lent him her own. He thanked her and tried to rub out his mistake. Tried to.

Instead of erasing his mistake, the eraser had scratched a line across his paper. Kakashi realized Obito had stabbed broken pencil leads in the eraser. He looked over at her. She was only concentrating on her own work.

Yet another day, Obito had various chess pieces stationed on her desk. Rin had a small princess figurine at one corner of her desk.

Throughout class, Obito catapulted her pieces toward Rin's desk. The pieces usually hit Kakashi or clattered against his desk.

Shikaku had noticed what was going on, but Obito had gone through the trouble of masking her pieces' landings with the sound of chalk on blackboard. Just for that, he let it slide.

When Obito had been reduced to her last piece (a bishop), she paused. And took out another contraption from the depths of her desk. Kakashi could only describe it as lethal.

Then, out of the corner of his eye, he noticed the princess on Rin's desk had disappeared. And had reappeared in his pencil case. Rin knew of the destructive effect of Obito's Mega Launcher. She'd apologize to Kakashi during break.

Obito took aim and waited for Shikaku to start writing again.

She waited and waited and waited.

And fired.

The only sounds heard afterward were Kakashi's pencil case blowing up and Shikaku's heavy sigh.

One time, Kakashi had gone to sit on his chair. Only to fall backward. Obito had switched out his chair with a faulty one. A maintenance worker came in to scold Obito and take the chair away.

Another time, Obito had invited him to her secret base. He wondered if he should go. Rin warned him Obito's secret base was actually the girl's bathroom near the gymnasium. She also said Obito met up with Anko there. Kakashi had heard enough about Anko to avoid her.

He didn't go.

"Ah, I wonder how Morino-san is doing," Obito stretched and yawned when the final bell rang. As she stretched, she made sure her arms pat Kakashi's head. "Maybe I'll go visit him."

"Oh, are you going to visit him at his new school?" Rin asked.

"No, I know where he lives. I'm going to his home," Obito answered.

"Ah."

"Yup. I'm gonna go see him. See you tomorrow, Ririn-chan, Hatake-san."

"Kakashi-kun?" Rin stopped him as he walked out the school gate.

"Hm, yeah?"

"Do you dislike Obito?" she asked.

"Eh? Not really. Her games can get irritating but it's (mostly) harmless."

"Oh okay. That's good. Obito is friendly to most people, but she doesn't have many friends. She considers you a friend, so it's good that you don't dislike her," Rin explained.

"Oh…"

Five weeks after his transfer, Kakashi joined Obito's games. Ibiki kept his record at five weeks, two days.

Note: I sort of based this on Tonari no Seki-kun. It's a cute manga. I heard it got an anime at some point.

Extra 2: (request) Kakashi compares Team Minato to animals.

"Kakashi-niichan!" Naruto screamed as he barrelled full force into Kakashi.

"Oof. You're getting stronger," Kakashi told the boy. The boy smiled even brighter.

"Yeah!"

"Tell me ninja stories!" Naruto demanded.

"Sure. What kind?" Kakashi asked.

"Uhm. About a cool ninja!"

"Sure."

Once upon a time, there was a young wolf and he was always alone. He was arrogant and proud. He wanted to believe he didn't need friends, but he was so so so lonely.

He went to the ninja academy to learn to be a ninja. He never paid attention to anyone but himself. But one day, someone threw a blade toward him. It was a lion whose mane hadn't even started growing.

The young lion had insisted it was an accident. Whether an accident or not, it did not matter. It had been a while since someone had talked to the wolf without scorning him. The wolf sat with the lion in class. The lion didn't mind. He was lonely too.

They became friends. They didn't feel lonely anymore.

Then, they found more friends.

A young owl, silent and deadly. She flew from the academy to the hospital every day to grow her wisdom.

A young bear, full of unrestrained strength. He was passionate and cheery. He could make anyone smile.

The wolf, the lion, and the owl were put on a team together. Their teacher was a falcon, quick and sharp. Under the watchful eyes of the falcon, the three friends grew stronger side by side.

One day, on a mission far from home, the wolf made a mistake and the lion was captured. The wolf and the owl despaired but they did not give up. They'd never give up on their friend.

They fought and traveled farther and farther off course. They searched high and low for their beloved friend. When they found the lion, beaten and burned, they cried out in relief. The three friends were reunited.

After completing their mission and coming back home, their friendship grew even stronger. They watched out for each other. And even now, they're all very happy.

"Now, Naruto. What do you think would have happened if the wolf and the owl gave up on the lion?"

"Then the lion would be all hurt and alone!"

"That's right. The lion would be left far from home, and the wolf and the owl wouldn't be happy."

"Yeah! They're super friends so they don't leave each other!"

"Yup, you're a smart kid, Naruto."

"YEAH! ! !"

"Naruto, let's go meet Obito."

"Who's Obito?"

"He visited you last month, remember?"

"No."

"He'd visit more, but the Police Force is always very busy."

"Is Mr. Obito a police?"

"Yup. He protects the people of Konoha from the inside."

"That's cool too."

"He's still a ninja, you know."

"That's even cooler!"

"Obito," Kakashi called out. Amidst the busyness of the police officers, a head poked out.

"Shishi-kun!" Obito greeted as he made his way to his friends.

"Shishi-kun? Kakashi-niichan, are you the lion?" little Naruto scrunched up his nose.

"Take a look at Obito, then tell me what you think." Kakashi lifted Naruto up so that he was eye level with the adults.

"And Naruto-san! How are you doing?" Obito gave his thousand watt smile. He had heavy bags under his eyes and his hair was messier than usual. But he was truly glad to see his friends.

Naruto's eyes lit up. He saw a man who embodied the sun and everything warm and happy (his parents not included. They were the brightest and the warmest, hands down).

"Are you Mr. Lion?" Naruto asked, starry eyed.

"Excuse me?" Obito gave Kakashi a questioning look. Kakashi said nothing, only smiled.

Note: I don't think this is exactly what was requested. But I like how this came out.

Extra 3: I was lonely before you.

"Hello, my name is Uchiha Obito, and I like kitties and sweets. I wasn't here yesterday, but I hope we can still be friends!" Obito made sure to smile his best, just like how Mizushi-san told him to. Mizushi-san had a few missing teeth and a scarred lip, but she had one of the warmest, brightest smiles. (She also had the most demonic voice and eyes when angry.)

Obito didn't know what he did wrong. Nobody approached him during break. Had everyone already made friend groups on the first day? The girl from yesterday said hello to him but she had her own friends. Tadano kept glancing at him and sneering.

Obito just didn't understand.

Obito didn't have any sort of training before the academy. His parents were always gone (now they're dead!), granny was too frail, and Ichi-san was in no condition to revisit his past. Obito didn't even plan on becoming ninja. It wasn't his fault he didn't know the most basic stances and techniques!

"Aren't you supposed to be an Uchiha?" someone jeered at him. Some other students laughed. Obito's ears burned a little, but he didn't mind terribly.

"The Uchiha clan has many civilians who never receive any kind of training," he said.

"But you're here to be a ninja, so why didn't they train you?" someone else laughed at him.

"There's many civilians in the academy who don't have any training," Obito reasoned.

"But you're an Uchiha!"

Obito kept his head down the rest of the day.

"You smile a lot for an Uchiha."

"For an Uchiha, you're pretty dumb."

"I heard everyone in the Uchiha clan is pretty, but what happened to you?"

Obito wanted friends and people to talk to, but all they would tell him were stereotypes of his clan. How could they generalize an entire group of people?

Only the elders didn't smile (much).

His clan was pretty average in terms of overall intelligence.

Prettiness… Well, Obito did agree many Uchiha clan members were pretty, but still! To tell him that to his face was pretty rude!

"Ichi-san, I think no one in class likes me," Obito confessed after the second week.

"Why do you think they don't like you?" Ichiro asked.

"They always tell me I'm different from the other Uchihas, so maybe that's why."

"That's very silly of them."

"Yeah, but I wanna be friends with them!"

After the first month, Obito decided he was going to smash every stereotype his clan faced on a daily basis. According to some students, he wasn't pretty, so that's one stereotype down.

All Uchihas have feline grace. They have the best throwing average. They don't smile, they don't laugh. They don't know how to have fun. They're arrogant and proud.

Obito tripped on purpose and missed on purpose. He threw his weapons weird to reinforce his difference. He smiled like Mizushi-san and laughed loudly like granny. He played games and dressed in paint splattered clothes. He tried to copy Ichiro's gentle manner (key word: tried).

Overall, it made the other students avoid him even more. Perhaps it wasn't the greatest idea. But too late now. It'd been a couple years.

One day during physical training, Obito tripped. That time wasn't on purpose. He stumbled and caught himself before eating dirt. As he was picking himself up, he heard a scoff behind him.

It was that Hatake Kakashi kid. He heard about his dad, the White Fang. Ichiro really looked up to the hero despite the majority of Konoha scorning the poor man.

Hatake looked down at him with condescension and anger. Why was he so angry?

Obito made effort to avoid Hatake. The kid kinda scared him, all spiky and angry with hate just rolling off his shoulders. Not a happy kid. At all.

Then, just a couple weeks later, he almost hit Hatake while juggling. Obito was regretting waking up the morning but rolled with it. He could deal with it. Hatake was just a kid! What's the worst that could happen?

"Aaahh, sorry, sorry. Didn't mean to nearly impale you," Obito decided on a loose tone. And Hatake looked at him like Ichiro looked at meat.

Definitely not good.

Obito would never believe what happened next. Hatake, the ball of lightning and anger and hate and spite, offered to help him. And all that hate and anger seemed to have just disappeared! What happened?!

Obito was glad though. Hatake Kakashi was his friend. And through him, Nohara Rin and Maito Gai become his friends too!

Hatake always looked at him like a ghost (at Nohara too). He always looked through Obito, not really seeing him. Hatake was always surprised when he did something. Looking at him like Obito shouldn't have done that because it was wrong in some way.

It bothered Obito, but he was happy to have a friend.

Extra 4: Did somebody say SEQUEL?!

Someone mentioned a possible sequel. I'm so flattered they are interested in a continuation of this :D

I wasn't thinking about it, but since it was mentioned, I got some ideas.

So here's some ideas I have floating around.

"Dad, who's the person who comes here sometimes? He wears the police uniform."

"That's Obito."

"He nevers stays for long. Or ever comes inside."

"He's… an interesting character."

"Can I meet him next time?"

"Hey, do you think it's insensitive to eat takoyaki in front of Killer B?"

"Mitara-"

"Anko, that's a great question. Let's go ask him."

"Obito, stop enabling her."

"Obito."

"Yes, Fugaku-sama!"

"Chakra flaring is a thing that exists so that you don't have to scream and wake everyone up."

"I panicked."

"... Work on that, please."

"Yes, sir!"

"Oh! Hello, Hokage-sama."

"Iruka-sensei! How are you doing? How are your students doing?"

"I'm doing fine, thank you. The students are doing fine as well. In fact, the girls seem to be even more motivated than ever!"

"Oh? What's changed?"

"I think someone started a rumor that Sasuke likes strong and motivated girls. It's also had an effect on the boys too. I'm not sure where the rumor came from though."

"Ah. Actually, I think I know."

"You've got amazing control over your chakra. It's something to be proud of."

"R-really?"

"Yeah. And, I've got an offer for you. Wanna hear it?"

"What is it?"

"I have a friend who's a field medic. She's capable of both combat and healing. She said she's willing to take on an intern for two months. If you're interested in what she does, you can study under her on top of training with Team 7. Up to you."

"I…"

"You!"

"Hmph, so you do recognize me."

"You're the kitty!"

"Awoiefjdkslamc- EXCUSE ME?!"

"Yeah, the big blue one!"

"I AM NII YUGITO! HOW DARE YOU REFER TO-"

"Can I give you a hug and a kiss?!"

"NO!"

"Obito's my favorite cousin."

"How come?"

"Fugaku-sama! I've come with gifts for the children under your roof!"

"He's fun to be around."

"Obito, do you know why I called you here?"

"Is it because I tried to hug and kiss the two-tail's host?"

"No, but we'll talk about that at another time. It's because you tried to run off to Kiri the moment you heard Momochi Zabuza was reinstated to, I quote, 'trade Super Ninja Battle cards' with him."

"I was excited."

"Why do you even think he has a child's card set?"

"He has that vibe, ya know."

And there you go! This is the end (for now?). Hope I didn't leave anything out. Byeeee.