"We're leaving?" asked Obito in disbelief "What if more enemy come?"
"The Hokage has provided some replacements" Minato elaborated
"But why?" Obito whined
"Because that's how it is" Minato answered "We leave in three hours" and he left
"What the hell?" Obito screamed
"Obito" Rin quieted him "There must be a valid reason"
"Sensei never acts without one" Kakashi added
"How do you know that" Obito screamed
"Because this is Minato sensei" Kakashi said
"He's only human" Sakura chimed in
"A shinobi must follow his captain's orders" Kakashi stated
"Stop with the rules" Obito yelled "Minato sensei's been acting weird all week and you know it"
Kakashi merely shrugged
"What is that supposed to mean?" Obito asked
"Why don't you translate it?" Kakashi spat
"Stop it" Rin cut in between of them
"Tch whatever" Kakashi said and began to make an exit
"You keep acting like you don't care" Obito yelled and Kakashi stopped
"Guys" Rin nearly begged
"Just shut up both of you" Sakura helped Rin out
"Fighting isn't going to solve anything" Sasuke said
"There is nothing to solve" Kakashi said "Minato sensei is fine"
"No he isn't" Obito said stubbornly
"Even if there was something wrong, Minato sensei can take care of it himself" Kakashi said
"So we don't do anything? Obito said
"There is nothing wrong for us to do anything about" Kakashi said
"Stop it!" Sakura yelled again
"Sashi…" Obito began "Not being rude but I want to set Kakashi straight"
"I'm scared" Kakashi sarcastically said
"That's it" Obito screamed and charged at Kakashi
"Obito!" Rin yelled but Obito ignored her and continued his charge
"Hmph" was Kakashi's response as he ducked and punched Obito ion the nearest wall
"Damn it" Obito gritted his teeth
"Obito…" Rin whispered
"Once I awaken the sharingan, I will surpass you" Obito yelled
"Even if you do awaken it, the sharingan won't make up for your skills" Kakashi retorted
"What do you mean by that?" Obito hollered
"I mean you suck as a shinobi" Kakashi said "Do I need to make myself even clearer, idiot?"
"Stop it you two" Rioki said "Or I will personally do it myself"
"Is sensei threatening himself?" Naruto asked "Cool"
Both Kakashi and Obito didn't say anything
"Finally" Kakashi sighed "There is nothing wrong with Minato sama, Obito, so don't worry" and he crinkled his eye
"Are you sure?" he asked
"Most certainly" Kakashi answered
Obito seemed to accept this as he smiled
"And you…" he turned to Kakashi
"I don't need to hear anything from you" Kakashi interrupted him
"How dare you?" Sakura balled her fists
"It's alright Sashi" Rioki said
"But he disrespected you" Sakura mumbled
"Who disrespected who?" asked Minato as he came back
"Nothing really" Rioki said but Obito wasn't quiet
"Kakashi was very rude to Rioki san" Obito said as he stuck his tongue out at his teammate "Revenge"
"Kakashi?" Minato turned towards him
"Well it was just that…" Kakashi began but stopped in mid sentence at his sensei's intense stare
"Sensei is getting scolded?" Naruto asked himself "I need to get that hang of this situation"
"I wouldn't want to be at the other end of that stare" Sakura thought "But he deserves it"
"We need to talk" Minato finally ended the silence
"But" Kakashi tried to complain
"Enough" Minato warned him and Kakashi was immediately quiet
"I'm very sorry about this Rioki san" Minato apologized for his student's behavior "It won't go unpunished I assure you"
"Punished?" Naruto said "This I got to see"
"Kakashi, apologize first" his sensei ordered him "Then we can talk"
"Sorry" Kakashi mumbled looking away
"A proper apology" Minato insisted
Kakashi sighed but looked up at Rioki none the less "I'm sorry" he said more clearly this time "It will not happen again"
"Feels weird seeing my younger self get scolded and apologize to me" Kakashi thought as he smiled to Kakashi "Must be interesting for my genins to watch"
"Now that we did that" Minato said "Obito Rin go pack"
"Hai" they both said as they parted. Kakashi tried to sneak away with them, but unfortunately for him, Minato noticed and grabbed him by the collar
"We still have things to discuss" Minato said
"Hai, sensei" Kakashi sighed
"Rioki san" Minato addressed him "Your team should get ready as well"
"Of course" Rioki answered
"I'm just going on a walk with Kakashi" he smiled
Naruto, Sasuke and Sakura noticed their mini sensei gulp in fear
"Still feels weird" Naruto thought as he left with his team
"Come on" Minato said as he ushered Kakashi out of the house
"Care to tell me what happened?" Minato asked as they sat on one of the cliffs
"No" Kakashi merely said
"Kakashi please" Minato said "You've been acting weird ever since we fought at the battle front"
"Funny" Kakashi snorted "Obito just said the same thing about you"
"He did?" Minato asked
Kakashi simply nodded
"Anyway," Minato said "This isn't what we are here to discuss"
Kakashi sighed
"I know you don't get along well with people, especially if you haven't been together for while" Minato said "but you are never rude, care to explain?"
"I was just angry" Kakashi said
"About what?" Minato asked
"Everything" Kakashi elaborated "Me getting sick, the battle front, the war, these people, Obito, the villagers, expectations, just everything"
"Why Obito?" Minato asked. He knew why he was upset about everything but was confused about the rest
"He gets on my every nerve" Kakashi said "He always has to complain, he can't accept reality and he's easy going about everything else"
"And that annoys you?" Minato asked
"I don't even know anymore" Kakashi muttered
"Once we get back to the village, we'll sort through everything" Minato smiled "But you're still getting punished for being disrespectful"
Kakashi cringed at the his sensei's words "Not D ranked missions"
"Exactly those" Minato smiled "I expect you to finish fifty before you can re- join our training sessions"
"But sensei" Kakashi was about to argue
"That's is my final word" Minato sternly said It'll also help keep a close eye on you and keep you away from any danger
"I understand" Kakashi sighed "Fifty is just being cruel" he added as an after thought
Minato chuckled and ruffled his student's hair affectionately "Don't make it happen again"
Kakashi nodded and they both bounced off back to the house
"It's about time you came back" Rin scolded "We leave in half an hour"
"Better go get packed then" Minato winked at her and left
"What about you?" Rin turned to face Kakashi
"I'm on my way" he complained
"I wonder what punishment sensei gave him?" Obito smiled as he thought of a list of options
"Seriously, you two…" Rin sighed
"are a night mare" Sakura finished her sentence for her
"That works" Rin giggled
"I'm done" Minato came in "And under fifteen minutes" he smiled "So am I forgiven?"
"I guess so" she smiled whole heartedly
"Kakashi" Minato shouted
"I'm coming" Kakashi jumped down "It's your fault anyway"
"How so?" Minato asked
"If you didn't talk for two hours we would've been ready earlier" he said showing no emotion
"It's not my fault you're very stubborn, Kashi" Minato retorted
"I wasn't" Kakashi glared "You talked too much, that's is all"
Minato laughed and gripped Kakashi in a headlock
"Hey!!" Kakashi shouted "Let go, sensei!"
Obito laughed "That position suits you"
"How's the view?" Naruto asked jokingly
"Damn it sensei!!" Kakashi yelled again "Let me go" and he began to struggle. That only made Minato rub Kakashi's head
"Still weird but it's fun seeing sensei flustered" Naruto smiled
"I'm glad sensei doesn't do that to us" Sasuke thanked nobody in particulur
Obito kept laughing
"You think it's funny?" Minato asked Obito as he let Kakashi go
"Huh?" Obito said as clueless as ever
He soon found himself in a head lock as well
"Sensei!!" Obito whined
"Alright enough fooling around" Minato said "Let's go"
"You say that as if we were the ones fooling around" Obito muttered
"Exactly" Minato said cheerfully as he led the group
"Tch" Kakashi muttered
"I'm hungry" Obito complained
"If you ate before we left like I told, then maybe you would've clenched your hunger" Sakura answered
"I wasn't hungry then, Sashi" Obito answered back
"Stop it" Sasuke said "We've been at this for hours"
"Let me give you something interesting then" Someone shouted as he threw a shuriken towards Sasuke
Sasuke dodged it with ease and looked up at the man
"Interesting" the man laughed "I got orders to attack a certain group and end up with an Uchiha, The Yellow Flash and the last of the Hatakes"
"Last?" Sasuke asked himself as he looked at Kakashi.
"What do you want?" Minato asked
"It's not what I want" the mysterious speaker said "It's what the guy who paid me a bundle to get you needs"
"I'm not in the mood for this" Minato said "Who is he after?"
"Then I'll end it quickly" the man answered. He bore two katanas on his back. He did a series of seals and seven clones emerged .
"One for each of you" he smiled wickedly
The real one suddenly attacked Minato and the two danced dangerously as the sound of metals hitting each other filled the grounds. The rest were talking care of the bunshins
Sakura and Rin were having trouble but the clones were taking it easy
Sasuke Naruto and Obito were facing more of a challenge but the clones were also just wasting time with them
Rioki was being matched by the man's full power as he too danced with the enemy
The clone fighting Kakashi was playing a different game. He was separating Kakashi from the others slowly
"Four barrier Seal Jutsu" he smiled wickedly as four transparent walls surrounded them both containing them both in the inner area
All the clones vanished due to the fact that the jutsu took a lot of chakra
"Kakashi!!" Minato yelled as he realized that Kakashi was the target
"Damn it" Kakashi cursed "It turns out you were the real one"
"You're mine boy" he smiled again
Meanwhile Minato was trying to find a way around the jutsu
"I need to activate sharingan secretly" Rioki thought as he jumped to the other side
"Let's see if the apple doesn't fall far from the tree" he sneered "It would be a waste if the last Hatake wasn't strong, and by the looks of it…" he didn't continue but let out a mere chuckle
"I can't let him anger me" Kakashi thought while thinking of a plan as well
"Need more insults to get angry" his enemy laughed
"No matter what you tell me I won't get angry" Kakashi simply answered
"Is that so?" the enemy sniggered "I believe I have some things that will get you heated up"
Kakashi just glared at the man
"There is no weakness yet" Minato whispered
"The barrier is a wall of chakra with no weak points" Rioki elaborated
"Let's hope it's power diminishes as he gets tired" Minato nodded
"What if Kakashi can't fight him?" Obito asked
"You need to think of a solution sensei" Rin added
"I am, but I'm hoping for an extra solution here" he said
"Why is he trying to get him angry?" Naruto asked
"When you're angry, you make mistakes on the battle field" Rioki answered
"Why don't you go running off to daddy?" the man coxed him
Kakashi intensified his glare
"Oh wait" the man continued "You don't have one" and he laughed aloud
"Kakashi" Minato was worried as he watched his student take a hold of the katana in anger. I need to find a way in
"I wonder what you did to make him hate so much to the extent where he would kill himself" the man laughed "He didn't even care about you, I bet he hated you for killing your mother when you were born" and his laughter could be heard from miles away
"What is he saying?" Obito asked
"He's right" Kakashi thought "Dad never loved me, he never took me out fishing or on walks or any of the usual stuff the kids at the academy talked about. All he ever cared about was his reputation. That's why he trained me so young. So he can get praised. When he lost his dignity, he lost everything and killed himself even if he left his son behind. Why?"
Kakashi looked at his enemy again to see him still laughing
"Why do you still live when you know that nobody cares about you" he said "The villagers disgraced your father and now that he committed seppuku, they hate you. All because of your father's failure"
"Shut up" Kakashi yelled at him
"Can't face reality" he sniggered "Why do you even try when you know that you will never gain anybody's acceptance?"
"I told you to shut up" Kakashi shouted
"Look at your feats, boy" the man yelled back "You graduated the academy when you were five, made chunin at six, the first in history at such a young age. But even with that you are still under your father's forever lasting shadow. You will never escape their eyes, expectations; no matter what you do they'll want more."
"Stop it" Kakashi muttered
"Nobody will ever accept you"
"How dare he say that?" Minato yelled mentally "Damn it! I need a way in"
"I never imagined sensei to be disgraced when he was young" Sakura thought "And with such a harsh childhood."
"He's like me" Naruto thought (I know that Naruto keeps saying that when he finds similarities between him and people, but I couldn't resist )
"His father committed suicide" Sasuke thought "I didn't see that one coming"
"So much for hiding my past" Rioki thought "But now I need to think of a way to get in"
"Kakashi…" Obito was shocked beyond words
"Kakashi kun" Rin whispered in worry
"Let's cut the chit chat for now" the man smiled "It's time to see what you can do"
"I'll beat you up and kill you" Kakashi glared and charged at the man