Naruto was walking back to his home with Obito, Rin and Sakura. "So what's been going on while I've been gone? I can't wait to meet the little baby." He froze, "If you're both here where's the baby?" Naruto began to panic when Sakura smacked him on the back. "Thankyou." He looked up, "So where is the baby I can't wait to meet him."
Rin chuckled, "He's being babysat by shadow clones, don't worry Naruto."
Naruto nodded his understanding, "That seems like cheating."
Obito laughed as they all entered the front door. Another Obito leaned around the corner holding a small baby with black hair. The clone handed it to Rin before poofing away.
Rin turned to the blond, "Naruto I would like you to meet Kakashi Uchiha."
Naruto smiled at the name knowing the importance behind it, "Hey there little Kakashi, my name is Naruto." Naruto held the little boys hand in between his fingers and slowly raised it up and down his smile never fading.
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Sasuke was sitting in a dark cave, he knew he was running out of time with Orochimaru, the sick freak didn't have much left to teach him that Sasuke wanted to learn. Soon he would head out on his own and hunt down Itachi. But to do that he would need a team, his first thought was to get Naruto and Obito, but he didn't want them to get hurt in the chaos so he needed people that were capable and at the same time disposable.
He had already thought about this many times over the past few months. It had been two years since he came to the Sannin and while he had gotten stronger he still had not killed Itachi and that was a part of the deal of him coming here. He knew it was best here not to show any emotions because the other subjects as they were called were all out for their own survival which left Sasuke to himself most days.
Except for those few times when Orochimaru would train him, Sasuke never stopped hating the man and wanted him dead almost as much as he wanted to kill Itachi. Sasuke knowing that his best bet at getting out so he could kill Itachi was to kill Orochimaru. But killing a Sannin was no easy task and the idea made him a bit nervous. So he would wait until Orochimaru was weakened and defenseless, needing to change bodies.
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Naruto sat at the old dining room table again looking at his family, he noticed that Sasuke's chair next to him was still left empty. Sakura sat to the other side of him and across the table he watched Obito scarfing down his food and Rin feeding baby Kakashi.
Sakura was watching Naruto just looking at his family again. She was worried though to see that look in his eyes, she still knew that look, it meant something was bothering him. "Naruto what's wrong?"
Naruto looked at Sakura and quickly tried to cover it up with a big smile, "Nothing Sakura I'm just glad to be home." Sakura didn't relent she kept staring him down, "It's just…" He whispered to her, "They've started their real family now, they don't need me here anymore."
Sakura was upset, she was upset that Naruto felt that way. She knew how much his family meant to him, she refused to bring up the part of it that was missing now though. "I'm sure that's not true Naruto; they love you."
Naruto nodded, "I know they do but I've spent enough time being here with them. They don't really want me living here"
Rin's ears perked up and she turned to the blond and pinkette whispering to one another. "Did I just hear that right Naruto?"
The blond in question was staring ahead like a deer in headlights.
"Do you really think that?" She secured Kakashi in his high chair and walked over to the blond.
Obito had stopped eating because he wasn't really sure what was happening.
"Naruto we love you, hell me and Obito are the people that raised you of course we want you to still live with us you baka." She grabbed the blond making him stand up then pulled him into a hug. "Kakashi may be our son, but you are still our first baby."
Naruto relaxed into the hug, he always liked it when Rin hugged him like this it made him feel safe. "Thank you Big Sister Rin." Naruto said hugging her back.
Rin held Naruto out at arm's length and looked him over. "When did you get so tall?"
"Right?" Obito shouted to the group. "He's almost as tall as me now, it just isn't right." He turned to baby Kakashi. "You better stay shorter than me for a long time you hear me?"
Kakashi made a happy baby noise at his father who kept smiling at him.
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Naruto was now standing across from Obito ready for their spar. "Alright sensei let's see what you've really got; no more holding back like when I was a little kid!"
Obito nodded closing his eyes and opening them revealing his Sharingan. "Alright Naruto let's see if you're as good as Lord Jiraiya's last student." Obito knew the comparison bothered Naruto so this would usually get him riled up.
Naruto just nodded, having accepted that he would be compared to the Fourth for a long time.
Jiraiya stood in between the two, "Alright you two I want a clean fight, all forms of jutsu are accepted but I can intervene and call the match whenever I want." He turned to each combatant getting a nod from each, "Alright Shinobi combat begin!" He shouted as his land lowered in the space between them.
Naruto charged first at the Uchiha wanting to press him quickly, unfortunately he had neglected to think about Obito's Sharingan and their predictive abilities. As he was about to strike Lord Uchiha began to dodge the blond's strikes with finesse.
Obito noted how Naruto's form was now much cleaner than it had been before. The mistakes were almost impossible to count before but now he was something different.
Naruto kept throwing his fists and wasn't even able to leave a scratch on Obito, taking a chance Naruto jumped back putting some distance between the group.
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Jiraiya, Tsunade, Rin holding Kakashi, and Sakura were all watching the fight that was happening when Jiraiya spoke up. "He's about to use it get ready and don't blink."
Rin and Tsunade were both taken back from those words, the only time they were used like that was when referring to Minato.
Sakura leaned in intensely watching the fight in front of her. She could tell that Naruto was most likely still holding back, but she knew Obito Sensei was.
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Naruto and Obito both watched the other, both panting a bit from the exhaustion when Naruto pulled out a kunai and charged forward at Obito who also charged.
Before the two met Naruto threw the kunai just past Obito's head. If not for the Sharingan he would have missed it he knew exactly where he had seen that exact kunai before so, he readied for his trump card. Naruto formed the Rasengan in his hand ready to strike.
Naruto was going to wait for the absolute last moment before he would strike he knew Obito was smart and had been training while Naruto was gone but he didn't know what that meant. Right as Naruto was about to reach Obito who was reaching out to grab him the blond vanished.
Knowing what was happening Obito activated his mangekyo and warped away to his Kamui world before immediately reappearing.
Naruto thrusted the Rasengan he had into the space that Obito was just in. His eyes widened in shock when he saw the foot appear seemingly out of nowhere and hit him square in the face. Naruto sailed through the air slamming into a tree shaking the leaves off of it.
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Tsunade and Rin all stood slack jawed at what they had just seen take place in less than a second. Naruto was about to win using a special jutsu but without moving Obito was somehow out of harm's way and kicking Naruto.
"How did they?" Sakura asked confused more than any of them, "Naruto and Obito sensei moved so fast, how?" She had started to struggle to form sentences in shock about what she had just watched.
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Obito walked over to Naruto who was leaning against the tree falling in and out of consciousness. "I'm going to tell you now; had you been fighting anyone else in the world that move would have worked. But I'm not called Lord Uchiha for nothing." Obito said with a big smile.
Naruto tried to stand up, "How did you?"
Sakura appeared next to Naruto, "Don't try to move baka, that was a pretty tough hit. You're done doctor's orders." She said pulling the confused blond away.
Obito stood watching the two teenagers sit next to another tree when his wife approached him. "Before you get mad, I have it under control."
Rin stared at her husband. "You know how I feel about you using it. Is that what you were doing when you were out training for those six months?"
Obito lowered his head, "Please don't get angry, it's safe for me to use it now."
"Why because some man that appeared one night in our bedroom said it was?"
Obito lowered his head, "You know I had to go. We've had this discussion before and it's in the past so just leave it be." Obito said looking at his wife.
"I'm angry because I care about you Obito, I don't want you going blind and not fulfilling your dream baka."
Obito smiled and pulled Rin and baby Kakashi into a hug. "I know and I love you for that Rin." He said kissing the top of her head.
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Jiraiya and Tsunade had watched the entire fight and were worried themselves. "How did you teach him that jutsu?" Tsunade asked her old teammate.
Jiraiya shrugged, "I didn't. He figured it out himself, and after that I showed him some of Minato's kunai that I had been keeping for sentimental reasons."
Tsunade nodded, "So does he know?"
Jiraiya took a deep breath, "No but I wish I could tell him he does deserve to know."
Tsunade nodded accepting that.
