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Chapter Two

Silence.

"…You don't have anything to say, Bakashi?" Obito asked.

Still more silence.

"Not even a 'Hi there, Obito! Let's work together to kick Zetsu's ass!'?"

Narrowed eyes, but still, the baka remained silent.

"Oh, come on, Bakashi!" Obito yelled. "Give me something! I mean, seriously! Do you have any idea how annoying it's been, waiting for you to 'turn up' and remember? I've been here months, you baka! Months! It's been a few weeks since you arrived, don't you have anything planned yet? You're supposed to be a genius, y'know!"

Arms crossed over the chest, and now… Now he was being ignored! No! Forget that!

"Fine!" Obito huffed. "I guess I'll just do it myself. Who needs a stupid genius who can't even keep their promises to their so-called friends, anyway?"

Kakashi glared at him.

Obito glared right back.

A moment later, a fist was headed straight for him, which ended up with both Obito and Kakashi embroiled in an all out brawl. It wasn't very dignified, the way they kicked, punched, and bit. That elbow in Obito's face was pure spite, and he retaliated by pulling Kakashi's hair, who then proceeded to bite him. Considering they were being trained up as 'professional' soldiers, they sure weren't fighting like it.

Suddenly, there was a pair of hands grabbing each of them and forcefully separating them. Obito still tried to kick out at the baka, who'd gone still at their separation.

"Obito, stop it," came their Sensei's voice, and the Uchiha looked up into stern blue eyes.

Reluctantly, Obito stopped thrashing, though he made sure to give Kakashi the stink eye. He was rather satisfied to see the bruises he'd inflicted, as well as the small bit of blood staining his mask, where he was sure the baka had a split lip. But then, Obito wasn't unscathed himself, he was pretty sure he was on his way to a concussion, and his nose might be a bit broken too. He looked around and found Rin there also, eyes staring judgementally at them both.

She sighed. "Honestly, you two," she said, even as she came over to heal them, Minato-sensei releasing them finally.

Once they were patched up, Sensei stared at them, arms crossed and lips pursed. "Do I even want to know what that was about?" he asked.

"Bakashi started it," Obito pouted. "He punched me first."

Minato-sensei just shook his head at both of them. "The two of you…" he said. "Sometimes, I just don't know what to do with you. Both of you are team mates, you're here to train to fight the enemy, not each other."

"Sorry, Sensei," Kakashi apologised, eyes downcast.

Obito frowned at him, then at Minato-sensei, then at Rin. Finally he sighed, and said, "Yeah, sorry Sensei. Rin too. And Bakashi, I guess."

"Alright," Minato-sensei moved on. "I was going to get us a mission out of the village today, but I think a little more training might be in order. For you two boys, at least. So then… Rin, you and Obito spar, Kakashi with me. Halfway, we'll swap to Obito with me, Kakashi with Rin. Alright?"

They all nodded, then Sensei lead Kakashi over to the far end of the training ground, where they immediately got into a fighting stance. Obito looked over at Rin, blushed awkwardly at the way she was staring at him, then forced that back, because to him, he was mentally waaay too old for her, the only drawback to being back here, really.

Maybe when they turned eighteen he wouldn't feel like a dirty old man at the thought of that sort of thing…

They bowed, got into fighting stances, and then Rin attacked. In more ways than one.

"So, what was that really about, 'Bito?" she asked after awhile. "And don't feed me some line you'd give Sensei."

"Really?" Obito asked incredulously as he dodged one of Rin's attacks. "You wanna talk while sparring?"

"If you can't multi-task and throw off distractions in a fight, then you definitely need more training," Rin told him, and he knew that she was quoting Minato-sensei.

He sighed, and explained, "Y'know how the Bakashi's been all weird lately? Showing up late? Not putting me down in spars? Well, I've kinda been… following him around, trying to figure out why."

"So you've been stalking him?" Rin asked, amused even as she dodged one of Obito's kicks.

"Not you too!" Obito complained, pointing an accusing finger at her even as she grinned at him. "I'm not Bakashi's stalker! I was just concerned! Besides," here he gave a cheeky grin, "I would never take Gai's place in Kakashi's life like that!"

Rin's eyes widened and Obito could see she was trying not to laugh, but wasn't doing a very good job of it. "That's mean, Obito-kun!" she said fondly once she got control back, then gasped in indignation when she realised a grinning Obito had his kunai at her back. "And that's a cheap shot!"

"Ninja," Obito said unashamedly as he stepped back and their spar ended. "Besides, didn't you just say not to be distracted in spars?"

She poked her tongue at him.

"Seriously, though," she said. "What was with that fight?"

Obito sighed. "We had some words," he admitted. "Bakashi attacked when I said he couldn't keep promises to friends. Sheesh! Who knew that would be such a sore spot?"

Rin sighed and shook her head, and the two waited until Minato-sensei and Kakashi were done with their spar.

"Who won?" Sensei asked when they came over.

"Obito," Rin declared. "He cheated, though."

Obito spluttered. "I did not!" he exclaimed, then crossed his arms in a huff when he saw the amused look in Rin and Sensei's eyes.

"Alright, alright, settle now," Minato-sensei said. "Obito, you're with me."

Obito followed his Sensei, glancing back briefly to see Rin approach a rather ruffled looking Kakashi. Frowning, Obito turned his attention back to his Sensei, wondering what he had in store for him.

"A few ground rules," Minato-sensei said. "No sharingan," and when Obito was about to protest, made the concession, "I won't use hiraishin, either. No ninjutsu also, I want this to be a straight up taijutsu match, alright? Good. Let's get started then."

What followed was a titanic (in Obito's opinion, but probably not in reality) battle that was on par with the ultimate struggle of good versus evil. It made Obito a bit nostalgic, but for things he regretted, and was determined to change. Whether the Bakashi helped him or not. (seriously, though, why wouldn't he want to change it all!)

Finally, Obito attempted to take Minato-sensei out, launching a full frontal assault. Sensei seemed to almost shake his head at him, but when he went to grab Obito, his hand went straight through. Surprised, he only just reacted in time for when Obito ended up behind him, using kawarimi to change their positions, and then Obito was the one with a kunai at his back.

"How on earth did you do that?" Sensei asked.

"What do you mean?" Obito asked, falsely innocent. "Oh, you mean when you went right through me?"

Minato-sensei nodded and Obito shrugged. "Intangibility," he said. "I got it when I awakened my sharingan."

Sensei smiled then, looking quite pleased. "Well," he said. "It's certainly a technique that will come in handy in battle."

Oh, he had no idea. And hopefully never would.

They all gathered together once again, with Minato-sensei lecturing them all on the importance of team work, before letting them all go. Kakashi disappeared immediately, then Sensei, and Obito offered to walk Rin home. Once that was done, he headed home, in the direction of the Uchiha compound, but before he could even get there, there was a kunai at his throat and he was shunshined away.

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