Whoop, forgot about the "no attaching author note's as chapters" rule. Hee. Guess I'm just old school and used to having a separate author's note page~ Ma, neh~ Well, I wrote a new chapter to make up for being bad (and so I could keep my note up!!). (^_^) HeHe. . .So enjoy!!

Author's Note:

Thank you to all my reviewers and I'm sorry it's been taking me so long to come out with chapters. College is keeping me really busy lately. (T_T) *boooo to school!!* I'll be trying to come out with stuff more regularly though!!

Now to answer some questions!

Obito: The relationship between Kakashi and Obito is unknown in the actual manga/anime so I made it up. (^_^) Hee. . . it's sort of my personal theory though, so sorry if the facts get (or seem to get) a little jumbled. I'll try to keep everything as close to the MANGA as possible. (I'm a fan of the series, but I tend not to watch the anime~) As far as age goes, I would guess that Obito was probably 20-ish when he was working with Kakashi (like around the age Kakashi is in the current manga). Asuma: Yea, I know that the kid in the picture is potentially not Asuma, but they look a bit similar. So, I've decided that in my Naruto-world, it's gonna be Asuma.

Plot: Well, there really is no central plot to my fic, because it's more like a series of vignettes. Each section has a plot, but no real 'big' plot. I may do a story arc pretty soon though. . .

Yaoi: No, this isn't a yaoi fic. I may add a little relationship development, but that's never going to be the focus of my fic. I like Kakashi straight and single. MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA/

Kakashi's training: Since Kakashi was a super genius ninja kid, his training went a little differently than, say, Naruto's. That's why I'm having him work with Jiraiya, etc. first, because he graduated the Academy and all at such an early age. I don't really see Hokage sending out seven year olds to kill people, unless the situation was pretty desperate. Plus, the chuunin test is different every year, so Kakashi didn't necessarily have to me in a nin-group BEFORE taking the exam.

Okay that's all!! I hope you've enjoyed the fic, and feel free to request any scenarios you'd like to see!!!!! I'm always open to ideas!! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Chapter 5: Bad Habits

Obito watched the classroom of would-be shinobi as they flipped pages of their textbook in unison, matching the words of the lecturing teacher. Well, some of the students were flipping pages. Obito could count at least three that were starting to nod off. Then again, he couldn't really blame the poor kids, he was starting to doze off himself. The only reason he'd pushed himself through Shinobi law was in pursuit of his own dreams of becoming Hokage. It was hardly one of his favorite subjects, he thought, running fingers through his wild golden mane.

"Uchiha Sayuri," Riku-sensei said, suddenly slamming her book down onto a startled little boy's desk, "please stand up and recite the code of the ninja, subsection 221 paragraph 14."

A tiny blonde girl in the back row peeled herself off her desk and stood, rubbing sleep from her eyes. "H-Hai, sensei," she grumbled before letting out a huge yawn.

Obito chuckled silently to himself. That was quite the punishment, if he remembered correctly, 221 paragraph 14 went on for a good 2 pages. It was amazing what some of the founders had considered a paragraph.

"The. . . uh. . . ninja shall always. . . uh. . ." Sayuri looked up toward the ceiling then down at the floor, scuffing her shoes as she stammered onward. "uh. . ."

"Uchiha-chan, what was yesterday's homework?" Riku-sensei interrupted in a gratingly sweet tone. Obito cringed at the cheery smile plastered on her face. He'd known Riku for a while, and that look could only mean one thing. . .beware.

"To memorize subsection 221 of the code of the ninja," replied Sayuri promptly. Obito noticed that she had snaked her hands behind her back and was rapidly performing hand seals. "But honestly sensei, the code is so unfair sometimes, especially to little innocent girls like me. . ."

A Sharingan-entry jutsu, recognized Obito, just as Sayuri threw her head and arm down on top of her desk (and book) dramatically.

"If only, they had thought more of women when they wrote of. . . this rule!" She wailed into her arm, still loud enough for the entire room to hear. Then, just as quickly as she had flung herself onto her desk, Sayuri jumped back to her former standing position. Quickly performing a release jutsu, but not before Obito caught it. Interesting, he thought. "This, this injustice requiring 'all ninja to stand at attention with out regard to emotion or self in every circumstance. Be it in rain or sun, in love or death, a ninja must be firm to duty. None and nothing shall bar the ninja from said duty as nothing can stireth the heart of a ninja as duty shalt. For a true ninja's heart belongeth to duty and duty alone. First amongst that duty shalt be the protection of the village. For protection of the village and loyalty to those within its bounds are the sacred duty of Leaf. Only then can the ninja be a ninja in truth for with the spirit of fire, shalt the ninja prosper. Not before the spirit, nor after the spirit, but only when consumed with said spirit. . ."

Interesting indeed, that little minx. He had seen enough, mused Obito with a grin, exactly what he had come to the academy to see. Sayuri's reputation as an idiot with a genius for getting out of work was a bit off, but had a little merit. . .she WAS the perfect slacker. She was going to be very useful very soon though. It was going to be fun to see how Kakashi dealt with her. Perhaps she could teach him what Obito had been unable to, to slow down a bit and take life less seriously. Anyway, the anti-social genius would soon be approaching his pre-teen years, and Obito wanted to have him integrated into a stable team BEFORE he got even more angsty.

The jounin shuddered at the thought of an even angsty-er Kakashi. Sighing, he wondered if anything could ever just mellow that boy. Well, working with a genius-loafer isn't going to hurt any. Perhaps what he couldn't take from Jiraiya or me, he will learn from someone closer to his age. It certainly couldn't hurt any, and at least he wouldn't be picking up any perverse tendencies like he did from Jiraiya. Obito grimaced at the memory.

--------- 2 days earlier ---------

"Ne, Ne, Kakashi-kuuuuun," shouted Obito, slamming open the door to Jiraiya's apartment. "I'm sorry I'm late, but my mission ran long. I hope you've been good for Jiraiya-sensei! He told me that he left you here to practice meditation!"

Obito strode toward the silver haired boy who quickly turned around to smile at him. He must have been sitting on the couching watching birds, thought Obito with a smile of his own. That is, until he noticed that the black mask the boy usually wore was pulled down for once, exposing cute chubby cheeks. Cheeks which, at the moment, were flaming red.

"K-Kakashi-kun, what's wrong?" cried the jounin, rushing to Kakashi's side. Without waiting for an answer, Obito pushed Kakashi backward, making him sit on the couch behind him. Placing a hand on the young boy's forehead, Obito felt for signs of fever.

"O-Obito-sensei, I-I'm fine," stammered Kakashi, waving his arms at Obito, trying to get him away. Of course, this had the completely opposite effect.

Kakashi never stuttered, thought Obito, jumping onto his feet in alarm. Impudently shout down older ninjas including one of the infamous sage ninjas (yes), calmly spit out words even when sparring (sure), glare at the most random things for no reason (absolutely!) but stutter? Never! What could possibly have happened to make him. . . Paper. Yes, realized Obito, that was paper that had rubbed against his toes. Puzzled out of his anxiety, the jounin knelt down, bending his blond head down to quickly peak under the couch. . .only to find a small stack of paper.

"O-O-Obito-sensei!" yelped Kakashi, as the jounin reached under the couch to retrieve his find. "I feel fine, l-l-let's go. P-please."

"What? No Kakashi, I want you to sit there. SIT," replied Obito, looking up at his student with THE STARE. Sure, he'd been a little gullible when he was younger, but Obito was smart enough now to see connections, and one of the connections he saw was between the pile of paper and whatever was now afflicting Kakashi.

Only, it was just a bunch of writing. Neatly typed and double-spaced with one-inch margins, probably about thirty pages in all. Nothing out of the ordinary, really. Well, perhaps it was some sort of forbidden-jutsu writing, thought Obito. Better to read it and see.

Ch. 1 -- Forbidden Passions in the Waterfall of Lust
. . .The dastardly Beerinu had taken the lovely Princess by force to the
Waterfall of Doom where he @#$!#($!)%. . .

Obito gasped. It was too horrible- - much too horrible for him to even think of- - much to horrible for him to continue reading. A lot more than thirty pages, as it turned out, of the developing relationship between the Princess Risa and the dastardly Beerinu as they went from the Waterfall of Doom slowly into the passionate caves of Treasure Isle. He couldn't believe that this sort of. . . smut. . . was here. He couldn't believe that Kakashi had been reading about how Beerinu had done those. . .things. . . with the poor Princess. It was. . . horrible.

"Ah, s-sensei? Ah, I think Jiraiya will be back soon, and I, ah, shouldn't we be going now? I really do feel okay. . ." mumbled Kakashi, gently prodding the not-reading Obito with his foot.

"Ah. . .H-Hai, Kakashi-kun!" Sweatdropped Obito, smiling up at his equally sweatdropping student. "Why don't we go out to the, ah, training grounds. Yes, the, ah, wood-target training grounds should be a good place to, ah, start."

". . ." Kakashi pulled up his mask and jumped off the couch, heading toward the still open door.

Obito folded the manuscript in his hand, putting it into his jacket pocket (to confront Jiraiya with later, of course) and followed after the young boy. Perhaps, he thought to himself, it was time to start integrating Kakashi with more people his age.