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It was 4:45am; the sun's light was beginning to warm the air. Obito noticed it though the cold didn't bother him. Being a Ninja for most of your life sent you to every kind of environment there was. He stood patiently in the middle of the training grounds crossing his arms. Any Gennin expecting to learn under him would start by arriving on time. Ten minutes later he spied his time approaching slowly. He found himself pleased with their arrival. "You look tired" Obito decided it was time to wake them up. He Considered his options for a moment, He could kill all three gennin to make himself feel better, He could wait for them to wake up and begin an exercise involving team work, or He could attack them and let it go from there.
He smiled at Sasuke, He had his hands in his pockets probably day dreaming about killing his brother. Obito made performed a single seal vanishing instantly. The three gennin became alert now not many Ninja could disappear that fast. He reappeared behind sasuke jabbing his foot into the back of his knee, He rolled backwards placing his foot on his back in the most basic of taijatsu moves. The young Uchiha was flung into the sky. Obito wasted no time covering the short distance between himself and his remaining two students, Naruto launched at him missing with a wild punch, Obito leaned back and put a foot in his ribs. Naruto rolled onto the ground holding his ribs but Obito had already sunk his fist into Sakura's navel, she dropped to the ground gasping for her breath. "Bastard!" Naruto recovered quickly forming a familiar seal "Kage Buushin no jutso!" That's a jounin level skill!
Obito grinned they aren't losers after all. The clones rushed in recklessly every attack had an opening that Obito eagerly exploited. A bold clone swung a sloppy fist at him missing its target by a mile Obito caught the appendage and twisted it snapping the bone at the base of the shoulder. He planted his elbow into the gut collapsing the entire ribcage in one stroke. The clone dissipitated quickly, the remaining clones had managed to circle. "You've got some guts kid" Obito flipped himself onto his hands twisting his body rapidly his legs slammed into the faces of the clones repeatedly. All of the clones exploded leaving the boy alone to face him. "Katon Gokakyou no jutso!" He looked back just in time to see a ball of fire explode from the Uchiha's mouth. "Too easy!" Obito Blew another set of flames from his own mouth, overshadowing the young prodigy's easily. Sasuke responded by pouring more of his own chakra into his flames to no avail. Obito grinned before puffing more air into the grand fireball technique. Sasuke put up his hands at the last minute trying to keep his treasured eyes from any damage. Obito flashed him a grin
"Your gonna get burned playing with a jutso like that" Sasuke leapt into the air silently, tossing several shuriken at the jounin. They stuck into the ground. Sasuke Shot his right hand out the arm fully extending making a link between fist elbow and shoulder joints. Obito caught the fist with his left hand wincing upon the impact. A leg came at him this time it swung downward at impacted upon the knee joint. Obito Pivoted on the damaged leg facing the raven-haired gennin from the side. He kicked outward with the flat of his foot the impact jarring the boys' vision. A flash of orange crossed his face propelling his view to the side; He felt a flurry of punches on his ribs each more painful than the next.
A quick glance from his visible eye unveiled an army of Buushins all racing after him with killer intent in their eyes. Their shouts echoed through out the forest the young boys voice couldn't get more excited it seemed. The clones were approaching rapidly the real Naruto was still hammering away at his sides looking for another opening. Obito dropped to the ground and swept Naruto's legs.
He rolled onto his four legs forming seals rapidly with his hands. "Katon Sekken!" Obito puffed his chest out sucking in as much air as he could. His hands cupped around his mouth as if he were to yell a great distance. A large cylinder of fire escaped his mouth concentrated into a thick spiral; He directed the inferno partially with his hands sweeping from one area of the training field to the next. The fire incinerated the mass army of clones upon contact in some cases passing right through the abdomen. Obito lurched forward as the last of the fire evaporated from his mouth; he spewed a glob of liquid from his mouth.
"The only problem with that jutso is the massive amount of chakra used, not all of it goes to waste either you can think of this liquid here as a coolant of sorts Naruto" The blonde didn't care he ran forward again and tried to punch overcompensating for his forward momentum. Obito stood up and put his fist in his gut. "Sleep fox boy, you've got spirit" the blonde boy hit the ground like a sack of bricks. "It's good you disposed of those two, now they won't be holding me back." Sasuke whipped his right hand from the shuriken pouch; uncountable amounts of metal ripped though the air with unerring accuracy.
The weapons hit their mark colliding with Obito's body blasting him off his feet, Sasuke was already gliding through the trees attempting to locate his opponent. "Shuriken? You honestly expect to hurt me with that?" Sasuke stopped on a branch darting his eyes around the area trying to spot the aloof jounin. "Take me seriously dammit!" Obito's one eye saw something it normally wouldn't see a gennin do. "Katon goukakyo no jutso!" Flames burst from his mouth reducing much of the upper level in the forest to ashes. The flames fizzled out after a minute; he managed to cover a complete circle around him in flames. "You're pathetic!" Sasuke remained on his branch expecting Obito to appear out of nowhere. There was a rustle of movement in the green foliage below a flash of metal popped out followed by Obito's dark hair. Sasuke began another set of seals hastily his fingers mashed together clumsily no jutso would be completed.
Obito punched sasuke off the tree letting hit the ground ten feet below. He landed with a thud the air in his lungs being forced out. He'd dealt with the feeling before it was nothing new he'd simply wait until his lungs were ready to accept air again. Obito landed on the ground gracefully enduring no pain like his student had "Kawa No Jutso!" Sasuke saw for a brief moment something he never thought he'd see again, A sharingan. He lost himself the pain in his lungs not so important now the world not making much more sense than another sharingan being around. He tried putting his hands up to his face but felt the rounding surface of something surrounding him from every angle possible. He couldn't see anything it was completely dark he wasn't even able to see his own legs. "Itachi didn't consider me a true Uchiha after my accident, Like you I was able to escape that massacre Alive" Obito's voice held a ton of regret he too knew what it was like to lose everyone…
"Don't bother trying to escape, Sasuke you'll get out eventually but for now you can go over your loss today."
Spirit, Forbidden techniques, wriggling, slight planning ahead, and stubbornness. Obito was impressed to say the least. The two boys on his team weren't average Gennin. Both of them had something other gennin didn't have. The Uzumaki boy would be harder to train but he couldn't see an end to his potential. The girl needed some serious training, his first task in training her would be to discourage her girlish ideals, after that she might be useful. However, He was going to train Sasuke as best he could. They shared the same dream after all.
The sun had risen upon the training area. Obito stared up at the sky his forehead protector now level with his eyebrow. One eye blue the other Red the three pupils within the iris trademarks of the Infamous Sharingan. "They pass Kakashi, I'm going to visit you more often…" His voice now contained a bit of joy. "I'll remember what you said" Obito left the monument taking one last look at the sleeping Gennin tied up to the wooden posts.
He cancelled the genjutso on Sasuke and slapped the other two until they woke up. "Dammit you old men you can't slap the Hokage like that!" Obito paused for a moment and slapped him again. He was gentler with Sakura shaking her shoulder a little, even though he knew she needed it he twinged a bit when her hands held her stohmach. Naruto started yelling again
"Your too stupid to be a jounin!"
"No…" Obito didn't say anything after that.
Sasuke gave him a look of recognition he knew he'd want to know more sometime soon.
"This stone over here hold the name of some of the villages greatest heroes" Naruto attempted to pipe up again but Obito held up a finger. "These aren't any ordinary heroes, they died protecting the village" Naruto fell silent he couldn't think of anything witty to say this time. Not only did they give their lives for the village, but for their comrades as well, to be a true shinobi you must be prepared to sacrifice your own life in the blink of an eye." Obito pointed his finger "Some day I'm going there, Northeast I have a feeling I may be able to keep my promise there" his finger was pointed into the sky facing the northeast. "But for now I have one last test for you" Groans, screams, usual sounds were heard. "Here is 2 individual lunches, there will be no sharing one of you has top give it up" All three students showed some measure of surprise, obito's visible squinted into a smile if one could be made with an eyelid.
He slapped his forehead, his ears picked up conversation along the lines of "He's not here! He can't see us!" Naruto was obviously not as intelligent as his father. He could see them perfectly, Sasuke already finished with his plate wiping his mouth as well. Naruto's stomach was growling unbearably loud, Sakura covered her ears. "Naruto here, I don't eat as much as you two" Naruto's eyes begun watering it was probably the nicest thing anyone had ever done for him, next to Iruka's constant ramen lunch's. The food was devoured instantly, Naruto managed to hold in his belch though his own way of saying thank you.
Obito jumped down to the students his eye smiling again "You all pass!" I'm especially impressed with you Sakura." Not many girls would sacrifice a lunch for Naruto, the feat was all the more amazing considering Sakura's current diet. "You all learned a Valuable lesson today you're on the road to becoming a valuable asset to Konoha." His face darkened when he thought of what these kids would look like in five years, they'd be lucky to be alive at all. He pictured Naruto's headband covering one of his eyes the smile that seemed to be stuck on his face permanently wasn't there anymore, he shook his head as if the movement would banish the image from his mind.
"You're dismissed for now, Meet me at Ichiaruka and I'll treat you to lunch" Naruto's own yell was overshadowed by sakura's explosion indicating she might've been dieting a little too much lately.
"No, These are peaceful times Kakashi" his finger ran over the name of his friend he felt he could talk better to him this way. "What happened to us won't be repeated, I couldn't keep my promise to you, but I make a new one today!" He jumped up and ripped off his Hitai it "I swear to you on this Grave I'll make something of these gennin!" He tied the piece of metal back on his head in its' usual spot. "Although they can't match my looks…"
AN: Sorry for the wait, Got caught up in a lot of distracting business. The chapter didn't turn out the way I wanted it to either. I'm rushing it out even now. Anyway next chapter will have a lot more effort put into it. I'll probably start on the country of Wave mission soon enough. It's going to get different. Till then.
Dedicated to: The Genious of CO You know who you are
Translations:
Sekken equalsSweeping conquest, Fitting for a jutso intending to clear a large area of opponents.
Kawaequals Shell, Sasuke found himself inside one.