YES! FINALLY! Obito flashbacks BEGIN! TT I'd LOVE to thank everyone for takin' a look at my fic! Even views make me uber happy! XD Well, the first few chapters might be a little slow… But you guys just WAIT I've got more tricks up my sleeves and I'm ready to let them lose! I'm leaving for my 6 day move to Las Vegas tomorrow, so it'll be a while till I can get back on a computer for you guys. When we get out there, we'll have to find a house, un-pack and the like. So please, give me some time. ; Now, onto chapter 7 of "It's a Haaaaaard Life!"

"That… That jerk!" The Uchiha raged on, kicking at the dirt as he heading home after training with his team. It was mid twilight as Uchiha Obito, with his arms crossed and lips pouting in the usual Uchiha manor finally approached the street his home was on. That day had been a very embarrassing one. After Kakashi, the greatest most handsome ninja ever, showed him up in their tree climbing training, Obito was bold enough to throw a punch at the back of the Hatake's head. He blocked it.

Undoubtedly.

Kakashi then quickly and gracefully was able to spin around to face Obito, nearly sinking his nails into Obito's skin as he put one hand on his wrist and the other on Obito's collar, and tore him from the pull of gravity, swinging the Uchiha over his head and back onto the ground on his back. Even though neither Obito nor Kakashi could bring them selves to look into each other's eyes, Obito too ashamed and Kakashi too disgusted, they both knew this was something normal. The Yondaime and Rin could all most set their watches by the occasions. Only when Obito was out sick or when the two were in very good moods did theses fights not occur.

Obito would be heading home with a large bump on the back of his head and a bruised cheek from hitting the ground so hard. Once he stepped into the Uchiha manor he pulled his goggles up over his forehead protector and headed straight home. It wouldn't be long before his lip swelled, and he wanted to be home to ice it down before it got any worse. Besides, it looked as though it was going to start raining at any moment. And if it started raining… And he got caught with his bruises, well, it wouldn't be good.

As soon as Obito reached home, the street lights became to flicker on and light drops of rain began to fall. Quickly banging on the door home (As there was no over head porch to keep him dry), Obito hollered out "Hey! Let me in! It's raining!" His voice was impatient and annoyed. Why did his parents have to lock the door each time they were off on missions? His brothers and sisters could take care of themselves.

From inside the home the sound of many foot steps thundered towards the front door and after a few children whispered from inside, the door opened just a tad and many pairs of eyes looked up onto their sibling set. One of the younger male eyes widened and a small hand reached out and pointed up at his brother's face "Ohh! Look! Obi-Nii-san got in a fight! Look at his bruise!" Obito was quickly bombarded with yells and shouts about 'what mom said'.

Before the door of judges, Obito was told his sentence "You remember what mama said," voiced out a female, beginning to imitate her mother "'If Obito comes back home from a dog fight, make him sleep like one.'" The rest of the children piped up.

Obito was silent as the door in front of him closed with a slam and the lock was once again secured.

"Outside!" they screeched from behind the door followed by insane giggling and retreating footsteps. Franticly, Obito began clawing at the door, pulling and pushing on it to try and get back inside.

"Please! Please let me in!" He cried "Please!" Giving up on ramming the door in on his own home, the Uchiha pressed himself against the wall as rain began to pour down onto Konoha. He looked around franticly, trying to think of a good way to stay dry, He couldn't stay with any of his relatives because, and apart from the fact most of them didn't even know who he was or why he was even worthy of the Uchiha name, they would tell his parents and other people about how he was locked outside of his own home by his younger siblings. "This is the third time this week."

As he went through a list of people he knew to stay with, his mind briefly stopped on Kakashi, went to the Hokage and then flashed back to the idea of Kakashi. The Uchiha felt his blood boil, why would he even list him as one of his hide aways…? Obito could say something intelligent like: 'If I were to hide, I would want to go to the place people would be less likely to find me.' But if the Uchiha were ever asked this question he would begin to fret and twirl his fingers. Truth was, even though Kakashi could be the biggest jerk in the world, Obito had also fallen for his mysterious, taunting aura, just when you though you had him in your hands, he'd slip out quickly and prove that you, to him at least, are nothing special.

If asking Kakashi for somewhere to sleep didn't work, Obito would go and ask the Hokage for help. Until then, Obito was going to try and win Kakashi over, once and for all. Pulling his jacket up and over his head, the Uchiha began dashing back down the street from which he came, out of the manor and back into Konoha. Every now and again he would dart under a tree or a shop and then head back out after wringing his jacket dry.

Before long Obito's eyes fell upon the familiar sight of Kakashi's apartment complex. He and his team once had a small get together there. It was for the Hokage's birthday, and for no other reason would Kakashi let anyone in his home.

But Obito was a boy, and being a boy made him stupid, and being stupid made him oblivious to the fact that Kakashi wasn't in the mood for visitors, ever. The Hatake happened to be training his newest dog as the Uchiha headed towards his home.

"Yo, Pakun." He said, nearly nose to nose with the little pug "You remember what I said, now let's try it again."

The tiny puppy looked up to his owner, it's sagging facial features looked much like a wet soppy pile of sand, large flaps of skin half blinded it's field of vision. The young boy then got up from his crouched position and placed his hands on his hips. Looking down to the puppy, Kakashi barked out a simple and easy to follow:

"Stay."

The puppy blinked and sat down, flopping itself carelessly on the carpet. Kakashi nodded and headed into the opposite direction of the dog, glancing back every now and again to check and see if Pakun was still sitting still on the floor. Once Kakashi had gotten about six or so feet from the puppy, he turned and snapped his fingers, causing the tiny dog to come bounding to him. Crouching down as Pakun threw himself at the young ninja, Kakashi pat him on the head and rewarded it with praise.

His father knew how to train dogs, when he was little Kakashi would sit outside and watch as the White Fang whistled and called out commands, causing the dogs to perform amazing demands. He was so proud he was the son of a man who was considered one of most powerful ninjas in Konoha.

Was.

After that failed mission, Kakashi's father did one of the most selfish things a parent could ever do to their child. He took his own life and left Kakashi to fend for himself. This selfishness had changed Kakashi. Not only was he a strict rule follower, he wouldn't allow himself to let anyone into his life. In all truths, Kakashi was afraid of any sort of relationship. He didn't want to harm and didn't want to be hurt himself. He had also found it was easier to be polite and studious if he wanted to keep people away.

But even then, Kakashi was human. Every now and again something would slip past his security blanket and either seriously tick him off or cause him to get that weird feeling in his gut. He wasn't entirely sure what that last feeling was, but when ever he felt it, it reminded him of his father and how he felt when he was around. Currently the only person to really get past his net was that Uchiha. If one could even call him that.

More often than not, that boy was able to rub Kakashi the wrong way with nearly every word he said. But once, Kakashi remembered, Obito had poked through his blanket before but Kakashi wasn't mad. They had been training one day, not to long ago, and after hours of work Kakashi was nearly passing out from the heat. That day they were practicing fire based jutsu. Obito had already mastered this. Even if he was a bad one, he was still and Uchiha. Nearly all of the Uchiha learned such techniques before they were even in the academy. The fact that Obito could do something he couldn't motivated Kakashi to no end. Kakashi asked permission from his teacher to go train else where, that way his mask wouldn't burn from trying to pull a fire jutsu behind it and his face would still be a secret. After many techniques and a few burns here and there, Kakashi pulled his mask back over his nose, walked away from a large leaf shaped burn on the ground and trekked over to a large tree where he sat down. He was thirsty, yet even when his sensei called out to him, asking if he needed anything, the proud boy merely replied with a horse "No."

He sat in the shade for a moment before sensing someone approaching him. Rather than turning to see who it was, Kakashi just guessed it was Rin, or maybe the Yondaime. They were probably going to tell him it was time to leave or something. But surprisingly (almost refreshingly) it turned out to be the Uchiha. He didn't have any burns on his smiling face, unlike Kakashi's frowning one. Obito was holding a thermos in his hand as he walked in front of the Hatake.

"Here," he said gruffly as he dropped it into Kakashi's lap, causing the other's reflexes to act up and catch it. Kakashi turned the container around his hands before looking up to the other silently. Obito continued "It's just orange juice."

Kakashi continued to stare up at him for a moment but the Uchiha just smiled slightly and walked over to the opposite side of the tree, giving the other his privacy. Unscrewing the top on his teammate's thermos, Kakashi looked into the container checking to see if the contents were in fact orange juice. The Uchiha grumbled as he sat down, back scratching against the tree. Carefully, Kakashi removed his mask and pressed his lips against the edge of the thermos, pausing just before he took a sip to listen to Obito.

"I think orange juice is the best thing for you after training. Water can get the job done but it doesn't have nearly as much of the vitamins and nutrients you need…" He hummed, placing his chin on his knees. The Uchiha was right. (which nearly blew Kakashi over) He was waiting for the little brat to say something stupid and childish like 'Hurr Hurr! I made it myself!' but thankfully he spared Kakashi the pain.

Taking a sip from the container, Kakashi drained it in nearly five seconds flat. Snapping the mask back onto his face he screwed the top back on and walked around the tree to toss the empty bottle back to the Uchiha. Obito's hands grasped into the air wildly as he tried catching the object off guard, he eventually caught it awkwardly in his hands and placed it beside himself, a little embarrassed.

"Thank you, Uchiha." Kakashi grumbled as he wandered back to the rest of his team. Obito smiled childishly and stood up, walking a few paces behind Kakashi. That had been the one time Obito hadn't bothered Kakashi. Awaking from his day dream, the young Hatake looked up to the door as someone pounded on it a few times. Angrily he pulled himself up and headed towards the door.

"Please!" someone called out from behind the door "Kakashi-kun! Please open the door!" From the sound of it, Kakashi guessed it was Obito, and as he opened the door slightly his suspicions were proven correct. Peaking out from behind his door, Kakashi stared out at the cold, wet Uchiha and grimaced.

"What do you want?"

The Uchiha frowned and tried wringing out his jacket while still keeping eye contact "I need somewhere to sleep. I …" he paused for a moment before continuing, trying to think up a good excuse "lost my keys!"

"Yeah, yeah," Kakashi grumbled, making sure he kept the door nearly shut incase the other charged "You got locked out I bet."

Crossing his arms and pouting, the genin hissed "Did not! I lost my keys!" It was obvious he was still very immature, compared to Kakashi. But then again, he could just be acting his age. Kakashi was thinking over the situation. If he left Obito in, it would give him more time to tick him off, and in the end Obito would get a nice bruise to match the one he already had. Kakashi stared at the purple mark across the other's cheek and almost felt a little guilty for it, almost.

"Anyway," the Hatake grumbled "No, I won't let you stay here." He then started to close the door.

"N-no! Wait please!" Obito shouted, jamming his fingers into the door before Kakashi could shut it all the way, causing him to groan in pain as his fingers interrupted Kakashi slamming the door.

"Tch," Kakashi hissed "get your fingers out of my door and go home. I'm sure they'll let you in now."

Obito's fingers twitched wildly as he spoke "I-I have to st-stay out all night, it's the rules." Kakashi's curiosity got the best of him as he piped up.

"What rules?" He asked gruffly.

Obito sighed, not really feeling like explaining, but continuing anyway "If I come home from a fight, I have to sleep outside." He bit his lip; the pain from his crushed fingers began to throb through his whole arm dully.

"Every time?" Kakashi asked.

"…Yes."

The white haired boy frowned again, even if Obito couldn't see it through the door. So, even if all Kakashi did was smack him across the face once or twice, the other paid for it by sleeping outside like a stray? Even Kakashi didn't do that to his own dogs.

Opening the door slightly to let Obito pull his fingers out, (Which had lost circulation and were a dark shade of blue) Kakashi suggested "Go to Hokaga-sama's," and then shut and locked his door.

The Uchiha stood outside glumly, clenching and unclenching his battered hand to get the blood pumping, and sniffed loudly. He didn't even know where the Hokage lived. Hopefully his teacher would still be in his office. So, with a heavy heart and throbbing hand, the Uchiha trudged back out into the rain.

Kakashi couldn't say he didn't feel a little guilty for sending the other out, but what was he going to do? What would happen after he let the Uchiha sleep there for the night? Would they start hanging out? Like… friends? This was out of the question. Kakashi would not allow such absurd things occur. Quietly, the Hatake pulled out his old dusty phone (Which he rarely ever used) and phone up the Hokage at his office.

Beep beep beep

"Hokage's office, you are talking to a secretary. May I ask who is speaking and your reason for calling?"

"This is Hokage-sama's student, Hatake Kakashi. I need him urgently."

"Ohm, ah… Let me transfer you immediately, Hatake-san."

"Thank you."

Beeeeep

"Yeah, this is the Hokage, what'cha need?"

Kakashi laughed gruffly. What kind of a leader was this man?

"Sensei…" Kakashi growled "You need to clean up your act. Konoha will be frowned upon if you keep talking like that."

There was laughing on the other end "Kakashi-kun, don't worry, I knew it was you anyway, don't think I'm not told who's calling."

"Yes sir."

"Well, what did you need?"

"Uchiha needs a place to stay and I can't keep him."

"Ahh, why not?"

"I don't have an extra bed and I'm busy training my dogs."

"Maybe he could help with the training."

"…" Kakashi paused "I'm teaching them how to take an enemy down."

The 4th laughed again. "I see, I see."

"I think he's already on his way."

"Really?"

"Yeah, he just left before I phone you up."

The Yondaime twirled a finger through his hair boredly "Ok, I'll keep an eye out for Obito-kun. Good bye."

"Bye."

Click

'Well,' Kakashi thought, 'that was easy'. Now he could get back to training…

"Pakun. Time to learn how to guard…"

As Kakashi was busily teaching his puppy how to tear someone to shreds, Obito was wildly dashing through the empty streets of Konoha, searching for the Hokage's office. You'd think it wouldn't be hard to miss a build of that size, but when you're trying to find it from the point of view of a child, you'd be proven wrong.

It was nearly twenty minutes before the Uchiha found the building his teacher was in and nearly five minutes before he was finally escorted to his office. As the Uchiha rounded the corner to his teacher's office he found the Yondaime was actually locking up to go home. Smiling as he turned around to catch sight of his student, the Hokage said "I was about to go out and look for you. I've been waiting for a few minutes now."

Obito, even though he was cold and wet, was still able to smiling lightly "Thanks for waiting… But how'd you know I was coming, sensei?"

"Oh, right." He said "Kakashi-kun called ahead of time, just before after you left."

Obito pouted "Well that was nice of him, why couldn't have he just let me sleep over there for the night?" But the Yondaime could only pat the boy's shoulder and smile weakly. He didn't want to be caught in the crossfire between the two boys. It was hard enough just to sit on the sidelines and watch.

"Come' on," the 4th smiled "Let's head home, alright?"

Obito grinned up to his teacher "Yeah yeah!"