Yo everybody. I'm such a bad author! XD I should've updated WEEKS ago! Please forgive me! Anyway, Las Vegas is CRAZY. We've already fond our house, but it won't be ready till the 8th of December. Lucky me! Anyway, if you want some drabbles by yours truly, check out my 'Random No More'. I see that there is an utter lack of Random Ninja fics out there! I feel that they need some loving, so check out what I've got to put p there. Lots of CRACK! If that's what you're into XD Anywaaay, onto 'Hard Life' babes!
After a good night's rest, the Uchiha was up and out of bed before his sensei had even finished dreaming. He needed to get home before his parents got home from whatever mission they had been assigned the night before. Quickly scrawling a 'Thank you,' onto a napkin in the kitchen, Obito looked down the red hall once more and was out the door in no time.
Even as he tromped and splashed through cold puddles from the rain earlier, Obito was feeling warm and happy inside. Thanks to his sensei, Obito would be able to finally have some alone time with the elusive Hatake Kakashi. Turning left into the Uchiha manor, Obito was able to catch sight of a few of the early birds getting up and out before the rest of the clan. A few of them cast Obito odd looks, wondering where he could have been during the early hours of the morning.
But he paid them no heed. They wouldn't be going out with Kakashi now would they?
As Obito arrived back at home, he didn't see anything that pointed out that his parents had gotten back from where ever they had been. From what he could tell, only his siblings were inside. Mentally, he pat himself on the back. As he slowly jumped the fence into the back yard, Obito quietly slinked through the garden onto the porch and slid open the door to the kitchen as quietly as possible… Only to find his parents standing before him in the center of the room, arms folded over their chest.
For a moment, the Uchiha could only stare up at his parents as his hands were still planted firmly on the edge of the door. His father, a tall, strong man with knurly hands glared down at his son and then glanced over to his wife, an equally tall woman with wide eyes and a narrow face. Obito opened his mouth to explain but his parents cut him off.
"Obito, from what we've heard," his mother said in a high voice as she nodded to her husband, "you got into a fight yesterday. And by the look of that black eye of yours, our suspicions are correct."
Father glancing to the door, Obito got the message and walked through it, closing the door slowly behind him. The Uchiha knew he was in trouble. And as he mother took a step forward and stuck him across the face with the back of her hand, he knew he had reached hell.
"This is ridiculous! Is that all you do when you go to train! Fight?" His mother was nearly foaming at the mouth as she spoke, spit flying in his direction. "For God's sake Obito! You've got the Hokage teaching you! Couldn't you be just a little more grateful!" As his mother yelled, Obito had brought a hand to the side of his stinging face and was gasping. It had been a very long time since she had hit him. Normally his father took that responsibility, but never his mother. Last time she had gotten mad enough to do that, Obito had gotten caught up in a particularly large brawl at school. Nearly broke his skull in that one.
"And as if that isn't enough, you went and disappeared last night! Who knows what could've happened to you!" She paused, finger in the air before she placed both hands on her hip "Where were you anyway!" Obito tried speaking as soon as she finished her question, but his voice failed him.
Gawking a bit like a fish out of water, he was finally able to say something after a moment of struggling "I-I-I was a-at the Hokage's, Ka-s-san! Y-You can ask him yourself!" He sound desperate, the Uchiha was still hunched over from that slap he had received.
"Don't think I won't!" She shrieked, loud enough for the neighboring houses to hear, before turning around and stomping off into the house, in search of a phone. Obito's little brothers and sisters, who had been huddled by the kitchen door, skittered out of the way as their mother passes, their faces frightened as if waiting for her to lash out at them. After watching his wife storm down the hall, Obito's father turned back to the Genin.
"I'm sure the Hokage let you in, Obito, but that still doesn't mean you're off the hook for getting in a fight." Sighing, the man placed a hand on his forehead and said "God son, what is it you've got against that Hatake kid anyway? He can't be that bad, even if his father was White Fang."
Obito had finally turned back, even though he was still hunched over slightly and his hand was still resting on his red cheek. "I g-guess I'm just jealous, sir." He found it a little easier to talk to his father sometimes, his mother was a bit of a loon sometimes.
Sighing, his father turned around and began walking out of the kitchen to look for Obito's mother, "As for your punishment," he looked over at the pile of children by the door "Let them decide it." Piggish little grins appeared on all their faces.
Obito gawked at his father for a moment, his face screamed 'Oh God NO.'
As the elder Uchiha sat on his bed, head in his hands, the rest of his siblings yapped at each other over what sorts of punishments they could inflict on their older brother. The two second oldest siblings, a set of female twins, were running the show though. As they sat opposite to Obito on the floor, they whispered to each other quietly before one stood and waves her arms about, "Quiet!" she hissed and an instant hush blanketed the troupe.
"We've decided the perfect punishment." The one on the floor said as he retied the pony tail on her head.
Turning to her older brother, the one standing said "Obi-nii-san, for your punishment, because you love him sooo much," the younger siblings giggled among themselves "You must head over to Kakashi-kun's house tonight and take a picture of him mask less." The group shrieked gleefully.
Gasping, Obito shook his head; it would be easier to take a picture of Kakashi in a dress! Shouting to get their attention, he said "Or what!" At which the two girls huddled together again and whispered to each other for a minutes or two before turning back around.
"Or," one started "You'll have steal something of his and give I to us." Both of them swooned. Obito grit his teeth, it was just as hard, but not impossible. Standing up, he brushed off his sleeves and growled.
"Fine, I'll do it."
The children cheered fiercely.
A Hokage never had a day off, but every now and again they would get slow days. Thankfully, this was one of those days. After waking up to find that Obito had left earlier that day, the Hokage lounged around trying to think of a good solution to Obito's problem. He wouldn't want to try and catch Kakashi after training, the boy worked like a clock for as soon a he was finished doing missions with his team, he was home before dark and training some more. All the Yondaime knew was that Kakashi generally had a calm morning; he was either meditating or training his puppies. Why not call?
Briskly walking towards his phone in the kitchen, still clad in his navy uniform, the Hokage picked up his phone and speed-dialed his student. After three rings, someone picked up.
"Hatake residents."
Aww, he sounded so formal on the phone.
"Morning Kakashi-kun!" the Hokage replied cheerfully.
"I'm going to have to get a caller ID." Kakashi said after a moment of silence.
"What for?"
"So I can know that it's you calling and not pick up."
Even to his student's little insults, the Hokage smiled "Alright, enough of that. I called to talk to you about Obito-kun." After a long paused the Hokage screamed into the phone "Kakashi-kun! Don't you dare hang up the phone! I'll skin you alive!"
There was abit of huffing "I though I could catch you that time, anyway… What about the Crybaby?"
Sighing, the Hokage spoke "Just that, you need to lay off him a little bit. He's really trying hard to get your attention that's all. If you haven't noticed, he isn't exactly the most popular kid in Konoha, even if he is an Uchiha."
"Yes, sir." Kakashi replied quiet tersely.
"Look, I'm going to ask you to do so- Hold up, someone else is calling in."
"Sure thing."
Taking it away from his ear, the Yondaime looked over his phone and pressed a small button labeled 'New call'. With a beep, the Yondaime pressed the phone back against his head and said "Hello, this is the Yondaime speaking."
The person who replied sounded as though they were trying their best not to shout. "He-hello Hokage-sama!" said the woman, "Th-this is Obito's mother calling to ask if Obito had stopped by last night."
"What, did he not get back home this morning?" he sounded worried. Man, if he lost Obito now, he'd be in so much trouble, he might even be kicked out of the Hokage position.
"Oh! No, it's not that." Her voice fluctuated "I was just asking if had… Well, you know sir."
"Er- well, yes. Obito-kun was over here last night." He tried his best to sound cheerful, even if he was talking to the person who had locked his student out.
Obito's mother paused "…Oh! Well, thank you for your time!" and without another word, she hung up, just as the Yondaime was in the middle of saying 'Good bye'.
Snorting, he switched back to Kakashi's line and asked "You still there?"
"Yes. You didn't think I'd hang up, would you?"
"Well, yes. But that's beside the point," turning around to lean against the kitchen counter, the Hokage continued "I just want to know why you pick on Obito-kun the most."
"I don't punish him anymore than I do anyone else, it's just that he annoys me the most."
"Sure sure," the Yondaime teased "Than why is it you get physical with him and no one else? Is it that you like him?"
The Hatake sputtered "Are you kidding? I can't stand him."
"Oh!" the Hokage chuckled "I guess that means that you like Gai-kun instead! I mean, you never beat him up."
"No, don't even pretend."
The Hokage covered the receiver as he turned away to giggle "Alright then, what is it? Why are you giving Obito-kun special attention?"
The Hatake growled "I told you why, I can't stand him."
"Alright then, why is that?"
"Just forget it."
Oh dear, this was getting at his student. Yondaime knew that with just a little bit of irritation, he was sure to get something out of Kakashi after a while. "Really, what is it?"
"It's just, argh, don't worry about it."
"Please, you can tell me."
"Look, I'll just try and be nicer to him, alright!" With that, Kakashi slammed the phone down and felt much like he should kick one of the dogs huddled around his feet. Clenching his fists, the Hatake stormed over to his bed and flopped down on it. "It's just because… Just because he's too damn happy." Kakashi couldn't understand how someone who was just a huge loser was able to stay cheerful all the time. Even after being scolded, he was still able to smile. Like a dog or something. Ever day, even when he was late, the Uchiha was able to crack and grin and greet everyone.
Not even Rin could keep up with the other. He was always trying to keep everyone's spirits up. That was one of the things Obito could do that Kakashi was sure to never accomplish. The Hatake didn't understand how it worked. Sure, Kakashi father had died when he was young and he had never met his mother, but all the other adults in his life treated him kindly. The Yondaime, Jiraiya, all of them supported the Hatake. As for Obito, even if he had his family, they were all out to get him. He was the clumsy, stupid, runt of the Uchiha litter. Yet he was still able to keep that smile.
Back at the Hokage's resident, Yondaime was getting himself ready for a long day of work. No training for the team meant him running away from the villagers. Sure, he loved them all to death, but god, he couldn't fund everything!
Back at the Uchiha manor, Obito's hour was nearing. While he sat in his room, camera in hand, the rest of his siblings ran around him, shouting:
"Ohh! When Kakashi-kun slaughters him, I call his radio!"
"Fine! But I get his TV!"
All this talk was causing Obito to turn green in the face. If Kakashi caught him, he was as good as dead. One of his brothers came up to him and patted him on the shoulder "It's alright Obi-nii-san! I'm sure Kakashi-kun will be nice and just break you neck!"
Placing his hand in his hands, the elder Uchiha moaned.