I love writing this story, I have stop myself from speeding up the plot because I want to get to the bits we all want to see the most. Specifically the reunion between our two protags. Enjoy.
Kakashi flipped from the roof of his building to the next as he avoided another swing from the masked woman's blade, so far he'd managed to remain untouched but the same couldn't be said about his apartment which was a complete wreck. The woman was also extremely fast and skilled, easily high chunin level if not low Jonin. If he hadn't grown use to sparring with his sensei he was sure she would have taken several hits by now.
Jumping from the roof to the street below he began sprinting towards the forest surrounding the town, as he ran he looked up to see the woman following him on the roof tops. Once he reached the edge of town he used the body flicker and appeared on one of the branches. He continued running for a few more minutes until he was far enough away from town and stopped on a branch. Looking in every direction he didn't see his attacker, hearing movement in some nearby foliage Kakashi lashed out and threw several shuriken. Out of the brush flew a black bird, Kakashi dismissed it and returned to examining the area.
The sound of a blade being drawn above him made him leap from the branch just in time to avoid being bisected, instead he merely had a long gash cut across his back. Ignoring the pain Kakashi spun as he fell and threw a pair of kunai at the masked woman, with ease she deflected them with her blade. To her surprise however the knives had wires attached to them, Kakashi then threw two more kunai attached to the other ends of the same wires. The womans sword was quickly wrapped in the wire.
Flipping through several hand signs and took a deep breath before spewing a large fireball at the woman as he continued to fall. What he hadn't expected though was for the woman to eject the blade from her and roll backwards off the branch before the flames could reach her. Aiming for him as she fell she sheathed her blades handle and drew it once more with a new blue blade. Flipping through several more hand signs Kakashi looked to the ground below he was rapidly approaching. "Earth style, Tunneler Jutsu!" He shouted as he positioned himself like he was diving into a pool of water and to the attackers surprise the ground all but parted like such a pool.
Landing in a crouch the masked woman scanned the area waiting for anything that might signal an attack, a crack from the ground below her was the only warning she had before jumping away. The silver haired boy burst from the ground below her, swiping her blade she cut him deeply across the chest, a much deeper wound than the one on his back. The boy fell to the ground with a look of pain as blood pooled around him.
The woman was still for several seconds before stepping towards the boy. "You were stronger than I expected, using those abilities without aura caught me off guard. But it's over now."
Kakashi glared up at the woman. "Who are you?" He spoke in clear pain.
Raising her free hand she grabbed and removed her mask causing Kakashi's eye to widen. "I'm her mother, and you hurt her. If you were stronger I would have spared you so you could fix the damage you've done to her, but my daughter will only be with a man capable of protecting her." She said raising her blade. "I'll make it quick." She told him before bring the blade down towards his heart.
Before it could meet it's mark however the ground behind her exploded and another Kakashi burst out swinging a pair of kunai at her back, glancing back she noticed that the boy on the ground had crumbled into a pile of dirt. Her aura blocked any damage she would've taken from the blades but then he threw the blade to the ground next to her, then she saw the now burning paper tags attached to their handles. The already blaring alarm bells in her mind only got louder as the boy jumped far away from her.
Kakashi raised his arms as the paper bombs exploded at the woman's feet, he panted lightly as he continued to ignore the painful wound across his back. Reaching over his should he touched it lightly only to flinch at the contact. In that brief moment his eyes shut however his attackers sword flew from the smoke of the blast and stabbed him in the side pinning him to the tree behind him, he spat blood upon the impact and had to restrain himself from screaming in agony.
Stepping out of the smoke a very irritated looking woman glared at him, her clothes were half destroyed and he could see small cuts along her body. Bits of her hair were also singed, all together however she was relatively unharmed. "You are just full of surprises, I'm tempted to take you into my clan."
Kakashi despite the situation laughed lightly. "As if I'd join some shit mothers clan." He said spitting out a glob of blood. "I know a thing or two about bad parents, and from what Yang and Qrow have said." He shook his head before glaring at her with his noncovered eye. "And Lady, you're tied for first."
Gritting her teeth the woman grabbed the handle of her blade and ripped it from his side earning a howl of pain. "You'll bleed out soon, enjoy your final moments." She said before turning and walking away.
As Kakashi watched her back he felt his world going black, his eye grew heavier and heavier until his consciousness finally slipped away.
A few moments later he opened his eyes to find himself sitting on a rock staring at a camp fire. He couldn't help but feel a wave of warmth and relief from the flames. "Kakashi, who'd have thought we'd both go so young." A familiar voice caused him to look to his side.
Kakashi stared in shock. "Father?"
"And you went even younger than your mother, dammit." The White Fang sighed shaking his head.
"You lasted longer than me though." Once again Kakashi whipped his head to his other side and found a familiar brown haired girl smiling sadly at him.
"Rin?" Kakashi felt the tears begin to well up in his eyes.
"She's been keeping me company, telling stories about you." His father spoke. "Also I heard what you said."
Kakashi hung his head down low. "I'm sorry."
"Don't be, you're right." Sakumo Hatake shook his head. "I left you alone, I was selfish to do so. I'm sorry Kakashi."
Trembling Kakashi looked to Rin. "Rin, you should know. Obito..."
"I know, I know everything." She said sadly as tears began rolling down her cheeks. "He's so lost and hurt, because of me."
"NO!" Kakashi shot to his feet. "Obito care for you more than anyone else, he was willing to die for you in a heartbeat. Don't you dare blame yourself." Placing his hand on his chest Kakashi clenched his eyes shut. "He's this way because I killed you."
Rin wiped her eyes. "Now whose blaming themselves, I threw myself on you hand."
Kakashi slumped back down onto the rock and buried his face in his hands. "Well, I guess it doesn't matter anymore. It's over."
"So yur just gonna give up like that? I know Minato taught you better than that." Yet another new voice spoke up.
Looking up across the fire two new faces looked back at him. "Sensei, Kushina."
"Kakashi, I know you're hurting just as badly as Obito. You've both lost so much so young." His blonde haired sensei spoke in his ever calm and clear voice, the same voice that always invoked so much pride in the boy. The pride of being able to say he was this mans student. "Nothing that has happened is your fault, what happened to Obito, Rin, your father or us. None of it."
"We don't even blame Obito, he was an angry, confused and lonely child." Kushina said wiping her own tears away.
"He needs help Kakashi, and so do you. Even if it may seem impossible right now, I know you'll find a way to bring him out of his darkness." Minato told him with a warm smile.
"Do you remember what Obito use to say Kakashi?" Rin asked the teen.
Kakashi was silent for several seconds. "Those who break the rules are trash, but those who abandon their friends are worse then trash."
"Then I think you know what you need to do son." Sakumo smiled. "And you don't have to do it alone, do you understand?"
"I do, thank you."
Raven swiped her sword at the air tearing open a portal, she was about to step through when she stopped cold. "Where are you going?" She turned and saw the boy who should have been dead by now forcing himself to his feet. "This isn't over yet." He growled grabbing the headband cover his eye and raising it revealing a glowing red eye, one he told himself he'd never use again after what Obito had done with his. Holding his hand out with the palm facing down blue lightning exploded from the limb. "Not while I still have to save my friend!" Then at a speed she wasn't prepared for he lunged at her with the lightning covered limb extended.
She raised her blade to block but the attack easily broke through the weapon and tore into her shoulder earning a scream of pain from her as she fell backwards into the portal. Before Kakashi could do anything else however the portal disappeared leaving him alone in the forest.
Two Hours Later
Yang laid back on her bed just staring up at the ceiling, it was already after ten but she didn't feel tired. She rolled over onto her side and looked at her dresser, the mirror was covered in pictures of her and her family and friends, then of course a large number were of her and a certain silver haired boy. She closed her eyes and took a breath.
Then something tapped on her window, raising her head she looked up. Then another tap. Getting up she walked over to it, what she saw on the other side would stay with her for the rest of her life. "Kakashi?!" She flung open the window as she saw the blood covered boy, she watched in horror as he climbed through her window holding his side which looked heavily burned. "Oh my gods, are you okay, what happ-" She was interrupted as he pressed his lips to hers.
"I'm sorry Yang." With those words he collapsed to the floor.
Argus Train Station
Obito looked over the train that lead to Atlas's capital city, it was large and obviously build for luxury. He had no real need to actually ride it but about a month after telling the Nikos women he planned to venture out into Remnant soon they decided to purchase him a ticket. Turning he looked to the pair of women, Pyrrha had tears in her eyes and Naomi had her arm around her daughter.
"Now what's with the tears Pyr?" Obito asked with a small smile. "You've got my number and I can come back whenever I want."
The girl nodded. "I know, but just knowing my... best friend will be so far away makes me sad." She sniffled a little and wiped her eyes. "Oh, I almost forgot." She reached into her thick coat she wore to fend off the Atlas cold. She pulled out a small bag around the size of her mothers purse. "I got you a going away gift."
Obito raised an eyebrow and took the bag before inside were a pair of black shackles though where the chain would be connected were instead empty slots. Pulling them out Obito looked them over closely. "Shackles?"
"When did my little girl lose her purity?" Naomi teased wiping away a false tear.
"MOM!" Pyrrha screeched as her face matched her hair. "No, it's a weapon!" She whipped around back to Obito who was laughing as he clamped the shackles onto either of his wrists. "During our spars you sometimes used a chain, so I used some of why winnings from the last tournament and sponsors to have these made. Place a dust crystal into the opening there." She pointed to the empty slot. Doing so with one of the crystals he carried for his arm. "Now press them together for a second and pull them apart."
Do as instructed Obito's eyes widened as a glowing green chain appeared with either end connected to the shackles. "Incredible." Bringing them back together the chain disappeared. "This is amazing Pyrrha. Wait, whats this?" He asked noticing an engraving. "Per amica mea liberabit vos. I don't know this language." He said confused further by Naomi giggling.
"Oh it's probably just the weapon crafters slogan or something." She waved it off with her face still very red.
The group were then interrupted by the sounding of the trains horn, looking to the train Obito sighed. "That's me." Before he could react Naomi pulled him and Pyrrha into a hug.
"You will always have a place at our table Obito, I truly pray you find what you're looking for." The women told the young man. A few minutes later he was on the train waving goodbye as it departed the station leaving the two redheads standing together. "So, 'Per amica mea liberabit vos'." Naomi smiled warmly at her daughter.
"Mom." Pyrrha groaned.
One Week Later
Obito looked over the sketch he had created, it was almost identical in likeness to Kakashi. At the moment he was sitting in a booth in a bar on the shadier side of Atlas. He'd placed a bounty of five hundred thousand lien to anyone with legit information on his whereabouts. He was already convinced his former teammate wasn't in Atlas, but that still left pretty much everywhere else on Remnant.
If he knew his old friend then it was probable he'd been laying low so it was doubtful he knew much many would recognize him anyway. Unfortunately that left Obito with pretty much nothing to go on. It was frustrating as all hell.
Pocketing the sketch Obito stood to leave the bar, it wasn't until he was several blocks away that he was hit with an idea. "What about that hunter?" He thought about the man who stopped him from finishing off Kakashi. "Someone must know him." Obito then turned around and began making his way to where he had the first sketch made.
So Obito has a scent and Kakashi is eighty percent dead, god I live writing this story. Leave me a review and tell me what you all think. LATER.
