Sup guys, so I just celebrated my XX birthday and realized something. I've been on this website for over 6 years now, I've been writing fanfiction for the better part of a decade. I'm not gonna lie, it's fuckin crazy, that combined with the fact that I'm getting married in a few months really makes me feel old. I was a teenager when I wrote my first chapter of a story. It was a six hundred word piece of shit that I never posted, oh how far we've come. Thanks to everyone who has walked this long ass road with me and I hope we can keep walking it. Enjoy.
"So let me explain what's about to happen. I'm gonna ask you a question and you're gonna answer truthfully in detail. Otherwise I'm gonna crush your balls in my hand, got it?" Yang stared down at her boyfriend who looked more sheepish than afraid.
"I think I got the idea." He said with a weak grin.
"Good, first question, why have you been keeping your combat skills a secret?" She asked, her voice had noticeably lost its edge and taken on a more hurt tone.
Kakashi sighed. "Because I was tired, after living a relatively normal life for a few months, I found myself enjoying the peace. I guess I was hoping that if I hid who I was from the world... maybe I could forget to." Kakashi told her as he stared down at his hands.
"How strong are you?" This time her voice was more curious than anything.
"Hard to say." He shrugged. "I'd wager I could beat Qrow if I had to without a ton of trouble." He told the girl somewhat enjoying the look of surprise that took over her face. He raised his finger to the cloth medical patch covering his left eye. "This eye isn't just stylish babe, it's also functional."
Yang slowly raised her hand to the patch and gently moved it to the side revealing the eye, for the first time since she'd known the boy she could see the entirety of his face. She frowned as she looked at it. "I don't like it." She said shaking her had and recovering it. "It's angry, like... it feels like it's overflowing with pain and rage. It doesn't fit you." She explained, she was quiet for nearly a minute. "Who is Obito? Why does he hate you so much?"
Kakashi had known this question was coming and had prepared for it. "It's a long story, before I can tell you though, that red haired girl that stopped you from joining in on the fight. What is her relationship to him?"
Yang took on a scowl. "Pyrrha, I don't know really, we haven't spoken. She's currently under 'house' arrest for assisting in his attempt to kill you, aside from classes she's not allowed to leave he dorm room without a teacher escort. Why?" Yang made no attempt to hide her dislike for the girl who prevented her from helping Kakashi.
"She cares about Obito, she deserves to hear this to. I also want to thank her." He told her.
"For what?" Yang crossed her arms.
"For keeping you out of the fight." He said shocking and causing the girls eyes to flare red, he raised his hand stopping her. "You're strong Yang, but Obito is way out of your league. I don't have any doubt that he'd have killed you for no other reason than to hurt me. And he could do it to." Kakashi held a serious look on his face as he maintained eye contact with Yang. "Make no mistake Yang, she saved your life."
Yang appeared less than happy about it but let out a frustrated huff. "Fine." She began stomping to the exit.
Kamui Dimension
Obito laid on his cot panting heavily, sweating soaked every inch of his body. He hadn't been training, in fact he hadn't left his cot in more than a day, he was completely naked as he toss and turn. A small pool of vomit sat on the stone ground next to him. He didn't know what was wrong with him, he couldn't string together a thought more complex than cries of agony that came from every muscle in his body, this included his missing arm.
He didn't need a doctor to tell him he was bad off, his fever easily sat at a hundred and seven degrees. It'd likely be even higher if he hadn't crushed an ice dust crystal in his hand and spread it across his body. It worked well enough at first, his sweat would freeze only to melted by his own body temperature. It was a miserable cycle and all he want was to fall into unconsciousness, unfortunately that was dangerous with a fever of this level, even more unfortunately he didn't care anymore.
Obito rolled over the edge of the cot onto the hard stone below, shakily he lifted himself onto his knees. Taking a deep breath Obito raised his head only to swiftly bring it down as hard as he could onto the stone floor. "Ahhh!" He yelled before repeating the process, chips of stone flew and cracks spread out as he slammed his now profusely bleeding head into the stone over and over.
With one last cry of pain Obito brought his head down onto the stone once more, his body fell limp as blood puddled around his head. It soon met and mixed with the vomit nearby. Obito however didn't care as he'd finally lost consciousness and blackness took over his vision.
With Kakashi
Kakashi sat with his eyes closed as he prepared for the conversation that was about to happen. He knew he was going to be delving into memories he'd done damnedest to lock away, memories more painful than any wound he'd ever known. The sound of the door opening alerted him that his prep time was up. So his slight surprise it wasn't just Yang and Pyrrha, a till older man he recognized as the headmaster of this academy stood by the door closing it after they were all inside.
Seeming to notice his gaze Ozpin smiled. "It's good to see your awake Mr. Hatake, I can tell that even in this stressful that you are doing far better than when we first met." He said leaning on his cane.
"I appreciate it sir, but if I may ask, why are you here?" Kakashi asked.
"Well, simply put, I'm curious. It's not everyday a 'civilian' and a complete unknown engage in a level of combat that would put many veteran huntsmen to shame, that along with the fact that I had the opportunity to to speak with this Obito however briefly. I'd very much like to learn more about the boy." Ozpin explained. "But all that aside, I need to hear your side of what happened and whether you'd like to press charge against Ms. Nikos here. She is currently under observation for accessory assault, it took quite a bit of string pulling to have it lowered to that rather than attempted murder."
Kakashi nodded. "I understand." Kakashi looked over to the red headed girl who had clear bags under her eyes, she stood looking very uncomfortable against the wall. "Pyrrha Nikos." He said getting the girls attention. "What's your relationship with Obito Uchiha?" He asked sincerely.
He could see tears begin to well up in her eyes. "He's... he's my best friend." She choked out.
Kakashi didn't need to use his other eye to tell she was in pain, it was clear she cared about Obito deeply. "I see." Kakashi let out a long sigh. "How much has he told you about me, or his past?" He asked.
"Nothing." She responded wiping her eyes.
He nodded. "Well then I guess I should start from the beginning. My name is Kakashi Hatake, former shinobi of the Konoha. I'm fully aware that none of that means anything to any of you. In terms you'll understand, I am a ninja from a hidden village of other ninja, I was a jonin before coming to Vale, an elite. Where I come from shinobi are place in teams of four, similar to huntsmen. Though instead of four students it was three rookie shinobi and one elite to mentor them." Kakashi explained to the three who remained silent. "The four members of my team were Minato Namikaze, our mentor. Myself, a girl by the name of Rin Nohara... and Obito Uchiha."
"Together we made up team Minato. Obito was the deadlast of our academy class, he was a goofball, an idiot and often a liability." Kakashi could feel anger build up in the red haired girls gaze as he spoke. "And he was also the kindest, most loyal and optimistic person I've ever met, and he was my best friend." Kakashi looked down at his hands, specifically the right one, the one that had killed Rin. "Our last mission together was to destroy a bridge, our village was at war and we knew the enemy would want to use the bridge to reach another village to use as a relief point."
"I'm sorry." Ozpin interrupted. "Aside from the fact that there hasn't been a war on Remnant in nearly a century, when Qrow found you in Mistral you were only fourteen. Are you implying that you were a soldier at such a young age?"
Kakashi snorted. "I became a soldier the day I graduated the academy, at age seven." These words sent a chill through everyone present, Kakashi then looked to Yang. "I took my first life before I was half your age."
Surprising everyone Ozpin slammed his fist into the wall next to him. "Child soldiers, such a thing hasn't been acceptable on Remnant for centuries."
"Our mission was to destroy the bridge, to do so we had to make our way through enemy territory. Our sensei, Minato, was one of our villages greatest warriors and was thus sent to the frontlines leaving the three of us to destroy the bridge. We were ambushed and Rin was taken by the enemy." Kakashi clenched his fist. "I wanted to leave her and complete the mission, I said she was a shinobi and knew the risks. Obito wouldn't hear any of it." This time Kakashi looked to Pyrrha. "Obito was completely in love with Rin, he was an orphan and an outcast, she was the first person to form a real connection with him. So needless to say he was going to go after her. It went against the rules to go off mission to save a teammate. I'll never forget his words that day. Those who break the rules are trash, but those who abandon their friends are worse than trash."
"We tracked her captors back to a cavern they were using as a base of operations, we fought and during the fight one of the enemies managed to cut my eye out." Kakashi traced the scar along his face. "Regardless we managed to defeat them and save Rin, but not before the cavern began caving in. A rock was about to fall on and kill me, but Obito pushed me out of the way." Tears were now falling from Kakashi's eye. "Obito's entire right side was completely crushed beneath the boulder." Pyrrha gasped as she thought about the was his face was scarred. "He was alive but not for long."
Reaching up Kakashi pulled off the patch over his eye revealing his Sharingan, Pyrrha's eyes widened as she recognized the red iris. "When a shinobi rises to the rank of Jonin it's customary to give them a gift, Obito chose with his dying wish to give me his eye. With it he made me promise to always protect Rin. So with that we left Obito to die in that cave. For a long time that was it, Obito was dead and life was forced to move on." Kakashi felt the area around his eye. "The war ended with our victory and everything was peaceful, but only shortly. One of our enemies, Kiri, kidnapped Rin and... they put something inside her. A weapon, one that they wanted to be released when she returned to the village. I knew none of this as I went to save her. It was a suicide mission, me against several dozen of their best. I knew it and Rin knew it to."
"They were going put her under an illusion and have her return to the village, she wasn't going to allow that to happen." Kakashi stopped, his entire body was trembling by this point, Yang had move to his side and wrapped her arms around him. "My Lightning Blade jutsu, the one I used on Obito. Rin... she..." A sobbed wracked his body. "She threw herself onto it, my hand tore a hole in her chest. I killed her. The girl he loved, the one I was to protect above all others, I killed her with my own hand."
Kakashi sobbed silently for several minutes, his hand covering his face as he did. "I don't... I don't know how. But Obito survived... and he learned of what happened to Rin. So he attacked the village." Kakashi took several deep breaths. "On the night our teachers wife, Kushina gave birth to their first child, he attacked and released a weapon on our home that was even greater than the one inside Rin. Minato fought Obito and defeated him but in the end both he and Kushina sacrificed themselves to protect their baby. I didn't know at the time it was Obito, I flew into a rage."
Kakashi laid his head back. "I don't know how it happened, I used my eye at the same time he did, the Third hokage, the former leader of our village threw something in between us. Everything became chaos and I found myself in that forest in Mistral with Obito. Ever since I've been waiting for the day Obito would come for me and kill me, because I killed Rin."
Kamui Dimension
He didn't know how long he laid there, how long he'd slept, but as Obito's eyes opened he was met with a clarity he had felt in a long time. His fever had broken, the pain had subsided. He lifted himself into a sitting position, he was silent for several minutes.
He looked down at his hand, then up to the picture frame on the floor next to his cot, just out of reach of the blood and bile. He reached over and grabbed it. "Pyrrha, I fucked up huh?" He whispered as a small smile grew on his face.
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