Previously

"W-why...why am I crying?"

If anything, that question just solidified the fact that Uchiha Obito was now under Uzumaki Kushina and Namikaze Minato's protection.

Now

The next day~

Obito wasn't sure what to think. For one, he had just gone through what had been thought to be behind him already.

'Hell, I probably killed them myself in the Massacre.'

For some reason, that wasn't as reassuring as he thought it would sound. Maybe going back in time affected his emotional control? Composing himself, Obito went downstairs. Once again, Minato and Kushina were already there, but unlike before, the two were talking in low tones, seated at the table.

"Obito! Come here, take a seat." Kushina smiled softly, gesturing at the chairs. Minato cleared his throat once Obito was seated.

"We have to talk about it, yesterday, that is." Obito bit his lip nervously. "What about it?"

The two adults sighed, glancing at each other.

"Are you absolutely sure you have to return to the clan compound?"

"Yes. Fugaku-sama assigned me as Itachi's tutor, and I have to go to the compound to train him." Kushina frowned.

"Does he know? Does Mikoto-chan know?" Obito just shrugged.

"Who knows. I was basically the black sheep of the clan, I'm used to it."

"Your reaction yesterday certainly does not show that you're used to it." Minato spoke up sharply. "You're not even supposed to get used to such treatment!"

'Kill me now. How do you handle this?'

"Look, do you think maybe you could train Itachi outside of the compound?" Kushina said softly. "I can speak to Mikoto-chan, if she doesn't feel safe someone can always stay with you guys."

"I...maybe. I'll have to ask Fuga-" "No. You're staying away from the compound. Me and Kushina will go." Minato's voice turned a bit softer. "Don't worry about any of this, at least not for today."

Obito blinked.

"Okay."

After a quick breakfast, true to their word, the couple left, presumably to the Uchiha compound. Once Obito made sure that they really were gone and there was no surveillance, he activated his Rinnegan.

"Limbo: Border Jail!"

Unseen to everyone except for him, a clone appeared. With a nod to its creator, it vanished.

With nothing else to do, Obito decided to head to a training ground. Hopefully, with how the clone was created for the purpose of information gathering and not combat, it wouldn't put too much of a strain on his chakra.

Training Ground

"Obito."

'Just my luck,' Obito groused to himself. 'Of course Bakashi has to be here as well.'

"What are you doing here, Bakashi?"

Kakashi raised an eyebrow.

"You know I train here everyday, Obito."

Obito blinked.

'Of course! Well excuse me, Kakashi-sama! It's been over a decade since I had to deal with any of this!'

Obviously, he didn't say anything out loud.

"R-right, yeah I know."

Kakashi squinted, clearly not believing him. Obito sent him a pleading look, he really couldn't handle this.

"Hm. Don't get in my way."

'Well I've dodged that for now. But the real question is, what am I supposed to do now? I can't fully train with Kakashi here, but I also don't have anywhere else to go…'

"Hey idiot, are you training or what?"

Kakashi had stopped, and was now facing him once again. He raised an eyebrow.

"This is a training ground, if you haven't noticed yet, and it's used for training." He said the last word slowly, arms crossed at him. Obito spluttered.

"Of course I know, BaKashi! I'm not stupid! I'm just, uh, catching my breath! Yeah, I got a bit tired getting here so now I'm resting!"

'Oh fuck me sideways with a chair.'

"Ok, that's it. Where's Minato-sensei?"

"H-hey!"

Obito stumbled, Kakashi pulling him with a firm grip on his arm.

"Let go, you stupid BaKashi!"

If anything, the grip got tighter. Obito bit his lip.

"Kakashi!" He slowed down a bit. "Kakashi stop! It hurts, okay?!"

That did the trick. Kakashi stopped, grip loosening. Obito took the moment to snatch his arm out of his grasp, cradling it.

'Aw fuck, now he's going to ask about this.'

"I- sorry." "Huh?"

'Did he just apologize? To me? Nah man I ain't fucking with the devil.'

"It's fine BaKashi! Hey hey, you know, since I got my Sharingan now! I'm way better than you!"

Obito grinned, bouncing around and pointing at his eyes. Kakashi huffed.

"You wish, idiot." Then he walked off. "I've trained enough today, have fun playing around here."

"I-hey! I'm not playing around! Hey! Don't ignore me!"

The moment Kakashi was out of sight, Obito dropped the cheery facade.

"I guess playing as Tobi and Madara paid off afterall."

Sighing, he turned around and closed his eyes.

'Hm. He's still here. Probably doesn't trust me enough to leave me alone huh? But this means I won't get any real training...' Obito grinned.

Facing a group of trees, Obito channeled chakra towards his eyes.

'Amaterasu!'

The trees erupted into black fire. Obito could sense a jolt in Kakashi's chakra. 'Heh, I'm not done yet...'

Tilting his head, Obito plastered an expression full of awe and curiosity, and reached his hand out to touch the flames. Of course, he didn't actually get burned, controlling the flames. Not letting go of his act, Obito quickly pulled his hand away, inspecting it.

"Uwah, this is so cool!" He waved his hand around. "I didn't get burned! Though," Obito peered at the trees. "They seem to be burning quite well."

The almost frantic chakra slowly calmed down, and Obito had to suppress a smirk. Wow, did it feel good to mess around again. Going back to his act, he focused on the flames, extinguishing them and exposing the slightly burnt trees.

"Ah, I'm never going to forget how cool this is!"

If he strained his ears, Obito could hear a sarcastic snort.

'This is a shame. I really don't know what to do with Kakashi watching.'

He sighed, putting the flames out. Well, it's always nice to go back to the basics once in a while. Obito leaned back slightly, relaxing his body. Looking over at the falling leaves, one by one they disappeared into Kamui.

'You're fine. You're safe. This is Konoha. No reason to be worried.'

But really, after all those years, who could blame Obito for getting worried about this temporary invulnerability?

He continued this little exercise for a while longer, and finally he felt Kakashi's chakra vanish.

"About time!"

'Alright. Seeing as I still have all my previous powers, I can assume Wood Release is available. However,' He frowned. 'If I use Wood Release, it might attract unnecessary attention, especially if I'm going to go after Tsunade and Danzo.'

With those thoughts in mind, he started practicing the Releases he had, which was a lot.

'Fire Release, Wind Release, Lightning Release, Earth Release, Water Release. That's the basics.'

Holding out his hand, a small Truth-Seeking ball formed. A small tingling sensation formed in his right eye as well.

"So using Yin-Yang Release makes the Rinnegan appear huh? Gotta be more careful with them then."

Using the Truth-Seeking ball, he nullified everything he did. Dematerialising the ball, Obito teleported himself into Kamui. He snorted seeing the pile of leaves, but continued, stepping through them. As he walked more, Obito became aware of his surroundings. Or rather, the bodies in his surroundings.

"Ah, I'll take them all to the real world and burn them later. It's not like I'll be bringing anyone here soon."

He continued until he reached where he stored all his weapons.

"Hm. Shuriken, kunai, fuma Shuriken," He paused. "Kusari. Gunbai. Tanto."

He gazed at the assorted weapons.

"I suppose I'll take the Kusari. Gunbai is too suspicious, and reminds me too much of Madara. The tanto," He hummed. "Never hurts to tell Itachi about picking a weapon earlier."

He grabbed the Kusari and teleported himself out of Kamui, back into the clearing. Once back, he tested the chain, swinging it around. Obito spent a while training with it, forgetting that this was his old, body, untrained by Madara's brutal methods.

"Obito?"

He froze.

"Obito, you need to rest."

It was Kakashi. A Kakashi that seemed unusually concerned, brows furrowed and all. Obito huffed, lowering the weapon and wiping his forehead.

"I'm fine, Bakashi. What are you doing back here anyway?"

"Idiot, you're pushing yourself too much. Minato-sensei sent me to get you."

Obito frowned. While he would like to train more, he couldn't really oppose going back because of Minato. He sighed, dispelling the Kusari back into Kamui before looking at Kakashi.

"Bakashi?"

"Hm?"

He blinked.

"When did you make a clone of yourself?"

And he fell over.

I finally updated! So I made a small plan about this fic, so everything should be more organised.

What do y'all think? I wanted to make this longer but that was like the prime ending spot. Maybe the next chap. will be longer ;)

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