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Still in the academy. They're still having fun. At least, Obito is.

The method Obito uses in throwing his weapons are taken from: Frisbee hammer throw and Underhanded knife throwing.


Part 3: How d'you do that?

Obito won. Somehow. Kakashi really didn't want to, but that damn kicked-puppy eyed look from Obito crushed whatever endurance he tried to build up. Yeah. Kakashi had to relearn his grips and stances. What a fucking hassle. But… It kept Obito's smile on his face. It was worth it (kind of, Kakashi was still debating).

"That wasn't too bad, right?" Obito was laughing in Kakashi's face. He wasn't actually, but he might as well have.

"... Right."


After a few weeks of getting used to the different Obito, Kakashi found out some key points. One, Obito loved games of any kind. He probably thought ninja life like some sort of game. Second, Obito was eerily calm. No matter what people said about him, he smiled like they were having a pleasant conversation, though Kakashi had no doubt the child was planning something sinister in his mind. Third, Obito was dangerous. Like, to himself mostly.

Example. During the survival training outing.


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"Oi, Uchiha," Hiroshi, a classmate, hissed out to Obito.

"What is it?"

"I bet you'll get eaten by a snake on the first day." Kakashi, who was next to them, wondered if Hiroshi thought before they spoke. Chances were, they did not.

"Is that a challenge?" Obito questioned.

"Yeah, sure, whatever."

"Then, I'll bet I'll be the one to eat the snake on the first day. If I win, you have to give me your Super Ninja Battle card set."

Hiroshi, who didn't believe Obito would be able to defeat a snake, accepted the bet.


On that first day, Obito had recklessly searched every tree and every hole in the ground in search of a snake. The big one, of course. One big enough to eat him. Kakashi had to drag the boy out of many situations that could've been easily avoided.

"Psst, Hatake-san, look over there," Obito spoke lowly, pointing at something in the distance. Kakashi looked and saw a well-camouflaged snake coiled around a thick tree trunk.

"How'd you see that?"

"I have magic eyes." Kakashi glanced over at his friend. Nope, no Sharingan. He must be just dicking around.

"... Okay. What are you going to do now?"

"Obviously, I'm going to kill it."

"Explain."

"I'm going to takes its eyes out with a couple senbon. Maybe that'll take out the brain too, I don't know." Obito, master planner, looked too self-satisfied for Kakashi's liking.

"You're senbon hit average is lower than your kunai average."

"Is that a challenge?"

"NO."

"Hmph, fine. Watch me." Then he proceeded to take out the snake with two senbon. Both bullseye. Somehow. Obito's senbon hit average was twenty percent. And of that twenty percent, his bullseye average was fifteen percent. What in heck?


With the snake defeated, Obito cut out a nice chunk and raced through the forest, Kakashi trailing behind. They found Hiroshi with their own friends setting up camp. Obito skipped forward, and before anyone could say anything, he shoved the bloody piece of snake meat into their dear classmate's face. Who promptly fainted on the spot. They later found out he was apparently hemophobic.

If there was anything good that came out of that situation, it was that one, Hiroshi's problem was found out before any real trouble happened and two, Obito got his card set.

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Yup. There were many more situations Kakashi could think of. Obito was truly a hazard to his own person.


"Hey, Hatake-san. Will you be graduating early? I heard some instructors gossiping about you."

Kakashi did briefly think about graduating early like the first time around, but…

"If you do, I bet you'll be an apprentice. Wouldn't that be neat? Or maybe you'll fill in for a team with a missing member?"

"No. I'll be continuing with academy."

"Oh, how come?"

"It's… It's important to build up strong relationships with the other students." Yeah, that's a good answer. Nice, Kakashi.

"That's good and all, but just a month or so ago, you were the least approachable person in class. I heard Suzuki-san say she'd rather talk to me than you." Oh, wow.

"I had a change of heart." Please don't question him. Please don't question him. Please don't question him. Please don't question him. Please don't question him. PLEASE DON'T QUESTION HIM.

"Okay." THANK YOU.


Obito could smell a lie from miles away. Hatake was obviously hiding something. He wasn't very good at hiding it, though. Whether that was just his incompetence or because he thought Obito wasn't perceptive enough, it didn't matter. What did matter was that there was a secret bigger than he expected. And Obito wanted to know.

And you know what? If the only way to know the secret was to be best buddies and gain his utmost trust, then so be it. Obito would have the secret AND a best friend. It all worked out!