Naruto belongs to Masashi Kishimoto. I'm not profiting from this. If there are mistakes, please message me.
Heart: The last bit really could have been better. After cutting the chapter in half, I didn't even think about cleaning up the end. My bad haha.
I got some mixed opinions about Ichiro. Thankfully, no one seems to outright hate the guy. Or idk, tell me if you hate him.
Thanks for looking.
Part 10: Is that a self-imposed mission?
Namikaze Minato loved his team. They were such good kids! They had little scuffles and troubles occasionally, but compared to other team dramas, his wasn't too bad (if there were any to begin with).
Obito was an odd one. He hid too much, never showing who he truly was at the core. Obito was not honest despite his friendly temperament. He held malice and shrewdness in his eyes. There was an ever present distrust in the way he held himself.
Minato wasn't going to let those get in the way. He didn't want Obito to be so bitter and alone. He tried many times to get the boy to open up (he never did). And if Obito wasn't going to let Minato in easily, he'll just have to find other ways.
"Ririn-chan," Obito turned to his friend, unusually serious.
"What is it, Obi?" she asked, concerned.
"I don't really know why, but I feel like someone is plotting against me for no reason," he said.
"For no reason?"
"I… I'm not sure. Maybe there is a reason, but I don't know how to feel. It doesn't feel malevolent, but… uh, yeah."
"That's an oddly specific feeling."
There wasn't much to go off other than his intuition, so they dropped that topic. They weren't going to let that weird feeling ruin their stroll.
"Awwww, you kids are so adorable! How could you keep them from me all this time, Minato?" said by one Uzumaki Kushina.
"Miss, you're smothering me," Rin managed to breathe out.
"Oh, sorry! And my name is Kushina."
"Hello, I'm Rin. That's Kakashi and that's Obito." Rin pointed at her teammates respectively, and the other two gave greetings of their own.
"Hiya, kids! Today's gonna be a special day, 'cuz I'm here to play with you guys!" Kakashi had a bad feeling.
"We're going to play a game!"
"A game!?" Obito stared wide-eyed.
"A game!"
A bad feeling, indeed.
Fast forward two hours. Team Minato was scattered across the training field. Rin was face down, half frozen in mud. Obito was tied to the underside of a tree branch, distinctly smelling like burnt fish. And Kakashi was…
He was facing down the Red Hot Habanero. Alone. Since his teammates were just watching him and not focusing on getting free to help him. He turned his gaze toward the man who basically brought this upon them. Said man was cheerfully whistling a tune, turning a blind eye to their suffering.
You know what, fuck this entire team.
When it was time to begin their daily missions, their clients took a look at their disheveled appearance and wisely said nothing on it.
"Ah, Obito, you know Mikoto, right?" Kushina asked the Uchiha child.
"Hm? If you mean the pissant's wife, then yeah. We only talked twice, though," Obito answered. Only Kushina ignored his word choice and barrelled through the conversation.
"Yeah, yeah! Well, I got some things to talk to her about, so can you accompany me to the compound," she grinned. Obito grinned.
"Sure!"
As the two left, chattering happily about whatever crossed their minds, Rin faced their teacher and asked, "Sensei, did you bring Kushina-san to get Obi to open up?"
"She has a way with swaying people," he neither confirmed nor denied her claim.
"And then, you wanna know what I did to those bastards?" Kushina whispered, secretively.
"Yeah, what did you do?" Obito whispered back.
Kushina straightened to her full height and bellowed, "I GAVE THOSE BRATS A GOOD BEATING! I also gave them matching bald spots." That last tidbit sent Obito into a fit of giggling. Good. Kid looked like he needed to laugh more.
"It's your turn now, Obito. Tell me something from your academy days," Kushina carried on, smiling ear to ear.
"Hmmmm, oh! This one time-" the boy was cut off by a man's voice.
"Obito." It was Uchiha Fugaku.
"Oh, hello, pissant." Laughter nearly escaped Kushina's lungs. Fugaku sighed, resigned to the permanent nickname Obito had given him.
"Hello to you, too," Fugaku answered in a dead voice. "The elders want to see you."
"Okay, thanks. Goodbye, Kushina-san. See you later, pissant." Obito bowed, showing some degree of questionable respect, and left.
"Pfft! Pissant?" Kushina couldn't hold it any longer. Fugaku let out a longer sigh.
"Don't bother asking. Mikoto is home, if you're here to see her," he spoke curtly before leaving in the direction Obito had gone.
"In the end, Mikoto said she doesn't know much about Obito other than Fugaku lets him off easy," Kushina shared her findings with Minato.
"Well, at least we know Obito has some sort of connection to the Uchiha leaders," he sighed, dragging both hands through his hair. What a troublesome boy Obito turned out to be!
"So, watcha gonna do now?"
"I'm gonna talk to Uchiha Ichiro. He'll probably know more."
Extra that has nothing to do with much of this story:
The first time Obito met Fugaku:
"Look, Obito. That's Fugaku-sama. One day soon, he will be the clan head," Obito's Granny spoke, causing the boy to turn his attention away from his plush.
There was a tall man with a harsh face and imposing stature. Someone worthy of leading the Uchiha clan to glory. Or that's what most people would see.
Obito saw a man swayed and pushed too easily by the elders and other council members. He saw the vague makings of a yes-man.
Obito and Granny walked over to greet the man.
"Good evening, Fugaku-sama. This is Obito, my ward. Obito, say hello," she said with reverence. Fugaku looked down and attempted a small smile at the boy. The boy smiled back with bright eyes.
"Hello, pissant. Is a good day to walk," the boy had said. Fugaku stood there frozen with a dumb smile. What did the boy just say?
"I beg your pardon?" the man asked.
"Then beg," the boy answered.
Obito was then required to state a formal apology to Fugaku. Despite all the warnings of the elders and the council, the nickname stuck, and Fugaku was too exasperated to do anything about it.
note: Honestly, I wrote these parts just because I wanted to explore Obito's personality and personal life.
