Aka Go-Suto no Konoha
Impressions
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Previously on Aka Go-Suto no Konoha,
After finishing off the horde they were chasing after, Obito had ignored the bounty and dragged his hunting teacher back to the village to be healed. There, Obito and Macro learned that Obito not only awakened his Sharingan but also a power never seen before; not even with Madara Uchiha who was the one who set the new record for what a Uchiha can do. Since no one alive bared witness to this power unlocking, Obito wished that no one but him and Macro know about it. Instead, the two will be doing what they had been for the whole time but even harder so that now Obito will be sought out for his new and unknown ability like a wild animal that escaped a circus.
And they did and every day, Obito found himself exhausted on the floor or the ground during every training session; that was how hard they were on the Uchiha boy. But he never complained, he could feel his body and his chakra increasing and improving every time he was sent to lick the dirt on the ground. Pretty soon, Obito was ready to try out bounty hunting for real rather than relying on Macro the whole way.
And Obito had a blast at Bounty Hunting. His new Sharingan allowed him to make like x-ray vision, tracking down his prey's chakra signature for rogue Shinobi or heart beat for bandits; if your heart stops beating, you are as good as dead so trying to lower it was suicide. But the real kicker to his new reputation was when he engaged his targets; they were scared of him, no matter how hard they tried, they could even harm Obito. All their attacks or weapons just passed through him like a ghost as they were done in with hacks and slashes, spilling their blood over Obito's gear thus giving him the dreaded nickname that stuck fear into the fears of all criminals; The Red Ghost of Konoha, the one ninja from the village who had decided to take a hand at bounty hunting.
Weeks of bounty hunting had made Obito a very rich kid; he made more money than he could ever use for his food, supplies or even his new hobbies he developed which included painting, drawing and sewing. This life was more exciting and fun for Obito than he had in the Konoha Village; he never wanted to leave it but his loyalty to his team back in the village had soon drawn him back. Without him, not one of his fellow teammates could get anywhere in the ranks.
And just like that, the six months were over and Obito already gave his thanks to Macro for all the bounty hunter had ever did for him; Obito had taken his spare time making a camouflage jacket along with a bow, arrows and quiver in case knifes and spears couldn't take down any of his future prey. Then they parted ways for Macro to resume his journeys and years of bounty hunting while Obito returned to the Konoha Village in order to make a clean state of himself among his fellow ninjas. One thing is for sure, once he comes back, Obito will have even Konoha Shinobi fearing him and his new found powers.
'This place never changes. Thank god that I am.' Obito thought in his head as he walked through the area used for the market and can be found just inside the gate at this time of year, when the harvests are over and it is time to make more money and buy more seeds to grow until the next year harvest.
Still no one ever noticed him to say 'good morning' or 'how are you doing'. Nothing and Obito liked that for once. That is what one of the things that makes him a 'ghost' and a threat. How do you stop something that you never sense coming? You don't.
His outfit was another thing that makes him a ghost. His sturdy thread jacket over a black red shirt and black pants were all covered in a cloak that, upon the user's chakra signature, will deflect all light; it will act like camouflage, successfully blending in to the surroundings as if light was going through him instead. Also his boots are a ton heavy and yet they barely make a sound on any surface; just imagine how hard you can kick with them.
'Let's see if they actually noticed.' Obito made that thought and left the market to see the first step in his plan; to start his new future as a Konoha Shinobi for real.
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When Obito got to Training Field Seven, he noticed three figures in the distance but he knew who they were.
The first one was a boy who wore a simple black outfit. He also wore a scarf with a plain, green one. He also wore another simple black outfit along with an open-front apron around his waist and fish-net armour around his ankles. During his early missions as a jōnin, he wore a black T-shirt with white stripes in the middle of the sleeves. On his arms he wore black sleeves with metal arm protectors over them. He also had leather straps around his back and chest, and his family's White Light Chakra Sabre was kept in a small holder in the middle of his back. He also wore pants of the usual dark green color. He was the one that Obito could never stand, Kakashi Hakate; the neighborhood genius and son of the White Fang of Konoha who was as powerful as a Sannin level Shinobi.
The second one was a young girl of average height. She had straight brown hair, which was cut in a chin-length bob that framed her face, and brown eyes. When she was a child in the Academy, her hair was long, hanging to nearly the top of her shoulders. She also had a rectangular purple marking on either sides of her cheeks. She wore a long-sleeved black top and a light purple apron-skirt, under which she wore black shorts. She also wore the standard Konoha forehead protector, along with a pair of sandals, red stockings that stopped at her thighs, and a small, red bracelet on her left wrist. She is the girl that Obito had trained for the past half year to at least protect her and her smile; he will never find himself with lust for her, that won't be right.
Finally, the tallest figure was a man that had bright, blue eyes and spiky, blond hair. Minato also had jaw-length bangs framing either side of his face. His attire consisted of a standard Konoha uniform with two bands on both of his sleeves, a green flak jacket, blue forehead protector, and blue sandals. He was Minato Namikaze, who is rising up the ranks of Jonin and a candidate for the next Hokage.
"Hey guys." Obito had waited a good ten minutes for them to notice him and it was taking them too long to do it. So he decided to let them know he was there, on the training field along with them.
"Where were you dobe? We couldn't go on any missions outside the village without you and now we are really behind!" Kakashi sure can make a very rude welcome but Obito expected it.
"What? I thought you said that it doesn't matter for the dobe if he is there for missions, you guys will do wonders without some to hold you back. I just wanted to be someone to help at least."
"Well, Obito-kun I am afraid that you have left the village without premiss~OWW!" Minato tried to settle things as always until he couldn't move in time to dodge a scroll hitting his face.
"Permission Sensei?" Obito said in a calm voice which surprised his team. "There is my permission to only be gone for half a year and yesterday made six months out so that is why I am here." Obito smirked to see the shocked faces of his teacher and then his teammates who saw that the scroll was written by the Hokage himself.
"Well I bet that our glorious Hokage regrets giving you this because a dobe like you can't even train right! I will prove it by beating you like always!" Kakashi was not to change his mind no matter being told of any contractions, he is such a spoiled brat. And Minato had to be the wood that will stroke the fire; all because of a debit to Kakashi's father.
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"The battle between Kakashi Hatake and Obito Uchiha will now get underway. When one side falls and can't fight anymore, the match is over. I want a clean fight boys, will you fight with a ninja's honor?" Minato set up the field for the spar that Obito reluctantly agreed to. The two boys nodded, both wanting to get this over with. "Then Hajime!"
"…" Everyone had expected Obito to try and take the first shot for Kakashi to counter and win the entire fight but Obito just stood there for a good ten minutes. Kakashi couldn't take it and charged at Obito who had just managed to dodge it but not with Kakashi noticing something.
"Is that…?" Obito then landed where everyone can a good glimpse of his eyes, with the iris being red and having a black dot each surrounded by three tomoes each.
"Yes, I have awaken my clan's Sharingan so I am not a disgrace anymore. Now let's see you try and beat it!" Obito then charged with speeds that Kakashi never knew that the former was capable off. The latter tried to stir to the right to avoid a left hand hook but and hit with the right one instead.
Kakashi then stopped holding back after hearing some of his bones break when he tried to block, deflect or avoid those blows. Soon, Obito and Kakashi were actually well matched in terms of Taijutsu. The ground was stirring up with dust and some cracks were seen to wear these boys were stepping on.
But then something had happened and it meant bad news for Kakashi because suddenly blows from all sides were hitting and he couldn't even block them or move to avoid them. It was like he had gotten his skills dull and his movements sluggish. And the whole time this happened was that Obito was looking straight in the eye the whole time. "What is wrong Kakashi, I shouldn't be outpacing the 'Rookie of the Year'."
"Shut up…" Kakashi muttered through all the pain in his body and he allowed his emotions cloud his sight and dull his edge. Obito was now dominating the match and only he knew how. "SHUT UP!" (Okay already! )
"That does it! Chidori!" Kakashi finally lost his cool and started to try and channel raw lightning into is hand, a technique that he is working on as his own personal creation. Minato should have noticed that an assassination Jutsu was attempting in a 'friendly' spar.
"Is that so Teme? Using that dangerous thing in a spar…I will play by your new rule myself!" Obito then used hand seals to activate on of his Jutsu, Snake to Ram to Monkey to Boar to Horse to Tiger. "Katon: Gōkakyū no Jutsu!" Kakashi was expecting to see nothing but a harmless puff of smoke or an ember or just a spark. Instead a giant fireball was sent his way.
After waiting for a cloud of smoke that followed to reveal a torched log of tree wood that somehow had appeared to take in the Katon in Kakashi's place. "Kawarimi no Jutsu huh? You sure are inventive…" Obito muttered while someone was heading towards him with a lightning infused hand approaching his head, "And predictable!" Obito turned to Kakashi in midair and grabbed him by the hand, crushing it and dispensing the lightning around it. Obito then pulled Kakashi over his shoulder and threw him into a nearby mud pile that was made when the fireball melted some of the dirt, turning it into a liquid form.
Kakashi then got up and took out a Tantō that was then infused with white energy, nearly as bright as the Chidori of the same user. Obito just smirked again, "So you are finally using the Hakkō Chakura Tō? Maybe I will humor you." Obito then took off his cloak and surprised Kakashi by making it past the latte's weapon and covering him with the large piece of cloth.
Kakashi then heard Rin and Minato gaps so he decided not to take the chance and switched places with another log but had to use his Tantō to block a heavy weapon. It looked like someone had took a three pronged sickle and made the blades more circular and orate. Still it was as functional as it was fashionable, the blades were still sharp and dug into Kakashi's clothes and burn the very skin with the flames they were engulfed in.
"How do you like a new sword? Not as famous as your father's that you have stolen from but it is easy to use and light and packs quite the strike." Obito then caused the earth to crack under Kakashi's feet by sending the impact through the latter's body. That allowed Obito to knock the Hakkō Chakura Tō out of Kakashi's hands and yet catch it with the former's own weapon. "And it knows just how to use my enemy's own weapon as my own!"
Kakashi didn't know what to think, he just felt a terrible and sudden pain on his left arm and the left side of his chest. The Hakkō Chakura Tō was spotted by Kakashi to be meters from him, in the direction that Obito was facing the former. That got Kakashi enraged and started fight dirty, he was going to try and kill Obito, if he could.
"Damm you! Die!" Kakashi then attacked Obito with new found strength and speed to temporary cringle his opponent and knocking him to the ground hard on Obito's head. He then activated his Chidori again and took a stab at him! "Go ahead and die like you should have done years ago. I don't need anyone to defy, alive."
"Then kill me like you mean it." Obito said that go Kakashi frightened, he could have sworn to make his mark on a vital spot. "You don't get stronger with your rage, you just get a drug overdose and get sloppy with your styles." Kakashi wasn't mad or angry, he was just in shock at what happened next. "I have no time for such fighters myself and I still think that your father is a greater shinobi than you." Obito said all that while passing through Kakashi and his Jutsu like a ghost! "So I have no choice but make you…bleed!" Obito ominously said to Kakashi before phasing his arm into Kakashi's chest and solidifying from within!
Kakashi felt like something big had erupted and grew inside his body within seconds and he spat out blood from his mouth at the trauma. He could have died but Obito had removed his arm before that could happen and Kakashi was just left on the ground with an ugly wound in his chest. He just couldn't help but scream at what Obito did next but someone was going to stop it from getting serious.
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"That is enough you boys! You didn't need to take all this the wrong way! This is a spar, not a fight between enemies!" Minato got in between Kakashi and Obito. The former was still one the round, fuming at the boy who made him look like a complete fool. Obito was just glad that someone had stopped the 'Rookie of the Year' from doing something as stupid as killing in broad daylight with the Yellow Flash looking, all for losing face. "Obito, you have been hiding things from us. We are a team so that type of behavior is uncalled for!"
Minato thought that he had intimidated his student but Obito barely batted an eye. "I told you that I wasn't worthless. Sensei when was the last time you visited the place I lived in order to find out why I have been late? Have you talked with my family on what to do when someone like me can't awaken our Sharingan?" Obito crossed his arms and waited for an answer but not one ever came from Minato's mouth. Still that said everything to Rin who gasped; her teacher didn't even give any effort to help Obito, not even visiting his house? "You were always wanting to get all this over with and spend time with your wife is that right? I heard that Rin-chan and Kakashi-teme are also complete strangers to you. You don't even know where each of us lives."
"Sensei…Obito-kun is right. You never once visited me and I heard from Kakashi-kun that you never did to him in years! What is the big deal? Don't you even find the time to visit at least one of us?" Rin said with the need for a real answer clear in her eyes. Minato was still speechless, he just couldn't find the words for his reason; he thought that Kakashi will be good on his own and so will the rest of his team since they still have their families. Minato thought that he will be invasive and doing favorites by visiting any of his students.
"Come one Rin-chan, call this a date or not but I feel like treating you to BBQ at the Guroto Grill." Obito offered and Rin's eyes sparkled,
"That is my favorite restaurant!" Rin started to jump up and down like a kid who was told that Christmas had come early or such. Then she felt Obito's hand on her cheek, causing her to blush but not until she was gently pushed into the direction of Minato and Kakashi. Their expressions were that of shock, like they never saw Rin that excited. "…uh…Obito-kun?" She then turned on her own free will to the said boy, "Why are they looking at me like that?"
"This is the first time you were this happy around them, they never even heard of the Guroto Grill before." Obito said scenery, he wasn't going to play his cards like he was going to seduce Rin and make Kakashi look bad; he grew up from childish ambitions and naive hopes. "I go there myself and whenever they were on the street, they never once noticed the place. The owner, Guroto-san told me all that." Obito cursed himself to see Rin's tears of her favorite place to eat was ignored by her teacher and crush, "Come one and let's go. Kakashi and Sensei will join us when they have the time. We have no reason to wait."
Rin just nodded and silently and sadly took Obito's hand, she needed to feel like the one sweet boy she adored other than Kakashi was still by her side. Obito didn't as much as said another word as he walked along Rin to the BBQ restaurant. Kakashi was just confused on what just happened and turned to Minato,
"What is going on? Rin always wanted to walk with me hand-to-hand but she didn't even try to drag me across the street like the other girls. Just what did the Dobe do to get rid of her?" Kakashi unfortunately was raised to look at girls as shallow prostitutes who want to bed with him for his family's fame and power. He knew that Rin had a crush on her and Obito had one on Rin but this is the first time Kakashi had seen Rin actually went out with him. He had thought that Obito was a pour excuse for a 'lady snatcher'.
"I think that Obito is right, I only wanted to spend more time with Kushina-chan rather than you guys outside of our training and mission taking. Go home for today, I need to talk with Kushina-chan about how to train you guys tomorrow." Before Kakashi could retorted; it was supposed to be his chance to do some private lecturing without Obito or Rin. But Minato disappeared in a flash of yellow light, proof him being the Yellow Flash. Kakashi was left in the training ground thinking about how this day turned out to be a bad one for him.
'I don't know how you are doing this Dobe but you have a hundred years before you could even match me. I don't know what tricks you cheated to your victory but I will not let something like this lying down. I will show the village my father didn't deserved to be shamed and I will show him that he was wrong about his view on teams. I will even break this one in order to do it'.
End of Chapter 1.
*Sorry about how the prologue letting you all down. I hope this chapter will actually set things straight and make it even better. I always wanted for Obito to be fully aware of his power over dimensional travel and intangibility. That is why I am calling him a 'ghost'. But I couldn't think of a better nickname for him until today. I hope it is better than the last title for this story.
Translations:
Chidori – One Thousand Birds
Katon: Gōkakyū no Jutsu – Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique
Kawarimi no Jutsu – Body Replacement Technique