Chapter 13 Profitable Friendship

After our conversation with Obito, the elder finally returned:

-Obito, I take it you've already told Akuma everything?

-Yes, Elder, I'm sorry, I couldn't help it.-Shaking his head, Obito said cheerfully

-There is nothing to worry about, Obito. No problem Obito." "That's why we invited Akuma here, to thank me," the elder said turning his gaze to me. "Well, little hero, have a seat at the table." Sitting down at the table, the elder began to ask Obito and me about how we met, about our relationship. I, who tried to answer first, was brashly interrupted by Obito, who immediately began to talk about how we met, saying that he was sparring with me. To my surprise, Obito didn't say anything about me beating him up in these sparring sessions. After listening to him some more, I realized that he treated this as a training session.

Akuma's thoughts.

So after his "rescue" he started to think that I was being so cold to him on purpose. He thinks it helps both mine and his training, and after realizing I saved him, he started to think I was his best friend. What's interesting. A future Akatsuki member who can talk to Zetsu? It's not a bad plan, but it doesn't work for me. It's unclear how he'll behave with me after Rin's death. He even betrayed his sensei, so it's better to just take his Mangyoke-Sharingan. But I won't take one, I'll take two sharingsan. After all, Kamui is one of the strongest Sharingan abilities in my opinion.

-Wait a minute, Obito. I see your relationship." The elder silenced Obito. "You have become so diligent in your training precisely because of Akuma. I want to ask his judgment on your relationship." he continued.

Realizing that it was my turn to answer, I started to make up as I went along, coming to my place of training and seeing Obito's attempts to open his chakra I decided to help him at least in some way. In one of the books I read that rivalry makes people give their best, so I started sparring with him. And when I noticed his improvement, I could not but rejoice in my heart, but I did not show it with my face. One day we sparred near Hokage Mountain. Obito, having lost, climbed on the face of one of the Hokage and said he wanted to become one in the future, but slipped and fell. And then you know the rest. First aid, hospital. I decided not to stay there because bad rumors would spread about Obito. The Uchi kid is communicating with the kid from the orphanage.

Making my voice as quiet and sad as possible towards the end of my story, I finished.

-I hear you, Akuma. You don't have to worry. If you want, you can talk to Obito whenever you want. Rumors must not sway your friendship. Remember that, Obito. You will need it in life. I'll be right there - the elder said as he left.

-Akuma, did you really want to help me train!? -Obito asked loudly.

-Yes, Obito, I did. As I understand it's pointless to hide your attitude now, so officially, Obito, will you become my friend?" holding out my hand I asked.

Of course I will, Akuma!" Obito shook my hand in return.

At the same time the elder returned with an envelope in his hands.

-Here Akuma, this is payment for saving Obito. I know they don't give pocket money at the orphanage. Here's 10,000 ryo. That's enough for quite a long time," the elder said as he handed me the envelope.

-If you think I saved Obito for money, you're wrong. I simply consider him a friend. So this action just insults me. Just a simple "Thank you!"-As I began to walk away, I said.

-Wait, Akuma!" shouted Obito.

The elder, blocking my path, said with a smile on his face:

-Look Obito. This is what true friendship looks like. It is never self-serving. You're lucky to have a friend like Akuma at your age. Take care of him." He looked at me and said:

-You'll forgive my behavior. Just teaching the younger generation about life. Don't go, it's late. Stay the night tonight. I think you and Obito have a lot to talk about. I'll tell them to put a second bed in Obito's house. This is no mistake. He is now considered the genius of geniuses. He awakened the Sharingan when he was 4 years old) Meanwhile Akuma, have a seat at the table. The food is coming.

We just chatted about stuff during dinner, and when we got home to Obito and talked for a while he fell asleep right away. I, on the other hand, continued practicing my chakra without breaking my routine. "Now, by the way, you can practice the Transfiguration Technique. Obito's asleep. I'll try to pretend to be him." Starting to ineptly fold seals, "Note to self: it's ideal to learn how to fold seals." I applied the technique. Luckily, because of my chakra count, the technique succeeded, but the result was disappointing. Only half of my body looked like Obito's. The other half was completely blurred and turned into a mixture of me and Obito. "It's okay, it's just the first time. It'll get better from here." After the fourth application of the technique, my chakra ran out. To my delight, Obito had brought plenty of food with him. He wanted to stay up all night. But he didn't make it. So I'll replenish my chakra a little faster. As the night went on, I ended up performing this technique about 20 times. And the last best result provided a bad copy of Obito. I'll say this: people who have only seen him a few times won't be able to tell us apart. But those who know him well will immediately find differences in my appearance. And besides, no matter how hard I try, I can't make my eyes look like a Sharingan. Okay, we'll think about that later. Seeing that Obito wasn't awake yet, I went to bed too.

After waking up about two hours later and eating breakfast, I left the Uchiha Clan. I put my hand in my pocket and found an envelope with money in it, and a note stating that it was a reward from the Uchiha clan for saving their member, not a payoff from a friend.

"A profitable friendship is made with Obito"-I smirked and walked further down Konoha toward my home...

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