Chapter 2: Rival and Friend

Obito POV

I'm a 31 year old shinobi ! I started the 4th ninja war ! Became the 10 - tails jinchuuriki , and so much more !!! But still ... but still I'm not able to catch Tora ? ! ??

Our mission had been a simple one Catch the runaway cat Tora . I remembered Tora clearly . To the ones that had been asigned the mission to catch Tora , he was known as ' the demon cat of Konoha '

I admit ... it is fitting . I had charged right after him .. like I would do when I was 13 ... and the result ? The result was , that Rin was now trying to heal the many , many , MANY scratches I got across my face .

' Why did I have to be this stupid as a kid ?? ' I thought , and got surrounded by a despressing cloud . My depressed State only made Rin laugh . Not that it irritated me ... I've missed her laugh so much..I felt like crying , but held it in , not knowing what I would use as an excuse if I started to cry ...

And Kakashi would just start yelling at me . ' I wonder ... If I don't die , will Kakashi's personality change ? ' I thought , since it was my " death " that had caused him to change and begin to value his comrades . But in the meantime I think I will change just a little from who I used to be ...

" Kakashi ? " I asked . He was giving me cold glares , probably because he thought I was a weakling . " What ? " He asked in that cold tone , that he used to use .

I like the 32 year old Kakashi better " Just wanted to say thanks , Y'know , for helping me back there " I said with the biggest grin I could muster with all of the scratches .

Ahh C'mon ! Everyone was looking at me like I was crazy !

- Well okay , I kinda understand why ... I'm never nice to Kakashi .. at this age would try to pick a fight with him every chance I got , but that's gonna change now !

I had realized that Kakashi weren't just a teammate , he was one of my best friends . - sure we fought a lot , but who cared , I had looked up to him since the academy , and always wanted to be his friend .

But since he was always so cold , I quickly gave up on becoming his friend and decided to be his rival instead , though it was a one - sided rivalry .

I looked around at the others , awaiting some kind of response . Kakashi seemed to think . Minato was giving me a proud smile .

Rin was giving me a very happy smile, she had always wanted me and Kakashi to be friends . I know she didn't really enjoy being in a team of constant conflict .

" You're welcome " Kakashi finally responded.

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Minato POV

I was happy . It was just a couple of sentences , but maybe Obito was actually trying to be nice .

It didn't look like he didn't mean it . I had tried for a long time to talk to both of them about their behavior . None of them listened , but maybe I got trough to them ! Aaaah , I shouldn't get my hopes too high up .

" Hey guys ! " It was the voice of my wonderful wife Kushina . She had made it a rutine to meet us after trainings and missions , and bring us lunch . " I got lunch for you ! " She said and lifted up a big basket , that was probably filled with food .

" Yayyy ! Thank you Kushina ! I love thd food you make ! " Rin Said and ran up to Kushina who then immediately hugged her tight , telling her that she was such a good girl , and cute , and so on .

" Did Obito seem different to you ? " Kushina suddenly asked me while she was knitting a long green scarf .

" Different ? Well he's a lot nicer to Ka- " . " No that's not what I meant " . " Huh ? Then I don't understand .. " . " He just seemed kind of serious , and tense ... " . " Did he ?! I - I didn't notice .. " .

" Hmmm ... Well he was just so quiet , he didn't act up at all , and well , he was just tense when being talked to ... " . " How didn't I notice that ... ? " .

Now that Kushina told me , I could see it ; He had been very tense and in deep thought all day . He said it was because he was tired , but I knew , that when Obito got a problem he always covered it up .

" Maybe you should talk to him If it dosn't change .. " . " No ... I'll visit him tommorow .. " . " Well that's a bit hasty ! " . " I know but this happened from one Day to the other . I just wanna make sure that nothing is wrong ... " .