"Gosh if I'm late like this I'll be killed."

A certain Uchiha was rushing to get to his destination. He couldn't afford to be late today. Not at all. It was an important day right?

Jumping from tree to tree was easy, but not losing balance was the key to-

"Whoa whoa!!" His leg was caught by a vine, resting on top of a branch which he did not see. He fell to the ground, expecting a huge thump but surprisingly did not hear anything. 

He slowly opened one eye, then the other only to realize that he was actually being carried. Flustered, he tried escaping but instead heard a familiar voice.

"Hey it's me Obito-kun."

He slowly looked up, disregarding the sunlight in his eyes and met with a pair of blue eyes.

"Teruya-san."

"We're running late."

Obito flinched. "Oh yeah I-no we are."

Teruya looked down to the young boy infront of him. Oh how did he end up in the hands of Uchiha Madara? He walked forward grabbing the boy bridal style without warning.

Obito's eyes widened. He opened his mouth to speak but seconds later, he was infront of his teammates.

They shunshined, to the meeting spot, though not surprising anyone. The teen dropped the boy as quick as he had appeared.

"T-thanks Teruya-san." Obito was stunned.

"Well, did we make it?" the blond asked, helping Obito up.

"Tardiness is a word that should not exist when referring to a shinobi." a stern voice said.

Teruya did not say anything but just dipped his head in greeting. Kakashi was always serious about the shinobi rules.

Obito wanted to reply back but was stopped at the tug of his sleeve.

"I'm sorry Kakashi-kun, we just had to take a small detour because some old people needed help carrying their luggage." said Teruya, without a hint of wavering in his voice. He glanced at the young boy who seemed confused at the terrible excuse the teen had just given.

Kakashi, "That was a lie wasn't it?"

Minato who was sitting calmly on the rock turned back, and said, "That's enough Kakashi."

"They had to help the migrants with their heavy luggage so it should be fine."

"You are too lineint sensei." Kakashi replied, turning back to face his teacher. "And besides, isn't that the excuse Obito uses every time he's late?"

He continued. "Those who break the rules are scum. Isn't that so?" he said in a provoking manner. He certainly knew how to get on people's nerves.

Minato could only reply with a nervous chuckle. 

"Don't you have a shred of kindness on your heart?! All you ever talk about are the rules and regulations! What matters is your self control." Obito replied, crossing his hands like a child who just had a fight with a friend. 

"Stop it all of you. We're all on the same team." a calmer voice said, trying to cool down the heated atmosphere.

"You're too easy on Obito, Rin." Kakashi said. "This is an important day for me too."

Rin smiled apologetically. "Y-You're right."

"What day was it again?"

Teruya tensed.

Why'd you have to ask that Obito?

***

"Today, Kakashi is a jounin like me. We will be splitting up in two teams to increase the efficiency."

Minato gave a brief explanation of the whole situation.

"The present state of Konoha is running low on military power."

"Splitting up meaning...?" Obito piped up. 

"Yes." the jounin replied. "Kakashi will be the team leader of a three man squad with Obito and Rin. And Teruya-san and me will be working together."

Teruya tsk'ed very softly. He knew this was going to happen. 

All other words spoken after that faded away in the sound of the grass swaying in the wind. The time traveler could only but pray that he finish the work with Minato quickly.

             He had to part some words of wisdom to the young Uchiha, if that made sense. No one except the Hokage and his future father knew of his origin. Of course, suspicion arose among the council members who had seen how compliant Hiruzen was to the blond teen but they had not said anything.

          Danzo-sama himself was openly against the blond Jinchuriki but he could only do so little. What more could he ask from his old teammate after receiving his own ANBU?

"Well, anything?"

Teruya snapped back to reality, suddenly realizing what he had been doing all this while. 

'Tsk I shouldn't have done that.' he thought. He shook his head slightly before looking to the Hatake, searching for the gift he had prepared for him.

"Congrats on jounin Kakashi." He took out two seals he recently had made for his 13 year old sensei. One was protection, the other was an extra boost for chakra. If he ever ran out and wanted more, the seal would tear up, filling him up with chakra but he hoped that the day would never arrive.

Teruya ruffled the silver hair of the Hatake and slapped another seal over his shoulder sneakily. It would be his extra gift. 

"Thanks." Kakashi mumbled, swatting away the hand on his head. Obito coughed. 

"Excuse me whaa...?"

Rin jabbed Obito in the ribs. "Hey, you don't want to ruin the moment." she whispered.

"Yeah yeah fine." the Uchiha replied, massaging the spot where he got hit. It hurt actually.

They walked some more, nearing the borders before Minato stopped, looking to the few trees in the distance.

"We are near the borders of Konoha. I will start explaining the mission." All attention was on the jounin. Teruya focused on his voice alone, trying not to freak out.

Minato lay a map on a flat rock underneath a tree and pointed to a landmark. "It's this line. Got it? It shows where the land of Earth is currently invading the Hidden Grass."

"Of course, our enemy is the Hidden Stone ninja. We have received word that 800 ninja make up the frontline."

The air held a scent of seriousness.

"They've advanced a bit more compared to last time." Obito said, his eyes not leaving the map.

"The Hidden Grass and Hidden Leaf share the same border. We could've done this a bit more early." said Kakashi.

Teruya chose to stay silent. It was 1000 last time but it had become 800. Why? Because this mission was supposed to have started 1 weeks later but by then, the Hidden Stone would have their 200 ninjas ready.

They had quite the efficient-

"...system for reinforcement." Rin's voice continued. Minato had a fierce look of determination in his eye.

"And that is why we have our mission here, at Kannabi bridge."

***

        Kakashi stopped, as if sensing a presence which he did. Teruya looked up to the trees covering the blue skies above. The enemy was sitting there like duck and he wanted to attack immediately. But he couldn't be that reckless. It took him his willpower just to stop himself from blurting out the truth infront of everyone.

Keeping a secret was proving hard for the teen.

"-ruya!"

A sudden realization struck his mind. If that happened, then maybe it would be possible...

"Teruya-san, you cannot be disoriented like this during a crucial time like this!"

He grabbed the closest hand. "I am so sorry. I shall help you. Shadow clones are they not?" he said with bright eyes.

Obito pulled away his hands in surprise. "T-Teruya-san, uh..."

        Minato wanted to speak to Teruya about his indifference to what was happening because he found it strange. He was told that this mission would be a turning point in the whole war and that Team 7 had to definitely take this mission.

No. matter. what.

Kakashi sighed inwardly. Teruya was not fit to be a shinobi in whatever aspect it was. He couldn't stay silent, he wasn't organized-Just WHAT did sensei find so interesting about that man?! 

Scratch that, he wasn't even a man! He acted more like a child.

"Kakashi, you should deactivate that now. It's making a lot of noise..."

'Huh?' 

Surprise wasn't an emotion Kakashi showed much and he didn't but he was surprised (Didn't make sense did it?). When the hell did he get the enemy already?

"Kakashi, you shouldn't use that much. Though it enhances your speed, you cannot really move or dodge attacks so you should be mindful about it. Had Teruya-san not blocked that attack, you would've died."

'Ah, so it's still not enough.' Kakashi though, the blue light slowly fading out as the sound of the thousands of birds died away with the silence.

When did Teruya-san manage to come so close to him, Kakashi flinched, taking a small step away from the blond haired man.

Teruya knew what was going to happen next. They were going to split up after this. Minato looked up to the sky, trying to determine the time.

"It should be around 2. We should split up." Minato said, walking towards the Jinchuriki. The younger three nodded and stood the opposite side.

"We will meet once more if fate allows us." the blond continued. 

'Heh, when did that guy become so sentimental?'

'Eh Kurama? Why did you wake up?' The team split up, now with Teruya following the future fourth.

The fox had a dangerous glint in his eye yet a calm smile.

'I've woken up to witness the great Yellow Flash of Konoha in battle of course, whad'dya think dumbass? '

***

I felt like I should've written more. I seriously don't know what to do after this. At first, I just did this for fun but then people started reading this (Ik, this book sucks XD) and I thought, 'Ahh maybe I should do some more.'

And so I did, but I was too ignorant. I knew the consequences of writing such books.

WRITERS BLOCK

IT FVCKING SUCKS

ahh I seriously don't know what to do after this.

If anyone actually has an idea or whatever, you can go ahead and give me suggestions.

Just one more thing, uhh thank you for reading this book until now. I'm not going to stop but I need to think of new ideas and stuff.

Thank you for the 1.3k reads also. I really appreciate it. I hope that the next chapter is going to be better than this.

Until then, adios.

wait I think I need some naruto pictures for apologies. ^^;

(thought we needed some sexy naruto pictures ;-;)

*sigh* Weirdly enough, we have no Sasuke ones which is actually quite surprising considering his popularity and stuff. Most of 'em are like NSFW stuff but I didn't wanna put it here cuz just because :)

 Tbh, I still feel like Sasuke shouldn't have been forgiven but whatever. I mean he lost his left arm and stuff but still.