"Hey isn't it Mr.Uchiha Obito."

A teasing voice stopped Obito in his track . He was on his way to the training ground where he was meeting his team for training. It was only two weeks since team seven was officially formed, and the Uchiha can't help but to like the team well two-thirds of it.

Minato-sensei was strict but in a soothing, relaxing kind of way a complete opposite of what's he's used to. Even before he started the academy, all of his practices and lessons we filled with yelling and sometime depending on which uncle would hit him. It was more of those in the elder's age.

Those who want perfection in the family and to throw away ones that does not fit the mold. It was clear that at the age of four that he was not the Uchiha they want him to be.

A child of unwilling parents and an aging grandmother. Comparing to the baby clan heir he was nothing.

Nothing to the Uchiha but everything to the grandmothers in the streets of Konoha he was the best. Every day he helped and everyday he recieve praise for his work.

Something that the Uchiha don't give out.

Then his teammates Kakashi and Rin.

Kakashi as he remembered was a jerk and guess what?

He still is. He never seemed to get that stick out of his ass.

Obito could careless of the guy who act like all the Uncles and cousin.

But Rin,

Rin is an angel. She don't make fun of him or tell him hee stupid and he always smile no matter how stupid the joke is.

Obito Turner around and look up at one of the houses. He thought it was one of his classmates Genma and Raido who he sometime hang out with. Instead it was the annoying photographer the same one who submitted that embarrassing photo of him to the Hokage. 

"It's not so bad Obito-kun."

Lies!

What was his name again. He was pretty sure it started with 'su' su..ki? No that's not right. Sura? 

"It's Sukea, Uchiha Obito-san." The brown head said as if reading Obito's mind. Obito face flusehd as he turned away. "Duh! I knew that already jerk!" 

"Sure, Sure" Sukea laughed he was still wearing his same clothes. From what he know civillans like looking different from others and often wear different clothes everyday. But those who have a shinobi background have trouble of understanding the concept of it. Civilians are just weird like that. Wearing the same clothes everyday can make it easier to identify the body especially during war time. Only when ninjas are in a casual setting or undercover do they change from their normal attire.

The fact the Sukea is still wearing the dumb jacket show that he's from a ninja background.

"Are you a ninja?" He asked.

"Don't you have somewhere to be now?"

He did have somewhere to be but he was already late. It was alright to stay a little longer. Obito tried to copy what Minato-sensei do when ever Kakashi and him fought and he wanted an apology.

"It doesn't work if you raise both your eyebrows."

Dang it.

Sukea then jump down from the pole his two feet landing without a single sound. "What are you waiting for let's go."

"Go? Go where?"

Sukea then raise his eyebrow, the same way Minato-sensei do. "Training of course."

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"Where were you?!" Kakashi demanded as the two approach the training field.Minato-sensei and Rin standing next to him. It look like the training didn't start yet. Obito felt like he wanted to yell to. This time it was not his fault-well not totally his fault. If Sukea didn't bother him then he would only have been half an hour late instead of a whole two hour. 

During the walk Sukea demanded that he was the one to lead claiming that he knew a shortcut but what Sukea had not mention was the fact that he never went to training ground thirteen before. Instead he made Obito and himself go around the whole village three times before asking for directions. 

But it was not just Sukea it was Bakashi fault as well for blowing up the old training ground and forcing team seven to go somewhere else in the first place.

Sukea might just become number one in his newly made shit-list which he will name in honor of the idiot who got him lost in the first place.

"We got lost on the road of life." Sukea said solemnly. Everyone stared at the newcomer with confusion.  

"What?"

"We got lost on the road of life." He repeated slowly treating team seven as if they were children still in the academy. "The road of life is a long road." He shrugged as if what he just said was completely normal. "It is understandable if people get lost there all the time. "

It was quiet in the feild for the next few seconds. In Konaha there are many different characters just as there are many type of trees. Eccentrics as the villagers like to call them, most of thoes people work in the shinobi force. 

"Nice to meet you Sukea-san, I'm Nohara Rin." Rin ever the straight man* in the group said. "The blond is our teacher Minato-sensei and he's Hatake Kakashi. Are you Obito-kun's friend?"

"Yes." Sukea nods while at the same time Obito shouted "No!"

"We are"

"We are not! We only met once!"

"It was a meeting of fate. We are ment to be."

"What the hell wha-."

Minato coughed into his fist gathering everyone's attention "Ahem, Sukea-kun"

"Yes Minato-san?" The brown haired man said facing the blond with an eye-smile. Obito found it to be very creepy, why did he smile with his eyes when he can use his mouth.

"Are you a genin like Obito-kun and Rin-chan."

He shook his head. "I'm not a ninja sir."

Obito would have thought otherwise, he was sure that Minato-sensei thought the same as well. 

"But you are wearing shinobi-standard sandels as well as pants.Surely you are learning the ninja arts."

Sukea smiles this time with his lips. "I rather not be a ninja. I am a photographer who work for the academy and other private company. It is better for all of us this way."

Obito don't understand what his not-friend means.

Straight man- The normal/sane one in Anime. For example in Gintama ,Shinpachi is suppose to be the straight man but he's not doing a good job is he?