A Trip in Time

Chapter 3

The time Kakashi spent with Hikaru reminded him of Obito, just a little less annoying. So, he could only assume that this male was Obito's ancestor, maybe his grandfather. He would not be too shocked; they do look alike. He shook his head a little bit as he walked side by side with this Uchiha, he was certainly different than the classic Uchiha.

Hikaru spoke up. "I've never seen you around before, yet you wear the leaf's insignia on your forehead protector." He said to him.

Kakashi shrugged a bit. "I've been gone awhile." Which was not a far stretch from the truth, he was gone for a long time. Into the future really. But this male did not need to know that. "I've already met up with the Tobirama-sama." He said to him. He could see the dark-haired male nod to him.

"That's good then." He said to him. His dark eyes looked over at Kakashi, he could certainly tell this man was a Hatake. Though he could not help but feel curious as to why he was wearing a mask. "So, what's with the mask?" and of course, his mouth tended to speak what was on his mind.

Kakashi blinked as he looked at Hikaru. "Oh, well I always wear this." He said to him. He gently pulled at the mask. "I've been wearing it since I was a child." He said to him. He let the mask form back to his face. He never really showed anyone, well aside for Tenzo, but that was beside the point. and that had been mostly an accident anyways.

Hikaru hummed at his words. "I was simply curious, is all." He said to him. He did not remember this man, but then again if he had been gone a long time, he could only imagine how long that really was. As much as the Nidaime did not like it, he did have to promote those who deserved it, especially in this time of war. So, this man could have been promoted when he was barely a teenager and seeing as he was what looked to be about thirty, he would not be shocked if he had been fighting most of his life now. It was the only thing that made sense at least. And it was the easiest to go with if that was the case.

Kakashi breathed slightly as he moved to lean against the wall of one of the buildings. "A lot of people are, I think that's why I am less inclined to actually show my face, because everyone seems to be expecting something magnificent from my face, when really that isn't the case at all." He said to him. It was weird, he found it way too easy to speak to this man. He shook his head a little bit. "it doesn't matter anyways."

Hikaru tilted his head. "Why not?" he asked. He may have been pushing a bit much, but the more he pushed it seemed as if the more he could get out of Kakashi. Which was interesting, seeing as they have only just met. But he was not about to say that.

Kakashi shrugged. "Because I myself am not a big deal, so why should I make a big deal out of the fact that I just like to keep my face covered?" he asked him.

Hikaru knew that Kakashi had a point, he shrugged a bit as he moved to lean against the wall a few feet from Kakashi, taking note how tall the other male was. "Its really up to you, it is your face. You can make a big deal about it, or you don't have to." He said with a grin. "Just we are not the only ones who will be curious, same with why you keep your headband over your eye. I will not push; it is your secrets. But seeing as you have not been around a lot, people like to pry. Especially those of my own clan, if they feel they want something, they will do their damn best to try and make sure they find out whatever secret you have." He said to him. He was thinking of his clan leader.

Kakashi had a weird feeling Hikaru was talking about Madara, and he really did not want to get on Madara's bad side. As it sat, he knew very well Madara was way out of his league when it came to a fight. The man could kill him and have no issues doing so. A shiver ran down his spine, making Hikaru laugh.

"Good, so you know exactly who I am talking about. Madara is not one you want to piss off, that is for damn sure. He is moody as is, and ever since the marriage of Hashirama and Mito-sama, he has been even moodier, they were best friends, so I am not too shocked. But they were really close. Closer than normal friends, many would say." He said to him.

Kakashi blinked. "Oh?"

Hikaru thought for a moment. "Yeah, a lot of people are very sure that Madara is in love with Hashirama." He said to him.

That had Kakashi thinking, Hashirama had been the only one who was close to Madara, aside for what he had known about Izuna, which was not much. The history books only glossed over Izuna. So there was not really a whole lot on the younger Uchiha. Which was almost sad, he was Madara's little brother, and had been a good match against Tobirama.

So, he wondered who kept Izuna out of the history books and why. It was pretty sad, when they would not even keep the founding members little brother in them, at least in better texts than what they had.

"Hey, what do you know of Izuna Uchiha?" he asked Hikaru.

That caused the Uchiha to blink a little bit. "Well, I was barely around when Izuna perished, I'm just barely younger than Tobirama sama, I'm twenty, and he's twenty-two." He said to him. "I had been off on something when it happened, all I know is that Madara left a lot of us to the mercy of the Senju, and luckily Hashirama had no desire to kill anyone." He said to him.


"That who time frame had been hazy for all of us, we knew we were losing, but Madara wouldn't stop. He was bound and determined to end it all. But... Hashirama brought him down. And we do not really know why he agreed with Hashirama to end it all now. It is as good as a mystery too all of us, Madara is not the worst guy. But he is not mentally stable, he has not been since Izuna's death. But he hasn't been declining, so we all hold out some how for our Clan Head." He said, smiling a bit. Hikaru did not hate Madara, he was concerned about his wellbeing.

Kakashi nodded a bit. "That is certainly a lot to take in, thank you though." He said to him.

Hikaru chuckled. "No problem, it's kind of common knowledge to all of us right now, even the other clans know." He said to him.

Hikaru then pushed himself up and from the wall. "Well, I best be off." He said, he gave a wave and started to head down the road.

Kakashi offered his own wave and watched as the other male left. He did not know how to feel about the fact that he was older than the founders of the village... Tobirama only being twenty-two...? What was with that.

"Maa, this isn't really fun." He muttered.

He shoved his hands into his pockets and started to head in the opposite direction the Uchiha had gone. It wasn't like there was much more he could really do—

Or so he thought, just as he turned the corner, he ran into what he was sure a sudden tree trunk that spouted out of nowhere... it almost reminded him of Tenzo, and how he had grown well into his body-

He looked up to see Hashirama.

Oh, oh no.

It was so strange, seeing the taller male blink and look down at him.

And hearing his voice, truly he never thought much about the fact that the founder's voices were so deep...

He shook that from his head as Hashirama spoke.

"Oh! Sorry about that." He said, giving the male a grin. He could see why Hashirama was so well liked, his smile and good mood was literally contagious, and he made people want to be around him all the time.

"No, no. I should have been watching where I was going, Hashirama-sama." He said to him. There was so much going on in his mind right now.

He was not entirely sure if it was a good thing for him to be seeing Hashirama right now, especially seeing it was not too hard to tell that he was a Hatake... and the Hatake were not part of the village.

Though he did not have to wait long, Tobirama was there just like clockwork, the man really must have been keeping a close eye on him. He grabbed both Hashirama's arm and Kakashi's arm, apologized once and they both were able to feel that familiar feeling.

He really did not want to do this twice today....