Alternate Sides - [Kakashi & Obito AU]

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"The greatest weakness of most humans is their hesitancy to tell others how much they love them while they're alive." 

-Orlando A. Battista

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Hotaru had approached the premises of the training room in which she would push herself to the limit. Train herself, that is what she would do during nights like these.

She quietly entered the dim room in which a single, silver-haired male was training himself. She carefully  approaches her friend, her only friend she has made through the years, and tries not to avert his concentrated attention to herself. Hotaru watches the topless male in awe, his work captivating her in a trance-like state; a man who was weak from the start, and continued to progressively grow stronger.

Kakashi suppresses his grunts through clenched teeth as he lifts himself up the training bar.

Up. Down. Up. Down. Up. Down.

Beads of sweat trickle across his forehead as he continues to pull himself up from the metal bar. Perspiration clings to his pale skin and the droplets of sweat percolates down each chiseled edge of his toned back. Each pull stretched his light, masculine body, causing his muscles to vex. His breathing increases in speed as he finishes off the last minutes of his training.

He was so rapt in his personal session, that Hotaru's presence wasn't as easily detectable as it should have been. Kakashi pulls himself up from the training bar one last time before letting go.

"Have you come to train? Or, did you want to see me?" The Hatake peers over the slope of his shoulder and takes hold of a towel before patting it over his perspiring body.

The young woman scoffs and crosses her arms over chest,"Ha ha. Very funny." She sticks her tongue out because of his annoyance, yet, her eyes stayed glued to Kakashi's muscular form. "I've come here to train myself, but I found your lazy ass here."

Kakashi chuckles and replies, "I had nothing else to do, so I  did my own training."

Hotaru lets out a light laugh before tucking a strand of her dark hair behind her ear,"Alright, ahō. What do you say about a mini sparring session? That couldn't hurt poor, baby Hatake, would it?"

Kakashi wipes the sweat from his neck with the towel before turning to face the girl with a smirk,"Of course. I hadn't been able to test out my taijutsu, yet."

Hotaru moves to tie her hair up and raises her bare fists,"C'mon, Hatake. Let me see how much you improved."

Kakashi wrapped the bandages around his hands before clenching them. "Let us do so, Hotaru-chan."

"It's Hotaru-senpai, ahō!" Hotaru grins ferally, and charges, aiming a punch to his gut. Kakashi blocks the powerful attack with two hands and crouches low to sweep her legs from underneath.

Taking notice of his predictable moves, Hotaru jumps and spins to force a roundhouse kick upon her opponent.

He deflects the kick, crossing both his arms to block the attack. He skids back and glances at Hotaru, releasing a long sigh,"I see this is going to be a little difficult..."

The girl raises her fists once more and scoffs,"What? Quitting already? Sounds like you." She smirks and cocks her head to the side before gesturing for him to attack her,"I want a fight, Hatake, not a dance."

Kakashi's onyx eye tightens with determination and he lunges for her. Hotaru's grin broadens as her velocity and speed within her punches, slowed down. His strength was formidable. Clearly, he had grown stronger, maybe even stronger than her...