Ninja Slayer

Chapter 6: Comrades

Obito's POV:

A small snowflake landed on my dagger as I sharpened it. It was the end of spring now, but it only stopped snowing in the middle of summer due to the high elevation. Mr.Tomiichi assigned us a simple mission for today, but I still wanted to get a bit of training in. I sighed and leaped into the air, twisting my daggers in a fluid motion. Over the past few days Kakashi has returned to his cold self.

I'm not exactly sure why, but I have a general idea. I talked to Violet about it and she figured that he's upset about something. I tried talking about it with him yesterday but he completely ignored me.

I shook my head to clear my thoughts and continued training for a bit. When I was finished I walked back inside where everybody was gathered.

"Alright now that Obito is here we can set off!" Violet exclaimed enthusiastically. Kakashi led us outside in silence and started tracking the scent of our target: a demon ninja that has been killing people each night in a small mountain village, like my old home.

The mission went smoothly as always. Kakashi tracked the ninja down, Violet, Fox, and I landed a few blows, and Kakashi landed the final blow. It didn't kill, because the shadow demon ninja are immortal, but it caused our target to limp weakly back into the shadows. Kakashi only spoke to give directions, which wasn't his normal self.

It was dark by the time we returned. Violet, Fox, and Kakashi all went straight to sleep.

"What's wrong nii-chan? You look really sad."

"Ahh, it's nothing Kazue. It's just...never mind." I replied wearily, ruffling his dark hair.

"Hmm too embarrassed to admit those troubles?"

"Oh, hello Mr.Tomiichi I didn't see you there. Well...it's Kakashi. He's been acting strangely this past week. He's so cold now and he barely talks."

"Ahh I see. Well like I've told you before, he's afraid of losing another precious person, so he shuts people out of his life. You must be important to him if he's acting this way. It's up to you to change his behavior. Good luck with that."

"Uhh thanks I guess."

He thinks that I'm important to Kakashi?!? Well, it makes since, but that's too good to be true. Still, I wonder if he has feelings for me.

"Ahh I'm quite tired. I'm heading off to sleep, c'mon Kazue."

"Alright goodnight Obito."

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That night, my mind swirled with many thoughts as I layed in bed.

I wonder if Kakashi is my soulmate...I have this strange magnetic pull to him, and my heart always flutters around him.

I lifted my left wrist in the air and studied it. It had a tiny black heart, a marking I've had ever since I was born. My parents always told me that everyone is born with a marking somewhere on their body, and that your soulmate has an identical marking in the same spot. To prove that they weren't bluffing, they each had a blue heart on their right wrist.

I've never actually gotten a good look at Kakashi's left wrist, and I kind of forgot about the soulmate marking since I haven't been interested in finding my soulmate. But now, I'm kind of in love with Kakashi Hatake: the super sexy and famed ninja slayer. Okay that was a little too much information, sorry...he's just really attractive and handsome.

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Third Person POV:

"Alright, it's time for Kazue to start his training!" Mr.Tomiichi announced happily.