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This is part two. Not been edited, cause it's pretty late and I've got tons of other stuff to work on. I'll come back sometime soon, before the end of summer, to add stuff in to fill this out and make it more enjoyable. Til then, here it is! Oh, and the names of the chapters and what they mean will be left open to your own interpretation.

DISCLAIMER: I don't own anything.
WARNINGS: Perhaps a bit confusing. Cussing.

~ENDS OF THE EARTH~

My dream land is void of color.

Usually my dreams were blurred, centered most often around Obito but also about Minato-sensei, Rin, and a few others whose deaths I felt responsible about. The shapes and sounds and colors were always indistinct, bleeding red from blood or my Sharingan. But this dream, this dream was strange. I was in some weird infinite space the color of my hair. There was nothing but me. And the strange man from before was there too, humming quietly to himself. His back was to me.

After a few indistinct moments he turns to me. He smiles, shy and small, and tells me, "You are heading down a different path than the one I imagined for you, Kakashi."

My voice is hard to find. "I've never been very good at doing what I'm supposed to."

He laughs. "No, it's okay. Rather interesting, actually. This pathway, you might have to break some of the rules I set forth for you. It'll create some trouble for me. But it will be worth it..."

~ENDS OF THE EARTH~

How very amature.

There is a squad of ninja from Iwagakure approaching the clearing, edging forward oh so slightly. They were clearly not very skilled, sneaking up in such a large number and on what were visibly ninja as well. Or at least Obito was. One particularly brave ninja approaches directly. I let him get less than a foot away before attacking.

One punch to his stomach and he flies into a tree. I throw a couple kunai and he is pinned. I break the neck of another, followed by a bone-crushing, chakra infused punch to the skull of the third. The first was beginning to free himself now, struggling. The fourth's eyes were wide with fright. Another few well-placed taijutsu moves and he falls as well. The first, just freeing himself, is easily dispatched with another kunai.

I look over at Obito. His unharmed eye is halfway open, looking slowly around the quickly bloodied battlefield. His gaze settles upon me, squinting as he struggled to focus. I watch him carefully for a few moments more, before he fades back into unconsciousness.

I search their bodies for any medical supplies. I find the medic of the group and hit a jackpot. Their medical pouch has a few pills worth of pain medication and half a vat of a numbing salve. I was so relieved I felt like crying, but I couldn't. Not now. If these nin happened upon us then another group could easily do the same, one much more skilled than they. I line the bodies up in a row, as much respect I could afford to pay them right now. Then I secure the pouch to my hip and scoop Obito up in my arms. Time to move.

~ENDS OF THE EARTH~

I make it about another ten or so miles before I stop again. Sure, I was exhausted, but the fact that those enemy nins attacked meant I needed to move. That provided me with a lot more energy.

I lay Obito down in a clearing and after readying my medical supplies I remove the gauze patch from over his eye. Blood had already begun staining through the fabric, and it was definitely time to change it and apply some medicine. I use wads of gauze wet with water to clear away all of the dried blood I could. I scoop up some of the numbing salve and rub it around his eye, careful not to get it too close. After I put more gauze over his eye and prop him up against a tree. I did the best I could with reconstructing his eye yesterday, just enough to stop the majority of the bleeding. That was as far as my healing ability went.

I settle down and take his pack again. He had a bit of food in there, pocky sticks (I am completely unsurprised at how he has impractical food) and I take four. I eat them quickly. We should get moving again.

~ENDS OF THE EARTH~

The sun is rising as he begins to stir. I am still running towards Konoha, my pace even and practiced. But I was tired and Obito felt like he weighed more than he actually did. I glance down at him. His visible eye is halfway open, searching lethargically around. "Are you in a lot of pain?" I ask quietly. He nods jerkily and I slow down, coming to a complete stop in a clearing. I set him down against a tree and get the pain pills and water bottle from my pouch. He opens his mouth and I set down two tablets on his tongue, soon after helping him down them with water.

"Who are you?" He croaks.

"Doesn't matter. I just want to help," I tell him. "And I know you probably just want to rest but we have to keep moving. We'll be in Konoha by night time tomorrow." I scoop him up after putting away the water and medicine. He falls asleep in my arms as I run.

~ENDS OF THE EARTH~

We make it to Konoha as I promised, thirty minutes before sun down. He was just partially lucid now, cradled carefully in my arms. I increase my pace exponentially and blast straight through the gates, past the extremely alarmed guards on duty and headed directly to the Hokage tower. Where the team would be gathered, making preparations for Obito's funeral.

The big window was opened. Incense was lit, the kind used when mourning. The smoke drifted out in whispy tendrils. I vault straight through the window, coming to a perfect standstill in the center of the room. I am crouched. I set Obito down at the feet of my past self and Rin. "He is alive."

They seem to move in slow motion. Rin kneels next to Obito. Little Kakashi stands perfectly still for a few impossible seconds, before dropping to his knees. His left eye is bandaged up. Minato-sama has grabbed me by the arms and I am pinned to the wall. "What are you doing?" He hisses. "What sick joke is this?"

I shake my head, a bit difficult with a kunai pressed against my chest. "Helping. This isn't a joke- go see him. You will see." His fierce blue eyes gaze at my shadowed face, no distinctive details discernable, the kunai pressing harder into my chest. The black cloak is cut into, a small rip.

The pressure lessens. He glances back to Obito. Then he releases me, eyes hardened. He turns to face Obito, where Little Kakashi has taken to holding him in his arms and staring down at him. Minato crouches down and presses a hand to Obito. A few more moments pass.

A gaye guard appears in the open window. "Hokage-sama! Someone-"

Minato cuts him off. "It's okay, Takashi-san. Please continue gate duty. Do not speak further of the incidence." After a few seconds of hesitation the guard disappears. Minato waits a few moments before speaking again. "Kakashi, Rin, take him to Kushina. Do not be seen. She will know what to do. After she is to come here."

They cast nervous glances at me. I stay flat against the wall, as Minato had me. After a few moments Little Kakashi scoops up Obito and they leave, heading through the window.

After several tense moments of Minato standing facing away from me and me wondering 'what now' he turns to me. "You are permitted one meal, more reasonable accommodations potentially being given if your explanation of the events being satisfactory."

~ENDS OF THE EARTH~

Ten minutes later. I have a hot meal comppsed of a bowl of ramen, two rice balls and a cup of water. I wolf my food down efficiently, my face not once being exposed. After all of it is gone Minato gives me an expectant look. "Begin."

I sigh. I was sitting in an arm chair. Kushina-sama sits quietly in the chair across from me, the chair moved so she was closer to Minato and they could both easily see me. "This is what he was talking about... listen, Minato-sama, Kushina-sama, none of this will be easily explained. I was sent by a strange man from my... time, to save Obito. I'm from the future. I arrived just after you left. I saved him from the rocks, carried him to a clearing and fixed his damaged eye as best I could. Then I carried him back here, stopping somewhat frequently to fix his bandages. The first night we were ambushed by nin from Iwa. I killed them and found pain killers so I could ease some of his pain. I avoided sleeping after that and carried him back here with stopping only to reapply bandages with the most gauze I could afford to and helping him down the pills. Then we got here."

Minato is quiet and in deep thought. Kushina-sama is the same, her steady violet eyes boring into me. "Who are you?" He asks.

I didn't feel comfortable revealing myself, but I supposed it was necessary. I pull my hood off.

Minato is visibly surprised. "Tell me something no one else would know, except for the two of us."

I pause, thinking quietly for a moment. "The sole purpose of the way Chidori sounds is because Obito hates birds, and I thought he was an idiot and wanted to piss him off. And when you told me that was a horrible thing to do and I should follow my father's example I said I hated him and never would."

Minato-sama nods. "Let me examine your Sharingan." I push my hitae-ate upwards, stand, and plant my hands firmly on his desk. I gaze directly into his eyes, letting him thoroughly examine my Sharingan. He nods again and I sit.

"Tell me why the future requires you to come back."

I felt uneasy. "You don't honestly want to know. But, if you insist..."

~ENDS OF THE EARTH~

We sit in silence for at least thirty minutes, the two of them wrapped up in contemplative silence. After thinking things over, Minato stands. "I do not doubt you. I must go alert the Uchihas. Please stay here. Kushina-chan, if you would please go to Obito..." he trails off.

Kushina-sama stands. "Hai." With one last glance at me she exits. Minato gazes at me for a few quite moments.

"I will be back. I ask that you remain here." With those words he leaves.

I sigh to myself, leaning back and settling into the chair. If I was going to be here for a while I might as well get comfortable, right?

~ENDS OF THE EARTH~

When I was at Obito's grave, I always felt guilty.

He was buried with all of his clansmen, and when he died it was made clear to me I was not welcome. So I made myself scarce amongst Konoha whenever an Uchiha was around. Which was frequent. And I never, ever went to his graveside.

After they were all killed, I allowed myself to return. The first time I did I was so overcome with guilt I left almost immediately. There were so many new graves amongst his. That guilt was unreasonable, because it wasn't like I was the cause of their deaths. Until it was revealed Obito was Tobi, then I felt my guilt was completely justified (and then that much worse) because I left Obito there to die, then years later he attacked Konoha, Minato-sama died, Sandaime-sama had to reassume the title of Hokage and wasn't able to talk the Uchihas down. But Minato-sama could've. So I was responsible for all of it.

Guilt tore at me, consuming me. I felt sick and disgusting. I felt the weight of every single death upon my shoulders, crushing me and dragging me down. I felt responsible, in the worst way. I was failing myself. Even worse, I was failing my father.

~ENDS OF THE EARTH~

A total of three hours later and I'm no longer alone. I've long since pulled my hood back up, disguising myself from any who could maybe, possibly enter. Minato returned, young Kakashi and Rin in tow. I am sitting, relaxed, in the arm chair. Rin's eyes are teary.

"Are you the one who saved Obito?" She asks. I pause, considering my answer, before nodding slowly. She blinks, a few tears spilling over, knotting her hands together in front of herself. "Thank you." Her voice is soft, strained, thankful and whispery. I nod again.

"Minato-sama," I begin, "am I to explain to... them, as well?" He nods.

"Rin, Kakashi, please take a seat." Minato-sama requests, sitting down in his chair. Rin and Little Kakashi share a quick look before sharing the other chair.

I glance over at Minato-sama. He nods, smiling encouragingly, and I look back to Little Kakashi and Rin. "Before I get into this, I must explain this. I'm from the future. Your future, Kakashi, specifically. I will reveal my past to you. But I would prefer that I'm asked as little questions as possible by you two until the end. Understood?"

They nod. I'm satisfied with their response. "Alright." I pull the cloak off completely. Little Kakashi's eyes widen. The hitae-ate follows shortly after. "Now. My name is Hatake Kakashi, 32 years old. In a few years, the child of Minato-sama and Kushina-sama will be born, Uzumaki Naruto. The Kyuubi is released, provoked by a masked man named Tobi. Minato and Kushina both die, orphaning Naruto. At age seven the Uchiha clan is massacred by thirteen year old Uchiha Itachi, as ordered by Sarutobi-sama, who is Hokage, in order to prevent the Uchiha's planned coup d'etat. Uchiha Sasuke, Naruto's age, is one of two known surviving Uchiha. I am assigned Naruto, Sasuke and Haruno Sakura as they graduate from the Academy at twelve. They were my first genin team. I was twenty seven. Over the next few years several things happen. Sasuke abandons Konoha for Orochimaru, who's gone rogue, Naruto becomes Jiraiya's student and Sakura Tsunade's. Orochimaru forces an attack on Konoha by Suna, the Sandaime Hokage dies and Tsunade is appointed. Suna and Konoha make up, realizing Orochimaru's plot, an S-class criminal organization named Akatsuki, a member being Itachi, forms and begins to capture jinchuriki. They wage war on Konoha, the fake leader Pein attacking directly after we'd taken down the members. I personally was directly responsible for one, indirectly two others. I was killed by Pein. Revived later, became third division commander of the Allied Shinobi Forces during the Fourth Shinobi World War, fighting against the masked Tobi. Turns out he was Obito. I killed him by punching him in the chest with Chidori. The war ended. Naruto became Rokudaime. I was sent here. To fix my first vital mistake."

"Saving Obito?" Little Kakashi asks. His voice is quiet, soft and uncertain and so far from what he would become, who I am. A ruthless, cold blooded killer. A monster. I could easily go on. I nod slowly, eyes locked on his little form. He's glancing up at me through his hair. It's strange, referring to that hair as his, saying 'he' instead of 'me'. Because it was still mine and I was still, in the physical sense, the same person. Yeah, really weird.

~ENDS OF THE EARTH~

Three hours pass and Obito is in a well enough state for me to see him. I'm really not supposed to leave Minato's office but after being abandoned once again I was bored. Plus, I figured I would be pulled back into the fixed timeline any moment now and they would all forget this. So I wanted to say what I felt.

He's by himself. There were guards outside of his door, but definitely not enough to keep me out. I slip in quietly and sidle up to his bedside. He's visibly shocked by my appearance, the lack of hood covering my head keeping my identity unhidden. He struggles for words. "I know what Minato-sensei said, but I didn't actually-"

"Believe the part about it being me? I've been consumed by you my whole life. Of course I would take the opportunity to save you... or condemn you. Did he tell you that part? That I was the one to kill you like I did with Rin, and Haku, and the countless others? Punched a hole in your chest with a jutsu. I feel rather ashamed. But- but, that's not why I came here... not to ramble... I came to say that no matter what idiocy I display I'll always love you, always come back for you. I'd go to the ends of the earth to get you back if I could. I'm dedicated. I suppose that's my only redeemable quality..." I smile tightly. "You won't even remember this. So. I'm leaving soon." I hold his hand and kneel at his bedside. He stares at me or the ceiling, never saying anything. Never questioning my rambling about nonsensical things or about how crazy I must sound right now. Just holding my hand until everything slipped away.

~ENDS OF THE EARTH~

What I really didn't understand about Obito's reasoning is why he couldn't have saved Rin himself. I mean, he was alive and well, right? So why? Why pin all of the blame on me? Not to say I wasn't guilty and deserving of his wrath, but the way he phrased his reasons was confusing.

Oh well. He was set in his ways.

~ENDS OF THE EARTH~

My bed is warm and I am alert. I wasn't wearing a shirt, much less a mask. My hair flopped about in its slept in way, pajama bottoms settling about me as I spring up, eye searching all around. Where the fuck was I? I search the room around me. An arm is wound around my waist, warmth seeping into my bones from the contact. I look at the source. That was... Obito?

I fall back onto the sheets. He curls further into me, groaning softly as he woke up. I stare wide-eyed at him. Seriously, what was-

Oh. The trip to the past. Fixing my timeline. So it worked? I saved him?

His visible eye opens, a deep onyx. The other is covered by an eye patch. Guilt coils in my chest. But then he smiles sleepily at me and everything feels alright again. I smile back. One of my hands raises up, tracing the curve of his cheek. Suddenly I roll us over, pinning him to the bed we were on. He giggles. "Ne, Kashi-koi, what's gotten into you?"

I don't answer his question. I can't. I just nuzzle into the crook of his neck, pressing kisses to his skin. I roll my hips forward into him, eliciting a breathy moan. "I love you," I murmur to him, kissing him deeply between each word. "I'm in love with you. Obito-koi."

I rock my hips forward again, raising up to look at him beneath me. He's staring up at me, a coy smile in place on his lips. He's shirtless too, pale skin exposed to me. I pick out every last scar in his chest, the thin white lines long since inflicted. I bend down, pressing a quick and heated kiss to his lips again before raising up to yank his boxers down. This would be fun.

~ENDS OF THE EARTH~

A well-spent morning later and we're finally up and moving about the apartment. We share it- this knowledge comes naturally to me. Like the knowledge I was supposed to be in Naruto's office at nine, approximately three hours ago. And I would probably be summoned shortly. Like now-

Three heavy knocks on the door. I smile, kiss Obito as I pass him and go to answer the door. Fully dressed, of course. Minato-sama is before me.

"Maa, Minato-sama, nice to see you..." I was in a good mood.

"You seem to be in a particularly good mood, Kakashi-kun." He's positively analytical right now. "Have a good dream? If a little out of the ordinary."

My smile drops momentarily. "You've always been good at memorizing everything, huh? Well yes, I did." His blue eyes sparkle with mischief.

He laughs, smiling. "That happened, hm? I was sent to get you to Naruto- something about an overdue mission report- but I figure you have your hands full with Obito. Just make sure to see him sometime today. And don't get too loud." With those simple words, he's gone.

I close the door. Yep, my hands were full. But I could never be more grateful they were.

~ENDS OF THE EARTH~

"Kashi-koi," Obito murmured. His voice was soft, breathy. Sent shivers down my spine. I open an eye. He was hovering above me, a sweet smile on his lips. "How're you feeling?"

It was hard to find my voice. I couldn't. I just move my lips wordlessly. That seems to upset him, his eyes fluttering for a moment. He sinks into the bed next to me, wrapping his warm arms around my chest. My body aches with phantom pain, but I couldn't pinpoint the source. He stays quiet, fingers tracing little circles on my stomach. His head rests on my shoulder. I let my eyes close, listening to his soft breath and counting the times he breathed in. I move my arm as easily as my pain would allow, pressing a hand to the side of his neck. His pulse was normal, soothing in its consistency. I fall into a peaceful sleep, the idea that everything would be alright so long as he was with me staying firmly in my mind.

~ENDS OF THE EARTH~

Well damn.

Horrible ending there, huh? I feel... horribly lacking when it comes to the writing of this.

I might make a third part, just little moments they spent together growing up. But I refuse to definitively commit to it, because if I do then the time it will take will instantly increase. So yeah. Maybe.

I hope you enjoyed this, though before I go about publishing it I will like edit it and add more to the actual events. More interesting, y'know? I'm writing this author's note after finishing writing it for the first time. I'll keep it here, and add another note once the changes are added in.