Dark Kakashi: Youth Edition

On the training grounds, Obito remained in a daze.

How is this possible?!

When did that Uchiha Aoya get behind me?

Hearing Nohara Rin's gasp of surprise from not far away, Obito's face turned bright red. He strained his arms, trying to break free, but the other person's hand was clamped onto his right arm like a vise.

In his desperate struggle, he instead stumbled and fell to the ground.

"Damn it!"

Obito's eyes turned bloodshot. He quickly got up, turned around, and charged at Qingye again.

But before his punch could even reach the other person, Qingye grabbed his arm, yanked him forward, and pinned his right arm behind his back again.

This time, Qingye's elbow pressed against his back, making it impossible to break free.

"Damn it, let go of me! I haven't lost yet!"

Obito was pinned to the ground, flailing like a beached fish.

"Alright, Obito, Qingye is clearly holding back!"

Nohara Rin couldn't watch anymore, her expression slightly displeased.

Why is Obito like this!

They're classmates from the same period, and even from the same clan. Must he make things so ugly!

"Rin! I..." Obito's struggling movements froze, his face filled with grief and indignation.

Why, why did it turn out like this!

Shouldn't the script have been me fighting fiercely with that Uchiha Aoya, winning, then Rin looking at me with new eyes, and me seizing the moment to confess?

At the very least, it should have been an even match, right?

How can the gap be so huge!

I've improved so much since graduating from the Ninja Academy!

"Idiot, learn from this lesson. Don't underestimate your opponents on the battlefield in the future."

Hatake Kakashi slowly walked onto the stage, his gaze fixed on Qingye, burning bright: "But Qingye, your progress these past two years is truly astonishing."

When he was still in the Ninja Academy, these people combined weren't his match.

But after more than two years of war, Uchiha Aoya had almost caught up to him!

Seeing Kakashi's eager look, Qingye chuckled, "What, Kakashi, do you want to spar too?"

Although Kakashi's father died five years ago, he wasn't the completely fallen and dejected dark Kakashi after the Nine-Tails' rampage. He was merely a "dark Kakashi: youth edition."

"Of course. What, you don't want to?"

"Heh!"

Qingye smiled and slowly drew his sword.

He had also looked forward to this day!

For so many years, Kakashi had been like an insurmountable mountain for their generation, the epitome of someone else's child!

From the audience, seeing the gradually tense atmosphere between the two, Hyuga Himon and Yūhi Kurenai tacitly retreated a distance.

Nohara Rin followed suit: "Obito, move further away, don't get caught in the crossfire."

A battle between two Jonin-level ninja was no trivial matter like the scuffle with Obito earlier.

She just wondered who was stronger between the two now.

It should be Kakashi, Nohara Rin thought.

Although Qingye's progress these past two years has been incredibly fast, surpassing Kakashi seems impossible, doesn't it?

"Kakashi, if you lose, don't blame me for looking down on you then!"

On the other side, Uchiha Obito, after much internal turmoil, chose to cheer for Kakashi.

"Idiot!"

Kakashi cursed inwardly, quickly grabbed the White Fang short sword inherited from his father, Hatake Sakumo, and surged forward, disappearing from his spot in an instant.

Two violent storms erupted on the training grounds, and the center was suddenly filled with the sounds of clashing metal.

From the sidelines, Nohara Rin and the others could only see two blurred figures flashing rapidly across the field, occasionally accompanied by bursts of wild flames and sword energy.

These two had gone all out from the start, choosing to clash with swordsmanship!

After a short while, following a fierce collision, the two blurred figures retreated backward.

"Kakashi, is this all you've got? This level of speed won't satisfy me," Qingye said with a smile.

"That was just a warm-up."

Kakashi twisted his neck, and then, faint lightning began to flicker around him.

Stimulating his entire body's cells with lightning-attribute chakra, Kakashi's speed increased further. In almost the blink of an eye, his figure completely vanished from the stage.

"Just as I wanted!"

Qingye also used the Lightning Release Stimulus technique, and his figure instantly disappeared.

The speed of the two was even faster than before. Only two blurred shadows flashed rapidly on the training ground, so fast that a normal person's eyes could barely catch their tracks.

"Their speed is so fast, I can't keep up at all anymore." Rin Nohara stared for a long time and said helplessly.

She turned her head and saw that Kurenai Yūhi was in a similar state.

Obito Uchiha, standing beside them, gritted his teeth tightly, his eyes struggling to capture the movements of the two, filled with unwillingness.

How could this be?

I've never seen Kakashi like this when we sparred.

Could it be that Kakashi was holding back so much from me all this time?

"The speed of both of them is too fast, and it's not just their physical speed."

Himon Hyuga's eyeballs darted rapidly with the movements of the two on the training ground. "Their reaction speed is also too fast. Those below Jonin probably wouldn't be able to react!"

"...Can you keep up with both of them?"

Obito turned his head and looked at Himon Hyuga's Byakugan with some displeasure.

"My eyes can barely keep up, but my nerves can't keep up with their reaction speed," Himon Hyuga shook his head.

His Byakugan could now only barely track the movements of these two.

But if he were in their place on the stage, facing attacks at such speeds, he wouldn't be able to react at all!

"Heh heh, when I awaken my Sharingan too, I'll definitely be faster than them then!" Obito said confidently.

"..."

Himon Hyuga had a strange expression.

He had always been curious why Obito was so confident.

Let alone when he would awaken his eyes, did this guy really think he would be invincible once he awakened his Sharingan?

On the field, after more than ten minutes of intense high-speed combat, the speed of the two gradually slowed down.

"Alright, let's stop here."

Qingye stepped back and shook his head. His initial excitement had largely faded. "Kakashi, you haven't mastered much of your clan's sword techniques. There's no point in continuing the sword fight."

I originally wanted to use my Sharingan to steal some of the Hatake clan's sword techniques, what a shame.

I can only blame Hatake Sakumo for dying too early.

"Is it over already? I can continue!" Kakashi panted slightly, his eyes still filled with excitement.

This was the first time he had sparred with someone his age to this extent!

Clap clap clap--

A burst of applause came from the side.

Qingye turned his head and saw a gentle-looking young man with golden hair walking over, his face full of smiles and praise.

"That was a wonderful match."

"Are you Uchiha Qingye? I've heard Kakashi and the others mention you."

"However, looking at it now, their understanding of you is too outdated. You've already surpassed Kakashi in strength, haven't you?"

Kakashi's eyes widened. "Teacher?!"

How is that possible!

I still had the energy to continue fighting!

"Jonin Minato, I've heard great things about you." Qingye also looked at the sun-like man with some emotion.

The famous Yellow Flash. According to the original timeline, in another two years, this cheater will be banned for being too overpowered.

"Kakashi, your combat experience and observation skills are still lacking."

Minato Namikaze explained, "I watched for a few minutes just now. Several times, Qingye clearly had opportunities to attack the openings you exposed, but he didn't act."

"Kakashi, your speed is indeed fast, but your observation skills can't keep up with your speed."