Asuma Sarutobi

"You don't look so good, Kazashiro."

At the meeting spot, Obito looked at Kazashiro curiously.

If you got whipped every day, you wouldn't look too good either.

Kazashiro grumbled inwardly, but said something else aloud, "You don't look so hot yourself, your face is all swollen like a pig's."

"No way, I just looked in the mirror this morning, the swelling should have gone down," Obito said, startled, touching his face and looking around for a mirror.

"Alright, enough, do you know how long Kakashi and I have been waiting for you, you jerk!" Kazashiro lightly punched Obito on the head, realizing for the first time the extent of his tardiness.

"Well, how should I put it, one can get lost on the road of life..." Obito said, rubbing his head and trying to explain.

"Hmph, you just overslept, didn't you," Kakashi guessed.

"No, I didn't! Damn you, Kakashi!" Obito vehemently denied Kakashi's guess, wishing he could punch the smug bastard if he wasn't so outmatched.

Not far away, a girl with paint on her cheeks watched their interaction with a smile.

"Ah, it's all your fault, I almost forgot to introduce you. Rin, these are my friends, Kazashiro and Kakashi." Hearing the girl's laughter, Obito remembered the main purpose and introduced the two to Rin.

"Kazashiro, Kakashi, this is Rin, Rin Nohara."

"Hello, my name is Rin Nohara." Rin Nohara generously extended her hand.

"Hatake Kakashi." "Shimura Kazashiro." Kakashi didn't shake her hand, but Kazashiro, afraid she'd be embarrassed, gently took her hand.

So this is Obito's dream girl, she really is a good kid.

Kazashiro thought to himself.

I guess I've officially entered the main storyline, or rather, the prequel? After all, the protagonist Naruto Uzumaki is still nowhere to be seen.

Tsk tsk tsk, if I could somehow stop Obito from being crushed by the rock during that bridge battle, maybe I could prevent the Nine-Tails' rampage.

Kazashiro started daydreaming again.

I wonder when Madara noticed Obito, but whatever, I'm not even a Genin yet, why worry about things that will happen years from now.

"So, let's go have fun, let's go have fun!" Seeing Kazashiro holding Rin's hand and not letting go, Obito grew anxious.

"Ah, oh, right, yeah, let's go have fun." Coming back to his senses, Kazashiro quickly released Rin's hand, wanting to explain but afraid of making things worse, so he could only echo Obito's words.

Crap, will Obito hold a grudge against me because of this? When the Night of the Uchiha Clan Massacre comes, will he carry a knife and give me Eternal Night?

Stealing a glance at Obito's face, Kazashiro felt a little guilty. Heaven and earth, he was a pure love advocate in his past life, he was just a little distracted just now, and had no ulterior motives.

"Hmm? Isn't that Kakashi? What's this, going for training again?" Passing by a dango shop, a slightly dark-skinned boy leaning against the door greeted Kakashi.

Kakashi just nodded coldly, giving an indifferent "Hn."

"You." Smiling and shaking his head, the boy left the doorway and stood up straight, "This guy's a new face, where did you meet him?"

The new face the boy was talking about was naturally Kazashiro.

"Come to think of it, I think I saw him yesterday, walking alone on the street," a child sitting to the side with a long skewer in his mouth said, as if remembering something.

Kakashi reluctantly stopped, preparing to introduce Kazashiro, but the boy had already run to Kazashiro and introduced himself, "Hello, my name is Asuma, Asuma Sarutobi."

Asuma Sarutobi...

Holy crap, Old Horse!

No, he should be Little Horse now. In the future, he will gradually become Mr. Business, Mr. Romance, Mr. Six Feet Under, Mr. Cuckold by Shisui for no reason...

"My name is Shimura Kazashiro." This was the second time Kazashiro had introduced himself today.

"Shimura?" Asuma's expression turned strange when he heard Kazashiro's last name.

Speaking of Shimura, one couldn't help but think of a certain Hokage Assistant...

Asuma knew Danzo. Sometimes Danzo would come to his father to discuss work matters.

But compared to Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura, Danzo's attitude was much colder.

"Yeah, the Shimura you're thinking of." Kazashiro nodded, seeing what Asuma was thinking.

"A member of the Shimura family, how rare..." The boy with the toothpick was naturally Shiranui Genma.

Toothpick as a child, Senbon as an adult. What's even more amazing is that this guy can still talk with something in his mouth, truly awesome.

"What, a member of the Shimura family?" A girl suddenly poked her head out from the innermost table of the dango shop, holding a string of dango in her hand, "Where's a member of the Shimura family? Let me see."

"Anko, aren't you afraid of getting fat from eating so much dango every day? Speaking of which, haven't you gained some weight already..." Ebisu, wearing round sunglasses, pushed up his glasses next to Shiranui Genma and teased Anko.

"Damn you, Ebisu, you want to get hit!" Anko waved her fist, ready to punch Ebisu.

Kurenai Yuhi, sitting next to Anko, hurriedly tried to stop her.

"Well, now that you're here, let's all eat dango together, it's on me." Amidst the banter, Asuma didn't dwell on Kazashiro's last name and generously patted his chest.

"Then, shall we eat some?" As he said that, Kazashiro's foot had already stepped into the shop.

"Thank you so much!" Seeing this, Obito also pulled Rin into the shop.

"Thank you very much." Rin also politely thanked Asuma.

Seeing that the three guys had entered the shop, Kakashi could only grit his teeth and follow them, sitting in the spot closest to the door.

"That's the spirit, Kakashi. Auntie, four more plates of dango!" Asuma patted Kakashi on the shoulder and shouted to the proprietress.

"Speaking of which, you're really cute." While waiting for the dango, Anko Mitarashi curiously came to Kazashiro's side, envying his skin that was even fairer than hers.

"Uh, maybe it's good genes?" Kazashiro didn't know how to answer, so he could only engage in awkward small talk.

"Oh, really..." Hearing this, Anko just kept looking Kazashiro up and down, and occasionally stuffed a string of dango into her mouth.