Treat Friends with the Warmth of Spring

"An old friend? Do you still have old friends in Konoha?"

Obito: ...

He had the distinct feeling he was being looked down on. Who didn't have a few friends?

But after thinking long and hard, it seemed there truly wasn't anyone in Konoha he still cared about.

Back at the Ninja Academy, he had been the dead last. None of his classmates had wanted to play with him. Luckily, he had Rin and Kakashi, which gave him two friends.

As for the Uchiha Clan, he had been the one who got bullied there. Though they had not gone too far, they had never included him in anything. Thinking about it, it really was a sad story.

"Whether I have old friends or not is none of your concern. I came to tell you that next time we meet, it will be to the death."

On one hand, he did not want to take advantage of someone in a vulnerable state. On the other, he simply could not bring himself to do it. Otherwise, with Obito's strength, Kakashi would have died countless times already.

But he still had to say something harsh.

"Are you still blaming me over Rin? I failed to protect Rin. You can make your move now—I won't resist. I only ask one thing: don't do anything to harm Konoha again in the future..."

Kakashi spoke sincerely, but Obito only found him hypocritical.

Kakashi had personally killed Rin. Even if the Three-Tails had been inside her, as long as Kakashi had not acted, once Minato arrived, he could have suppressed the Tailed Beast within Rin. At most, the rampaging Three-Tails would have harmed many Konoha ninja and civilians.

He absolutely could not accept sacrificing Rin for the sake of the majority.

"Yeah, you're so noble. You carry