Don't use that name-it draws too much hate

He turned the surname Hatake over in his head once, then tossed it out.

Who was he kidding? Could he handle all the hate that name would draw?

Turn evil, get ten times stronger. Turn good, get a little weaker.

Better not pile any more hatred onto Obito, lest he suddenly power up.

Gojo Satoru made a slight adjustment to how he engaged his muscles.

He sauntered over and stood in front of Uchiha Itachi.

Every inch of him radiated unhurried ease.

Satoru-ko?

What a weird name.

Never heard it before.

But standing there calmly in the face of my killing intent...

That's a first.

Obito was somewhat surprised as he faced him.

He flicked the sword in his hand, his black robe fluttering in the wind.

Where does he get that confidence?

Interesting.

But that outfit, that look, and that hair color instantly caught Obito Uchiha's eye.

Beneath his mask, Obito's mouth twitched.

Why does he look so damn much like that guy, Kakashi?

It's like Kakashi himself put on women's clothes.

So fucking weird.

Obito Uchiha forcefully shook that cursed image out of his head.

Then he looked Gojo Satoru up and down.

Could this be Kakashi's daughter?

No, the ages don't add up.

Probably someone Kakashi knows.

A friend?

At that thought, Obito Uchiha felt a sudden wrench in his chest, and an icy smile spread beneath his mask.

Kakashi, who killed Rin and then crawled back to Konoha to cling to life, has made another friend?

Across from him, Gojo Satoru keenly picked up on the shift in his emotions.

Tch. What a pain in the ass.

He's gone completely off the deep end after all.

Did I screw Kakashi over so badly at the last Ramen Contest that he mentally summoned his old comrade to finish off both me and Uchiha Itachi?

Looks like being an asshole really does bring karma down on you.

Uchiha Itachi also snapped out of the daze his comrade's death had left him in.

Seeing the killing intent pouring off the person before him, he told the little girl who had saved him, "Get out of here."

He had no idea who this little girl was.

Nor did he understand why this person had come to save him.

But he didn't want to see anyone else fall before his eyes.

He intended to charge in and hold the enemy off so the kind little girl could escape.

Before, his comrade had risked his life for him.

Now it was his turn.

Uchiha Itachi used the two tomoe he still wasn't quite accustomed to and cast a genjutsu.

Did it work?

"Idiot. Against the Mangekyo, that shit is all useless."

Obito Uchiha delivered the taunt coldly.

Trying to take on the Mangekyo head-on with two tomoe was naive beyond belief.

But he hadn't expected the real killing move to lie elsewhere.

Uchiha Itachi unleashed his specialty, throwing every last shuriken he had left.

Whoosh, whoosh! The blades flashed coldly as they shot straight at Obito.

Obito Uchiha dodged them all with little effort.

He settled onto the ground and reached up to touch the mask on his face.

His crimson Sharingan fixed on Uchiha Itachi with amusement.

"Heh."

"The gap between us is like a chasm with no bottom."

"I'm not done." Uchiha Itachi lowered his gaze to the ground.

The shuriken that had fallen to the ground earlier suddenly exploded with an earsplitting roar.

And the blast erupted right where Obito Uchiha was standing.

After the explosion, thick smoke billowed upward.

"Did I get him?"

Uchiha Itachi wasn't sure.

"I told you."

"There's a chasm between us."

Amid the smoke and dust, a figure slowly came into view.

It was Obito Uchiha.

How could this happen?

Not even the hem of his clothes was torn.

Could the gap really be this huge?

He had already more or less expected it before making his move.

But faced with that cold, hard result, Uchiha Itachi still couldn't stomach it.

"Hey, aren't you looking down on us a little too much?"

"Being that full of yourself isn't a good thing."

Gojo Satoru straightened his forehead protector, revealing a pair of azure-blue eyes.

All right, people with broken hearts really are scary.

Every other word out of their mouths is about destroying the world.

And they come with an evil power boost, too.

While the two of them had been busy fighting, he had taken a breather and recovered some stamina.

Now he could get back to it.

Only, as far as time goes, I might have to...

At his words, Obito Uchiha gave a cold laugh.

He stared down at Gojo Satoru and Uchiha Itachi.

His expression was that of an adult watching two little brats fool around.

"Heh."

"I don't have time to play with you anymore."

"Let's finish this already."