Obito Uchiha's fear

Yes, Chihane had known they were here as soon as they entered Orochimaru's command tent.

Chihane knew Obito Uchiha all too well. He knew they would come looking for him after reporting their mission, so he had been keeping track of their movements.

When he discovered that Minato Namikaze's squad had been assigned a tent near his own, he knew his teacher, Orochimaru, had arranged it deliberately.

He had started preparing nearby well in advance. The moment his Observation Haki detected Obito approaching, he launched into his act.

"Chihane, yours truly is here to back you up! Have you wet your pants in fear on the battlefield yet? Just stay behind me this time! Watch how I take down the enemy!"

Although Chihane's imposing presence had intimidated him, he wouldn't have been Obito Uchiha if that alone could make him forget why he had come.

"Oh! Really?"

Hearing Obito Uchiha's words, Chihane immediately turned around, raised an eyebrow slightly, and glanced at Obito out of the corner of his eye, deliberately sounding skeptical.

"Damn you, Chihane! What's with that tone? Are you looking down on me? I'm not the same as I used to be! Thanks to Minato-sensei's teaching, ordinary Chunin aren't even a match for me anymore. And look at this!"

Chihane's skeptical tone and dismissive look instantly drove Obito mad. He activated his single-tomoe Sharingan and looked at Chihane, eager to show them off.

"Do you know how big the difference is between an Uchiha Clan member who's awakened the Sharingan and one who hasn't? Now you know how amazing I am!"

Obito grew more excited as he spoke. By the end, he had even copied Chihane's pose, turning his back to him and looking up at the moon. But the expression plastered across his face practically begged for praise and recognition of his strength, completely ruining the effect.

"Then have you killed any Iwa Shinobi?"

Seeing Obito's arrogant display, Chihane immediately thought of a way to teach him a lesson and asked in a questioning tone.

"We only got to the battlefield today! How could I have killed any Iwa Shinobi? I'm talking about awakening my Sharingan! Could you stop changing the subject?"

Obito had waited and waited for Chihane to marvel at him, only to hear him ask whether he had killed any Iwa Shinobi instead. Furious, he immediately spun around and roared.

"You haven't even killed an enemy ninja, yet you have the nerve to boast about protecting me? Kakashi, you've killed Iwa Shinobi, haven't you?"

Looking at the furious Obito, Chihane decided to add fuel to the fire and turned to Kakashi, who had been watching from the sidelines.

"Of course. Only ninja who've never left the village on missions and have spent all their time doing D-Rank Missions would never have killed an enemy ninja."

As Chihane's younger brother, how could Kakashi fail to understand what he meant? He immediately played along.

"You bastards! Who are you saying does nothing but D-Rank Missions in the village? I just completed an S-rank mission delivering supplies to the front, didn't I? I just happened not to run into any Iwa Shinobi! Otherwise, I'd definitely have killed as many as you!"

Obito Uchiha clearly understood whom Kakashi was talking about. Realizing the brothers were ganging up on him, he suddenly felt that coming to see Chihane today had been a mistake. He should have waited until he had killed a few ninja on the battlefield and made a name for himself before coming to show off.

"Really? You've never even seen an Iwa Shinobi, have you? That's why you dare to talk so big! Don't you know? Iwa Shinobi all have three heads and six arms. They're ten feet tall and ten feet around the waist. They can eat a whole pig in one bite and kill an ox with one punch. Didn't Jonin Minato tell you? With that scrawny little body of yours, you probably wouldn't even make a mouthful."

Seeing Obito Uchiha's reaction, Chihane sensed that something was wrong. Perhaps he really had gone a little too far today. But with Obito's strength, letting him face Iwa Shinobi would be sending him straight to his death. So Chihane deliberately tried to frighten him.

"What? All Iwa Shinobi look like that? Damn it, so what? I'm not scared!"

Obito Uchiha imagined a pack of savage monsters in a vast cave, gnawing on unidentified bloody flesh at their feet before suddenly raising their heads and grinning menacingly at him. A chill ran through him, but he still forced the words out.

"Damn it, I'm going to train! Don't get in my way!"

The more Obito Uchiha thought about it, the more frightened he became, until he completely forgot why he had come. He shouted at Chihane, then ran toward Minato Namikaze's tent. He had to ask Minato Namikaze whether what Chihane had said was true.

"Ha! Haha! Hahaha!"

Once Obito Uchiha disappeared from sight, Chihane clutched his stomach and burst out laughing.

"Obito's still so easy to fool! Did you see that, Kakashi? His legs were shaking with fear!"

Chihane looked at Kakashi beside him as he laughed.

"Honestly, enough already. You do this to Obito every time. Does it really make you feel accomplished? Once he asks Minato-sensei, he'll definitely come back to give you trouble."

Kakashi complained as Chihane continued laughing beside him.

Obito Uchiha might not go after Chihane, but he certainly wouldn't let Kakashi, his accomplice, off the hook. The thought of Obito Uchiha pestering him every day from now on was enough to give Kakashi a headache.

"Don't worry, Kakashi! Jonin Minato will play along. After all, we're doing this for Obito's safety. He's always getting carried away, and now he's awakened the Sharingan too. If we don't give him a good scare, he'll probably charge straight to the front when he gets onto the battlefield. That would be marching to his death!"

Chihane looked at Kakashi confidently. He believed Minato Namikaze would understand his good intentions.

"Speaking of which, Kakashi, you actually brought the White Fang Short Sword. Looks like you're ready!"

As they chatted, Chihane suddenly noticed the White Fang Short Sword on Kakashi's back and asked him about it.

"That's right. I've decided to become a ninja like Father. In this war, I'll inherit his title of White Fang and make ninja from enemy villages tremble at the mere mention of it. I'll restore the Glory of the Hatake Clan!"

Kakashi tightened his grip on the White Fang Short Sword on his back and spoke to Chihane with resolve.

"Kakashi, it's been a long time since we sparred. Looks like it's time for another round."

Chihane saw Kakashi's conviction and knew he had made up his mind. Nothing he said would change that. He decided to test Kakashi's strength instead. If Kakashi failed to meet his standards, he would stop him, no matter what.

"Sure! Just what I wanted. I want to see how strong you've become under Lord Orochimaru's teaching, big brother."

Chihane's words excited Kakashi too. He wanted to show Chihane the results of all his hard work. Although he hadn't said anything after losing to Chihane last time, he had never forgotten it. He had been waiting for a chance to win one back.