Okay so, in honor of Yuri on Ice becoming relevant again right after I watched it for the first time (guys I’m gonna call myself clairvoyant now), here’s a YOI inspired AU with Team Minato as the Russian Skating Team bc yes.
Minato was once of the most recognizable figure skaters in the entire world. Think countless gold medals, adoring fans, fearful competitors. Minato was a force to be reckoned with, but no matter how good you are, the competitive life of a figure skater is limited, and he ended up retiring at 28.
When this happened, the only logical path to take was to become a coach. He had the experience, the knowledge, and was in one of the prime countries for competitive figure skating, so becoming a coach for someone just like him made sense.
And so he ended up with three junior skaters: Obito, Kakashi, and Rin. And they’ve always been three incredibly talented skaters, but the thing is, they’re all idiots.
Minato literally got all three of them when they had turned 13, and he severely miscalculated how dumb and defiant 13 year olds are, and he’s now contemplating if he can coach for the remainder of his career. In the beginning, there was constant fighting between Obito and Kakashi, drama with every single one of their parents, and they just didn’t learn how to EVER listen- even when they were grown adults, THEY DO NOT LISTEN.
But as he gets to know them and their stories, they become like his own kids. Does Minato have grey hairs, because of those three? Yes. Would he willingly sacrifice himself for any of them? Again, yes.
Team Minato is a disaster, but man do they pull in the medals.
Rin is honestly the most perfect skater Minato could have asked for. Ballet trained since she could walk, stamina that out does even the boys, and one of the most beautiful and graceful skaters the competition world has ever known. She was so unsuspecting at first that when she received gold at her first nationals, the country was in shock. Her coming out of nowhere and sweeping all the junior competitions that year was a massive upset in the community, but she was so sweet and kind to her other competitors and her fans that she instantly became a crowd favorite.
KAKASHI CAN JUMP, MY DUDES. He was landing quads with ease when he was a junior, and by the time he was in the senior division, he was a powerhouse. He will also defy Minato's orders sometimes and change the routine in the middle of performing it if he doesn’t think it's enough to get gold. There was once a program where he put every single of his jumps in the second half, because he could. The technical portion of Kakashi’s programs are always strong, but he does struggle with the presentation score at times, because he’s not always expressive.
Obito is the exact opposite of Kakashi in this aspect. Sometimes Obito will fall out of a quad, but he almost always gets a perfect score in performance. His emotions are definitely out on the ice, which is both a blessing and a curse. One time him and Rin were in this major fight, and he couldn’t even land triples. Whenever Minato has a program that requires a lot of acting/emotion/fire he’ll give it to Obito because Obito can deliver on this.
Rin and Obito will occasionally do pair skating if the need arises- and they’re actually really good at it! Once Obito chilled out that he was skating with Rin, they were such a natural pairing, that it just worked and it’s a nice little card that Minato has in his back pocket.
Rin and Kakashi tried pair skating when they were younger, but he accidentally dropped her one time and she ended up breaking her collarbone and Minato decided that Rin and Obito were better partners. Kakashi still feels guilty about this.
OMG their team pictures are so cute- Rin and Obito are both extremely good at handling social media, and they even have a team Instagram that the fans just eat up.
