He made a startled noise at suddenly being grabbed, gaze jerking back to the taller man. "Don't -do- that! I could have fallen!" He huffed softly. "I wasn't finished."
"You're going to fall leaning over like that! I probably just saved your life." He thought for a minute. "We don't have to go back to the village. We could find... didn't there used to be a couple little safehouses in the woods?"
"Are you sure you wouldn't rather not tell me and let the whole thing blow up fantastically in some kind of high level battle when I get to meet him face to face and realize oh it's that guy?" He was curious, though. He started ticking off famous living Mist shinobi in his mind.
"I would like my village to remain standing and both of you alive, and I know him too well to think he wouldn't jump at the challenge if you offered." The reply was immediate, and he got to his feet, starting to pad off along the edge of the monument.
"Would he?" Obito sounded a bit eager, there. He followed Itachi a bit behind and to the side, watching his back. And also looking out at the village, experiencing an odd mix of joy at being home and--maybe apprehension, though he wasn't sure about what exactly.
Obito smiled and half-winced at the same time. "But you're... it's what you want, right? You trust this guy? I mean, not just with this stuff but... he's got to be pretty close to the village's internal affairs."
"I could defeat him if I truly needed to as long as I didn't let him get close enough to use his sword." He nodded once. "I've not felt threatened by him since I took him home though."
That made him a uneasy. He refrained from pointing out that Itachi might not be able to defeat him if he needed to now, in his current condition. "It's one of Kiri's swordsmen?" he asks, sounding grim. Of the original seven, most had gone missing-nin.
"Well, he likes to think he's scary." He paused then. "He's really not. No more than Sensei is." He paused a beat. "Not that people don't think -he- is frightening as well..."
"The swordsmen are frightening. So is Ibiki, for that matter. It's just that you aren't afraid of them. Most people, you know..." he gestured out toward the village below. "...they would be."
"Sensei is about the same age as you, isn't he? If not the same age?" He paused doing math. "Yes, he's only nine and some change years older than me, like you are."
"Ah, I know." He shrugged, walking with his hands in his pockets, balancing on loose stones along the ridge. "Same as the rest of us, really. We do what we have to do."
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He nodded all the same. "They're still there."
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"Let's go find one."
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We have lost Tenten for the evening. She sleeps.
Daww, oh well... I shall sleep soon as well...
I as well now that the account I've worked on all day has posted.
ohh, girl sasuke? <3
Indeed! I spent all day finding art for icons :D
She's awesome *_*
Yeah? I'm happy you like her!
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And now I'm off--goodnight!
Good night!
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Must head off early--night!
Sleep well!
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thought I replied to this o.o
no prob!
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going to bed before I tip out of my chair now g'night
Good idea--good night!
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