AU RP--

[mooneye]

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[youngesthokage]

"He's sworn to me. Not Konoha, just me." He shook his head slightly. "He values honesty."

[mooneye]

"...I've got no right to judge anyone. I don't like this. But I'd like to meet him, anyway." And, like it just occurred to him and he found the thought cheering-- "I bet he and I really could destroy the town if we got in a fight here..."

[youngesthokage]

"If you destroy my village I will make you both regret it." His voice was almost a purr. "Understand?"

[mooneye]

"...Understood. But, hey. It would really be Tsunade's fault for calling me back here. Just saying."

[youngesthokage]

"I'll be sure to inform her of that. Next time I see her, shall I?"

[mooneye]

"The old bat doesn't scare me. She and I were on the road together a while, you know."

[youngesthokage]

He snorted softly. "That won't stop her from punching you into a wall."

[mooneye]

"I can take it." He gave a fluid shrug. "She'll probably find something to punch me into a wall about, anyway. Even if I behave. Just watch."

[youngesthokage]

"Well, I can't really argue that." He paused a beat, bounced on his heels once. "Still as perky as ever I gather?"

[mooneye]

"Perky? What, me?" That made him grin.

[youngesthokage]

"Yes you. Naruto's just like you you know." It was an offhand comment. "Just blond."

[mooneye]

"Good. Kakashi deserves that." He smiled. "I'm calmer than I was when I was a kid, I think. But I've actually got more energy than I did then. I don't even need to sleep much anymore, really. Unless I want to."

[youngesthokage]

"Naruto... Naruto helped me play pranks on my ANBU Senpai when he was a small child. Kakashi helped with -that- venture." His lips quirked into a little smirk. "Tenzou got a picture of it. I still think it was worth it, even if it's caused aggravation for shinobi across the village in the years since the boy stopped having ANBU sitters."

[mooneye]

"Sounds like a good kid." He shook his head. "Not... a lot like his dad, I guess."

[youngesthokage]

"No. Definitely like his mother." He made a little noise of amusement. "All of ANBU set about teaching the boy the ANBU sign when he was six. The commanders were not amused."

[mooneye]

"Think he'll grow up to be something interesting?"

[youngesthokage]

"He may act like his mother, but he learns things quickly. He got Rasengan down within a month after he managed to pin down Jiraiya long enough."

[mooneye]

"That's fast." He gave a single, sharp nod. "Minato would be proud, I think."

[youngesthokage]

"I think so too." There was a beat as he flashed him a little smirk. "He's a bit of a moron most of the time though."

[mooneye]

A snort of laughter. "Didn't you say that he's just like me?"

[youngesthokage]

He hummed and looked over at him. "I do believe I did."

[mooneye]

"Hmph. Well. We can't all be total geniuses." He walked up close enough that their shoulders brushed, with each step.

[youngesthokage]

He looked sideways at him with a soft scoff. "Maybe, but better to be your kind than mine."

[mooneye]

"You think so?" Normally he would have denied his own intelligence. Obito played dumb around people, most of the time. It was just easier to observe them and to go about his own way when they assumed he was an idiot. But with Itachi, of course, there was no reason to. And even if there had been, he suspected that his cousin would see through the act.

[youngesthokage]

There was a brief moment where he looked lost, and then it was gone as he nodded. "Yes, I really do. My kind... You get pushed and pushed until it would be so -easy- to just break. But you can't, because then you would fail the ones pushing you, and you wouldn't let them if you didn't want to make them pleased with you."