mooneye | AU RP--

mooneye

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mooneye

The shift in him was immediate. A hard, sudden tension, a total lockdown of expression. A kiri-nin. Ah. Tsunade might have mentioned that part as well. Though it probably wasn't her sense of humor that made her leave it out of the message.

From:

youngesthokage

The reaction made him wilt and he looked away and down to the village. "He's kind to me."

From:

mooneye

Obito didn't reply for some time. "Well. If he's kind to you," he replied, at length. And this was... a man who had left Kirigakure, at any rate.

From:

youngesthokage

He fidgeted a little. "He's very honest as well." He leaned forward on his hands, staring straight down over the drop. "He left Kiri because of the dishonesty."

From:

mooneye

That made him relax just a touch. Honest was good. And--he hurriedly plucked Itachi back from where he was leaning. "Hey, don't! Ugh, just like when you were a kid... Come on, let's go."

From:

youngesthokage

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."

From:

mooneye

"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?"

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youngesthokage

"I meant in my attempt to gear up to telling you the father's name." He grumbled softly. "You'd recognize it."

He nodded all the same. "They're still there."

From:

mooneye

"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.

"Let's go find one."

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youngesthokage

"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.

From:

mooneye

"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.

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youngesthokage

"Yes, he truly loves having someone strong to fight." He scoffed softly. "I'm always a bit beat up after we've sparred."

From:

mooneye

"Ahem-hem. Are you?" And it's perfectly clear what he interpreted sparring as.

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youngesthokage

There was a beat of pause before he turned brilliantly pink. "Fine, then too."

From:

mooneye

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."

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youngesthokage

"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."

From:

mooneye

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.

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youngesthokage

"He is." He could see the worry in Obito's eyes and his lips quirked "He's a closet romantic."

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mooneye

That made him smile, startled. Though the worry didn't abate. "That is certainly not something I ever expected to hear said of one of them."

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youngesthokage

"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..."

From:

mooneye

"Itachi, my dear, I'm afraid I'm going to have to let you know that you've got a very unusual grasp of what's scary and what isn't."

From:

youngesthokage

He gave him a slightly puzzled stare for a moment. "How so?"

From:

mooneye

"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."