#And she trusts Shizune and Rin completely

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For my Diamond Girls au : The Medic Nins.

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Tsunade Senju : Director of Konoha's Hospital, the medical program and the Diamond Girls. However, she delegates all the time in order to better manage her responsibilities. Can come and go whenever she wants. The slug sannin.

Shizune Kato : Tsunade's second and the one who runs Konoha's Hospital most of the time. Often exchanges places with Rin. She must stay in the village, unless there's an emergency.

Rin Nohara : Tsunade's third (yet the 2nd apprentice) and supervisor of the medical program. She must stay in Konoha at any time, given her condition. Often helping with the Hospital and the Diamond Girls.

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My headcanons for MerRin.

Rin is a Mer-Princess of one of the 7 kingdoms of the Sea. The greatest Kingdom is the Uzushiogakure, ruled by King Minato and Queen Kushina. Rin is very special because of her ability to commune with all sea life and control water, she is beloved by all and revered for her kind and gentle nature as well as her beauty.

Her best friend is Lady Konan, she is also close with Lady Shizune the apprentice of Queen Tsunade. She also has a close bond with the young mermaids; Sakura, Tenten, Ino and Hinata. She is also like a big sister to Prince Naruto.

She also bonded with the mighty water spirit Isobu, which she keeps secret from everyone, due to the merfolk fearing him. Only Konan, Shizune and Naruto know of her friendship with Isobu.

Another close friend and confidant, is Lord Nagato, who often serves as her psychologist (He does NOT get paid unfortunately) and he encourages her to keep her mind open to everything.

The Nara, Akimichi, Yamanaka, Senju, Hyuga and Haruno are all merfolk. Mei Terumi is another queen of the 7 kingdoms and a mentor to Rin. She is served by her two loyal bodyguards, Kisame and Zabuza. Who are considered the greatest warriors in all the seven seas.

Obito is a human. He is a lord and technically a prince. He is the nephew of King Fugaku and Queen Mikoto. He's the older cousin of Prince Sasuke, Prince Itachi and Lord/Prince Shisui.

His best friends are Baron Kakashi, Lord Yahiko, Sir Gai, Lady Anko, Lady Kurenai and Prince Asuma.

Obito is a powerful fire wielder, but a kind and fair man as well as supreme commander of the Army. The Aburame, Inuzuka and Sarutobi are part of the kingdom. And the Land of Suna is a close ally. Lord Danzo Shimura is a powerful man within the kingdom and plots to size power for himself. Hiruzen and Jiraiya are two trusted lords and advisors to Fugaku.

King Fugaku is a fair minded man, but he is a man under a lot of pressure and strain, so he doesn't always make the right decisions.

Now the Merfolk are constantly warned about not to go near the surface due to the danger of land. But Rin is always curious, as is Naruto.

Obito tries to be a fair and just man in everything he does, but suffers from sorrow and depression after the death of his parents at a young age.

That's what I've got. Really want to hear your thoughts on this AU and how do you think Obito and Rin would meet.

There are things I agree with and things I cannot agree with here.

I'm going to offer my most honest thoughts respectfully. Forgive any harshness.

Let's start off with what needs to be scrapped:

-We're gonna scrap off the friendship with Konan because it's too OOC, along with Nagato being her "psychologist" - too OOC as well. People should not forget the characterization and personality of the Ame Orphans at all. They were one way with Jiraiya, but as full-fledged characters they are no where near fluffy and friendly.

-Yes, Yahiko is scrapped off from the friendship with Obito too. Put the Akatsuki on the side, they are their own organization that have diplomatic ties with the kingdom.

*I must strongly emphasize that there is absolutely no need for everything to be a friendship just to have more characters involved.

-Also, Rin being a princess is unnecessary given that Minato and Kushina are the rulers here. She does not need to be completely royal to have value. Also, while she's a lovely and genuine mermaid, her being friendly with nearly every living being is too Mary Sue. You can have her as a subordinate to the royal family instead, and with a pleasant social status amongst the merfolk.

-The whole apprenticeship with Tsunade/parallel of Sakura thing is also unnecessary. Paralleling with Team Minato with Team 7 is already overused and makes the characters lack so much personality. To put it bluntly...parallelism with Team 7 is annoying as hell.

-Mei Terumi's loyal guards can be Ao and Chojuro, given that Ao is her right hand and Chojuro is her close subordinate, lmao. Her being Rin's mentor....no. Minato WAS her teacher.

-You can throw in Kurenai as a mermaid here so she can be close to Rin instead of Shizune. Shizune is off somewhere with Tsunade so...yeah. She can also develop a connection with the human Asuma and have their own little story, lmao.

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Here is what is approved:

-Rin's friendship with Isobu even though it's a secret because yes, he is apparently the terror of the ocean, lol. Nobody needs to know other than Kushina and Naruto who is clearly connected to a Nine-tailed fox spirit that roams in the land.

-Rin controlling water, approved. She is a mermaid, so of course she can commune with sea life. She's a healer type, so that's cool.

-Obito's best friend is Kakashi and he's close with Asuma and Gai, yes, approved. As I mentioned, Kurenai can be a mermaid.

-Rin having a close bond with Naruto, totally approved.

-Fugaku and Mikoto being rulers, approved. Obito being a fire wielder as well as a commander and his fair personality, also approved.

-Merfolk being warned and all, approved. Danzo's plot, the clans' status in the kingdom, etc etc...approved.

-Obito's depression, very MUCH approved. Perhaps Rin would not have parents either and would be orphaned too, and that way she and Obito can be connected based on that. :D

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How would Obito and Rin meet?

-We can always use the Little Mermaid reference; and have Obito drowning. It can start off with Obito and Kakashi fighting off some threats on the borders of the kingdom, and Obito saves Kakashi by running towards an enemy and tackling him off a cliff, which makes Obito fall into the water. The enemy would be dead. That's where Rin finds him, and drags him to the land.

-Kakashi of course, after finishing off the enemies with his lightning attacks, would immediately alert the kingdom to send out a search party for Obito.

-By the time Rin drags Obito to the shore, Rin would use her healing powers to heal him, and then Obito would wake up and see her hiding behind a rock. He'd be a little disoriented, and then Rin would tell him what happened slowly. Taking a closer look at Rin, he'd ask her if she saved him, to which Rin would nod her head cautiously.

-When he realizes that Rin is still in the water, Obito would question it, and then would hide further behind the rock. Obito calls out to her again, and Rin would say that she is not allowed to be out here and that he cannot tell anyone he saw her.

-Obito promises he will keep it all a secret if she lets him see her, and that's when Rin reveals herself to him as a mermaid. Of course, Obito would be astounded by her beauty, and they would exchange each other's names. Obito swears that this is all a secret. Rin would say that she needs to go before someone finds him, and Obito agrees.

-As he watches her swim off, he'd see her tail flailing in the water before she is entirely out of sight. The image of Rin is fully imprinted in Obito's head, while Rin anxiously returns home - not without thinking about the man she just saved.

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Extra thoughts:

*Yes, as usual, Rin would have long hair. I'm sure you can imagine how pretty she is already; maybe with a tiara made out of coral (tie-in to Isobu's coral jutsu in canon). :D Her tail's colors would be a mixture of purple and blue gradient, and there would be some gold on the pelvic area.

If we are still referencing Little Mermaid (although I don't see the necessity to follow it all the way): Orochimaru could be the wizard (with octopus tentacles for his tail much like Ursula LMAO) that would give Rin the potion for her to have legs and all...XD

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There you have it! :)

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Diamond Girls au have some manga opposite perspectives that I just thrive for.

You have like Naruto and Sasuke blowing things up in the background, completely destroying the enemy, but the focus of the scene is in Tenten and Ino desperately trying to get a two siblings into a safe place before they died crushed by the debris.

Yes yes the big fight, but Sakura has both hands shoved inside someone's stomach doing what I can only call war-times surgery with Hinata there guarding her, in case someone tries to kill them while she works.

It's Karin almost running out the operation room because the cameras are showing a girl beings pushed by her dress into an ally and Anko having to remind her that if she leaves her places, many other girls die. They need to trust the team on the field, they need to do their jobs and save as many as they can. They need to keep it together 'cause they don't have the luxury of going out brawling with the enemy whiles the entire city depends on their assistance to survive.

Rin can't exit the hospital. She's having a panic attack on an utility room. Shizune jumps from one emergency to the other, every scene more bloody thsn the one before. Kurenai is trapped in her disguise in enemy territory, forced to pretend that she doesn't care, that she's not dying inside.

Every one of them have a roped tied to the neck. The horrors don't await for them in the aftermath of the fight. The horrors are there, wailing a street away, bleeding out on concrete chunks, all around them in a rush of light and sound they can't turn off if they want to make it through.

They are the Diamond Girls. Tsunade made them so they could handle pressure at its finest.

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I'm absolutely obsessed over this scenario.

Tsunade trusts Sakura completely and is aware of the fact there's no one more qualified than her for the job. Still, she worries. Silently.

Karin is more surprised than anything. She sees the logic behind Sakura accepting and supports it because it'd really help them all. You can see how she gets involved, tho. She knows Sakura's skill set, but what she's about to do... It's life or death.

Shizune is in disbelief. She thinks Tsunade is being reckless, allowing Sakura to go. She knows what losing Sakura would do to her, to them all. She doesn't want to contradict Tsunade, but...

And then there's Rin. Absolutely terrified. She can help but remember how she almost died— the pain of Sakura going through that is unthinkable. Also, Rin knows what Sakura means to Kakashi and the boys. To Tsunade. To the Diamond Girls. She can't believe Sakura is going to accept to do it. She has a bad bad feeling about it.

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They all can see how scared Sakura is. They can see that she won't back down, even while she's trembling and holding back the tears. Failing the job can mean death, but it also can mean she will become an enemy of Konoha, or she could cause more damage to the people she loves. She never asked to be a "spy". For all her training, she wishes she could run and hide her face in Kakashi's chest, Naruto's shoulder or on Sasuke's arms.

She's done hiding, she tells herself. Now it's her turn to protect them. She doesn't care they will never know about her little sacrifice, but Rin is right, she's leaving their friends behind without a warning and that will cost her.

She only prays the price to pay won't be enough to undone her.

MEDIC NINS of DIAMOND GIRLS + WHEN THE CHIPS ARE DOWN from HADESTOWN (adapted):

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⠀ —-- guide :

⠀ 🌸SK SAKURA ; 🐌TS TSUNADE ; 🐷SH SHIZUNE

⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀🩹RN RIN ; 🔗KR KARIN ; 🩺 ALL

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* CONTEXT : Sakura's been offered an... ugly job. If she makes it, everyone she loves will stay safe. If she fails, she might not be able to come back. Tsunade and Karin support her. Rin and Shizune? They think she's making a big mistake.

But Sakura— ls she prepared to take her decision?

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🐌 TS : Life ain't easy.

🩹 RN : Life ain't fair.

🔗 KN : A girl's gotta fight— !!

🐷 SH : —for her rightful share !!

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🔗KN : What you gonna do ?

🐌TS : When the chips are down—

🩹RN : Now ? That the chips are down ?

🐌TS : What she gonna do...

🐷SH : —when the chips are down !?

🩺ALL : Now that the chips are down.

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🔗KN : Help yourself—

🐌TS : To hell with the rest !!

🩹RN : Even the one who loves you best ?????

🐷SH : What you gonna do...

🔗KN : When the chips are down...

🐌TS : Now !! While the chips are down !!

🩹RN : What you gonna do...

🔗KN : Well, the chips are down !!

🐌TS : Now that the chips are down !!

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🌸SK : oH... !! My aching heart...

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🩹RN : What you gonna do ??

🐷SH : When the chips are down ??

🔗KN : Now all the chips are down.

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🔗KN : Take if you can.

🐌TS : Give if you must.

🩺ALL : Ain't nobody but yourself to trust .

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🩹RN : What they gonna do—

🐷SH : When the chips are down...

🩹RN : —now that the chips are down ?!?!?!?!

🔗KN : What we have to do—

🐌TS : —now the chips are down.

🩺ALL : Now. All the chips are down.

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🔗KN : Aim for the heart.

🩹RN : Shoot to kill.

🐷SH : If you don't do it...

🐌TS : Then the other one will.

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🩹RN : — what you gonna do?

🐌TS : — when the chips are down?

🔗KN : — now that the chips are down?

🩺ALL : What you gonna do—

🐷SH : when the chips are down...

🩺ALL : —Now that the chips are down ??

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🐷SH : And the first— ?

🐌TS : —shall be first.

🩹RN : And the last—

🔗KN : —shall be last.

🩺ALL : cast you eyes to heaven...

🔗KN : —YOU GOT A KNIFE IN THE BACK.

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🐌TS : Nobody's righteous,

🐷SH : nobody's proud,

🩹RN : nobody's innocent,

🩺ALL : now that the chips are down.

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🔗KN : Now that the—

🐷SH : Now that the—

🐌TS : Now that the—

🩹RN : Now that the—

🌸SK : —Now that the chips are down.