#Nagato: Madara do you have the Mokuton?

[backatitagainatichirakus]

Something something Uzumaki chakra having an strange effect on Nagato's eyes, originally Izuna's, which cause him to see Izuna's ghost haunting him (as he is tethered to the mortal plain by his own eyes). First, only as a figure at the corner of his vision, then something clearer, yet still blurry, until eventually it takes the shape of a man. A strange man, invisible to others, that is always shadowing his steps. He thought it was normal at first, that everybody had their own silent watcher, but later found out it was something unique to him. The man doesn't seem to realize that Nagato can see him, and doesn't seem to hear him either. Or anything in fact, as if he was unconscious, yet he walks and looks at the world with glassy eyes.

Once Nagato starts training with Jiraiya and his chakra develops, the silent man becomes more solid, still unseen by others, but also more present, Nagato observes as the watcher grows more and more aware each day. He sees flickers of confusion from time to time, but then the man becomes a ghost once again. Sometimes he'd walk, restless, then stop, and drift. Until, one day, his awareness lasts enough for him to notice Nagato.

"Rinnegan," he whispers, then "Uzumaki."

His eyes glaze over before he can say anything else. Only then Nagato realizes how expressive the man could be, how clearly he could see the surprise, awe, fear, and finally disdain on his face.

For the first time in his life, Nagato is afraid of the watcher.

[yellowocaballero]

now i'm FASCINATED by the implied dynamic of nagato (the ex-experiment obito sorta mentored on how to rinnegan + the ways of pain - hehe) + sakura (current experiment, obito mentored on how to mokuton + the ways of peace and forgiveness) lol

The comparison came as a surprise to me, but it's actually really important.

Obito has caused a lot of harm in his life. He's hurt a lot of people. He took the philosophy that pain creates more worthy people, inflicted a great deal of pain on innocent kids, and created children who worship pain and suffering. Obito was lucky enough to see the end point of this - that it would end in failure, death, and worst of all a Naruto monologue - and he broke away from it. But Obito is still the person who did those things, so he just decided to do a 180. If suffering doesn't create good people, then maybe the absolute absence of suffering does. If traumatized people create plots for world peace that destroy the world, maybe untraumatized people will create plots for world peace that will save it. It is the same basic philosophy, the same basic idea, the same basic tendency to manipulate people and use them as tools in convoluted schemes. The passing on of ideals, the training in their unique powers, the bestowing of authority while setting himself up as always the greater authority - it's not actually different.

But Obito changes. Turns out that creating a good person will create a person who will ask you to be good - a person who will make you want to be good too. Sakura's life without strife and hurt created a girl who thinks the world ought to be fair, and that she'll be the one to make it fair - and if she has to make you be fair too, then so be it. Obito was un-insane'd, and Sakura herself pushed him to become a better person, and he was finally able to view Sakura as a little girl instead of a tool. But, um, bad news, the old tools are still running around trying to blow up the world, and even if there's no redeeming yourself there's still responsibility. Obito, you might have to deal with that.

Nagato and Konan are the same kind of crazy as Obito, unfortunately, so they completely see his vision and decide that he's right. This little girl WILL be the key to world peace, she is obviously SO qualified to lead a village, let's make world peace HAPPEN with this baby that carries a hope for the future. I think they probably see Yahiko and their younger selves within her, so I think they're a bit more encouraging and supportive of her than they otherwise would be. They also know that 'Madara' with unrestrained access to a small child is a combination that leads to a very traumatized child, so they can be protective of her even against 'Madara'. The idea of them trying to protect her from the person who cares about her the most, because that one person was so shitty to them, made me sad.

But the idea of Konan asking Sakura to call her oneesan was insanely cute so it all evens out in the end. Thanks for the ask!

[justsomeoneunordinary]

i just had a 1000 iq brainfart right now.... Konan is Tsunade's secret daughter conceived by experimentation.

just hearme out here, Konan, by the time she died was 35 (accourding to google) and at the time, Tsunade was 54 (again, accourding to google), which means Tsunade could have had Konan when she was in her twenties however, i believe Tsunade would know is she had a kid, so my heory is that somene (either Orochimaro or Danzo or both) managed to somehow steal one or a few of TSunade's eggs and get them artificially insemanted into a surrogate womb, which somehow managed to end up in Ame where Konan was born.

what really ties my theory is Konan's paper power, because paper is made of wood, Hashirama had wood release, Konan was really powerful, Hashirama was really powerful, Konan had really good chakra control, Tsunade also has great chakra control and in the world of Naruto where you blood lineage palys a huge part in how powerfull you either are or can be, those things add too much for Knona to not be related to Hashirama.

that or Hasirama was a man whore before he married Mito, and had a dozen or so bastards and one of them ended up in Ame, a centuru down the line later and we have Konan.

I know what you mean, anon. I once made a shitpost myself pointing out that Konan must have a milder form of the mokuton. It really doesn't make sense otherwise, right? Konan only fights with paper, she even creates paper out of thin air, but paper isn't an element, so that shouldn't be possible - unless, it's either an own kekkei genkai (in which case it would be a little weird that it's never mentioned as such) or a milder form of the mokuton. It doesn't add up otherwise.

That being said, I don't like the thought of Konan being a secret child Tsunade's born from experiments neither know of. That theory makes me uncomfortable, to be honest. If anything I imagine Danzou/Orochimaru using the Hashirama cells to experiment with, although that doesn't quite add up either, since 1. Orochimaru didn't work with Danzou back then yet, and 2. Danzou would've naturally kept the child in root and not let her roam free in Ame.

The closest possibility, if anything, is Madara being the one to do such an experiment, since he 1. had Hashirama cells and 2. was already in Ame to put his Rinnegan eyes into infant Nagato for safekeeping (I'm still not over this, literally what the fuck, Madara), so he may as well have added some Hashirama cells to another child just for shits and giggles...

Any of these theories is super far-fetched either way, but Kishimoto is the one who gave Konan a power that literally defies the rules he set in his own fucking universe. At least he could've attempted to explain Konan's paper no jutsu, but nooo, he really went into this "head empty, cool powers go brrr" and ignored the rules of ninjutsu he himself created.

Actually, the closest possibility is that Konan is a descendant of the Senju, and that's why she has a milder form of the mokuton. That makes far more sense than the other theories lol

[sumigakure]

Prompts Masterlist

This is where the Non-Event Prompts live. 

Red Strings

In a world where a fully matured Sharingan can see the Red Strings of Fate, how far might one person go to protect the person that they were born to love?

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Addams Family Naruto

Naruto raised by the Addams family living in Konoha. OR Uzumakis are like the Addams family, blood red hair, eating ramen with a sprinkle of belladonna… […] 

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Scorch Style

The one tail has the magnet release, the two tail has blue flames, three has coral attacks, four has lava, five has steam, six has acid, seven has wings and chakra threads, and even eight has ink that can be used offensively. The nine tails though doesn’t have any of that… Or does he? […] 

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Nagato restarts Uzushiogakure 

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Founders Ageswap

I want to see a AU where Tobirama and Izuna are the older brothers and Hashirama and Madara are the younger brothers. What changes? What stays the same? Pairings are not required but MadaTobi is preferred.

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Reincarnation - Shared Headspace

What if a more… evident trace is left of Ashura, Indra, Hashirama and Madara? In a similar vein to Inner Sakura, Naruto and Sasuke can hear the ghosts of their previous incarnations snipping at one another in the Pure Land, while also advising their new bodies forms personalities incarnations on how to get stronger. 

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Sex Pollen Exists

This is not a sexy prompt - unless you want it to be, of course! So, the prompt: write a story where sex pollen exists.  It does not have to be a crazy PWP - it might even be funnier if it isn’t?  Maybe it’s the story of why people were really afraid of Hashirama’s Mokuton, or why the Forest of Death is strictly forbidden during the rainy season, or even one of poor Tenzo’s training mishaps while he was in Root.  

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Escaped Pet Animal

Can be a usual pet (dog, cat, snakes..), a unusual (cow, chicken, pigeon…) or a monster pet (a tiny eldritch abomination, a t-rex…)!

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Kumo Nin Wanted! 

The Akatsuki have missing nin from Konoha, Kiri, Suna, and Iwa, but not Kumo. How about a story that uses an already existing Kumo nin or an original one as an Akatsuki member. Give them reasons for joining or deserting the village and just how they'd act around the rest.

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Protagonist Akatsuki

The version of the story where the Akatsuki are the wacky protagonists who are trying to bring peace to the world through various bad decisions. Except Kakuzu, he’s just here cause they pay him.

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Blood-born Biju

The biju are the seeds of the blood drinking tree and embody/ govern the behaviors that led to that blood being spilled in the first place.

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Inhuman!Uchiha

Uchiha are not entirely human - while everyone else is normal. Can be applied to different genres like HORROR (aka Itachi is a scary son of a bitch) or HUMOR (i.e. Sasuke is obviously not human and Team / completely blind to it) ... just go ahead.

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Fan Sign Language

"Due to their large use and popularity, fans began to affect gestures and thus a fan “sign language” developed between 1711 and 1740. . .This “speaking fan” created a system whereby motions of the fan translated into letters of the alphabet." -- Wikipedia, "European hand fans in the 18th century". The Uchiha using fan movements to talk to each other. Just imagine the things Shisui and Itachi would sign during boring meetings.

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Genius Support Group

Genius Support Group where the genius' of Konoha go to find solace from everyone else. Because they Do Not Understand. (Because honestly? Of all the geniuses we meet, I think maybe only Minato ever showed any signs of being socially intelligent. This could be So Much Crack.)

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Loyal to Konoha

Struggling with identity crisis, Kabuto finds another solution: maybe he's discovered by a Yamanaka looking for pet project, maybe he stumbles upon Third who's having a bout of guilty conscience or is insightful enough to not use him as infiltrator himself, or something else. Either way, he's now wired as loyal to Konoha, outside Danzo's clutches. Might not have a grasp on conventional morality, but he's sure in his purpose. Legendary medic? Helping fellow orphans? Something different?

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TBA

[aph-daydreamer]

Thoughts while re reading Naruto (ch. 245 - 383)

1. The Hero came back! 2. His eyes are shining bright when he finds Sakura!! 3. Equal! God... 4. There aren't any hugs.... why? 5. Something is beginning... yeah, 700 manga chapters ahead!! 6. I forgot about the details of that fight 7. Oodama Rasengan! It sound in my mind with the seiyuu's voice haha 8. It's a very cute detail that Kakashi says "-kun" to some people 9. Or is it a mistake while translating? 10. So when Chiyo said "still some" she since then was referring to her jutsu 11. I love you Chiyo 12. When you where resurrected with the Edo Tensei you should have asked for Sakura and the others 13. I think some people crackship SasoSaku because it's sexy and because that fanmade video of Konoha High School 14. I did it because of that 15. Kakashi didn't believe that Sakura could do it? 16. Or what? 17. There. She connected her chakra with the tail 18. Now I know everything! 19. 265 cover. Just wonderful 20. Knowledge of traps... instant reactions... know your weaknesses Sakura. 21. But! This will help to the idea of a fanfic that I would like to write about Sakura post 668: she goes stronger! 22. A Sandaime Gaiden!!! 23. Hahaha no, the only Gaiden that I truly want is: MinaKushi, about them separately and together 24. Sasori doesn't tires himself about his use of chakra?? 25. Maybe Orochimaru learned how to laugh with Sasori hdhdhd 26. Sasori and Chiyo aknowledged Sakura even before Kishimoto 27. Wait... 28. Mmm he had troubles joining Akatsuki? Why? 29. Question tag! Right there hahaha 30. Hmmm 31. Fights are funnier in anime 32. I concede that 33. They should have killed him 34. Chiyo baa-sama's eyes... 35. She smiled! 36. I'm crying 37. Friggin Naruto, you are so naïve 38. Now I understand why Black Zetsu said that 39. Ahhhh Tsunade was the first to aknowledge Sakura, upss 40. Why those old hags didn't kill Danzo 41. And Hiruzen, why didn't he kill Danzo?! 42. Ughhhh 43. Todoke todoke .... 8' 44. I read a theory that Sakura could learn Mokuton 45. e.e 46. To see the development of Sai's character 47. And that's the participation of Sakura 48. It was better in the opening haha 49. Yes! Yamato! You could! 50. White Lies by The Lumineers should be the theme song for Sakura 51. Naruto... Sakura... you are the best 52. Of course 53. They just fought with Yugito. Why nobody got tired? 54. Ahhhh 55. So Sakura can't learn Mokuton :( 56. Awww Asuma and Naruto 57. The Sanbi ;w; 58. Rin! 59. Maybe all of the other 11 of Konoha are training 60. Just as Naruto 61. This arc could be filled with soooo many fanfics 62. *First shippuden ending sounds on my mind 63. ASUMAAAAAAA!!!! 64. the Sanbi T^T 65. Ooh, I remember 66. Not only Naruto has a large amount of chakra because he is the jinchuuriki 67. He has that because he is Uzumaki 68. Tsunade was a good Hokage. 69. Better than... 70. Poor Ino! :( 71. Why the kunoichis Kishimoto made are kinda weak? Or surpassed by their male nakamas?! 72. Sakura... Ino... Hinata... Tenten... Rin 73. I'm-- ughhhhhhh!!! 74. Hahaha 337 cover 75. Yes. Anime fights are better 76. Boruto's enemies plot could be better if it was about Jashinism 77. I love that analogy 78. He should have killed him like 1000 times over and over again 79. Wtf Suigetsu doesn't have a penis? 80. Naruto and Sakura pervs 81. Where was the reunion between Suigetsu and his brother! 82. Where was the development of every character that came back to life! Why bringing so much characters if Kishi wasn't going to further on fights/stories. 83. It was a rush 84. Why Sasuke didn't kill Kabuto? 85. How long do they take on those trips?! Wtf. What are our Konoha guys doing? 86. (Another lapsus where fanfics can strike in) 87. Karin is so very intelligent 88. Sasuke is as oblivious as Naruto 89. Uuh, Kishi was a DB fan 90. Neko granddaughter and Neko grandma should appear in Boruto 91. Even if I don't see the serie haha 92. Poor Manda 93. "I'll be smiling the whole time" I KNOW TT^TT 94. God, I didn't know they talked about Kushina there 95. Now that I remember, I dibd't see this arc in the anime 96. Well, then the myth of the Rikudou wasn't the shit story that turned out to be 97. Why Madara chose Nagato? Or how was the thing? 98. Ow, Tsunade... 99. If Sasuke hadn't misunderstood what Itachi told him about Konoha... he should had come back, hadn't he? 100. AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!

[ladykg]

[Naruto HashiObi Soulmate Au] Exchanging sadness for tree sap - Chapter 2

‘Ello lovely readers,

Fair warning: updates won’t be consistent and may not be this often…

Also, I kinda may or may not have played around a bit with canon time tables… in a few ways… because in blackkat’s drabble Obito has the rinnegan (and I really really wanted to use the whole, “no more masks?” line that Naruto said so… yeah). Also ages… ages are a thing… like Kagami will probably be around sixteen? And Tobirama will probably be early twenties because canon is shit at giving ages for when the whole founding of the village actually happened….

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“What?” Izuna is the one to ask the question, breaking the silent disbelief that has settled over the party. (Really, Obito doesn’t see how staring at him for ten minutes can be a justified reaction - time travel isn’t that farfetched. But maybe he only thinks that because he just experienced it).

Obito sucks in a breath, fortifying against any doubt or delusion that he can go back now, “I’m from the future.” And of course saying it a second time doesn’t actually give any more credibility to the statement.

Except Hashirama is looking at him like the entire world just shifted, “Then the Senju and Uchiha will have a good enough relationship to have a child?” The man is practically vibrating in place, a near opposite to his sulking before. “See, brother, I told you-“

Obito doesn’t hear the rest of his soulmate’s sentence, too busy trying to wrap his mind around the implications of his words. A Senju and Uchiha child? Obito is an orphan, never knew his parents, only that they must have been Uchiha. But… but the clan hated him. He was the black sheep. And what better reason than- No. No, Obito forces himself not to tense, not to think about this anymore. He has no proof (Except he does). The mokuton was because of those experiments, not because… not because he is part Senju. They would have told him. (Except he knows they wouldn’t).

“The future must be a very innovative place for such a jutsu to be created,” Tobirama says, starting the conversation up again while eyeing Obito like he wants to pick apart his brain and root out all the secrets within. “Or was it that eye that gave you the ability?”

“It was my dead teammate.” He shakes his head, both to dispute Tobirama’s point and at the absurdity of it all. But, really, the least he can do for Rin is give her credit for letting him meet his soulmate.

“You said you’re supposed to be dead,” Hashirama picks up quickly.

“I was supposed to die during a war,” he frowns.

“Clearly it didn’t stick,” Izuna mumbles, looking Obito up and down. The comment goes ignored by those around him. (Thinking back on it that was the second time death passed him over).

“And the next thing I know I’m being shoved and falling into the middle of your pitched fight.” He repeats Madara’s own words back, practically spitting them.

“War?” Tobirama shifts, clearly trying to calculate what the threat could be.

“The fourth shinobi war,” Obito gives a wane smile. No more masks, but… he isn’t sure admitting to starting a war in front of both clans would be the greatest of ideas. It would be a power play, surely, and would mark him as a potential threat. “The Akatsuki against an alliance of the elemental nations.”

“Red dawn?” Tobirama tilts his head in question, hand coming up to rest on his chin.

“They were freedom fighters that became corrupted,” Obito hedges. His sins are ones that he is more than willing to accept but trying to gain trust isn’t exactly easy when you out right say you’ve committed heinous acts (even by shinobi standards).

There is a pause while this sinks in. While these shinobi legends think on what a threat this organization must have presented in order to force the entire shinobi nations to band together.

“Perhaps, it would be best to wait for Madara to…” Izuna turns to eye where the Uchiha have yet to fully release there leader. “Join us before continuing this discussion,” the shinobi finishes with the glint in his eyes that says he is enjoying the situation far more than he is letting on. (Made even more evident by his clear lack of help in freeing his brother).

So they wait. Wait the next forty minutes with Hashirama’s bright eyes focused on him. Wait the next forty minutes with laughter attempting to bubble out of his chest in hysterical bursts. By the time they get Madara free his hair is a mess from the ginko sapling’s ministrations, his face splattered with dirt and scratches, and Obito is more than satisfied to see the way he favors one side.

“Your soulmate’s insane,” the man tells the Senju eyes - still sharingan red - skittering between Obito and Hashirama. But it is not this statement that has every instinct in his body screaming to kill with each step the man takes. Practically rioting against all logic that letting his mokuton created plants attack the Uchiha will have to be enough. Telling him to eliminate a threat not only to his person but to the future as well. Because, now, there is no distraction of finding his soulmate, no distraction of human contact that was far from malicious.

And though Obito’s presence will ensure that the spark for the fourth war never happens it doesn’t mean that the catalyst has been dealt with. He could kill him. Even without kamui, he could take a kunai from his unsuspecting soulmate and gut the man who killed Rin, who pushed Obito to bring destruction on the shinobi world. The man who is to become the vessel for a goddess, the man who-

Every muscle pulls tight at the feeling of a hand covering his fist, more than ready to attack, more than ready to feel a weapon punch into him. It never comes though, and Obito blinks away enough red to see Hashirama’s concerned demeanor. To notice that the hand covering his is warm, trickling calming chakra into him like a lifeline. Those around him are silent, studying, and it takes him another several seconds to let his tension fade.

Hashirama doesn’t let go.

Obito doesn’t know how to react in return.

Instead, he eyes Madara for a moment more, examines the man who has done nothing yet but listen to elders and send his people to war for old revenge. The man who is friends with Hashirama. The man Obito logically knows he can’t kill if he wants there to be peace. The shinobi that has the potential to destroy the world and rein war upon all nations. (That doesn’t mean he can’t make the man’s life a living hell, however).

“To think the great Uchiha Madara was defeated by a few plants,” Obito says low enough that only he and Hashirama hear, holding back his mocking laughter all the while. Hashirama, on the other hand, has less luck. His mirth from Madara’s misfortune and Obito’s comment is more than obvious in his poorly repressed smile and gleaming eyes. It doesn’t go unnoticed by an already irritated Madara.

“He’s from the future,” Izuna cuts in, clearly having little-brother senses that are flaring with warning that Madara is about to do something stupid. Obvious choice; bring the conversation into a new topic.

“The future,” Madara raises an eyebrow, hands going to rest on his hips. “Great, even more proof that he’s lost his mind.”

Hashirama is sputtering out a defense, making claims of possible jutsu and dojutsu. But Madara isn’t paying attention, and Obito feels more than violated as the man’s gaze rakes over his figure, landing finally on his ringed eye.

“I’ve never seen a dojutsu like that before,” he frowns. “What is it?”

“The rinnegan,” Tobirama announces before he can. “It’s only ever mentioned in passing,” the future Nidaime continues, curiosity saturating his voice, “I had assumed it was nothing but a legend.”

The question is there, in the tone of the man’s voice and the looks on those in their gathering; if it’s a legend, then how did he get it?

It’s a well-known fact that the Uchiha clan hate non-clan members wielding their eyes. Especially when said eyes are stolen. It is a little known fact that they also hate when an Uchiha steals another form of dojutsu. This disapproval stemming from pride not only in the sharingan but in the clan itself. An elitist view point that they do not need any other dojutsu because no other can compare to the power of the sharingan. Arrogance in the rawest form - the same kind that has them facing the Senju without armor.

When he had been retrieving Nagato’s eyes he hadn’t given much thought to it. Too busy trying to start a war. Too busy drowning in his anger. He hadn’t cared. And, now, Obito stands before the clan head with a stolen rinnegan. He can’t say his feelings have changed.

“I took it from a dead subordinate,” he tells them evenly. He doesn’t allow himself to say comrade because he had never treated Nagato as such - he has no right to claim such ties.

And he doesn’t allow himself to look at Hashirama. Not because he thinks the man knows about the Uchiha’s opinions but because he is sure that the man’s own morals will cry out in protest. He doesn’t want to see the disapproval that he knows is there.

“You’re an Uchiha,” Madara hisses out, face filled with anger and a fire in his eyes that Obito hasn’t seen before

“You’re an Uchiha like Sasuke,” Naruto’s voice whispers through his head before he can even try to deny it, try to push away the name of a clan he had massacred. (And really, he needs to figure out what kind of jutsu that sunshine boy used to get into his head so thoroughly. To make him remember. To make him believe in a future where peace was possible without absolute control).

“It was war,” Obito growls back instead, because the absolute last things he is willing to take is Madara reprimanding him on morals. His life has not sunken so low. The scowl on his face pulls almost uncomfortably at his scars, no doubt making him even harder to look directly at. “I will not be lectured by you on the merits of my decisions.”

“Time traveler or not,” Madara’s voice takes on an authority that has Izuna shift into a more attentive state. “You’re still an Uchiha, and I am your clan head. You will respect that.”

“Actually, he’s a Senju,” a voice calls from behind, demanding and confident in a way that has Obito thinking of Kushina.

(Madara is lucky for this interruption.

Obito likes to think he has patience. He spent nearly twenty years fulfilling his plan to rule the elemental nations. He even helped an elderly Madara with his bathroom needs while under his tutelage. Had let Madara off with nothing more than an attack by plants. Had ignored his instincts that wanted a body at his feet. But his patience has fast run out while faced with this Madara’s judgement on his choices. And he is not entirely sure what he would have done without this new distraction).

“Touka,” Tobirama greets, giving a nod of acknowledgement as he moves to let her find space in their circle.

“Touka!” Hashirama beams as the woman comes to stand on Obito’s other side.

“Little cousins,” the kunoichi - Touka, Senju Touka - says, but Obito notices the way her eyes skitter to Izuna before a blink corrects their direction.

“Uchiha.”

“Senju,” Madara’s voice is sour. “This has nothing to do with you.”

“I disagree.” The smile that she gives is more of a warning. Sharp and clearly a promise to follow through with the threat it gives, “As I was saying, my dear cousin’s soulmate is a Senju. Seeing as he’s fated to a clan head. Or, have you forgotten how this works?”

Obito decides she’s his favorite Senju (baring Hashirama because he is sure that the man would be inconsolable in his sulking if the way he reacted to Tobirama is anything to go by). With how easily she can make Madara bluster. With how easily she can make the man back down.

“I know how the agreement works,” the man snaps, arms crossing over his chest. “Did you forget that it’s only between clans with a treaty?”

Touka swings her naginata down to study the blade with calm features, “Are you saying that Uchiha and Senju aren’t going to ally?”

“Madara?” And Hashirama’s voice comes out equal parts hurt and disapproving.

The man scowls, “I never said that.”

“Then we can move past your stuffy traditions,” she says sickly sweet, ignoring the glare her words earn her with an ease that says she has pissed scarier people off. “Now let me get a look at you,” she turns to Obito, showing the two Uchiha her side - not as direct an insult as placing them at her back, but a clear sign she sees them as unworthy of her full attention. Her critical look pauses on his rinnegan, moving smoothly over his scars and focuses a moment long on his chest where he knows the split between him and the material used to fix him becomes obvious. She gives a hum, “How good is your taijutsu?”

Obito blinks, taken aback by her sudden question, but he obliges to answer - it will give little away anyway. “I’m proficient.”

“Weaponry?”

Obito narrows his eyes. Any shinobi knows better than to just list all of their abilities, and that goes a bit farther than he is comfortable. “Why?”

Touka nods towards Hashirama, “I approve.” The next thing Obito knows she is presenting her hand to him, “I’m Senju Touka, it’s a pleasure to meet my idiot cousin’s soulmate.”

Obito doesn’t even try to suppress his approval, even if he has to force himself not to hesitant in returning her gesture. Definitely his favorite. “Obito,” he pauses for a breath, because Naruto fought hard to make him accept his name again, but denying what she just used to shut up an argument would be suicide, “Uchiha-Senju Obito.”