#old lady from the Dango shop that tobi and

[goddess-of-green]

AHHHH ANON YOU'RE KILLING ME HERE

You already know I'm doing this for my obsession crush, Obito

Warnings: Language, slight angst, but there's a happy ending <3

You sighed as you looked in the mirror, the navy blue words inked in scratchy handwriting on your jaw doing nothing to comfort you.

Obito Uchiha, the words read.

Though whoever that was didn't have your name, as from birth your parents had no interest in you, not enough to call you an endearing or individualistic term, much less to assign you a name.

You wondered how your soulmate felt, living without a soulmark on their body.

Had they been upset by it? Had they taken it as a sign? Had they moved on without you and found love somewhere else? With someone else?

The thought would have made you sour, until another suddenly popped into your mind.

It doesn't matter, the voice said.

The Uchiha are dead.

Sighing, you grabbed your cloth mask, it didn't cover your entire face but it did well to hide the ugly words scrawled across your jaw.

Even if my soulmate was still out there... they wouldn't want a nobody like me

That's how it was, even as a child, you were nothing to be dwelled on. No one looked at you twice and if anyone happened to try and get to know you, asking your name, you'd surely scare them off when you told them the sad truth.

"I don't have one."

The girl had looked at you strangely, you recalled. She turned to friend, whispering not so quietly about you being a weirdo. A loser, a nobody.

Huffing at the memory, you pulled up your mask, finally covering your soulmark.

You were in the Akatsuki now, and the last thing you wanted was for someone to see the words and look at you with disgust. How unlucky her soulmate must be, to be soulbound to a criminal.

Or worse, they'd look at you with pity. Because everyone knew the Uchiha was a dead clan, and any chance of a "bond" with your soulmate had long since been shredded to pieces.

Leaving your quarters, you met Tobi at the entrance of the hideout, him being your mission partner for the time being.

Considering the reason Tobi was your current mission partner being that Deidara "desperately needed a break" you weren't too excited to be going on a mission with him.

Tobi perked up as he caught sight of you, waving excitedly and officially introducing himself.

"Hiya! The name's Tobi! It's great to meet you, New-Member-Chan!"

You simply nodded, accepting the ridiculous handshake he gestured for as you arrived in front of him.

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You and Tobi had been on your mission for awhile, before he practically begged you to stop for some dango, which you didn't really have a choice in since he took off towards the shop before you could even respond.

Sighing, you followed after him towards the shop, albeit at a much slower pace.

Tobi actually didn't seem to be that bad of a mission partner. He was talkative, and a little air-headed, but he wasn't a douchebag or anything.

Finally making your way to the shop, you heard Tobi finish ordering for you as you took a seat on the bench beside him.

As the waitress walked away, you and Tobi were enveloped in a sort of silence; not unpeaceful but not quite comfortable either.

Though he quickly seemed to grow bored of the silence, leaning over to strike up conversation with you.

"Soo...are you gonna tell Tobi?" He asked vaguely.

Furrowing your eyebrows after a moment, you waited for the elaboration that never came.

"What do you mean?" You finally asked.

"Isn't it obvious? Your name! You never told Tobi, and that's normally what you're supposed to do when someone gives you their name, but you didn't!" He exclaimed, his tone curious and unjudging.

In spite of yourself, you couldn't help the juvenile anxiety that started to well up inside you.

You knew you shouldn't care, but this was one of the members of the organization you'd be in for probably years to come, one of the only people you'd be able to freely speak to and you didn't want to scare them away.

It was then that the waitress arrived.

At the sight of the old lady with two plates of dango, you both scooted over to allow her room to set the plates.

Though after just a few moments, she was gone again, and Tobi was still awaiting your answer.

Sighing, and making a split-second decision that you didn't care to think over, you picked up a stick of dango and pulled down your mask.

"You know what? You can call me May." You said, momentarily forgetting about your soulmark as you took a bite of your dango.

May, the month of spring. A new beginning...

Though after a moment, you noticed Tobi had frozen, not moving as his eyes remained locked on your jaw. Your soulmark.

You knew someone might be surprised to see an Uchiha soulmark, but you didn't think Tobi would have such an intense reaction to it.

His entire body was tensed, every muscle locked into place as he read the two words over and over.

"Tobi...what's wrong?" You asked after a moment, confused. Clearly the words must have meant something to him, but you didn't get how.

It seemed to take him a moment to process your words, his adam's apple bobbing as he swallowed.

Tobi wordlessly brought his hands up to his mask, lifting it up and off his face to reveal something you never thought you'd see.

May, in pink letters along his jawline, written in a handwriting you recognized as your own.

[mochidoodle]

everybody lives AU | AKATSUKI • setting — the Last •

Akatsuki becomes a mercenary group for hire, as they did in Road to Ninja.  This is more appropriately named the “everybody comes back to life and somehow things work out AU”... but as promised, 10 Akatsuki members in the timeline of The Last! Designing is fun (esp the village flak jackets) (・∀・)

See more extensive character/AU details below the cut!:

AME TRIO:

Ame Orphans run the Akatsuki out of the Hidden Rain (where it doesn’t rain so much anymore). Nagato resumes status as the mysterious village leader and occasionally disguises himself as an instructor at the newly instated academy. His style is heavily influenced by Jiraiya.

Yahiko keeps the piercings because they were a pain to remove and Konan thinks they’re cool they’re pretty rad. For some reason he gets strange looks when he goes to Konoha on assignment. He gives Chouji a heart attack.

Konan becomes friends with Kurenai and Rin. She becomes “Auntie Konan” to Mirai. Back in Ame, Konan takes up a team of genin to lead. 

She constantly nags at the members, especially Sasori because he straight up forgets to eat, Deidara because he’ll follow suit, and Obito (they are on surprisingly good terms) when he forgets that arms aren’t disposable and becomes reckless on assignment. all hail Akatsuki Mom

KONOHA LIAISON:

Obito is the official Konoha liaison to the Akatsuki, and since he is part of the Konoha Council (AKA team Harass Kakashi), he has the authority to extend Akatsuki communications to other villages as well. 

He still helps old ladies cross the street, but cross him and suddenly 4th Shinobi World War Tobi™. 

He scares Hinata at first, but she discovers that he’s?? Really?? NICE??? Tenten asks for help with time-space ninjutsu, and he teaches her tricks on storing shinobi tools more efficiently. 

Obito occasionally lends a hand at the hospital because (he sighs about this) Madara taught him how to perform various operations, including eye surgery. Sakura is lowkey impressed.

ARTIST DUO:

Sasori and Deidara pair up again. They’re always arguing. Always. It’s something petty every time...people start wondering if they argue for fun.

Sasori becomes good friends with Sakura; they talk poisons/antidotes a lot. When in Suna, he gives Kankuro tips about puppet design and where to get the best materials.

Sasori now has two scrolls: one is a dragon, one is a lion (think Chinese festival/lion dance style)

Deidara befriends nearly everyone his age. He hangs out with Kurotsuchi and Akatsuchi whenever he’s in Iwa. Quickly befriends Kankuro when he tags along with Sasori to Suna (where he also gets strange looks). Deidara and Naruto have a running contest to see who can drag Obito harder. RIP Obito, take 3.

Ino and Deidara mutually agree that they both have great style (I mean, do you see their hair? Brilliant) They often shop together and Ino rants to him, sometimes about Sai. Deidara’s replies are usually “dump him" and escalate to “blow him up” but Ino obviously doesn’t follow this advice.

ZOMBIE COMBO:

Hidan becomes Macklemore?? ?

How and why Kakuzu and Hidan are alive is beyond me. Their entry is prohibited in several villages (thank Shikamaru I guess) but they often sneak in under the guise of construction workers. Kakuzu is still in charge of finance, but (hopefully?) everything is legal. 

the Zombie Combo is usually sent on assassinations bc a) Kakuzu still steals hearts and b) Hidan still sacrifices people. This is an issue since the nations are at peace and no one hires assassins?? Shh we don’t talk about these two...look away...

ok but Macklemore

KIRI/KONOHA ANBU:

Itachi cuts his hair (it was getting super long), but grows it out again when Sasuke subtly mentions how his long hair reminded him of their mom. 

Resumes status within ANBU but mostly carries out missions with Kisame, who joined Kiri’s ANBU. 

Often seen hanging out with Shisui and Izumi at a dango place. (Shisui, btw, takes up a position on the general police force). The three of them revive the Uchiha district’s popular senbei (rice cracker) shop.

Bee won’t give up Samehada so Kisame kinda just...  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Gai is known as the Beautiful Green Tour Guide. He and Kisame have a strange but good friendship. Gai doesn’t forget him this time. Kisame and Itachi appreciate Gai’s extensive knowledge of restaurants in Konoha.

Sakura and Itachi regularly try to check in on one another whenever both are in town. Of course, they talk about Sasuke. Mostly embarrassing Sasuke stories (Itachi about baby Sasuke, Sakura about genin Sasuke).

GENERAL:

All members are affiliated with their original villages and thus wear new hitai-ate without the symbol crossed out. Everyone has a sash (kind of like Asuma’s 12 Guardian Ninja sash) but some of them wear them as armbands or leg..bands... wtf Hidan

A lot of their efforts are directed towards recovery from the war, including the protection of destroyed towns that are often ravaged by bandits.

Base of operations is in Ame, but they usually don’t have to convene unless it’s something urgent, like the moon falling...

They work on shutting down underworld crime, including drug/weapons/human trafficking rings, illegal gambling, illegal shinobi fighting (see: the Coliseum from Sasuke Shinden), etc. They also provide aid to village police forces for special assignments if needed. (Nagato tracked down a serial killer once...)

And yes, they still have that glowy hologram meeting thing.