TO VIOLET

[itsjustdust]

Who: All the Ninja and tagalongs meeting up. (Anyone who just wants to see one of this crew who is in the city is welcome too!)
Where: Violet City
When: Late evening on May 8th.
Summary: Yet another new addition joins the collection of Shinobi.
Rating: PG (can be modified as needed)
Log:

Obito kind of pitied Sakura whenever she got here, if how excited Naruto was was any indicator. The guy was practically vibrating in place. Still, he was admittedly really relieved when he saw Tenten. With the whole vanishing thing Sasuke pulled he'd been kind of... worried.

Comments

[aflashoffaith]

[Finally. Finally. What had started as a lengthy casual trip had been cut short by the need to rendezvous with Sakura, the past few days mostly a blur as the group had trimmed almost a week off their travel and hurried to their decided meeting spot.

Minato never wanted to fly again.

But, although exhausted, they'd managed to arrive in one piece and once rooms had been rented and bags were dropped off Minato had decided to check out their new surroundings, plusle, shinx, and poliwag following closely behind him. (He felt kind of bad keeping them cooped up in the Pokeballs, even if they hadn't seemed to care one way or the other.)

He hadn't gone far though, settling in under a tree right outside the Inn after a quick walk around the 'neighborhood', watching with a bit of amusement as Hachi (plusle) and Takeo (shinx) chased and pounced at each other- more play than fight, burning off energy and getting to know one another.

Nice weather, snacks (surely his trail mix hadn't gone bad or anything... right?), he was pretty content to relax and unwind a little himself before their comrades arrived and things surely became a little hectic again.

A group of shinobi were rarely a calm and quiet bunch.]

[itsjustdust]

[Obito, having no vested personal interest in Sakura, wandered over and dropped down beside his teacher, his lap immediately becoming home to Mokuton (His Serperior)'s head as the snakelike pokemon made herself comfortable mostly in the sun. He was a little surprised, but guessed it had to do with having kept her cooped up.]

I'm kinda glad more people from Sasuke's time've been showing up. It gets a little old being stuck back closer to our time, you know?

[aflashoffaith]

He's still younger than both of them, that must be difficult to get used to.

[Really, how would you have felt if derpy thirteen year old sensei had shown up?]

I'm sure it's nice to see more familiar faces, though.

[itsjustdust]

[HE WOULD HAVE PROTECTED YOU AND HUGGED YOU AND TOLD YOU HOW CUTE YOU WERE.]

Considering how stuff went... It's probably best he's younger. Stuff is... bad for him later Sensei. I'm just glad he might have reason to come back around sooner now.

[believeit]

[A certain other blond ninja is making his way over to his dad, hopping around and clearly as impatient as he always is.]

Hey d'ya reckon they're gonna be here soon?

[aflashoffaith]

[Kawaii]

Do you think we keep memories of this place when we return?

[...when they return, there wasn't exactly anything waiting for himself or Obito back home.

He had to wonder though- if Naruto remembered the path an older Sasuke had taken, but Sasuke was here, younger, and had more information available to him to make a decision...

Well, he really wasn't sure what to think about it, yet.]

Or is he being exposed to information that will only hurt him here, and not help him there?

[aflashoffaith]

[Honestly, it wasn't fair that the two of you Uzumaki were still so full of energy without the added Kyuubi chakra boost.]

They should be, yes. I'm not sure we've been here long enough for you to be so antsy, Naruto.

[itsjustdust]

I think... it's helped him, to learn some of this. He has a chance to spend time with Itachi now he wouldn't've of if he hadn't learned so... upsides and downsides. I haven't heard about people remembering, when they've gone home though.

[aflashoffaith]

Hard to tell, hm?

[He leaned in, nudging his shoulder against Obito's lightly. It hadn't been his intention to delve right into such a serious subject the moment his student had joined him.]

I think it's important that the two of them have a chance to talk. The downsides... well, we'll just have to do our best to help him through them.

[With a little more tact, maybe, but that didn't need to be said. Right now. Hm.]

[believeit]

[It's all that ramen they eat. Or something.]

It has been ages though! Plus it's Sakura-chan. She's my other teammate y'know?

[itsjustdust]

Yeah pretty much. I made it clear to him that I'll be here when he's feeling social again, but for now I'm leaving him alone, you know? I'm not completely oblivious, I swear.

[He flashed him a little grin.]

[aflashoffaith]

[Are you sneaking food pills into your ramen young man. Remember when those were a thing. sigh.]

You haven't told me much about her yet.

[-chan. Ooooooo.]

[believeit]

[If he is they certainly aren't any that Sakura made 8|]

Well.. we were in the Acedemy together, and then we ended up on Team 7 with Sasuke and Kaka-sensei... and when I went away with Ero-sennin she trained under Tsunade and learnt healing jutsu from her and also she's really strong and.. well. It's Sakura-chan.

[aflashoffaith]

Just most of the time?

[He wouldn't be a very good Sensei if he didn't give his kids a little hell every now and then. Even if that was a pretty tame tease.]

He hung up on me when I offered the same, you know.

[Clearly pretty amused at that though, not offended.]

[itsjustdust]

Yeaaah, he's got all of his dad's charm, doesn't he? [He couldn't help it, he laughed.]

[aflashoffaith]

My other student was a medic nin too, I never learned much of it myself though.

[Considering how often he ran off on his own, Rin had made sure he could patch himself up at least. Field medicine hardly compared though.]

Shame we can't use chakra here, she'd be in high demand helping out at the centers.

[aflashoffaith]

Now shush, you shouldn't talk about Fugaku that way.

[He might agree, but he can't tell Obito that.]

[itsjustdust]

But Sensei! I was just making an observation~

[You know you want to laugh Sensei.]

[aflashoffaith]

A rude one.

[It's not really worth chastising him for though, so... subject change.]

Sakura should be getting here soon, hm? Did you talk to her before?

[itsjustdust]

I did! ... I made her... really upset and I'm not even sure how though. [He just wilted.]

Sometimes I think I'm just terrible with girls, you know?

[aflashoffaith]

The first day here is pretty overwhelming, and there's a lot going on back home in her time.

It might not have been just you. But you can make it up to her soon enough.

[itsjustdust]

I'll try. She seemed pretty nice up until I upset her you know? [He perked up, shaking his head.]

I need to work on my welcome spiel.

[aflashoffaith]

Welcome spiel huh. Do you have a speech planned?

[believeit]

That was Rin right? Obito mentioned her before..

Yeah, she'd probably like that too. I think she helps Tsunade-sama in the hospital at home sometimes.

[aflashoffaith]

Mmn, that's right.

[A brief bit of sadness flashed over his expression then, the second of his kids lost.

Maybe she'd turn up here too, one day.]

I take it Sakura learned more than the medical side of things from Tsunade-sama?

[She's really strong. He tilted his head and patted at the ground beside him, an offering for Naruto to stop bouncing and join him. In more pleasant conversation.]

You know, I always worried that she'd break Sensei. I couldn't tell you how many times I had to use Hiraishin to get him out of trouble.

[Okay so it wasn't that often, but there had been a few afternoons spent dragging Jiraiya to Rin to get patched up (Tsunade refused to do it, stating it would teach him a lesson. It never did.), his sensei cackling and claiming whatever he had done had been worth it.]