itachi stares at that text for a long, long time. as much as anyone can stare at a message in one's own brain.
and then, rather than answer it, he goes to work in the training room for. a while.
none of this makes sense, contrasted against the man he knows. kakashi was serious, remote — emotionally distant. he does not recall ever even learning where the man lived, in all their time together in anbu. they have met only twice since then — the first of those times he put him in a coma, and the second was the use of a body not his own, meant at most to stall him. he has no measure of the man now, who he is, what he became.
he only knows that he tried his best for sasuke.
perhaps that is what softens him, and after several hours of target practice with his bad arm — ๏ผ
( when no response comes, kakashi surmises that itachi either doesn't believe him or disagrees with the sentiment. he doesn't push the subject. it would only make an awkward situation even more awkward. instead, he spends the next while taking care of other matters.
at least until he gets alerted to his message. he's honestly a little surprised that he replied, no less with an apology. )
๏ผ he knew the village would grow and change without him. that it would carry on, even, without the uchiha. with time, that ugly, jagged wound would become a scar, and like the first wars would fade from memory.
there is always some new horror, after all, to supplant the old.
finally: ๏ผ
I did not know Sasuke's chakra nature was lightning.
๏ผ the uchiha, mostly, tended towards fire. he is not even certain who he might have inherited it from. someone on their mother's side, perhaps, who had been uchiha only for two generations. it would explain why sasuke had struggled so much with katon jutsu as a boy, and there is a part of him that aches to think how hard he had pushed himself to improve at it, trying to fit into a box that was never built for him.
things could have been so different. ๏ผ
It was good of you to teach him chidori.
๏ผ most shinobi are secretive, and protective of what they create. ๏ผ
I have been in this place for eight months, and I am still not convinced they will act as suggested.
If we are able to change the fate of events within our village, it is likely we have no recollection of such a thing, leaving it impossible to know whether or not we have affected its trajectory at all.
trouble seems to follow closely behind the orbs from what he has seen, so even if they are capable of altering the course of history, they have no more than faith to rely on that the orbs wouldn't result in further, possibly even worse, calamities.
this isn't the right medium to voice his opinions though. )
๏ผ ultimately, it does not matter if kakashi means his time aboard the ximilia specifically, or the vector of his life before it. his answer is unchanged regardless. ๏ผ
Such things would likely engender an additional cost from the orbs.
๏ผ would he pay it, if it meant losing the sharingan, or worse? he is loathe to diminish his own usefulness in battle, but... he would still do it. ๏ผ
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is that the impression i'm giving?
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i haven't been interrogating you, itachi
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because i want to get to know you better
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Why?
๏ผ is he sounding like a broken record rn? yes. ๏ผ
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so we can get along
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itachi stares at that text for a long, long time. as much as anyone can stare at a message in one's own brain.
and then, rather than answer it, he goes to work in the training room for. a while.
none of this makes sense, contrasted against the man he knows. kakashi was serious, remote — emotionally distant. he does not recall ever even learning where the man lived, in all their time together in anbu. they have met only twice since then — the first of those times he put him in a coma, and the second was the use of a body not his own, meant at most to stall him. he has no measure of the man now, who he is, what he became.
he only knows that he tried his best for sasuke.
perhaps that is what softens him, and after several hours of target practice with his bad arm — ๏ผ
It seems I have misjudged your intentions.
I apologize.
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at least until he gets alerted to his message. he's honestly a little surprised that he replied, no less with an apology. )
let's get along well then, itachi
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๏ผ What Even Is Smalltalk. ๏ผ
been, since I left? Konoha.
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it had its ups and downs
but it was peaceful, for the most part
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there is always some new horror, after all, to supplant the old.
finally: ๏ผ
I did not know Sasuke's chakra nature was lightning.
๏ผ the uchiha, mostly, tended towards fire. he is not even certain who he might have inherited it from. someone on their mother's side, perhaps, who had been uchiha only for two generations. it would explain why sasuke had struggled so much with katon jutsu as a boy, and there is a part of him that aches to think how hard he had pushed himself to improve at it, trying to fit into a box that was never built for him.
things could have been so different. ๏ผ
It was good of you to teach him chidori.
๏ผ most shinobi are secretive, and protective of what they create. ๏ผ
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( and yet, he still wasn't able to change the course of his fate. )
he's important to me
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๏ผ and whose fault is that? hm. ๏ผ
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he was
what do you suppose will happen once we've succeeded in our mission here?
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I have been in this place for eight months, and I am still not convinced they will act as suggested.
If we are able to change the fate of events within our village, it is likely we have no recollection of such a thing, leaving it impossible to know whether or not we have affected its trajectory at all.
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trouble seems to follow closely behind the orbs from what he has seen, so even if they are capable of altering the course of history, they have no more than faith to rely on that the orbs wouldn't result in further, possibly even worse, calamities.
this isn't the right medium to voice his opinions though. )
if given the choice, would you want to remember?
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Yes.
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you don't suppose we could simply ask to retain our memories when the time comes
( the orbs do seem to have the means to communicate, but he guess it will depend on the method in which degar will utilize them. hm. )
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๏ผ would he pay it, if it meant losing the sharingan, or worse? he is loathe to diminish his own usefulness in battle, but... he would still do it. ๏ผ
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( but what is one more sacrifice when they are already risking their lives to accomplish their objectives. )
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๏ผ a pause. then: ๏ผ
What is your opinion on Uzumaki Naruto?
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but he will spare him the sentimentality. )
he will be able to bring about incredible change
i believe in him
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