tampered | Log; Ongoing

When; 31st December, night
Rating; PGish?
Characters; Itachi

cursed_ninja; (open for other crew members should the mood take them)
Summary; After hearing he has another cousin in the City, and especially after finding it would be a bad idea to pursue it, Obito lets Sasuke take him to Itachi.
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Obito tried not to fidget. The City was bustling with the excitement of New Year and back in the apartment his teammates and people they cared about (and so by extension people he cared about) were partying and having fun. He should be there. No, he should be back home where Rin and Kakashi were twelve years old and the people he’d been thinking about non-stop since his entry in the little... device thing, hadn’t even been born yet.

Not one but two blood relations in this place. And he’d been warned to stay away from both of them. He’d never been very good at following the rules and regulations.

He tapped his fingers against his leg as he waited next to the fountain for Sasuke.

_{(I thought it might fit in well if Obito goes when the New Year’s party is going on as it’s a little distraction for him to slip away. Although he used his ninja skillz, if someone wants their character to have noticed he wasn’t there and found it suspicious, or say they noticed and followed him, whether that’s by joining in this log or assuming it later, all this is fine with me!)}

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Sasuke headed to meet his newly arrived relative since he said he'd take him to meet his brother. Given what he knew about his brother, he knew that Itachi would tell him the same lies he was told and he figured it was better if he went with him instead of someone else who didn't know the sitation.

He arrived shortly after and saw that his cousin was already waiting for him so he approached the other.

It was weird not being the last one to arrive, but, aside from the fact nothing actually had happened to him in the short journey from the apartment to here, there were certain things he wouldn't miss. Like finding out if his cousin had murdered his entire family.

But for now, going by what Kakashi had said, he was facing a missing nin. He absentmindedly wondered what they did with their forehead protectors and resisted the urge to touch his own.

"After you," he said, ready to follow. It wouldn't take them long, he presumed, wherever evil cousins decided to hide. "Do I get a bedtime story on the way?"

Sasuke headed in the hospital and shrugged at Obito's last question. "What do you want to hear?"

He could ask him questions about parents, or himself, but it was too close to home and it was safer to talk in a more general way. "You said your brother would probably tell me lies. Lies about what?"

"Lies about what happened, most likely if you're going to ask him why he did what he did" Sasuke frowned slightly. "His version isn't exactly the whole story"

"I suppose I've got to ask, even if I sort of don't want to. I mean, I can't just leave this. I can't do nothing."

Obito hadn't been in the hospital before, despite Rin working a few shifts there. He liked how it reminded him of her; he didn't see it as a place for the ill, but a place where amazing people like Rin and Sakura made others better.

"Why's he in here? ANBU get to him?"

"True enough, though I wouldn't expect a straight answer from him"

Hearing Obito's next question, he wasn't sure how to exactly answer that because it was complicated. "No. He's in there because of me"

Obito stopped in the middle of the corridor. "You know, I didn't think this could get more messed up." Kakashi had told him Sasuke wanted revenge, so it shouldn't surprise him. Except it did. Should he take his cue from him? After all, Itachi supposedly killed his clan, he should probably be giving him a friendly punch to the windpipe as soon as they got to his room. But after being taken from his home and put in this strange place, he couldn't help but want to cling to his family members and look for a reason, an excuse as to why what he'd been told might not be real. Maybe there was even a way he could change the future. For his sanity, he had to believe that was possible.

He sighed. "Which room is it?"

"It probably does" Sasuke responded to his cousins comment. He hasn't even seen Itachi or even gone to visit him until he decided to go with Obito, even though he did know what room he was staying in already. Honestly, he wasn't sure he even wanted to see him, but he couldn't show that he felt that way even if he did have mixed feeling about what he thought about Itachi now.

He headed further down and stopped in front of the room his brother was in. "It's this room"

[ooc; sorry for the late tag~ I wasn't around much before because I wasn't feeling so good most of the week]

Obito decided to take the initiative since Sasuke didn't exactly seem enthusiastic and pushed open the door. He'd picked tonight so Sakura would be busy and fortunately there was no one else in the room. He paused, suddenly nervous, before forcing himself to walk in and look at the hospital bed.

So this was Itachi. It wasn't like they hadn't met before, but Itachi wasn't three years old anymore. He also wasn't in a good state of health. There were a lot of tubes and his eyes were closed - maybe he was asleep? Unsure what to say, he announced their presense in a simple way.

"Itachi?"

_{[OOC: don't worry about it <3 feel better!]}

Itachi was not asleep, in fact. But there was really no point in keeping his eyes open when all he saw was darkness, either way. The voice sounded vaguely familiar -- someone who he had met before, that much was certain. He could feel Sasuke's presence, as well as this person's. Sasuke had brought this boy here with him ...

Based on his chakra and the situation at hand, it seemed this was an Uchiha. What a relief for Sasuke to have a family member who would properly take care of him, unlike himself.

He inhaled softly before replying. "Good afternoon," he said, simply and quietly. It would be best to finish whatever conversation lay ahead quickly and efficiently as possible, given his current condition, and what could happen if Sasuke got angry at his answers to any questions.

Well, he'd asked to be here, so he should say something.

"I'm Uchiha Obito. I'm technically your big cousin but, well, the City seems to have other ideas." Stop rambling, he told himself. "You're pretty famous with the other shinobi." Unlike himself, he noted, but now wasn't the time. "Sasuke," he glanced over at him, "Sasuke brought me here so I could ask you some questions."

He didn't want to get too close to the bed. The atmosphere was tense and he felt that if he moved, something bad would happen. He just wasn't sure what. "About," he prompted himself, "the clan and what you did, in my future."

Uchiha Obito. That was right. He did remember meeting him, long ago. He had been killed on a mission, if he recalled correctly ... it seemed this place could bring back even the long dead.

He moved a little in the bed, adjusting himself so he would be more comfortable. Clearing his throat quickly, he nodded once at his request. Of course he would want to know why he had murdered the entire clan. His real intentions weren't something he was ready to admit to, however.

"You may ask whatever you like, Obito-san," he replied evenly. "However, I cannot guarantee I will have an answer."

Obito frowned at Itachi's detached words. He was trying to keep his emotions in check. Since finding out, he'd switched between numbness and hastily wiped away tears at the thought of not only his whole family being murdered, but by one of their own. He wasn't even sure if he fully believed it yet.

He should be treating this like a mission - and not a battle either, strictly information reconnaissance. But Obito didn't have his teammates or sensei to keep him in check and the coldness crept into his voice as he said, “I’ve been told what you did. I want to hear why. Why you would ever...”

He wanted to come up with a list of reasons how he might have been tricked into it or it hadn't been his cousin at all, instead an enemy they could find and fight, but he let his voice trail off.

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shall we just reply in any order?

whatever works :D?

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