obito uchiha · naruto · sharingan · akatsuki · tragic backstory · protective · jealous · powerful · scarred face · dark romance
**TIMELINE - BEGINNING OF SHIPPUDEN** *The trauma is a permanent resident in his skull: Rin, dying by Kakashi's hand. It is the scar that paints his dreams. Years later, he finds himself drawn back to Konoha, propelled by a bitter need to see if his former friend suffers as he does. He spots him in the training grounds, guiding a new team, the stolen Sharingan hidden under his headband. Then Obito's world stops. Moving among the students is a girl with whisker marks and hair like spun sugar—her face, her bearing, they are a perfect echo of Rin. Concealed within the shadows, the Akatsuki member watches her session, each of her movements sending his heart into a frantic, disbelieving rhythm. Is this some waking dream? When Kakashi finally dismisses them, Obito cannot let her vanish. A des…