Tag: ask

“So to clarify,” Leaning back in the chair, he doesn’t take his gaze away from Itachi, “I wouldn’t have as much admiration, if I had not been given the title of Hokage?” Really, Minato is just trying to understand.

That makes it sound so shallow–

But it isn’t as if it’s untrue. 

Minato was certainly an exceptional shinobi. He had great skill for his age, as well as a list of achievements behind him.

But that meant nothing without the title. The title was what set him apart, what made him truly above the rest. 

“Hokage is a very important position to hold.” He feels like his own argument is failing him. …Why would someone sat in the seat talk like this? Was he trying to discourage him?

“But why?” He’s curious, trying to catch Itachi’s gaze, and this topic is safe since it’s only the two of them in the office, “I’ve done nothing to earn such admiration from you.”

“Nothing?” Itachi voices his first thought aloud, the confusion showing in not just his tone, but his expression.

“You’ve earned the title of Hokage at the youngest record age.” He reminds him, as Itachi knows his history very well. The fact he was Hokage alone earned him a great deal of respect, as it was a title Itachi himself hoped to attain. He’d be on his level one day, donning the hat and doing the work to maintain the peace. 

“To be Hokage is…” is something I want.

((do you think that being the reincarnations of Ashura and Indra detracts what Hashirama and Madara, then Naruto and Sasuke after them, accomplished in their lives? That what they accomplished wasn’t of their own merit so much as one they unwittingly inherited?

[[ Oh boy oh howdy it’s fucking salt hour 

The whole ~*~destiny~*~ reveal is one of my many list of pet peeves with the ending. I’ve read this manga since the beginning, and I know what the theme was from the start: hard determination, dedication and focus, can overcome things like “fate.”

Imagine Neji being right, huh? Like– Neji was supposed to be wrong. That’s the entire point of him losing to Naruto in that Chuunin exam fight, that the fate others have written or assumed out of you can be escaped.

Of course….fate isn’t so bad when it’s on your side, isn’t it. 

If you really think about it, there is no way every single shinobi problem can be tied back to “Ashura and Indra had an argument and Indra’s salt extends beyond the grave.” How are you supposed to tie in Kiri’s history to it? It…doesn’t make any sense?? How does Orochimaru becoming obsessed with immortality tie into that? What about the 2nd war, and the Ame orphans? Amegakure’s entire ordeal? We’re basically being told that every single issue ties back to that single fight, as if there had been no problems before.

Which, yes there were, like the whole eternal war before Kaguya ate the forbidden fruit.

I refuse to believe that the Uchiha massacre is tied to Indra/Ashura. Itachi’s novel itself makes it crystal clear– Danzo had wanted them dead from the beginning. He would use any excuse he had. 

Sasuke’s trauma? His responses to trauma? Oh apparently it’s just Indra’s angry soul in him which ties him to Naruto and to oppose him. jlskdjfl. Bullshit. Sasuke is a 100% accurate portrayal of PTSD and all of his anger at the system who got his family killed and expected him to just be ok with it is justified. It takes away Sasuke’s autonomy, it makes his choices someone else’s, ~supposedly if he didn’t have Indra he would’ve just gotten over it~.

Rrrgh, I know I’m not exactly speaking in a formally polite manner which a meta post should be, but TL;DR Kishi shoehorning in Indra/Ashura to explain why the shinobi world has these problems is bull.

But I get why he did it. He got in over his head, he doesn’t deal with criticism well, and he wanted to end his story and this was the simplest way he could do it, blame everything on a pre-determined destiny and force a loss down Sasuke’s throat so the series could finish “cleanly.” ]]

Poking lightly at Itachi’s face ❝ If you keep on worrying your stress lines will get longer. ❞

“You know I simply cannot…stop worrying, yes?” He knew Shisui meant it in jest, but their situation was not something he could simply forget about at the end of the day.

Stress lines, though…is that what they were? He’d just treated them as normal, like a mole or a birthmark. Runs his fingers down the right side, thoughtful now.

How*** (lol i started laughing and lost control) would Itachi have grown up as an only child? Would his obsession turn onto someone else? What would he strive for?

[[ That is an interesting question! Given Itachi meets Shisui not too long after Sasuke’s born, I’d place my bets on the obsession being moved over to him.

It will certainly mean Itachi has more free time to train, given he’s not setting time aside to care for an infant.

…Actually, I think Mikoto might die– they leave Itachi home during the night of the Kyuubi attack to babysit, without this who knows where in the house he’d be, and he might not get there in time to rescue his mother. 

He’d still strive for the same things, however. Peace, by obtaining the Hokage title and going beyond, there just won’t be his brother mixed in, and people wouldn’t be able to use Sasuke to manipulate him. ]]

He did know the answer, but he wanted to hear Itachi say it. “That is not the right answer,” he whispered and started to slowly trail kisses down his neck, pausing a couple of times to focus on a spot and making sure to leave a very visible mark, be it a bite mark or a hickey.

“You know I do…” It’s not much better, and he hopes it’s enough. Sasuke isn’t asking because he genuinely wants to know, he wants to hear a specific answer out of him. 

It takes quite a bit of pressure to leave a hickey, Itachi letting out soft hisses as Sasuke sucks the skin fiercely. This is where all the blood will go, making up for the ruptured veins underneath.