Rewriting History (Obito x Reader)

Bonds

It had been a long time since your talk with Minato. He was now officially the Fourth Hokage and he kept his word to send out a special division to scout for Madara and Zetsu's hideout, much to the team's bewilderment and skepticism of why this team was formed in the first place. You and Minato decided to keep your knowledge of Madara and Zetsu between the two of you, so he created the scouting team under the pretense of searching for a special plant-like substance, one that has remnants of the First Hokage's legendary Wood Style Jutsu. The team was ordered to search for a cave outside the Land of Fire and retrieve the substance, as it would be invariably useful for the village. Of course, the real purpose for the scouting team was to hopefully stumble upon evidence of Madara and Zetsu while on their search.

As for you, it was the time for the Chunin exams again. You decided to wait a few years before trying again, but now, it was time. Obito insisted on helping you through it but was immediately kicked out by proctors after he was caught trying to sneak in through the air vent.

"What gives? I thought in the Chunin Exams you were supposed to cheat!" Obito's words fell on deaf ears.

The exams were much easier this year, especially The Forest of Death section. You attributed this to how you have had an extra few years of experience as well as the fact that there were plenty of new Genin kids who didn't quite know what they were doing, just like you during the first time taking the exams.

This time you passed. You couldn't hold your excitement as you feverishly pounded on Obito's door to show him your new Chunin jacket. Telling by his widespread smile and the way his eyes shut in pure delight, Obito was ecstatic. Therewas never a day where he didn't have utmost faith in you.

"Is that why you insisted on helping me pass again?"

"Qu-quiet! I just wanted to be 110% sure, there's nothing wrong with that!"

The two of you decided to celebrate at Ichiraku Ramen. Obito insisted that he pay for yours as congratulations for becoming a Chunin, like him. As you two chowed down, your mind began to wander to Madara and any plans to target Obito, which unknowingly put a somber look on your face.

"Something wrong with your ramen, (y/n)? You don't usually stop after only one. Not that I'm complaining since it's my treat this time!" hesaid between a laugh.

Your gaze bored a hole into the half-eaten bowl, and without removing your eyes from it, you spoke up. "Obito, I'm a Chunin now. So that means we'll probably go on missions together again, right?"

Obito's face lit up at the idea.

"Yeah, that's right! We can finally go on actual missions together! It's going to be so great! With your Earth Style and my Fire Style, we'll be unstoppable!" he exclaimed, unable to hide the excitement in his voice.

You cracked a smile at his enthusiasm, before it quickly diminished again.

"These actual missions are going to be risky, huh," you said more as a statement than a question.

Obito began catching on to your tone.

"Well, yeah. We'll actually be doing something meaningful for the village now," he replied with his excitement also diminishing.

"Obito. Have you ever thought about what would happen if one of these missions were too dangerous?"

"...What do you mean by that?"

"What if, say, one of your teammates got captured and maybe even killed on one of these real missions. Suppose it was me or Rin. Do you think you'd be able to handle that?" you asked, thinking back to the event that originally happened in the show.