"I've got to beat Ino and impress Sasuke" was the only thought running through 8 year old Sakura's head as she searches through the forest looking for the last item on her list well it was until she stumbles across a sleeping man wearing an orange swirled mask instantly catching her attention far more than beating Ino or Sasuke.
Stopping in her tracks Sakura nearly trips over her own to feet in her haste to stop Sakura stares at the sleeping man and slowly edges closer hoping to get a better look at this new person but groans in frustration when she realizes that she can't see her face 'Drat's maybe I can take it off and see before wakes up' Sakura giggles mischeviously in her thoughts.
What happens next is a blur and Sakura blames this moment on her curiousity but it was as she was reaching for the mask to remove it that the man shoots into a standing position gripping her by the arms and now she was currently dangling a few feet above the ground while staring at the now awake man.
"Um mister do you think you could let me go now" she asks softly blinking her rather large emerald green eyes up at the red eye that was currently staring down at her in confusion "Oh sorry you startled me little girl" the man responds in a slightly scratchy voice as if it hadn't been used for some time.
Unbeknownst to her the man currently standing before her had just finished helping Sasuke's older brother wipe out the entire Uchiha clan and had decided to rest but Sakura had stumbled upon him before he could leave without being noticed and now as he stared down at her he wonders how he got himself into this situation.
Wondering what he should do with the girl seeing as how he couldn't kill her Obito leans to one side favoring his right side seeing as how it had been crushed several years ago and still pained him even now slipping deeper into his thoughts Obito is unaware of the very determined gleam in Sakura's eyes.
"Um mister" Sakura speaks up snapping Obito out of his thoughts and he finally notices that she looks rather determined for an 8 year old "Yes, what is it little girl" Obito asks hoping that it wasn't something as serious 'like seeing underneath his mask' and shuffles awkwardly before bending down slightly so that he could be eye level with the short child.
Deciding that the worst he could was say no Sakura blurts out her question "Can I see your face" and instantly slaps her hands over her mouth her large eyes widening and her cheeks reddening in embarrasment when all Obito does is stand there staring she get's self conscious under the piercing gaze of his one eye.
"I'm sorry" she mumbles around her hands scuffing her shoe on the dirt shyly in the masked face of the stranger 'I can't believe how gutsy this girl is' Obito thinks to himself before responding to her question after several minutes "It's alright but I'm afraid I can't let you see" Obito furrows his eyebrows hoping that she wouldn't cry at the quick but short answers.
"Oh ok" Sakura looks to the ground taking shallow breaths feeling the tears well up in her eyes remembering all the times that Sasuke had rejected her but no matter how hard she wills herself the tears slip past her tightly closed eyes and travel down her cheeks wiping them away Sakura tries to stay strong.
'Great just great' Obito groans softly wishing that he could pinch the bridge of his nose in agitation as he realizes that he had indeed made the little girl cry rollingn his eyes he digs into his pocket and grasps the sucker he always carrys on him and presents it to the girl hoping that it would make her stop crying.
Jerking back when a bright red sucker is thrust into her face Sakura looks up slowly blinking away the rest of the unshed tears and hesitantly reaches out to take the sucker grasping it in her small hands and smiling a small but still rather shy smile at him "Thank you mister" she mumbles around the sucker once she had pulled the wrapper off and stuck it in her mouth.
After several minutes Sakura looks up again determination once more filling her eyes "May I know your name at least Mister mines Sakura Haruno" Sakura finally introduces herself sucking on the sucker softly her hands wringing tightly together in front of her and Obito realizes that if he said no it would just make her cry again so he decides to appease her.
"It's Obito" he answers gruffly standing from his crouched position stretching for a minute and then hesitantly reaching out to ruffle Sakura's hair before turning and heading off into the forest leaving the girl behind not realizing that a few years down the road he would be taking her along with him to leave the village.
As for Sakura she jumps realizing that she had spent to much dawdling in the forest and races back towards the field gathering the last item on her list along the way and manages to still beat Ino but this time she wasn't thinking about impressing Sasuke instead her thoughts were focused on the masked man Obito.