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There's a shift in the air, the curtains moving ominously in the darkness behind him.
"Why can't you go through the door like a normal person?" Obito says, as Madara appears behind him, red eyes glittering like the sheen on a slick of oil.
"Obito. I have need of your services."
"What about it?"
Madara's mouth stretches into a malicious smile.
xXx
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"He wants to be taken off Naruto and Gai's team?" Kakashi says. Obito drops his head on his arms, resting on his desk.
"Apparently it's the real reason he wanted me to be Hokage." Obito's voice is muffled by his arms. He looks up. "And here I thought he was worried about his children."
"Are you going to do it?" Kakashi says. Obito spreads his hands.
"A part of me wants to. He has a family, I don't think he'd be a threat to the village."
"But?"
"But...he has a tendency to do what he wants to. There's a chance he may act in what he thinks is the village's best interest, but end up pissing people off in the process."
Obito suddenly straightens. "Kakashi I think I know what I have to do."
xXx
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"Obito!" Madara bursts into Obito's office, Mangekyou active and chakra battle-ready. "How dare you refuse to take me off that team with the Uzumaki brat and the Taijutsu idiot! If you think I will stand idly by while you insult my visual prowess, know that if those two are killed their blood will be on your hands!"
"I don't think you're going to kill them," Obito says. Madara's chakra flares.
"Oh? And what makes you think I won't kill you for your insubordination?"
"I don't answer to you, and I know you won't because I'm the one teaching your daughter." Obito crosses his arms.
"Kuso. Shit!" Madara punches the wall. Obito raises his eyebrows.
Madara points. "I will remember this."
Obito scoffs. "I'm sure you will."
And Madara vaults swiftly into the darkness, angry and cursing on the way out.