Fire and Paper

by lavenderlightning

She desired to see the truth of the man beneath the mask, the young man with burning red eyes, the one whose existence is devoured by Madara Uchiha. He desired to unfold the delicate papered layers built around her heart. In the gloom of the Hidden Rain, two shinobi indulge themselves in a shadowed romance. KonanxObito Slow Burn

1. Author's Note

I do not own Naruto :'(

This fic contains citrus & mature flavors. Children out!

Konan/Obito Uchiha. Slow Burn. Akatsuki blank period (Between the Uchiha Massacre & Akatsuki remerging). Canon-divergent.

Author's Note

Lovely readers, I want to preface this by saying:

I know this ship is crazy.

And I know it is because Obito killed Konan. It really was fucked up. Completely cruel and unjustified. Yes, both had their coming to the light moment and were products of their circumstances…but they were still villains who did very unforgivable things.

That being said. Obito x Konan is pretty much my guilty pleasure ship.

The story between these two is compelling. It's easy to entertain the idea of two sexy, unhinged villains who might have a lot of raw, angst-ridden, love/hate chemistry and layers of complexities between them.

Both have lost a lover, both have this duality of past and present self (their once spirited natures that have been suppressed by trauma), and both present themselves as extremely aloof and guarded. The intensity of their last fight made me ask myself, Is there more to their story than we know of? I saw someone say something along the lines of "Perhaps if they opened up to each other, Konan could've helped break Obito from his curse." I would love to hear your thoughts & theories on the ship!

Also on that note, HAVE YOU SEEN THE FAN ART? Oh my god it's just all the feels.

So this is me entertaining myself with this unusual ship.

Enjoy :) -LL

VERY Rough Canon Timeline

3rd Great Ninja War

When Obito (13) and Konan meet (16) Obito introduces himself as Madara Uchiha

Both Yahiko and Rin die & birth of New Akatsuki (Obito starts going by Tobi)

Obito (14) as Madara uses Nine Tails to attack the Leaf, Nine Tails is sealed inside of Naruto

Civil war- Pein overthrows Hanzo, becomes leader of Amegakure

Uchiha Massacre (Obito around 19-20)

Konan and Pein must be re-establishing Ame in tandem with growing success of Akatsuki I'm guessing Obito is mostly in and out unfurling Madara's plans

Obito (20s) controls 4th Mizukage, learns truth of Rin's death, Kisame joins Akatsuki

Akatsuki in the shadows (When this story takes place-Obito&Konan around early to mid 20s)

Akatsuki becomes active (Obito around 28-29)

Death of Nagato & Konan (34)

Death of Obito (31)