#aka after 'madara' tells kakashi and yamato the truth about the uchiha massacre

[panharmonium]

something about how yamato’s immediate and instinctive first reaction is to call out for itachi when all twelve of these coffins (including the ones containing asuma and hayate) open up at exactly the same time is really hitting me in a certain way right now

#naruto #team ro #a true equal #* #something about how it's preceded by naruto calling out for nagato #because naruto isn't calling out for nagato as an enemy now but as a friend #something about how this filler arc is supposed to take place directly AFTER the five kage summit #aka after 'madara' tells kakashi and yamato the truth about the uchiha massacre #something about how even if kakashi and yamato aren't sure yet whether 'madara' was just lying to destabilize the leaf at the outset of war #still. the minute yamato sees itachi. it's like this #and then kabuto whisks itachi's casket away before yamato can get to him #before yamato can ask 'is it true is that true is that what happened to you' #like. i am constantly thinking about this. i am constantly thinking about how urgent itachi becomes in S14 #when naruto says that kakashi and yamato heard 'madara's' story too but don't yet have any proof that it's true #(''then PLEASE naruto; you MUSTN'T tell anyone about this! you cannot let the uchiha clan's name be tarnished!'') #and i'm thinking about how itachi reacts like this because he KNOWS kakashi and yamato won't cover this up the way he wants them to #if they ever got the proof they were looking for (which naruto now has; in the form of itachi's confirmation of what happened) #they would never sit back and let this go #so itachi begs naruto NOT to tell them; not to give them what they need in order to clear his name #because he knows they would do it #he was their comrade. and he knows that kakashi's people - anbu or otherwise - never leave a comrade behind #(this is coincidentally reason 983745 why the naruto ending is TERRIBLE and shockingly inconsistent with the rest of the story but) #(i have already talked about that enough.) #(the only thing i'm interested in talking about here is how much kakashi and yamato care) #(and how clearly itachi recognizes that) #(so much so that he does everything in his power to make sure they never have enough information to help him) #(both before his defection and after his death.)