The girl waits at the gates. They should've been back by now. It's fine, Obito is always late. Maybe something came up. She hopes beyond hope that it wasn't the Kannabi Bridge mission. A yellow, silver, and brown speck appear. She dashes forward, landing a few meters in front of the three.

"Where's Obito-sama." They all look at her, sorrow visible in their eyes.

"Where's his body. I'll get it. Where'd he die?!" She yells, tears already streaming down her face. She saved Sakumo. Obito's still gone. Rin and Kakashi look away from the pitiful sight.

"Just- just tell me- Kannabi Bridge, right? By there? Minato-san, tell Hokage-sama I'm retrieving his body-"

"It's gone. He's crushed under many rocks-"

"HE'S STILL ALIVE! I CAN FEEL THE SEAL I PUT ON HIM! Where. Is. He." She lies, growling as the three look at each other.

"What do you mean, seal?" Minato asks seriously.

"He's still alive?" Rin and Kakashi say in unison, hopeful.

"I put a seal on him that would tell me if he dies, or can't be saved. He's not dead. WHERE IS HE!?" Kakashi runs back where they came from, the girl on his heels. They're both knocked out soon after by a weary Minato.

"Rin, can you report to the Hokage? I need to take these two to the hospital."

"What about the seal...?" Rin asks hopefully.

"She was lying. Obito is dead, no one could've survived that. And even if such a seal existed, she'd be able to tell where he is from the seal."

"Kakashi-san." The girl asks, in his hospital room.

"Yes?"

"How'd he die?"

"... We were fighting Iwa shinobi, because they kidnapped Rin. One of the Iwa shinobi caused the cave we were in to collapse... and-... he died saving me from being crushed," Kakashi mutters, trying not to show any emotion in his voice.

"... So it's your fault, then."

"..."

"..."

"Yeah..."

"..." The girl leaves without another word, ignoring Sakumo, who rushes past her. Ignoring Minato, who tries talking to her. Ignoring Rin, who tries getting her back in her hospital bed. Ignoring everyone. She walks to the Hokage's heads, sitting on Hashirama's.

"... Is this what you wanted your village to be like, I wonder... Uzushio, gone. A power-hungry person as the most influential of the elder council. A snake about to go missing-nin because the village no longer feels like home to him anymore. A Hokage-hopeful turned evil by your bestie, Madara. Maybe you just wanted the fighting to stop? Or maybe you were the naive idiot Tobirama thought you were." The girl rambles, frowning at the sunset.

"Oh...? Are you referring to me as a snake? Fitting, I suppose." The girl looks behind her, seeing Orochimaru.

"Hello, Oro-sama. You're wanting to become Hokage, right?" The snake summoner frowns at what she called him, walking forward to sit by her.

"You said I'm about to become a missing-nin... And called Danzo a power-hungry person. Why do you say those things?" The girl chuckles, turning to face Orochimaru. She forgot he was still loyal to Konoha at this time.

"Because they're true. Minato will become Hokage, and if I can't stop it, you'll leave, the Uchiha clan will be massacred by the power-hungry war hawk Danzo, the Akatsuki will take both you and the Uchiha heir in under a man claiming to be Madara, you'll try and steal the Uchiha's eyes and get kicked from the Akatsuki, then go after the Uchiha's last member in Konoha, the Uchiha heir's younger brother, etc. What brings you up here?" The girl mumbles, before raising her voice to ask a question. Orochimaru stares at her for a moment, having heard everything she said.

"You seem to think you know the future?" The girl frowns, once again facing the sunset.

"Mm, that's cause I do. Or, a version of it. I already changed some things. Why, you gonna take me to T&I? An insane asylum?" Orochimaru studies the girl, making a decision.

"Tell me everything you know, from the past to the future, about Konoha, and I won't take you to either."

"Well, I know lots. But about Konoha specifically? It starts with Madara and Hashirama meeting on opposite sides of a river, skipping stones..."