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Helpless	By : stephfarrow94 Category: Naruto > Yaoi - Male/Male Views: 1751 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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Chapter List
- 1-Helpless
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- 5-5
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- 8-7
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- 10-9
- 11-10
- 12-11
- 13-12
- 14-13
- 15-14
- 16-15
- 17-16
- 18-17
- 19-18
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- 21-20
- 22-21
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  It took about two months but soon enough, Tobi had been okay to travel again. Before Tobi had been well enough to walk by himself, Zetsu had carried him whenever they had to move on. It was soon discovered that Tobi had amnesia – most likely from being crushed under all of the rocks. Because of this, he had decided to follow Zetsu around, being the only person Tobi knew. He stayed put whenever Zetsu -- Tobi had found out the hard way that Zetsu was a cannibal -- went after his ‘lunch’.
Sitting down under a large tree, Tobi was eating some food that Zetsu had bought him at the closest hidden village. Zetsu was sleeping, leaning back against the tree and Tobi was wrapped in his arms, leaning into the older man’s chest and eating his second apple in as many hours.
During the silence, Tobi’s mind wandered to Zetsu and the amazing things that the man could do. Tobi had always wanted to be able to do it, too, and he couldn’t wait any longer – he wanted Zetsu to teach him. Now.
“Zetsu-san?” Tobi asked, wriggling around in Zetsu’s grip to tug on the fly-trap that surrounded the man.
“Yes, Tobi?” Asked white Zetsu after he had opened his eyes. Black Zetsu wasn’t much nicer. “Why did you wake us up? Let us sleep.”
“Tobi is sorry, Zetsu-san, but Tobi wants to learn how to do the things Zetsu-san can do. Can you teach Tobi? He really wants to learn!”
“Tobi, it is very, very dangerous to use our Jutsu and it will take months – possibly even years -- to learn how to do them. Besides, you run away screaming whenever we try to train you to dodge kunai. Ignore him, Tobi.”
Tobi was used to the way Zetsu’s black side could be harsh and cruel and he had quickly learned to never take his words to heart unless they came from the white side. White Zetsu himself had to teach Tobi to ignore his black half after Tobi started to cry because of everything that Black Zetsu would say not long after he began following Zetsu around.
“We shall train you, Tobi, but not until you’re older. Okay?”
Tobi threw his apple core away into the distance and snuggled into Zetsu’s chest. “Ok, Zetsu-san. I love you.”
“We love you, too, Tobi.”
-XX-
"Really, Zetsu-san?!" Tobi chirped happily a month later. “Do you really mean that?!”
"Of course, Tobi.” Zetsu smiled softly. "The only problem is that most people who live there are assholes and will bully you. Do not scare the boy like that! So you would rather him get picked on without knowing the reason why?" Of course not, but if you tell Tobi things like that..."
Tobi had drifted off into his own little world during the argument, used to the way that Zetsu would fight with himself. He snapped back to reality as Zetsu grabbed his hand and gently pulled him along after the older male.
"Zetsu-san?" Tobi asked in an uncharacteristic tone, almost as if he was scared. "…Will I make friends when I move in with you?"
"No." The black side said instantly. The white side of Zetsu was more relaxed and thoughtful. "... Perhaps. It's only a small town but most of the people who live in it are cruel. You may or may not make friends there, Tobi, but you cannot let it get you down. Alright?"
"Alright, Zetsu-san. …Zetsu-san?"
"Yes, Tobi?”
“I’m scared. What if I don’t make any friends?”
“Then we shall eat them for you. ... Well, Tobi, you have me there, so you don’t have to worry about these things. I will never abandon you and I’ll always look after you -- if you still want me to.”
Zetsu wrapped his arms around the young child and Tobi hugged him back tightly. Tobi looked up and smiled at Zetsu and the older man ruffled his raven black hair gently.
Tobi started skipping along ahead of Zetsu after letting go while Zetsu kept a watchful eye on his young subordinate.
The child was so gentle, so young... Yes, it was safe to say Zetsu was very attached to the young boy. The child couldn’t have been more than thirteen when Zetsu had found him. Now that Tobi had been in Zetsu’s care for about three months now he had learnt all about Tobi’s behavior. The boy skipped along rather than walked. He was always happy. He was always talking about one thing or another and always hugged Zetsu affectionately, unable to stand no physical contact. Zetsu had, on occasion, woke up to find Tobi snuggled in close to his side. The boy’s behavior always brought a smile to Zetsu’s face.
Tobi’s happiness never seemed to fade. The one such exception to this might have been when Tobi met new people. Zetsu was just glad that that rarely happened.
Now nearing the gate to the Hidden Grass Village a few hours later, Tobi ran back up to Zetsu, shaking. He clutched Zetsu’s arm tightly.
Zetsu smiled at Tobi encouragingly and picked him up, carrying him through the village. Tobi hid his face in the crook of Zetsu’s neck for almost the entire trip, but neither male cared – it was expected that this was making Tobi frightened and upset.
What seemed like half-an-hour had passed in complete silence until Zetsu stopped out the front of a small, shack-like house. Zetsu glanced down at his subordinate and smiled softly.
“We’re here, Tobi.” Zetsu said. “Yes, now get off of me -- you’re making me sweat.”
“S-sorry, Zetsu-san…” Tobi said quietly, glancing at the ground. “Tobi is scared…”
Zetsu opened the door to his home and set Tobi down once they entered the house. “Don’t be scared, Tobi. This is your new home.”
Tobi looked around the house. From what he could see almost all the decorations were plants of different types -- there wasn’t much else in the house. The only furnishings that Tobi could see was a couch in the living room. Tobi wondered why the house was so poorly furnished.
“Zetsu-san, Tobi wonders why you don’t have many things in your home.” Tobi said softly, glancing up at the man.
“Why would we waste our money when we don’t really even stay here very often? We don’t come here very often.”
“Oh. Then why do you even have a house if you don’t use it?”
‘Cant he stay out of our business just once?!’ Black Zetsu thought. ‘He’s just curious. He hasn’t been inside a house since he got amnesia.’
“Well, Tobi, it’s just good to have somewhere to go to and we like collecting rare plants, as you can see. We couldn’t just carry them all with us when we wander so we keep them inside or in the greenhouse out back.”
“Oh.” Tobi’s stomach rumbled and the boy giggled. “Tobi’s hungry!”
“Oh, dear, it is dinnertime. Come, we’ll buy you dinner.”
-XX-
"Come, child.” Zetsu was standing in the doorway of Tobi’s bedroom a week later. “We must leave now or we'll be late."
"But, Zetsu-san!” Tobi pleaded. “I don’t want to go back out there! They're all mean to me!"
"Do you think anyone would be mean to you with us around?"
"Well... no... but --"
"No 'buts', Tobi, we have to leave now. Now get out of there and come on!"
Zetsu stood patiently outside of Tobi's bedroom door, waiting for the boy to open it. Tobi had been bullied again – badly.
The lock on the door clicked open and Tobi stepped out of the room with his head down. Zetsu took Tobi's hand gently in his own and tugged him along to the outside world.
"Zetsu-san, Tobi doesn’t think this is such a good idea..."
"Tobi, no one will dare lay a hand on you with us around. They know that we'll eat them if they try, so stop worrying."
Tobi sighed and followed Zetsu to the local florist shop. Tobi didn’t much fancy leaving the sanctuary of his room, but if Zetsu wanted him to come then it must be alright.
Tobi happily followed Zetsu to the florist, so lost in thought that he walked right into the man once Zetsu had stopped walking in order to converse. Tobi looked up to see two men in long black cloaks with a red cloud on them standing in front of Zetsu. He instinctively grabbed Zetsu's hand and hid behind the plant-man, glancing up at the two men before them.
One had long, raven black hair like his own short hair and the other... well, the other, in Tobi's opinion, looked like a shark. He had blue skin and what looked like gills on the side of his face.
Tobi buried his face into Zetsu's back, squeezing his hand tightly. These men were frightening to Tobi, and the emotionless expression on the smaller man's face scared him even more.
"Let go of us, you brat. Hush! Tobi, it's Ok, we know these men."
"Huh?" Tobi was clueless. Did Zetsu-san meet them before or after he took Tobi in? "You... know them? But --!"
"No 'but's Tobi. These men offered us a position on their team a while before we found you."
"Offered? So... you didn’t accept?"
"We told them we'd think it over. They're here to see what we have decided."
"Does that mean if you accept you won’t be Tobi's sensei anymore? Tobi doesn’t want you to leave! Please stay with Tobi!"
Zetsu leant down, pulling his subordinate into a hug. The shark-man leant down next to them, grinning, showing sharp teeth.
"Are you Tobi?" Shark-man asked.
Tobi nodded. "Who are you?"
"Kisame! This is my partner on our team, Itachi. We want Zetsu to join our organization as well."
"But Tobi doesn’t want his sensei to leave! Zetsu-san is the only friend Tobi has!"
Kisame chuckled and ruffled Tobi's hair. Tobi flinched and buried himself further into Zetsu's embrace.
"He's a little shaky around strangers." Zetsu said kindly, rubbing Tobi's back tenderly to relax him.
"So I see." Spoke the emotionless Itachi. Tobi peeked up to see Itachi staring at him coldly.
"I-Itachi-san..." Tobi gathered the courage. "Why do you look like you don’t like Tobi? Itachi doesn’t know Tobi…"
“…” Itachi just stared at the boy.
Zetsu hushed Tobi, letting his arms fall from around the boy and facing the two strangers.
"We would like to take you up on your offer." Tobi let out a strangled cry, tears slipping down his cheek as he wrapped his arms tightly around Zetsu again. Zetsu placed his hand in Tobi's raven hair gently. "The only problem is we have a subordinate to take care of now. He has nowhere else to go to."
Kisame chuckled again. "I like the little guy. Bring him along!"
"Kisame." Itachi said warningly.
"I wasn’t saying to let him join as well. I meant to see what leader-sama has to say. Maybe he can let the little guy stay so he can run errands or something. It might make Pein-sama happy."
“…”
"Did you hear that, Tobi?" Zetsu tilted Tobi's head to look up at him.
Tobi shook his head. "Tobi didn’t, Zetsu-san."
"Kisame-san said you can come along so you better behave yourself."
Tobi looked at Kisame expectantly, hoping for confirmation from the shark in case he was hearing things. Kisame nodded and grinned again.
"Come, child."
Tobi happily took his sensei's hand, happy to be taken out of a town that so hated his sensei and him.
-XX-
Tobi had fallen asleep on the way to Zetsu's new organization, and by the time he had awoken he was being held in front of several large boulders. He looked at the boulders and then back to Zetsu.
Zetsu looked down as he felt a tug on his sleeve. "You're awake, Tobi. Finally. About time, brat."
Tobi looked around to see Kisame and Itachi standing behind Zetsu, forming hand signs. Tobi nearly screamed as the boulders began shifting, revealing a passageway. Tobi resorted to trembling, hiding his face in Zetsu's neck. He had to squeeze Zetsu's hand as they walked under the boulders, silent tears trailing down his cheeks.
Kisame noticed this. "What's wrong with him?"
"He was almost killed under an avalanche of boulders. It took a lot to keep him alive."
"Oh." Kisame wisely kept his mouth shut after he saw the glare he was receiving from Zetsu. "Just a little further."
They had walked further into what Zetsu noticed was a corridor, cleverly carved into the small mountain-side.
"Here." Itachi pointed to a door off to the right and knocked on it.
"Enter." A voice called from inside.
"Leader-sama…" Itachi entered the room and bowed low. "…We've brought Zetsu-san. His subordinate is here too. He may be... useful for you."
"Bring them in."
Tobi had allowed Zetsu to carry him into the office. He flinched when he saw the “leader”.
  The man had orange, spikey hair and enough piercings set off a metal detector from miles away.
Itachi exited the room, leaving Zetsu and Tobi alone with the man.
"So, you've taken us up on our offer?" “Leader” asked.
"Hai, Leader-sama."
  "This is your subordinate?" The man eyed Tobi suspiciously.
"Yes. This is Tobi."
"Ah. Tobi...?"
"He doesn’t have a last name."
"Why not?"
"Tobi is the only name Zetsu-san gave me." Tobi piped up, worried about whether or not the ‘scary metal man’ would hurt his sensei.
The leader raised an eyebrow. "Zetsu named you?"
"Quiet, Tobi. We named him, yes. He's an amnesia victim."
"I see. Tobi, would you be interested in doing errands for my organization?"
"Like what…?"
“A lot of things. I cannot tell you what they are until you agree, but I can assure you that by saying yes is the only way you will be staying with Zetsu.”
Tobi gasped, desperate to stay with Zetsu by any means necessary. "Tobi can do it! …Umm, can Tobi ask leader-person something?"
"Oh…?"
"What is leader-person's name?"
"Tobi, that’s rude manner! Tobi!" Both sides of Zetsu snapped at Tobi.
"Oh, that’s quite alright, Zetsu. My alias is Pein. My real name no one else can know."
"Does Zetsu-san get to stay here now?" Pein nodded. "Can Tobi stay with him?"
"Oh?"
Tobi lowered his head. "Tobi has nowhere else to go..."
"Tobi --"
"Not to worry, Zetsu -- no harm shall come to your subordinate. He may stay here for a few days until you can arrange things... but he can’t stay here fulltime."
"Hai, leader-sama. We shall arrange something as soon as possible."
"Good. Stay here a moment while I fetch someone."
Pein left the office and Zetsu lowered Tobi to the ground.
"That was rude of you, Tobi. Oh, he's a child, he doesn’t know any better. First he asks Leader's name and then invites himself into an organization such as this one. We won’t speak of this in front of the boy."
Tobi lowered his head, slumping his shoulders. "Tobi's sorry, Zetsu-san. Tobi didn’t know. Does this mean Tobi's a... a bad boy?"
"Yes. No." Both sides answered at the same time. "Tobi's a good boy."
Zetsu smiled at Tobi and Tobi hugged his sensei tightly.
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