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Lost But Not Alone	By : stephfarrow94 Category: Naruto > General Views: 1420 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto, nor the characters from it. I do not make any money from the writing of this story.

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"Sakura-chaaaan!" Naruto whined at Sakura as they trudged through the thick forest. "While Kaka-sensei is in hospital it will be a good opportunity for us to spend some time together! Pleeease?!"
"Naruto," Sakura growled. "I told you that I'm not going out with you!"
"Saku--!" Naruto tried to plead again but Sakura quickly cut him off.
"Shh!"
"Huh?” Naruto stopped and looked around the forest, not sure what was going on. “What is it?"
Sakura pointed to one of the densest parts of the forest that they were in.
Naruto listened. He could hear tree branches snapping under feet and heavy breathing. At last, after what felt like hours, a figure stumbled into view. He looked young and was wearing an Akatsuki cloak. He was badly injured.
Naruto drew a kunai. Even though this man was injured, he was still an Akatsuki – still an enemy to be destroyed.
"Akatsuki." Naruto snarled.
"Naruto, wait!" Sakura ran to the missing nin, knowing that something wasn’t right.
The Akatsuki looked up fearfully at her as he heard footfalls approaching him.
The Akatsuki member fell to his knees and tried to crawl away. He got not even two feet before collapsing to the ground, slipping in and out of consciousness.
Sakura carefully approached him, ignoring Naruto's yells for her to come back.
"He's really injured, Naruto!" She called to Naruto as she felt the Akatsuki member’s pulse.
"Good! Just leave him! Hopefully he'll die!"
"No! Naruto, I understand your hate for the Akatsuki but I'm a medic! It's my job to heal anyone who's injured, regardless of who they are!"
“Yeah, but…!”
Naruto and Sakura had argued about the Akatsuki member in front of them long enough for said male to regain full consciousness. Neither of them had even noticed him stirring until an unfamiliar voice interrupted their bickering.
"Z-zetsu-san…?" A small, timid voice whimpered from beside Sakura.
Sakura looked down at the boy, instantly forgetting all about arguing with Naruto. "He's awake!"
The boy flinched at Sakura's shout. "Please don’t hurt Tobi!" He begged. "Tobi's a g-good boy!"
"Are you Tobi?" Sakura asked softly, knowing that this boy wasn’t like the other Akatsuki members.
"Mhm. Where's Zetsu-san?!"
"Is Zetsu your partner?"
"N-no... Zetsu-san Tobi's friend! Tobi wanna go home... Tobi scared..."
Naruto had come closer with a kunai clutched in his hand. "Don’t trust him, Sakura-chan!" He hissed. "He's evil!"
"E-evil?" Tobi whimpered. "N-no... Tobi is T-tobi... y-you two are evil..."
"It's alright, Tobi." Sakura smiled. "We aren’t evil at all. Let me help you."
"No!" Tobi cried, weakly pushing Sakura's advancing hand away. "T-tobi no wanna be touched by evil people! Zetsu-san says bad people will hurt Tobi if they come near him! Tobi wants Zetsu-san!"
"Okay, okay…" Sakura quickly pulled her hand back, trying to calm the missing nin. "Why would Zetsu tell you that we're evil? Does he mean just us or whole world?"
"E-everyone who not Akatsuki is evil, Zetsu-san says..."
Sakura sighed. "Naruto, he's genuinely scared! I’m sure that he’s been brainwashed!”
Naruto nodded slowly, observing his 'enemy'. Why was this one so skittish and childish? He stepped forward, pulling chakra cuffs from his pocket and placing them on Tobi's wrists.
Tobi gasped, looking down at the cuffs. He started trembling, tears leaking down his face. "P-please don’t kill Tobi! Tobi wants to live!"
"Shh..." Sakura soothed gently, reaching out to stroke one of Tobi's black bangs. "We won’t kill you..." She mentally added 'yet.'
Tobi looked into Sakura's eyes, uncertainty mingled with the tears. "P-promise?"
Sakura sighed, crossing her fingers behind her back. "Promise."
Without asking for Tobi's permission, she reached out and began to heal the missing nin, ignoring the boy's cries of fear and pain.
--LINEBREAK--
A week had gone by since that incident and Tobi was still in Konoha.
After spending a night with the child, Tsunade had realised just how wrong they were in assuming that the boy could be a threat to the Leaf -- he was too young, too timid, not very confident at all, but most of all, too gentle and caring.
She had observed his behaviour before making her mind up about who would be taking care of him permanently. That person had just arrived at her office to come and collect Tobi.
"H-hi, N-naruto..." Tobi stuttered nervously when Naruto entered the Hokage's office. He was terrified of the Jinchuriki.
"I want you to take care of Tobi, Naruto." Tsunade said, gesturing to the boy.
Naruto choked on the water that he had drinking and looked at Tobi with wide eyes.
"WHAT?!" He shouted, making Tobi flinch and recoil. "But Granny Tsunade, he's evil! He's killed Gaara and wants to kill me, and who knows how many other people in between!"
"NARUTO!" Tsunade shouted back. "Tobi is only a rookie with the Akatsuki, and he's never killed anyone in his life!"
"Tobi is a good b-boy..." Tobi whispered, hiding behind Shizune.
"No, you're not!" Naruto shouted at the boy.
Tobi was reduced to tears and Tsunade frowned.
"Naruto, look…" She said, trying to keep calm lest she upset Tobi more. "This is an S-ranked mission. Tobi is a unique Akatsuki member. He's a good person, but he was mixed up with the wrong crowd. From now on, he's a citizen of Konoha and I want you to help him forget all about Akatsuki and especially what they've made him believe. He's very... unwell in the head with everyone that he's been taught to believe. Your mission is to look after him and help him become a normal kid again."
"Tobi only had one friend in his entire life…" Tobi whispered, wiping his tears away. "Can Naruto be Tobi's second friend so Tobi isn’t lonely here?"
The expression on Naruto's face softened at the boy's words.
"Al... alright, Tobi..." Naruto said quietly --he still didn’t trust Tobi very much.
"Take him to get some lunch and familiarise him with the Leaf Village and its residents, Naruto. Take it slow so he can settle in at his own pace."
"Hai…"
The one thing going through Naruto’s head right now was that this was the most messed up mission in his life. Helping an Akatsuki member out… What was Tsunade thinking?
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