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Between Love and Death	By : stephfarrow94 Category: Naruto > Yaoi - Male/Male Views: 1206 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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- 1-Between Love and Death
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After a week of recovering in the medical ward, Zetsu had been moved back into his room. Tobi had stayed with him the entire time through the recovery and the only other visitors he had received apart from Tobi were Kisame, Pein and Konan.
Zetsu had slept for most of the week, only waking up to go to the bathroom, feed, or have his medication. Tobi, being the only 'Akatsuki good boy', had been 'helping' Zetsu with these tasks, much to Zetsu's discomfort when Tobi laid the bedpan between Zetsu's legs and grabbed his member to 'help him aim'.
Kisame and Konan had walked in on this happening once again in Zetsu’s bedroom, and they both began laughing uncontrollably. Konan had pulled Tobi away from the bed, asking him to go wash his hands and Kisame grinned, pulling up a chair beside the bed.
"It's okay to piss; he's gone," laughed Kisame.
Zetsu blushed, looking away. "…We find it hard to go with people watching us..."
"Oh, sorry, Zets-sama," Konan apologized, turning around to face away from the bed so Zetsu could have privacy. Kisame followed suit.
The sound of Zetsu's business rang through the bedroom and Zetsu sighed in content when he finished.
"Done," Zetsu whispered, reaching down to pull his underwear and pants back up.
Kisame waited for Zetsu's pants to be done up before he reached under and grabbed the bed pan. He placed it on the desk in the corner for Tobi to clean up later once he returned.
Konan turned back around to smile at Zetsu. "How are you feeling?" She asked, reaching out to stroke Zetsu’s hair.
"Still terrible.” Zetsu mumbled, sighing. “Can you bring us stronger medicine tonight?"
"Of course." Konan smiled again. “I’ll bring it in with your dinner.”
Zetsu sighed. "I hate this... It's not fair! If you all just minded you own business -- it's not their fault! They were just worried! Oh, sure, act like they're all the heroes in this -- it's their fault that we even tried it in the first place!"
Kisame got to his feet angrily, hurt by Zetsu’s argument with himself. "Stop it, Zetsu!" he shouted. "How dare you even want to think of dying! You're being selfish!"
"K-kisa-chan?" Tobi whimpered, appearing in the doorway. "Y-you're scaring me!" Tears welled up in Tobi's eyes as the boy cowered, ready to flee at any moment. Where had the kid even come from, anyway?
"No more, Kisame," Konan warned with a motherly tone, glancing over at Tobi. "He's already seen enough of violence and hatred in his own village; he doesn’t need it here! You can’t be so loud or threatening, and you know that! Just calm down!"
Kisame felt terrible. He opened his arms, allowing Tobi to fall into them if he wanted to. The boy did, running to Kisame, hugging him tightly and beginning to cry loudly.
"Don’t cry, Tobi," Zetsu said gently, weakly. "It's alright... you know no one here will hurt you..."
"Zets-san..." Tobi sobbed, squeezing Kisame tightly in his distress.
"I'll take him outside," Konan offered, pulling Tobi out of Kisame’s hold and into her arms, carrying him to the doorway.
Zetsu nodded, watching as Konan left the room with his subordinate. "We love that kid..."
"I know you do, Zetsu,” Kisame chuckled, grinning. “I think it's great that you have someone to talk to."
"He's a good boy; we can’t understand how anyone could hurt him like his village has."
Kisame shook his head angrily; he couldn’t stand the mistreatment Tobi had received; it made him absolutely disgusted to call himself a human. "I know. Was he sexually abused?"
"No." Zetsu sighed in relief. “But that’s probably the only thing that didn’t happen to him…”
"Either way, what they've done to him is fucking sick,” Kisame muttered. “Treating a kid like scum just because he acted different than the other kids…”
Zetsu nodded, frowning sadly. When he found Tobi, the boy was terrified of him and Zetsu found it very hard to get near Tobi because the boy was so scared of him and his presence. All Tobi was expecting from Zetsu was a beating or cruel words, and it hurt Zetsu so much to know that Tobi was so scarred because that was all he had known back in his village.
"Hey..." Kisame started slowly, trying to soothe the now-distressed Zetsu. "I know you've had it rough yourself. If you ever need to talk you can come to me. I'm not like the others. I'll listen and support you until you can move on. I know you're like this because of your past."
Zetsu rolled onto his side, not sure what to say. "...Thanks..." he whispered after a while. "...I know I can trust you..."
Kisame smiled, leaning over and ruffling Zetsu's affectionately. “I’m glad that you do, Zetsu… I’m glad that you do…”
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It took Zetsu several months before he could leave the bed for extended periods of time, but he was still being confined to his bed unless he needed to go to the bathroom or was going to the kitchen to prepare some food. Though everyone knew that a little exercise would be good for the Kusa-nin, Pein was worried that Zetsu would hurt himself so he tried to limit Zetsu’s physical activities as much as he could.
Now that Zetsu was well enough to leave the bed without needing someone to supervise him, though, he was taking care of Tobi again. Knowing that Tobi had been unwell himself the last week or two, he decided to just sit down and relax with the boy instead of doing something too vigorous with him.
Letting Tobi pick the television channel, they sat on the couch, cuddled together. The boy had picked some sort of weird movie, and it didn’t take long for Tobi to fall fast asleep from his exhaustion, resting his head in Zetsu's lap and sucking his thumb. Zetsu smiled at the sight, stroking the soft hair lovingly.
Kisame walked into the room, eating a stick of dango, and grinned when he saw Tobi. That kid was just adorable.
"Kid asleep?" he whispered to Zetsu, sitting on the arm of the couch beside him.
"Yeah.” Zetsu looked up at Kisame and smiled softly. “He's been sick, hasn’t he?"
"The flu.” Kisame confirmed, throwing his now-empty sick at the trashcan in the corner. “He's better now. Konan was looking after him."
Before Zetsu could reply, Pein called him and Tobi to his office over the P.A, and he sounded frustrated. Kisame and Zetsu shared a quick glance.
Zetsu growled. "When's Tobi's asleep, too. Typical."
Zetsu placed his hands under Tobi's arms, lifting him gently and carefully to cuddle him against his chest, placing one arm under his knees and the other supporting his back, carrying him bridal style.
Tobi woke up with a start once Zetsu had begun to walk, and he seemed scared. "Z-zetsu-san?!" he shrieked, fear in his voice. "W-what's going on?!"
"Shh..." Zetsu soothed lovingly. "It's alright. Pein-sama wants to see us in his office; that's all."
"Oh..." Tobi instantly relaxed, smiling warmly up at Zetsu before nestling into Zetsu's chest, sucking his thumb again as he closed his eyes and let the warmth take over him. Zetsu smiled, kissing Tobi's forehead.
When Zetsu opened Pein's office door and stepped in with an again-sleeping Tobi, Pein looked grim.
"Zetsu," he began, his voice serious. "We have to get rid of Tobi. I want you to take him back to his village."
Zetsu gasped – why was Pein asking this of him!?. "What?!"
"His village is looking for him and is a threat to the Akatsuki because of this. Give him back. Now."
"No! Don’t make us get rid of him!" Zetsu pleaded, tearing up; he just couldn’t bear the mere thought of parting with his precious Tobi. Because of these loud pleas, Tobi had woken up, and he didn’t look happy.
"Zetsu!" Pein shouted, getting angry. "How can you weigh everyone else's lives against just one useless being?! The Akatsuki is not a babysitting organization, and right now, that's all we are with him! You're not well enough to train him right now so all he is is a hindrance to us all! Take him back now and you can retrieve him when you're able to care properly for him again."
Zetsu shook his head, his eyes full of anger. "I won’t take him back to all that abuse!"
"Zetsu, if you won’t take him back, I'll dispose of him right now myself."
Zetsu shivered, trying to ignore Tobi's sobs and cries; he didn’t want to leave, either.
"I don’t want to go back!" Tobi exclaimed, sobbing into Zetsu's chest. "Don’t take me back, please! Tobi wants to stay with Zetsu-san!"
Zetsu knew Pein wouldn’t hesitate to kill Tobi; there was nothing he could do. Zetsu sighed, giving in; if Pein was giving him the option of returning for Tobi later, he would take that over letting the leader kill Tobi and forever separating them. "...Fine... I’ll return him tomorrow…"
Pein nodded in approval. "Good, but take him back now and you return for the boy once you're fit enough to tend to his needs properly."
Zetsu held Tobi tightly to his body, trying to comfort the crying boy as he left the office. It just so happened that Kisame was passing through the hallway and saw them both crying. He stopped, running to Zetsu's side, his face worried.
"What's wrong?" He questioned, stern, but at the same time relaxing.
"We..." Zetsu sobbed, not knowing what else to do. "We have to give Tobi back to his village..."
Kisame gasped. He knew just how much Tobi meant to Zetsu, and he certainly didn’t want to see the little ball of sunshine leaving, either. As Kisame was mourning internally for Tobi’s leaving, an idea formed in Kisame’s head, and if it all went well, Zetsu might just love Kisame instead.
"Zetsu," Kisame began with a smile, "we don’t have to take Tobi back because I know where we can hide him."
Zetsu looked up in disbelief; had he really heard right? "Really?!"
"Yes.” Kisame chuckled, reaching out and messing up Tobi’s hair fondly. “Just make sure you bring his blanket and pillow. You get those things and whatever else he wants to take with him and I'll prepare him some food for tomorrow so he won’t go hungry."
Zetsu grinned happily at Kisame, running to Tobi's room to gather the boy's things. Kisame went to the kitchen, grabbing food that he knew Tobi liked and chucked it all into a container, running back to meet Zetsu. They would have to do this quick and return before Pein realized that Kisame was missing as well; it could raise unwanted questions for both him and Zetsu and potentially lead to Tobi being found hidden instead of returned. If that happened… Kisame shuddered only thinking about it.
He met Zetsu in the hallway, holding Tobi with one arm and the boy's blanket and pillow under the other arm. Zetsu quickly explained he would take Tobi anything else that the boy wanted tomorrow if he could make it.
"Let's go," Kisame said, leading the way to the future hiding place.

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The three had travelled for two hours, as quickly as they could manage, before arriving at a clearing in the thick forest. Kisame smiled at Zetsu, stopping and grabbing the younger male's hand and leading him into a clearing.
Zetsu gasped at what he saw. It was beautiful. There was a huge, crystal clear lake in the middle, of a field with short, green grass with flowers and other plants blooming everywhere with rabbits and other small animals running around in the clearing.
"Over here," Kisame whispered, brushing his mouth seductively against Zetsu's ear.
Zetsu jumped at the contact, shivering, before following eagerly towards an old, ran-down house. Zetsu rubbed his eyes; why was something so sore to the eye in such a beautiful place?
"Here?" He said, whispering now that Tobi was asleep again.
Kisame nodded, pushing open the rusty door. "It's the only place that no one ever comes to. He'll be safe here until you can bring him back. I promise. No one else knows about this place because no one ever comes this far into the forest."
Zetsu nodded, stepping into the filthy house and into a far corner of what appeared to be the living room. He grimaced at the sight; the floorboards were absolutely filthy, cobwebs hanging from the roof and every corner of the room, and the windows could hardly be seen out of. Zetsu knelt down with a grunt of pain, sitting Tobi on the floor against the wall as he laid the boy's blanket on the floor, trying to make a comfortable bed for him.
"Tobi..." he whispered, shaking the sleeping boy gently as he laid him under the blanket, placing the boy's head on the pillow. "Wake up, Tobi..."
Tobi opened his eyes slowly, blinking. He yawned. "Zets-san?"
Zetsu smiled weakly at Tobi, grabbing the boy’s hand and squeezing it tightly. "This is where you'll be staying, Tobi... We'll come visit you every day we can; I promise."
Tobi felt tears spill down his cheeks and he nodded, hugging Zetsu tightly. "Tobi loves you, Zetsu-san..."
"We love you, too, Tobi-kun. Now get some rest."
Tobi nodded, laying back down on the blanket and closing his eyes. Zetsu stood, wiping at tears in his eyes and turning to Kisame.
"This house is filthy," he said, grimacing. "Yes... there are rats running around, Kisame... is it really safe for him, here?"
"Of course, Zetsu. I give you my word." Kisame seemed sincere when he spoke, but even Kisame doubted how hygienic this place would be for Tobi.
Zetsu nodded, approaching Kisame slowly and wrapping his arms around the older male. He didn’t care if he barely knew Kisame; he needed to be comforted.
Kisame smirked, holding Zetsu back tightly. This was the kind of contact he wanted with Zetsu, but he knew he wouldn’t be able to have more… intimate contact until Zetsu trusted him enough. Oh well -- he was content with the younger male hugging him, crushing his body against his.
If only they knew that leaving Tobi here was one of the worst things they could have done, not only for Tobi, but for Zetsu, as well
A/N The next chapter is going to be really sad but very important for the plot, so make sure you have tissues ready when the next chapter is posted.
Zetsu is slowly getting used to Kisame and trusts him by now, and the story is actually moving along quicker than I was expecting it too :D
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