Helpless | By : stephfarrow94 Category: Naruto > Yaoi - Male/Male Views: 1751 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0 |
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For four weeks, Tobi had not seen Zetsu. The man had dumped him off with some middle-aged lady in the civilian town not far from the Akatsuki base. But Zetsu was coming to see Tobi today – the boy had received a bird from his sensei, saying that he would be there around lunchtime.
Tobi lay on his bed, staring at the roof. He was so excited to see Zetsu, he almost couldn’t wait. His heart raced when the lady whom was caring for him knocked on the door.
“Tobi.” The long-haired woman smiled. “Zetsu is here. He’s missed you.”
Tobi jumped off the bed at the name and ran past the lady, screaming for Zetsu. He found said man in the dining room, sitting at the table as he waited for the black-haired boy. He dived into Zetsu’s lap.
“Four weeks and you’re still the same little shit as before...” Kuroi frowned. “Yes, Tobi hasn’t changed – except for the height department. You’re taller than I remember, Tobi.”
Tobi giggled, burying his face into Zetsu’s chest. “Tobi had a growth spurt. Is Tobi going with Zetsu?”
“What else would we be here for? Tobi say hello? Yes, Tobi is coming back with Zetsu today – for a while. Leader-sama would like to speak with you.”
“Yay! Let’s go now, Zetsu!”
“Hush, child. Thank you for having taken in him in with such short notice, Kyuki. We appreciate this.”
“Oh, no problem. The child is quite lovable, isn’t he?”
Tobi was tugging on Zetsu’s arm, trying to get him to move. Zetsu obeyed just a few moments later. He told Zetsu all about his stay on the way back to the Akatsuki Headquarters.
-XX-
When they arrived back at the base, Zetsu performed the necessary hand-signs and lead Tobi into the base once the boulder was out of the way. Tobi looked around. It was just the same as the last time he was here, no matter how brief his sight had been – dark, foreboding hallways that never seemed to end.
“Orochimaru has left the Akatsuki so you don’t have to worry about him anymore, Tobi.” Zetsu explained. He could sense Tobi’s uneasiness.
“Oh, really? Zetsu-san, I still have nightmares about… that day…”
“No, shit… It’s only natural, Tobi… We’ll help you overcome those memories. To Leader-sama’s office, Tobi-kun.”
As they walked to Pein’s office, yelling could be heard from one of the corridors. It became louder as the approached, but Tobi still couldn’t recognise the voice that was doing most of the yelling. Then again, he couldn’t recognise anyone’s voices, having had barely any contact with anyone here.
“Let me go, you assholes!” One voice was yelling. “I’m telling you it was all a mistake! Him with his stupid eyes! I’ll fucking kill him!”
“Shut up – you’re giving me a headache.” Kisame growled.
“I’m giving you a headache?! Look who’s in binds over here!”
While Zetsu walked past whoever was bickering without so much as a glance, Tobi had stopped to see what was happening.
Tobi could see Kisame, Itachi and Sasori walking through the corridor. Sasori had made strings with his chakra, and it was wrapped tightly around a blonde person – Tobi could not tell if they were a boy or a girl. He noticed that the blonde was wearing grey with a fishnet shirt underneath, and they looked very pissed off.
Tobi – after finding that Zetsu had almost left him behind – ran to the plant-nin. He tugged on the sleeve of the elder’s robe.
Zetsu stopped and looking down at Tobi. “Yes, Tobi?”
“Who is that?” Tobi whispered, glancing behind them to look at the blonde that was quickly disappearing around the corner.
“Oh, they must have brought Deidara-san already.”
“Deidara-san?”
“Yes. He’s replacing Orochimaru.”
“How do you know about Deidara-san?”
“Pein told me that he’s had his eye on the boy for a long time now. Since there was an opening with Orochimaru gone, Leader recruited him. Now stop asking questions and walk! Yes, Tobi – it’s important to speak with Leader.”
Tobi followed behind Zetsu once again, pondering on his ‘Deidara-san’. Would he be nice? Or would he be mean? Tobi didn’t care – all he wanted to do right now was make friends with Deidara.
-XX-
“Tobi, I have an important job for you.” Pein addressed the boy as Tobi and Zetsu entered his office. “I want you to go with Zetsu and gather data on the Ichibi in Sunagakure. Can you do that for me? I want to see how well you perform before you do anything else for this organisation.”
Tobi saluted, looking forward to proving his worth. “Tobi can do that, Pein-sama!”
“Zetsu.” Pein had turned to Zetsu next. “I want you to analyse his performance and bring back a status report on him. If he can’t do well, I’m afraid he’ll be exiled from the Akatsuki. I’ll only spare his life on the condition that if he cannot benefit us, you will deal with him in making sure that he remains silent about us and that you cut all ties with him. Understood?”
“Understood, Leader. Hai.”
Tobi stared at Zetsu. Was he really willing to forget all about Tobi…? Why would he do that…?!
“Good. Get packing. You leave in an hour.”
“Come, Tobi.”
Tobi followed Zetsu back to his room. He was still shocked on what had just been said. He grabbed Zetsu’s cloak again, stopping the plant-nin.
“What do you want this time, Tobi?” Zetsu sighed.
“Tobi wonders why Zetsu-san would… risk not seeing me anymore…?”
Zetsu sighed before smiling. “Tobi, we have no concern that you will muck up. We are confident that you will do fine. You just need to listen to your orders and try to stay out of sight. Alright?”
“So Zetsu-san thinks that Tobi won’t muck up?” Zetsu nodded. Tobi let out a squeal of happiness. “Tobi loves his Zetsu!”
“We love you, too, Tobi. Now come – we must get ready.”
Tobi followed Zetsu down the hall to their room. He helped (or more like stuffed random things into the packs) Zetsu with the supplies. Soon enough, the two were walking back down the hall, ready to set out. Tobi – being the hyperactive kid that he was – had ran off ahead somewhere.
Zetsu was taking his time – until he heard screaming and yelling coming from the direction Tobi had disappeared off in. He ran to the source of the trouble. Sure enough, Tobi was right in the middle of it – as expected.
Tobi was on the ground and the new recruit was kicking into him.
“You… little… shit!” Deidara yelled at Tobi in between kicks. “How dare you run into me, yeah?!”
“S-sorry, Deidara-Senpai!” Tobi whimpered, shielding his face from the offending limbs.
Deidara stopped at the boy’s words before picking him up by the scruff of his shirt. “How do you know my name?”
“Drop the kid, Deidara.” Sasori had appeared next to the blonde.
“The little shit knocked me over!” Deidara spat.
“Drop the kid.” Zetsu growled, repeating Sasori’s words.
At the sound of Zetsu’s voice, Deidara looked up. The sight of Zetsu was enough for him to drop Tobi to the ground. After letting out an ‘oomph!’, Tobi picked himself up and scuttled behind Zetsu, lest the blonde try and hurt him again.
“Come along, Tobi.” Zetsu took Tobi’s hand, pulling him along to the outside realm.
“Who the fuck is that kid?!” Deidara all but shouted.
“I’m not really sure.” Sasori shrugged. “Zetsu’s subordinate, I think. We all ignore him.”
-XX-
Zetsu couldn’t be certain, but he was sure that Tobi had become more hyper than he usually was. Tobi couldn’t stop moving at all. He sighed before smiling. The kid had been acting wild, swinging through trees and literally running circles around him. Not that he minded, of course – it was just that he gotten his beloved subordinate back, and already he was healing cuts and bruises on the boy.
“Tobi has to be more careful, if he still wants to be like Zetsu.” Shiroi had said gently after the latest injury.
“Tobi is sorry for scaring Zetsu-san.” Tobi lowered his gaze at this. He wished that Zetsu hadn’t removed his mask, because the elder could see the way he was blushing.
Zetsu loved the fact that this damaged little boy trusted Zetsu more than anyone else in the world, choosing to spend all of his time with him and him alone. Now the boy was acting as if he had a crush on him. This had both confused and excited him. It made him happy that for the first time, someone had shown an interest in him, but what confused him was the fact that this someone was a young teenager – so young that he couldn’t possibly have a relationship with him just yet. Oh, and did he mention the fact that they were both boys? Enough said.
But Zetsu wanted Tobi at that moment. The boy was kneeling before him, half naked, bleeding and exhausted – so vulnerable… But if he allowed his urges to happen, Tobi would be… He couldn’t bear to think of what Tobi would be.
So without further ado, Zetsu patched the boy up and they continued on their way.
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