Lost But Not Alone | By : stephfarrow94 Category: Naruto > General Views: 1420 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0 |
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When Tobi awoke the next morning, he was terrified to find that he had been placed into a bed and Naruto was nowhere to be found. He immediately begun hyperventilating, trying to call out for Naruto.
Tobi jumped out of the bed, stumbling over to the door. He fumbled with the doorhandle a few times before finally opening it. He tumbled out through the doorway and onto the floor – a crying mess.
“Tobi!”
Tobi looked up at his name, relieved to find Naruto running towards him.
“Tobi, take deep breaths!” Naruto cried, kneeling down next to the boy and placing a hand on his shoulder. “In…! Out…! In… Out…! Take it easy, Tobi!”
Tobi did as he was told. Soon enough, he was able to breathe normally again. The boy whimpered and jumped at Naruto, wrapping his arms around the Uzumaki.
“N-naru-chan…” Tobi whined.
Naruto smiled at Tobi. He took the boy’s hand and led him away and into the living room.
“T-tobi’’s a g-g-good boy…” Tobi stuttered, twiddling with his fingers.
Before Naruto could reply, the front door had been knocked to the ground and Shikamaru appeared – his usual lazy expression was serious, emphasised by his narrowed eyes and frown upon his face.
“Naruto, step away from him.” Shikamaru called.
Tobi whimpered and stepped away, terrified – why would this Leaf Shinobi come here and tell Naruto to get away from him…? Had he been a bad boy…?
“What’s going on?” Naruto called, not noticing that Tobi was quickly backing away from Naruto and making a break for the hallway. “Shikamaru, I --!”
Shikamaru was in no mood for games and immediately activated his Shadow Possession Jutsu just as Tobi had turned his back to them.
Tobi cried out as he was immobilised, frightened. “N-naru-chan! Naru-chan!”
“Shikamaru, what are you doing?!” Naruto ran to Shikamaru, stopping just before the other boy. “Tobi hasn’t done anything!”
“Don’t let that innocent act fool you, Naruto – he’s a cold-blooded killer.” Shikamaru was quick to manoeuvre himself to the Akatsuki. He slapped chakra-cuffs onto the boy’s wrists before he released the jutsu.
“Tobi is not a killer!” Naruto exclaimed, grabbing Tobi and pulling him away from Shikamaru.
“Lady Tsunade’s judgement was wrong – he’s simply too dangerous!” Shikamaru shouted. “He’s already attacked a squad of Leaf Shinobi – who knows what he’ll do next!”
“Tobi – w-what…?” Naruto looked at the now-crying boy. He just couldn’t understand how someone like Tobi could be a killer.
“That’s right, Naruto – he’s a killer.” Shikamaru continued on, taking Tobi by the chakra-cuffs and leading him out of the small apartment. “Lady Tsunade needs him back at her office so she can deal with him appropriately.”
“But Tobi has been with me all of this time!” Naruto shouted. “He has! There’s no way --!”
“Naruto, we already have the evidence against him! We know that it was him! He has to go!”
“Tobi no hurt anyone!” Tobi screamed, thrashing to get away from the Nara. “Honest! Tobi good boy!”
The boy’s loud wails were the last thing Naruto had heard from Tobi as he and Shikamaru soon disappeared from sight.
-XX-
“Tobi no know what Tsunade-sama means!” Tobi sobbed, cowering away in a corner of the Hokage’s office. “Tobi no kill anyone before!”
“Explain why a piece of your cloak was found at the scene and matches the tear in the cloak that you are wearing now, perfectly.” Tsunade growled. “We’ve found locks of your hair, and even your blood, Tobi. Don’t play dumb with us.”
“Tobi no understand!” Tobi wailed. “Tobi no understand!”
Naruto, who had just arrived at the scene, butted in. “Granny Tsunade – he’s been with me the entire time so there’s no way he could have done this!”
“You stay out of this, brat!” Tsunade roared at the Uzumaki. “The Chunin who were attacked described their attacker and matched perfectly to Tobi’s appearance!”
“We should’ve disposed of him when we first got the chance…” Shizune muttered, watching the scene from the desk. “He’s simply too dangerous – we won’t make this mistake again.”
“Granny Tsunade, he doesn’t understand!” Naruto shouted over Tobi’s loud cries.
Tsunade sighed, sick of fighting with the blonde boy. “No matter what you say, Naruto, Ibiki is on his way up now. There’s no going back. Tobi is going to be interrogated and then executed. We need the information on Sasuke and the Akatsuki, and this boy will be perfect.”
Naruto could only turn wide, fearful eyes on the sobbing boy cowering away in the corner. His heart broke.
-XX-
“That went better than planned…”
Dark chuckles sounded.
“Now that he’s out of the way… We can advance forward as planned… Is everything ready?"
"Just wait a little more, my lady -- they're only just taking the young Akatsuki into the interrogation rooms now."
"If all goes according to plan, Konoha will be destroyed and the Akatsuki threat gone as well by the time it's all over. Don’t forget -- with the Hidden Leaf gone, it will shock the other nations and then we can make our move on them as well."
-XX-
"According to the notice we received," Pein began, assembling his subordinates outside of the Hidden Leaf, "Tobi will be killed tonight if we do not act. As... frustrating as he is, Tobi is still one of us and Akatsuki do not take the death of their own lightly. Itachi, Kisame -- you two will distract the Leaf. Hidan, Kakuzu, Deidara and Zetsu -- you four will retrieve Tobi. Konan and I will clear as many Shinobi as we can from going after you four. Alright... scatter!"
With that, the Akatsuki were gone, making their way into the Hidden Village.
-XX-
“Why would you show up to Konoha like you did?” Ibiki growled, whipping Tobi harshly across the stomach. “Especially with your partner – your kind are never sighted without another accompanying them.”
Tobi sobbed. He was in so much pain, but it just wouldn’t end. “T-tobi got chased! Tobi train with Zetsu-san and someone attacked us! Zet-san protected Tobi and got hurt, but he told Tobi to run! Tobi got hurt, but when Tobi got to Leaf, no one chased Tobi!”
Ibiki thought this information over. It was obvious – having been doing this for as long as he had – that Tobi was telling the truth, but how could he know that Tobi wasn’t lying about some of it? Or leaving things out? But then again… Ibiki had seen that face many times in this profession – total honesty.
So was Tobi chased to the Leaf Village on purpose? Was Tobi supposed to have been found and taken in? What if the Akatsuki had used the young one to instigate an attack on Konoha for their Jinchuuriki without having told the boy that was what was happening? No… The Akatsuki wouldn’t risk their members like that…
But Ibiki did have an idea.
“Tobi,” Ibiki begun. “Did the people who were chasing you… Block your path at times, but didn’t do anything to you?”
Tobi nodded, quivering from the pain – Tobi had learnt from Zetsu that being totally honest usually meant less harsh punishments, so if it worked with Zetsu, than why not with someone else?
“Bad people chase Tobi to Konoha…”
-XX-
"They're moving into Konoha now, Hitori-sama."
Hitori looked at her subordinate, smirking. She couldn’t wait for the Leaf Village to fall. Finally, her plan of conquering the five nations was coming to a beginning. While she was at it, she was going to get rid of the Akatsuki as well -- they were only trying to copy her with all of their 'world domination' bullshit...
"Good..." Hitori purred. "Make sure no one leaves the Leaf alive."
"Hai, m'lady."
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