It was quiet between Tobi and Deidara at the moment and not the awkward kind of silent but the, I-really-have-nothing-to-talk-about-and-I-don't-feel-like-talking-to-your-lame-ass-at-the-moment silence. After a good week of teasing and gay jokes on Tobi part, Tobi had gotten bored of calling Deidara a swinger, even though the reaction he got was pretty freaking hilarious every time. Tobi just figured it was time to find another sore spot or thing Deidara hated and annoy him with it, but much to the relief of Deidara, Tobi had yet to find something to get him riled up on all day and Deidara was half tempted to say Tobi was actually being "good" but that would probably jinx it and Deidara was enjoying the silence. Deidara looked at his extra clothes that had been left behind from the old cabin they had stayed in and where Tobi had his little "fling" at, as Deidara liked to call it. They had retrieved there belonging's from the cabin immediately after the two ninjas left, seeing as if they didn't the place would be swarming in anbu and they didn't want to leave any evidence of themselves. Deidara knew it had been over two weeks ago but he was now seeing something he hadn't had time or cared to notice before.
"Tobi..." Deidara said, trying to get his partners attention, who at the moment thought the rocks by his toes were completely amazing and should be built into a rock house. Tobi didn't seem to hear or listen to him as he was to intent on making the "best rock house ever". Deidara decided right then and there that, no matter if Tobi was rambling his mouth or just sitting in silence playing with rocks, Tobi could annoy Deidara no matter what.
"Tobi," He said a little louder but still Tobi was too caught up playing with his rocks to even care what his Sempai might have to say to him. Deidara walked over, more like stormed, and hit Tobi in the head.
"OW SEMPAI!! THAT HURT TOBI! Why did you do that to Tobi? Tobi was being a good boy!!!" Tobi whined pathetically towards his Sempai, truly believing he hadn't done anything wrong, which technically he hadn't.
"Tobi you idiot, I called your name two times and you didn't listen to me at all, instead you were playing with the stupid rocks, yeah," Which he kicked over to show his point and annoyance of being ignored. "Now get over here, I have something I want to ask you, yeah." Deidara said walking back over to his small pile of clothes. Tobi frowned behind his mask at his now destroyed rock house. That was supposed to be the best rock house ever and Deidara had just destroyed all his hard work. Tobi crossed his arms and pouted behind his mask.
"No, Tobi won't go until Sempai apologizes to Tobi. "Tobi said stubbornly. Deidara looked over his shoulder and raised a single blonde eye brow at Tobi.
"Excuse me, yeah?" He asked as his annoyance radiated off him but Tobi wasn't seemingly affected at all and continued not to move.
"Tobi won't move or help Deidara-Sempai till he apologizes for kicking down Tobi's rock house! Tobi was working very hard on making the 'best rock house' and you ruined it!" He said childishly and Tobi knew it was but Tobi worked hard with all those rocks to make a perfect little rock house, he was even thinking of finding a poor little turtle, that was fortune enough to survive Deidara's wrath, and give it a home in the rock house. Deidara's eyebrow twitched dangerously and Tobi mind thought back on when Sakura was mad. Tobi decided that Sakura was WAY cuter mad and that's why he couldn't resist making comments to make her mad just so he could get the cute look on her face, but he decided he didn't think Deidara's angry face was cute at all and he was about to point out how ugly it made Deidara look if Deidara hadn't come over grabbed Tobi's cloak and dragged him over to where Deidara's clothes were. Deidara pointed to the clothing.
"How are all my clothes so clean? And don't tell me it was you because last time you did laundry you somehow turned them green, yeah"
"Is it really so weird that Tobi turned the clothes green? It happens all the time to clothes, though it's normally a pink or red color they turn." Tobi said thoughtfully.
"Tobi, all of our clothes are black, that's why it's so fucked up, yeah. How the hell do you turn black into bright green, yeah?" Tobi just shrugged as if it wasn't the most impossible thing in the world and apparently for Tobi it wasn't. Deidara rolled his eyes.
"Answer my first question?" He said getting back to what he wanted to ask.
"What question? Why the clothes turned green on Tobi? Tobi told you sempai, Tobi doesn't know, Ok? They were just black one minutes and BAM, there green the next on Tobi. Tobi was as shocked as you." This little ramble earned Tobi a good smack on the head, who once again whined pathetically.
"NO Tobi, I meant how are my clothes so freaking clean, yeah?" He was almost fed up with this conversation.
"OHHHH," Tobi said in realization of what Deidara wanted. Tobi got up and brushed himself off. "Sakura cleaned clothes and offered to do yours and Tobi thought Sempai's clothes needed to be clean so Tobi said to Sakura that Deidara would be happy not to stink anymore." Tobi said as if it was the most obvious thing in the world, and with that explanation Tobi headed his own way away, but was pulled back when a hand snagged the back of his cloak and pulled him back.
"SO you let the enemy clean our clothes when she could have been bugging them or putting traps or something on them, yeah? " Deidara swore he was going to go insane from Tobi's stupidity. Tobi nodded a little too happily.
"Yep, but Tobi's knows Sakura-chan wouldn't do that. She's too nice even if she is a ninja and she likes Tobi alot. Well actually," He scratched his head. "She did like Tobi, Tobi's not sure anymore…" Deidara looked at his partner weirdly.
"How are you not sure anymore?"
"Oh Tobi erased her memories, duh." He said like it was so obvious and that Deidara was asking a stupid question. Tobi got up not really wanting to talk about Sakura anymore because it made him think how much he missed her. "Tobi is going to go train for a while. Bye Sempai." He walked out faster then Deidara was willing to comprehend. Deidara shrugged and looked back at his clothes.
"Well at least she was useful in one thing, yeah" Then Deidara froze as a thought hit him. "Wait a minute; Tobi doesn't like training alone, yeah!" Deidara ran out immediately after his partner, now knowing something was wrong.
Naruto didn't know what to think of Sakura at the moment. The past week and half she had thrown herself into training and the hospital and when she did have free time it was hanging out with him, which of course he didn't mind because he loved her company, but she literally did nothing else not counting going home and sleeping and other certain needs like showering and eating but that's besides the point. Even Shikamaru had commented that she was spending more time with him and when he had brought it up to Kakashi about how she seemed to have doubled her efforts to be around him he rubbed his chin and said she either felt the need to protect him or unconsciously he reminded her of Tobi and it was most likely the last one. Naruto had felt like sulking a little at this, he loved his best friend to pieces but he didn't want to be the replacement, even if she was doing it without knowing or meaning to. But Kakashi had told him not to worry because it was probably her just unconsciously dealing with moving on from her 'break up', as he put it, with Tobi. Which he guessed was why when ever anyone asked her on dates she didnt decline which was the only thing that really kept her from him and gave him room to breathe.
At the moment Sakura laid in the grass next to him, her eyes closed, almost like she was asleep but she was simply relaxing and listening to the calm world around her. Her eyes peaked open when a shadow loomed over her and blocked the sun from her face. At first she thought it was Naruto but realized she still felt his presence to the right of her. As her eyes adjusted she realized it was Kiba. She smiled up at him and sat up.
"Hey Kiba, why are you here?" Naruto asked before Sakura could. He grinned at Naruto but his eyes were still locked on Sakura.
"I was wondering if Sakura would come have lunch with me?" He asked a little nervously and Naruto's mouth dropped in disbelief. Sakura smiled and was so nicely going to decline and say she was going to have lunch with Naruto when she found herself again agreeing thoughtlessly.
"Sure…" She said. Naruto did a double take, and Kiba smiled happily, and Sakura felt dumbfounded but kept her emotions in check. She got up slowly and brushed herself off and turned to Naruto.
"I'll come find you later, ok?" She said and Naruto was about to protest but they were already off and it was too late to stop them. First Lee, now Kiba? Then in the past week any guy who had gotten the guts to ask her out for a date, she would say yes to. He was starting to think she was trying to 'unconsciously' get over Tobi a little too hard.
Kiba took Sakura to a secluded little restaurant in a less busy part of Konoha. She sat down and he sat down fidgeting a little and she could tell he was nervous.
"So what is it that you wanted to talk about?" She asked, she had figured that this wasn't really a date but he had something to talk to her about and he didn't want to do it with anyone else around, hence the secluded restaurant. He looked up shocked to her slightly amused face.
"Well, I...uh," He stuttered a little amd going a little red in the face. "Well I like a girl and…"
"Hinata?" Sakura supplied for him. His face went even redder and he nodded.
"We all know how she feels for Naruto," He started off. "and I just don't know how to get her attention. I mean I tired various things from acting as stupid as Naruto and to being a complete gentleman." Sakura nodded in understanding.
"Just be you, because you want her to like you and not this fake person you created just so she likes you and while I know this is something you don't want hear it's important to know that if she doesn't like you for you then she isn't worth your time. Like you said we all know she has a major crush on Naruto but why not just ask her on a date."
"But I don't want her to say yes because she pity's me or can't say no."
"But that's just it; if she can't say no then it's a chance to show her who you are and how much you like her. Then start out small with maybe picking her up from work or walking her home, maybe get some flowers. She might not get the hint at first but after a bit and with each time you make it more obvious as to why you're doing it she should realize you like her. I think as long as you be yourself and try hard but not in an annoying way, course I don't know what Hinata sees as annoying, but just do what feels right." She said thoughtfully. Kiba nodded happily and they ordered there meals and ate and talked about some other random things.
Sakura walked out of the restaurant and bid Kiba good luck and goodbye. She headed towards where she guessed Naruto would be, aka, his favorite ramen stand in the entire universe. She was correct with her thought because there her blond friend sat, slurping away like no tomorrow. She sat down next to him and he looked up with mild interest. He slurped down his noodles and stared at her trying to decide if he should ask what was on his mind right now. Sakura gave him a questioning look.
"Spit it out Naruto. I know you better then anyone, so just tell me or ask me what ever is on your mind." She said sighing.
"Why did you say yes to Kiba?" It truly was bugging him and he needed to know now. Sakura shrugged at his question. It was really hard to answer. When ever a guy asked her, she just seemed to fall into a thoughtless trance and say yes.
"I don't know Naruto. Just lately, I can't say no when guys ask me out on dates. I mean, I always about to decline but before I know it I'm saying yes and going on a date." She said a little depressed at the thought.
"So if Kakashi-sensei walked in here right now and asked you out on a date, you would say yes?" He asked wide eyed. Sakura turned her head and gave Naruto a look of disgust.
"Ew! No freaking way!! Naruto, he's our Sensei, that is so wrong on so many levels, and even if he wasn't he is so much older then me!" She said in protest and slight disgust at the thought.
"So was Tobi, that didn't stop you, and he was our enemy." Naruto mumbled under his breath. Sakura's eyes widened a little, thinking she might of heard him wrong, it had been spoken very quietly maybe her ears were playing tricks on her because she almost didnt catch his words.
"Excuse me?" She asked wide eyed. Naruto immediately realized he had thought that out loud and tried to cover it up.
"I said maybe you should go talk to Kakashi and make sure that this 'not being able to say no' thing is not a problem. Hehehe…. You know me always saying weird stupid things." He said knocking on his head as if it was hollow and in Sakura's opinion it probably was. She shrugged again and got up, completely forgetting what Naruto said or atleast not bothering to think about it.
"I'm going to go train for awhile." She turned to go and leave but Naruto's voice stopped her.
"Ne, Sakura-chan, why are you training so hard lately?" He asked. Sakura looked off at the sky, which was slightly cloudy but no chance of rain. Which meant good training weather.
"Because next time I run into this Tobi guy, I'm going to kill him so he can't hurt either of us." She said with a seriousness that didn't make Naruto doubt it. He frowned at this; it was starting to get to him again, her saying this but knowing if she had her memories, she wouldn't actually be able to kill him.
"But Sakura-chan…Tobi…" He stopped realizing he was about to slip again. She looked at him with a questionable gaze. Naruto leaned near her face with a serious look that Sakura didn't like. "Sakura-chan, don't question what I'm about to ask you, Ok?" When she nodded, he resumed. "Have you ever thought of why you can't remember anything about Tobi? Maybe that you're suppressing that whole memory or something because of Tobi… Sakura-chan, you lo-" A hand clamped down on his shoulder scaring the crap out of Naruto and Sakura, who hadn't noticed anyone come up to them.
"How are my cute little students today?" The hand on Naruto's shoulder squeezed a little too hard for comfort and Naruto resisted the urge to yelp in pain. Sakura looked up at Kakashi and smiled.
"Hello Kakashi-Sensei. I was off to go train but Naruto and I were having a conversation." She turned back to Naruto ready to resume there slightly confusing conversation but Kakashi once again stepped in.
"Oh, that's a shame since I have to talk to Naruto in private now." The hand on Naruto shoulder once again applied bone breaking pressure. Naruto stood up immediately and slammed some money on the table.
"Yeah, I'll see you around Sakura-chan." He gasped in pain and Sakura gave him a weird look and shrugged.
"Ok, I'll find you late Naruto." She walked away. Once out of sight a deathly aura seeped off Kakashi.
"Now Naruto, what did I say about hinting, telling, or even mentioning anything about her and Tobi." He said deadly serious. Naruto's eyes widen with fear.
"BUT SENSEI!!" He whined. "She talking about killing him and stuff and its so weird knowing two weeks ago she was lip locking him. It would be understandable if he did something bad and she remembered it but since we don't know what happened its really weird." He said trying to explain how he felt. Kakashi only nodded in understanding.
"Tsunade and me have been doing some research and we think that since Tobi was once Obito and since he was able to access the Sharingan, that he might have messed with her memories and locked them because in ones mind, memories can't be deleted but they can be locked away and forgotten. Because that's ultimately what the sharingan is, a mind screwer." He said a little darkly. After giving Naruto this less technical explanation of what they believed the cause Sakura to lose the memories Naruto had only one question left.
"If Tobi is Obito and finds out he is Obito or remembers he is Obito…What are you going to do if he wants his left eye back?" Naruto asked innocently. Kakashi blinked at this and smiled.
"Well I would have to tell him finders keepers." He said jokingly, but Naruto didn't take it as a joke and looked shocked.
"SENSEI!" Naruto said flabbergasted.
Sakura punched the tree in front of her furiously. Naruto's words rang in her head.
'Have you ever thought of why you can't remember anything about Tobi?'
Actually, she really hadn't had much thought on why she couldn't remember. It was just like when she said yes thoughtlessly, she would think of why she couldn't remember but her mind would go blank and something else would distract her from it, but now with what Naruto had said it wasn't going away. Was she really trying to suppress them? Maybe it was some sort of mind jutsu? If she was trying to suppress them, were the memories that bad? Maybe she had been captured and that Tobi guy tortured her? Nah, Naruto would have been right next to her training to kill this guy if he had and Tsunade wouldn't hide that from her. Maybe she had gotten a hold of some information dealing with akatsuki and he erased it. But why would he erase it when he could just kill her? That didn't make sense and the worse part was the feeling she got in her chest every time she thought of Tobi. It felt like her heart was breaking and she didn't even know why. But what ever the reason was she knew it had to do with this Tobi person and even though she said she was going to kill him every time he was brought up, right now all she wanted was answers and he seemed like the only person she could get them from because no one else was willing to give them. She was going to him, first she would collect information from her missions and then during a simple outside c-rank mission around the area he was spotted and if she had time she would go find him. Though it wasn't highly thought up and pretty simple she could work out the kinks later. Right now she wanted to figure out why her heart was overjoyed at the thought and why her head was telling her not to do this. Her brain had always been the logical one in everything while her heart had been over emotional and dragged her down and now she was going to follow her heart on this one because her brain was a little messed up at the moment so it was only logical to follow the heart. She smiled as she destroyed another tree. She was going to get answers her way because Sakura Haruno was never one to be left in the dust.
Woooo you guys surprised to see me? Your probably like 'What, no authors note at the beginning? That's because I had nothing good. I have been home for almost a week and writers block came to me and I couldn't think of what to do till yesterday morning I just opened word and just typed… I guess I wasn't so writers blocked as I thought because I just kept typing and typing. Thanks all who reviewed because without your support (because of my review whore ways) there would be no story. So thanks again!!
Oh and I believe Tobi did survive in the manga (though i wont find out till tomorrow. 2 reasons for my thoughts. If Sasuke survived then Tobi sure as hell did and 2, why would Tobi be invented to take Sasori's place if he was just going to be killed a 'couple' chapters down the road? He is still to new just to get rid of. So I believe he has a back story that we will find out about. (cough cough OBITO!!! Cough cough) Oh and i know its been more then a couple chapters... i just meant he hasnt been there that long.