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Reminder: Don't own Naruto and never will...

"I did it!"

Looking down at the ring that was on his bed, Tobi mentally cheered himself as he sat beside it. By then, he had already taken off his cloak and shoes. It seemed as though a nap was in order and he didn't even try to fight it. Shoving the ring onto his finger, it brightened into the blue color it was when Tobi first put it on. The tired ninja didn't even notice as his eyelids drooped down and he fell asleep.

Back in the common room, everything was normal...or as normal goes in the Akatsuki. Hidan had return from his ritual and was now continuing their fight with Kakuzu about if a tomato is a fruit of vegetable. Itachi was still trying to read his book...yes, still trying. Kisame was continuing his chat with Mitsuki. Deidara was sitting on the floor with a piece of clay in front of him but his eye widened when a growl rippled from his stomach. Placing a hand over it, he whined, "I'm hungryyyy!"

Hearing the complaint, Itachi mumbled something to himself while concentrating even more on the book. Eventually, the whining made him snap and he glared at Deidara. "If your so hungry, then go and make something to eat." he said slowly, his eye randomly twitching as he spoke. The look on the bomber's face seemed like one of those, 'That's just crazy enough to work' expressions when Kisame jumped into the conversation.

"Nuh-uh! Deidara's not cooking shit!"

"And why is that, Kisame?"

"'Cause, remember last time? He exploded the kitchen when you told him cooking is an art just so you could get him to shut up and make dinner. We had to eat pizza and Chinese food for two weeks!"

"Ah, that's right..." Itachi nodded as if he was having the memory run through his mind, "That place did have good pizza. But you had to go and butcher all of the people there. I mean, who cares if they had anchovy pizza?"

"I'm still hungry!" Deidara almost yelled as if he would fall over from starvation at any moment. To this, Itachi rolled his eyes and stood up from his seat, offering that he'd make lunch for everyone. Stepping one foot into the kitchen, Kisame blurted out, "Itachi, you can't cook!" After the outburst, the lights seemed to have dimmed and the temperature got cut in half.

"What do you mean, 'Itachi, you can't cook!'?" he asked in a cold, murderous voice. This seemed to have sparked the attention of the arguing Hidan and Kakuzu and caused chaos in the room.

Back in Tobi's room, the noise from the common room easily made it's way inside. As Tobi rolled over to try to go back to sleep, his ring plunged into a pitch-black color. "Tobi doesn't wanna wake up." he whined to himself but since he was already awake, what was the point of trying to go back to sleep? Getting off his bed, he put his ring into his pants pocket and went into the common room to see what the noise was about.

As he entered the common room, the first thing he saw was Itachi furiously chopping an onion through the enterance way leading into the kitchen. He wasn't even crying like cutting onions does to you but then he had to tears to begin with. "Tobi, get over here." he ordered the moment he saw newly arrived ninja. When he got beside the Uchiha, he continued to speak and he shoved what was left of the onion to him, "Here. Your turn to make lunch." Once Itachi got done with that, he left the kitchen but stopped in the doorway to look at Tobi, "Do it or you'll be crying for a week...and it won't be because of onions." The clear image of the Ronald McDonald clown came to Tobi's mind and he nodded his head, "Okay! Tobi is a good boy!"

Seeing that he was alone, Tobi put the ring back on his face and smiled. Yup. This ring was definatly a keeper. Looking down at the onion, he wondered what to make with it. Itachi never did tell him what he was planning on making or anything. "What should Tobi make?" he questioned and he took a swipe through his hair, his ring changing to orange in the process. "Oh, well. Tobi'll make yummy soup."

While singing out the alphabet, Tobi got the pot and filled it with some water. Now, he was cutting the vegetables. He decided that he'd make a simple vegetable soup and had some rice on the side, just in case the soup didn't turn out to be a hit. As he cooked, he continued to sing himself the alphabet over and over. "L, M, N, O, Q...wait. Ah, Tobi forgets." he mumbled to himself as he stirred the soup which looked finished.

Putting on the oven mitts, he picked it up and placed it on the counter, forgetting to turn off the burner first. "It's done!" Tobi sang out, throwing his hands up which made one of the oven mitts come off and land on the burner. Instantly, it got submerged in flames but Tobi didn't even notice as he was busying getting the plates for everyone. "Huh? Tobi? You got something else cooking? Something smells like it's burning." Kakuzu asked, a bit worried since if food were burning, then it would just be wasted. Food wasn't cheap, you know. The swirling masked ninja shook his head, replying that he made the soup and rice, which was sitting on the other counter. "Well, something is burning!" he said back with a glance around the room and he finally he saw the oven mitt on fire.

"HOLY FUCKING JASHIN. TOBI, YOU LITTLE SHIT!" Kakuzu screamed, "THAT OVEN MITT COST ME TWO DOLLARS AND IT WAS ON SALE!!!"

Knowing Kakuzu would have his head if he didn't put the fire out quick, Tobi looked around for something to put the fire out with. He was so caught up in the moment, he forgot all about the ring that was now on his uncovered hand. "Tobi can fix it!" he rushed, wagging his hands as he looked around. Forgetting there was a sink in the kitchen to get water from and douse the fire with it, he peered into the living room and saw Mitsuki in her tank. His eyes locked onto the water inside of it and made a run for the tank. What happened next scarred Kisame for the rest of his life.

As he made a run for the tank, he grabbed it and shouted again, "Tobi can fix it!" When he made his way back, he tipped the tank over and the water crashed onto the fire but it still raged. "RETARD!" Kakuzu boomed, "You gotta turn off the burner!" The shout made Tobi jump and drop the tank, shattering on impact to turn off the burner. Just when everything seemed over, another voice boomed into the room.

"MITSUKI!!! BASTARD, YOU KILLED HER! YOU KILLED MITSUKI!"

This sad cry came from no other than Kisame who was crying his eyes out, his body trembling. "Swear to Jashin I'll...I'll..." he threatened but couldn't get past his tears to say the complete sentence. Breaking into one giant sob, the shark-like ninja ran out the room, his voice echoing down the hall. Tobi looked down to the water drenched floor with a frown on his face though no one could see. "Well, you sure did it now." Hidan said with a shake of the head as he watched Kakuzu collect the remains of the oven mitt. As he did it, he pushed the now charcoal-black fish out of the ruins, showing no sympathy for the creature.

Tobi began to shake as tears filled his eyes. Slowly, he whispered, "Tobi didn't mean to kill Mitsuki..." but no one responded, probably since they didn't hear his whisper. With every fidget the crying ninja would made, the ring would slide lower and lower on his wet fingers from when he grabbed the fish tank.

Breaking into the depressing moment, Deidara looked down at the glass and back up to the others. "So..." he started, "Is anyone gonna eat the rice or what?" he asked with a shrug, not caring about what just happened.

This seemed to be the icing on the cake as Tobi, like Kisame, burst into monster sobs and ran out the room. During this, the ring completely slipped from his finger and landed in one of the many puddles of water on the floor. Everyone watched but didn't bother to stop him since they knew how Tobi was about such things. "He'll get over it..." Itachi sighed and the others nodded.

As a door could be heard being shut, which was most likely Tobi entering his bedroom, Deidara was already greedily eating the rice. He swallowed with a smile and cheered not even caring if his comment was heard or not, "This rice kicks ass!"

So, chapter two is down and I'm wishing you guys enjoyed it. Just a little note, the oven mitt incident really did happen at my house...minus the whole fish tank thing though. Anyway, I should have the next chapter up soon but having some encouragement does help. Hugs to all!