Authors note: READ!
After the last chapter of Naruto manga, many have asked me questions concerning Tobi and my story and I will answer them here so that no one is confused on why or what I'm doing.
I will not change anything concerning Tobi in the matter of him being Madara or the leader of Akatsuki. So simply he isn't Madara or the leader.
Here he is still Obito/Tobi, a member of Akatsuki.
Why am I not changing it?
Because I would have to completely rewrite Pretty Flowers. Some will disagree but I would have to because if I was to make Tobi the leader of akatsuki:
1. He would have lied to Sakura and I really wouldn't call that (true) love.
2. They could never be together in this story because he really is after the kyuubi and evil.
3. She would have to betray her village for him and we all know she wouldn't (amnesia or not).
4. In my story he is Obito and made it clear that he remembers who he is…
And now, I would love to give my new little theory that Tobi could still be Obito (a very possessed Madara Obito….) I was reading something about Madara and the Uchiha dark past (go Google Madara Uchiha, it will come up) (Credit for this to: darkwolf!) And it gives a theory of the Uchiha's past and the sharingan. Now to skip along, do you remember at the valley of the end when Sasuke and Naruto were on the heads of those huge statues? Madara Uchiha is the one Sasuke is standing on while Naruto is on the first Hokage's. Then when we see Sasuke after the time skip the kyuubi makes a comment about Madara. So that means kyuubi met Madara before Naruto or Sasuke were born. So that hints that Madara is OLD. (How old is the first hokage, OLD, so Madara is old!) and if the dark secrets of the Uchiha past theory is true then Madara was the first Uchiha to have the sharingan. (Which again means HE IS OLD and probably dead) Now what if Madara could do something similar to Orochimaru's immortality jutsu but through the sharingan or something? That means Obito could be possessed by Madara since, well Obito had the sharingan and also wanted another chance at life. There's another thing, why haven't we seen what's behind that mask? Hmm? Isn't that a little fishy? We know his name and that's he's the real leader? Why haven't we seen his face? Because maybe kishimoto is hiding something! And how big of a twist would it be for when Kakashi would have to fight Madara and all of a sudden he takes off his mask and BAM, he's Obito! How in the world would Kakashi take that? Ok that wasn't so little, Hehehe, sorry onto the story.
Oh at the end of this chapter we shall all have a memorial service for Deidara… Yes I know it's been like 63 weeks but we all loved Deidara.
The mission Sakura Haruno had wanted didn't come for another week. She had figured out that once she pretended not to care about or seemingly forgot that Tobi existed that Tsunade seemed fine with her returning to the ninja world. She didn't ask anymore questions about Tobi to Naruto or Kakashi because neither would answer and she already deemed it as a lost cause to ask them. Sakura had then moved to searching files but none gave her any answers that would explain her current or lost memories and if there was anything about Tobi it was obviously in a higher file to which she couldn't access. She wished she could at least remember what he looked like. That would be a nice clue as to where to start but she was just not that lucky to even get that. So Sakura decided to investigate files with any Akatsuki sightings that had been around and it was just her luck that they had decided they were going to lay low again. She was starting to think that a higher being simply didn't want her to find anything out but she wasn't one to give up on something like this and she wasn't going to stop now.
Sakura had been walking home from the hospital when Naruto had stopped her.
"Sakura-chan!!!" Naruto yelled obnoxiously as he ran down the street to catch up with her. Sakura turned and looked at Naruto wearily. She was dead tired and was borderline chakra depletion from the rush of patients they had today in the emergency room. All Sakura really wanted was to go home and fall onto her fluffy bed immediately but by the excited look on his face, Sakura knew it meant one thing: Mission. He skidded to a halt in front of her and went on and on about how Tsunade needed to see them now and how he hoped it was a super cool mission so he can show off his elite skills. She smirked at his antics and deep down she couldn't help but feel like she had heard something similar from someone else but she couldn't place the name or face. She shrugged it off as Naruto proceeded to try and drag her to Tsunade's office but she wasn't going to have any of that and she hit him a good one and lectured him on how she had two feet and could walk herself.
They walked in silence towards the Hokage's office both thinking different things, Sakura about Tobi and how she could try to find him if this was an out of Konoha mission and Naruto was thinking about how he could look like a cool hero to everyone. Naruto was so caught up in his daydream that he didn't notice the poll right in front of him till he crashed into it. Sakura turned her head and looked at her fallen comrade and started laughing, tears streamed down her face because she was laughing so hard. She was laughing so hard and so much that she had to hold on to the pole for support. Naruto looked up at her in confusion.
"Sakura-chan… it wasn't that funny." He said rubbing his nose that had been hurt when running into the pole. Tears poured out her eyes as she laughed. She nodded her head in agreement but kept laughing and crying.
"I know but... Hahaha. I can't stop... Hahaha" Naruto then realized this was the first time she had really laughed in weeks but after this nice realization her laughing changed into full out crying and sobs and she collapsed in tears. That's was when Naruto figured it was also the first time she had cried in weeks too and he did the first thing all men do when they are confronted with a crying girl and they are in the middle of a slightly busy street. He freaked out.
"Sakura-chan... uh... Don't cry... Its ok, I promise... well I can't really promise it will be ok… because I have no idea why YOU'RE CRYING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD! PLEASE STOP!" He said in panic as her sobs got louder.
"I…. Can-can't st-stop." She said in between sobs. Naruto rubbed his head and looked around him seeing people staring and whispering to each other and he could only think how this was probably hurting his already bad reputation more. Sakura grabbed her heart as the pain in her chest hurt more.
"Sakura-chan," Naruto whispered. "Do you know what's wrong or why you're crying?" He soothingly rubbed her back trying hard to settle her down even though it didn't seem to be working.
"I miss him." She sobbed out and Naruto rubbed his head in confusion.
"Who?" He asked completely lost.
"I DON'T KNOW!" She sobbed loudly and hugged Naruto to death, crying pathetically on his shoulder. Now normally Naruto would be totally eccentric that Sakura was hugging him and crying on his shoulder and looking for comfort from him but…. He knew who she missed and who she was crying for.
Tobi.
He was really starting to dislike this guy and they hadn't been formerly introduced yet either, how annoying. Naruto picked her up bridal style and started walking towards the Hokage's office because they were already border line late. Hopefully, Sakura would calm down before they got there because he didn't want to explain to Tsunade that her apprentice had burst into tears in the middle of a busy street. Thankfully, she did settle down and was put down and walked the rest of the way to the building and to Tsunade's office without another outburst. Sakura tried to straighten herself up the best she could but she knew it would be obvious that she had been crying. They walked into the quiet room; Kakashi was already there so they knew they were extremely late if their Sensei beat them there. Tsunade looked up at them and raised her eyebrow when she saw Sakura's puffy eyes and red nose but she decided to ignore it now and questions later.
"Sai won't be joining you for this mission on the account he has a different mission he has to complete. So team Kakashi you will be heading north to a village that's been experiencing assorts of bandits and thieves. They are having a festival and any traveling merchants or civilians who went to enjoy it are being robbed. You're just going there to make sure no one is attacked and to patrol the forest around a 100 yard radius to make sure it's safe. Understood?" A nod of agreement came from all three of them. Tsunade smirked. "Good, now you will be leaving tomorrow morning. Good luck." She dismissed them and started to look under her desk for the stash of alcohol she had hidden earlier from Shizune. Sakura and Naruto exited but Kakashi stayed behind.
"Tsunade-Sama," He said in a tone that made Tsunade look up at him with a risen eyebrow and sit back in her desk quietly to hear the jounin out. She crossed her fingers and leaned her chin on her hands. The silence in the room was almost deafening.
"Well?" She asked, her patience wearing thin because of the thought of vodka was still in the back of her mind.
"You know exactly why I'm still here and want to talk about." His voice was rather cold and Tsunade coolly blinked back innocently. This only seemed to make the mad jounin even worse. "The village you're sending us to it THAT village and what about Sakura…"
"I know what you're talking about and I knew you would throw a fit." She said as calmly as ever. "But this needs to end. This is sort of a test for her. To see if she regains any memories and if she does, what she will do with them. I trust Sakura completely and I believe you should wisely do so too. You're dismissed." She said with finality in her voice. Kakashi realizing there was no point in arguing walked to the door and opened it but Tsunade voice stopped him before he could leave. "You know what is weird, you would think that out of everyone, especially Sakura, that you would be over joyed that your former teammate is alive. Scared that he will want his eye back, Kakashi? Or maybe you're jealous. Maybe it's because you see Sakura as the daughter you never had and your protective of her… or maybe she reminds you so much of Rin that your old competitive side is coming out like when you and Obito were a team?" Tsunade studied him as he stood looming at the door. He cocked his head over his shoulder and gave her the coolest stare he could muster, trying to hide the obivous signs of anger radiating off his body.
"The teammate I knew is dead. That isn't Obito anymore and as for Sakura, she is under my supervision and as a guardian figure, I won't let her get hurt or make a stupid mistake over a dead man she cant even remember." Tsunade smirked at him.
"Keep telling yourself that Kakashi. But under that mask I see green eyes instead of red and black." (1)Kakashi swiftly turned around and slammed the door behind him.
Sakura and Naruto walked casually down the streets of Konoha towards the ramen stand. Sakura sighed and looked up at the sky.
'Tobi.' She thought sadly. She snapped out of her daze as a hand on her shoulder stopped her from walking any farther. She turned her head to see Naruto smiling at her.
"Silly, we are already here. Where are you going to?" He said jokingly and headed inside the ramen bar. Sakura quietly followed behind and sat down next to her friend. She ordered and stared blankly at the counter, not really thinking of anything in particular.
"Sakura-chan…" Naruto said getting her attention. She turned her head and looked at her friend who refused to look at her at the moment. She could tell immediately that there was something wrong by the look on his face. She put her hand on his hand and he slowly looked her in the face.
"What is it Naruto?" She asked seriously.
"Be my girlfriend… forget about him, please Sakura-chan and be with me." He said with such urgency that it made Sakura's cheeks turned red.
"Naruto… You know I don't have feelings for Sasuke anymore." She said becoming serious again.
"But Sakura-chan…" She cut him off not letting him finish what he was going to say.
"But I can't be your girlfriend." She looked down at her lap in shame. Naruto stayed quiet waiting for her to explain. "I can't be your girlfriend because…" She stopped trying to figure out what it was that stopped her from being with him and sighed in frustration. "I know I would be happy with you and that it would work, but Naruto….I can't seem to love anyone and I want to… your perfect... god, I know you are, but if I was to go out with you and not love you…Naruto," She turned to look at him in the eyes. "I don't want to hurt you like that. It wouldn't be fair to you or me." She stood up and turned to walk away. "I'm sorry, I need to be alone." She ran out leaving enough money for her half. Naruto still starred at the counter but now had a sad smile on his face. The old man put the bowel of ramen in front of Naruto sympathetically.
"Tobi is one hell of a lucky bastard." Naruto said. The old man, not know what to say, didn't say anything.
Tears slipped down Sakura's face as she ran away from the ramen stand. She didn't want to hurt him. She didn't want to hurt anyone, especially him. She just hoped he understood because she sure didn't understand why she felt like this. Her thoughts felt twisted and wrong. Something told her to go back and say yes. It would be the smart thing; it would be the safe thing. The other half of her, the dominating half, knew it would only hurt him and her. Naruto was too special to her to just do something like that. Was it Sasuke that stopped her from loving someone as great as Naruto?
No.
She was over Sasuke. She had been for over a year and a half. Then who was stopping her?
It clicked immediately in her brain. The root of all her problems, her memories, these mixed up feelings.
Tobi.
She would find him soon. This mission was a good chance for him to find a clue to where to find him. She would find him, beat him up, heal him, get some answers, and then beat the tar out of him again. That sounded good to her. She grinned evilly, scarring the kids she walked by and made a couple teenagers and adults jump into alleys to hide from her. They knew that look, and it meant one thing.
Someone was fucked. They might want to start digging a plot for the poor fool, maybe get the memorial service ready... and a casket, yeah, that would probably be a good idea.
Tobi shivered and rubbed his real arm. Tobi was currently sitting on a branch a couple of miles from their hideout but he didn't feel like going back, not right now. It was lonely there, not warm and happy like a pink haired girl. He thought that it was possibly the cold air and not an impending sign that something was going to happen.
(1): If you didn't understand what I was referring to Tsunade was calling Kakashi the 'green eyes monster' or basically he is so jealous its showing.
Your going to shoot me, aren't you? (Or possibly hug me to hug me.) I went home sick today and decided to update since this has been sitting on my computer for months (unfinished!!) I've been lazy. I wont update like I use to, but I'm not going to give it up.
Deidara memorial:
I would like to say a couple of words about my 6th favorite character in Naruto. Though you weren't my favorite you were my favorite villain…. Wait no…2nd… no that's for Sasuke…. 3rd….. No…
5th favorite villain!!
We will always remember your 'yeah's' (or 'un's' that some prefer.) and your exploding clay making, beating up Tobi, hating Itachi/ Sasuke, art loving ways.
We can all say for sure that:
He went out with a bang. XD
Good bye Deidara. (Throws what little bit of his ashes in the air)
Ok with that done. I have a question. Should I kill Deidara off in the story or make it completely AU and keep him alive. I can work with either way. I just don't know wether or not to do that.
