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The image of him and his mother disappeared. It was now black, he remembered long, golden hair, a broken green plate, blue skin and red eyes, but he couldn't piece the object together. The only thing he could get from all of it, was a cloud.

He knew he had only scratched the surface...

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Tobi was dreaming again.

The vision was in grayscale.

He saw himself, standing with his mother on a sidewalk with many other people. His hands wore soft mittens, and a scarf hung around his neck, he wore a longer, knee length coat, as his mother did. They crowded in masses around the street, they're heads bowed. Tobi was holding her hand, bowing as well, though he didn't understand why. Looking around, he saw the various shops, containing flowers and chocolates, shaped in hearts. It was Valentines day. Soft flakes of snow were falling on the grey city. A carriage carrying a man was pulled down the center of the street, his mother whispered to him slowly,

That man up there, do you know why we bow for him? Asking in a light, gentle voice.

Tobi shook his head, he had no idea who he was, he just knew many people were scared of him.

He is a dictator. He controls us and people are afraid, he has the power to hurt us, we do not disrespect him. Don't ever get in his way.

He doesn't sound like a good person, the small Tobi contorted.

He is not, his mother said in a whisper. Many people despise him, and wish for a better leader.

Are you against his government, Tobi asked quietly. He knew that the conversation between him and his mother could not be heard by anyone else.

She leaned very close to him now, whispering directly into his ear now.

Yes, but you must never tell anyone, you must stay absolutely quiet about this subject, never speak of it again.

The carriage carrying the man rolled past them and the man looked, his mother did not make eye contact with the man, but Tobi studied the him, looking into the his hard eyes, which seemed as cold as the ice below them. But still, the carriage continued, and as it descended out of sight, he turned to his mother.

I do not like him either.

The people straitened their backs and began to move again. He walked with his mother now. A red glint caught the corner of his eye, it seemed to be the only real colour in the gloomed surroundings. He broke away from her hand, and ran to a small niche in the side of a building. He crouched down to the three, bright red flowers. Flowers never grew in snow, though, Tobi thought to himself. Then again, there should always be love on Valentines day. Quickly, the young boy picked the three red flowers and ran back to his mother, smiling as he approached her, and produced the flowers from behind his back.

His mother looked shocked, and asked him were he had found them. He told her that they were growing in a hole of a building. She sighed and then smiled warmly, holding the flowers and Tobi's hand as they walked home.

Tobi's dream went blank for a moment, the spurred a new image.

He was older now, around ten, but the same scene was around him. Masses of people bowed their heads to the man, the dictator, that was riding in a carriage, pulled down the center of the street. It was Valentines day again, it was snowing too, the place had not changed much in the five year span from his last dream, but Tobi had.

His eyes were dull, and the scarf around his neck was tattered, he wore light gloves which had holes at the tips, he could feel the coldness. His hair was unkempt and he was very slim, it looked as if he had not had a meal in days. He was alone. Someone whispered near him, and he caught the word orphan.

Yes, he was an orphan now.

He did not look up as the carriage carrying the man rolled past him, but the man inside looked down, he remembered. He remembered the small boy who's will seemed to be bigger than him, he remembered the boys mother, a young and beautiful woman, who had fallen ill years ago and died. He remembered the young boys' eyes burn with hurt.

But still, the carriage continued until the boy had descended out of sight.

The people straitened their backs and began to move again. He walked alone now. A red glint caught the corner of his eye, but he no longer cared. He no longer cared for the man that rode in the carriage, nor the people that walked near him, he had no one left.

He was alone on a Valentines day.

He walked the path in a park, it was still snowing, the trees hung their limbs, naked in the chilled air. He heard heavy boots trudge the gravel behind him, though he made no notion that he was interested in whomever approached him. A pair of strong arms grabbed his and twisted them painfully behind his back, as Tobi fell to his knees. He did not cry out, though the position he was in very uncomfortable. Merely, he looked up into the familiar cold eyes, as the dictator stood before him. Slowly, the man crouched down to Tobi's level, and looked him straight in the eye.

My streets have no use for orphans like you, he said calmly.

Tobi made no reply to the man, he was not afraid of him anymore.

The man continued, but you maybe a use for me... Tobi.

He flinched, the man actually knew his name.

I knew your father, too, and I know that you, his son, can become great. He said, smiling. Tobi began to shake, but he clenched his hand in a fist, willing himself to show no weakness to the cruel dictator.

My father's dead, it doesn't matter now. The young Tobi said, looking away.

I know that, the dictator spat, but then took to a softer tone, but I also know that you are the same, you have chakra, something people don't have here. Work for me, I can give you a better life...

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Tobi woke with a start, cold sweat beaded his brow. His heart pounded and his breathe was shaken. He swallowed and willed himself to sit up and get out of bed.

Chakra, he thought, searching himself. What is it exactly...

He put it out of his mind, putting on his clothes, which were newly washed and mended, but left his jacket on the back of a chair, he wouldn't need it today. He brushed the strands of hair out of his eyes. Then put on his shoes and walked down to the lobby. Naruto was already there, waiting for him.

" Hey sleepy, what took ya?" Naruto laughed.

" Nothing, so where we going?"

Naruto's stomach rumbled, he crossed his arms over it, but Tobi had already noticed.

"Lunch," they both agreed.

The exited the Hospital, and Tobi took in a lung full of fresh air. He looked around, there was a lot of people walking in the streets, talking and laughter filled his ears. He was relieved that he was out in the open again, and glad he was leaving the hospital.

Naruto led him down the bumbling streets to a small wooden shack, large paper lanterns hung in front of the opening, and cloth that hung down from the rafter spelled out, 'ramen'.

" Welcome to Ichiraku Ramen Tobi," Naruto exclaimed, " my favourite place to eat!"

They entered the cozy shop, and sat down on stools in front of a polished booth, a man walked through a door , his eyes small, and wrinkled with age, he had grey hair, tucked behind a white tam.

" Hey, there Naruto!" the man said, " the usual for you, I'm guessing?"

" Yep! And one for my friend here too," he said, gesturing to Tobi.

The old man opened one of his squinted eyes a little wider, eyeing Tobi, " Never seen you around here, what's your name, son?"

" Tobi," he said, smiling a little.

" Well, nice to meet you Tobi, looks like we may get a second Naruto," he laughed, then disappeared into the back room. They passed the time by telling jokes to each other. Ichiraku, could hear the laughter from the back room, smiling at some of the jokes he could hear.

He came out, bringing two steaming bowls of ramen , and placing it on the booth,

" There ya go boys, dig in!" he called returning to the back room.

The bowl emitted a glorious smell, so much better than the bland hospital food Tobi had to eat.

He took a bite, it was delicious!

" This is great," he called out, he had never tasted anything as good as this before.

Happily the two boys ate their lunch, payed the bill then left the shop. Their stomachs were full and their moods brightened.

They walk out into a forest-like terrain, as Naruto showed Tobi were their mission had been the other day.

He looked along the fence, which was tipped with barbed wire. A stupid grin crossed Tobi's face, and he nudged Naruto, " Hey, bet you can jump that fence again."

" Bet cha I can!" Naruto said, taking a few steps back. Then took off. Shouting out like an idiot he leapt gracefully. Tobi watched Naruto do a stupid pose like a ballerina as he soared over the fence. Well, almost. Naruto seemed to just pause in midair, holding his hands out at the side. A barb on the wire had caught his pant leg, pulling him viscously back to earth as he slammed against the other side of the fence, dazed and upside-down. But that seemed to be the least of his worries.

"No way..." Naruto said.

Tobi looked on.

" NO WAY!!!" Naruto shouted.

There, sitting on the ground right in front of him, was a steaming, fresh pile of dog shit.

" COME ON!! YOU"VE GOTTA BE KIDDING ME!!" Naruto cried, Tobi was on the ground, laughing his lungs sore from lack of air.

" IT'S THE SAME DAMN DOG WITH THE SAME DAMN SHIT! GOD MUST HATE ME OR SOMETHING!"

A fat, brown, short haired down waddled in a goofy fashion towards Naruto.

" you! Don't come near me you stupid mutt, I'll ..."

Naruto didn't have time to finish, tormenting him, the dog slowly stung out it's tongue, dripping with saliva.

" No, NO! Stop!!!"

Too late, the dog pounced on the inverted Naruto licking his face like there was no end.

" Tobi quick give me a hand!"

Tobi sat up from his laughing fit. Clearing his throat, he began to clap...

" No you idiot! Help me out!"

He hopped over the fence, something Naruto clearly could not do at this point, a crouched in front of Naruto,

" Well, I guess I can't just leave you "hangin'" he cooed.

After a few minutes, he unhooked Naruto from the barbed wire. After washing his face in the river and shooing off the mutt, he took a deep breath and said, " alright, lets give yo a tour of the village!"

After about five minutes into their tour, Naruto came up with a plan for revenge on Tobi. It was bound to work. Naruto looked away for a moment, hiding his smile. He waited until he had the right setting, then...

" hey Tobi! Look! A dead bird!" he shouted, pointing up to the sky, Tobi looked, Yes! Naruto thought to himself and then...

Smack.

While Tobi was looking up, he had walked right into a telephone pole. Naruto could hardly contain himself.

" Hey Tobi, what did the man say when he walked in to a bar?"

" Ouch..." Tobi said, rubbing his nose.

" Aw, too bad, you must have heard that one already." Naruto snickered.

Tobi had to admit, it was a pretty good joke, and he had stupidly fallen for it while searching the skies for a dead bird.

The two boys spent most of the day walking around the village of Konoha, occasionally pulling pranks and telling jokes. They quickly discovered they shared the same sense of humour. The sky began to dull and darken, as the sun sank behind orange and purple clouds.

They were walking back when Tobi spotted a field of cows. The Bouvines were sleeping, upright as they naturally did. A memory seemed to instantly flood his mind. Cow tipping, he remembered him and some friends sneaking out into fields and pushing over cows as they slept. It was great fun, and they rarely got caught.

He looked around the field, the farmer wasn't in sight.

"You thinking what I'm thinking,' Naruto spoke up, eyeing the field of dormant cows.

" Cow tipping," Tobi said with a huge grin.

Quietly, they snuck over the fence, no one was around. Naruto started, tiptoeing over the long blades of grass, he came to the first victim, sleeping soundly. He gave a rough push, the cow, in dubiously fell over, giving a slight moo as it hit the ground. Obviously to tired and lazy to do anything, the cow remained sleeping in the grass, on its side. They both tried not to laugh to loudly as the cow tipping proceeded. Tobi had just finished tipping his sixth cow when Naruto called him over.

There, Naruto stood, looking proudly at the line of cows, set up like domino's. Tobi tried to restrain from laughing and waking the cows, for he knew what came next. Gracefully raising his arms and closing his eyes, like a conductor readying his symphony, he jabbed his hips into the first cow. Tobi held his sides laughing as the cows tipped one by one.

Moo, moo, moo, moo, moo, thunk! It must have been the funniest thing he had ever seen.

Half an hour later, Tobi and Naruto sat up in a tree, admiring their work. No cow was left standing. No Bovine spared from the ridiculous pastime. Saying their farewells to each other, they went back to their dwellings, which Tobi had smartly rented a room before.

The two would sleep well that night...

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The next morning came all too quickly for Tsunade, it seemed, and with it came more papers to sign and more documents to read. Sometimes being Hokage really sucked. Skimming over the jumble of papers she pulled out a complaint that she had received that morning, but never bothered to look over. She read the title...

Cow tipping...

See stared at it for a moment, before crumpling it up, and taking a quick sip of sake from her secret stash.

Damn kids... she thought as she started on the mountain of paper work that occupied two thirds of her desk.

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Again Tobi dreamed that night. But this dream was a bit different, all he received was bits and pieces of memories, and not the whole thing.

He was in the service of the Dictator, then it flashed to him and a friend, creating strange things, like water and earth with something called chakra, a burning building, a man lecturing him on something called Jutsu... a burning building collapsing, a burn wound on his shoulder...the dreams passed to quickly for him to catch on.

He forced himself to wake, not wanting to see anymore.

He walked out on the deck, to get some fresh air. He was abut three stories up and no one was outside, since it was very early.

Chakra, Jutsu, what are they..what do they mean?...it hurt his head trying to think of them. It made him frustrated as the two words racked his brain, yet he knew nothing about them. He though about it, no, he knew them, just didn't remember. Tobi looked down at the street, it was a ways down, and no one was there. Maybe, he could force himself to remember.

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Deidara was completely drained, not only had the eight tails sealing taken about half his chakra, but he had not slept, since he needed to get to Konoha and find Tobi, doing this without the help of a vessel, he must avoid being caught.

He stifled a yawn, this was taking way to much out of him.

Sitting on top of a building he looked down at the empty streets, they were totally desolated, he didn't have much hope of finding Tobi at the moment, but searched anyway.

Surprisingly, it would not take that long at all.

He must have the only person that was out, standing on the porch of an apartment about three stories up.

" God, strike me down, that was too easy! Hmm." Deidara sighed. Typical of Tobi, being so noticeable like that. He stood up, about to make a move, when Tobi did something rather strange. He took one step forward, one step of the edge of the wooden structure.

" That idiot! Hmm! What the hell does he think he's doing," Deidara cried out.

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Tobi felt the rush of air around him, and feeling of free fall as he let himself go. He closed his eyes and concentrated.

You either remember or you die, two options, what would his instincts tell him...

What would his mind reveal to him at the last moment...

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Authors Note:ok, sorry this chapter wasn't all crack, but I had a hard time thinking up pranks and jokes that would be suited for Tobi to use on Naruto and vis versa. Too bad though, I had a great prank that Tobi could use on Kakuzu, money on a string, mwahahahaha.

Have I ever gone cow tipping? Yes and it must be one of the most amusing things I have ever done in my short life. But to all readers, even though it's a hell of a lot of fun, cow tipping is known as a cruelty to animals act and you really shouldn't do it.

If you do decide to go for it though, and get caught, you're f00ked. lolz

If you find any spelling errors, i don't give a damn, i am only a kid, not god...

Next time: A new Mission! Tobi remembers the way!

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