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Chapter 4: Revelations.

The day before the mission…

They had just finished eating dinner. Obito was in the kitchen clearing away the dishes. Sitting on her bed; Rin was deep in thought.

Should I ask him about it. He always pushes the topic away; but he needs to open up about it. I wonder if he'll tell me this time. Sighing; she got out of bed and headed to the washroom.

When she entered the room again she was greeted by a shirtless Obito lying in her bed. Getting into bed she extended her arms towards him; 'Come, warmth.'

He felt his lips curve upwards in a smile as he scooted closer to her before wrapping his arms around her petite torso. She laid her head on his chest as her fingers traced the ridges of his abs. They lay quietly in their embrace for the next few minutes.

Looking down at her face he noticed her thoughts lay elsewhere while her face donned a look of concern. Pulling her chin up to look at him; he broke her out of her trance. Placing a kiss on her lips; he broke the silence. 'What's troubling you?'

She hesitated before speaking; 'If I ask you something will you answer me?'

He was quiet for a while, after a minute he finally spoke. 'You're going to ask me about what happened after the war aren't you?' he asked with a pained look in his eyes.

Propping herself up on her elbows she placed a hand on his cheek and gently caressed it; rubbing her thumb along his cheekbone. 'Please tell me what happened Obito. I want to know, no; I need to know. You're my best friend and I can't help you unless you tell me what it is that took place after the war.'

He was silent yet again. Sitting up he leaned against the headboard before closing his eyes. The images after the war kept flashing through his mind. Letting out a sigh he opened his eyes. By now Rin was sitting as well; staring at him. He bent an outstretched leg to rest his elbow on while his hand cupped the side of his face. He took a deep breath wondering if Rin was right, wondering if it will truly be possible to get over what happened; if he really would feel better after he opened up.

He sighed, 'If you need to know what happened I will have to start from the beginning.' She sat up straight as soon as he started speaking, looking straight at him; trying to decipher every emotion that crossed his face.

He looked in her eyes before continuing. 'Darkness; that's the first thing I remember after I heard you and Kakashi leave, your chakras fading in the distance. I felt peaceful, like there was nothing left unfinished; I had saved Kakashi and you after all. I was just waiting to be taken from this world.' He stopped; feeling like he had already said too much.

After a few seconds he spoke again. 'I'm sorry; I haven't spoken about it in detail to anyone before… I just had to tell the Intel division the bare minimum about what happened.'

She took his hand in hers and gently rubbed her thumb over his knuckles. 'It's okay Obito; take your time. I'm not going anywhere.' She smiled.

He smiled back. 'I'm not sure how long I was out there; it was definitely a few hours. I no longer felt the crushing pain, it was like all my senses had gone numb. I couldn't see anything to top it off. I kept slipping in and out of consciousness so many times that I lost count. I started to believe that this was what death felt like.' He paused briefly. 'The next thing I remember was waking up in a bed. My eyes were bandaged so I couldn't see anything, but I could hear a few machines like those in hospitals and the sound of water dripping nearby. I couldn't move, my hands and legs were strapped down and my body felt too heavy.' His hand slipped from hers as he brought it up to rub his face.

'As soon as I had regained consciousness I heard footsteps approaching, they stopped somewhere in the room; soon after which I heard a few buttons being pressed and the sound of liquid draining, I could feel it enter my system; I guess I was hooked onto some tubes and IVs. Someone spoke to me after that; his voice sounded so cold it sent shivers down my spine every time I heard it. He said his name was Orochimaru; one of the three legendary sannin of the leaf.'

He saw Rin gasp at the mention of his captors name. Orochimarus reputation preceded him. Everyone knew about the inhumane experiments he conducted in the leaf before he was caught by the Third Hokage and forced to flee the village.

'He told me he had healed the right side of my body and that I would be able to leave the room soon. I tried speaking to him but nothing came out from my mouth. I didn't know how long it had been since I had opened my mouth. As if reading my thoughts he told me that I should go to sleep and all my questions would be answered once I had healed. I obliged thinking he was helping me and I'd get to meet you and Kakashi soon. How would I know what was in store for me.' He let out a chuckle as he looked at his palms.

Shaking his head he continued. 'The first few days out of bed were hard; it was like I was in a different body and in some ways I guess it was true. Orochimaru told me his partner had found me crushed underneath the boulder; the right side of my body was paralysed and pretty much useless. He told me he managed to infuse some cells into my body that healed the right side of my body; the cells formed a sort of second skin on the right side. He kept having me undergo tests and experiments; at the time he told me it was for me to heal completely, little did I know I had been made into one of his lab rats. He treated me pretty well for the first 3 months I was there; I had my own room, three meals a day, he even took care of my training and helped me get accustomed to my body. I was happy; he said once I was healed completely I could return to the village, I couldn't wait. But everything went downhill when his partner returned.' The memories of the torture replayed itself in his head. He wasn't sure if he should speak anymore, but her fingers wrapped around his as if telling him he should let it all out.

'His name was Kisame Hoshigaki; a rogue ninja from the village hidden in the mist' I knew because of the slash on his hitai-ate. He didn't beat around the bush like Orochimaru did; he got straight to the point. The first day he got back was the worst day for me. He took me to this room strapped me down to a chair and started interrogating me. He wanted to know about the leaf village. At first I refused to tell him anything and that's when I was introduced to his blade for the first time; Samehada. The blade was jagged all over; it cut you up in multiple places on contact, it also stole your chakra from you. Eventually I gave in and told him whatever I knew.' He bit the bottom of his lip and looked up as he felt tears well in his eyes threatening to spill over. Leaning his head back he closed his lids as he felt them fall down his face. He felt her hands cupping his face as her thumbs brushed away the tear drops on his cheeks.

'This guy was the most sadistic bastard I have ever met. He continued to torture me even though I had nothing more to tell him, he already knew everything I could tell him about the leaf. He said it pleased him; he said he enjoyed torturing people. I was his favorite he said as I was the most resilient among all the lab rats at Orochimarus disposal and that every time I cracked his pleasure was that which resembled ecstasy. Orochimaru continued his experiments on me. He said having the sharingan will help him greatly in his dream of acquiring all the jutsus in the world. I don't remember what happened most of the time. I complied only because I had begun to accept that as my reality, all hope of coming back to the leaf had vanished completely.' He was shaking by now; his fists clenched tight until his knuckles turned white. He was writhing with anger at how he had been treated and how he lacked the strength to fight against it. His tears were flowing much more freely now. When he looked up at Rin he could see the tears in her eyes too. What must she be thinking about me? He wondered. How could she want to be next to me, I have become such a pathetic excuse for a shinobi; letting my emotions get the better of me.

He dropped his gaze from her; ashamed. She took his hand in hers; but he pulled away. Sitting on her knees she crawled closer to him before straddling his legs as she sat on his lap. She took his face in her hands and gently turned it towards her own. 'Don't act tough and hide your wounds…' He brought his eyes to meet hers, 'I'm always watching you, you know.' She said as she placed her forehead against his.

After a few minutes he spoke again. 'It happened 3 years ago…'

'Huh?' Rin pulled back so she could look at him when he spoke.

'I woke up to the sound of explosions nearby. Everyone was startled by it. Before I knew it there was one outside my room, my wall had been blown off in the process leaving dust and rubble in its wake. I don't know what came over me; I guess I acted purely on my instinct to survive. I knew very well what happened to those who tried to escape from the hideout but I had to do it. This was the best opportunity I had ever had in my 2 years of being there. Before I knew it I was running through the trees as fast as I could, I didn't know where I was going all I knew is that I had to get as far away from the hideout as I could. On the way I ran into a few guys from the hideout, they were trying to escape just like me. For some reason they decided I was their best bet and ran with me, I didn't know them that well they were just faces I recognized. We ran for over a day without any breaks and that's when it started. Kisame was on our trail; two of the four guys who joined me decided to stay back and buy us some time, I didn't even know them yet they gave up their lives for our shot at freedom.' Tears started falling down his face once again.

'Before long it was just me running; the others had been taken down by him but i never looked back. It was well over 2 days now; I was running on reserves. I had just stopped for 20 minutes in between to rest. I don't know how I hadn't collapsed from fatigue yet. It wasn't long before Kisame had caught up to me, suddenly a kunai whizzed past me and hit a tree ahead; there was a paper bomb attached to it and a second later there was an explosion causing me to fall to the ground. He slammed his blade into me barely giving me any time to recover from the fall. I felt my chakra being drained and soon everything was dark; just like in the beginning. I knew I couldn't have died as they needed my sharingan; they wouldn't kill me but how I wished they did kill me back then.' He paused to catch his breath. 'When I woke up I could see the sun shining above; its rays filtering through the leaves, I felt warm and safe. Looking carefully I found myself in Minato senseis arms. He looked down at me and said everything would be fine now; believing him I fell back to sleep. When I woke up again I was in a hospital bed, it was by pure luck I was found. They had received intel about one of Orochimaru's hideouts and attacked it, though Orochimaru and a lot of his subordinates escaped they did create a massive dent in his research work. It was on their way back to the leaf that sensei picked up my chakra signature and he came to my rescue. He told me Kisame had managed to escape but that didn't matter to me; I was home. I was safe and could see you and Kakashi and my parents, that was all that mattered to me.'

When he finally finished speaking he felt Rin pull him into an embrace. His head was resting on her chest as she held him as tight as she could; her tears rolling off her face onto his. He wrapped his arms around her and they just sat there in each others arms for the longest period of time.

That night was the most peaceful he had ever slept.