Through Akatsuki's Eyes
11
Ashiko
Ashiko ran down the hall, trying to find Tobi.She had to ask what that ment, how could her father be a kage? She saw him sitting alone in the recliner, watching a soap opera. She snuck up behind him and flicked him in the mask, making him jump.
"Mr.Tobi, whats a Raikage?" She stared into the orange mask.
"Um...why do you ask Ms.Ashi?" He said, adjusting himself in the chair to be able to face her better.
"My dad was one I think." She knew he tensed up, it was'nt very hard to miss.
"Uh...I dont know for sure...Ashiko...I can ask Pein when he gets back..." His heart was racing, this could'nt really be happening. He did'nt have to tell her now, he had to ask Pein first.
"O...ok." She smiled slightly and cocked her head to the side. Something was up, she wasn't going to dig any deeper but she did know something was wrong.
"Ah! Ms.Ashi, listen..." Tobi muted the T.V. and concentrated on a sound.
She could here the faint patter of rain outside, barely loud enough to be heard through the thick walls."Rain...I have'nt seen rain in awhile..."
That was all it took for Tobi to grab her wrist, drag her to the front door, and walk her outside into a rocky clearing.
It was raining beautifully outside the hideout, and to both Tobi and Ashiko's pleasure, Deidara and Sasori came to observe. The rain fell in sheets, and came down in quarter side droplets. Ashiko's hair was soaked with the sky's tears. She laughed and picked up a mud ball from the ground, threw it at Tobi, and then hid behind Sasori. He was standing in the cover of an overhanging rock.
"I refuse to get warped in this wet stuff." He looked behind himself, and peered at the dripping Ashiko.
"O, just use some water-seal, it wont kill you!" She said, pointing and laughing at the slimy mud that plastered Tobi's mask.
Tobi was standing with a pile of mud in his arms, facing Ashiko. " Heeeere Ashi Ashi Ashi!" He sprinted torward her and tripped, throwing the mud across Sasori.
"I really hate you all." He threw the mud off of himself and sneered at Tobi, walking back torwards the hideout door.
"No Danna, dont go inside! Its so pretty out here!" Sasori laughed and pulled him by his coat sleeve into the clearing. They both stood there, looking up, letting the droplets fall on their faces. He layed his head on Sasori's shoulder and sighed. Sasori laced his hand into his, both blushing terribly.
"Lets leave the two love birds be." Tobi laughed and jogged through thick bushes and trees, Ashiko in quick persuit.
"Your slow Mr. Tobi, dont want to get dirty do you?" Ashiko yelled, darting past him.
Tobi flashed a conceled grin, and kicked it into overdrive, speeding past Ashiko."Dont get lost Ms. Ash-!" He was cut short,tripping over a tree root and falling face first into a small clearing. He laughed hartily until Ashiko flew into him, tripping over his leg.
"Ms.Ashi! A-are you ok?" Tobi sat up and rolled himself over, checking on her well being. He then burst into laughter, seeing the mud that caked her face.
"Wha?" He brushed the chunks of mud off of her arms and face, laughing with Tobi at the scene they had just made. She looked at Tobi's swirrled orange mask, and saw that the eye hole was almost completely covered over in the brown goop. She grinned and grabbed his mask, on both sides, sliding it off of Tobi.
"Ms.Ashi, I...!" He grabbed her arms, mask only half way off. "Thats not a good idea." All laughing had ceased and Ashiko just rolled her eyes.
"Your to self depressing Mr.Tobi, It cant be that bad."
"I dont care, I dont want you to Ashiko." He shook his head.
"Tobi, im your best friend right?"
He nodded slightly.
"Friends dont keep secrets from each other, Okay? You never hide something from a friend." She said, still not releasing the grip off his mask.
"But...its just better off if you dont. Its bad Ms.Ashi." He lossened his grip slightly, he was her friend after all, and she would'nt know who he was. The only person who would'nt care if he really was a diffrent person from what other people thought.
She shrugged of his grip and slid the mask of all the way, holding it in her left hand.
So many things in just one look. The shaggy black hair that lay across his forehead, the white patch that lay across his left eye kept in place with surgical tape. The beautiful features that made every part of him shine, but the most imporant one of all was in his eye. The blood red sharingan stared into Ashiko's own purple eyes, shaking almost.Rain still fell, making it all the more amazing.
Ashiko laughed, still staring into the beautiful eyes, and brushed off the dirt on the lollipop like mask. "That was a lot of fuss for nothing."
"But...Ms.Ashi... ?" He touched the siderwebbed scars that lay across his right cheek and chin. The features on the right side of his face were slightly warped looking, old and tired almost. The scars itself were cut marks.
They were'nt really noticable, all the other things about him stood out so much more, the full lips, the perfectly shapped eyes. Everything about him was perfect, execpt for that one flaw. The scars were an off-white color, thin in set but wide in range. " Why would I?". She poked some mud through the eye hole.
"N-no reason..." He crossed his arms and for the first time, Ashiko could see him blush the dark pink never exposed to her before. He was examining the area surrounding him and stared at one spot that Ashiko could'nt locate.
"You looked so angry when I took your lollipop away." She laughed and held up his now mud free mask.
He grinned back, the magnificent white and straight teeth piercing the dark colors that lay in the background. He laughed the familiar sound and stared at something he held in his hand. He twirled the pink flower between two fingers and held it out to Ashiko, still smiling."Your the only one who does'nt make me feel worthless Ashi."
She could feel her cheeks flushing a deep red. She grabbed the flower extended before her and stared at the plant, placing it behind her ear and giggled. She layed his mask on the ground next to her.
" Thank you Ms.Ashi. I know how hard being here is for you." He raised his knees up and sat his chin down on them.
"Its hard on you too, having to take care of me like this. Thank you." She leaned forward and kissed Tobi on the nose.
"Nah..!" He recoiled and snatched the mask on the ground, throwing it over his face. Ashiko got to see the look on his face, flushed, embarrased, and hysterical.
She laughed heartily at Tobi's facial expression and stood up.
"Pfft..."
They both swirled around and saw Kisame and Itachi standing on the opposite side of the clearing, Itachi partially caring the huge shark-man.
"Look Itachi...He gave her a flowur..." He snorted and tripped slightly, recoiling and stood up straight. "You two need to get home..." A small hiccup."Before someone catches you out here..."
Itachi glared at his drunken friend and looked at both Ashiko and Tobi. "Could I get some help here? The guy weighs four hundred pounds."
"O for the love of bubble gum, what do you want now?" I sighed and crossed my arms.
"You know what to do." They all stared at me, glaring, arms crossed.
"Fine!" I threw my arms down and once again faced you lovely people. "In the Naruto series, Tobi is actaully Madara Uchiha, leader of Akatsuki. I do portray him to be Obito in this section of my story, and if you really are a Naruto lover you know why. Im not going to say anything against my own theory, but just so you know Tobi is like 90 years old in the story sadly..." I stiffled a sniffle.
"God, im really old." Tobi laughed to himself.
"But I still love you Mr.Uchiha." I grabbed his arm and resed my head on his shoulder.
"Thank you creepy stalker lady, I love you too."
