I can't believe how much she has grown since I've been gone. I've been watching my sister for awhile now. Even though Zaria is my sister I don't have the courage to confront her. She's been convinced that I'm dead. It would be hard to prove to her that I'm not. I noticed that she had met Shisui the another night after being reanimated. It's funny cause when he was alive Zaria didn't really like him. He would always tease her about how he would make a better brother than me. Zaria always disagreed claiming that I was the "greatest big brother". It was always funny to watch hr defend me. Although I see now she's getting along with Kakashi. When I was around Zaria couldn't stand him. That was mostly cause me and him fought constantly. I could see part of her still didn't like him. Zaria always manages to amaze me. When we were younger she used to claim that she wanted to become a ninja just like her big brother. Now here she is today considered one of the strongest female ninjas among the Hidden Grass. Honestly I think she's stronger than me now. As her older bother I'm proud of her. Sometimes I wish I could be there for her. Instead I'm here watching her from the shadows. One day I'll stop being a coward and tell her the truth. That her brother never died in the third shinobi war. That he was rescued by their ancestor and given another chance. It's hard to know that for the longest time I was the cause of her pain and suffering. I was the reason for her tears. I broke my heart to see her cry. When she cried I would cry too knowing I couldn't comfort my own sister in her time of need. There was a few times in the forest where she spotted me and I would panic and leave. This time I didn't follow her. I didn't want her to find out just yet.
"TOBI WHAT ARE YOU DOING?" Deidara shouted from above. I panicked for a minute. I didn't want him to what I was doing.
"Uhhh Tobi's a good boy?" I said hoping he would buy it. Deidara gave me that annoyed look that he always gives me.
"Whatever" Deidara responded and went ahead of me. I sighed with relief and followed him. Deidara and I were supposed to go the the Sand Village and retrieve the two tails from Gaara. I'm hoping I don't run into my sister because the sound village was on the way. I over heard her conversation with Kakashi the other day. She believes that Orochimaru was somewhat involved in Shisui's reanimation. So if she wants to investigate she would end up going to the sound village where his hideout was located. I didn't want to have to fight my sister. That's the last thing I want to do is cause her any harm. I'm her brother I want to protect her. The last time I saw Zaria she was back in the Grass Village. I'm hoping for now she'll stay there. I love my little sister. I'll admit that if she confronts the other members of the Akatsuki I'll take her side and protect her. Even if it means losing the trust of the Akatsuki I don't care. Protecting Zaria is my number one priority. Even though Shisui eventually took his own life I was glad he was able to keep Zaria safe while he could. I've observed her team mates for awhile. Her one team mate Satoru seems to be very protective of Zaria. Something tells me that there's something more going on between those two and as much as I dislike my sister being around I guy outside of the family. There's nothing I can do now. I just hope that he protects her with his life as I would. Her other team mate seems to also want to protect Zaria too, but not as much as Satoru. I think it's just because they're on the same team and that's okay. At least they work together like a team should. I wish me, Kakashi, and Rin were like that back then. I looked down for a minute and that's when I saw her. Zaria happened to be heading in the same direction as me and Deidara. Then she took a turn that separated our paths. I wanted to know what she was doing.
"Deidara I think we should split up. We'll have a better chance of infiltrating the Sand Village that way" I suggested. Deidara just looked at me, but he couldn't disagree. He knew I was right. He nodded his head and continued on. I went and followed Zaria. I wanted to see where she was going. I thought that she was going to head to the Sound Village, but this isn't they way to the Sound Village. So where could she be going? I concealed my chakra so Zaria wouldn't notice that I'm following her. I recognized this path. This was the alternate route to the Hidden Leaf. Itachi and Kisame were on their way to the Hidden Leaf to retrieve the nine tails. Something tells me that she's going after Itachi again. She remember her hating Itachi so I think it's weird that she wanted to see him. I noticed that she's been on her own for awhile. I haven't see her with her team mates recently. I guess this was some type of solo mission. I saw her stop and I stopped and hid. She turned her head and looked up in my direction. I was panicking on the inside. Did she sense my presence? If she did then how?
"I know someone's there so you better come out now!" Zaria demanded. Yeah she knew I was there. What am I going to do now? Part of me wanted to come out of hiding yet the other part wanted to run. I went with my gut and came out and stood in front of Zaria. I guess now was going to be the time to confront my sister.
"You're the guy that's been following me for days now. What do you want?" Zaria requisitioned. She carefully studied me. "You're a member of the Akatsuki just like my cousin Itachi" she then stated. She looked angry. I've never seen her so mad before. I didn't know what to say? I never planned for this to happen so soon. "Who are you?" Zaria asked. Now I was losing it. For the longest time I went by Tobi. However, she was the one who first called me that. If I told her my name was Tobi. It would give away my identity. Now wasn't the time for that. I came up with a plan on the spot.
"You don't need to know my name" I stated in my deep voice I use as Madara. She looked annoyed with me. It sucks that I have to lie to her. For now, it's for the best. When the time comes I'll tell her the truth.
"If you won't tell me your name. At least tell me why you've been following me?" Zaria demanded. What was I going to do?
"There's something about you that fascinates me" I responded. It wasn't exactly a lie, but it wasn't the truth either.
"How do I fascinate you?" Zaria questioned. I shrugged my shoulders not knowing how to answer that. I needed to make an escape and get back to Deidara.
"Maybe next time we meet, I'll have an answer for you" I said as I used a smoke bomb to make my escape. I looked back and saw that she was just stood there. She shook her head and went back in the direction she was going. I'm sorry Zaria maybe one day I'll tell you the truth.