Lauren's POV
You know how when you're really stressed out you're supposed to just step back and take a minute to calm down? Yeah, well, I didn't get that minute. I didn't even get one fucking second.
When Obito claimed that he was tempted not to let us live – he really, truly meant it. Because the second I blinked he was mere inches away from my face.
My breath didn't even have the chance to hitch in my throat before his knee cracked into the side of my head, sending me flying into a nearby tree.
Vision blurry and head jumbled; I staggered up from the pile of shattered wood on the ground, not making it more that a slight stumble forward before a hand wrapped around my neck, hoisting me back up to the damaged tree trunk.
Blood started to streak down the side of my face as wooden branches sprouted from the tree and entangled my limbs, securely holding me in place.
Obito stood in front of me, red eye glowing dangerously – anger sparking in its depths despite his calm, stern face.
A ways behind him, Tess still stood by the playset, eyes wide and body paralyzed as her bright eyes bore into mine before switching to the back of Obito and then back to me again.
I had never seen her like this in my entire life. For the first time Tess looked legitimately scared.
Usually if something startled Tess she would end up cursing and having a fit. It wasn't often she would cry about anything either. She was tough.
But this time was different. This time Tess wasn't cursing and blowing off the thing that had scared her… this time her blood had run cold.
Obito was scaring her…
Obito was scaring me too.
The man in front of me… to be honest, he was probably stronger than the both of us. He had managed to attack me in the blink of an eye and deal some serious damage. Not to mention, he has the Kamui as well as Hashirama's cells.
For the last decade Obito had been waltzing around in the Akatsuki ranks as the annoying, childish "Tobi" to some, and the fearsome 100 year old Madara to others. And yet, in the end, he was probably stronger than most of the other members. Hell, with his techniques he was probably stronger than half the ninja in the entire Naruto world combined.
And Tess and I were up against him?
Not to be a pessimist or anything, but…we were kinda fucked.
Sure, Tess has her super strength and superb med skills, and I have my Sharingan and fire and lightning type jutsu's…but Obito has a higher level Sharingan, wood type jutsu, fire type jutsu and, because of his Mangekyo Sharingan, couldn't be touched half the time either.
If you can't place a blow on him…but he can get a blow on you, then…well…
Fuck.
This didn't seem to be leaning in our favor.
But like hell was I just gonna sit here and let us get our asses kicked. No way was I dying today.
Forming a chidori in my hand I focused back on the shinobi in front of me with newfound determination. The hand around my neck quickly tightened, immediately causing me to wince and choke, but I worked past the pain and pushed my palm into the base of the tree. The tree instantly cracked and exploded into numerous splinters and chunks of wood, some managing to create shallow cuts on my back as I fell to the ground, the hand around my neck disappearing as Obito retreated to avoid the wreckage.
Quickly regaining my posture, I stood and sped out of the way before the tree crashed down on top of me. I sprinted towards Tess and managed to get about half way there before Obito appeared in front of me again. My feet stopped moving in a splint second, ready to turn back in the opposite direction and try to counter attack, but this time Tess came to my aid, punching the ground where he was standing. Obito managed to dodge again, and hopped back out of the way.
"Fuck," Tess cursed as she straightened up, taking a step towards my side, her eyes never left Obito.
I nodded, taking a second to calm my nerves. "Seriously…"
She paused for a second after reaching my side. "…are you injured?"
I scoffed, my eyes still lingering on Obito who seemed to be contemplating his next move. "Of course I fucking am – but don't even worry about it. We can take care of that later."
Tess snorted a laugh. "So what's our plan at this point?"
I became serious again. "Well, to be honest I don't think we'll be able to beat him all too easily…"
Through the corner of my eye I saw her nod. "I figured."
"But considering that we're some of the only other people in this world with chakra, it shouldn't be too hard for the others to notice that we're in a pinch."
"That's true," she agreed. "Our chakra isn't dormant any more so it shouldn't be hard for them to pick up that something is wrong…"
"So, really we just need to be able to hold them off until someone comes to our rescue," I finished, my hand unintentionally itching towards my hip, wishing that I had some sort of weapon there.
Beside me Tess tightened her fist, her knuckles turning even whiter than they already were. I didn't have any doubts that she'd be breaking a few bones in her hands during this battle. Without her gloves her knuckles wouldn't have any type of protection either.
And me, well, I always get hurt, don't I? I would definitely need some medical attention after all this.
"You ready?" I questioned, my vision sharpening as my eyes melted into red.
"Let's do this." Tess replied, a grin almost making its way onto her face as she flexed her muscles for the last time.
And a moment later Obito bolted towards us. We charged right back.
Normal POV
Itachi knew that something wasn't right.
Taylor knew that something wasn't right too.
At the moment both were sitting on their bed, leaning against each other. They weren't cuddling; they were even trying to be romantic. Both of them were quiet. They were serious.
"Hey," the two looked towards the doorway where Sasuke was standing. His brow was furrowed.
Taylor stared at him. "Are you getting weird vibes too?"
The younger Uchiha nodded. "You both as well?"
Itachi dipped his head, frowning. "Something is not right…"
"Whoa, what's up with you guys?" Kisame questioned as he pushed past Sasuke and headed into the room, plopping onto his bed. He grinned at them all, trying to lighten the mood. "Lauren and Tess just left to go and get pizza for dinner a few minutes ago, so lighten up."
Itachi and Sasuke's eyes narrowed.
"They both went for pizza?" Taylor repeated, blinking.
Kisame raised an eyebrow at her. "Is that unusual?"
Taylor nodded. "Kinda. Usually only one of them goes…and pizza night is on Friday – it's only Tuesday…"
Even Kisame frowned at this. Clearly something was going on.
Itachi stood from the bed and headed out of the room. He padded through the kitchen and headed down the stairs, stopping in the doorway of his sisters room. Sasori was still sitting on the floor. At the Uchiha's arrival he paused.
"Do you need something, Itachi?"
The onyx eyed man stayed silent for a moment. "Was Lauren acting strange earlier?"
Sasori raised an eyebrow. "Slightly…she was doing something on her laptop and started cursing after a few minutes. When I questioned her about it she told me that it was because Elle had been promised pizza for dinner and that she needed to hurry and get it or else she would be upset. After that she grabbed Tess and the two left."
Itachi nodded thoughtfully. "I see…mind if I take a look on her computer?"
Sasori shrugged. "Go ahead."
Dipping his head, Itachi strode over to the mattress and picked the laptop up off the sheets. He had no problem getting past the password screen and easily located the internet tab. Once the home screen had popped up he went to her history.
His eyes narrowed. Lauren had been reading manga.
Clicking on one of the links his eyes widened as a picture of none other than Madara Uchiha and another man with that Sharingan as well as Pein's Rinnegan stood on a battlefield.
Processing the picture Itachi realized something.
If Madara was dead…then…
Quickly setting the laptop down Itachi hurried out of the room and towards the stairs. Kisame was waiting there for him.
"What's wrong?" The shark questioned at seeing his partners serious face.
"Where is Tobi?" Itachi asked him swiftly, stopping in front of him. Kisame's eyes narrowed.
"A minute after Lauren and Tess left he declared he was going for a walk and disappeared…why?" He pressed, his demeanor becoming deathly serious. "What's going on?"
Itachi stared him hardly, Sharingan spinning into action. "Lauren was reading the manga earlier and discovered something she shouldn't have about Tobi. I believe that she and Tess could be in serious trouble right now."
Kisame opened his mouth to reply, but Itachi cut him off.
"I will explain more in a minute, but right now we need to go and find them."
Kisame nodded and turned to head up the stairs but paused. Itachi raised an eyebrow at him.
"Oh, I forgot to mention this, but Sasuke and Taylor already left to go and find them while you were down here."
Itachi paused for a second before sighing irritably and cursing quietly. "Just go, Kisame – we need to hurry."
Nodding he went to head up the stairs again but Itachi stopped him.
"It will raise suspicion if so many people are leaving around the same time."
"Right," Kisame replied and held up his hands. Itachi followed suit and the two disappeared from the house, two clones staying in their place.
Ahead with Taylor and Sasuke
"I sense that Itachi and Kisame just left the house," Sasuke said aloud as he and Taylor continued sprinting through the tree tops.
"Good," Taylor replied, her eyes darting around the darkening area as the sun started to disappear behind the horizon.
Sasuke glanced at her. "You alright?"
Taylor nodded. "Yeah, it's just kinda bothering me that I learned Tobi was Madara today and now I might be getting into a brawl with him."
"Don't worry about it," Sasuke replied, his red eyes glancing back forward. "You'll be fine – I won't let anything happen to you."
Taylor snorted a laugh. "Well thanks."
Sasuke paused. "You don't sound too happy."
The blonde shrugged. "It's just that the last time we got in a big fight I was completely useless. I don't really want it to be like that again."
Sasuke glanced at her again. "You're not useless at all, Taylor."
"I know that," she agreed. "It just feels like I've been relying on people a lot lately."
The Uchiha was quiet for a second. "It's not you who has been relying on others; it's the others who have not given you a chance to do something on your own. Everyone is very protective of you – especially Itachi."
Taylor laughed slightly. "I guess that's true. Thanks."
The corners of Sasuke's lips twitched up, but before he could reply a figure in the distance caught his attention. He quickly grabbed Taylor by the wrist and pulled her back onto the branch they had just hopped over. The blonde didn't question his action as she immediately saw the figure too.
Drawing two of the special thunder god kunai from the weapons pouch on her hip, Taylor got into a defensive stance. Sasuke drew his katana as well, Sharingan eyes narrowing.
"I've been ordered not to let anyone past. So you better be ready to put up at fight," Zetsu stated, stepping out of the shadows as a few of his clones emerged from the tree around them.
"Bring it on," Taylor replied, and the in that instant the clones charged.
Sasuke quickly sprung at them, lightning engulfing his sword as he began to stab and slice the bodies. Taylor hopped into action as well, chucking her kunai at two nearby trees before disappearing in a flash. She reappeared behind the clones pursuing her in an instant and leapt at them, a Rasengan forming in her palm as she thrust it into their backs.
Across from her Sasuke took care of the rest of the clones after him with a chidori senbon. Once his were taken care of he looked towards Taylor who had just killed the last of the white clones who had taken after her with another Rasengan. He silently thanked her for not boldly announcing the move like her brother.
Suddenly, Sasuke picked up another clone morphing out of the tree behind her with his Sharingan.
"Shit," he cursed and was about to jump back into action when a kunai suddenly stabbed the clone in the middle of the forehead. Taylor whipped around, surprised, blinking at the dead clone before looking over to Sasuke. The Uchiha was just as surprised as her, but Taylor's savior soon appeared on the tree next to her, his partner following close behind.
"Thank you, Itachi," Taylor said, sending him a quick smile. He nodded in return but kept his eyes focused on Zetsu. The black and white man seemed to be reassessing the situation.
Kisame chuckled, swinging Samehada over his shoulder. "Do you really wanna try and take on the four of us, Zetsu?"
The plant man shrugged. "Not really. I didn't want to fight in the first place."
And with that he sunk into the ground and disappeared from sight. Taylor blinked.
"Well, that was easy…"
"Come on," Itachi said, tapping her shoulder lightly as he jumped ahead. "Let's go."
"Un," she responded jumping along beside him, Kisame and Sasuke following along with her.
"Their chakras are still flaring," Kisame said out loud as they started getting closer to where Tess, Tobi and Lauren appeared to be battling.
"Slowly they're beginning to decrease however," Itachi stated, eyes still hard with worry.
"He's wearing them down," Sasuke continued, face still serious.
Taylor bit her lip. She was worried about them. The last thing Lauren needed was more injuries… and Tess was the best medic they had…
"Shit they others are coming too."
Taylor glanced over at Kisame. "Who?"
"Pein-sama and the other members," he replied. "Lauren and Tess's chakras started flaring just after we left so the others are probably all a ways behind us, coming to check it out too. But knowing leader, he probably already know the problem is with "Tobi", it's just the others that are most likely wondering what the hell's going on at this point."
"Wait," Taylor butted in. "So are Deidara, Sasori, Hidan, and Kakuzu the only ones who don't know that Tobi isn't really Tobi?"
"That is correct," Itachi responded, "Now that you know it should only be those four. I believe Sasuke also informed his teammates on Tobi's identity as well."
"I did," the younger Uchiha confirmed.
"I bet that Deidara, Hidan, and the others are gonna wanna know why the hell this happened though," Taylor input. "It's not common for a guy not to know why the hell their girlfriends are fighting their supposed teammates."
"I don't know how this is gonna play out," Kisame responded honestly. "Tobi isn't gonna be able to keep this secret of his all too long if he keeps doing shit like this."
"Everybody, we are getting close," Itachi interjected. "I suggest you stay silent and be on guard from this point on."
"Right," Taylor agreed, getting serious again as the other ninja fell silent, readying themselves for what was going to be ahead. And a few seconds later, the four stopped on the edge of the forest, overlooking the area where the three were battling.
"Holy shit," Kisame said, eyes widening as he took in the scene.
Lauren was currently hunched over, one knee on the ground and panting heavily. Blood streaked down one side of her face it was clear by all the cuts in her clothing that she was beaten up pretty badly. Tess stood next to her, back drooped in exhaustion. Her knuckles were bleeding badly and it looked like she had broken a finger or two. She also seemed to be on the brink of having a black eye.
And Tobi? Well, let's just that the only thing he had done was broken a sweat.
At sensing the presence of the four shinobi Tobi halted and turned to look at them.
"I didn't think anyone would be arriving so soon."
Itachi, Sasuke, and Kisame all narrowed their eyes at the man, crouching into a defensive position. Taylor on the other hand, stood there in compete shock.
While she hadn't exactly kept up with the manga, she had made it a point to watch the Kakashi Gaiden.
"Oh shit," she cursed staring at him in disbelief. Obito immediately raised an unamused eyebrow at her.
Lauren and Tess both glanced at her, eyes wide. Now Taylor too?!
Obito shifted his glare to Itachi. "You would bring your girlfriend here even though she does not know my identity?"
Itachi narrowed his eyes and was about to reply when Taylor butted in.
"Well I believed you were Tobi, then found out you were Madara but now you're –"
"Jesus," Lauren cursed, standing and teleporting herself in front of Taylor, dragging her out of the way before Obito's hand could damage her face. The place where Taylor had been standing was obliterated instantly.
"Holy shit," Kisame said as he, Sasuke, and Itachi jumped out of the way as well, landing back next to Tess. Lauren and Taylor appeared next to them a second later.
"Dumbass," Lauren hissed, smacking Taylor in the back of the head while wincing all the while. "Don't say shit like that or you'll get killed."
Taylor smiled sadly. "Sorry, I was just surprised."
Lauren sighed. "Me too – and look where it got me."
"Right," Taylor replied, both she and Lauren turning their attention back to the unmasked man across the field. Said mans red eyes scanned over them all vaguely.
"I can sense that Pein and the others will be here very soon, so I'll make this quick," Tobi said seriously. "You three," he pointed a finger at Lauren, Taylor and Tess, "you will not mention anything you know about this matter to anyone. As far as any of you know I am Madara using the name Tobi. I am no one else besides that. None of you will look into this matter further, is that clear?"
"Why should we listen to you?" Sasuke questioned, tomoe still spinning dangerously.
"The Akatsuki's purpose for being here is to protect these girls," he replied, picking up the orange mask which was sitting on the ground beside him. "It is not to get into battles such as this. I do not want to kill anyone… however, if something like this happens again there will be similar consequences…But if you heed my previously stated warnings, nothing like this shall occur again, do you understand?"
Sasuke continued to glare at the man. Tess also made a move to reply to Tobi, but she was quickly stopped by Itachi.
"We all understand," the eldest Uchiha stated, staring at the once again masked man seriously. "Nothing about this will be talked about further and the subject will no longer be looked upon."
Tobi nodded. "Good. Be sure of it."
At that moment Tobi disappeared and a second later the rest of the Akatsuki and Team Taka appeared on the field at the edge of the woods. Tobi and Zetsu were with them.
"Holy shit," Deidara and Hidan cursed simultaneously, looking over their girlfriends.
"What the fuck happened?" Hidan demanded heading over to Tess's side.
"Seriously," Deidara said, stepping up to Lauren who flinched as his hand cupped her face. "What did happen, un?"
Lauren sighed and ran a hand through her hair. "Tess and I got in a fight."
"Over what, yeah?"
"Pizza."
"What the fuck?" Hidan interjected. "Fucking pizza?!"
"Yeah," Tess confirmed with a shrug. "It's stupid, but it happens."
"Why did you four arrive here before us then?" Pein questioned, looking over at Itachi, Sasuke, Kisame and Taylor.
Taylor smiled and rubbed the back of her head sheepishly. "Kisame came in and let us know that Lauren and Tess went to get pizza, and since I knew that they'd most likely get in a fight we came after them."
"What was the reason for your clones then?" Pein continued, attention shifting to Itachi and Kisame.
The Uchiha dipped his head. "I thought you'd become suspicious if we all left at once, so we made the clones hoping that we would be able to resolve the issue before it started. That doesn't seem to be the case however."
Pein nodded. "I see…next time notify someone before you leave, that way this commotion can be avoided."
"Hai," he bowed.
"Taylor," Lauren said, getting the blondes attention.
"Hmm?"
"Will you and Itachi go and get the pizza please? I don't think that Tess and I will be able to anymore."
Taylor nodded enthusiastically. "Of course!" She then grabbed Itachi's hand and dragged him towards the car Lauren and Tess had brought, snatching the keys from said brunette along the way.
The two hopped into the vehicle and were out of site in seconds.
"Here," Deidara said, bending down in front of Lauren. "I'm gonna carry you home, yeah."
"Deidara…"
"No, you're hurt, un. Get on."
With a small sigh Lauren reluctantly got onto the blonde in a piggyback.
"You're so warm…" she said contently, making Deidara smirk ever so slightly.
"You too," Hidan commanded, squatting down in front of Tess. "No fucking complaints either."
"Fine," Tess sighed, hopping onto his back. She instantly wrapped her arms around his neck and snuggled into his warmth as well.
Once everything was settled, Pein nodded. "Let us return to the house."
The rest of the members nodded and followed along behind him and Konan as they darted back into the forest. As they bounded from branch to branch Lauren looked ahead at the back of the orange haired leader.
She knew that Pein wasn't stupid – he clearly knew that they had lied about the cause of their injuries, but at the same time he probably knew that it was best not to bring it up considering it had to do with "Tobi".
Smart man he was. Thank god he was the leader.
For Tess and Lauren the trip home went by fairly fast. Because of their injuries and exhaustion of chakra it was mostly spent just trying to stay awake.
Once they had entered the welcoming warmth of their home, Lauren and Tess were carried downstairs to their rooms. Sasori started to heal Lauren's wounds while Tess attended to her own the best she could.
About 5 minutes later Taylor and Itachi safely returned with the pizza. The two only grabbed their share before scuffling off into their room, Kisame following behind them. Deidara ate his allotment before snatching a plate for both Lauren and Tess. The red head made sure to thank the bomber gratefully when he delivered her plate before the blonde headed into the next room to give the other to his girlfriend. Lauren thanked him with a kiss once Sasori finished bandaging her head and dug in to the well awaited meal.
The rest of the night was uneventful. Everyone retired to their room's fairy early and the house remained silent.
It was a bad end to the day despite the fun beginning.
HAPPY NEW YEAR YOU BITCHES! :DDDDDD
THIS IS MY FIRST UPDATE OF 2013 :D YOU BETTER ENJOY IT!
Ahhhhh, I'm not gonna lie, 2012 was a really shitty year for me XD But at the same time I learned a shit ton of life leasons that I'm really grateful for XP
Hopefully 2013 will be better :) Though, to be honest I don't really get the feeling that it will be :P Oh well! I'll work it out!
Anyway, yeah bro's, Happy New Year! :D
It is now 2013... where I am at least.
My cousin tried to get me and my other cousin Andy to get get up and see the ball drop but I was doing this and he was playing some Japanese warfare game that I had to help traslate so he could download it. He's says its fun actually, which is good.
Yeah, I've been stayin' at their house for the last couple of nights. My parents are out partying it up Downtown Detroit with some friends...so I'm praying that they come back unharmed :D PLEASE.
Fuck man, the D is scary...
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Man, I'm fucking tired. To be honest, my back hurts because this chair is uncomfortable. Plus my two cousins are sitting next to me playing their warfare games and trying to get me to come and see what the fuck they're doing but I'm not going because frankly I don't give a fuck :3
Yep. I feel like when I look up stuff is getting blurry...so am I tired...or am I getting high off of air? Who knows?
Oh, and I'm watching the Cryaotic livestream right now. Well...not really watching it, just listening since, ya know, I'm typing this.
Again, sorry for any spelling errors. I'll stop rambling and go get some sleep.
HAPPY NEW YEAR! 2013!
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