"No way! It looks like they got Deidara-san, too!" Tobi knelt by the disembodied limb on the ground, "It's decided. He definitely died in an explosion, right, Zetsu-san? I bet it happened somewhere around here," He laughed.
"Let go of my hand, you little shit!" Deidara appeared from behind a tree.
"Oh, you're alive!" Tobi cried. Deidara walked toward them.
"What happened to the Jinchuuriki?" Zetsu inquired.
"I finished my mission," Deidara said simply.
"Wow, you really cut it close, Deidara-san! But you're okay, right? I guess not!" Tobi laughed.
"Tobi, say one more thing and I'll be deciding how you die," Deidara warned.
"What's to decide? You'd just blow me up!"
Deidara jumped on him and began strangling him with his legs. Eventually Tobi was able to throw Deidara off. He stood still for a minute to catch his breath.
Suddenly he heard something, "Hey, you guys, what's that sound?" There was a curious music coming from somewhere nearby.
"Hmm. Let's go check it out,"
Yoko, at the time, lay on the forest floor, gazing up at the trees through Obito's goggles. Even though she was 16 now, she still kept them close to her heart. She sat up and raised her clarinet to her lips.
The song she played was quite sad. It made most decent folk weep. She wistfully watched as a figure materialized in front of her. At first it was unrecognizable but soon it began to develop familiar features. A boy with dark hair and dark eyes was now crouching in front of her, grinning. Obito-san. But then, a young Kakashi materialized behind him and they began having a silent conversation. In the end Obito-san waved bye to her and ran off with Kakashi.
She finished the song, then sighed and stretched. It didn't hurt as much to think about him anymore. She had known she had to get better at some point. Obito-san wouldn't have wanted her to stay sad. Hmmm- He would be about twenty-four now wouldn't he? If he were here she would make fun of him for being so old. She giggled at the thought.
Rising from her spot, she went to a puddle nearby to gaze at her reflection. Large, dark blue eyes; waist-length, auburn hair; small, cute nose- not bad, she thought, smiling at herself.
Suddenly she sensed several people nearby. About four. She could tell by their emotions that they were watching her. There was a couple to her left. One of them was sad, the other was bloodthirsty. The one to her right was irritated and very uncomfortable. The one behind her was overwhelmingly curious.
The reason Yoko knew all this was because she had a unique ability; she was able to sense people's emotions. With this gift she could learn important things, such as who was the weakest in a squad, who was planning to attack her at any given moment, and sometimes she would even manipulate peoples feelings.
"That song was very lovely, my dear," Someone from the left stepped out.
"Cut to the chase, she's trespassing," He said in a darker voice, apparently to himself.
Yoko looked him up and down. What an astounding person. His face was half black and half white and he was half-consumed by a giant Venus flytrap. He began to stride toward her. She suddenly wished that Kakashi-sensei were here. Kakashi would remain calm in such a situation. Yoko was sure she looked quite small and pitiful under the frightening man's gaze.
He stopped in front of her and spoke, "Do you have any business in this area?"
"Nope, not really," She answered.
"Well you're trespassing, hm," Another voice said from behind her. A blonde, armless guy stepped out. He walked up to her, too. Yoko had an urge to knock him over and see how he would get up but decided that it would be quite a rude thing to do.
"I'm sorry, shall I leave?" She turned to go.
"What do you think? Should we let her go, hm?" One of them whispered.
"Well, according to the rules, because she's within 10 kilometers of the base and because she's seen us, we can't let her go," The other whispered. Yoko quickened her pace.
"Rules? What rules? We're criminals- doesn't that mean we don't follow rules, hm?"
"Leader-sama got fed up with us getting caught all the time so he made some rules. He put them up on the fridge, didn't you see them?"
"No- I haven't been at the hideout for a few days, remember? Hey- she's getting away, un!"
"What- hey get back here!"
She broke out into a run. She led them on a chase that lasted about 10 minutes before she could get away.
"That was close," She sighed.
"Oh really?" Someone grabbed her around the waist from behind. She struggled to get away while he yelled in victory, "Yay, Tobi caught the pretty lady, Tobi's a good boy!"
Crap! Forgot about the third one!
"What the- who are you? Let me go!"
"I can't do that, I have to take you home!"
"What?! You mean THAT'S what you guys want?" She cried in disgust. She bit his hand. Even through the thick fabric it hurt him. He cried out and let go of her. She pulled out her club and swung it at his face. Fortunately for him he was wearing a mask and so it didn't break his nose like it should have. However it did cause him intense pain.
Tobi sat up and stared at her for a minute. Then he pulled his mask up to just above his nose. Blood was pouring out of his nose. He put a hand to his face. He opened his mouth to speak but it seemed like no words would come out. Then, "Y-you hit me!"