SPECIAL NOTE, READ IT: The last chapter -the remake' part- I should have been more specific and said that it was an omake (thank you sillymail for the term) basically it doesn't affect the original chapter at all. Sorry for the confusion, it was just something I made for fun.
AHH Deidara and Sasukes fight (in the manga) is driving me insane, i hope it will end in a stale mate but ... they ar eboth trying to kill eachother... I cant decide who i would rather die!
I want to laugh at how funny it is that i have gotten alot of people to love saku/tobi :D p.s there is another saku/tobi fic out by phantom speaker. Go read it if you want more saku/tobi love :D
'Italic' - means memories
Tobi placed his new mask on, it was nothing new from his old one but he had others stashed away at their other bases for just incase incidences. He ran a hand through his hair and walked out of the room and back to his fuming partner.
"Your face isn't hideously, yeah….It is not as good as mine, yeah, but it isn't that bad, yeah." Deidara said.
"Tobi knows that. Tobi just likes his mask, so leave Tobi alone about it." He seemed his normally happy self when he said it but Deidara felt the threatening aura coming off him. Deidara's temper though was short and he didn't care to be threatened at all so he decided to switch this around on Tobi.
"What were they doing in the cabin, Tobi? Better yet why was the pink haired girl there, yeah?" He saw Tobi fuming and he smirked, Deidara knew he had the upper hand in this now. "You like that girl don't you…. She was the one all along you were calling pretty flower, wasn't she Tobi? And you have been keeping me off her track so I wouldn't try and kill her, isn't that right Tobi? Yeah." His smile grew a tad evil and Tobi didn't say anything in his defense. Deidara got in front of Tobi's line of vision and leaned forward till he was completely in Tobi's personal space. "I wouldn't have killed her Tobi, yeah." Tobi looked up in semi shock.
"Really?" He sounded hopeful but he should have known better by the look on his Sempai's face.
"Nope, I would use her. Get information, make her betray her home and even use her as a hostage, maybe to bait the kyuubi brat out. Take a pick at which one, but any or all would do, yeah." Deidara said chuckling like he had just said something hilarious and started walking away. Tobi froze thinking it over in his head, secretly thanking god that he didn't ever think that Deidara would spare Sakura.
"Tobi wouldn't do that." He said, his tone was firm and almost angry. "Tobi doesn't think you should treat friends like trash." Deidara laughed and walked straight up to Tobi and grabbed his cloak.
"Friends?" He laughed again at Tobi. "She is your enemy first of all, yeah. It would be wise if you remember that, yeah." With that Deidara threw Tobi down and walked away. Tobi leaned against the cave wall and ran a hand threw his hair and sighed. Deidara was right and this friendship or now more then friendship, had to stop. They were enemies and nothing else. Tobi fisted his cloak in his hands where his heart would be, his heart hurting from the thought. Tobi leaned his head on the rocks of the cave they called 'base', closing his eyes. He had other things to think about right now (or more so, not think of a pink haired girl), like for instance that the man who reminded him of a scarecrow called him Obito. He felt it in the back of the brain every time the name was said, the distance memories trying to brake free but his will simply not allowing it. The thought that he was betraying his village was pushing him to not wanting to remember, even though he felt deep down he really was Obito. He got up quickly, the headache coming back quickly. He pulled the hand that was fisted and punched the wall next to him trying to divert the pain in his head somewhere else. A small unstable rock, the size of Tobi's fist, fell and hit him in the head hard. He fell to the floor holding his head, the rock that fell triggering the unwanted memories.
"If you're a full-fledged ninja, you should naturally follow the rules and regulations strictly!" Kakashi's voice rang in his head, scenes running through his head.
"It's always about 'The Rules! The Regulations!' Just shut up!" He yelled back.
"IT'S A MYSTERY HOW YOU EVER BECAME A JOUNIN!" He heard himself yelling at Kakashi.
"I AM UCHIHA OBITO OF THE UCHIHA CLAN, I WILL SURPASS YOU!" The voice said again to Kakashi.
"I don't want to say anything to you. To the 'Elite Uchiha' a coward and a crybaby!" Kakashi voice said yelling at him.
"I… I got something in my eye!" he heard himself defend.
"The most important thing to a shinobi is teamwork!" He heard his sensei's voice now.
"…Obito…understand him… even a little…. Don't bear a grudge towards him."
"The two of us will resume the mission." Kakashi said strictly.
"What about Rin!"
"As a shinobi… sometimes it's essential to sacrifice your companions for the accomplishment of the mission. THAT'S A 'LAW'." Kakashi said harshly.
"Emotions are unnecessary things."
"Do you seriously think like that?" he asked shocked.
"Yes…. That's right…" Kakashi whispered back.
"I'm going to rescue Rin." He saw himself say.
"I believe the 'White Fang' is a true hero…"
"Of course, those in the ninja world who break the rules and regulations are called trash… Those who don't care about their companions are worse then trash."
"Anyway, if I'm that kind of trash, I'll break the rules. If that's not being a true shinobi… then I'll crush that idea of a shinobi!!"
"OBITO!! BEHIND YOU!! GYAAHH, MY EYE!!" Kakashi yelled as his eye was sliced, protecting Obito.
"Now… I will protect my companions!!" He said as his sharingans shined brightly.
"Obito… you… those eyes…" Kakashi said his only eye widening.
"Doton! Iwa yado kuzushi!" (Earth release! Rock lodgment destruction!) The enemy nin yelled.
"Everyone get out of here quickly!!" Kakashi's voice said ringing in his head.
"That's enough… it's ok…Kakashi… It looks like it's over for me… The right side of my body is almost smashed… There's no feeling in it."
"I'm… the only one… who didn't… give you a present… at your jounin celebration… right… Kakashi… What would be good… I was thinking… and … now… I've come up with it.. It's this sharingan… of mine.
"I'm already… going to die… But… I can become your eye…and now on I will see the future…"
"I wanted… to be together with everyone longer…"
The memories halted and Tobi had to use the wall for support his weight. His breath was coming out in shallow puffs and he thought the cave walls kept getting smaller and smaller and he just couldn't breathe.
"Tobi… no wait... Obito… who ever Tobi…or Obito is doesn't like this." He said confused, and the raging head ache was still hitting him. He whined in his hands. "Tobi or Obito… wish flower-chan was here to cure Tobi's headache… and tell Obito everything is ok." He said out loud, not noticing he kept switching names. His mind went back to Sakura and the last few days and he visibly relaxed and calmed down enough that he didn't feel like he couldn't breathe. He relaxed against the wall and closed his eye; it was starting to hurt a little, like it was itching but he ignored it. Tobi now knew who he was… he was Obito Uchiha and from what he heard there was now three remaining left. If Itachi got wind of who he was, he would be one dead Tobi.
Sakura strained to keep up with her Sensei, who seemed to want to speed all the way back home and not give her a break or time to think things over. How was she going to explain this to Tsunade and everyone else? That she fell in love with an s-class criminal but hey, he was a great guy and oh by the way, we think he is supposedly the long dead, missing teammate of Kakashi, that would just go over great with everyone wouldn't it? She was screwed, plain and simple. Konoha gates were in site and Kakashi still refused to talk to her at all, well it wasn't like she tried starting a conversation either. Kakashi stopped at the front gates and turned around his expression bored but his tone strict.
"We will meet in the Hokage's office in 30 minutes, you have time to change, put your stuff away and gather your energy. If you try to escape or run away I will know and will personally hunt you down again." With that he disappeared with a puff of smoke and her mouth agape. She straightened up and headed home to unpack.
She was only a block away when a voice behind her caught her attention and made her stop.
"Sakura-chan!" She turned hr head and saw Naruto running down the street towards her waving. She smiled and waited for him to catch up. He came to a halt in front of her panting. "I passed Shikamaru earlier and he said he saw you come in the gates, so you want to go get some ramen with me?" He asked excitedly. Sakura smiled at him and nodded.
"Yeah, just let me go unpack and then we can go." Sakura said. Naruto nodded happily and they both started towards her house again. She unlocked the door and let Naruto in before her and then followed closing it behind her. She slipped of her sandals and walked Naruto to the living room.
"You want anything to drink while you wait?" She asked. Naruto shook his head and sat down on her couch to wait for her to hurry up and unpack. Sakura walked into her room and started putting things away. When she got to the bunny Tobi got her, she froze.
"Tobi… Tobi loves you Sakura-chan."
Tears welled up in her eyes and she threw the bunny across the room. She couldn't think of that right now, she had Naruto waiting for her and she shouldn't start crying now. She whipped her eyes and took a deep breathe, she changed into her normal training clothes and walked back out to Naruto.
"Come on Naruto, let's go." She said. They left and she locked the door behind her. They walked quietly down towards Naruto's favorite ramen stand. Naruto looked at his best friend and realized something was wrong.
"Sakura-chan?" He asked softly, she looked over at him sadly. "What's wrong? You have seemed really depressed since we left." She opened her mouth then closed it, thinking about what she wanted to say.
"Naruto… I… you know I went on vacation this past week, right?" Naruto nodded.
"Yeah, Kakashi-Sensei told me that you did. You went to Suna, right, for the hot springs?" Sakura shook her head.
"No, I said I was going to Suna but actually I went somewhere else completely opposite of Suna." Naruto tilted his head and it vaguely reminded her of Tobi.
"Why?" He asked confused.
"I took time off to actually go be with a guy." She said not looking at his reaction. His mouth fell to the floor.
"WHAT?" He yelled. She bumped him on the head.
"Don't be so loud. I just… It was a mistake… Kakashi looked into it and found out I didn't go to Suna and tracked me down and it basically blew up in my face." Naruto nodded sympathetically. They had finally gotten to ramen stand and they sat down and ordered.
"So this guy, does he live here in Konoha?" He asked thinking of ways to threaten this mystery man.
"No, well… he did a long time ago… but that's another story." She said rubbing her arm.
"How old is he?" Naruto asked and there food came and he dug in. She was messing with her food with her chopsticks.
"Well, uh, he is younger then Kakashi-Sensei." She said. Naruto nodded his head and then stopped and spit it out, choking on it.
"He is younger then Kakashi-Sensei? How old is he?" He asked, his eyes wide in shock.
"Well if I'm correct about 28 or so…. I'm not sure about his birthday yet." She said, this only made Naruto go into another coughing spree.
"Sakura-chan," He whined. "He is so much older then you…" Sakura head dropped in shame and sadness. Naruto looked at her sad face and sighed. "But I guess as long as he doesn't hurt you and you both really care for each other... then I would support both of you completely." She looked up and smiled happily.
"Thank you, Naruto." He shoved more of his noodles in his mouth and muttered.
"Well I bet he couldn't be that bad, I mean the worse would have to be if he was an Akatsuki or something bad as that…" Sakura froze visibly and Naruto looked at her strange.
"Sakura-chan?" Then realization hit him. "Sakura… he isn't…" She looked up at the sun.
"Oh crap Naruto, look at the time... I have to report to Tsunade's office right now and talk to her and Kakashi…. It was a lovely chat but I got to go, here I will pay for both of us." She said in a hurry, slamming the money down and disappearing in smoke.
"Sakura-chan!" He yelled after her.
Sakura ran as fast as she could away from Naruto, her heart racing. That had been a close call and she would prefer not to relive that. She arrived in Hokage's office and walked inside Tsunade's office. Tsunade looked up from a piece of paper and her eye brow rose.
"Unfortunately for you, Kakashi came in today and said you had something you need it tell me but he said to wait till he was present, but he is his normal tardy self and like you, 10 minutes late." Tsunade said, and then looked back down at her paper. "Go get him and drag his butt here so we can have our nice little chat." Sakura nodded, turned and left. Sakura jogged to his apartment, having been there a lot to make sure the place was clean and his clothes were getting clean also. She walked inside his apartment knowing it would be unlocked if he was home. She walked in and took off her boots and headed towards his bedroom. She knocked on it and entered to find the bed empty. She only came in here to wake him up or grab any clothes that needed to be clean. She walked in and looked at the picture of team 7 and smiled at it, picking it up and remembering the good old days. She set it down and looked at the picture of Kakashi when he was younger and giggled. Her eyes then traveled to each member till it landed on Obito. She stared at it till she heard a sound behind her and she tilted her head and looked at Kakashi, who was rubbing a towel in his damp hair. His eyes narrowed when they saw what she had in her hand. She smiled a small, soft smile at Kakashi.
"Obito really is Tobi. I wonder how I didn't see the resemblance the first time I saw his face." She looked back down at the picture with a sad face and traced the young Obito's face.
To be continued….
Buhhahaha not really a cliffy but it seemed like an ok place to stop. Here is the much awaited update, by the way
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