A/N: This chapter is the last one I'm going to post today. Sadly people keep bothering meh when I'm trying to write so it took forever to write it. It's annoying so sowwy if it isn't as compelling or interesting as the other chapters. Hope you all can understand :)

Ch7

After the little run in with the two toned plant man Tobi didn't waste any time in running away from the area we faced the man. We went faster than before the walls around us turned into one big blur and it felt as if we were going straight the whole way. If it wasn't for Tobi pulling my wrist protectively I would have been lost in the tunnels.

"Almost there girl-chan just you wait Tobi is going to get you there in one piece!" He squawked. It wasn't long before we abruptly stopped again but this time Tobi caught me by turning around and me slamming into his chest. "This is Tobi's special hiding spot. Nobody knows about it but Tobi, so don't tell anyone not even Deidara-sempi! You got it." The foolish man tried to pull off a serious look and stood firm with is arms now crossed and he looked down on me. "Girl-chan must promise."

"I promise Tobi I will never tell." I raised my left hand and put it on my heart. "I promise on my life that I won't tell a soul or shall I perish before your hands in a blazing fire and ash." He just stared me down and I twitch inwardly, a familiar feeling as if he was debating on if I was worthy of his 'special hiding spot'. He sighed and said "I believe you girl-chan." Now close your eyes. I need to open the secret door. I looked around to see what door what door he was talking about but I didn't see anything but rocky walls and a dirt floor.

"No silly girl-chan! It's a seeecret door." He elaborated the most annoying high pitch voice I've ever heard "Don't look! Now cover your eyes and turn around." He smiled with his one eye and took his pointer finger and wave it in a circle to motion for me to turn around. I sighed to myself, 'please don't let this haunt me.' I did what I was told covering my eyes and turned around away from Tobi. I felt him moving closer making sure I wasn't peeking and circled around me. I heard him mumbling something and felt the ground vibrate slightly that if I was any further from the source I probably wouldn't have felt it.

"Don't look. Tobi will lead you inside of Tobi's secret room." I tensed on feeling him put his hand on the small of my back and gently pushing me towards my "surprise." I relaxed and let the masked man lead me to wherever he was taking me. I could tell He was excited because the giggles that came from behind me. "This man is odd. His childish demeanor is quite baffling do to his other counter partners in this Akatsuki organization. I advise you to be cautious around this man. Don't trust him too deeply. You fool." I stopped and froze, that voice, I shuttered, there it was again. 'Why should I watch out for Tobi he seemed harmless enough, heck he was showing me his 'secret hiding spot' and I've only known him for like fifteen minutes.'

"Is everything oki dokey girly-chan? Why did you stop?" his innocent voice sounded slightly worried and confused. His thumb started to rub my back comforting me. "Y- yeah. Everything is alright just thought I heard something, that's all Tobi don't worry." I said from behind my hands. We walked down what seemed like an endless hallway, down some stairs and it started to get colder. I shivered, "Almost there girl-chan!" he shrieked. He started to snicker again. Then he gently grabbed my shoulder to get me to stop.

I was about to peel my hands from my eyes only to have Tobi use his gloved hands to cover them back up. "Ah, ah ahhh. I didn't say open your eyes yet." His voice getting louder as he spoke. I smiled, I don't know why but I guess it had to do with the voice that tried to warn me about this man, or was because I couldn't wait what Tobi was going to show me. I held my hands up to my eyes and he let my hands go and I heard his clothes stirring. Tobi turned around and started to move things, clattering glass and shuffling noises were made. 'He must be looking for something.'

It was like that for a few more seconds until a clear shriek of joy and an "ah ha!" was heard. "I found it girly-chan! I got your special surprise!" I heard footsteps coming closer until he was standing right in front of me. "You can look now, look at what Tobi has to show you!" I removed my hands slowly, and opened my eyes even slower earning a displease whimper from the masked man.

I saw wasn't what Id expected, I had expected something remedial or something silly, but not this. The man was bouncing with joy, in his hands was a case. A case that was made of glass and had the most beautiful thing I've ever seen in it. It contained a strange yet astonishing flower, a onyx colored flower with the tips of the petals outlined with orange, the inner part of the petals was speckled with a bright blue that contrast the orange. What was even greater was the pistil of the plant, strong and tall it was, a fiery red that would put Sasori's hair to shame. My eyes widened and glued on the stunning plant that was before me.

"Does girl-chan like Tobi's special surprise?" He leaned forward, matching his words. "…." I stood there with my mouth open, I raised my hands to touch it, but then withdrew them as if it would dissolve into a dream if I touched it. "It's from Zetsu-sempi, it was the only one that Zetsu had, so Tobi don't think Zetsu-sempi misses it much since he hasn't asked about it. Don't tell him Tobi took it, or he will be mad at Tobi. This is a very special flower, it has its own chakra levels. Tobi heard Zetsu talking about it once but Tobi don't know how it works. Tobi only got it because Tobi thought it was really pretty." I nodded only agreeing that it was a marvelous flower. "It's pretty just like you girl-chan!"

That brought me out of my mind and automatically made me aim a glare at Tobi. He flinched at my harsh stare holding his free hand up in defense. "First off I'm not 'pretty', you dunce, and second my names not scary girl-chan, girly-chan or girl-chan." I spat at him. I was once again in the backseat of my own mind. This time I didn't panic but tried to embrace it, to figure it out. That only made Tobi shiver and look worried towards me "But girly-chan, what will Tobi call you then? What it your name?" He placed the flower on the floor and backed up a few steps.

I growled, "If I knew then I wouldn't tell you of all people, and stop calling me girly-chan. call me anything but that, unless you want me to beat you even more senseless than you already are." My fists closed and my nails were biting into my hands. I was grinding my teeth in anger. Tobi's voice was soft and a little shaky "You're becoming scary again but….but please don't get mad at Tobi. If not girl-chan, then what should I call you, Tobi has to call you something?" he cocked his head to the side and put his finger up to his masked mouth, or at least where I assumed it would be. He was quiet in thought for a few minutes pondering about the subject at hand, while my eyes ran back to the flower.

My attention was drawn back to the flower, "Its own chakra signature, huh?" as said out loud as Tobi's words echoed in my head. I approached the glass case where the plant resided. I was just a single flower laying on the bottom of the container. 'The plant's looks were magnificent, defiantly eye-catching. But to have its own chakra?' as I touched the case, the flower started to glow, and with the glowing it started to rise up and sort of float in the case. I stared at it was in hovered at my closeness of it. I picked up the case and held it in my hands to get a better look.

"WHAAAA! Wow gir…I mean Akahana -chan! How did you do that, it's never done that when Tobi touched the case before. It didn't even do that even when Tobi got the flower!" his figure bounced in the background as I still focused on the glowing flower before me. The glow around the flower was white, in the middle near the plant's pistil it glow red. 'Just like Deidara said happened to me.' I ignored Tobi's new pet name for me and was enchanted by the speckled petals before me.

"Hey Akahana-chan? Hello?" Tobi broke my gaze by waving his hand in my face, I hadn't known I had the case so close to my face. I could almost feel my breath bouncing back off of the glass. "Tobi." That's all I could spit out, my regular voice breaching past my lips. "Akahana-chan can have the flower, it seems to like you. Tobi thinks Akahana-chan should keep the pretty flower. Yep Tobi wants you to have it." I looked up at Tobi to find him happily bouncing again from one foot to another.

"T-thank you Tobi. It's very beautiful." My voice changed back to the soft tone of my own. I moved the case down away from my face. "Tobi is a good boy!" he screeched. I flinched at the sudden high itch that came from the bubbly masked man. "Tobi." I said as nice as I could. "Yeah Akahana-chan?" I exhaled loudly. "Can you please try and not scream so loud, I don't like loud noises." I smiled at him and his eye returned my look. "Sure...I'm mean sure Tobi will be extra careful not to yell around Akahana-chan." He voice began loud but turned into a quite whisper, well as quite the man could be.

'Akahana? It isn't an unpleasant name, it's better than girly-chan. That will subside for now.'

The name echoed in my head. "Akahana?...chan?" I spoke with the voice in my head. "Do you like it? It means red-flower! Because you're pretty like a flower and sometimes you're scary mean like red!" I didn't argue with the older man's rezoning. Mostly I didn't have anything to say to that so I just left it. I just nodded while he spoke.

I stared at my gift from Tobi once more, then all of a sudden Tobi jumped. I raised my eyebrow while Tobi stood frigged in his place, not moving for several seconds. Then his lips started to move but no sound came out of his mouth that I could hear. His visible eye blinked and he looked up to me and said "It's time to go. Leader-sama wished to see you…. and Tobi too."

A/N: dun dun duuun! wasn't what you expected, right? For right now Tobi is just Tobi, but in the later chapters he might change character. What happens, happens, where ever this story takes meh I guess. Review and tell meh what you think about this chapter?

TO BE CONTINUED!