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Chapter 9
Tobi sat on the ledge of the roof, legs hanging over as he thought about Nicky's words earlier. He still wasn't sure what had possessed him to drop his silly act, it had clearly frightened the boy, and now he would have to make sure Nicky wouldn't tell anyone, without scaring him more.
He sat on the roof for a few hours before hearing another bell ring and the door opened, students coming out, lunch bags in hand, chattering loudly. He stood up when he saw Nicky slip out a side door and head off to a group of trees, a ways away from the crowd.
He looked down at himself, shrugged, and performed a henge, relieved that he had enough chakra. Making sure no one was looking his way, he jumped off the building, and made his way to the school grounds, skirting the edges, heading over to the boy he could see pulling out a sandwich.
Nicky was just about to bite into his sandwich, trying to ignore any stares directed his way, when a familiar voice startled him.
"Mind if I join you?"
He yelped and nearly dropped his food as he looked up, meeting a pair of amused eyes.
"Tobi! What are you doing here?" he whispered loudly, looking around to see if anyone had noticed. Everyone was staring.
Tobi just gave him a lazy grin, settling down in the grass in front of him and resting his hands behind him.
"I was bored, sitting on a roof all day is boring, besides you looked like you could use a little company, brat," he answered.
Nicky studied the young man in front of him. Short, scruffy black hair framed a scarred face. His whole left side was a mess of scars and when Tobi caught him staring his grin became a little more wry.
"They look worse than they are," he said.
"Is that why you always wear a mask? So people don't stare at your scars?" Nicky asked.
"Mm, not exactly, but a bit," he answered.
Nicky sweatdropped, "that's not an answer Tobi," he said flatly.
"It is, just not the one you wanted," Tobi answered with a smirk.
Nicky rolled his eyes, "I can't decide if I like this you or the other you better," he grumbled.
"About that, i'd like it if you would keep these conversations a secret from the others," Tobi said seriously.
"Why?" Nicky asked.
"None of your business, brat," Tobi drawled.
"If you don't want me telling anyone, it kinda is," Nicky pointed out, raising an eyebrow.
"it's complicated," Tobi sighed.
"then, if I promise not to tell anyone, will you promise something too?" nicky asked, pulling his legs up and resting his chin on his knees.
"If it's reasonable," Tobi said after a moment.
"You won't ever hurt us, right? Even if you get mad?" Nicky asked in a tiny voice, not looking up.
Tobi was speechless for several moments. Choking down his anger, he answered in a calm voice, "I would not hurt you or Nix, ever. You two are important people to me, I try to protect those I care for, brat,"
Nicky shot him such a relieved smile, he had to fight to keep his face neutral. He jumped a little when Nicky suddenly lunged forward and gave him a quick hug before letting him go and getting up, grabbing his bag.
"Thanks Tobi, I'll see you later, okay?" he said with a little grin, before running back to the school as the bell rang again.
Tobi sat in the grass, frozen for several minutes before he flopped back with a huff.
"Kami help me," he grumbled.
"Um, sir?"
Tobi opened his eyes, looking up to see a nervous woman fiddling with her glasses.
"yeah?" he finally drawled, when she didn't say anything.
"Um, if you aren't a student, you're not supposed to be here..." she said timidly.
Tobi rolled his eyes, but got to his feet smoothly and began to walk off.
"Where are you going?" she called, sounding alarmed.
"I'm leaving, not a student, remember?" he called over his shoulder, raising a hand .
At the end of the school day, Nicky walked out of the school, face brightening when he spotted Tobi.
He ran over to where the older boy was standing and looked up at him with a smile.
"You actually waited the whole day for me?" he said, sounding happy and surprised.
Tobi rolled his eyes and ruffled the kid's inky hair, "Said I would, I don't break promises kid, now let's get going," he said.
"We're walking this time, right?" Nicky asked.
"Walking is so slow though," Tobi grumbled as they walked away from the school.
Nicky made a face, "I don't like your way of transportation. It's dangerous, what if you fall? You'd break your neck and die!" He protested.
"If I fall, then I deserve whatever happens," Tobi said, rolling his eyes again. "Unless I'm unconscious, I won't fall, I have good chakra control," he continued.
"What's chakra?" Nicky asked, looking confused.
"Basically, all living things have it, I and the others can use it to do cool things, like walk on walls, jump really far, run really fast, stuff like that," he said.
"Do I have it?" Nicky asked, curious.
"What part of all living things did you not understand, brat?" Tobi huffed, "Although, it's not very much and it's blocked. All the humans I've seen here are like that, it's very strange,"
"Do you think I could use it?" Nicky asked.
"I...don't know. Maybe? That would be a question for Itachi or Sasori, they'd know better, i think." he said slowly.
When the house came into sight, he quickly dropped his henge and eyed Nicky.
"Remember your promise, brat" he said quietly.
"Don't worry Tobi," nicky said, rolling his eyes as he nudged him playfully.
Entering the house, Nicky dumped his bag on the couch. He jumped when Itachi spoke up from behind him.
"You're back? How was you're first day Nicky-san?" Itachi asked politely.
"Eh, school sucks, but that's normal," Nicky said, shrugging. He brightened after a moment and bounced forward.
"Hey Itachi, can you help me with something?" he asked earnestly.
Itachi looked at him in mild suspicion. "What is it?' he asked.
"Tobi mentioned I have this stuff called chakra, but he said it's not very much and it's stuck. I asked if I'd be able to use it and he said to ask you, so do you think I would be able to?" he asked, clasping his hands together.
Itachi studied him for several seconds before his eyes turned red unexpectedly.
"What's that?!" Nicky yelped.
"Sharingan, quiet please," Itachi said distractedly.
"That is very odd. You seem to almost have an extra system in your body that the chakra circulates through, although it does seem to connect to your body systems. I suppose in theory it would be as simple as introducing more chakra to your system until the two systems combine," Itachi said after a moment, his eyes fading back to black.
"Will it hurt?" Nicky asked.
Itachi gave a little shrug, "I do not know, I've never seen this before, but I wouldn't think so, medical chakra isn't harmful and it shouldn't affect your physical body," he said.
"Cool! Can you do it? Please?" Nicky begged.
"I don't think we should without Nix-chan's approval first," Itachi said hesitantly.
"Do what?" Deidara asked, coming into the room, the rest of the Akatsuki behind him.
"let me use chakra!" Nicky said excitedly.
"You think he would be able to do that?" Pein asked Itachi, looking at him curiously.
"In theory, flooding his system with chakra should be enough, but I think it would be best to wait until Nix-chan is back," Itachi responded.
"Come on, you said it shouldn't hurt, please?" Nicky begged.
"I am the most experienced with medical jutsu, so I could try," Sasori offered.
"Yeah!" Nicky said excitedly.
"This could end badly, you realize," Itachi warned.
"it'll be fine," Nicky said, waving a hand.
"Alright, lay down on the couch and we'll begin" Sasori said.
Nicky laid down obediently and Sasori crouched down beside him.
"you will let me know if it begins to hurt," he ordered.
Nicky nodded and with that Sasori placed a faintly glowing hand on his chest.
"Woah, that feels, really weird," Nicky said, looking down where his chest was glowing faintly.
A few minutes pass before a low humming fills the air and the front windows suddenly shatter. At the same time Nicky gives a pained grunt and falls unconscious.
"What the hell?!" Nix screeched, having been about to open the door when her windows shattered. She looks up to see Nicky unconscious on the couch, glowing faintly, and several very guilty faces.
