A/N: Number four! Thank you for such positive reviews. I cannot express my gratitude! Arigato!
I do not own Naruto.
Ni-san=older brother hehe
"You must be Yin-chan!" the man wearing the brightly colored mask said as he straightened his back.
I wasn't sure of what I should do, so I bowed back towards the surprisingly cheery man in front of me.
"I'm sorry! Your brother did not inform me that you couldn't speak." The strange man almost appeared frantic as he looked towards my brother. I peered up at my brother and waited for him to respond.
"My partner can speak." He looked towards Tobi and then back at the plant like being.
The black and white man glanced in my direction and spoke with a serious tone. "Your partner seems to be less of a 'partner' and more of a coward."
My head tilted downwards and my face began to turn a slight crimson. I was thankful that my mask was hiding my sudden embarrassment.
"Aw come on Zetsu! Can't you see that you're embarrassing him?" Tobi put his arm around my shoulders and pointed back at Zetsu, chuckling.
'Tobi thinks I'm a boy?' if I wasn't blushing earlier, I was definitely doing it now. I silently began cursing my cloak and mask all to hell. 'I am no boy.'
I glanced up at my brother wondering if he was going to correct their obvious mistake, but he didn't say a word. He simply cleared his throat and looked away from Tobi and I. "Hmmm" Tobi placed his index finger to the bottom of his mask and began to tap it playfully. "I suppose we should all start heading towards your new home Yin-chan. You must be tired."
'N-new h-home...' I started to shake again. 'What's going on?' I started to feel my stomach twist into knots.
"Yin-chan?" Tobi looked down and unhooked his arms from my shoulders. "Are you alright?"
"Yin." My brother's voice was riddled with seriousness. "You will behave yourself, do you understand?"
I stared at my brother's face. Scared. I was terrified. I nodded, unsure of what was to come. Tobi looked at my brother and then towards Zetsu. My brother nodded and Tobi broke the silence. "Alright, you two just follow us. We have much to discuss".
Stepping forward slightly, my brother glanced back at me and raised his hand, motioning for me to follow. We both walked forward and bounded back into the trees. It seemed like hours of sprinting and weaving in and out of the trees in front of me. I noticed my brother had slowed his pace and I was beginning to catch up to him.
Once I was beside him I could hear him draw in a deep breath. "I will explain everything later. Understand." I nodded in his direction trying to read the emotion on his face. Nothing.
"We're here!" Tobi turned to us and pointed in the direction of a rather large dojo style house. We all slowly halted in front of the large home.
Is this where they lived? I stood in awe. Beautiful. I knew a little information about the Akatsuki and would have never guessed that a group of criminals lived in this home.
"There are tons of rooms on the upper level that are empty, let me show you." Tobi said cheerfully as he grabbed my hand and pulled me up the stairs.
I jerked my head back at my brother who was casually chatting with Zetsu.
'He was trying to kill us earlier.' I thought to myself and began to feel my brow furrow.
"Here we go!" Tobi said as he slid the door open to one of the empty rooms. "Will you be sharing a room with your partner?" he was poking fun at me. I held my hands up and nodded my head back and forth, desperately trying to convey to Tobi that 'my partner' and I's relationship was not as he portrayed it to be. Tobi began to chuckle "Okay, okay. I understand." I lowered my arms 'He's my brother and I'm not a boy' I thought to myself and lowered my head. He leaned back on the railing in front of my room and held his hand in front of him. "Go in, go in. Make yourself at home." I looked up at Tobi, to his hand, and then to the room. It was large and surprisingly very clean. The pallet in the floor looked very inviting and without thinking I began to walk towards it. Sleep. I needed it.
"Yin" my brother's voice startled me. I looked back towards his voice and saw him leaning where Tobi had been only seconds ago. I started to walk towards him and noticed that he was walking towards me as well. He was holding a lantern in one hand and fumbling with the leather strap that was across his chest. Unhooking the strap and quickly pulling his hand behind himself; he caught his sword before it hit the ground. I could tell by looking at his face that he was also beginning to feel deprived of sleep. "Sit" he motioned to the floor while he spoke. "Eye of the Moon Plan. It's what we have been waiting for Yin. Truth. It will rule everyone's lives and lies will cease to exist." He looked into my eyes and I took in a deep breath. "It's the world that I've always wanted for you. Ever since you were born, my life's mission has been to make you happy Yin. To protect you." He broke our eye contact and looked at the floor beneath us. "This is the only way to create this world for you. Do you understand Yin? I am doing this for you." He leaned forward waiting for me to give him a sign that I understood the words that he spoke. I couldn't move. I was still holding my breath. "Yin" his voice softened and he reached for the mask that still covered my face. Grasping each side in his large hands, he began to pull it up and over my head. My hair was stuck to my face from the sweat that was spilling out of my pores. My cheeks were slightly reddened and finally the breath I was holding for so long flew past my lips.
"Ni-san" I spoke barely above a whisper.
He quickly looked back and noticed that he hadn't closed the door to my room. He turned, sliding the door into place and looked back at me. "Everything is going to be alright Yin."
Crying. Why was I crying?