Dangerous Bond: Clan of Peace

Part 29

Tobi had wondered what Kakashi had truly meant by his remark on whether he knew him or not. They had surely met at the Kage conference in which Tobi introduced himself as Madara. Did Kakashi not buy it? Did he feel the familiarity of his presence? Could it be that Kakashi knew his true identity? Or was the white wolf of Konoha simply shrugging off his presence to appear cool? 

Either way, Tobi had no time to revel on the past now as Sasuke squirmed in his arms and Kakashi suddenly attacked from behind.

"So fast!" Tobi internally panicked. 

Doing the only thing that could come to mind to save the arm Kakashi was about to cut off with a kunai, Tobi released Sasuke and jumped back. 

Kakashi caught the young male last minute before he fell into the water and propped him up against his shoulder. Not bothering to give the Uchiha a once-over, Kakashi glared at Tobi with his Kunai ready at his side.

"You know, I don't think you are Madara." Kakashi remarked, pushing the right buttons on Tobi's control as the man scowled behind his orange mask. He wouldn't say anything yet, lest it gave him away.

"Hm...Madara or not though, what do you want with Sasuke? Could it be because of his bloodline?" Kakashi monologued while watching for any twitches the enemy could give away therefore revealing information. 

"You won't be able to keep him forever, Hatake. The boy is being consumed by hatred and power that only I can give him." Tobi finally responded. 

Kakashi tilted his head slightly, feigning confusion "Oh? you might have misread the situation, Uchiha-san. Sasuke left his hatred a long time ago"

Tobi twitched at the Uchiha name. Now he knew Kakashi knew he wasn't Madara. He also knew the younger Uchiha didn't possess the amount of hatred against Konoha as he had hoped but it could be built up with his help. 

"Nevertheless, he killed Danzo. His ultimate dream was now accomplished and he had no qualms of following me straight to him. What do you think he will want to do now? He's an avenger. He'll turn to me eventually." Tobi revealed. 

Kakashi tensed, he had known there was a battle but thought it was between Sasuke and Tobi, not Danzo. The older Jounin glanced down at the young Uchiha to find his half-lidded eyes already on him with fear. Fear of what, Kakashi wasn't sure.

Sasuke knew the fear that filled him up inside. The fear of disappointing his Sensei, the fear of knowing he went on without him and his team. In his mind, he had abandoned his team for revenge. He went against everything Kakashi had taught them. He could only imagine what would occur now. But one thing he knew for sure was that he would not go with Tobi.

Sasuke grunted as he pushed himself off of Kakashi, the man allowing him to do so. 

"I...won't ever...turn to you!" Sasuke snapped as his Sharingan flared to life once again. Tobi hardly reacted to the threat coming from a teenager full of adrenaline with little power left. He did, however, feel the impact of Kakashi's fist as he suddenly appeared to his right and attacked him before Tobi could activate his Kamui. 

Tobi was flung into the side of what was left of the Samurai Bridge. 

Sasuke struggled to concentrate as he lost chakra to his eyes and instead watched as his Sensei took the matter into his own hands. His work was done, for now, he would leave it to Kakashi to get them out of this mess.

"See, Madara would have been able to dodge that" Kakashi provoked in a cool, calm, manner.

Tobi pushed himself off the beam of the bridge, agitated and ready for a fight.