A Whole New Twist

I Couldn't Leave Him Behind

Obito walked through the streets of the hidden leaf looking around at the damages the nine tails had still left after all these years. It had been around five years since he attacked the village; he was now nineteen. He still had the same tiger striped mask but his hair had grown out quite a bit in the past few years. It was winter time and snow crunched beneath his feet. There weren't very many people walking about but the ones that were outside quickly hurried to find warm shelter. Obito however just walked slowly down the familiar streets looking up at the snow that gently glided down from the Heavens.

A distant yelp of pain caused Tobi to break out of his thoughts. He felt numb inside, cold like the air around him, he walked like a zombie towards the sound. Why? He didn't know.

As it grew louder you could also start to hear the chuckling of other children. Tobi walked around the back of a building and there were around four children. Three of which were obviously older and much bigger than the fourth one who was a small blond boy no older than five or six. He was being pushed back and forth between the other boys who called him names. The more he told them to stop the harder they would shove him. He eventually stumbled and fell on the ground. He tried to get up but was pushed down again. The older boys pointed and laughed at the little blond as he only tried to hold back his tears.

Tobi turned and started to walk away but a little voice in the back of his mind called to him.

'Remember when that was us? Remember how much we prayed for somebody, anybody to intervene and stop them? And now you're just going to walk away?'

Tobi tried to ignore the voice but with every step away he took the louder the little voice got in his mind soon he blacked out. The next thing he knew he was standing next to one of the older boys who was about to hit the blond, Tobi found himself holding the boy's hand at bay.

"And what, may I ask, are you doing young man?"

Tobi asked in his deep, threatening, voice.

All four children were frozen as they stared at the tall man. The child that Tobi was holding at bay started to grow weak in the knees just at the sight of the tall, masked, figure.

"You know if an adult asks you a question it's normally polite to answer them! Wouldn't you agree?"

Tobi said as he creeply tilted his head to the side.

The little boy tried to speak up but nothing came out. They all stood there frozen in the cold for what felt like hours but in reality was only a few minutes.

Tobi looked up at the sky then back down at the children.

"Getting dark, don't you think? Better run home!"

Tobi said releasing the kid's hand. The kids still stood frozen for a moment not knowing what to do but they ran off as fast as they could to get away from the freaky man. Tobi watched after them as they ran away, then turned to the blond still on the ground.

" Hehe sorry if I scared ya. You good?"

Tobi asked bending over to look down at the child as he switched his voice to his high pitched, squeaky one. Tobi was shocked when the little blond got up and hugged him around his legs. He had been alone in the kamui realm for so long the only times he left were to kill or recruit people. He hadn't been around children in years and had long forgotten what to do with them. He awkwardly held his hands up as he looked around to see if there was anyone he could hand this child off to. Sadly there was nobody and he would have to figure this out on his own. He reached one hand down and awkwardly patted the child on the head.

"Uhhh there, there? Um it's okay~"

He stuttered still looking around for something to do with this child that won't let go of him. Eventually the child did let go and looked up at him with the biggest, most dazzling pair of blue eyes Tobi had ever seen. They seemed to be able to see right through Tobi's mask and into his cold, black, soul which made him feel a little uncomfortable.