In another Timeline

Chapter 21- Mission.

Tobias tapped his foot on the ground. He was bored, usually it would go away after a while but  the boredom seemed to churn in his stomach endlessly. Maybe it wasn't boredom. Tobias always had a hard time distinguishing Nervousness or fear from excitement. Both feelings made his stomach turn.

Finally he stood up and headed to the dining hall. He felt several chakra signatures in the dining hall, maybe the other kids banter will cure him from this feeling. Though, the kids, despite seeming they had accepted Tobias into their group.

It's obvious they are uncomfortable around him. Scared of him. They have seen what he would do on accident. What could he do if he did something on purpose? Aiden however didn't miss his chances to tease him. Though the other boys never joined in, so he eventually just stopped.

Tobias didn't mind it. It was fair. He understood what they were afraid of. In a way, he was afraid too. He was afraid what else he might do on accident. Like how he left several times, and yet every time, it was on accident.

It was the issue of his constant mistakes that got her killed.

Tobias sat down and rested his head on his hand. He listened to their banter. Their teasing. It made him question how they even talked to each other with smiles on their faces in this damned place. Unfortunately however, it didn't calm the feeling in his stomach. It just made it progress into the rapid beating in his heart.

He looked at the direction of the footsteps. The click the women's shoes made on the concrete floor. She had papers in her hand and she didn't seem like a ninja. She handed them a paper and waited for them to speak.

Obito looked at his own. It had a picture of a old man. Though his status wasn't something to scoff at. He was a high ranking priest. He seemed like the type of the guy who was wise. Though he was old, it would be stereotypical. He looked the the document. "Ah. That makes more sense." Everything clicked when he saw the letter that had seemed to be exchanged. It was from a guy who held an apparent grudge toward the guy.

The guy talked about how this man, named Haru Ogawa, how he stole the status of priest from him. The man who sent the letter did not write his name. It talked about money and a meetup place. This was an assassination request.

Tobias looked up at the women with a blank expression. She stared back with the same equally blank expression. "When?" She nodded. "Now would be preferable." Tobias nodded. This must have been the feeling in his stomach. It wasn't boredom, it was nervousness.

He was led into a room that looked like an armoury. It had an assortment of weapons and armour. Obito decided to just stick with his outfit but took a pouch and Kunai.

"You know your role here." A voice sounded behind him. Tobias felt anger bubble up in his body. Why cant he do anything? Why can't he just turn around and slit this man's throat with his new and aquired Kunai? But his body didn't move. His blood boiled but he could only look at Bee with anger.

He shrank back slightly but regained his composure. "Assassinate that man. You know what happened if you come back as a failure." Tobias remained quiet. Bee left the room as soon as he came. Tobias raged continued but so did a single question. "Why can't I lift a finger to hurt that man?"

Tobias didn't bother mulling over the question. It would only bother him to no end. He looked at the front door of this place and the document once more. The man lived in a rundown church near the ruins of the old Uzumaki clan.

Tobias left the building into the gleaming moonlight of the night. The sky was cloudless but it was windy. It obstructed his hearing and sense of smell. Tobias look to his left and began his journey. He was just a day away.

"I wonder what missions the others received. Perhaps I should have asked."

Tobias traveled through the trees. After a couple of minutes, despite being fast he didn't feel fast enough. Tobias slowed to a stop and thought about travel. He was bound to take a while, he knew that much, but he didn't want to waste time. He didn't want to be out and about longer than he needed to.

Tobias thought about how he can be intangible. He looked at the tree and used his chakra to walk on its side. He activated his Mangekyou and boosted himself off the tree. He almost ran into a tree but made himself intangible.

At some point he was bouncing from tree to tree for a couple minutes before he stopped.

The idea was present. He would boost himself at great speeds off of trees increasing the more trees he boosted off of and if need be, he would go through trees. It was an efficient yet complicated way of travel.

Tobias decided to experiment with this idea on the way there, he did want to be fast. But the faster he can be on future missions, the sacrifice of a slow mission like this one will be worth it.

Tobias took his time to understand the aspect of his idea. He did in fact run into trees from time to time, it was not without pain.

Tobias rubbed his arm against his nose and a smear of blood was left. He sighed. "Just what I needed. I already couldn't smell because of these winds but now I can't smell at all."

Tobias knew it wasn't something to be upset about, his smelling would be back to normal in a couple of hours. Wind dies down at some point, and his nose will heal.

It began to rain soon after, no wonder it was so windy.

Tobias made a makeshift shelter out of his wood style. It was definitely something he would need to practice. His wood style was spikey and was much like a branch. It kept the rain and wind out just find and allowed his fire to stay lit. Tobias kept distance away from the fire, he knew if he would perhaps touch it, he wouldn't notice and burn himself terribly.

Tobias cussed as the rain hardened and booms echoed throughout the sky.

"Hey do you have room for another?" A red haired lady asked.

Tobias studied the women. She was soaked. She looked a lot like the girl. Tobias nodded and made room for the soaking women. She was a ninja, apparent to her clothing.

"Thank you so much. I knew it wasn't going to be good weather I should have just waited." She sighed and rung out her hair. It was long.

"Sorry for the intrusion. My name is Kushina Namikaze." Something about that name was familiar.

Tobias nodded. "I am Tobias." She smiled. "Nice to meet you Tobias."