A Whole New Twist

A Nightmare On The Road

[ Author's note: Hey guys sorry it took me so long to update this story. I'm working on several different story's all at once so please be patient with me 🙏. Well anyway enjoy this chapter full of trauma!!! P.S. saw this fan art of Naruto thought it was worth sharing. Pretty cool right?]

"Take Tobi with you… and Kitsune. You are all from that village. You all know it best." 

"I prefer to go alone."

Itachi said looking up from his book for the first time. 

"You know I don't trust sending members out alone! I refuse to let you go all by yourself. You will take Tobi and Kitsune with you!" 

Nagito ended that last part as a demand and Itachi sighed but gave in and agreed to take the father and son with him.

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Kitsune(Naruto) happily jumped out of bed and dragged Tobi with him. He was so happy to finally be going on a mission with his dad and Tachi-san. He woke up so early that not even Itachi was awake and he woke up earlier than the sun. 

Kitsune packed all his things in his bag and was ready to go but was stopped by Konan who made him eat breakfast. Brush his hair and teeth, before letting him leave. Even after that he had to wait on Tobi and Itachi. Mostly Itachi though since he always takes a long time taking care of his hair. Finally after what felt like forever the three of them were on the road. It was almost a three day trip to Konoha from their hideout and they were in no rush, so they decided to just walk. It was a long day of Kitsune and Tobi running in circles around Itachi who just calmly walked along. He was used to their energetic personalities by this point and gave up trying to calm them down years ago. 

Eventually the sun began to set. Kitsune had fallen asleep and Tobi now carried him like a little baby in his arms.

 'Guess he ran out all his energy.'

Thought Itachi as he began to keep a lookout for a place they could rest for the night, because, honestly he didn't want to spend the night outside again. 

It didn't take long for him to find a small town and inside the town was a hotel. Itachi got them two rooms, one with two beds and the other with only one. Itachi ended up taking the single bedroom and forcing Tobi and Kistune to sleep in different beds. His point was that Kistune was getting too old to still be sleeping in the same bed as his parent, and they should get used to sleeping in different beds since, who knows if they may be sent in different directions for days and have to sleep apart. 

Tobi laughed as Itachi said his last part. 

"Yeah right like Tobi would ever allow Kitsune to be sent away from him for that long!" 

Naruto laughed too. 

Eventually, with much convincing from Itachi, they sleeped in different beds. 

It was late into the night, Naruto had fallen asleep with his back turned to Tobi. Tobi had his back turned to Naruto too and was looking out the small window at the Night sky. Naruto had fallen asleep quite quickly, while Tobi on the other hand found it next to impossible to sleep. He always hated sleeping alone, it reminded him of how alone he was, so as a result when he adopted Naruto he always held him so tight at night. He didn't want Naruto to feel the same loneliness he did, but I guess it wasn't just for Naruto and was also for himself. To remind himself that he was no longer alone, that he had someone who cared for him, someone who loved him, someone he could fight for… and live for. So now for the first time in almost nine years Tobi was sleeping alone… again. He hated this feeling of sleeping in a cold bed. He wished to feel the love and warmth of his little son snuggling up with him, to feel him shining his little ball of sunshine into his dark life, to feel loved and wanted by someone, and not just for his body. That was a whole story unto itself and a serious problem with himself that for Naruto's sake he was trying to fix.