The Commanding Eyes

Eight

Makoto's control finally dropped from me as I entered the base and I went straight to Nagato's office, there was no way Orochimaru had ninja coincidentally waiting for us that had their eyes covered, we had to have been set up. Nagato looked surprised as he saw me back with Makoto but that went away and was replaced by the monotone expression he always wore. I slapped him which made Konan go on the defensive mode but we both already knew I possessed enough power to kill her this instant should I decide to.

"And what was that for, Obito?" Nagato said feigning ignorance.

"Makoto has been captured by Orochimaru because somehow he knew about his eyes. All his ninja had special eye protection on that they don't normally use, so either you just tried to get us both killed or someone inside this base is a fucking snitch." I said harshly.

Nagato and Konan shared the same worried expression which caused me to calm down just a bit. Nagato reached out and put his hand on top of mine while looking at me with the sincerest expression this six path could offer.

"Makoto is a worthy enemy and I wouldn't want to be on the receiving end of his wrath with his eyes, especially now that he has seen mind through this path's body. Have you told Hidan of Makoto's capture?" Nagato asked.

"No because I fear he may already be dead. I saw the look on his face as he forced me to retreat back to the base and he gave me the same look that Rin gave me." I looked away from their faces as I could feel tears form in my eyes. Konan placed her hand on my shoulder and shared a sympathetic glance in my direction before softly wiping away my tears.

"We will send Hidan and Kakuzu to fetch him and I promise you that Makoto is still alive. He's probably fighting them to get back to you right now." Konan said reassuringly.

"I'll send Hidan and Kakuzu out immediately, for now go get some rest because we can't be prepared for what we face tomorrow." Nagato said softly. I nodded and retreated to my room without bumping into any other members since I didn't want them to see me cry without my mask on. Konan was right, Makoto is fighting anything they're trying to do to him I just need to have faith that I will have him back in my arms soon.

I sat on my bed with my head in my hands; I couldn't hold back the tears any longer as I started sobbing into my hands. This was my fault, I wasn't strong enough to resist his eyes power, Jashin why did you give him this ability? Why did I ever look into his eyes? Obito thought as his tears continued to fall and run down his arm. Obito heard the door to his room open and there was only one person that dared come into his room without knocking: Hidan.

"Obito, what happened out on that mission? I was told that Makoto had been kidnapped by Orochimaru but you were supposed to protect him!" Hidan said. He sounded completely out of character as he stood in front of me, he wasn't the same angry and loud Hidan that he was. He was hurt and in pain as he stood in front of me, Makoto was the most important thing to him and I may have lost him forever.

"Someone must've tipped Orochimaru off, as soon as we got there we were surrounded by his ninja. They must've known about Makoto's eyes because they had eyewear that protected them from his gaze, I don't know how it happened but next thing I knew Makoto was pinned against a tree and I'm surrounded by ninja. I see the ninja in front of Makoto was Orochimaru and the next thing I knew he was being stabbed through his stomach. I killed the ninja around us but he used his fucking eyes on me and he made me abandon him! I know he said he'd follow me until death but I didn't want this!" I said as I cried and looked up at Hidan. He saw that Hidan was crying as he sat down on the bed beside Obito.

"Jashin won't let Makoto die, I made the deal with him that if he saves Makoto I will give him twice the sacrifices." Hidan said as he looked at me with tear-stained eyes.

"Hidan, that's going to send you away from the base more frequently, and away from Makoto..." I said as I looked back at him.
"I know, that means he's going to need you more than ever Obito. I need you to take care of my little brother after I save him from Orochimaru because he's going to be alone a lot and he fears being alone." Hidan said as he stood back up, "He used his eyes on you because he was afraid of losing you and being alone. The last person he loved died a horrible and gruesome death at the hands of Sunagakure before we ran from our village, he was never the same after losing them so don't do it to him again." Hidan added as he left the room to get a head start on his sacrifices before he went to go save Makoto. I stared at the floor as I thought about what Hidan told me and stood up from my bed, I wasn't going to let him be used as some experiment by Orochimaru I would be going to save him regardless of Hidan's mission. I won't let him be in pain as I sit here crying about how much it hurts to not have him.

I left the room only to be met with Hidan and Kakuzu, "I figured you wouldn't stay here and wait after that so I gathered Kakuzu instead of going out. We're defying leader-sama's orders but I think that just for once he would understand." Hidan said as he looked at me. I nodded and we headed out the door towards Otogakure.