A Day In The Life

Chapter One: Part I

Tobi

O O O

It was relatively quiet in the Akatsuki compound that evening, of which most of the inhabitants were very grateful. It had been a very long and tiring week for each and every one of them, and the silent, peaceful atomosphere that seemed to drip from ever corner of the safe house was enough to make even the most bitter of them sigh and smile gratefully.

"Se-mpai!!"

That is until Tobi decided to go careening down the halls and yelling at the top of his lungs.

On the other side of the compound, Kakuzu smacked a hand over his eyes and promptly began to curse a stream of obsceneties that would have made even Hidan feel inferior.

Tobi skidded to a stop in front of the door he knew belonged to his bomb-obsessed sempai and knocked three times in quick succession. When he wasn't immediately granted access, he knocked again and bounced on the balls of his feet, glove-less hands fisting anxiously into the cuffs of the long-sleeve shirt he wore in favor of his Akatsuki cloak.

A muffled noise of acknowledgement sounded from the other side of the door and Tobi practically bounced in, taking it as permission to enter. Recognizing the familiar lump on the bed, the rambunctious Akatsuki member made to jump on the mattress and tell his sempai of his kitchen adventure of successfully making pancakes without Kisame's help this time.

"Sempai! Tobi just--" Tobi skidded to a halt at the sound of Deidara's snore and smacked a hand over his mask where, underneath, his mouth was clamped shut.

After a second of silence, Tobi creeped forward and peeked over his partner's shoulder. Deidara's eyes were closed with his hair splayed out in all directions and his shoulders rose and fell with his deep breathing. Tobi spotted a small cut on his cheek from their previous mission.

"Sempai? Sempai, are you asleep?"

"Mmph."

Tobi cocked his head and stifled a laugh. "You look like a woman when you sleep, Sempai!"

One of Deidara's eyes peeled open and glared harshly at the orange masked man staring down at him. Tobi immediately back-pedaled a safe distance away - knowing that that particular look meant death. "Tobi, shut the fuck up, yeah." he mumbled and closed his eyes again.

"Sempai is also very cranky when he wakes up. Just like a woman!"

Tobi yelped in surprise when a rather large pillow smacked him in the face and he tumbled to the ground when his foot got tangled in a discarded shirt littering the floor.

"I said shut-up, yeah! Go bug someone else!"

Tobi yanked the pillow off his face and adjusted his mask. "But Tobi made breakfast!"

"I want to sleep!"

"But--"

"S-L-E-E-P!"

Tobi watched with a hurt expression as his partner huffed and snuggled back into his blankets. He had made such perfect pancakes! His first time, too! And his sempai wasn't even going to get to see them. Tobi sighed and stretched out his legs to get back up to his feet. A clatter of metal on hard floor caught his attention and he glanced around until his one eye settled on a small device the size of his palm.

"Sempai's scope...?" he whispered to himself curiously, picking up the contraption and fiddling with the devices.

A whirring sound emitted from it followed by a bright flashing light and Tobi yelped once more in surprise, blinking his one eye. When the flashing spots didn't fade from his vision, he took of his mask and rubbed the dazed eye for a moment before testing his sight. Still blurry. With a slight frown, he set down his mask on the bedside table, deciding to leave it off for the time being.

He narrowed his eyes on the small contraption in his hands and flipped it over, inspecting the space that pressed over Deidara's eye. It was smooth, unlike the outer side where it was rough and slightly scratched. Pressing it to his own eye, Tobi grinned widely as he looked at everything through the sepia tinted lense. His fingers touched the small buttons and knobs on the scope and he grew even more excited when the screen switched from the sepia tint to a range of green shades, turning blindingly white when he turned his head to stare at the lamp. Night vision?

Twisting the knobs again, the lense turn to normal colors and he could see his blonde sempai snoring on the bed a few feet away. Tobi bit his lip, trying to decide if he should snap a picture or not. With a shrug he sneaked to the side of the bed and bent over the blond terroist. With a tap of his fingers on the dials, the picture was snapped and Tobi felt utterly delighted.

He had an idea.

"Sempai, can Tobi borrow you're scope?" he asked quietly, poking Deidara's shoulder.

"Ngh...mnn..."

"Tobi--I won't break it! Honest!"

"No, yeah," Deidara groaned and pressed his face into his pillow-less bed, effectively ignoring his comrade.

Tobi cocked his head to the side and furrowed his brow in confusion. "Was that...a yes?"

His only answer was a soft snore as Deidara managed to fall back asleep peacefully and unaware of what was about to take place in the Akatsuki compound. Tobi took his silence for affirmation and proceeded to hop out the door, cradeling the scope in his hands.

Not too long after, complete hell broke loose througout the compound.

A/N: Tobi getting a hold of Deidara's scope? Scary thought indeed. Wonder what kind of torture Tobi is going to put the Akatsuki through. And just so we are clear: I AM UP TO DATE ON THE CURRENT MANGA CHAPTERS, OKAY?! I know what's going down with Tobi and everything, but I can't help but write goofy Tobi. So it's fun, sue me. (not really, I don't have any money! Please don't sue me!) Another thing, just for the sake of this fanfic, Sasori IS ALIVE! Yeah, that's right, Sasori is living and breathing in all his puppet glory. Along with everyone else that has died in the anime. They live! *breaks into song* He lives in you! He lives in me! He watches over, everything we see! Into the water, into the truth! In your reflection, he lives in you! *ahem* ....That's it, no more Lion King for me for a week. *cries* I hate punishing myself like this! Please review?