Obito once loved a girl, her name was Rin. She was a sweet girl, she always put others before herself, and she was his best friend. One thing led to another...and he fell for her, it started off as any other crush, but then, it grew stronger.

Obito would do anything for her, he promised himself that he'd always stick by her side and care for her, and always love her, even if she didn't return those feelings. And then she died…he was forced to watch it, the arm of his best friend going through her like a knife would go through a block of butter, he couldn't do anything, his world shattered at that moment. He promised himself- no, to everybody, that he WILL make a better world, one where people didn't have to fight, one where they all lived in peace, one where people didn't have to die, one where….Rin didn't have to die.

But of course time decided to play a sick joke, by making him re-watch the person he loved the most, die. And he couldn't do anything. After a couple of moments, she fell to the ground, his best friend had fainted. And then a blood curdling screem could be heard.

Everybody in the team whipped their heads towards the source of the noise. All their eyes landed on the boy they met earlier on their travels, Obito Uchiha. It was a shock seeing a seemingly cheerful person looking so shattered and lost. They saw as Obito ran towards the mist nin, killing them all as if child play. It was scary seeing such a young pre-teen doing this. They then all realized something, as Obito ran towards the nin, the white Zetsu they met earlier 'swirly' started to wrap around him, covering his face in a familiar swirl.

They started to connect the dots. Obito is Tobi, and Tobi was Obito. Blood was soon raining. Deidara's eyes widened in shock, his goofy, stupid, dumb, cheerful teammate was lying this whole time. He looked back on all the things he had done to Tobi, and he started shaking 'what if he wants revenge!?' Deidara thought to himself.

Everyone's (with the exception of Pein, Konan, and Itachi) thoughts were the same, Tobi, the doofus of the Akatsuki, wasn't actually a doofus, instead a boy- no man, capable of killing multiple ninjas at once.

Itachi's mind was in buzz, suddenly remembering his late cousin. How could have he forgotten!? Obito, the blacksheep of his family, the one that Shisui and him admired. He- he had survived. But he was different, so very different, the things he was doing goes against everything he ever stood for! This girl's death must've affected him deeply.

Pein felt betrayed, the man who led him to believe he was Madara Uchiha wasn't being truthful of his identity. Of course he wasn't, Pein was being naive to actually believe that Madara Uchiha would still be alive. Then again, he saw him earlier, very old bit still alive. Pein glared at the masked man in front of him.

Tobi started shaking, he stared at his younger self holding Rin's dead corpse. So many emotions over took him "go back" he hissed in almost a whisper.

Pein continued to glare at him "I will not do your bid-" he was interrupted by a seething voice.

"I don't care about your opinions! You will obey me and you will do it without questions! I order you to go back seven minutes!" He hissed out, even through the single eye hole, they could see the fury in his eye.

Pein wasn't afraid however, he continued to stand his ground. Tobi growing impatient grabbed the device from his grip and set back the time. Everything started going blurry as they felt themselves going back in time. Then they saw it, the same chocolate colored haired girl running towards her death, the one they saw die just moments ago.

Tobi lept into action, using his kamui he was able to teleport himself in front of Kakashi before he was able to stab Rin. Obito looked surprised in the distance, and everyone just stared wordlessly.

However Tobi was holding the time traveling cube in his hand, so just as he was able to stop Kakashi from stabbing Rin, some electricity hit the cube. A flurry of colors erupted from it as it swirled around Tobi and the other members of the Akatsuki.

"Wha-" little Kakashi started off, before his voice faded away. They didn't know what was going on, they felt as if all their energy was drained, and then everything went black.

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Tobi, or Obito, woke up in a bed. Wait, a bed!? Obito looked down, and low and behold, there was a bed, he hadn't been in one in years. He was on high alert, scanning around the room suspiciously. He felt like his face was naked, he reached up to touch his mask, only to find it wasn't there. Instead he his hands made contact with smooth skin, he didn't feel and bumps or scarring on his face. His eyes made contact with his hands and he couldn't believe his eyes, they didn't look fake or made of Zetsu parts, they looked real and healthy. And to his embarrassment he was also wearing pink pajamas…

He stumbled out of his bed, he felt shorter too. He wobbled over to his desk, and picked up a small mirror that he had spotted. He picked it up and brought it to his face, needless to say he almost dropped it.

Instead of seeing a grown man or a mask, he saw the face of a young boy around the age of twelve. He gasped, reaching up to touch his face. "H-how!?" He asked himself, his voice coming out in a squeak, not sounding as deep as he was used to. His face flushed a bit in embarrassment.

He closed the blinds to his windows and went downstairs to lock the door of his apartment. He went back to his room, also locking the door. He didn't see the cube anywhere, he didn't know what to do. He was stuck, as a twelve year old, in a different time.

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Itachi woke up, finding himself seated in a wooden chair, a book in his lap. He looked around the room, only to realize it was his childhood bedroom. His eyes widen in shock, as a room he hasn't seen in years is right in front of him. 'What am I doing here?' He pushed the book off of his lap and jumped down from his chair. Suddenly the door to his room opened, a woman he hasn't seen in years walked in.

"Itachi, lunch is ready!" She said with a kind smile.

Itachi felt tears stream down his face "mom" he said in almost a whisper.

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I know this chapter is short (only 1,153 words :A:) but I'm gunna be busy for the next three weeks, and updates to my stories might slow down a bit. So I hope you enjoyed this chapter, and hopefully it doesn't actually take me three weeks to update.