Holy potatoes and pie, it's been forever since I've updated and people are still reading it, I'm almost in shock, but I'm happy.

Thank you to all my loyal readers and people who read this story and move on, right now Mirai's Pein and moving are my priorities so it'll be a little while until the next update, but not as long as between this chapter and the one before it. Please enjoy even though it's short. ~Sera

Tobi walked up to Ongaku slowly "Hey, do you want to go for a walk on the lake?" he asked in his usual cheerful voice. She wanted to go outside so she said sure. He led her down a maze of hallways that led to quite possibly the weirdest door she had ever seen; then outside into the fresh air. As soon as she was under the sky she took a deep breath and ran to the forest and then the lake, which was visible from the doorway. She stopped at the edge of the water and watched in amazement as Tobi kept walking. He was about ten steps from shore when she jumped into the lake, swimming towards him.

"Why are you swimming to me? Just walk." Tobi said, curiosity dripping from his voice as he bent to look down at her in the water.

"How do you walk on water?" She had to know how he could do that, it would make getting to him so much easier.

"I just put chakra out through my feet so I stay up. If you get here fast enough I'll pull you up so you can try it." he teased her, a slight glint appearing in his visible eye. She went to him before he took three more steps and smiled laughingly as he pulled her up to stand beside him. He grabbed her into his arms and hugged her tight enough to make it hard for her to breathe.

"Tobi...can't...breathe" she gasped. He loosened his grip so she could breathe, but he didn't let go of her and after a few minutes he set her down on the surface of the water, his hands lingering on her waist so she wouldn't fall and hers around his neck. She had a slight fantasy of them dancing like this, a blush appearing on her face, which quickly faded when he dropped his hands and stepped back. It took a minute for them to realize it, but Ongaku hadn't fallen in.

"Amazing." whispered Tobi, then louder, "So do you want to get a better view of the lake and forest?" She nodded and they started walking towards shore. "You'll have to climb one of the trees." he continued, she simply walked to the tallest tree she could find and began climbing it the conventional way. He just laughed and walked right up the tree, earning a glare from her. He moved to stand right about her hold on the tree, "You're doing it wrong Ongaku-chan." She glared harder and moved over to a branch and sat.

"If I'm doing it wrong then show me how to do it right." she retorted. He gazed at her and shrugged, as if to say, 'I am showing you' without saying it.

"Do you remember how you stood on the lake?" he asked softly, she nodded, "It's basically the same thing, just concentrate your chakra to your feet and follow me." He kept walking higher and glanced back to make sure she was following him. When he got near the top, he walked out onto a sturdy branch and waited. When she made it up to him, panting and sweaty, he pulled her onto the branch, joy filling his voice, "Now you are going to have to chase me on these branches," anticipation and other emotions were appearing in his voice as she listened, and something else she couldn't pick out. He jumped to the next tree's branches without waiting for her reply, turning back to look at her, his visible eye glinting. "Come on." he said, a playful note to his voice.

She tried what he did and found it to be surprisingly easy and the game began. Every time she'd jump to Tobi's branch he'd jump to another, taunting her almost. This game of cat and mouse went on for hours and when they finally stopped she was exhausted. They dropped to the ground, Ongaku sitting and catching her breath, Tobi looking at something behind her. When she turned to look she found a large wall.

"Welcome to Konohagakure." he said with a slight bow in her direction.

"Welcome to ..what?" she asked, confusion coating her voice.

"Konan-sempai told me to bring you here to get new clothes." he said, offering her his hand to help her up. He examined her face as he lifted her light weight up. She seemed surprised but not unhappy. He made some hand seals that she couldn't see and transformed into a handsome teenaged boy, looking about 17 with shaggy brown hair and mismatched green and brown eyes.

"Wow." she couldn't resist staring at him, he had suddenly become gorgeous in front of her eyes and all he had done was move his hands. He smiled at her and her heart pounded faster. Suddenly she was leaning against him.

"Be careful Ongaku-chan." he said, keeping her up, "And you'll have to call me Michael while we're here, okay? After we find you some clothes we will go back home and Deidara-sempai will help us get you some good weapons because Konan already has your first mission picked out!" Tobi said excitedly, although he was more excited about having her all to himself for the two days Konan had given them than taking her on her first mission.

"Then I guess we should get going." she said, anxiety in her words.

"Ok." he said, he led her in, holding her small hand so he wouldn't lose her as she gazed at her surroundings. While she was looking away three guys had a nosebleed and a fourth stared before all four of the guys passed out. When Ongaku looked in their direction all she say was four guys in a pile with blood on the ground around them.

"To-Michael, did they get beaten up or something?" she asked him, stifling a giggle. He didn't answer, keeping his face as close to Itachi's normal expression as he could, who knew being around that prick so much would come in handy? He was mad, but kept it inside, How dare they even look at HIS Ongaku-chan, he wasn't going to give her up!

When they got to the first store, Ongaku asked him how much she was allowed to get and he gave most likely the worst answer anyone could give to a girl in a clothes store, he said she could get whatever she wanted to, keeping in mind that Konan had given him enough money to buy three entire clothes stores with everything in them, he wasn't worried, although he imagined that Kakuzu had had a field day when he found all that money was missing. He wandered around and found a hotel room after the third store, dropped everything in there and went out to just walk around. It had gotten late and the not so quiet rumbling from their stomachs made them look for some place to get food. They found a little ramen stand and sat down. There was also a teenaged boy sitting there, two empy bowls sitting next to him as he nearly inhaled his third bowl, either he was really hungry or the ramen was very good.

"That looks good," said Ongaku quietly, looking at him also, "I'll have what he's having now." she told the girl behind the counter.

"I'll have the beef ramen." he said when the girl looked at him. While they were waiting, Ongaku started examining the menu while Tobi examined the blond. He seemed to be around 16 or 17 and a ninja, judging from the forehead protector, although the bright orange jumpsuit was a bit of a throw-off from the ninja theory, he was probably chuunin level, sort of cute if you liked that innocent and somewhat stupid type.

"Here." said the girl behind the counter, placing two bowls of ramen in front of them. They began eating, noting that the ramen was indeed very good.

I know it's not a great way to end a chapter, but thank you for reading it anyways. R&R please :)