They all sat there in their leader's office, a heavy silence in the room. Konan stood to the right of the pierced leader, who was sitting in his little cloud of irritation.

Kakuzu sat in front of the desk, Chikusa waiting outside the door.

After Leader's little clod dissipated partially, he spoke up.

"I see…" He said, regaining his stoic demeanor. He sighed, and stood up. A talking to Riyuka would be necessary to discuss this situation. They were an elite criminal organization; they couldn't afford to have a child. Yes, a discussion would be necessary. He could only wonder what went through that old woman's head to make her think that doing this would be a good idea.

"Kakuzu," Pein looked to his loyal member, "For the time being, keep an eye on the child. I need to go have a word with Riyuka." As much as Kakuzu didn't want to- and he really didn't want to- he nodded and stood to leave.

As soon as he stepped outside the room, Chikusa invaded his bubble and showed no sign of leaving. Geez, it was like having a dog follow you around…or a duckling. Until Leader returned, he might as well have her know the names of the others. For all he knew, she might cling to one of them; most likely Konan since she's the only female in the organization. The miser and Chikusa headed to the sitting room where Itachi and Kisame were having a chat, Hidan was lounging in one of the plush seats and Sasori was casually drawing out plans for a new puppet. Strange. Usually he's locked up in his room.

"Sasori," Kakuzu gained the redheads attention, "Your working outside your room for once?" Sasori huffed in reply and threw a sharp glare at Chikusa, who didn't even notice it. Itachi looked to Kakuzu and Sasori's direction, wondering if what he was seeing was correct. The ex-waterfall ninja…with a little kid. Kisame stopped chatting after noticing the Uchiha focusing on something. His eyes followed his partner's line of sight and a shark grin found his face.

"Kakuzu-san," The sword master stood up, making his way to the elder, "You do know that there's a little kid following you, right?" Kakuzu shot a glare at the blue ninja.

"Kisame. Do you think of me as some fool who wouldn't notice someone following me?" The shark just grinned and held up his hands in defense.

"Just a question, y'know." He looked down to Chikusa, ruffling her hair, "And I thought everyone was scared of you!" He chuckled at the miser. Said miser's eye twitched in irritation.

"'Kuzu-san isn't scary, 'Same-san." Chikusa piped up, already giving the taller a nickname much like Kakuzu's. The shark chuckled at this and knelt down to her level.

"Oh? You don't think he's scary?" Chikusa replied by shaking her head no and smiling. The shark chuckled.

"You're a weird kid." He said, poking her in the forehead.

"Says the one who looks like a fucking sea creature and carries a big ass chakra eating sword." Hidan butted into the conversation while an obvious twitch met Kisame's eye.

"And you think you're any more normal than me, Hidan." He stood up to his full height, facing the albino priest still lounging.

"At least I looked fucking normal! I don't have fucking blue skin and gills, you damn fish!" They both kept arguing back and forth while Kakuzu rubbed his temples, Saosri muttered to himself obliviously annoyed with the noise and Itachi was...well, being Itachi and not saying a thing. Chikusa was still smiling, oblivious of the killer intent looming off of Kisame and Hidan as the debate of normality continued.

"TOBI'S A GOOD BOY!" A shout was heard from the orange masked spazz we all know as Tobi that was followed by a smash more yelling and an explosion.

"Chikusa-chan!" Said orange masked spazz sprinted into the room, hiding behind the much shorter one who just kept smiling and blinking at him.

"TOBI, UN!" The pissed bomber blonde followed in the room, his face black – most likely from the explosion from earlier – and his blue eye narrowed in the direction of mister lollipop mask behind Chikusa. Sasori looked up from the plans he was working on to look at the pissed off blonde.

"Brat," The redhead got his attention, "Do you really plan on killing Tobi with that poor excuse of art of yours?"

Tick

Tick

Tick

And there goes the debate bomb of the artists again.

"What the hell are you talking about, danna! If anything is a poor excuse for art, it's your puppets, un!"

"Brat, everyone knows that art is eternal and everlasting."

"Art is fleeting, not eternal! Art is a bang, un!"

Almost everyone in the room, even Kisame and Hidan who stopped fighting when the explosion happened, facepalmed. The only ones who didn't were the fighting artists, Itachi (because he could care less) and Chikusa who simply listened to their argument in fascination.

"Fleeting, un!" The blonde argued.

"Eternal, brat." The redhead growled.

"Why not both?" The new voice made everyone pause and look at the youngest in the room.

"Why can't art be both and still be beautiful?" Chikusa seemed to be pondering and thinking out loud.

"Fireworks as pretty and fleeting and a picture of the fireworks are just as beautiful." The two artists stared at Chikusa, processing what she said. But there was something that everyone knew about the two artists. They were pretty hardheaded and always they were right. They both sat in front of Chikusa, the debate still up.

"Smaller Brat," Chikusa looked at the redhead, "If art was fleeting and perished so quickly, then what would be the point?" She hummed in thought until Deidara piped up.

"But if art was eternal, than it wouldn't be exciting and lively as an artist would want their work to be, un." That's a good point, too.

"If you like that pathetic excuse that isn't even art, than no one will take you seriously." Ah, the old persuasion trick. And Sasori was playing it to get Chikusa on his side of the argument. Majority rules.

Deidara's eye twitched, "If you like eternal things like danna, than everyone will think you are boring and unexciting, un." It was an all-out battle at that point. They kept giving fake reasons why their art was real art. Chikusa looked to a very annoyed Kakuzu and smiled.

"This is fun, huh, 'Kuzu-san." She said as the blonde and redhead never seized their debate.

The miser just pinched the bridge of his nose.

"Damn you, Riyuka…"


le me: I know this is crap, but please bear with me here. *Cloud of depression and stress*

Chikusa: Don't be upset, Froggy-san! I'm sure the readers don't mind, Right, 'Kuzu-san?

Kakuzu: ...

Chikusa: 'Kuzu-san, I know you're upset about not getting paid for this but Froggy-san is in a cloud of depression!

le me: *Currently joining Tamaki in the Corner of Woe*

Hidan: Fuck it! R&R so the bitch can continue the fucking story!

le me: FUCK YOU, HIDAN!

Hidan: YOU WISH YOU FUCKING COULD!

Kakuzu: *Covering Chikusa's ears* Like the idiot said...Please review