Me: Hello! I'm sorry that I have not updated in a few weeks! This chapter was harder to make –hides behind Eddie-

Eddie: She also decided to update once every two weeks for she's busy with stuff

Me: -nods- I don't own Naruto at all!

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Chapter Five

No point of view

A Funeral for the Sun, Part One

(With Pein)

Everyone was hushed as Kisame placed Yahiko's corpse in Pein's van. His body was wrapped lightly in a blanket, blood spread throughout it. Tobi drove away leaving behind Pein, Zetsu and Sakura; they were going to clean up the scene so the cops will not find it.

Pein picked up the remains of a ROOT member and threw it into the pile of bodies. He was numb; he couldn't feel anything, his heart pumping or even the warmth of the sun. Everything was cold. Nothing could warm him, not even Sakura's touch.

It felt as though half of him was gone. It was gone forever. Yahiko was his brother. He was the sun, knowing how to brighten anything when it was in the dark, vanishing doubts.

He always said, "When your heart is covered in darkness, you are dead but when it is in light, you are alive. For when the sun sets, what will warm you? When the night arises, you feel deeper into the shadows but never too far away for the sun to safe you.*"

That is what he did when Pein first met him. He saved him from darkness. No, he saved everyone from darkness.

Flashback

Pein watched emotionless as his house burnt down. Nagato was sitting next to him also paralyzed. They could hear the fading screams of their parents. They were trapped in the fire along with some policemen.

This NEVER would have happened if their mother didn't hide that murderer in the house. But she did and now it can't be undone. 'I guess they got what they deserved,' the twelve-year old thought sadly.

He desperately wanted it to don't be true but he still had to face reality. Someone had to take care of Nagato and he would be damned if it was someone other than him. He was his older brother and he was going to take care of him not some old person who just wanted kids so he could fuck them.

There was no way that he would let that happen, Nagato was only eleven not old enough to handle that. He was fragile and shy, he would not last a day in an orphanage.

Pein stood up and held out his hand. "Come on, Nagato, we have to go." He tried to make his voice as gentle as he could so he wouldn't startle his brother. "B-but mommy and daddy are still in there," the maroon-haired boy whispered, staring at their burning house.

Pein gulped, he didn't know how to say that they were dead, he was only twelve for Pete's sakes. But he had to try, they had to get out of there before the cops came and took them away from each other.

"They are in a better place now," he explained. His hand was still extended, waiting for his brother to take it. After several seconds, Nagato took it. Pein lifted him onto his back and started hiking towards the woods.

'It's getting late,' he mentally sighed, staring at the dimming sun on the horizon. He looked at Nagato, he was sleeping. He let out a depressed moan, "I guess I'll have to find a place that will make a good bed."

He found an area next to an oak tree and set Nagato down. Pein began to look for something to make the ground softer. It took him awhile to find something but when he did he got a lot of moss and some feathers.

It wasn't much but it was all he could find in the dark. Pein lifted Nagato up and placed the moss under him, trying to make it as comfortable as possible. He tested the softness with his hand and deemed it soft enough to sleep on.

He placed Nagato back down and sat beside him. Pein didn't have anything to soften the ground below him, there was only enough for his brother. He didn't mind though, he was used to it; his parents would put him outside if he did something they didn't like.

His parents were not the best of people but they still had a conscious, they wouldn't hurt Nagato and were always nice to him. Pein and his mom and dad made an agreement for Nagato not to know about the way they treat Pein.

Like he said before, Nagato was a fragile and shy person. He wouldn't be able to live knowing what his parents did to his older brother, the person he looked up to. It was best just to make him believe that his parents were good people, so they would leave him with a good memory.

Pein looked up at the familiar starlit sky. 'Tomorrow is going to be one hell of a day,' he thought before drifting off into sleep.

Sirens filled the humid air, waking the apricot-hair boy and his brother. The sky was full of clouds that were ready to pour out the water that they held. Fog surrounded the earth, blanketing everything in its path.

The sirens were in the direction of their house. "Pein, what are we going to do?" Nagato asked with a yawn that covered up his dread. He has had a fear of cops ever since last night when they busted into their house.

Pein felt sorry for him but there was nothing he could do about it, sometimes you just have to face your fear alone. "Don't worry, as long as they don't know where we are, they can't get us," he reassured him, getting up.

Nagato nodded but anxiety still showed clearly on his face. They trekked through the forest until they came upon a road.

There was a roar of thunder and lightning shot a tree close to them. With the call of its masters, the rain began to decant onto the world below.

"Guess we are going to have to find some shelter," mumbled Pein, heading towards a group of houses on the other side of the road.

Nagato followed closely behind him. Little did they know, the group of houses was actually Amegakure's largest orphanage, Yuki Orphanage, it was owned by a strict elderly woman named Yuki, hence the name.

They made it to a large metal gate which they easily slipped past. Nagato huffed and slumped next to a cherry tree. "I'm tired, Pein! Can we take a break?" The maroon-haired boy, cuddled up to the tree, trying to keep away from the downpour.

Pein sighed and concernedly glance at the sky, as much as he liked the rain, he didn't want Nagato to catch a cold but he cannot force him to trail through the heaving rain. He finally nodded and sat beside his brother.

"Hey! Hey, you two!" The voice sounded from above them, much to Pein surprise. He tilted his head back and gazed at the sight before him, a boy roughly eleven was perch on one of the higher branches. The boy had ginger hair that was spiked in random directions.

Light blue eyes filled with so much glee, they looked as if they could be little suns, so welcoming. His clothes were tattered and old like they were worn a lot. A girl was sitting next to him. She had navy hair, part of it in a bun with a paper rose in it, giving her a calming feel.

Clever ashen eyes that were scrunched up into a u looked fondly at him like a mother would to at a child. A lovely smile tugged on her lips. And her denim clothes were also frayed.

The boy jumped down, landing in a light huff. He stuck out his hand, grinned, "hiya, I'm Yahiko and that's," he directed his finger towards the navy-haired girl, "Konan, nice to meet you."

Pein securely shook the outstretched hand. "I am Pein and the boy next to the tree is Nagato," he introduced, throwing out a playful smile.

"Pein, what are you doing here? Are you guys new?" Konan questioned, tipping her to the side, curiosity framing her face. Pein and Nagato shared a confused look, what did she mean by "new"? Yahiko laughed, falling to the ground in a great heap.

The fallen boy tried to catch his breath, "you two don't know where you are. Do you?" Pein nodded, quite annoyed with the boy's cackling. This only made Yahiko laugh harder, his face was getting very red and his eyes looked like they could pop out of his head at any second.

Konan softly sighed, soaring to the soil like a morning dove. "You are at Yuki's orphanage," Konan smiled, sounding content. Pein froze, did she say orphanage? This couldn't be right! He specially went the way opposite to any orphanages in the area.

How could this happen? Was this some sort of trick? It had to be! Nagato could not live in an orphanage! Pein would not let this happen! Maybe since they haven't been seen by anyone other than Yahiko and Konan, they could slip out without being noticed.

It was a long shot though, he has heard about the tough security here. It was strange that they were able to make it in, however maybe the security here was not as good as the rumors said. After all they were just rumors.

"How do we get out?" Pein quickly asked. His eyes were narrowed in distress. Konan looked startled for a second but immediately threw it away. "The only way you're going to get out is if someone adopts you," she explained, helping the still-laughing loon up, only to be thrown down when he went into another fit of laughter.

"But you don't get it! We don't belong in the orphanage!" the twelve-year old shouted, clutching his hands into fists. Yahiko stared at him, "does that mean you have parents?" Pein looked away as did Nagato.

Yahiko knew what that meant and informed them, "then that means you belong here, just like everyone else that lives within these corridors."

Pein sighed, the look of disparaging covering his face, "could you at least help us get out of here?" Yahiko and Konan glanced at each other then Konan spoke, "no one has ever escaped and if they managed to, the guards would chase after them and kill them."

Pein's eyes widened, they would actually kill them if they escape, that made no sense what so ever. "I know it doesn't make sense but they do it anyway." Konan leaned into Yahiko, putting her head on his shoulder. "They did it to my older brother."

"So what do we do then? Is there any way at all?" the apricot-haired boy asked, trying to find any hope he could. There was no way he would be stuck here.

Konan nodded, "when you are eighteen they let you go but I doubt you would want to be stuck here for that long." Yahiko patted Pein's back, "come on, it's not so bad! You can think of a plan tomorrow. But in the meantime, how about you guys meet our friends?"

Yahiko and Konan walked towards a courtyard that had cracks and moss growing on it, it looked very old. Pein followed them with Nagato close behind him.

They followed the duo through a giant crack in the wall that was covered by a bush. "We found this a while ago, now we hang out here all the time," Yahiko explained, crawling into a big room.

What Pein saw surprised him; the room was actually an old library. Paintings of lions wrapped the walls, elegantly going into bookshelves. It looked like something made in the 1800th century. It was simply magnificent.

Yahiko chuckled at Pein's facial expression, "you better close your mouth before flies get caught in it and make babies." The lavender-eyed boy closed his mouth and glared. Yahiko shivered, that was one scary glare.

Konan tried to push her friend away from Pein for she was frightened that he might hurt him. Nagato placed a hand on Konan shoulder, "you don't have to worry about Pein; he wouldn't hurt anyone without a good reason."

She nodded and let go of Yahiko. "Yahiko, don't you think you should gather the gang?" Konan ordered; it was defiantly not a question. The ginger-haired boy nodded and set off down one of the aisles.

A few minutes later, he returned with several people following him. "Gang, this is Pein and Nagato. You guys can introduce yourselves," instructed Yahiko, stepping aside.

A boy a year old than Pein with long raven hair that was pinned into a low ponytail stepped forward, "I am Uchiha Itachi. I am thirteen, nice to meet you two." He shook Pein's and Nagato's hands. His monotone shocked Pein at first but he knew he would get used to it.

"Oi, I'm Kisame, twelve years of age and like Itachi said, nice to meet ya!" a tall boy with light blue skin announced, bear-hugging both of them. Pein inwardly growled; he didn't like to be touch.

"Tobi's name is Tobi and Tobi is twelve! I love you, Leader-chan and Apple-chan!" yelled a masked boy, glomming him, threaten to knock him down. 'What is it with this people and hugging?' he thought. Pein saw Nagato's eye slightly twitch at his new nickname. He didn't mind the nickname Leader though he guessed it would be bad to have a nickname like Apple.

"Yo, the fucking name's Hidan and I'm twelve, damn it." Silver hair was the first thing Pein saw, it stunned him that a twelve-year old would have that color hair but hey, he didn't judge.

"My name is Zetsu, nice to meet you and I'm twelve." The different voice thing was weird, 'he must have a split personality' thought Pein, shaking the boy's hand. A tan boy with stitches covering his body held out his hand, "I'm Kakuzu, thirteen. Do you have any money?"

Pein shook his head and watched in amusement as the boy slumped, going off to sit in a corner. "Deidara is the name un, I'm twelve yeah." A boy with long blonde hair shook his hand and went back in line. If the blonde didn't have a deeper voice than Konan, he would have thought he was a girl.

"I'm Sasori and I'm twelve," a red-haired boy introduced, looking bored. Pein found that the their gang was called Akatsuki and everyone in the orphanage feared them though he didn't know why, they were great people.

Yahiko told him that he and his brother could stay in the library since it was abandon and no one goes there so they would be safe until they came up with a plan on how to escape. Pein decided that he was going to take the Akatsuki with him when a plan was made.

Yahiko busted into their hideout early the next day, practically screaming. Pein grunted, "Can't you be quiet? It's eight in the morning." He was NOT a morning person; also he stayed up all night trying to come up with a plan.

"Fine, I guess you don't want to know the AWESOME plan I came up with." Yahiko smirked when Pein bolted out of his make-shift bed and tackled him. "What is it?" Pein eagerly asked, shaking the poor boy's shoulders like a crazed man.

Yahiko huffed, "you have to get off of me first." He did as he was told and got off of him. "Okay, I had this dream of where I was a mole and was digging then when I woke up, I thought, 'why don't we dig underneath the gate, that way the guards wouldn't know they were escaping.' So what do you think of my AWESOME Idea?"

Pein nodded, "that could work though I do have one problem with it." "What's the problem? I already dug the hole, all you have to do is go in it," Yahiko enlightened, holding up his shirt so Pein could see the dirt stains.

He chuckled, sweat-dropping slightly, "the only problem I have is that you guys aren't going with us. So I'm asking you if you and the gang would like to come with us."

Yahiko was stunned and was only able to nod. "Great, now go it the rest," commanded Pein, throwing Yahiko into the hole/entrance.

He came back what seemed like seconds later with the rest of the Akatsuki on his tail, they all looked excited. Konan was the first one to talk, "do you mean it? You are really going to take us with you?" Pein nodded and got squished by an overly happy Konan and an crazy Tobi, both shouting they loved him.

"It's no big deal. And besides, it was Yahiko's idea so GET OFF ME!" Pein was struggling to breath and thanked the heavens that they got off him to tackle Yahiko. He wasn't at all surprised when Yahiko mouthed, "You owe me BIG time."

They planned to escape at night when it would be harder for the guards to see and it won't risk the escape route being seen. Luckily, Kisame grew up close to the orphanage and would travel through the woods so he would be able to guide them to safety.

Konan also said the guards only chase after you within a five mile radius. That would be used for their advantage. With both Kisame and Konan's knowledge, they would be able to escape perfectly.

Thunder crackled while lightning lit the sky with a ghostly glow. The heavens poured rain down, cleansing the soil with its tears. Everyone was inside, frightened of world outside their shelters, having no idea of the people sneaking through the mud, the people seeking freedom.

"Why did it have to rain cats and dogs when we're trying to break out un?" Deidara quietly hissed, glaring out his stained clothes. Pein briefly glanced at him, "you should be thankful, if it were any other night, this wouldn't work."

Yahiko led the way to the cherry tree where they first met each other. The boy brushed away a shrub, showing the Akatsuki the hole he had made the night before. Nagato was the first to go into the hole for he was the smallest and also the fastest among the group.

Nagato gave the all clear and the rest started making their way in and out of the hole. Pein stumbled when Tobi accidently kicked him, making him crash into the ground, just barely missing a bramble patch.

"Tobi, you almost gave us away!" Pein grumpily hissed, shaking the dirt off of his pants. Tobi pouted, looking away, if he didn't have his mask on, Pein would probably see him crying.

"Shhh… you need to be quiet or else the guards are going to see us," warned Konan, throwing a glance at the watchtowers, they looked like ghostly mounds in the rising fog. They seemed to have luck on their side tonight; the guards haven't even noticed their presence.

The slipped through the trees like shadows, not once making noise, it helped that the rain drowned was the only thing that could be heard by the guards in the watchtowers.

"Well, well, well, look what we've got here, some kids that have run too far away from their nests." The voice was mocking and cold, there was no sympathy for them. Pein turned towards the voice, growling in surprise at what he saw.

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Me: you probably saw the * after Yahiko's saying well I put that there to tell you guys that I came up with it and I don't what someone to think I didn't

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