Toshiro's Memory, Hige's Love

By: Silverwolf

A child screams out over a crowd. A mother searches for her toddler. "He's the dead terrorists child! Kill him!" "He'll turn out like his father!" The rage of the crowd chases the child into a room for guests. "That brat went to the female from Ame."

Konan steps into a room. 'Little' Toshiro stands with narrowed eyes. The female in front of him smiles lightly. "Now who might you be?" The child wrinkles his nose and makes a face. Blonde hair blows in front of the tot's left eye. "Oh my..." Toshiro's narrowed eyes still pear at the woman though one is now hidden by his hair. "Deidara? It can't be..." Toshiro's eyes open wider; his hands remain closed tightly. "My name is Toshiro." Konan blinks. "Toshiro?" The tot nods. Konan smirks a bit. Toshiro stares at her. "Where did you come from?" Toshiro glances towards the cracked door. He then lowers himself down close to the floor and tilts his head. "What are you doing?" Toshiro grins, "I'll give them a reason to want to hunt me." Konan watches the child appear waiting. Instead of a crowd a woman burst through the door. "Toshiro!"

The blonde tot turns swiftly. "MAMA!" Konan looks at the woman. "So he's your son." Kurotsuchi nods. Konan hears someone pounding on her door. "Ma'am, we know you represent Ame. But we fear that you're in danger. There's a child in your room. He could later bring down the village. We wish to end the problem now." Konan looks at Toshiro. The tot's hands open as he reaches for his mother. Kurotsuchi looks at Konan, "I won't let you hand them my son. He doesn't deserve..." Konan watches the child, "I see, so the jutsu altered more than just Deidara's appearance. It was passed along to his son." Kurotsuchi grows silent. Konan raises her voice a bit, "there's only a woman searching for her child here. No child!"

Konan looks to the woman. "Your child will be in danger all his life. And he will never have the idea of how his ability works if he stays here. You know that. I know that. Let me take him." Kurotsuchi gives Konan a odd look. "He's my child." Konan nods. "He deserves more than to be deemed the bad seed because of Deidara." "You knew his father?" Konan nods.

The crowd breaks through the door. The tot is watching as his mother is dragged from the room. Konan watches as the crowd comes closer to the boy. The female is quick to respond when she hears the child's mother beg her to take him from it all. Konan places her arm around the child. "We're going up before you're dead. Something tells me you've yet to even learn why you have the appearance you do."

Toshiro is shook by Hige. Before he's completely awake he grabs the girl and pulls her to the bed. He 'comes to' holding Hige by the throat with his breath along her face. The younger teen can feel the slight film of sweat still clinging to her captor. "You were calling and tossing in your sleep." Toshiro gives the girl her freedom and then moves away. Hige blushes but pulls Toshiro back toward her when she sees a few tears. Toshiro turns away from her. Hige doesn't allow him freedom as he tries to push her away. Blonde hair clings to Toshiro's skin. Hige watches as the older teen finally 'gives' placing his head against her shoulder. The girl embraces Toshiro silently. Slowly Hige falls to the bed as she realizes what she's done. The blonde's head rests along her stomach. His eyes are closed. Hige blushes; slowly though she accepts the feeling of Toshiro resting against her. The young Inuzuka eventually falls asleep. Toshiro still resting against his breathing 'pillow'.

If I'm not in love with you
What is this I'm going through
Tonight
And if my heart is lying then
What should I believe in
Why do I go crazy
Every time I think about you, baby
Why else do I want you like I do
If I'm not in love with you

And if I don't need your touch
Why do I miss you so much
Tonight
If it's just infatuation then
Why is my heart aching
To hold you forever
Give a part of me I thought I'd never
Give again to someone I could lose
If I'm not in love with you

Why in every fantasy
Do I feel your arms embracing me
Lovers lost in sweet desire
Why in dreams do I surrender
Like a little baby
Someone help explain this feeling
Someone tell me

If I'm not in love with you
What is this I'm going through
Tonight
And if my heart is lying then what should I believe in
Why do I go crazy
Every time I think about you baby
Why else do I want you like I do
If I'm not in love with you

For anyone with questions the song is If I'm not in love and it's by Faith Hill.

ItachiSilverwolf