Beta: I'm not even going to answer that.

Disclaimer: Ugh ...

Warning: A bratty five-year-old but that's about it.

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When I woke up after forcefully losing consciousness, I spent a good amount of time just staring at the wall as I tried to get my brain to work properly. In the meantime, it slowly processed the fact that none other than Orochimaru had abducted me. Along with Kabuto.

"Damned shinobi." I growled at no one in particular. "Damn Orochimaru and his creepy, ass-licking slaves to Hell."

I stood up and climbed down from the bed as I began to explore the room I had woken up in. There were a door leading to what I presumed was the exit and another door leading into a bathroom the size of a broom closet. Honestly, was this place inhabited by hobbits? I sighed and jumped when I heard a creak. There, sitting in a corner, were none others than Orochimaru. I hadn't even noticed him.

"How long have you been there?" I asked sheepishly as I rubbed the back of my head. "How much did you hear?" I added after a beat of my heart.

"The entire time." Orochimaru answered with a small smirk and I blushed heavily. "I've never done anything bad to you, Kazumi-chan. I'm hurt you do not like me." He said mockingly.

"I bet you are thinking of all kinds of horrible experiments you could do to me." I said icily and crossed my arms over my chest, trying to glare him into submission.

Of course, it's not very impressive when a five-year-old tries to glare you into doing their every little command. It's actually very odd and somewhat cute to watch and although I knew this, I just couldn't help myself; I had to try. My father was very good at glaring and when he really wanted, he could easily scare a man build like a mountain into shitting himself with a single glare. I knew it; I'd seen him do that once or twice.

Hidan and I had laughed at the memory for weeks and dubbed Kakuzu's glare Shit-Yourself no Jutsu. The name wasn't impressive but the glare made up for that. My father hadn't been too thrilled when Hidan and I kept threatening strangers with a Shit-Yourself no Jutsu.

"I bet I could be but I wouldn't want to make your poor tou-san too sad, now would I?" Orochimaru said with a sinister smile.

I raised an eyebrow at him, trying to figure out what game the Sannin was playing. I had already figured he wanted me to meet Sasuke, since he actually had revealed that much but I couldn't shake the uneasy feeling off that something entirely else besides meeting a disturbed little boy with a brother complex would soon happen.

"What do you want, Orochimaru?" I asked him as I decided that being direct would work the best.

At least his arms didn't work and as such I would be relatively safe unless he decided to call Kabuto and make him do his dirty work. I wouldn't be surprised if he actually did make Kabuto do it. Orochimaru pushed from himself up from the chair and because of his arms just dangling uselessly at his sides, it looked a little awkward.

"Follow me, Kazumi-chan. There's someone dying to meet you." Orochimaru said as he walked towards the door I had thought to be the exit, and it was. As if it had been controlled by magic, suddenly the door swung open and Orochimaru walked out with me following after him.

The hallway was dimly lit and was depressing. The few Oto nin we met, looked down at the sight of their leader and would then narrow their eyes at me, before looking away again. They were afraid of Orochimaru and to be honest, I couldn't blame them.

"Orochimaru." The sound of the youngest Uchiha's voice made me jump and when I peeked out from behind Orochimaru's legs, I saw Uchiha Sasuke standing a little way from us with his hands stuffed into his pockets.

"Sasuke-kun, I would like you to meet, Amari Kazumi, the daughter of Kakuzu." Orochimaru drawled and stepped away from me, forcing me to face the mentally unstable Uchiha in front of me.

I gulped nervously as Sasuke's coal eyes roamed my body. His eyebrows furrowed only the slightest, something that I wouldn't have discovered if not thanks for being in the company of his even less emotional older brother. Orochimaru noticed it too and smiled another sinister smile as he excused himself and disappeared down the hallway.

He had left me alone with Sasuke. Damn him to Hell.

"You're Kazumi?" Sasuke asked me and I blinked.

"Are you deaf or just plain stupid?" I asked him and didn't miss the way his shoulders tensed lightly and his eyes narrowed almost undetectable for the naked eyed.

Thank Kami-sama, for the many lessons in Uchihanese I had gotten from Itachi.

"Didn't Orochimaru just tell you who I was?" I asked and rolled my eyes at him. "If you want people to think you're smart, stop asking questions that have already been answered." I chided him.

If I were going to die, I wanted to at least know that I had managed to piss of an Uchiha.

"Do you even know who I am?" Sasuke growled and took a threatening step towards me.

"You're Uchiha Sasuke, Itachi-nii's younger brother (the expression he made when he heard the suffix I used for Itachi was priceless), the only one who was spared in the massacre and the youngest Uchiha alive." I answered and then I tilted my head, looking him up and down. "If you're Itachi-nii's brother and Itachi-nii is my brother … does that make you my brother too?" I asked him.

Sasuke spluttered at my words and looked like he was choking on his own saliva.

"Sasuke-nii …" I said and nodded to myself. "I like the sound of that." I declared to him and gave him a big smile as I walked over to him and took his hand in mine.

Sasuke looked possibly mortified and was pulling at his hand as he attempted to free himself from me. I didn't let him go though.

"How can you speak so casually about that … that … murderer?" he spat as he finally gave up freeing himself.

I looked up at him and yanked at his arm. He raised an eyebrow at me but lowered his head down to me nonetheless. I placed my mouth at his ear. I didn't say anything for a couple of minutes, trying to make the anticipation bigger. When Sasuke began to squirm irritably I smiled and took a deep breath.

"Baka!" I shrieked into his ears, making the poor boy jump in surprise and shock.

I couldn't help but laugh and clutched my sides as the laughter became harder. Sasuke looked possibly murderous as he rubbed his ear and I was certain he would have done something horrible to me, if it hadn't been for Kabuto suddenly making an appearance. He pushed the glasses up on his nose and picked me up.

"You are not allowed to harm Kazumi-chan, Sasuke-kun. She's an important guest of Orochimaru-sama." He said with a fake smile and turned to walk away from the fuming Uchiha.

If I had to stay here for an unknown amount of time, I would at least make it worth my time.

Besides, if I survived this stay, I would have something to laugh at whenever I got depressed ... and so would the rest of the Akatsuki ...

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The entire Akatsuki, besides Pain and Konan, was tracking the group of Iwa nin at full speed and if their faint chakra was anything to go by, they couldn't be more than five miles away from them which made the men stay on edge. They could feel an even fainter chakra, much smaller than the rest of the group and dangerously low, they presumed was Kazumi. By the feel of it, they knew she needed medical attention ASAP if they wanted her to survive.

Kakuzu growled lowly and speed up, wanting nothing more than just get this over with so he could take Kazumi home and lock her up somewhere and throw the key away … after he had given her a good scolding though.

Hidan joined him and the two of them shared a brief glance. Out of the entire Akatsuki, they had the strongest and closest relationship with Kazumi and for some reason, although both of them knew that it had been Zetsu to let her out in the first place, they also knew that they were partly to blame too. If they hadn't abandoned her when she needed them because they felt guilty, she may still be with them.

"The Iwa nin has stopped." Itachi suddenly said and the Zombie brothers zeroed in on their targets.

True to his words, the group had indeed stopped and the men could only guess that they had realized escaped wasn't a possibility. Neither was fighting but they would soon figure that out.

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Pain was tapping his fingers at his desk in his office in Ame. His normally expressionless face was contorted in what could best be described as a frown as he thought things over once more. Something felt wrong about the entire situation concerning the Iwa nin kidnapping Kazumi … he just couldn't figure out what was wrong.

"Nagato?" Konan asked behind his desk.

He looked up, mildly surprised but didn't bother to hide his emotions. Konan was the only one he had never been able to fool with no matter how much he tried and he had a long time ago, given up attempting to do so. His best friend seemed to have a radar whenever something was bothering him.

"Something doesn't feel right." He said and frowned again, glaring at a spot at the wall opposite him.

"I know; I feel it too." Konan said quietly.

He knew that his female partner had taken a liking to the small girl and he wasn't afraid that he too had become quite affectionate towards the little girl, but the both of them knew that they also had a mission to accomplish before anything else and that nothing could be allowed to stand in their way.

Not even Kazumi.

"We cannot let her die, Nagato." Konan said quietly. "The members of Akatsuki would defect and hunt down every single ninja responsible for her death. Besides," she added quietly and he looked over at her. "We wanted to create a world where children could grow up without facing the harsh reality of wars, death and pain. Without hurt."

Pain sighed and his hand seized its tapping on the wooden surface.

"I know." He said and sighed again. "She's under the protection of Akatsuki. Letting her get hurt by a group of irritating nin would only sent a message that we aren't as strong as we want the Elemental Lands to believe."

Konan nodded and her face hardened as she listened to the words of her childhood friend. Pain stood and walked around the desk to look out of one of the windows at the village below the tall building where his office was.

"They will be punished for challenging us." Pain said as he narrowed his eyes at nothing in particular. "If they want a war …"

"They will get one." Konan finished and placed her hand on his shoulder.

Pain looked briefly at the woman behind him and saw the small smile she wore. That smile was because of Kazumi. That love making her amber eyes shine, was because of Kazumi. He wanted to protect not only the people but also his female partner.

He turned his eyes at the window again and closed them briefly. When he opened them again, he couldn't help but marvel at the rare sight of sunlight breaking through the heavy clouds constantly hanging over Ame and creating a colorful rainbow.

Just as the rainbow he was looking at, Kazumi turned their black and white worlds into a palette of colors. She didn't know it herself but she was effectively the reason why none of them had lost themselves to the darkness constantly surrounding them.

He could only imagine what Madara would think of all this but secretly, Pain was convinced that even Madara who never spoke about anything but Tsuki no Me, had become addictive to the colors Kazumi was painting their worlds with.

He turned and walked towards the door, Konan easily falling into step beside him. It was time to get their rainbow back.

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Damn, people, these chapters are almost writing themselves, lol.

As you may have noticed, I'm actually delaying something I hate and suck at writing; fighting scenes. -_-

I hate them and I need to figure out how to write them before I can actually do it.

What did you guys think about Pain's part? And Konan's for that matter ... too much? :-/ I hope not. I mean, I doubt any of our favorite S-class criminals would be able to stay exactly the same when exposed to the innocence of a child. Pain is kind of contradicting himself, since he doesn't really vote in favor for Kazumi right away but I feel like he needed to reflect a little about the changes Kazumi is bringing with her and at least admit just a little, that she was important not only to his subjects but also to him and Konan.

Besides that, I plan on putting more reflections up here. If anyone, I think the Akatsuki deserves the salvation Kazumi can bring. But maybe that's just me.

Reviews people, love them! Love you all.