Kisame bursted through his bedroom door, with Sayuri and Deidara following right behind him. He walked over to Ruka who was happily waiting for her food in Kisame's huge bed. Kisame then sat down on the edge of the bed next to her. "Are you happy now?"

She nodded with a smile and a mouth full of food. Ruka then looked behind Kisame's huge frame to see Sayuri and Deidara. Both females made eye contact and raised a brow at one another. Sayuri then looked around Kisame's room. It was actually pretty well-kept. The walls dark blue color, while the flooring was a beige carpet. His bed was huge, Sayuri couldn't even guess the size but she figured since he was a large man might as well have a large bed. Ruka was laying under his beige covers and resting her back on his navy pillows. "This isn't our room...nevermind that though. I have something to ask you." Sayuri got back on track as to why she had come to Ruka.

Ruka nodded as she continued to inhale her food. "Well you know how I kind of can't block out other people's emotions." Sayuri slowly stated.

A 'hm uh' sound came from Ruka. Her eyebrow raised and her eyes got smaller as she awaited as to what her neice would say next. "Well...I was wondering...if you would help train me." Sayuri said sweetly with pleading eyes.

Ruka's eyes got wide and she slightly choked on her food. She set her bowl down on the night stand and finished chewing and swallowing the reamining food in her mouth. Kisame looked at her. "I didn't know you were also an empath. Why didn't I know this?"

She cleared her throat and looked at everyone in the room. "I am not an empath, I was not born with my family's kekkei genkai. I don't know if I can train you Yuri."

"But you helped train my mother. Why won't you help me?" Sayuri looked at her with pleading eyes.

"And look what happened to her." Ruka's eyes grew dim.

Sayuri didn't say another word. She simply walked out and headed back to her room, with tears streaming silently down her face. Whether they were her own or Ruka's it didn't matter at this moment.

Deidara reached out for Sayuri but she just kept walking. He looked at Ruka with a look of anger and then ran after Sayuri. Kisame placed his hand on Ruka's blanket covered thigh and looked at her cold gaze. He knew she was dying on the inside but wouldn't let it show. Even though she would act like she was five most times, it was moments like this where the fun spirited childlike Ruka disappeared. "You didn't have to be so hard on the kid Ru."

"Shut up Kisame." She moved herself to the otherside of the bed and rolled on her side facing away from him.

The bed shifted as the giant man made his way onto the bed. He kept scooting himself closer to her, and with every inch he made toward her she inch closer to the edge of the bed away from him. "Now stop being a child." He demanded grabbing her shoulder.

She turned and faced him with fury burning in her eyes. "Then stop moving closer to me. I don't want to be near you right now."

Kisame sat up in bed and leaned his head against the headboard. The two stayed in silence for a few minutes, until Kisame decided it was time for the silence to end. "All I am saying is that she is just looking for some help, and you are the only one to provide it for her. She's lost Ru and just needs someone to help her. How would you feel if you had all these crazy emotion running around that aren't even yours, and you can't stop it. Who would you turn to? I'm just saying that if I was her I would have came to you to."

A whimper came from Ruka's side of the bed. She slowly turned her body over, so that she was now facing Kisame, more like his stomach though. She scooted over and clung onto him. "I helped Emi though and now look at her. She should be the one helping her not me. I'm not her mother, I can't be her mother."

"No one is asking you to be her mother. She is just asking you for help just like another little girl asked you for long ago." Kisame said stroking her hair. He forgot how soft it was and how nice it felt to have her so close to him.

"But I can't lose her like I did Emi." She sobbed.

"You don't have to lose her. But I assure you that you will if you do not help her." He said reassuring her.

She nodded her head and quickly fell asleep to him stroking her hair. He didn't know if he was right about anything he said. But he told himself that he would make sure that history did not repeat itself. He moved Ruka ever so gently, so that he could get up and turn off the lights. He then manuevered his way back into bed, and in her sleep Ruka moved herself onto his chest. He held her and smiled. It was good to feel whole again.