Naruto had been running for awhile. All he had to do was make it to the Village Hidden in the Dark. Ironically, it only showed up in the dark. He was about two Villages away when something struck at him. He stopped on a branch and looked at where it was. Suddenly, it exploded into a million pieces, lighting up the forest in its brightness. Naruto glanced around to find the culprit. He already knew by the explosion that it had been Deidara.

"Where are you!?" he screamed. Another lit up in the distance. Maybe to throw him off but he paid no attention. In an instant, he heard wires snapping and he was bound by a trap. He stared to his left at the pyro with a little girl.

"Where is Seishi?" he asked calmly. Naruto growled but didn't say anything. Deidara became impatient.

"WHERE IS SHE?!" he yelled. The little girl pulled the wires a bit tighter and he could feel them breaking the skin.

"She's in the Village." He breathed. Deidara gave the motion for Tsukiko to release him. She let go and the chakra enhanced bundles of metal rolled back into her hands. Naruto dropped to the ground.

"Tsukiko." He said. "Your mom said not to tell."

She sniffled and didn't say anything. Tsukiko continued along with her father towards the Village. Naruto laid there in the dark, paralyzed by the strange forms of chakra he was bound by.

"Papa?" Tsukiko asked jumping branch to branch.

"Yeah?"

"Are we going to bring Mama home?"

Deidara said nothing.

The gates were quiet and the whole Village was asleep. Deidara stood outside the home of Uzumaki Naruto where his wife had been staying for the last 6 months. He took a deep breath before walking through the door. Seishi was sleeping on one side of the couch and another boy was on the other side. Deidara growled and stood above her. Her eyes barely opened when she saw Tsukiko dressed in her overcoat. She sat up and saw Deidara as well. Seishi rubbed her eyes and took another look. Yes, they really were there.

Deidara put a hand over her mouth and dragged her tired body outside. Sai remained asleep. Seishi didn't struggle much. Tsukiko silently shut the door behind them and followed the two to the street. Deidara finally let go when he pushed her forward. Seishi looked him up and down in amazement.

"What are you doing here?" she hissed. Tsukiko stood behind her father.

"What am I doing here? What are YOU doing here? I thought you were dead! Then I find out that you're here with the Kyuubi? In his Village??" he retorted.

"I was going to go home in a day or two!" she yelled. Lights in houses started to go on. Deidara walked closer pointing a finger in her face.

"You LIAR!" he cried. Seishi felt near tears. Never in her whole life with Deidara had he ever called her a liar. She discovered now how much it really hurt.

"Call me what you want. But I finished my training here. I WAS GOING TO GO BACK!!" she exclaimed. Deidara smirked and shook his head.

"Tsukiko. Did you tell him about me?" she began raising her voice. Tsukiko hid a bit further behind Deidara.

"Don't bring her into this." Deidara growled.

"I didn't want Papa to be sad forever." She whimpered. Seishi sighed.

"Keep it down!" a villager yelled down the street.

"Shut it!!" Deidara yelled back.

"Don't you dare talk to these people like that!" Seishi roared. Deidara looked at a few villagers walking up behind Seishi.

"What's the problem?" one asked. Deidara made a grab for the villager and yanked him over to his side.

"You see her?" he asked pointing at Seishi. She glared at him. "Seishi made me think she was dead because she didn't want to come home. She lied about being dead to our daughter and now my wife is staying at another man's house!!!" he yelled.

"Let him go." Seishi said quietly. Deidara looked at her.

"Or what? You'll hurt me?" he tested her. Seishi felt her anger boiling. In one second flat she had punched him her hardest in the left side of the jaw.

"Let him go." She said again. Tsukiko stepped backwards and shot one of her wires at her mother. Seishi snatched it out of the air and cut it with a back pocket kunai.

"Don't hurt Papa!" she screamed crying.

"Quit your crying, Tsukiko. You're a part of Akatsuki now. Act like it." Seishi howled. Deidara hit her back.

"Don't talk to her like that!" he barked.

"What? You think that she's going to have a normal life now??" she laughed. "She's an Akatsuki member now. There's no turning back now," seishi began crying.

"She's going to end up just as dead as Aiko!" Seishi fell on her knees. Tears fell onto the ground. Villagers stepped back. Deidara coughed.

"What's the point of going home? You're not there. You're here with...Naruto." he grumbled.

Deidara felt his heart tearing into pieces before her. His life had been gone. All he had was Tsukiko.

"If I dont have you, I am nothing. I will destroy everything that means something to you!" he yelled reaching into his bag and tossing a piece of clay behind her. It exploded on contact with the ground. Seishi ran at him and tossed her knee into his stomach. He coughed up blood.

"You're right." She whispered to him.

"This Village is one of the most important things to me."

She dropped Deidara to the ground.

"But you and Tsukiko have always been the most important. I couldn't go back to you two in the condition that I was in. I risked my life to bring someone back. If you'd have known, I was sure that you would think that you were less of a priority in my life. I wouldn't be able to protect you two. I wouldn't be able to protect myself. I would only bring trouble to both of you. I figured that it would make you stronger if you two thought I was dead. But Tsukiko found me early on. I told her to keep it a secret but she failed me." She sounded. Deidara reached into his bag and tossed a piece of clay towards her. Seishi caught it in midair and quickly slammed it onto his neck.

"IF YOU WANT TO TAKE SOMETHING IMPORTANT FROM ME, THEN DO IT! JUST DO IT ALREADY!" she cried. More tears splashed themselves onto his cheek. Everyone began to run back. Tsukiko finally turned around and her white hair whipped in the cold air.

Deidara's hand slowly went up to do a hand sign.

"Tsukiko, I'm sorry." she called. The little girl looked up.

"Run." She said. Tsukiko began her sprints towards the gate.

Seishi lightly put her lips on his and slipped her fingers in his hand to complete the sign.

Both were killed instantly.

Tsukiko turned back and saw the flames. She cried as she ran back to the HQ. Alone. All alone...