Children of Pain

by PrinceOfUchiha

There is a new issue which has arisen in the Akatsuki: Konan wants children. Nagato isn't one to bring children into the world when so many are already suffering as orphans. The solution: Adopting an orphaned Sasuke, Naruto, and Karin. Oh, and an abused Gaara, Neji, and Hinata. Warnings: Mild kidnapping, swearing, etc.

1. Chapter One

The ages have been edited, and I'll list the noteable ones below. This takes place a few months after the Uchiha massacre.

Sasuke- 6

Naruto- 6

Gaara- 6

Hinata- 5

Karin- 7

Neji- 8

Itachi- 15

Kisame- 17

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The entire Akatsuki sat, lined up on the couch in their hideout. They all shared similar looks of skepticism, hell, even Itachi didn't seem to think this was a good idea. After all, they were a group of S-Class criminals. How could she possibly think this was a good idea? Tobi, of course, was the first to speak, excited. "Tobi loves children! Children love Tobi too!"

"Wouldn't all the...ya know...murder be a bad influence on the kid? Not to mention it would be easy enough for them to leak information of the Akatsuki by accident. Kids aren't too good about being quiet when it comes to this sort of thing." Sasori noted, looking up to their leaders.

Itachi nodded slightly, not liking the idea of bringing children up in such an environment. "Yes, will all due respect Pain, this could do serious damage to a child's mind. Plus children are much easier to manipulate than one of us. I would not put the seven nations above torturing children for information."

His shark partner nodded, rolling his neck tiredly. "Yeah, I wouldn't put it above us not to hurt the kid either. Not all of the members have as good of restraint as Itachi. You know our tempers can be wild." he pointed out. "Not to mention it would be easy enough for one of us to accidentally scar them as it is. Then if we didn't hurt them, the giant shark or mutated hands might scar them enough for them to go into panic themselves."

Hearing the mutated point Deidara glared heavily at Kisame "My hands aren't mutated! They're amazing, and I bet a kid would be able to see that. I'm all for the kid thing because for once I have to agree with Tobi. Kids love me." he smirked.

Kakuzu growled lightly, leaning back on the couch "You only say that because you are a child, Deidara. And like you most children are noisy, messy, and above all else, expensive. This would cut into not only our time for Akatsuki base missions but also our time for our free time where we earn most of our own cash." frowning heavily.

Deidara glared at the man, about to say something when Hidan grinned "The kid won't be scared of death once they learn of my god's greatness! They can become worshipers of Jashin with me! They'd love it." he grinned. The other's sweatdropped, and the look on Konan's face told him he wouldn't be working on the kid's conversion under their watch. Hidan pouted, slumping back in his chair "Fine, fine, but if the brat gets into it on its own then I won't be at fault."

Zetsu said nothing for a moment before agreeing "Perhaps it would be good to have a child around. If half the Akatsuki agrees at first glance, it can't do any harm." going along with his carefree side as he spoke. After all, he figured if worse came to worse they were all extremely powerful ninja. Why wouldn't they be able to help the kid if it got into trouble with the other nations?

Konan smiled thinly to Pain "See, only four against it. Add us in and that makes six for it. So I guess that settles that." glancing over at the four disagreeing members and offering a warning smile "And if they don't like it, they're free to leave."

Itachi shook his head, agreeing with them easily. After all, he had a mission to think of. He hadn't been their long, and he knew Danzo would have his head if he returned so soon as a failure. Kakuzu slowly agreed, not ready to let go of the good money he made as a member of the Akatsuki.

Sasori sighed in annoyance but agreed. He didn't want to be kicked out as it would really be more trouble than it was worth. The Akatsuki gave him food and a roof over his head, so why worry about the fate of a kid. That, and he had to admit he knew the pain of losing your parents wasn't easy. Kisame nodded slowly, figuring at least it would be interesting this way.

Pain nodded in confirmation, "Alright. So this means we need to find a kid now. Konan and I have found the perfect match, and everyone besides Itachi will most likely be fine with this. Itachi, you'll get past it eventually. Hopefully, you'll be reasonable about this." he glanced at the ravenette for a moment before turning to the others.

"Sasuke Uchiha. He won't be affected by the killing as much due to him seeing his entire family dead. He can keep things quiet as he is an Uchiha, and Uchiha are known to be about how Itachi is. Itachi is the prime example of everything an Uchiha is. Intelligent, quiet, brave, strong, and mature from a young age." he explained. "He is Itachi's younger brother, the only living Uchiha besides Itachi that we know of." not mentioning Tobi for obvious reasons.

Deidara gave a loud whine "No, not another Uchiha! If the kid is anything like his brother he'll just be a snot-nosed, arrogant, bastard!" he objected, Itachi reaching over on reflex to knock Deidara over the head lightly. The teen glared at the other, "Well it's true!" he pointed out.

Rolling his eyes lightly, Itachi corrected "Arrogance is not a trait of the Uchiha, it's a trait of the foolish. Much like yourself." glancing at Pain and Konan "If you truly believe this is for the best, I understand. Though, you seem to be misunderstanding what he will be like." he corrected lightly.

The leader gave an interested look, motioning for him to continue. "What you say is true, but only of first-born Uchiha. Second-born Uchiha tend to be much different as they are raised for different purposes. Firstborn are raised to become powerful shinobi, and second born and on are raised as spares. In the Uchiha clan, you need to swap eyes with a close relative to gain strong visual power and unlock a special technique for the Sharingan."

Even though he had to sound casual about mistreating his brother to keep up his cover, he still felt terrible. But he knew this would help his case to get Sasuke away. "For years parents went after the eyes of their children and vise versa, siblings after each other, even cousins would spill each other's blood in the rare hopes of getting this power at the cost of a loved one's life. So eventually the clan stopped treating second-born as children. They are trained to be ready to give blood, eyes, or even their lives for firstborns from birth on."

Unfortunately, Itachi didn't speak of lies either. Hence their father's distaste for Sasuke and their mother's slight coddling. "So you'd be receiving a boy who is severely underdeveloped in all ninja skills as well as most likely broken mentally. He wasn't raised to deal with what happened. That or now that our clan is dead he'd do a 360 and become a power-hungry demon now that he has no one to serve."

There was complete silence for a moment before Deidara spoke "Fuck, I knew the Uchiha were cold but that's just brutal man." the others agreeing with Deidara for once. Itachi mentally facepalmed as he saw Konan, even more determined to get Sasuke now.

"Then we will take whatever he has become. All the more reason to pick him, he's one of the few people who could heal you if your eyes go further down the road they are taking. If you Uchiha would grow up and just do a medical eye swap then no lives would be wasted at all." she pointed out with a light scold.

Well, Itachi couldn't disagree there. He had pointed this out to his father a number of times, actually. "Well, that is true." he frowned. He knew there was now no changing her mind, and he would have to live with it. Hopefully, he could change his plans a bit.

Pain glanced around "Itachi, Kisame, Tobi, and Konan. You four will go, treat this as any other mission. Konan is in charge." he narrowed his eyes "Any insubordination will be punished severely." figuring it couldn't hurt to make Konan happy. How hard could one kid be?

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Sasuke was sitting in the park, using his kunai to draw pictures in the sand. His recent friend, Gaara, sat beside him. Gaara was using his own sand to make faces in the sand, much to Sasuke's amusement. The six-year-old watched as four figures came closer, quickly able to realize they were coming directly towards them. Gaara began to look nervous as they came closer, holding tighter onto his teddy bear as a female began kneeling down to smile at them.

The Akatsuki members were all disguised, but Sasuke quickly felt his older brother's chakra and leaped to his feet as they approached, trying to motion Gaara along with him. Konan reached out, however, taking hold of Sasuke's sleeve lightly. "Hey there, you must be little Sasuke?" she greeted warmly.

She was surprised however as the sand from the box quickly moved up to wrap around her arm in a crushing grip. The sand easily went through the paper, but she still had not been expecting it. She glanced over at the now frightened redheaded boy, whose eyes welled up and sand began attacking Konan's paper body. "Let go of him!" he demanded, clutching his bear tightly to himself.

Tobi moved closer, feeling the chakra of the one-tailed beast and becoming interested "Ooo~ We have a scary little monster here don't we?" he playfully spoke. The slight widening of Gaara's eyes did not go unmissed by the Akatsuki as the six-year-old's sand circled Tobi's body, attempting to squeeze him to death.

Tobi actually chocked for a moment before Naruto ran over. The blonde looked at Gaara, raising a hand and pointing to him "No Gaara! No attacking with your sand, you're in control, remember?" the child instructed fiercely, leading Gaara's sand to loosen before falling completely. The tears had sprung up by now and Gaara pointed at Tobi "But he...he...called me a.. and she touched...Sasuke..."

Naruto immediately understood and stormed towards Tobi, hand on his hips. Tobi also sensed the chakra of the ninetails, and became twice as interested as the little blonde barked "You all better get out of here, or else!" he warned, though none of the older ninjas seemed impressed.

Tobi broke the slowly creeping silence as he pointed to the two tailed beast holders "Konan! We should take them with us too, they look like fun!" he hummed, giving the underlying order Konan wasn't expecting.

Konan glanced at him with an unsure look "We can't just take them away from their parents, Tobi. People would come looking." she pointed out lightly. "we agreed on Sasuke because he wouldn't be missed. It's dangerous to up and take two children. Who knows how powerful their families are. Especially the one with the sand." she argued.

Itachi by now had gone over to pick Sasuke up in his arms, the child too scared to make any noise. Kisame noted "Well, actually the blonde kid is kind of one of the most known orphans. His parent's died of...special circumstances." glancing at the blonde "I'll even tell you who they are if you don't try to run. Though you are right Konan, the kid with the sand does belong to a powerful bloodline. Son of the Kazekage. The man ordered me to kill his son once. The kid nearly ripped me to shreds with that sand of his. After a few tries, I said fuck it and got bored." the shark waved it off.

Konan quickly turned around to look at Kisame "His father did what?" she asked. She took a moment to process it before shaking her head "Okay fine Tobi, fine. But we have to hurry before anyone else sees us. It isn't safe to be out in the open like this." she sighed. Tobi giggled, opening his arms and motioning for the child to follow.

Gaara slowly stood up, inching his way towards the man but keeping his sand up just in case. He ended up standing beside Konan, finding her chakra to be less threatening than Tobi's. He looked up at her slowly "Sasuke and Naruto will be there too?" he asked quietly, holding his toy close to him. Konan smiled and nodded. They soon all headed off, towards the exit of the village through the back.

They got a few glances, but as they had changed their appearances no one took great notice of them. That, or they simply didn't care. After all the great nations weren't exactly known for being protective of their orphans or children for that matter.

Their attention was pulled away from the gate when they heard a small clearing of the throat. Their attention turned to a little girl with dark blue hair. She was fidgeting with her fingers, and they could tell easily she was nervous. She seemed to force the words out "Where are y-you going with N-Naruto?" she asked, and they could easily see the girl's silver eyes and identify her as a member of the Hyuuga clan.

Beside her was a boy a bit older, arms crossed and head held higher in pride. He wore a band around his head, and of the four ninjas, only Itachi knew what it meant. After all, the Hyuuga clan didn't go around shoving the fact they enslaved their own kin in others' faces. Itachi only knew due to the close relations of the Hyuuga and Uchiha. Sasuke by now had come to his senses and was beginning to squirm in his brother's hold. "Let go!" the younger growled.

The boy from the Hyuuga clan spoke, voice full of authority. "I am Neji Hyuuga, and this is Lady Hinata. By order of the Hyuuga clan and the village, let them go." he demanded calmly, hand in front of his nervous cousin. Naruto looked confused, not sure why Neji and Hinata were so against them going with the men and woman.

Itachi sighed and tossed his brother unceremoniously towards Kisame who caught the kicking boy without any troubles. All the other Akatsuki members were surprised by Itachi's gentle but strong voice as he spoke "I know who you two are. It's been quite some time since I saw you two though, Lady Hinata was just a baby at the time." he smiled "I also know that order holds no influence over us for two reasons. One, we aren't from your village. Two, you aren't a member of the head household."

The eight-year-olds face flustered with embarrassment, glaring at the teen "I don't care if I know you or not! Let Naruto and the others go. Or I'll tell my uncle. He'll have you caught by dawn." he spoke despite the terror of being outnumbered and overpowered.

Itachi by now had moved to stand just in front of the two Hyuuga children, the girl shyly moving back. Itachi reached down and slide the boy's headband down, revealing his seal mark. The brunette's hands flew up to hide it in shame, but Itachi easily caught the smaller hands. He leaned in slightly to look at the prodigy "Will he now? I presume you'll be ready to be laying sick in bed with a headache while all this happens too then. I know how your uncle is. He'll use this as a reason to activate your seal, won't he? After all, you didn't fulfill your master's wishes, nor did you stop her from running face-first towards a group of deadly S-Class criminals."

The boy's eyes widened slightly, tugging away from Itachi. He hated to admit it, but Itachi was right. His uncle would activate it for minutes on end for allowing her to go into such danger. Not to mention she would be severely punished and forced to pack on more training for months.

Itachi's eyes now gentled "Now, how about you two come with us. That way you don't have to worry about being punished any more and Lady Hinata can live without all that terrible stress and her father's mistreatment. Then it'll be best for your clan too since your uncle can focus on her younger sister to become heiress freely." he suggested.

Konan went wide-eyed "Itachi! Pain is already going to react badly to two extra children, but four? We really shouldn't do this." she scolded quickly, not sure she could handle five children anyways. That, and she would at least like to be asked first.

The older Uchiha glanced back "Would you rather us kill them, Konan? We can't let the information leak. So its take them with or we kill these two. Which would create chaos in the village, and both being from the Hyuuga, risks Konoha thinking it was another village or clan. Leading to war." he warned coldly.

The purple-haired girl hesitated, sighing heavily and nodding in agreeance. She didn't want war, nor to kill innocent children. Sasuke had calmed down by now, though he still clutched the Akatsuki coat of Kisame with a slight shake of fear. He was too smart for his own good much like Neji, not knowing what the criminals wanted with them. Naruto gave a clueless look, not understanding Neji's fear and busy focusing on the fact his parents would soon be revealed.

Gaara looked nervous but didn't want to send his only two friends to their deaths alone or without help. Neji was nervous as well with Gaara, not willing to sacrifice Hinata's life despite his growing resentment to her side of the family. The promise of not having his brain abused was also an added hope. Hinata slowly inched towards Itachi, who lifted the little girl up in his arms. Neji slowly moved to stand beside Itachi, nerves hidden as he walked by the teen back to Konan. The woman sighed-- this would be fun to explain to Pain, she mentally drawled.

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They soon arrived at Amegakure, though the gates did not open immediately as they normally would for Konan. She stood, holding Hinata in her arms with Neji by her side. She had to admit, it was cute how protective he seemed of her. Sasuke had dragged his feet the entire way beside Konan on her other side, as far away from Itachi as possible. Gaara put himself beside Naruto, the two boys making a subconscious wall between the other members and their friends. Kisame and the other Akatsuki members kept their distance, not interested in unnecessary drama before they got home.

One of the many gate guards looked down from the watchtower, calling down through the rain "Lady Konan. Who are the young ones with you?" he questioned politely to the village's second in command.

She looked up, calling "They are guests of Pain and future citizens of this land. You can come down and do your search if you wish, i know it's the protocol to keep everyone safe." she permitted. The man nodded and used a water jutsu to ride the rain down. The children seemed interested enough in the technique, too busy watching his movements to question it as the man turned them in circles, checking for weapons or any threats.

All except for a select few. Sasuke jolted back as the man went to take hold of him, only being able to be searched due to his freezing as he tended to do when afraid. Gaara's sand had quickly reached out to lash at the man as he tried to search him, only calming down when Naruto held his shaking hand. Hinata seemed nervous but allowed it with the only objections being her cuddling further into Konan's coat.

Soon enough they were inside, the children shivering a bit at the rain. They quickly noticed everyone was wearing jackets and continuing on as though it were an everyday thing, and Naruto was the first one to speak. He tugged on Kisame's sleeve, the older ninja quickly reacting to it. He turned to look at the boy, alarmed at the touchiness. Naruto didn't seem to notice however ask he asked "Does it rain a lot here?" head crooked.

The shark quickly relaxed, looking back in front of him. "Yes, it does. Every day except Sundays when the leader is in the village." he easily answered. What he was not expecting, however, was for the questions to continue on.

"Who's the leader? Is it a kage? Is this a different one of the nations? Does he make it rain? Why does it have to rain? How does rain keep you safe? Are you sure you aren't making that up?" his questions babbling on and on as they walked, Kisame giving what he knew which only lead to more questions.

Unfortunately for Naruto, however, it would seem not even being taken away by a group of people including his parent's killer would shut off Sasuke's temper completely. He made a point of slowing down just to get beside Naruto and kick him "Stop it. You're being annoying, dobe." he glared before heading back on the other side of Konan.

Naruto glared, getting ready to argue back with Sasuke when Itachi interrupted "We're here." the group stopping in front of a large tower. It appeared to be the largest in the village. The children quieted down, slowly entering after Konan used a seal to open the door.

They were met with many reactions-- some humored, some annoyed, and some plain horrified. But one thing all the other members shared on their faces was surprise. Finally, after a moment Zetsu was able to speak. "Oh my." he stared at the young children practically all clinging to Konan.

Sasori sighed and returned to the puppet he was working on at the kitchen table "Great, now we get to deal with a bunch of kids with colds. Lucky us." he spoke sarcastically, shaking his head at the clearly cold and shivering children.

Pain headed downstairs, stopping in his tracks when he saw the children. "No. No. No. I agreed to one little boy, and that was the Uchiha. You can't just drag four random children into the village, Konan. Take them back, now."

The woman frowned at him, holding onto the little girl in her arms "Nagato, you have to listen first. It wasn't my intention to drag home so many, honest. I went for Sasuke but then he was playing with this little boy." motioning to Gaara who stood beside her, teddy bear held close. "He was making a scene which attracted the attention of that one." motioning to Naruto. "Then Tobi said we should just take them with. Kisame said the blonde was definitely an orphan and he had gone on missions before to kill the redhead. So I figure no one would miss them if one is an orphan and the other is trying to be destroyed anyway."

Pain let out a light sigh, orange hair falling in front of his eyes as he tried to calm himself and think clearly. "Fine. That is understandable." only really agreeing because Tobi had indirectly ordered it. "What of the other two? They're Hyuuga."

She nodded "They are. They caught us heading out. The girl wanted to know where the blonde was going and the boy threatened to tell his uncle. Apparently the clan's leader." seeing the look of bafflement from the other members as to why she would bring them, she explained "Itachi made me aware we either had to kill them or take them to keep who took them quiet. He also noted killing them could lead to war among the nations or even a civil war. Since they're both Hyuuga children and one is the heiress. So our only choice was to bring them."

Still unsure, Pain noted "I suppose I can see the reasoning, however, you overlook that they are young and will most likely miss their parents. I don't know who they are but if one is actively the heiress then their parent must be alive to control the clan. Konan, they had parents." he pointed out.

The purple haired girl physically pulled the five-year-old girl into a tighter embrace subconsciously, glancing away "Itachi knows the clan and how they run. He said their father would harshly punish her and force more training on her for even approaching us. Then he also said Neji would be punished terribly for allowing her. Just by the way he said it Nagato. I could hear it in his voice and see it in how the kids moved. They would be mistreated."

Seeing she was physically upset, the man sighed. "Well, not how I thought this would go, but you know just as well as I hurting children is not on the top of my favorite things to do. Let's get them dried off. We have plenty of extra rooms anyway for when partners get into it too deep and have to be separated. Not sure why we bothered going for children when ninety percent of our organization acts like children."

He got a few annoyed looks at that, but the children didn't seem to pick up on it. They were too busy looking around with interest. The other members besides Pain and Konan headed off to do their own thing, Itachi fleeing as soon as he got the chance. He had barely had any time to prepare for this. He only hoped he could still fix this.

They split them up into two groups. Hinata, Neji, and Naruto went with Konan to change. Meanwhile, Sasuke and Gaara headed with Pain to another room to change so it wouldn't be as crowded. They had a few pairs of T-Shirts and shorts they had been planning to let Sasuke use, but now just gave each child a pair.

As they entered their room, Hinata was let down on the floor finally. Konan handed Neji three sets of clothes. "Here, you go with the younger ones and rinse off in the shower. Do you know how to do it by yourself?" she asked gently.

Neji gave her a glare "I am eight years old, I'm a child, not an idiot." his pride overtaking his normal politeness. He headed to the bathroom, the children quickly rinsing off and then getting out. Konan waited by the door to give them some privacy. They came out soon, changed. Naruto's head puffed up on top of his head after it was dried off, much to Hinata's amusement.

Konan sat on her bed, motioning the children over. Hinata shyly crawled over and sat between her legs as her hair was brushed, the girl's hair going just above her ears with bangs on either side of her head. As her hair was brush she smiled thinly, enjoying the feeling while the two boys watched in dread.

Naruto was next, sitting down in Hinata's spot. The moment the brush touched his head however he was squirming. "It hurts-" the little boy whined dramatically despite her not even moving the brush yet. She sighed, noticing how knotted the hair was. Obviously, the kid rarely did his hair. It took a good ten minutes before they were done, Naruto practically leaping away from her.

She looked to Neji, smiling and motioning him over. The boy had backed up, leaning on the wall and looking away slightly in defiance. She tried "Come here, it won't hurt, I promise." she smiled comfortingly. This did little though as the boy only made a slight 'hmph'.

Neji glanced over at her after noticing he was still being looked at, now by Naruto and Hinata as well. "I'm old enough to do it myself. I don't need any help." he reasoned "I do it every day by myself." Hinata turning to look at the older woman and nodding in confirmation.

Sighing lightly, Konan motioned him over "Come here, we already are probably behind the Pain's group. They're probably waiting in the living room, let me just let me do it right quick." she asked gently. Finally, he gave in, going to sit by her so she could brush his hair while he sulked.

Meanwhile, with Pain, there was a lot more emotion involved in changing a pair of clothes than he thought. He brought them into the room, handing them each a pair of clothes. He waited for them to move, so when they didn't, he merely sat there watching the two stared up at him with wide eyes. Finally, he forced himself to speak. "The bathrooms over there, you two just rinse off right quick and get out of those clothes. Then come back here."

Pain had spoken in his normal icy and demand voice, not realizing that it probably wasn't the best idea to do so to a pair of nervous six-year-olds. The two had practically darted into the bathroom, doing as they were told more out of panic than compliance.

About fifteen minutes later, Pain heard a large 'clunk'. He moved to the door, knocking. "You two alright?" he called in a weary voice and, receiving no answer, he entered slowly. He came in to see a few things stacked on top of each other near the window, and Sasuke holding his now bleeding lip. Both were dressed, so he pressed on.

As he came closer to the two children he reached down to pick Sasuke up. Instead, he got his hand smacked away roughly. It probably would have hurt too if it was his real body and not his six paths body. He looked down at the bleeding boy, then over to the nervous redhead as sand floated around them.

Pain frowned lightly, not sure where the boy even got the sand. "You put the sand down." he glanced at Gaara before returning to Sasuke "And you, stand up. We need to fix your lip." he instructed. He heard a panicked mumble and sighed lightly "Speak up, Sasuke."

"I don't want to die." Pain had to do a double take, looking at the little boy with furrowed brows. When had he done anything to make the boy think he was going to kill him? "Please don't kill us." Sasuke didn't normally get so easily scared, but a few months after everyone you've ever loved being killed, he wasn't in his best mind sent.

Pain sighed "I'm not sure where you came to that ridiculous conclusion, but I'm not going to kill you. Nor will any of the others here. Konan, the woman you were with, wanted to have a little one of her own. There are too many orphans to be bringing new children into the world, so we thought to just bring you instead. Things got out of hand, and well now you're friends will be staying here too. We aren't going to kill you."

Sasuke rubbed at his eyes "But big brother is here and he- he-" the Uchiha did what any six-year-old in this situation would do. He clung onto Pain, eyes watery. The man quickly became uncomfortable with all the sobbing, quickly giving his shoulder an awkward pat before trying to calm the boy down with 'Shh.' or a few times a blunt 'Quiet.' He was not made to deal with kids.

Slowly Sasuke calmed down, though his lip now stung with salt from his tears. Pain moved to quickly patch the boy up, Gaara looking them over with interest. At one point the boy reached out to poke Sasuke's lip, interested in the reactions. Anything leading to or coming from pain always interested him, since he couldn't get hurt.

They came out of the bathroom after a bit, Pain not thinking to brush their hair. Instead, he cleaned Sasuke's tears up before heading out to the living room. Konan came out soon after he did, the two older ninjas having the kids line up on the couch. The kids looked happy enough, besides Sasuke's still slightly nervous look and Neji's slightly annoyed look. The clothes were meant for Sasuke so they were a bit big on Hinata, and a bit tight on Neji. They would need to go clothing shopping soon.

Hidan leaned back on the couch, pointing his scythe casually at the children, who moved back reflexively from it to press against the couch. "So, these are the kids, huh. Guess you got what you wanted, Konan. You'll be the fucking mother of the year with all these kids you're stuck watching over." he laughed.

Deidara rolled his eyes, asking "So we just going to keep calling them 'the blonde one' and 'the Hyuuga' or do they have names?" he asked with a look towards the kids. Konan sighed at him, as she was just getting to that.

"I was just about to have them introduce themselves, be patient. You all tell them who you are, and no threatening them. They'll be under the care of the Akatsuki so if any of you hurt them you'll be under my boot faster than you can blink."

Kisame smirked at her "Protective already, eh? Well, I'll tell the guppies exactly who I am." glancing at the kids. "I'm Kisame, and partner to Itachi. And yes, I am part shark due to a jutsu I used. Hence the shark-like appearance." he went ahead and answered the question blooming in all the children's heads.

"I'm Sasori. I'm partnered with Zetsu. I create puppets and use them to fight." he spoke, keeping things to the bare minimum. He noticed the redhead grow interested at the mention of puppets and mentally chuckled. Probably not thinking of the same type of puppets, kid.

Hidan spoke in a bored tone, holding his scythe on his lap now. "I'm Hidan, a worshiper of the god Jashin. My partner is this dumbass, Kakuzu. I'm immortal because of my worshipping. I use my scythe to beat the shit out of my opponents." noticing Konan's glare he added "I also swear too fucking much. So ignore the bullshit that comes out of my mouth unless instructed otherwise."

Deidara rolled his eyes at Hidan and turned to the kids "I'm Deidara, and for some reason, I'm stuck with Tobi as my partner. I'm an artist, I use the mouths on my hards to put chakra into my clay sculptures so they explode. I have the explosion release." he showed the kids his hands. Mixed reactions came from them, Hinata squeaking and covering her face while Neji covered her eyes for good measure. Gaara looked interested, along with Naruto. Sasuke looked grossed out.

Zetsu took their silence as a moment to speak "I'm Zetsu. I'm partnered with Sasori. I have two halves I can split into, but usually, stay as one." he spoke quietly, not one for being overly excited and making a show out of saying a simple hello.

Finally, Kakuzu took a moment from his time to greet them. "I'm Kakuzu. I'm partnered with Hidan and am Immortal much like him due to the fact I have multiple hearts. I don't like kids, so stay away from me and my room unless you have to." he warned, much to Konan's annoyance.

Pain sighed at them, shaking his head. "I am known as Pain. I am the leader of this organization and the city you are in, along with Konan as my partner. This is the Akatsuki, a group working towards eternal peace. If you need anything and Konan isn't around, come to me."

The kids nodded to this, Konan taking that as her signal to go. "I'm Konan. I lead the city and organization with Pain. I use a paper technique as you three saw so my body is made of paper most of the time. You all are here because I wanted a child of my own, and I happen to get five times as many children as I thought. I'll try to help you with anything you need, but if I'm not there just go to Pain. Know that no one here is permitted to harm you, so if anyone does then come to me."

Itachi was beside Kisame, leaning back comfortably against the chair. He decided to get it over with, knowing every word out of his mouth was one Sasuke would hate and not wanting to be the last to speak. "I am Itachi Uchiha. I am a genjutsu master as well as a user of the Sharingan. I am partnered with Kisame."

His younger brother had refused to even listen to him speak, the other members noticed. "I'm Tobi! Tobi has a mask because Tobi likes masks and sweets. Deidara too! Tobi loves Deidara, he's my partner. No one can guess what's under my mask!" he laughed childishly, nuzzling against a disgusted Deidara.

Hinata and Neji both blinked at him as if asking if he was serious. In union, they both answered "Sharingan." the room when silent, the few who knew Tobi's true identity unsure how to fix this while the ones unaware blinked in confusion. Tobi was completely quiet and watching them. Shit.