A/N: so here comes the next chapter…

V. Toshi

It was a normal warm day in April when Zetsu walked outside in his garden together with his one years old son Toshi. To his relief looked his son perfectly human with the typical raven black hair and sharp, beautiful features of the Uchihas, he also didn't detect any problem on the boy except golden colored eyes, but considering that Hidan and his son had lavender colored eyes or Riako's strangely colored eyes that was no problem and that made him happy, but Toshi had also a twin sister Ivy. She on the other hand resembled her father fully which made him feel uneasy even if he knew that she wouldn't be threatened like he was back then. Zetsu still felt guilty because of her, but Madara always assured him that he shouldn't feel so and that he loves him because he is like he is.

Walking outside in the sea of flowers he sat the child down who immediately begun to giggle as he noticed a butterfly. Zetsu smiled down at the child, today was he in charge for Toshi and Madara went together with Ivy to Konoha to shop.

Sitting down in the shadow of an old oak tree Zetsu begun to think about his live, the hatred and abuse he got back home in Kusagakure for his hideous appearance, the time he joined Akatsuki and his loneliness was broken then here he found people who understood what it meant to be hated because of the way they look and then the day he first met Tobi or Madara as they know him. The first person not from Akatsuki who immediately accepted him, become his subordinate, his friend, his lover and then the "mother" of his children. A sight escaped both sides.

Things had certainly changed in the past years.

He suddenly heard loud cursing coming from inside the lair and he needed to smile at that.

"Looks like as if those two are at it again." Both sides said smiling.

Yes Hidan and Kakuzu got again in to an argument about the raising of they son Hideo who spoke his first words not all to long ago. Suddenly there was a third voice, his partner Riako was probably trying to get them to stop which would probably end with Hidan loosing his head or a sword through his heart if he pisses her of which would certainly happen. That was the ground how he even got pregnant in the first place.

Re-opening his eyes which he had closed for a five seconds he noticed Toshi sitting in front of one of his rear blue rose bushes which me planted and breed especially for Konan. That was her birthday present from six years ago. He really loved them and often spent like four hours with the flowers much to Pein's dismay that is.

Standing up and dusting his cloak down he walked over to the boy and kneeled down beside him, the child looking up at his father with innocent golden eyes.

"Be careful with the roses this flower is beautiful to look at, but the thorns can hurt you." He said softly to the child and stroke with his white hand through his messy black hair.

The child turned back to the flowers looking at them curiously and then his gaze went to the thorns about which his father told him to be careful with them. Even if children his age are eager to find out about everything what they do, he and the other chibi-Akas have already turned that when they parents tell them to be careful with something then they should listen.

Zetsu suddenly heard steps from behind himself turning around he saw Deidara standing behind him with Hikaru in his arms.

"Hey you two un." The blond greeted as he kneeled down beside the plant like nin and put his son down to his cousin.

"How come Yumi isn't by you?" Zetsu asked while the two boys begun to play clapping.

"Itachi is having a bounding time with her." He said.

"You know that if she hits her teenage years Itachi will go blind." Zetsu's black side said.

"Yep, I will need to keep one eye on him because of that un…" Deidara said sighing. Suddenly both adults looked down with widened eyes at the children.

"Lo…lo…ros…rose…" Toshi said smiling to his cousin and was pointing at the blue flowers, apparently trying to teach his four months older cousin a new word which wouldn't give everyone a heart attack or make them cover in panic when he said it.

"Rose…" Hikaru replied smiling.

"Well at least now Riako will not need to try healing us minimal ten times a day and you have something to tell Madara when he gets back with Ivy un." The blond said.

"Yes." Both sides said smiling.