I do not own Naruto or any of the characters. Naruto and all the characters belong to Masashi Kishimoto and Jin belongs to me.

Pein noticed that the past few hours had been unusually quiet. No screaming baby, no screaming Hidan, nothing. He felt slightly nervous; he knew it was a cliché, but everything seemed too quiet. Had Hidan or Deidara finally lost their patience and done something horrible? He hadn't heard any explosions, but that only ruled out Deidara.

Konan would kill him if she returned to find he had allowed any harm to come to that child. Completely forgetting about his work, he rushed out of his room and into the "living room". He stopped dead, staring at the sight that greeted him.

Itachi, Deidara, and Hidan were actually playing with the giggling baby. Itachi and Deidara were playing some form of peek-a-boo with her which seemed to involve hiding a clay bird in their hands, while Hidan was dangling his necklace in front of her, muttering something about "starting them young."

'Hidan, stop it,' Itachi murmured, revealing the bird in his hands while baby Jin clapped and giggled. 'Don't teach her your ridiculous killing religion.'

'Ridiculous!? Jashin will have your head for that, Uchiha!' Hidan cried, outraged, which seemed to amuse Jin even more than the birds.

'Jin, look here, hmn,' Deidara cooed, blowing up the tiniest of clay spiders while Jin watched in awe.

'You let him show her bombs but I'm not allowed to teach her about Jashin?' Hidan demanded.

'If you don't mind me asking,' Pein said, silencing everyone in the room, even Jin, 'what exactly are you doing?'

'Looking after Jin,' Deidara said.

'Tobi or Zetsu I could understand,' Pein muttered, 'but you three, on the other hand, are the last members I would have expected to find cooing over an infant.'

'She likes my art, hmn,' Deidara shrugged, as if that explained everything.

'My organization is being turned into a group of pandering morons,' Pein sighed, peering at Jin as if trying to work out what kind of genjutsu she had placed on the three.

'Itachi, are you ready to go?' Kisame appeared at the door, Samehada in his hand.

'Go where?'

'We've got a mission,' Kisame replied. 'Are you so wrapped up in Jin that you forgot we have to go look for the five tails?'

Deidara sniggered, finally Itachi had messed up! It may be a very small slip up, but it was still a slip up!

'Wipe that smirk off your face,' Itachi said, placing Jin in Deidara's arms and heading to the door. 'Try not to blow her up while I'm gone. And don't let Hidan convert her.'

'Jashin will punish you, non-believer!' Hidan called as Itachi left with Kisame. 'Divine retribution!'

'Shut up,' Pein groaned.

-.-.-.-

'I'm back,' Konan called.

'Konan! Help me!' Pein's voice sounded as if he were being tortured.

Konan soon discovered the source of Pein's agony. Somebody had supplied baby Jin with crayons and given her access to Pein's room. The walls were covered in multi-coloured scribbles and, judging from the fact that Tobi was sitting in the corner with his back to everyone, he was probably the culprit.

Hidan and Deidara were both in fits of laughter, thoroughly enjoying the whole situation.

'Stop her!' Pein cried, gesturing at Jin who was currently chewing on the hem of his coat.

Konan quickly picked up Jin and Pein, looking like someone had just told him the Ten-Tails didn't exist, sank into a chair with his head in his hands.

'Tobi, you are getting ten minutes on the naught step!' he cried.

'We don't have a naughty step,' Tobi pointed out.

'Then we'll make one!' Pein snapped.

'I found Jin's parents,' Konan said, quietly.

'Aww!' Deidara's face fell. 'But I don't want her to go!'

'I haven't even taught her rutheless slaughter yet!' Hidan cried, outraged.

'Thank God,' Deidara muttered.

'She has to go back to her family,' Konan said, firmly. 'I don't want her to go either, but she doesn't belong here.'

'She was the first person to appreciate my art, hmn,' Deidara sulked.

'Let her go home,' Pein murmured. 'Please, dear God, let her go home.'

Jin'll be going home next chapter, which will probably be the finale. Even though it's nearly the end, the humour shall not stop! I vow to Jashin!