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I'm soooooo sorry for the late update, I am really, but I've been busy with school and studying and homework and also this stupid block, that made me have ideas but every time I actually wrote something it came out really crappy...

anyway, i know it's kinda short but hey, nothing's perfect...

i hope you enjoy, i worked hard to make it

oh, this is important, kinda, pay attention to the part when Leader is in the twins' room.

Previously on The secret behind:

The 'showdown begins. The base of Akatsuki is found.

While everyone sleeps or tries to figure something out to open the barrio Sakura sits in front of the barrio crying, and someone watches her, even letting her nknow of his presence.

Once the sun comes out, the barrio goes down and
Sakura approaches the mansion, she sees her children leave, oblivious of her presence, and even calling Leader 'Leader-onii-chan'.

'I left you a present inside' is what he tells her before disappearing in a swirl of leaves. She enters the sealed room after following a chakra path and freazes when she sees the man leaning against the wall.

Chapter 8

It is said that nothing is actually as bad as we see it. Who said that was right, sometimes it's not as bad as we see it, sometimes its worst.

Mysterious man's POV (the one in the sealed room)

After I was found I was 'escorted' to Suna. That was 3 days ago.

Now they locked me in a room, go figure, and keep trying to make me talk about Akatsuki. I couldn't say much even if I wanted to, and I already told them that, but they don't believe. It's their problem anyway, I know I did horrible things, but my mother taught me not to lie, and I don't.

While they keep on ranting about what I did and Akatsuki, my mind is working on the puzzle I recently found, the twins.

I have no doubt they're Sakura-san's children, and now I'm sure about my suspicions. It all seems to fit, their looks and resemblances with their parents, and also the personalities. It all fits, I just have to get her to come and talk to me.

As much as I would like to say I don't care about anything, that would be lying. Those 2 gaki, they have something. They're prodigies, and they irradiate some kind of wave that gives everyone around them hope for a better future, for the future they are starting.

"Answer the questions damn it." The raven haired boy yelled at me, if I recall correctly he's name, codename at least, is Sai.

He had his palms on the table in front of me and was glaring. I looked at him indifferently.

"I'll answer whatever you want to know." I told him in monotone, he raised a brow. "In 1 condition."

Normal POV

Sai stood there looking at the depressed girl, yes girl, because when you 'grow up' with someone it'll always be a girl or a boy, wondering if he should or shouldn't. he had tried to ask Gaara's opinion about the mater, but the Kazekage was in reunion with the council, one of those where they don't shut up, Gaara gets a headache, and it ends after long tiring hours.

He sighed, it was the only way to solve this, so he took a step forward, but stopped when she spoke.

"What did he say?" he frowned lightly and sighed again.

"He said he'll talk." She turned her head to face him.

"But?" he was surprised she was acting so… professionally.

"He said he'll only talk to you." She nodded and looked out of the window again.

"Okay." She mumbled and got up. "He can't be that bad." She turned to face Sai to see his concerned face, she smiled lightly and walked to him.

"Don't worry about me." She whispered softly and hugged his torso. "Tsunade-shisou trained me well." He let his head rest upon hers and hugged her back.

"This isn't a mission." He sighed and closed his eyes. "Don't lock your feelings inside, it's not good." She nodded against his chest, understanding his point.

"I won't." she pulled away and looked up at him. "I promise." He smiled lightly and shook his head.

"You don't change." He mumbled.

"Where is he?" she asked, he nodded and led the way.

ANBU isolated cells

The door opened and the man looked up with the usual poker face. He observed all the moves she made, he noticed she was trembling lightly as she closed the door, and how she stood a few seconds with her back turned to him holding her breath.

When she turned to face him, she had a blank face on.

She could feel his eyes on her every move, and it made her nervous. She stood a few seconds with her back turned to him holding her breath. When she turned to face him with a blank face, the first thing she noticed was the onyx eyes.

"You wanted to talk to me." She stated, and he gave a curt nod.

"I still do Sakura-san." She noted to herself he spoke in a void monotone tone, but she could still percept the politeness in his words. "Please do have a sit." She followed his words and sat down in the chair in front of him.

Silence fell, and she broke that silence.

"Why only me?" she asked, and he merely tilted his head to the side lightly before answering.

Akatsuki HQ (new one)

As he reached Akatsuki, Kisame was somewhere in the living room area, Hana seemed to be in her room, and Deidara was with the twins in a room. And he knew all of this just by sensing their chakra and calculating their position on the mansion mentally in milliseconds.

He frowned, Akira wasn't here.

"I swear I'll end up killing him if he keeps interfering." He muttered to himself and walked inside.

He found himself walking to where the twins and Deidara were, something inside of him was pushing him that way.

He hated that man right now, not just because of al the things the man had done, but because…

"Can't you stop talking in riddles??" he muttered in annoyance looking at the man. Said man raised a brow lightly.

"Does it bother you to not understand what I tell you??" Leader glared at him.

"Shove it."

"Or perhaps you just do not wish to understand."

"Oh yeah, that's probably it." Leader said sarcastically and got up. "But seriously, 'stop thinking and look with the soul' what the fuck is that supposed to mean anyway??"

"It means you should thinking about yourself and look around you." Leader walked to the door.

"Look around to find what?? Do tell me." The man looked out of the window.

"You're making a big mistake by doing this." Leader turned.

"Let me guess, even if I ask you're not gonna tell me why it's a mistake."

"It's something you have to find out on your own."

"Right." Leader rolled his eyes. "She caused this, she should have thought about it before doing it." Leader opened the door and got out.

"Look carefully around yourself, stop thinking about what you feel and look at it like and outsider, maybe you'll find out something interesting." Leader stopped for a few seconds before shrugging and slamming the door shut.

"How am I supposed to understand his stupid riddles." He muttered and kept walking down the hallway.

He found himself thinking about that conversation, it had been justbefore he left the previous Akatsuki base.

And when he broke from his thoughts and came down to the real world, he found himself looking at the twins. They were sitting in the bed, Deidara was sitting on the edge, a book in hand, reading the story in it to the twins.

Was he a bad person for being jealous of Sai having Sakura for himself?? Was he a bad person for being jealous of Sai being the father of Sakura's kids?? Was he a bad person for wishing he was in Sai's place and had a family?? Was he a bad person for those reasons??

He knew he was a criminal, but being a criminal isn't the same as being a bad person. A criminal can be a gentleman, while a bad person can't. A criminal still has good manners, a bad person doesn't.

He hid in the shadows as Deidara left the room after the kids were asleep, so the blond wouldn't notice him. After he was sure no one was nearby, he entered the room and closed the door behind him.

A few minutes later he found himself sitting on the wooden desk in front of the bed, his back against the wall, one of his knees up to his chest, staring at the twins.

He knew he was making Sakura pay for betraying him, but he would never make someone go through what he went, he would never steal someone's parents for personal reasons, not like his brother did to him, he didn't wish anyone to go through what he went.

Was he a bad person for wishing he had had a normal life with his parents, then falling in live with someone that loved him and later having a normal life, a few kids and a loving wife?? Was he a bad person for wishing he didn't have such a screwed up life??

Suna – ANBU isolated cells

How long had it been, 2 hours?? 8 hours?? She didn't know, but, she found herself having a, somehow, casual conversation with the man in front of her.

They were talking, and ending the topic they were talking about they stayed quiet for a while. When he spoke again her eyes widened and she stared at him in shock.

"I'd like to help you Sakura-san." She searched her brain for words, and the only one she seemed to find was…

"Why?"

"Your children are the pure reflection of you and their father." He stated, small interrogation marks appeared over her head. "And I've taken some kind of affection for them." She choked on her own saliva.

"Excuse me?? Did you just really say that??" his featured softened and he gave a curt nod.

"You may think many things about me, but remember one thing, I'm still human, and I still have feelings." She cleared her throat, understanding that he wasn't just joking with her (she also doubted that a man like him would joke around).

"It's just that… I mean, being me, wouldn't you find it strange if you heard that from you?" he gave a curt nod.

"But I do mean what I said, I might have lost against him, but I still know his weak points." He looked pointedly at her. "And you are one of them." She didn't hear his last statement.

She knew she should hate this man, but she found herself unable to, she knew about what he had done, but he was polite, nice to talk to, he didn't care about appearances and he seemed to like her twins, plus, he wanted to help her and respected her.

"Can I ask you something?" she asked after a while, he nodded. "Did he do anything to them??"

"No, he said he wouldn't hurt anyone physically." She felt relieved, but her heart also hurt, because it meant he would make someone suffer psychologically, and that someone was her.

"If I'm not allowed to accompany you." She looked up at him. "Be careful Sakura-san. It might seem he'll only evade, but he'll always have a card to play." She nodded and got up.

"I used to think I would hate you, because of what you did." She looked up. "But when it comes to it, I don't." she looked back at the man. "I'll ask the ANBU to take you to a cell and bring you dinner." He nodded and she walked to the door, before she opened it she turned back to him.

"Can I trust you?" he wondered why she would ask, but then he knew why.

"You can." She looked down with a small smile.

"You know…" she looked back at him. "You're his total opposite in some ways Itachi-san."

"I know." He watched as she walked out the door. "I'd like to have another conversation like this with you Sakura-san, maybe in a friendlier atmosphere next time." She nodded.

"Thank you." He nodded.

Middle of the night – Akatsuki new HQ

Hana went to check on the twins, since she had gotten up to drink something and ouldn't sleep, might as well do something useful.

She entered the room quietly and checked on the kids, they were sleeping peacefully.

She readjusted their covers and turned to walk away, and that's when she saw him.

She smiled lightly, he wasn't a heartless man after all.

She took a blanket from the closet in the room and carefully covered her 'boss'.

"You should see the truth soon Leader, or you'll loose everything, you just have to watch carefully and then it won't be difficult to put the pieces together." She whispered while she 'tucked' him in the blanket.

He stirred lightly in his sleep and mumbled something, that Hana could swear was a moan followed by someone's name, but she didn't hear it too well.

"I know that for others Leader is a bad person, but deep down he isn't." she thought as she walked out of the room, closing the door silently. "He does so much for us, he protects us and gives us a place where we're accepted." She entered her room and closed the door. "He's like a Kage to us. He's just like us. He just wants to fit in without everyone talking about him." she slipped inside the fluffy covers and snuggled. "And now, he's just thinking about himself for a change, but he shows his emotions differently from us…" she fell asleep, and as she did, she still thought the same thing. "Leader isn't a bad person."

He woke up from the sunrays hitting his face gently. He knew he had fallen sleep in the room, and he mentally kicked himself for it.

He noticed he had a blanket covering him, and he was grateful, since he knew the night hadn't been at all warm, he presumed it had been Hana, but he also knew she wouldn't even talk about it.

And then he noticed another thing, he had something on his lap. He started by looking around, and his gaze didn't went far, it stayed at the wooden desk chair that was out of it's place, and then his gaze travelled to his lap, to see a small body rolled in a blue blanket, the person's head on his lap.

He listened to the even breathing and stared at the raven with pink hues long hair sprawled over his lap.

He stayed there for some minutes, until he decided he couldn't just stay there, he had things to do. He moved and took his blanket off. He then took the small girl in his arms, to his surprise and/or shock she snuggled closer. She wasn't heavy, he noted to himself.

Her eyes opened lightly and looked up at him.

"I had a nightmare." She mumbled and he looked down at her, to see her fearful face towards what he would reply. "Are you mad?"

He laid her down on the bed next to the small boy and shook his head lightly.

"Go back to sleep." He ordered quietly and turned to walk away.

"Onii-chan." She whispered, and he turned to face her. "Anoune, what's your name??" he tilted his head lightly.

"Sasuke." The girl smiled and snuggled in the warm covers.

He turned again and walked to the door.

"…arigatou Sasu-nii-chan…" he heard the girl mumble in her sleep as he left the room.

He walked to his office, and as he reached it, a man was waiting inside.

"I assume you information to give me." The man nodded, his golden eyes following Leader's every step.

"Jin-san and Kai-san stayed behind to see if something changes." The man said, Leader nodded and sat behind the wooden desk.

"And Kaorin?"

"She said she was joining Tobi-san and that they would be keeping an eye on Akira." Leader nodded.

"Good work Ruki, now tell me about the mission." The man nodded and started reporting.

As Ruki, a 23 year old with golden eyes and messy golden orange hair, left his office, Sasuke sighed. Contrarily to what Akira thought, he had a purpose to being in his current position, he was basically trying to find someone that knew very well how to hide and stay unnoticed.

He got up and got out of his office, they, Ruki, Jin and Kai, had recovered a few clues, but this particular man, he was a very difficult to find, and each time there was a clue, everything seemed to become a whole lot harder to figure out.

He hated riddles for one simple reason, he hated to walk in circles to find an answer.

Suna

Sakura stared at the 2 man sitting on the couch.

"So?" they shared a look and looked at her.

"It's a bad idea." They both said, she dropped herself in the couch in front of them.

"But he can help us." She tried to reason.

"I can't allow it, and you know it." Gaara started. "Just by keeping it a secret I'm already going against protocol." She looked down.

"Be reasonable, he said we can, but can we really trust him? He did kill his entire clan." Sai tried to reason her.

"Except Sasuke." She mumbled and looked at them with that look of hers, that said she was trying her best not t crack. "I want them back." She looked down again. "I just want them back. I just want to hold them again." She whispered and buried her face in her hands.

Gaara and Sai exchanged a look and looked back at her, not knowing what to do.

"Don't worry, we'll get them back one way or another." Gaara spoke softly.

"We promised you that didn't we?" Sai continued and she looked up.

"And we'll keep our promise." Gaara concluded.

"Thank you."

The situation was becoming even more difficult, before they had some sort of idea of where to look, now they had absolutely no idea, and each time they faced the new Akatsuki Leader, he seemed to not want to fight, not physically at least.

It is said that nothing is actually as bad as we see it. Who said that was right, sometimes it's not as bad as we see it, sometimes its worst.

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