Deidara walked into the room, frowning. "Danna, what are you…yelling…" the rest of his question trailed off as he caught sight of the counter's charred remains, wide eyes traveling ever so slowly to his daughters and frowning lover. "Un?"

"Boom just made the counter go boom," Sasori bluntly explained.

"Really?!" Deidara hurried towards his daughter, kneeling down and grinning. "Boom, is that true? Did you use exploding clay, or make an actual sculpture-"

"AHEM!" Sasori snapped, glaring at the two.

"Oh," Deidara said, stopping his talk. His smile fell, and he stood and cleared his throat. "Boom, you shouldn't blow up the furniture, un. Go to your room." The girl nodded, walking sullenly to the doorway. As she was about to exit the room, she turned back to her father, just in time to catch the wink Deidara gave her. Smiling, she hurried from the kitchen.

Sasori turned to his blonde, frowning but missing the wink. "Don't you have a mission to go on?"

Deidara chuckled, as he leaned forward and gave the Akasuna a kiss. "Love you danna, un," he said before exiting the kitchen.

The redheaded male rolled his eyes, shaking his head as he did so. "Come on Ahato," he said, scooping up the child. "We're going to give you a bath."

"W-What about us?" Heki asked, clinging to Hakushi while staring fearfully at the small girl in Sasori's arms.

"Oh. Right," Sasori said uncertainly. "I suppose I'll have to tell Pein about this."

--

"She did WHAT?!" Pein yelled.

"Blew the counter to pieces," Sasori repeated while wincing and rubbing his ear. The two were currently sitting in Pein's office, discussing the recent explosion in the kitchen.

Pein groaned, rubbing his temples in frustration. "This is exactly why I didn't want Deidara to have kids in the first place!"

"What are you going to do?" Sasori asked.

"Ordinarily, I would remove one of the bombers, but I highly doubt that idea would go over well," Pein said, noticing the puppet master's glare. "The most I can do is order the two of you to restrain Boom. Also, keep Ahato from picking up the habit."

"But she likes explosions," Sasori argued.

"Yes, and she likes you more than Deidara. Spend some quality time with her and convince her puppets are better than bombs. Do you understand?"

"Yes sir," Sasori replied, rising from his seat.

"And Sasori?"

"Yes?"

"…I'm sorry, but we cannot afford three bombers. If Ahato turns out like her father and sister, I will have to resort to drastic measures.

"I understand. But," Sasori went on, "if you resort to "drastic measures" then so will I."

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~meanwhile~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

"Do we hafta tell daddy now?" Amaifuyu asked nervously, clutching onto Konan's cloak.

"The sooner we get you glasses, dear, the better," Konan told him reassuringly. The boy nodded but clung that much harder to the fabric of Konan's cloak.

The two walked down the hallway, heading for Kakuzu's room. Upon arrival, Amaifuyu ducked behind the female, while Konan knocked on the door. "Come in," the miser's voice called out. Konan reached down to grab Amaifuyu's hand in a comforting manner, and then opened the door.

The miser was at work at his desk, face hidden by his mask. "Kakuzu, I need to talk to you," she stated.

"What about? I'm busy."

"We need to go to town to see an eye doctor."

"Doctors are expensive," Kakuzu immediately replied, making his son flinch from behind the origami mistress.

"Yes, but I'm pretty sure Amaifuyu needs glasses," Konan said, pulling the boy to stand in front of her.

Kakuzu raised a brow at his son, whose eyes seemed to have become glued to the carpeting in their room. "Amai?" he asked.

"…"

"Amaifuyu, is there something wrong with your eyes?"

"No," the boy lied.

"He can't see three feet in front of his face!" Konan declared.

Kakuzu slid his chair back, climbed out of it and kneeled down in front of the black-haired boy. "Why didn't you tell me?" he asked, more in disbelief that his son had kept quiet than anything else.

"Glasses cost a lot," the child murmured, magenta eyes downcast.

"So? If you need something like that, tell me," Kakuzu said.

Amaifuyu sniffled. "Sorry daddy," he muttered.

"It's ok," the banker replied, pulling his son into a gentle hug. When they broke apart, he cocked his head and smoothed down Amaifuyu's hair with his fingers. "While we're at it, we may as well get you a haircut-"

"Hell no!" Hidan cried. The zealot chose that moment to barge into the room at top speed and scoop up his child. "His hair looks adorable like this, dammit!" he snapped, running his fingers through Amaifuyu's hair, which now hung down to the nape of his neck.

"All right, I won't touch it!" Kakuzu conceded, throwing up his hands in defeat.

"Such a cute family," Konan thought. With a smile on her face, she backed slowly out of the room.

"There she is," Tenshi suddenly stated nfrom behind Konan.

The woman had just enough time to turn around before she was glomped by her two sons. "Mommy!" they cried out.

"What is it?! What happened?" she inquired, immediately bending down to hold her kids.

"Boom tried to blow them up," Tenshi explained with a shrug, walking off and leaving the three alone.