~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~three years later~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Kakuzu walked into the living room, green eyes scanning the area for any signs of Amaifuyu. No luck. The only occupants in the room were Tenshi, Boom, and Ahato. "Have any of you seen Amai?" he inquired.
The twins shook their heads, and Tenshi gave a soft, 'hn', in reply.
"If you find him, let me know," he requested before departing. "I'll check and see if Heki or Hakushi know…" with that, the banker left the room.
The girls went back to playing for a few seconds, before Boom started. "Crap."
"What is it, sis?" Ahato asked.
"Guys, if he goes to Hakushi's room…"
Tenshi quickly figured out what the girl was hinting at and scrambled to her feet. "C'mon."
The girls bolted down the hallway, intent on getting some sort of warning to their friends. Their hearts sank as Kakuzu reached the boy's door, and slowly turned the knob. "Hakushi, have y-WHAT THE HELL?!"
There, sitting on Hakushi's bed were Amaifuyu and Hakushi, lip-locked with Hakushi's fingertips under the hem of Amaifuyu's skirt.
--
Minutes later the entire organization was gathered for a meeting in the kitchen. "Explain," Pein demanded as he glared at the two boys.
"We were just kissing when Kakuzu walked in on us," Hakushi replied with a shrug. His arm was wrapped tightly around Amaifuyu's waist, fearful that the cross-dresser would be ripped away from him if he so much as let Amaifuyu go for even a second.
"Why the hell was your hand up Amai's skirt?!" Hidan snapped.
"Mum, he was outside the panties, dammit," Amaifuyu reasoned.
"That's beside the point!" Hidan snapped.
"Hidan has a point," Pein agreed.
At this, Hakushi became defensive. "Why are you yelling at me, pops!? Heki and Ahato have been sucking face every chance they get for the last six months-"
"WHAT?!" Sasori screeched.
"Oops," Hakushi murmured.
"Oops doesn't even begin to cover it, un!" Deidara screamed as he began to advance on the accused boy. "I hope you're prepared to be an only child, Hakushi, because when I get-"
"Dei-dei, don't!" Ahato begged as she lunged for her father. Tragically, she bumped her sister's elbow on accident, making the girl stumble. The real problem, though, came in the form of a small sculpted bird falling from Boom's pocket and clattering across the floor.
Curious, Deidara picked up the item and turned it over in his hands. "To my love," he read softly. All was quiet in the room for a minute. And then: "Boom, what's this, un?"
Tenshi sighed and walked towards the girl, who looked very much like a deer caught in the headlights at the moment. May as well let the cat out of the bag. "I'm guessing it's an anniversary present for me," Tenshi said as her arms wrapped around Boom's waist. "Since as of today, we've been going out for a year."
--
At the statement, all hell broke loose.
Deidara stormed towards his daughter and ripped her away from Tenshi. "I'll die before I let an Uchiha touch my children, un!" he hissed out as he dragged Boom away.
"Dei-dei, let me go!" Boom screamed as she struggled against her father's iron grip.
"Boom-" Tenshi began.
Before the female could advance, Itachi was there to block her. "Let's go, Tenshi."
"Daddy-"
"Tenshi, there's no reasoning with him now," the Uchiha explained while calmly leading his daughter away. Sasori had already grabbed Ahato and pulled her away, his glare being more than enough to keep Heki at bay. The male loved Ahato, but getting himself killed was definitely not the best way to show it.
Hakushi and Amaifuyu were proving more of a challenge, though. Predicting a forcible separation after Deidara's outburst, the boys had latched on together and were now clinging to one another for dear life. Kakuzu was finally able to detach the two of them with the aide of his threads, and carried Amaifuyu over his shoulder as he exited the room. "Hakushi-" the effeminate teen whined.
"It'll be ok, babe!"
"Don't call my son babe, you fucking pig!" Hidan screamed before chucking a kunai at the male.
Konan was quick to block the weapon, though, and watched with anxious eyes as the various members departed for their quarters. "Pein-"
"Kids, go to your room," the leader ordered as he shepherded the twins out of the living room. Konan could only watch in silence and shake her head. Well this was wonderful.
--
*Sniff, sniff* Boom cried softly into her pillow, her body shaking from her sobs. The twins were currently in their room, waiting for their parents to come in and talk to them.
Ahato was seated beside her twin, rubbing circles into the younger girl's back. "You ok?" she asked, despite knowing the answer already.
"No I'm not!" Boom declared as she jerked her face out of the pillow to look up at her sister. "An hour ago Tenshi and I were perfectly happy, and now everything's ruined!" With a sob, she returned her face to her pillow.
"Boom, it's not that bad-"
"Not that bad?! You heard what Dei-dei said, and you know he's not gonna change his mind!" Boom screeched. Her body began to shake as tears rolled down her face. "I hate him."
"No you don't-"
"Yes I do! I hate him I hate him I HATE HIM!" she screamed while punching her pillow repeatedly. Finally the girl simply collapsed, crying weakly into the fluffy bed accessory.
Ahato shook her head and sighed. Her sister was probably right. And there was no telling what Sasori was going to do with Heki now…
Meanwhile, the artists were arguing over their children's fate. "Dei, you're being unreasonable-"
"Oh, so you want our child dating an Uchiha, un?!"
"She's not 'an Uchiha', Deidara, she's Tenshi. The girl you helped nurture and raise, remember?"
The blonde hmmphed and stormed across the room to flop down onto their bed, arms crossed in front of himself. "That girl's still the spawn of Itachi, un. One day, those damn Uchiha eyes will decide that Boom's not good enough, and she'll just toss her aside, un!"
"Deidara, they've been together since Boom was born," Sasori reasoned as he sat beside his lover. "You heard Tenshi; they've been going out for a year. The time where judgment could have affected things has come and gone."
"It's still wrong, un. Tenshi's legally an adult, and Boom's just sixteen!"
"This coming from the person dating the man who's old enough to be his father?"
"…"
--
Meanwhile, Tenshi was moping in her room. She'd been able to retrieve Boom's sculpture (after Deidara had thrown it aside in his fit of rage) and was now turning the small creation over in her hands. She didn't look up when the door to her room opened, only sparing a glance upwards when she felt a weight on the side of her mattress.
Kisame had come to talk. "Tenshi, don't be too mad at Deidara. He's just-"
"Filled to the brim with loathing for my father and our kekka genkai?"
"…Well, yeah, actually." The girl sighed, making Kisame panic. "I thought the years of living together would change that, but I guess when it comes to Deidara's kids, no dice." Great job, now Tenshi looked like she wanted to kill herself. "But Tenshi, you have to remember that Deidara helped raise you, and he knows you're the one that saved Ahato and Boom after the base was invaded. Give him some time; he'll come around."
"What do I do until then?"
"Can you think of any way to persuade him to let you date Boom?"
The girl thought for a minute. "Challenge him to a duel for her hand?"
"…Let's try something else."
--
Amaifuyu's crying was interrupted by Hidan entering his room. "The hell do you want, mum?" he sniffled.
Hidan ignored the question and sat down on the edge of the teen's bed. "I'm here to talk."
"About what?! How Hakushi's a lousy pick?! How I'm gonna burn in hell for dating a heathen-"
"If that last one were the case, do you think I'd still be with your father?"
"…Yeah, actually."
Damn. The kid had him there. "Amai, your father and I were just fucking startled, that's all. I mean, damn, why didn't you tell us before about you two?"
"We've only been together for three months, damnit," Amaifuyu weakly argued.
"That's three months you were lying to your Jashin-damned father and me," Hidan countered.
Amaifuyu looked down at his feet, hands tightly clutched in his lap. "Is daddy gonna kill me?"
"No."
"What about Hakushi?"
"That's iffy at the moment." Hidan began to panic when Amaifuyu started crying again. "For Jashin's sake, Amai, his hand was up your damn skirt when we found out!"
"And how long did it take you and dad to start doing that?!"
"Amaifuyu, that shit's completely different."
"HOW?!"
"Because your father and I became partners when I was fourteen, we didn't date until I was seventeen, and I was nineteen before we fucked!"
"…Oh."
"That's all you can say?!"
"But I've known Hakushi since we were babies!" Amaifuyu argued. "It's not like I just found some bitch on a street corner and brought them home!"
"But you've only been dating for a few Jashin-damn months! What happens if he breaks your heart after you've done all this shit?!"
"I break his neck, but until then let me live my life, damnit!"
"Amai…" Hidan rose from his seat. "If you want to do this, I'm not gonna protest. But I need to talk with your father about this, 'k?"
"Why?!"
"Because Kuzu and I aren't gonna take sides on this," Hidan explained as a smile crossed his face. "So I'm gonna have to persuade the dumbass."
Amaifuyu pulled his father into a hug. "Thanks mum."
"Don't thank me until Kuzu's convinced."
--
"You really mean that, un?" Deidara asked hopefully.
"Yes," Sasori replied with a smile. Finally, he'd made some ground for Tenshi's case. "They'll go out, and if Tenshi breaks Boom's heart, I'll turn her into a puppet while she's still alive and breathing." Actually the puppet master had no intent to fulfill that threat under any circumstance, but would say anything to settle the blonde's ruffled feathers.
Deidara pounced on him and gave the redhead a kiss. "You're the most amazing danna in the world, un."
"I know," Sasori said as he held the blonde to his chest. Now to tell his daughters.
--
"…and if either one of them come crying to me because one of you screwed up, I will beat the living daylights out of you!" Konan declared. The female was currently towering over her two cowering sons, and giving them a long talk about relationships.
"G-got it m-m-mom," Heki said.
"Yeah, got it," Hakushi quickly agreed.
"And Heki…"
"Y-yes?!"
"If you ever get to the point of having sex with Ahato, get some condoms and pills for her. I refuse to become a grandma so young in life!" She turned her head to Hakushi. "And you!"
"EEP!"
"No matter what, don't take bets that you can have sex with a female Amaifuyu, so you get him drunk and sleep with him, and then accidentally knock him up! It's not worth it!"
"Erm…ok?"
"Good," the woman said with a smile. "I'm glad we had this talk." Her work complete, Konan left the room.
"…Hey, Heki?"
"Yeah?"
"What do you think that last thing was about?"
"Hell if I know."