Chapter 27!: A Change in Toshiko!

Toshiko

I ran to Pain's side, and put my hands on his shoulders. I knew this was hard for him.

'Pain-Sama...?' I murmured, and he looked up at me, tears welling in his eyes. I let him fall forwards into my chest, and I hugged him, kissing the top of his head.

'It's okay now...' I whispered, and hugged him tighter. 'I'm okay...' I turn my head, and look at Nagato, who nods, and turns into the blackness. When I looked back to Pain, he was staring at me with tears in his eyes.

'I... I'm gonna kill Konan...' He whispered, and brushed his hand up into my hair. He pulled my face down to his and kissed me. I pushed back onto his lips, and then pulled away after a few moments.

'We should go.' I murmured, and Pain nodded.

'Let us not go back to Akatsuki just yet...' He whispered. I raised an eyebrow.

'Why not?' I asked, and we both stood up.

'It still pains me to see Konan...' He said, not meeting my eye contact. 'Let's go to Konoha. We can visit Deidara and Yuki.' I bit my lip.

'But... I've changed.' I whispered. Pain shook his head.

'It won't matter.' I nod, and we both walk hand in hand towards Konoha.

Deidara

Now that Yuki's dad and mom were back together, myself and Yuki could move out and start a family of our own. We knew we weren't quite ready for that, so we stuck around for a while. Pain and Toshiko later arrived that day, and Toshiko had piercings over her face and rinnegan eyes. Pain told me of what happened when Yuki and Tosh were out of earshot. But he was delighted about his adopted little sister's pregnancy. It made me happy, because Pain was usually quite dull. I saw it in his eyes afterwards. He, too, wanted to become a father. I just hope one day he does. He'd make a lovely father. He's so warm and friendly to those he knows.

About 2 months had passed by the time we knew it was right to move out. The house wasn't too far away, but it was a large Tatami, and had a lot of land around it. Then not long after we moved in, The thought struck me one night after Yuki had fallen asleep. She was six and a half months pregnant, which left two and a half months left... Also, we hadn't even considered the baby's name. I turned to Yuki one morning after I heard her sit up in bed.

'Mitsuki?' I murmured.

'What?' She raised an eyebrow. I smiled, and walked over to her, sitting next to her on the bed and hugging her.

'The baby. If it's a girl, what about Mitsuki, un?'

'Mitsuki..?' She repeated. 'But what if it's a boy?' I patted her swollen stomach, and she slapped my hand away. 'No touching!' I pouted.

'Okay, what about...' I chuckled. No. Just no.

'What?' Yuki's eyes narrowed at me. I laughed again.

'Suddenly Hidan's name popped into my head.' I laughed harder, and Yuki slapped my shoulder playfully.

'What the hell, Deidara-kun?' She murmured, and kissed my neck.

'If it's a boy...' I urged, elbowing her lightly.

'Well... How about... Hmm...' She stared out the window in thought. '...Khaz...'

'Khaz?' I repeated, scanning the name through my head. 'That's a... strange name.'

'Dude.' She smirked. 'You're the only guy I've ever seen called Deidara.' I glared at her.

'You seen anyone called Khaz?'

'My grandfather.' Again, the smirk appeared on her face. I sighed.

'Okay, okay, you win. Khaz it is.' I returned her smirk. 'But what if it's a girl?'

'Oh geeze.' She rolled her eyes. 'Mitsuki. But.' She gave a little glare, but her expression was too cute to be daunting. 'I was considering Matsuri.'

'Matsuri?' I murmured. 'Isn't there someone in Sunagakure with that name?'

'Yeah. But there's about 5000 different Yuki's in the world, Dei.' She grinned. I sighed again.

'Okay... I do like Matsuri better, to be honest.'

'Thank god that's sorted.' I nodded, and stood up. 'Where're you going?' She murmured.

'To get breakfast.' As if on cue, my stomach growled. Yuki giggled.

'Okay.' She swung her legs off the bed, before staggering to my side.

'Fatso.' I mutter, and she slaps me.

'Hey, Your child.' She growled playfully. 'If you don't like it, I can always get an abor-'

'HELL NO!' We both fell silent, and my face turned red. 'I- I mean... Just... no...' She smiled at me, and snaked her arms around my neck, and pulled me into a kiss.

'Hey.' Yuki murmured against my lips. 'You have to feed me twice as much, y'know.' I slapped her butt.

'Do you want to come out of the hospital heavier then when you came in?' She laughed at this. 'I'll disown you, missy.'

'Fine.' She pulled away from me and padded out the room, waiting in the hallway. I followed her, and then I saw she was smirking. 'But I wouldn't disown you if you came out a hospital after giving birth and being heavier than when you went in.' I narrowed my eyes.

'Enough with the girl jokes?' I sighed. 'I'm not a girl...' Her arms slunk around my waist.

'Duh.' She kissed my nose. 'Those who see you as a girl are obviously blind, love.' I smiled down at her, then pressed my lips to hers briefly.

'My tummy is complaining.' I murmured against her lips. She laughed again.

'The tummy inside my tummy is complaining.' She smiled, her eyes soft. I put my arm around her waist, and lead her into the kitchen where she sat on a stool next to the worktop. I made some toast, and slid some onto the table for her, kissing her forehead as I placed it down.

Two months slowly passed. The days were long, and for Yuki, they were incredibly hard. I felt partially guilty for not being in her position. Of course, it was impossible for me to be in her position, being a man and all...

Pain and Itachi came round on a regular basis, both every two days, making sure their little sister was okay and not in any trouble.

Yuki awoke me one dark morning, shaking my shoulder and whispering my name.

'Deidara...Deidara, wake up...' I blinked my eyes open and rolled over to look at her face. She was wide awake.

'Yuki...' I murmured, rubbing my eyes and sitting up. 'What is it...?'

'Deidara, I think the baby's coming.' She whispered. And all of a sudden, I was wide awake.

'What?' I yelped. 'Seriously?'

'Yeah...' Her voice was now strained. 'It hurts...'

'Oh man...' I growled, and slid out the bed. 'Thank god were close to Konoha Hospital...'

'Yeah...' She whispered. I pushed my mouth to the side, and picked Yuki up. She squealed a little. 'How many times do you have to do that?' She yelped, and I chuckled.

'This reminds me of the first mission we went on.' I said softly, before darting out the door.

'Jeesh. I hated you then.' She whispered as I closed the door behind us.

'Yeah...' I exhaled through my nose, and smiled to myself. 'Those were the days...'

'What?' Yuki exclaimed, and I looked down at her.

'Hey, I'm not finished. Hmph.'

'Oh. Okay.' Yuki blushed in embarrassment. I smiled.

'Those were the days you hated me, un.' I murmured, carrying her towards the hospital.

'I hated you?' She whispered, her arms around my neck. 'You hated me, too.'

'No...' I looked at her softly. 'I had a huge crush on you a few weeks after you joined.'

'Seriously?' Yuki said, baffled. 'Why didn't you ever tell me?' I closed my eyes briefly.

'I was too nervous.' I sighed, and we were near the doors of the hospital. Yuki pulled on my neck, and I stopped. 'What is it?' I asked, and she pulled my head down to hers, and kissed me.

'Don't be afraid.' She whispered. 'I'll be okay.' I smiled at her, and lead her into the hospital.

'I know.'

I had to wait outside the maternity ward. My heart was pounding out of my chest, and my breathing was shallow. Everything around me was as silent as the night, and all I could hear was my own noises. My breathing and my heart. I had spaced out. My eyes were wide, and I was panicking. I was snapped out of my little fantasy when something touched my shoulder. I looked to the side, and saw Madara. He sat down next to me, and patted my shoulder.

'Pain told me the news.' He murmured. I just stared. Pain? How did he know? Madara smiled, and nodded to the side. Sure enough, Pain was stood parallel to us. He was staring out of the window mindlessly. At no surprise, Toshiko padded down the hallway and gave myself and Madara some tea, then turned to Pain and put an arm around him, also giving him tea. Pain glanced at her and murmured something, and Toshiko nodded, then put her head on his shoulder. Pain put his arm around her shoulders, and sighed.

We must have been there for a good six hours, because I fell asleep at some point, and when I woke back up, it was light outside.

I blinked and looked around. Madara was still sat on my right, sleeping. Toshiko and Pain were huddled up across the hall from me, and then now next to Madara was Myra, who had her head on his shoulder, but her eyes were open. On my left, Itachi was sat with his eyes closed, but I supposed he wasn't asleep. Apparently I was right, because his eyes flicked open and he looked towards me. He smiled warmly before standing up and walking down the hall.

I sighed, and then as if on cue, and nurse walked out from the room next to us, and everyone perked up.

'Which of you is the father...' she said, almost a whisper. I suddenly panicked, father of the mom, or the baby? Madara asked this for me.

'Of the baby?' He murmured. And the nurse nodded. I stood up shakily, and she smiled at me.

'Come on in.' She said, and led me into the room. First things first. Yuki was asleep. I really could not blame her though. The nurse motioned for me to close the door, so I did. But as I did so, Yuki's eyes blinked open, and she yawned.

'Deidara...' She murmured, stretching. I smiled nervously, and approached her. The nurse told me to sit down next to her, and then she turns away from us. I look across at Yuki. My eyes must have been wide with shock, because she put her hand over mine and squeezed it.

She looked tired. Really, really tired. I looked up as a nurse approached me, cradling a bundle of small towels in her arms. She smiled, and I took the small package into my arms.

I looked into the large black eyes of a baby, and a tear rolled down my face. Yuki's hand settled onto my shoulder, and I looked up at her, and gave her a big smile. The nurse gave us a swift glance, then murmured;

'It's a little girl.'

From that moment on, we took in the greatest role of a human's life.

Parenthood.