Chapter 28!: Uchiha Tsuki Itonami

Deidara

I opened my eyes. The room was dim, and eerie shadows from the trees cast into our bedroom. I sat upright, and glanced at the clock. 6:30 Am. The house was still quiet. I looked to my right where Yuki was laid beside me, her back to me, and huddled into a ball. She was wearing nothing but a navy blue Uchiha t-shirt and her panties. I sighed. No cry, so squeal, no nothing from our first born child. We named her Tsuki. Her hair was as black as the night, and she had blue eyes, which, sadly, she inherited from me. She only had cropped hair, as she was only nine months old. I put my hand onto my forehead and sighed. All of a sudden, I had a headache. Great. I chewed on a piece of loose skin on my lip and slid out of the bed.

Over the past nine months since Tsuki was born, I had to get a job. Of course, my job was back with the Akatsuki. But we weren't doing evil stuff anymore. We were working for Konoha, and keeping an eye on the three Biju we had.

Which raises me to another suspicion. What are we to do with the Juichuri? When Yuki passes away, we'd have to put the Biju into another Shinobi's body. Our daughter is the most likely answer, sadly.

I ran a brush through my hair, tied it loosely at the back, leaving my fringe free, of course. And then slipping my Akatsuki clothes on.

Just as I was slipping my cloak on, I heard a faint squeal from the room next to us. Tsuki. I dropped the cloak, and padded out of the room, not wanting to wake up Yuki, and walked down the hall, then opened Tsuki's door quietly. I tip-toed over to her crib, and looked over the bars that kept her from falling out. Big azure eyes stared up at me, and a smile broke out on her face.

'lelele.' She murmured, dribbling, and outstretching her arms towards me.

'Hello muck-meister, un...' I murmured, smiling, and picking her up, holding her around her waist and rump. Looking at her, I suddenly saw she had grown a little, and changed. I touched her nose with my index finger, and she grabbed mine, giggling. I frowned at her.

'I need that, un.' I said, sounding funny, but she giggled more. I chuckled, and she let go as I walked her down the hallway, and down the stairs. I padded into the kitchen, and sat her on her high chair, and made some milk for her. I gave it to her in a bottle, and, her being quite intelligent for her age, she grabbed it and stuck it in her mouth. I got a carton of orange juice out of the fridge, and poured two glasses full of it. I started sipping at mine, staring at Tsuki intently, while she gave me an innocent look whilst sucking on the bottle. Her expressions definitely came from her mom. Just as I was thinking about that, Yuki sidled into the kitchen with a yawn.

'Morning.' She murmured, walking towards us, and ruffling Tsuki's hair as she padded past her. Tsuki giggled again. I put my juice on the side and smiled to her.

'Sleep well?' I asked, coiling my arms around her waist.

'I guess.' She yawned again, complying and snaking hers around my neck. I chuckled, and picked up the other glass of orange juice.

'Here. I'll make some breakfast, un.' She smiled to me, and took the glass, kissing my cheek. We ate breakfast in silence, apart from Tsuki who was having a lot of fun banging her bottle on the table. Tsuki brought it up once more, and then it slipped from her hands, and she threw it behind her. It landed with a clatter and a smash as it hit the floor and shattered. She turned away from looking at it, her eyes wide, and all she said was; "Oops". Me and Yuki looked at each other without moving our heads from Tsuki, and then we both laughed. Tsuki gave us a "What the Fuck?" expression, before giggling herself.

A few years on, one sunny day we headed off to Sunagakure to visit Gaara. We figured the Sand's Kazekage wanted to see one of his closest friends daughter, so why not? Gaara seemed pleased his friend had come this far, and he even confessed to us he wanted someone to be with him for his life, too. So that was him and Pain... I was sure Pain were to become a father. A feeling just ran through me that he would.

'Hey, Deidara...' I snapped out of my fantasy, and looked up at Gaara. His ice blue eyes were staring at me intently. His glance changed to over my shoulder, and I turned my head. He was looking at Yuki who had Tsuki propped over her shoulder, talking to Kankuro and Temari. I looked back to Gaara, and he was looking at them sadly.

'Take care of Yuki...' He murmured. 'She's like a sister to me.' I nodded to him, and he outstretched his hand. I took it, and shook it.

'Sayonara for now.' I murmured. And Gaara nodded, letting go of my hand and turning away from me to go back to his job as the Kazekage. I wandered over to Yuki and she smiled to me.

'See you around, Kankuro, Temari.' She said. Temari nodded, and Kankuro grinned, and as they turned away, he winked at her. Flirt ... Couldn't he see by the ring on her finger she was married? Sheesh!

On the way home, we walked through the Konoha woods and just so happened to run into Hidan. He seemed slightly lost, but didn't hold back his immaturity and bitchiness.

'Well fucking well, look what Jashin's dragged in...' He smirked. 'The two fucktard lesbians.' He laughed a presumptuous laugh. I sighed and looked away. I never really liked this Jashinist. Never.

Yuki rolled her eyes at the man.

'Now, now, Hidan.' She murmured, looking him straight into the eyes. 'I seem to remember when Deidara here, passed away before myself and Toshiko-Chan brought him back, you were in tears.' Hidan stared at her.

'No I wasn't.' He said quietly, and I noticed Chimamire walking up behind him.

'Yes you were.' Yuki said, obviously the more intelligible of the two.

'NO I FUCKING WASN'T!' Hidan screamed. Chimamire stood beside him and gave him a funny glare.

'What are you now arguing about, Hidan?' She murmured. Yuki looked at her.

'He's denying to fact he was crying when Deidara was temporarily dead.' Yuki established.

'Papa.' Tsuki whispered, and I suddenly felt awful for not realising she was still there. Her big blue eyes looked up at me, and she outstretched her arms. Yuki saw this, and let me take the six year old into my arms. As usual, she played with my fringe. I looked at her intently, and she smiled, showing her white teeth. Then something odd happened. A fleck of white substance sauntered down from the sky, and landed of little Tsuki's nose. She tried to take it off, but it melted.

'Eww, Papa, that's cold...' She murmured, and I rubbed the cold wet liquid off her nose. Yuki and Hidan had stopped arguing, and had looked up. Multiples of the white fluff was falling from the sky.

'No way...' Yuki whispered. Hidan and Chimamire looked up at the sky too.

'Is that...?' Chimamire murmured, and Hidan broke out into a grin.

'Oh my Jashin.' He laughed. 'It's fucking snowing!' My mind suddenly worked it's way. There was no chance it could snow. Especially as we hadn't has snowfall in about seven years, since I was questioning myself about my existence... Ahah... that takes me back...

~Flashback~

I buried my head in my knees.

'What am I really?' I asked myself, and looked up into the cloudy skies. A flake of snow landed on my nose, and I brushed it away with back of my hand. 'I'm just a small….' I smoothed the softly laid snow beside me. '…Consciousness…'

~End of Flashback~

'Daddy?' Tsuki whispered, and pulled my hair.

'Ouch! Tsuki, that hurt!' I exclaimed, rubbing my head.

'Gomen..' She whispered, because she couldn't say Gomen'nasai yet. 'But daddy, you blanked out.'

'Oh...' I whispered. 'I'm sorry, sweetie.' She grinned at me. But I was right. The snow was thick, so we could barely see each other. I could see Tsuki and faintly see Yuki, but not Hidan and Chimamire very well. The snow has made its way up to our ankles.

'We'd better leave.' Yuki said, and jumped off into one of the tree's, myself, Tsuki, Chimamire and Hidan following. 'If we hang around, we're sure to get snowed in.

'Where are we going to sleep?' I called to her, and she looked back at me briefly.

'We'll hitch a camp on the roof. We'll have to warn the rest of Konoha to do so too.'

I nodded to her.

We entered the village and there were children playing in the snow.

'Take Tsuki home.' Yuki whispered, brushing her hand across the six year old who was huddling into my chest. 'You'll have to get her into winter gear, and lots of blankets.' I nodded, and looked down at our daughter. She was pale. Her hair was dotted with white flecks of snow, and she was shivering.

'Come on then, you.' I whispered to her, and bolted off towards the house.

Yuki

I watched Deidara take Tsuki towards the house, and I turned to Hidan and Chimamire.

'Hidan, you warn the Akatsuki.' A nod. 'Chimamire, spread word around the village, starting with my parents, Madara and Myra.' She gawped.

'You're Madara's daughter?' She growled.

'Yes. Wow.' Hidan rolled his eyes. 'Get moving, bitch.' Chima glared at him, then bolted away. Hidan grinned.

'Well. See you.' He said, and leapt off to my left. I turned and headed to the Hokage's place.

'Lady Tsunade?' I murmured, standing in front of the Hokage's desk. Lady Tsunade turned towards me.

'Yuki, what brings you here?' She asked, though I knew she knew what I was going to say.

'I advise we warn the village and make preparations for a snow storm.' I said formally, and the Hokage nodded. 'I've already taken action, and some of my comrades are warning the village as we speak.' Tsunade smiled.

'On the ball, as Always, Yuki-Chan.' She sighed. 'Just like your father. But yes, I will take preparations. Naruto, Sasuke and Sakura are on a mission. I'll warn them when they return. The rest of you must pitch up tents on the roofs.' A thought struck me.

'Maybe we can pitch tents in the Akatsuki Lair, Milady.' The thought seemed to horrify her.

'The Akatsuki Lair?' she growled. 'I cannot allow that. They would kill us all, especially Naruto.' I couldn't hold back my dark gaze.

'Milady, I can assure you that won't happen.' I murmured strongly. 'Please do remember that I, myself, am a part of the Akatsuki, and have been for most of my life.' Tsunade sighed. 'Also, the lair is abandoned, now. The Akatsuki live in a house.'

'Okay, okay.' Lady Tsunade murmured, just as Sakura and Naruto walked through the door.

'It's bloody freezing out there!' Naruto said, brushing the snow off of his jacket. Sakura glared at him.

'Naruto, you baka!' She growled. Tsunade waved her hand.

'Yuki, you go and ask Akatsuki for permission.'

'Yes, milady.' I darted out of the window, because the door was inoperable by the snow.

Deidara was stood on our roof, snow up to his calves, and little Tsuki in his arms.

'We need to go to Pain!' I yelled, and he nodded, bolting towards me, Tsuki in his arms.

I suddenly wondered if Konan had stopped being a pain in the Ass.

Pain

'Pain?' I turned and looked at Toshiko behind me. 'Is something the matter?'

'Toshiko...' I murmured, and looked away. 'Not really.'

'Not really?' Toshiko repeated, and sat down beside me. 'You seem out of Character.'

'Hmm?' I gave her a sidelong look. 'How so?'

'You're more pale than usual...' Toshiko pointed out. 'Your attitude has turned more laid-back, and the weather doesn't even seem to impinge on you.' She paused. 'Is it your doing?' I looked at her. She was deeply concerned.

'Toshiko, I can only control rain.' I looked away from her, the snow landing on my eye lashes and nose. 'This is only the mere power of mother nature.' Toshiko sighed sadly. I hesitated, then turned my head to her.

'What is wrong?' I asked.

'Nothing.' She avoided my eyes contact.

'Hmm... Toshiko...' I murmured, and she looked up at me a little. 'Would you-'

'Pain-Sama?' I hung my head, before turning to Yuki, who landed on her toes lightly, with Deidara and Tsuki with them. I felt my inanimate heart pang.

'Y- yes, Yuki...' I replied.

'Can Konohagakure use the Lair to camp out in while the snow is around?' She asked. I nodded.

'The lair is little use to us.' I murmured, taking a quick glance at Toshiko, who seemed sad. She hadn't moved a muscle, and her eyes were looking down as the snow bounced of her beautiful face. 'Konoha can use it as much as they need to.' Yuki bowed her head.

'Arigato.' She turned and bounced off back to Konoha, Deidara in tow. I looked back to Toshiko, and sighed, knowing she wouldn't oblige to my question. I'd ask her later.

'Come, Toshiko.' I said softly, getting up and brushing my cloak down from the snow, before shaking the snow out of my hair. She then looked up at me and nodded, getting up and following me without a word.

We arrived at the lair, and Deidara informed us Konoha was on their way. The river around the lair was frozen, to we had to be careful to cross it. Deidara was already in the lair, and we approached it at a steady pace. Beside me, Toshiko lost her footing, and fell forwards. I shot my arms out and held her around her back and waist as so she didn't hit the floor. She stood up again, and I kept my arms around her. She looked up at me quietly, without a word. Had I upset her? If so, how? We held the eye contact, then Toshiko hung her head and quickly put her arms around my waist and hugged me, her head in my chest.

'Pain-Sama.' She whispered. I closed my eyes, and put my head into her neck. I looked up at her, and She was crying.

'Do not cry...' I murmured, wiping them away. 'Out here, they will freeze.' Toshiko chuckled sadly. 'Toshiko, have I upset you?' Toshiko looked up at me.

'No... Why?' She whispered.

'You seem upset with me.' I looked into her pale blue rinnegan eyes, and she moved her arms up around my neck.

'No...' Her eyes appeared dull again.

'Is something else bothering you?' I asked, and Toshiko seemed affected by this question.

'Well...' She whispered.

'What is it?' We heard voices from afar. Konoha.

'I'll tell you later.' She said, and I kissed her before tugging her into the lair, being careful of the ice, of course.

Later on that evening, all of Konoha had pitched up their tents for their own private space, and The Akatsuki had Red clouds emblazed on theirs. As the night fell upon us, even in our liar and the tents it was cold. When I came back into mine and Toshiko's tent, Toshiko was huddled in a mound of Blankets, cuddling her knees to her chest. I, for one, cannot feel the temperature change, as so, I couldn't feel the cold. Even though my immune system was shut down and so, my body was warm. It just fooled people I was a living, breathing human being. I looked down at Toshiko, who still could feel the temperature, and breathed out through my nose, a puff of steam following suit. I threw my cloak to the side, and pulled my top over my head, so my chest was exposed. I then slid my trousers and shoes off, and put them on top of my cloak, before sliding under the covers and wrapping my arms around her waist. She turned over to face me, and she huddled against my chest, wrapping her legs around mine. We lay like that for about ten minutes in silence.

'Pain-Sama?' I heard her whisper from below me. I looked down at her, and she was looking at me with bright blue rinnegan eyes. I paused, and the breathed through my nose.

'Call me Yahiko...' I murmured. I wanted to be myself again. Toshiko blushed. I raised an eyebrow at this.

'Why are you blushing?' I asked, and Toshiko turned her head away. 'And no wonder you're freezing.' I said, sitting up and crossing my legs. 'Look at what you're wearing.. or not wearing.' Toshiko looked down at herself. She was only in the Akatsuki fishnet shirt and panties.

'So?' She scowled, but the blush took over even more. I chuckled at how she tried to look daunting, and then pulled her into my lap.

'Uh. Yahiko?' She murmured.

'Hmm?' I buried my face into her hair.

'This might sound a little strange...' She whispered, then turned around in my lap, wrapping her arms around my neck, and her legs around my waist. 'But... Well...' She sighed. 'Never mind.' She looked slightly sad. I paused a second.

'Toshiko, I don't know if you'll oblige to this.' I murmured, and kissed her neck. 'But we're really getting on with our years, now.'

'Yahiko... Aren't we immortal?' Toshiko asked me.

'Not exactly.' I replied, my gaze softening on hers.

'Oh. Fair enough.' Toshiko looked at me, a sudden lust in her eyes.

'Anyway, What I mean with that, is that... Well.' This was harder than I anticipated. Toshiko leant into my body, and pressed her lips against mine. I slowly lowered until I was laid on my back, and Toshiko had her hands around my face. I pulled away from her, and she looked at me.

'Yahiko...' She whispered, and I ran my tongue along her jaw-line. 'Yahiko... I...' I ran my tongue down her neck, then bit into her neck softly. Toshiko left out a little gasp, and ran her hands through my hair. My eyes were closed, and I bit down on Toshiko's neck slightly harder. Toshiko let out quiet moans, so no one could hear us.

When I let myself go on Toshiko's neck, she leant over my face, and covered my mouth with hers, running her tongue along my bottom lip. I granted her access, and she pushed her tongue into mine, and I pushed back. Toshiko pulled away first, and she hesitated as she did so.

'Sempai! Sempai!' Tobi's shrill voice was heard. Wait. Tobi? Toshiko looked down at me, and I heard the manic giggling from Madara's Tobi persona echo through the lair.

'Sempai!' He yelled once more.

'Shut up, Tobi, yeah.' Deidara's voice muttered, followed by small giggles from his daughter and Yuki.

'Dei-Dei, don't be so hard on him.' Yuki's voice chuckled.

'Daddy!' Tsuki laughed. I wondered what she was laughing about, because she still was. Toshiko looked back to me, and I stared at her intently. I wondered what our children, if we were to have any, would look like. And I don't know why, but I think she was pondering about the same thing.