Chapter 29!: Yahiko is Not One of Us! (Yahiko vs. 6 paths of Pain)

Toshiko

Okay, so here's the truth. After hearing Deidara, "Tobi" and Yuki, something inside me ticked. Like Yuki before Tsuki was born, I suddenly wanted to have children too.

A child is more than just a pain in the ass as they get to their teen years, they're also a sign of love and care, like the way I feel about Yahiko. I know that the child wouldn't really be his issue, but I mean, He needs to be there for it to work, right?

So, I was looking down at him, and his eyes were soft, and I wondered what he was thinking.

'Yahiko?' I asked, a slight bounce in my voice, strangely.

'Yes?'

'Uh. What are you thinking?' I asked the ginger man underneath me.

'Ah.' He said softly. 'Nothing.'

'Ohh...'

'Why?' He suddenly asked. I sweat dropped.

'Well. uh. Um.' I was going to say this slowly and understandably. *Sucks in air...* 'Yahiko... I... !' ...Fuck...

Yahiko's face showed emotion, for once, and his eyes widened and he looked more and more shocked as he unravelled the words.

'W- What?' was all he seemed to be able to say.

'Eeee~!' I made a small squeal, before jumping up and diving under the blankets again, whilst Yahiko sat up. I peeked out at him from under the mound of blankets, and he just stared at me.

'Are you being serious?' he asked, and I hid under them again, and squinted my eyes shut. Yahiko lifted the covers, and I opened one eyes to look up at him, but he was smiling.

'If that's the case, then it is fine with me.' He murmured, and ran his hand through my fringe. 'Actually, that's what I wanted to ask you.'

Oh shit. So I got all worked up, and he wanted to anyway. Greaaattt.

I looked up at him, blushing.

'Is it possible for us to have kids?' I murmured. 'I mean, we're meant to be undead...' Yahiko shrugged.

'I guess we'll just have to find out.' He smiled.

Yuki

I watched Deidara and Tsuki, as Deidara picked up the small child, and bit her nose. Tsuki broke into hysterical giggles and waved her arms and legs about.

'Daaadddyyyy!' She squealed, and Deidara tossed her over his shoulder, and marched towards me.

'What on earth are you doing?' I murmured, and Deidara stalked past me, looking at me through his fringe.

'I'm taking out the trash.' He grinned, and Tsuki bit into his shoulder. 'Ow, Ow, Ow, Ow, Ow.' He growled playfully, and tried to ignore the biting pain in his shoulder. He sat the small blackette on one of the rocks, and stared at her dauntingly. I glanced over to one of the tents, and my father slipped out of it, zipping the entrance shut. He looked over at me and smiled. Deidara snuck up behind me and picked me up around my waist. This time, I was the one squealing.

'Deidara!' I squeaked. 'What are you doing?' Deidara dropped me back down on the floor, his arms still around my waist, and moved one of his hands up so it covered my mouth. I wondered why he was doing this... Then I knew. The tongue on his hand forced its way into my mouth, and I felt Deidara grin.

'I am such a naughty boy...' He murmured against my ear. Before I knew it, I was battling with the tongue with his hand... It was one of the most obscure things I had done. Deidara was chuckling in my ear, and I snuck onto what kind of message he was telling me. He pulled his hand away from me, and I turned to him. He was giving me an extremely cheesy look.

'No.' I simply said, and his eyebrows dropped. 'We have one already. Two would be too much.' Deidara hugged me.

'Awwhhh.' He said in disappointment. 'But it's so cold...' I glared at him. 'Uuuuunnnnnnn~' He gave me a very kitty-ish face.

'Oh for god's sake...' I sighed. 'Fine, but it's your responsibility.' Deidara grinned.

'I win, un.' He chuckled, and picked me up.

'Yeah, yeah, hush you.' I looked at Madara, and he rolled his eyes.

'I'll look after Tsuki...' He sighed, smirking at us. Deidara gave him another wide grin, before tugging me to a far away corner of the lair. I glared at him as he captured me in a deep kiss. He caught onto it, and looked up at me.

'What?' He murmured. I rolled my eyes before smirking at him.

'Here we go again...' I grinned, and kissed him again.

3 Months Later

Toshiko

I padded into the room which Yahiko was stood in, and he stared at me sadly.

'What's wrong?' I asked. He turned his head, and Nagato was stood in the shadows with the other five pains. Nagato stared at me. Well, more like my stomach. I raised an eyebrow, and he looked back at Yahiko.

'Tendo...' He growled. 'You should know as well as I do that you've broken the rules.'

'I know.' Yahiko murmured. 'But it's my decision.'

'I brought you back from death so you could help in the great Shinobi war.' Nagato's head lowered, and he stared at Yahiko darkly. 'You've violated our rules, Tendo.'

'Nagato.' Yahiko mumbled. 'I know it's against our rules, but I have my reasons.'

'Reasons? Futile.' Nagato gritted his teeth. 'Both relationships and breeding are against the rules. I'm afraid you will have to be exterminated.'

'What?' I blurted out. 'Why just him?' Nagato's glare switched to me.

'Because for all we know, it could have been rape.' Nagato's gaze turned back to Yahiko. 'Death is your reward.'

'Nagato! Be reasonable!' Yahiko cried, sounding pleading. 'We both know the hardships of growing up without parents!' Nagato's glare hardened.

'Don't bring that into here.' Nagato growled. 'It's irrelevant!'

'It's not!' Yahiko cried. 'I know both our parents were killed, Nagato, But destroying everything won't bring peace!'

'Oh really?' Nagato shouted. 'You're the one who bloody came up with it!'

'Yes, I know!' Yahiko's voice softened. 'But... But I no longer desire to kill. I ... I want to have children, and show them the love and care of a father I never had.' Nagato's face almost imploded with anger.

'You imbecile!' He yelled, spitting in Yahiko's face. 'You can't do that!'

'I can.' Yahiko murmured. 'And I will. You can't stop me, Nagato.' Nagato growled through his teeth.

'Fine. But your immortality and power will vanish.' Nagato's eyes turned dark. Yahiko's face showed no emotion.

'Fine with me.' He simply said, then turned around and walked towards me, stopping at my side. 'Come, Toshiko.' He slid his hand into mine, and I followed him out of the door.

We started to walk across a field, when Yahiko yelped and fell onto his knees, clutching his chest.

'Yahiko!' I cried, and knelt down to him, putting one of my hands on his back, and the other on his free hand.

'Man... That hurt...' He looked up at me. He still had his rinnegan, but I felt his back and his hand slowly become warm. 'Hey... What... Hey, look.' He moved my hand to over his heart, and I felt it steadily beating. His expression said it all. He had his emotions, his senses and his breath back. He was himself again.

I stared at him, and the strangest thing happened... He smiled. He had smiled before, but it was always an emotionless smile. This time, however, he smiled; and his eyes smiled with him.

'Y- you...' I stammered, and he started to grin.

'Damn, it feels good to be myself again.' He draped his arms around my waist, and put his head in my neck. I hugged him back, the sensation completely changed within him. He was warm, and it felt like he meant it. He looked at me contentedly, and then tenderly pressed his lips to mine. It felt utterly different. I wrapped my arms around his neck, and pushed back against his lips. The sensation was like a completely different person; but strangely enough... I liked it... He pulled away, and I stared at him attentively, looking to see if anything physical had changed. Nothing had changed. Nothing at all.

From there, I swore everything was getting better. But then the most awful thing happened. I woke up one morning and took a progress test on my pregnancy. The results I burst into tears for. Yahiko walked into the bathroom and hugged me.

'Toshiko, honey, what's wrong?' He murmured, and I hugged him back, crying into his shoulders.

'Y- Yahiko ...' I sobbed. 'I- I'm sorry...'

'Sorry for what?' He whispered, his voice soft and reassuring, but it just didn't work.

'Yahiko... I- I...' I inhaled sharply. 'W- We've lost the b- baby...' Yahiko's breathing halted for a moment, and he froze completely.

'What...' He looked down at me and rubbed my back. 'Oh... Well... All is not lost, Toshiko-Chan. We can try again.' I looked up at the redhead I had fallen in love with, and nodded. A second chance couldn't hurt.

Yuki

'Oh for... Will you stop fussing over it?' I laughed as Deidara scurried over the house.

'No! It's important, un!' He said as he rushed past me. Tsuki was sat on my lap with a confused look on her face.

'Mama?' She whispered. 'What's Papa doing?'

'Being a silly Daddy.' I murmured in reply, and she smiled. Deidara Flopped down next to us on the sofa, and sighed.

'I can't believe I lost it, un.' He rubbed his hands over his face.

'Hey. We can get a new one.' I paused. 'Or just wait and see what happens.' Deidara stared at me, then prodded my stomach.

'You said it was my responsibility.' He reminded me. 'So I have to be a father and get it right, un.'

'Right.' I rolled my eyes. 'Hey, what are you doing now?'

'I could swear I ... Ugh ... Come on ... u ... Uuuuunnnnnnn ...' I sighed. Deidara had lost the pregnancy test. I was convinced we didn't need one, because we didn't use one before, but he just wouldn't give up.

'Deidara, honey, We don't need one.'

'We do!' He murmured, his head darting up from leaning over the side of the couch. He was red, and his hair was scraggly. I chuckled at him, and then snaked my arms around his waist, pulling him into me.

'H- hey!' He cried, trying to cling onto the sofa.

'Dei-kun ...' I purred. 'We don't need one.' Tsuki pulled Deidara's hair a little.

'Yeaa Daddy, we dun need one!' She crossed her arms, and Deidara laughed. I kissed Tsuki's forehead.

'Come on Tsuki.' I murmured. 'It must be about bed time, now. You have school tomorrow.'

'YAY!' Tsuki yelled, giggling, jumping up and running out the room. Deidara chuckled, and nuzzled against me.

'That's not the end of our troubles, is it, hmm?' Deidara looked at me through a smirk.

'Most definitely not.' I replied, hugging him. 'It's not the start, either.'

8 and a half months later.

Yahiko

I looked down at Toshiko. Her face was red, and she was sweating. My heart ached. We were about 300 miles away from the nearest hospital, and here she was: in labour. She was half a month early, but I'm sure she didn't mind. I held on to her hand, and she squeezed it tightly. I rubbed her back, as she was sat up, and she turned her head and thumped it into my chest. In between her pants of distraught, she swore, and breathed my name.

'It's okay.' I whispered, kissing her neck. 'It'll be okay.' Tears started to roll down poor Toshiko's face.

'It hurts, Yahiko ...' She groaned. 'It hurts so much ...'

'I know, I know.' I kissed her forehead. 'I called the Hospital, they should be here soon.' I stood up, and she looked up at me wearily.

'Where ...?' She started, but I put one of my fingers on her lips.

'To get you some pain killers.' I kissed her briefly. 'Don't talk; it'll drain your energy.' Toshiko simply nodded as I walked through the front room to the kitchen, and rummaged through the cupboards for the packet of paracetamol. I was deep in thought, and slight shock. In the next 24 hours, perhaps, I would be a father. I was also aware that Deidara was, in fact, a father of two now. His youngest child, Matsuri, was born five months ago. Tsuki loved her little sister to pieces.

I padded back into the room Toshiko was laying in, and gave her some pain killers along with a glass of water. Within minutes, she was no longer in pain, apparently.

The nurses and doctors came roughly an hour later. I waited in the kitchen, making them cups of tea and such. Within four hours, I became a father. I didn't disturb Toshiko, because she would have been tired. Instead, I went to bed attempting to sleep, but I couldn't because of the stress and excitement. I stumbled into the shower before brushing my teeth and staring mindlessly into the mirror. After a few minutes of thinking about nothing, I padded back into the bedroom and sat on the bed. Before I knew it, I was lying on my side, and fell temporarily unconscious.

'Yahiko?' I jumped up, my eyes wide, and staring straight out the window, straight at the sun. I blinked my eyes, and then turned to face the voice.

'Toshiko?' She looked surprisingly healthy. She padded over to me and took my hand into hers, before pulling me into the front room and over the couch. She handed me a little bundle of blankets, and I stared down into the face of a sleeping child, blatantly only a few hours old. Toshiko's arm slid around my waist, and her head rested on my shoulder.

'He's ours.' She whispered. I looked down at her.

'He?' I repeated. She nodded.

'Yeah: He.'

'Name?' I murmured, turning my head and kissing her temple.

'I want you to decide on a name.' She murmured, nuzzling into my neck.

'Hmm ...' I looked at the child's face and pondered deeply. 'What about ... Khar ... Or Fell.'

'Khar or Fell?' Toshiko looked at me in amusement. 'They're both nice names ...' I hesitated, then touched the small one's face.

'Khar ...' Toshiko repeated under her breath.

'You like that name?' I looked at her, then turned to her. She looked at me and smiled.

'Yes. It's a very nice name.' She glanced at the baby, and then looked back at me.

'So it's decided?' I murmured, even though it was more of a statement than a question.

'Yeah. Khar.'

'Khar it is.' Then I leant down to her, and kissed her on the lips, knowing that from that moment on, it would be completely different, and one thing was for sure.

It's not the end just yet.