A/N: Hello! Warning: Slight gore! Arigato!

I do not own Naruto.

Dim Mak= touch of death.

Kisame grabbed my arm and began to lead me into the lower level of the house.

Eyes.

I could feel them everywhere.

The mob of people who were on the porch ahead of us was giving me their full, undivided attention.

I kept my head down and followed Kisame's lead. I didn't dare resist when he pulled my arm forward and began to take larger strides.

The wide girth in between his footsteps was hard for me to match. I was practically jogging in order to keep up.

We made our way to the bath house and I looked up just long enough to see Kisame's hand reaching for the door in front of us.

He slid it open and pulled me into the large room.

"Stay here." He said, while letting the grip he had on my arm cease.

I looked up and watched him walk towards one of the wooden stalls. I heard rustling and then water running for a moment.

Kisame started to make his way back to me with a small object in his hand. It was a white cloth and it looked like it was dripping something onto the floor. He finally stopped inches from my face and bent down to put the warm cloth on my head.

"It's not deep, so you won't need a bandage."

I could feel him wiping the dry blood off of my face and for a brief second, we made eye contact. My cheeks felt like they were going to seer off of my face. My heart started to beat so fast, that my head was starting to spin, and then, my stomach rumbled. I pulled my arms around my torso and squeezed.

"When was the last time that you were fed?" he asked, looking slightly irritated.

'Fed?' I thought.

His question took me by surprise.

"There isn't much to eat here. The village a few miles from here has good meats though."

I looked up to Kisame and heard my stomach growl again.

"I-I…."

Slam!

I jumped at the loud noise behind me and saw Deidara coming towards Kisame and me.

"Kisame! Did I just hear you say something about going out for something to eat?" he said with his signature smirk.

Kisame didn't say a word. He glanced at Deidara and then turned to dispose of the cloth in his hand.

I felt arms wrap around my shoulders and someone's breath tickling my ear.

"We should make it a date hmm!" Deidara whispered.

I looked over to see his face inches from mine. I clamped my eyes shut, then quickly turned my head in the opposite direction. I heard someone chuckling other than Deidara, so I opened my eyes to investigate.

Hidan.

He was standing right beside me.

"Ha! Deidara I think you're making her uncomfortable!" he said with a twisted grin.

My body was shaking.

"Oi Yin! Don't be so scared, I won't let anything happen to you…." Deidara said.

For some reason, Deidara's words made me feel even more frightened. And then, I felt someone's hand wrap around my arm and pull me forward. I hit whoever had pulled me and felt their arm wrap around my waist.

"Well Kisame, when did you lay claim on the girl? Did you even ask if she wanted to be saved from somebody like you?" Hidan said pointing towards Kisame.

"Yeah Kisame! Why don't you let Yin decide?" Deidara said, crossing his arms and looking down at me.

I felt Kisame's grip tighten on my waist and I could feel his eyes burning at hole onto the top of my head. I wasn't sure what to say, and after a few minutes past, I felt Kisame let go of me and walk past Deidara and Hidan.

"Don't worry girl. I'll make sure to be gentle." Hidan said, leaning forward.

The smirk on his face was beautiful and horrifying all at the same time.

Deidara held his arms out in front of me "Hmmm…." He said as he motioned for me to move closer.

The air around me was so heavy that I was having trouble breathing.

"K-Kisame…." I managed to choke out.

His hand was on the door and I saw him turn his head to face me. He let go of the door and used an index finger to motion for me to come to him. I took step after step and made my way in-between Deidara and Hidan. I could feel their eyes on me as I made my way to Kisame.

I stopped in front of Kisame and looked up at him for a moment.

He smirked down at me, opened the door, and guided me forward.

I let out a loud sigh as I turned and watched him close the door, which made Kisame laugh.

"I'm going to get my cloak and then we can go to the village to get something to eat."

I looked up nervously at Kisame.

"I probably need to go to Ni-san…." I said dropping my head forward. "B-besides, I wouldn't want to be a burden."

Kisame let out a sigh.

"Yin." I immediately recognized my brother's voice.

My body jumped and turned to face him. He was leaning against the door leading to the porch.

I turned back to Kisame and bowed in front of him and then twisted my body to face my brother. I began to put more distance between Kisame and I, and close the distance between my brother and I.

"We have much to discuss." My brother said, avoiding eye contact.

He pushed his body from its current position and began to walk up the stairs towards the upper level of the house.

I followed him silently as we ascended the stairs and walked towards his room.

He slid his door open and nodded for me to step inside.

I didn't argue. I felt like I had already done enough damage with our previous encounter.

He closed the door and brushed past me towards the pallet in the middle of his room. He sat down beside the pallet and motioned for me to do the same.

I heard him take in a deep breath and then exhale it.

"I'm going to explain everything to you Yin." He said in a serious tone. "There are something's that even your memories cannot tell you. Something's that only I know, and need you to be aware of."

He started to explain the extent of his childhood. It consisted of our father training him to become a Takigakure ANBU captain at a very young age. He was taught the Dim Mak which was a technique that was frowned upon by many. My father was relentless with my brother and turned him into an unstoppable force.

"But everything changed when you were born. Mother wanted to protect you and she hid the majority of her pregnancy from Father. After Mother gave birth to you, she made me promise to protect you from Father, and then, she died the next morning. I was unable to keep my promise to her, because shortly after you were born, Father found us." My brother stopped and looked towards the door.

"I ran with you for many years, but he managed to keep finding us. You were seven when he took you from me. He disgiused himself as me and tricked you into following him. I chased him for what felt like forever and then finally managed to get to you. He had already warped your mind and sealed your memories away. You were nothing but a slave to him Yin. A slave to him and the organization he was running underneath Takigakure." he turned back to face me, "I was captured shortly after finding you and was drugged. When I woke up, you were dead. Your face had been crushed beyond recognition and your body was lying beside mine. I was frantic. I managed to bring you back to Takigakure and found someone willing enough to attempt the whole body transplant. After the surgery was complete, it took days for you to come too. I can't even express all of the emotions that were flooding through me. I took every precaution to keep you safe then; the cloak and mask were only a few of them. Sealing the remainder of your memories was another precaution that I had to take. I couldn't let Father take you away again." My brother shifted a little bit closer to me.

"But Father quickly caught on and discovered from the man who had done the operation; that you were in fact, still alive. I decided that in order to keep you safe, I would have to hide you someplace that no one would find you. After months of searching, I came across a strange man who said that he had been watching us for quite some time. He explained to me his new plan for the world and the Akatsuki….I had no other choice Yin. I was running out of options."

Silence grew over our still bodies.

What was I supposed to say to my brother…?

He had given up his entire life for me….

I wasn't the one who deserved to start over….

He was.

"Ni-san." I leaned forward to grab his hands from his face.

The tears were relentlessly falling from my eyes and streaming down my cheeks.

"I-I'm so sorry….w-what can I do Ni-san?" I pleaded with my brother.

I wanted him to say anything. I would do anything to make him happy in this moment. I wanted to take the hurt from my brother so badly.

He stared at me for a moment and then looked at our hands.

"As long as we are together and you are safe, I am happy." He said softly.

I let go of my brother's hands and watched him pull himself up from the wooden floor.

He extended his hands down to me and pulled me up to my feet.

"We can work together towards this new goal of an honest world." He spoke while pulling me closely to his chest.

"Together." I whispered.