I awoke the next morning and sat up to look around the room. No one was here and I wasn't in the infirmary either, but then I remembered Itachi telling Dei last night that he would hide me in here to keep me out of sight from Hidan. Just then Deidara walked in looking very pissed off, but closed the door quietly unlike his usual manner where he would slam it; I guess he didn't want to wake me up. He walked over to his belongings on the other side of the room and muttered something along the lines of 'stupid leader, is he really going to send us on a mission after what happened last night!'.

"Hi Dei!" I said smiling, but it came out very hoarse and croaky and I found myself mentally face-palming. He instantly shot up and turned around.

"Kootoni! How are you feeling, un?"

"Ok I guess" I smiled at him and he came and pulled me into a warm embrace. I instantly wrapped my arms around him burying me face in his chest, ignoring the tremendous pain it was causing me.

"I.. I.. I shouldn't have left you alone last night, I'm such an idiot! I'm so sorry" he whispered in my ear, his voice almost breaking at the last part. I started laughing and I felt him tense.

"Dei, you were having fun! It wasn't your fault that teme Hidan snapped. Can I just say he is one mean drunk!" I laughed and Deidara pushed me out of the hug and looked at me with his gorgeous deep blue  eyes and I relaxed immediately. Upon closer inspection of him though you could tell he hadn't slept at all last night. His hair was a little messy and unkempt, his eyes had dark black rings underneath them and I could tell he was a little hung over from last night. I finally brought myself back to reality and noticed he was looking at me strange, I couldn't tell if he was very confused or just shocked and I ended up furrowing my eyebrows in confusion. "What is it, Dei?"

"Your eyes their... brown" I suddenly pushed him away and redid the jutsu I usually have on them and they returned to their normal shade of blue. Deidara looked a little disappointed at this. "Why did you do that? What on earth would make you want to change your eyes?" I looked down and mumbled something and he just looked at me waiting for me to repeat it louder this time; I sighed.

"I hate my eyes, I have always loved blue eyes!" he rolled his eyes. "I also can't bare to look into my brown eyes as they remind me too much of my mother" I looked down feeling slightly upset at the memory of her beautiful dark brown eyes, but I quickly shook it of and laughed.

"Kootoni, I know you better than that so cut the crap ok? I know you're upset, you don't have to hide your emotions from me" I stopped laughing and just nodded and gave him another hug. "And just to let you know I think your brown eyes are stunning" he whispered to me, making me laugh because of nerves.

Just then Deidara let go as Sasori knocked and entered the room. "What the hell is taking so long brat?" he scolded Deidara and, then his attention turned to me. He smiled slightly before saying "I'm glad to see you're still alive" I giggled.

"I'm glad I'm still alive too" and I'm pretty sure if he could blush he would be a deep crimson colour by now. He then turned to Deidara and told him not to worry that Pein had ordered for someone to keep an eye on me while he was gone and reassured him that Hidan wouldn't be able to go anywhere near me. Deidara didn't seem any happier, but he had to accept it so he nodded and headed out the door. Sasori was about to follow, but before he could I spoke up. 

"Sasori-sempai" he turned around looking slightly confused.

"Sempai?" he questioned and I laughed feeling embarrassed.

"Yeah, well I've just always thought of you as like a mentor and sometimes even see you as like a father figure since I have never really had one" I said looking down at the ground. He chuckled at my awkwardness and asked me what I wanted. "Can I just ask you to make sure Deidara returns safely? He looks like crap and has probably stayed up all night worrying about me and I just want to make sure that he doesn't get himself killed"

"Of course" he nodded and began to walk toward the door. "I will see you tomorrow Kootoni"

"Hurry back" I smiled "And thank you". After they left, I immediately started to feel on edge as I could feel that the only chakra signatures around were Hidan and Kakazus. Just then I heard the door open and I immediately jumped up only to hiss and fall back down again. I looked to the door, my heart racing and in stepped.. Tobi. I sighed in relief and watched as Tobi came up to me and helped me back into my bed. 

"Toni-chan should be more careful". He sounded a little more tired than usual. 

"Tobi, you really don't have to waste energy on this act of yours. I have told you multiple times already that I don't mind if you be yourself I won't tell anyone" I was expecting him to just ignore me like he usually does and he did.

"Tobi-chan is confused. What is Toni-chan talking about?" I sighed then smiled.

"You're quiet the stubborn one aren't you?" I teased. "Do you really think so little of me?"

"I'm not the only stubborn one" a deep voice said. I turned around slightly shocked and taken aback, he just sighed as if this was the normal reaction he got.

"Sorry" I laughed. "Really wasn't expecting that or even expecting you to give up" He just sat on the end of my bed and looked at me with his red Sharingan eye.

"How are you feeling?" he asked changing the subject.

"As good as you can feel under the circumstances and let me tell you I have definitely learned my lesson about letting Deidara talk me into going out with him to somewhere I'm not particularly fond of with people I'm not particularly fond of" he chuckled, once again it was far deeper than Tobi's 'normal' chuckle.

"Well it serves you right for drinking when you're underage. May I just say I have never met anyone who can get Hidan that wound up more than you" 

"And I'm extremely proud of that fact" I laughed and he grinned? Maybe I couldn't tell what he was doing because of his mask. We just sat in silence for a while and were enjoying the peace and quiet which was very unusual when Tobi was in the room. Suddenly he yawned, but immediately tried to hide it. "I don't mind if you wanna sleep for a bit. You can lie on Dei's bed, I won't tell him" he looked at me as if he was very hesitant. "Look if Deidara comes barging in I will stop him" I informed him.

"He isn't what worries me, what if Hidan decides to come in to finish what he started?"

"It's clear you haven't slept for a while so please go ahead and as for Hidan we are in the same room, I'm pretty sure you would wake up to me screaming" I joked. He nodded and started to go over to Deidara's bed and lay down to sleep. I watched him fall asleep and sometime soon after so did I. I awoke as usual gasping at my nightmare and hugged my knees to comfort myself. I jumped when I heard a noise at the other side of the room, but calmed down remembering Tobi was in here sleeping. I looked over to him and he was tossing and turning, it looked like he was having a bad dream too; I walked over to him and put my hand on his shoulder. He immediately sat up grabbing my arm very hard, I winced slightly and he loosened his grip as he realized it was just me. "Sorry, you just looked like you were having a terrible dream" I explained. He just let go and I could tell that his dream had shaken him. He felt beyond upset, in fact he felt numb inside and I decided I would hug him as I knew he would never open up to me. At first he wasn't sure what to think, his shoulders were tense and he seemed to want to push me away, but he didn't and ended up gripping tightly back seemingly very thankful that I was there to comfort him.

*5 days later*

I got dressed and was relieved to finally be able to bend down without pain in my stomach. "That took far too long to heal even with my healing abilities" I complained to Deidara who just rolled his eyes at my idiocy. When I was finally ready Deidara and I went to report to Pein who had a new mission for us. We entered and stood before Pein. "I have a mission that I thought you might be interested in Kootoni" he began. "There is someone in the hidden leaf village who has come to learn too much about us and I would like you, Sasori and Deidara to deal with him. This man is your father". My eyes widened in complete shock and I found myself shouting out 'no'. "No?" he queried.

"No! I won't kill him" he looked slightly surprised at my answer.

"My apologies Kootoni. I just thought that you would feel better getting back at your father for what he did. I assumed you hated him so much you would want revenge, but if you don't want this mission I will send you on another and someone else can have this one"

"I understand why you would think that, but the truth is, I could never hate anyone even my father. I don't even hold a grudge against Hidan for what he did. I will admit that what my father did to me made me very upset and that at a time I did want to hurt him badly, but I was scared of that feeling so I ended up directing that hate towards myself so he didn't have to bare it. Even though he did that to me, I can still remember the good things my father did for me like the nights when we would sit on the swing seat outside and he would tell me stories while I looked up at the stars or the times when he would kiss me goodnight and tuck me into bed when I was younger. I can't hate him for what he did as he was just grieving and those memories prove he has a good heart and that he did care. But because I still love him I can't allow you to send someone else in my place. I beg of you to allow me to try to wipe his memories clean, Leader-sama" I dropped to my knees and begged him to give me permission.

"Kootoni!" I heard Deidara whisper in complete shock, but I still kept my head down. "Kootoni, don't beg for that bastard, yeah!" he shouted, but was interrupted by Pein.

"He's right Kootoni get up" I shook my head.

Pein/Nagato's POV

I was shocked at how Kootoni dropped to her knees begging for the life of a man who had mistreated her and threw her away when she needed him most. She was willing to destroy her pride to help the man that had caused her so much pain, the man that gave her nightmares at night and stopped her from sleeping. "Kootoni, don't beg for that bastard, yeah!" I heard Deidara yell, when I looked over to him he was furious, but I stopped him from saying anything else on the matter.

"He's right Kootoni get up" I ordered. She just shook her head at me and remained at my feet begging.

"I can't get up until I get you to agree, Leader-sama. I will do anything" she pleaded. I couldn't take seeing this child at my feet begging for the life of such a worthless man any longer.

"I will allow it, now please get off the floor Kootoni" She got up and bowed thanking me and I told Deidara and Sasori to get ready to leave and that I wanted to talk to Kootoni alone. They nodded and bowed before leaving the room. "Why do you beg for his life?" I questioned.

"Because of what I just told you and because I could never rob someone of their life as I believe that to be a very selfish thing to do and the only time I deem it necessary is when you or your loved ones lives are in danger and there is no other way, but mostly because.. I can't take the idea that my younger siblings that I never got to know would be fatherless like me. It is a fate I would wish upon no one Leader-sama, especially two innocent children like them". I was amazed at her, I had never come across someone so loving, kind and selfless. This child was truly pure of heart and I never wanted her to lose this innocence. I had an overwhelming urge to protect her, I have never felt like this about anyone, but Konan and Yahiko. This child has been through hell and back and instead of using her hate on someone else she turns it on herself, a very selfless act indeed.

"Very well, you are dismissed". She nodded and exited. I won't forget this day. The day I saw someone so worthy of life itself.

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Disclaimer (cause I didn't put it on the top :P) Me no own Naruto! :{ (mustache man)

Since I haven't been told about what people think of Kootoni, I'm going to asume she's not that annoying so I'm going to continue keeping her like she is. Anyway hope you enjoyed :) What is she going to say to her father? How will he react? Only I know as I have already written that chapter :P Sorry for pein's out of characterness :P toodles.