Kruno passed out about halfway there, which had freaked Kisame slightly. He was looking around frantically for someone who could help her, but Itachi explained to him that she was just too exhausted and the pain probably knocked her out. Kisame sighed slightly as he looked down at Kruno, shaking his head.

'I should have never let you go with them...' Kisame thought to himself, gently pushing Krunos bangs out of his face with his long blue fingers, before the arrived at their new base. Since they had been found at the last one, they moved to the next one. Kisame made sure to get all of Kruno's belongings from her room so that she wouldn't freak when she woke up.

They walked inside, and Hidan's eyes landed on Kruno's dead like state, and his eyes widened before he ran over to Kisame.

"Oh my Jashin! What the fuck happened to slut?!" He asked, and Kisame pushed him through his comrade to look for Konan. When he found her, he pushed Kruno towards her.

"Please help Kruno." He said, and Konan nodded as she took Kruno from Kisame, and carried her to her room, Kisame following right on Konan's heels.

"Take the sheets off of her bed." Konan instructed, and Kisame ripped all of sheets of the bed, where Konan laid Kruno. She undid the cloak, and pulled up her shirt. She smiled when she saw that Kruno had wrapped up her wound, and she slowly began to unwrap it. She looked at the large gash on Kruno's lower stomach and began to form a medical ninjutsu on the wound. Once she saw that the cut was no longer in threat of bleeding, she stopped and moved to one on her arm.

Kisame was biting on his fingernails, he was worried. Even though he knew that there was no reason to be worried, because Konan could fix almost anything. But still, Kruno was basically his daughter. Hell, she called him dad when she was younger. Everyone in the Akastuki knew that she was Kisame's 'kid.' but no one minded, because they knew that she loved them very much.

Kisame looked at the young girl on the bed, and walked over to her, pushing her hair out of her face, allowing her forehead to show. He leaned down, and gently kissed her forehead with a sigh. Konan looked over at Kisame, and smiled slightly.

"Look at the shark, being daddy." She said playfully, and Kisame rolled his eyes at her.

"I've played daddy since she was 6, you act like this is a surprise." Kisame chuckled, watched as Konan finished healing the brown headed girl, reached over and ruffled Kisame's hair before she turned and left the room, leaving Kisame along with his thought.

He crawled on the bed, sitting down against the wall beside of Kruno, his eyes flickering to every broken piece of her body, every bruise, every scrap, every cut. And with each other he saw, the Sharks heart broke a little inside. Because this was his little girl, and he hated to see her hurt.

He gave a sigh as he began to twirl her hair along his finger tips, smiling slightly as he thought about the first day that she came to live with them, and how scared she was, but how she would only talk to Kisame.

It was a Tuesday afternoon, and every member of the Akastuki were sitting in the living room, chatting among themselves when the door flung open. Everyone grabbed a weapon, and prepared for a fight that never actually came. No, instead a very pale, snake like man walked in holding a very small girl, who was obviously sobbing and trying to get away from him.

"Oi, what the fuck?! Where did you find a kid?!" Hidan screamed, and the man shrugged.

"I stole her." He replied, and the little girl continued to beat against the mans chest, attempting to get away from him.

"You can't just still kids, O." Kisame said as he face planted, before he got up and walked over to the little girl who was struggling to get out of her kidnappers grasp.

"I say we eat her." Zetzu said, and that's when the little girl began to freak out and cry more, screaming and begging for them to let her go.

Kisame crouched down in front of the little girl, and held out his arms to the little girl who had stopped struggling against her captor and was staring at the blue man in front of her. He gave her a toothy grin, and her eyes widened at what his teeth looked like. They looked like shark teeth, which made the little girl giggle lightly. Kisame looked down at the girl and laugh lightly before he nodded his head towards himself.

"How about you come with me, and we find you something to eat, and calm you down a little bit?" He asked, and the girl nodded her head weakly as she walked into the shark's arms, who picked her up carefully and walked into the kitchen with her, holding her close.

"What's your name?" He asked, and Kruno blushed slightly as she played with her fingers, and looked down.

"My-y name is Kruno... What is your name..?" She asked, and Kisame slightly.

"My name is Kisame." He replied, and she tilted her head slightly to the side.

"K-Kisame?" She said, and he nodded his head lightly.

"That's it, kiddo. Now, what do you want to eat?" He said, and the girl placed a finger on her chin, thinking about it.

"R-rice balls..?" She asked, and Kisame smiled brightly as he placed the girl in a chair at the kitchen table, and went to the fridge to get her a rice ball. When he turned back around, Kruno had tears in her eyes, and she looked at Kisame sadly.

"What's wrong, Kiddo?" He asked, even though he knew what was wrong. He sat down in the chair beside of her, placing his arms on the table, he continued to look down at the terrified little girl.

"I-I want my mommy.. and my big brother-r.. I'm scared.." Kruno said quietly, and Kisame handed her the rice ball he had gotten for her, before he smiled down at her.

"Don't worry, Kruno. I'll take care of you, and I promise, you'll be safe with us." He said, and Kruno looked up at him with wide brown eyes, a single tear running down her face.

"Do you promise?" She asked, and Kisame nodded his head quickly, before ruffling her hair with his fingers.

"I promise, kiddo." He said, and Kruno stood up in the chair, and hugged Kisame very tightly. Kisame was taken back for a second, but he hugged the scared little girl tightly.

"Thank you, Kisame.." She mumbled softly, and he nodded his head.

"Of course."

That Tuesday after noon, Kisame's life was flipped upside down. He began to get a soft spot for a little girl with fang marks on her cheeks, and a scared little smile, but that was okay. Because Kruno needed Kisame, and frankly, Kisame needed Kruno. In a way, both of them helped each other.

//

Kruno didn't wake up for three days, and when she woke up, Kisame was not the one sitting by her bedside. No, it Hidan. He had his head down on the bed beside her body, asleep. Kruno sat up and tilted her head slightly, before she poked Hidan's head slightly. The grown man began to swat at her fingers, mumbling 'just five more minutes, Kakuzu..'

Kruno rolled her eyes as she smacked Hidan on the head, causing him to sit up quickly and start screaming.

"What the fuck?!" He screamed, until he saw it was Kruno. "Slut!" He said, throwing his arms up in air. Kruno mocked his motions, screaming back at him.

"Fuck face!" She said, and Hidan wrapped his arms around her tightly, hugging her tightly. Kruno began to fake gag like Hidan was choking her, and Hidan smacked her in the back of the head.

"How long was I out?" She asked, and Hidan shrugged slightly, sitting back down in the chair that had been moved into the room on the second day of her being out, that also being the day that Itachi and Kisame were sent out on a mission, so Kisame asked (more like told) Hidan to watch Kruno until she woke up.

"I think it's been three days, fish face had a mission so the bitch made me babysit you!" He said, and Kruno sat up, wincing slightly as a pain shot through her stomach. It was no where near as bad as it was the first day, but of course it still hurt. She sighed softly as she pushed herself up and Hidan stared at her.

"The fuck you think you're going?" He said, and Kruno shrugged slightly as she began to walk to the door of her room. "Konan said you're not suppose to get up, slut! Slut get back here!" He shouted as Kruno walked out of the room and towards the kitchen.

When she made it to the living room, she felt a pair of arms wrap around her tightly. She looked down at the man who had attacked her, and smiled at the Orange mask that was currently hiding in her neck, hugging her so tightly that she was lifted up off the ground.

"Kruno-chan! Tobi was worried about you!" He shouted, and Kruno laughed slightly, and hugged him back tightly. Other than Kisame, Tobi was her best friend here. It was mainly because they both acted like they were five most of the time, that they got along so well. But other than that, they just got along because they were able to make each other laugh.

Kruno patted Tobi's head as she was sat down on the ground, and she looked back on the couch behind Tobi to see Kakuzu counting his money, Zetzu just sitting there staring at the TV, and Deidara sitting down on the couch, staring blankly at the coffee table. Kruno tilted her head slightly and made her way over to Deidara, sitting down beside him.

"What's wrong, Dei?" She asked, and Deidara shrugged slightly.

"Sasori died." He said, and Kruno's face dropped as she wrapped her arms around Deidara tightly, and unlike what he normally did, he hugged her back tightly and leaned against her lightly. A small tear fell down his face, and landed on Kruno's shoulder.

"I'm sorry, Dei." She said, holding him tightly before he sat up, and wiped his eyes.

"It's okay. We're wanted criminals, we can't expect them to just let us live." He said, and Kruno nodded slightly with a small sigh.

"Maybe if I had stayed with him instead of listening to what he said, he wouldn't have died." Kruno said sadly, looking down at the ground and Deidara shook his head furiously.

"No, he would have made you leave either way, and then we could have lost both of you. It wasn't worth it." He said softly, and Kruno nodded as she leaned her head against Deidara's shoulder, his arm wrapped around her shoulders. They just sat there, both of them thinking about Sasori. Kruno smiled slightly to herself, because he died the way he perfected himself.

He died in his image of beauty.

//

A few days ago, Sakura and Granny Chiyo caught up with the rest of their team. Granny Chiyo gave her life for Gaara, who came back to life after Granny Chiyo exchanged her life for his. At the moment, they were walking back to Suna in silence, Kakashi and Sakura trailing towards the back of the ground.

"Sakura." Kakashi said, and the pink haired girl looked up at him.

"Yes, Kakashi-Sensei?" She asked, and Kakashi sighed softly.

"You saw her too, didn't you?" He asked, and Sakura hung her head slightly before nodding.

Kakashi sighed heavily, placing his hands in his pockets. "I was afraid of that." He said, and Sakura sighed again.

"She's not her anymore. She's completely different that the girl that we lost, Kakashi. She's not.. She's not Kruno anymore." She said softly, and Kakashi nodded his head slightly.

"I figured as much, for now, we don't tell anyone we saw her."

"Hai." Sakura said, looking up at Naruto who was talking to Gaara, but the visible hurt in his eyes was still there, because he had not found Kruno like he wanted to, at least not that he knew of.

Kankuro was staring up at the sky, smiling to himself, he had gotten his brother back, and that made him happy. But still, he was still sad about Kruno. She wasn't with them, and it would be a lot better if she were, but he knew that she was in a better place.

Temari was walking beside Gaara, who was listening to Naruto, but he was staring at the clouds. Gaara had known that Kruno had died, but he still thought about her everyday, missing the little girl who would stay up and sneak out of her house just to make sure he was okay. He smiled at the clouds, just a small smile that wouldn't have been noticeable to anyone around him.

But he hoped that she was smiling back at him.

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this chapter wasn't everything I wanted it to be but meh. I tried ^.^

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