From Nothing to Something

The day woke gently crossing the sky and cooing back the stars. Konan opened her eyes from her slumber in bed to see Pein standing near a window seal across from her bed. "Good morning," she breathed. Pein looked back at her and nodded. "How are you feeling this morning?" he breathed. He continued to stare out into the distance of the horizon.

Konan rubbed her belly gently and smiled warmly. She was four weeks over due. "I think she's awake, would you like to--" Pein whipped his head back and gave her a look to cut off her sentence. "There's an intruder, someone has disturbed the rain. Hurry, hide your stomach." he demanded in a quiet tone. Konan grabbed the sheets and blankets from the bed and swirled them around her entire body, that by the time Pein left the room, Tobi had entered casually. "I heard the news from Pein a few days ago. What is your choice for the child, Konan?" Konan brushed her blue-jay colored hair behind her ear out of habit and came up with an answer, "We're thinking about keeping her."

Tobi placed his hands on his hips and walked over to her. He was approaching her as a friend rather than her boss. "So it's a girl now? How do you know?" Konan held back a smile and said, "Because she feels like one. She's quite feistier than a boy should be."

He stretched out his hand to place it onto her belly, there was a kick in response, "Ah she is feisty! But you can't keep her here Konan. A baby will bring attention, even if you're hiding her!" he said. It wasn't the news Konan wanted to hear. "But..."

"Konan, I'll give you a deal. Five years you'll have with her, you'll raise her and show her our views of the world. But you can't keep her, Konan. Just because Pein and you got a little sexual in bed, doesn't mean she is to stay here. Our Akatsuki will do their best to protect her, but she will be a tool used against you and Pein. I know Pein has never lost a battle, but if your child shows up as a bargaining tool, I know Pein would give up everything for the child." Tobi instructed. He rubbed her belly again and left to stand in front of the window seal. Resuming Pein's position.

Hours later, Pein returned with blood on his hands. When he reached Konan's room, he saw she was still covering herself. "It's alright now, you can uncover your belly." Pein said. He walked to the window and placed both his hands out in the rain. Watching it swirl the blood off his fingers and arms. It took a few minutes, but it was beautiful to Tobi and Konan. The blood dripped from the tips of his fingers and into the street seventy feet below.

"Who was it?" Tobi asked. "A rogue from the tea country. He attempted to rob a few of our citizens." Pein stated.

Konan felt the baby settle in a comfort position, then suddenly, she felt water trickle down her thighs. "Oh my!" Konan whispered. Pein looked over at her, and his eyes widened with worry. "What's wrong,? Are you alright? Why are you leaking?" he rushed towards her to examine her thighs, then lifted her cloak past her hips and saw she was leaking between her legs. "She broke her water. We have to find a doctor to help her give birth." Tobi stated. He had been smiling under his mask. Now he would find if the child was a girl or not.

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A doctor arrived minutes later, for Pein had hunted one down in the city itself and dragged the doctor up to the highest tower they lived in. The doctor went under the name of Dr. Helms and was of English decent. So his instructions were confusing when he positioned Konan with her legs spread out and sat her up ready to push. Her contractions were painful, and her shrieks were worse. Tobi had closed every window that was sound proof to avoid her screams from spreading outside their home. This was a quality tactic for avoiding interruptions or Anbu from other villages.

Konan pushed and pushed, but it was taking hours. Pein held her hand to ease her into the breathing. While Tobi paced behind the doctor in worry and a chance to cut the umbilical cord. Finally, the doctor said, "--Alright Konan, the baby is crowning. I need you to push harder, and I will help to aide the baby out.--"

She looked over at Pein in complete confusion, "I don't understand...WHAT—HE SAID!"

Pein shrugged his shoulders and told her to keep pushing and breathe evenly. Tobi looked over the doctor's shoulder and saw a head, but not the body yet. "It's coming out." he told them. Konan couldn't help but grin, she was almost there!

Then finally the baby was completely out, Tobi cut the cord, and the baby was wrapped around in an Akatsuki cloak Tobi lent as a special touch. The child was handed to Pein, while Konan collapsed into the bed. "--It's a girl!--" the doctor smiled. Pein looked at him with confusion, and lifted part of the clothe to figure out what gender the child was. "Konan, you were right! And she has your beautiful eyes, my love." he smiled for the first time in months, and handed her into Konan's open arms. She had lifted her self back up and felt the weight press into her arms. The girl looked up at her with squinting green eyes and wailed from confusion.

Pein directed the doctor out of the room, and suddenly clutched the doctor's esophagus with his fist, and tightened his grip. The doctor struggled and wiggled his arms and legs around that soon, he was released and dead on the ground. "I don't want word of Konan's child to spread." Pein stated to Tobi. Tobi nodded and walked up to Konan to looked into the child's eyes and noticed the girl didn't have Pein's rin'negan eyes. "Well, at least we know she will not be apart of Akatsuki when she's older." Tobi stated.

"What shall we call her, my love?" Pein asked kindly. He stepped in next to Konan and placed his chin on her shoulder looking down into their beautiful girl. "We shall call her Sakura, for she surpasses the beauty of every flower!" Konan whispered.

Author's note: Pein's name is spelled differently on then as fact from the series. So I'm going by the one this story will be listed under. Hope you like it!