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It was the night before her next mission, and Kana was up, packing and training. Pein had warned her that the man they were going to get wasn't as nice as Kisame, and is very dangerous.

Why he was taking her along on this mission was something she'd never understand.

Kana grumbled out words as the kunai clattered to the ground, the weak string that was holding it gave out. Her training was getting somewhere, but slowly.

She could maintain a string that is about a foot long, but anymore than that and the string would vanish. Sasori gave her as much help as he could, encouraging her to also try water walking when she was out on her mission.

Suddenly, she heard a knock on her door and she stood up. She opened the door and looked up to see Deidara standing there.

"Kana!" He exclaimed, giving her a hug.

"Deidara-senpai?" Kana mumbled. "What are you doing here?"

"I just checking up on you," Deidara replied, his stare going hard. "And I've found that you aren't asleep."

"Sorry, but I'm busy training." Kana replied, attaching another string to her kunai.

"But you leave tomorrow, you need your sleep." Deidara huffed.

"Fine, I'll go to sleep soon." Kana yawned.

"Goodnight, Kana." Deidara smiled.

He quietly left the room, shutting the door softly after him. Kana focused back on the kunai and string. She put a bit more chakra into the string as she pulled further and further away. The string was now over a foot and a half long, still connected to the kunai, which looked to be floating. She swung the kunai back and forth like a pendulum, smiling at her progress. She suddenly yawned, and the kunai clattered to the ground.

"Maybe I should sleep." Kana hummed to herself.

She took off her T-shirt and pants and slipped on her red pajamas, she sat on her bed and took off her sandals. She snuggled into the sheets, and shut her eyes.

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Kana woke early the next morning, feeling rested and ready for action, or training at least. She was excited for her second mission, although slightly nervous about spending a week alone with Pein. He seemed nice enough, but was nothing like the other Akatsuki members. Only Zetsu scared her more, although Pein was a close second. You never could tell what they were thinking.

"Kana!" Kisame sang from the other side of the door. "Time to get up!"

"I am up!" Kana replied, throwing off the blankets and swinging her feet over.

"Leader-sama wanted me to tell you that he will meet you at the entrance in about half an hour!" Kisame said.

The sounds of footsteps faded into the distance until it could no longer be heard. Kana yawned as she pulled herself up and out of bed, stretching her arms as she made her way to her open closet and wardrobe.

She pulled her battle kimono from her closet and took off her pajamas, setting them on her bed and slipping on hee clothes. She strapped her kunai pouch to her waist and slipped on her sandals, then grabbing her hairbrush. She combed through her white hair, which was now a little longer than before, still below her shoulder blades. She combed her hair into a pony tail and tied it up with red ribbon, whipping her hair around once before leaving her room.

She padded silently down the hall, towards the kitchen, where she smelled something awful being made. She peeked into the kitchen and caught sight of Itachi, Kisame, Deidara, Sasori, and Konan eating and preparing food. She didnt care to find out what was being made.

"I'm heading out now!" Kana chirped, catching everyone's attention.

"Be safe." Itachi said.

"Take someone down!" Kisame roared.

"Be strong, un!" Deidara smirked.

Konan smiled. "Do your best."

"Don't forget to train." Sasori said, also giving her a sharp look.

"Alright," Kana nodded. "Bye now!"

She dashed out of the kitchen before the smell could make her sick. While she hated to be rude, she hated being sick even more.

She finally made it to the entrance, where Pein waited silently, glancing at Kana and her pack.

"Are you ready to leave?" He asked.

"I'm ready." Kana nodded.

"Follow me, yell if you fall behind." Pein ordered.

Without warning, he took off, forcing Kana to quickly leap after him. With the speed that he moved she feared getting lost, but she managed to stick fairly close to him.

The sun beat down on them, although Pein didn't seem bothered by the heat at all, despite wearing a black cloak. Kana enjoyed the sun as much as she always did, however she hated how hot it got.

They continued their run for what seemed like eternity, however they did eventually stop. They landed in a forested area, with tall trees and green grass. Kana collasped on the spot, greedily gasping oxygen.

"Hm, seems I moved to fast." Pein hummed, seemingly to himself. "I apologize, Kana."

Kana moved her head slightly, looking at him witg wide eyes.

"You... Apolo...gize?" She gasped, still unmoving.

"Yes, I moved too fast." Pein nodded. "We will rest here in the meantime."

Pein sat crosslegged against a tree, his purple ringed eyes focused on Kana. Meanwhile, Kana stayed on the ground for a while longer, not sitting up until her breathing slowed. When she could breathe again, she also sat against a tree, meeting her leaders gaze.

"Pein-sama," The man looked up at her. "Can I ask you a question?"

"I suppose." He replied.

"What exactly is peace?" She asked. "And how will the Akatsuki get it?"

Pein paused, shutting his eyes for a moment as he thought of his answer.

"Peace is when there is no more conflict, when all fighting in this world has ceased." He explained. "The Akatsuki will collect the tailed beasts, and use them to end all conflict forever."

"End conflict forever?" Kana asked.

"A war to end all wars." Pein said.

"But wouldn't that make peace harder to get?" Kana asked. "What if you lost those you care about?"

"There won't be peace until everyone either submits, or dies." He said.

"What if you just talked to them?"

The clearing went silent. Talk to them? How in the world would he be able to convince everyone to get along?

"We just have to make it easier for everyone to get along," Kana smiled. "I'm sure that these 'tailed beasts' wouldn't want us to use them and fight."

Pein sighed. "Just go back to your training, we leave in twenty minutes."

"Oh, okay," Kana frowned, pulling out a kunai. "I'll get to it then."

Pein was suddenly lost in his own thoughts, maybe what Kana said was doable. If he hated war so much, why would he start one? But if peace was to come by talking to the other lands, he wasn't the man for it. Even now, he wasn't really a leader. But her...

He looked over at Kana, watching as her face scrunched up in concentration as she tapped a kunai with her finger.

Maybe she could make them all listen.

A/N

Thanks to phantom_reader56 for the new covers! There are three and I need to decide which to use! Let me know in the comments which is your favourite!

#1 (current on I'm using)

#2

#3

I will be using the first one for now, but let me know which you prefer!