It's kinda packed in the train and there's no vacant seat available so the four of you just stand in there. You're actually a bit scared when you're in the train because of train molesters. Not just that, for now there is no handle for you to hold on. It is a rush hour because almost everyone is heading home. You stood beside Itachi and Sasori while Deidara is next to Sasori, playing his nintendo.

Itachi saw your struggle on keeping your balance, he motioned you to hold on his sleeve for that.

"I-Is it okay?" You asked, not sure you should hold on to him or not.

"You will fall if you don't have anything to hold on to." He said with his cool monotone voice.

You nodded and tugged on his sleeve. It was a good ride and you arrived at the first stop but it's not your call yet. A lot of people want to get out and some of them bumped into, you almost fall but a hand suddenly caught you from falling. You looked up, your eyes widened but then, softened before you fixed your composure back.

"Thank you, Hidan-san..." You muttered lowly as you're still a bit scared of him.

"Everything for my, (y/n)-chan." He grinned innocently.

Itachi saw this, "You hang out at the town too?" He asked the silver hair.

"None of your business, Itachi." Hidan replied as he rolled his eyes.

"Wow, nice hoodie, Hidan. It seems like a gang symbol though..." Deidara said, pointing to the black hoodie with a red cloud behind his back.

"It's none of your business too, barbie." Hidan snapped at the blonde which makes him mad.

Sasori quickly hold Deidara before he could burst because it's in public right now, in the train some more. Sasori sighed, "You don't have any dialogue script aren't you? Just 'it's none of your business' right?" Sasori is surely good in roasting.

"I-"

"It's none of your business, am I right?" Sasori added while he keeps on scrolling his smartphone. Sassy much.

You can see that Hidan's face is turning red because of his anger or... embarrassed? He quickly swing his fist and you quickly guard Sasori while Itachi caught Hidan's fist from hitting you.

"You have no shame aren't you, Hidan?" Itachi growled at Hidan.

"You know, (y/n), that kind of punch...I can handle it. You don't have to worry much..." Sasori chuckled while giving a dagger look at Hidan.

"You won't stand a chance against us, Hidan. You're clearly outnumbered but I think only Itachi is enough actually, un", Deidara also joining the fight at last.

You sighed at this, boys... "Stop it, guys. I'm fed up that every fight always started because of me..." You then turned at Hidan and smiled at him, "Thank you, Hidan-san. If isn't for you, I may have a huge bump on my forehead right now."

Hidan seems flustered at your gentleness. "See! Even (y/n)-chan is on my side right now!" He said proudly.

"Stupid... she's not on anyone's side. She just say her thanks, don't get to fired up." Sasori said before he resumes with his phone.

Hidan clicks his tongue and it seems this is his stop. He quickly turned to face you, "I have job right now, I hope I can hang out with too, (y/n)-chan...you know...just the two of us..." He said with a grin and his dusted pink cheeks.

"What kind of job-" your question was cut off with some calls of Hidan's name from the outside of the train. You can see some other guys with the same black hoodie as Hidan's are waiting for him. He give you flying kiss and he quickly went out of the train making you cringe at this.

"Is he in a cult or something?" Itachi asked in rather annoyed voice. Actually he was really disturbed by that disgusting flying kiss.

On the same station, some other group of students get in the train as well. You recognize those uniform, that was your uniform when you're in middle high. Konoha Middle high! And one of them is the younger Uchiha.

"Sasuke? I thought you're at home?" Itachi asked his younger brother.

Sasuke looked at his brother then at you before forming a smirk on his lips. "You should tell me that you're on a date, Nii-san. I will never ask you to get me anything if you told me..."

"Woah! A younger Itachi, yeah! You have a brother?" Deidara asked with his hyper voice.

"(y/n)-neechan! Itachi-niichan too!" The familiar blonde said to you and Itachi.

You chatted with them for a bit and you know that they were hang out as well. There are some girls within them as well. It just remind you of your middle high days when you're always stick around with Deidara, well he's your childhood friend to start with.

Then, there's your stop. You get out of the train with Itachi, Deidara, Sasori and the middle high students. You finally arrived at your house, you waved at Itachi and Sasuke before opening the small gate and enter your house. It was a fun day, you looked at your wrist to check the watch, 7.57. Nice. You opened the door and you were quite shocked with how your house looks like.

It was kind of messy, your father's shoes isn't in the shoe rack and his tie is just scattered on the couch. You saw his belt on the coffee table as well then you noticed, your eyes widened. Two empty bottles of alcohol! You ran to the kitchen and you found him lying his head on the table with another empty bottle and another one half-empty still in his right hand. You shook him, "Oto-san! What are you doing?!"

He stirred and shot his only eye open. He quickly grabbed your wrist roughly and slammed your back to the wall behind, "NO ONE CAN TOUCH MY DAUGHTER! YOU FUCKING HEAR ME??" He shouted at the top of his lungs.

You shivered, when did he last drink before this? You really thought that he's quite drinking a long time ago. "O-Oto-san...I-It's me...(y/n)... Hatake (y/n), y-your daughter..." You said between your heavy breath.

He suddenly calmed down and pulled you into a hug. "(y/n)... don't leave me. I won't allow them to touch you...they are bad..." He muttered while hugging you tightly.

The smell of alcohol is making you sick, it's so strong! You pushed him away gently but only for him to pulled you closer to him. You sighed. "To-san... you're tired. Let's get some sleep, okay?" You said while rubbing his back, you know something is wrong when he acts like this. His grip finally loosen and you pulled his hand to lead him to his bedroom. He was in a total mess, his hair is such a mess and his white shirt is unbuttoned, same goes with his slacks. You sighed and put him on the bed. He almost plopped on his stomach but thank goodness that you stopped him from doing that or else, he will hurt his broken arm. After a while, he quickly dozed off.

You really clueless on this. Something must be bothering his mind a little bit too much that he gone to drink like this. You looked at the clock, 8.10pm. it's too early too. He said that he wanted to see some friends- that rings a bell. You really want to know what this is about for sure. Who knows...it might have something to do with his 'small accident' too.

"No...I don't want to...Danzo-sama..."

You scrunch your face hearing him mumbling in his sleep, who is Danzo? You sighed, you will ask more when he's awake later. You looked at his drawer, it was a bit messy. You take this chance to put everything in place first, while you're rearranging stuff in the drawer, you found a letter with some weird red marking...wait! You've seen this mark before! Your father has this kind of tattoo at his left shoulder! You want to check on the letter but, maybe you shouldn't. You put it back in his place then you accidentally pricked your finger.

You winced in pain and your finger starts to bleed, you looked into the the drawer and found a...knife? It's not a normal knife, it looks like an adventure knife but...it looks more to the knives that you seen in that spy thingy movie...weird. Since when your father have a hobby to collect all this kind of weird knives other than to read his pervy books?

You definitely have a bad feeling at this, you looked at your father and he seemed so deep in his sleep right now. You're kind of scared, you quickly went out of and slowly closed the door behind you. You looked at the messy living room, you quickly put your father's shoes in the rack and pick up all the scattered clothes and put them in the washing machine. Then, while you were picking up the empty glass bottles, you spotted something shinny under the table. You bend down and reach for it, you looked at it for a second.

Your eyes widened and about to let that go of your grip but...you don't really know what will happen next. A bullet? How- then your eyes spotted a handgun on the sofa? ON THE SOFA!!! HOW IN EARTH THAT THING COULD BE HERE IN THE FIRST PLACE?!!!

Japan had banned handguns a long time ago, only shotguns, riffles and air riffles could be wielded but they must go to a full class training for taking the exam every year as a full-timer. Impossible your father could do that, he's a full-time sensei at your school... You gulped a sudden lump in your throat and slowly lift the gun, it's heavy. You have seen in games and movies so you tried to see if it's loaded, you gently press the safety lock to make sure it won't suddenly shoot anything in the house then you clicked on the bullet stacks to see if there's some inside. As you expected, it's loaded. About 16 bullets in it. You swallow a hard lump again and take the gun with the bullet to keep it in a safer place which is in your father's room to be precise.

He's still sleeping and not moving even an inch while snoring slowly, you settle what you want to do there and quickly get out of the room. This really freaks you out, you were shaking and your legs couldn't support you any longer, you dropped yourself in front of the door with some tears in your eyes. What exactly did your father is hiding from you? What kind of deal with that gun and that tattoo anyway? You stayed there to think about it for awhile...you want to tell someone but... it's dangerous and a completely stupid act. "Who is this Danzo guy and all?" You suddenly have a glimpse flashback about Hidan with that weird hoodie. "A gang? Y-Yakuza? No... Oto-san is good man. I believe in that."

You want to brush it all away from your mind so you slipped out of your uniform and get a hot refreshing shower to ease that tension from your body and mind. You were quite hungry but there's nothing in the kitchen. Seems that he wants to cook is just a lie...you get a cup of instant ramen and quickly enjoy it with your new game. You can't sleep eventhough your body is pretty tired, well it's all because of that gun. Maybe playing a shooting game will ease your memory about it for a little while...

***

Your father wake up with a very rough groan, his head is hurt like it could burst at any moment. He tried to grabbed his phone blindly from the side table but he accidentally hit the flower vase that you made for your art project with Deidara as his birthday present, sadly the vase dropped from the table and broke when it hits the floor.

You fell asleep on the couch, luckily you already switched off the lights and your game last night. You startled from that broken glass sound and it came from your father's room. You quickly sprint upstairs and burst into his room. "To-san! Are you okay?!" You asked rather worriedly at him.

He groaned again while pinching his forehead, no words came out of his mouth for sure. You quickly get a glass of water and hands it to him, you helped him sit up so that he can drink the water easily. You take the empty glass from his hand and put it aside in the small table, your eyes caught the broken case on the floor. You frown after witnessing your art work is now crushed into pieces but it's okay. At least your father is not hurt. You looked at him and helped him to lie down again, "Rest first, Oto-san. Your head must be hurt right now. I'll take care of the breakfast..." You said with a frown face and left the room.

Your father saw how upset you are, the last thing he remembered was he met with a few 'friends' and after that he drank rather too much last night. And now, he's on his bed right now. He panicked, what if he did something bad to you while he's drunk? He didn't remember anything about what happened! He looked at the side to see the broken case on the floor. Again, he felt his heart shattered into pieces looking at it, he remembered how hard you struggled to make that one beautiful vase for about two weeks all nighters only to make sure it's done. He grunts and blame himself for making you upset...

After a few minutes, you came back with a tray of food, a warm mushroom soup with some garlic breads and a glass of orange juice. He quickly sat up on his bed and put the tray on his lap. "Thank-"

Before he had a chance to thank you, you get out of the room with a blank expression on your face. He frown at this but you came back with some papers and small broom. You put the big pieces of the broken vase on the papers and wrapped them before you sweep the small pieces and throw them in the recycling outside of your small backyard.

Your father just stare at the food, not having appetite to even have a bite of it then he saw you came back to his room again. A small smile came back on his face when you sat at the edge of the bed beside him. "Have eaten your breakfast, (y/n)?" He asked while poking your arm playfully, hoping that you will be your own self again.

You turn to face him with some tears in your eyes. "Oto-san, please...I'm begging you...tell me the truth. Are you okay or not?" You asked with your teary eyes.

He let out a nervous chuckle at this, "I'm fine, my daughter... Look! I'm all healthy and-"

You cut off his saying. "You know what I meant, To-san..." You sighed at this. You looked up at him to stare deep in his onyx orbs and hold his hand while giving an encouraging squeeze, "Do you still think that I'm a naive little girl, To-san? I'm here if you need something. I'm all ears if you want to tell something. And please, remember this one thing forever..."

His look at you softened as he finally realized that you're really can read him like a book. Of course, you have been with him since you first see this world, through all the pain and loneliness, you came and showered him with a lot of happiness lights, only joy he received from you, you are the only person who he take for granted and you never leave his side at any cases, you're his blood, his own flesh, his one and only daughter, his one and only family. He remembered when he came home from a very tiring day, you will always be there to greet him 'welcome home' every time! Ever since you came into his life, you teach him on how to love, what love truly means and how it taste like. You may a fine grown up lady now but in his eyes, you're still his precious little girl which he will protect at all cost! With that said, it means not just your life and physically, he wants to see your smile, he wants to hear your laugh whenever he's close to you, he wants you to be happy. And now, he can't sense that happiness in your face at all. That's right, you're a mature girl now, of course you can sense the problem he's having right now and from that look in your eyes, he can tell you're dead worry about him.

"...I know you don't want (y/n) to be like you when you were a teen..."

The word from his former sensei is now ringing in his ear. Maybe...he should...

"...don't forget to tell her about your reasons. She will understand, I'm sure of it..."

That's right, the truth will set you free, free from the cuffs that have been binding him from enjoying his life to the fullest...even his daughter is now suffering from that 'little secret'. He looked at you in the eyes and a bit nervous sweat trailing down his face and neck.

"The truth is... I-"