"Okaasan...Tell me something about Otousan." He was four, but he could see the strong yet faint loneliness in her eyes.
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"He's a Shinobi…and a good man…"
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He frowned, he knew she was lying…
She always speak so fondly about him…
And he was four…
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Chapter one: Alone
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She sat in front of the mirror, combing her hair. Cool breeze rush to the window.
It's been always like this, specially now that she's alone, and training is hardly possibly in her situation.
Often times she cries alone. Being away from her friends and family is quite lonely, probably due to the mishap of the hormones during this stage of pregnancy.
Pain seeps down into her heart, she's too young for everything yet she does not regret doing it, the only notion she couldn't quite accept, is that she's into this on her own…without him beside her.
Things have been so complicated ever since she started hiding from her own country, she had to stay away for her safety. She just had to stay hidden until this is over- for now, being in combat isn't possible, and being killed isn't an option.
For if she dies, someone inside of her dies as well, touching her stomach slightly, tears fell from her eyes.
What kind of world would you grow up in…
Never get to know your own father, hide from your own village...how long would it last?
Will the child ever see the world? now that she's hiding from the ROOT and the Council, her life and the life inside of her is in jeopardy.
Fear
It's what overwhelms her the most, the thought makes her shut her eyes and shift thoughts into something else.
She does not have any choice, she has to have a strong heart for the both of them. And whatever happens she will protect her child...even if she has to do it alone.
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X FIVE MONTHS AGO X
Sasuke had joined Akatsuki, that's the recent news. Team Falcon (Recently known as Team Hebi) that's been lead by the said Uchiha had been merged with Akatsuki.
She sighed, somehow that kernel of hope has slowly been dying. Her heart was burning, she was choking. Trying to stop the tears from falling, words spread like fire. Everybody hated him…and soon she belived she will feel the same-
'No…he must've got some reason! He must've!'
Yes, Sasuke had finally killed his brother…He killed Itachi. Sakura still couldn't understand why! Why wouldn't he come back?! Why join Akatsuki?! WHY!? She trembled on her knees, she had been staying in her room for quite a while now. And going out of it would take a while…
What else is left to do? Naruto had trained his life to drag him back, Kakashi did his best. Everybody did! Something inside of her clicked.
'Maybe not everybody…'
She looked at her own image, yes…maybe not every body did their best.
She stood up lowering her head, glancing at their photo. Her eyes flickered.
'A crack…'
Hadn't she been home that long that she hadn't notice how mishap her things are? Running her fingers to it, Sakura turned it's back only to find the clamps ripped off. Her jade eyes widened…
She ran to the door and peeked to it, as she spoke.
"Okaasan, have you been fixing my things lately?"
Negative, her mother answered promptly. Sakura went inside her room again, picking up the picture frame as the back fell off.
'Huh?'
A piece of paper fell with it…maybe this paper cause the frame to crack.
She picked it, who could've entered her room without anybody noticing-
Her heart skipped a beat, the symbol almost caused her to yelp, it's prestige still hadn't lost it's glory. After all it's the Uchiha Emblem.
'Could this be…from him…'
And she wished shouldn't have opened it, as if her mind refused to process everything her eyes had been reading. For an average girl with an average family…it's too much to handle.
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Whoever sent her the letter, that person must've cared for Sasuke dearly, she could say that. Now she understands it…she understand him, she understood why he joined Akatsuki.
He wanted revenge…against the elders.
Against Konoha.
She tried o restrain tears, but she couldn't hold it anymore. How could Sasuke handle the truth when he found out? That his brother killed his clan only because it's a mission given by Danzo,Koharu and Homura; The Elders who manipulates even the Hokage. The elders who destroyed Sasuke's life.
The Elders who created a monster that they didn't know exist. Itachi chose to die as the villain in order to preserve peace towards the village. At the tender age of four, Itachi saw war…he knew bloodshed at it's finest, and he despised it…most probably the reason why he accepted the mission of the Uchiha Massacre.
How hard had it been for him? To kill his own kins, his own parents, abandon his own village and abandon his beloved brother. For Peace, Itachi protecte the village…from his own kins. As to why..Sakura couldn't still figure.
The letter only says a few… she doubted but dared to believe it was Itachi who wrote this, there at the end of his short letter…a set of words that slapped her back to reality.
He needs you.
Itachi must've figured, Sasuke will end up doing this…
Sakura let out a big sigh, alright. This information she holds is highly confidential, that it could cost her a very big price. If other countries finds out about this…War might be possible, or severity of ties. It's a scandal. And if the Council finds out about her knowing this information…she knew the consequences it too big.
'I'll take my chances…he needs me.'
After all, he needs a wake-up call. Sakura opened the window she looked at the bright sun, in it's full glory hanging over the sky.
'It's worth the shot.'
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She had been travelling for a good half day now, now in Rain Country's border, Sakura' tenseness heightened as she come closer to him…it's as if there's a thread, a thread she thought was gone for long time ago, a thread that tied their fingers together, and somehow…she knew it's their bond.
Sakura sprinted from tree tops to another, she moved fast until she finally crossed the border. She sighed, looking at the mid day sky, dark yet there were stars twinkling from up above, She smiled.
'There's always hope.'
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He lay there completely helpless, after finishing his mission-barely. It almost cost him his ife, as well as Suigetsu,Karin and Juugo. And to think the three took the blows for him. Suigetsu gave them a chance to get away, Juugo granted him his own chakra thinking that Sasuke's all he's got in place of Kimimaro, And Karin who healed him.
Sasuke had let them get away and take the eight-tailed jinchuuriki back to the Akatsuki's hide-out. After all…It's by Uchiha Madara's orders that he gets to have a big time mission, more over, Sasuke knew better than believe in him…for all he knows Madara might have been testing his loyalty to the group.
Sasuke grunted as he lay at the ground, grass over his back, his torso bleeding profusely. Altough he aborbed Orochimaru, His healing abilities had increased, but his total loss of chakra failed him from doing so.
He wanted to stand up, and make his way back to the hideout. But he knew that even if he tried in vain-he would fail, more likely the travel needs subtle chakra, and right now he's got none. And teleportation Jutsu isn't just possible any moment now.
He needs a rest, and luck. Just incase he lost too much blood, he can just hope he wouldn't pass out, and if he does…there's no waking up.
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Oh Shit.
It's cold, is he dead? He doubts it, after all he felt pain surging on his back.
It's Hard. And Cold.
But then again, he felt warmth on his chest, slightly lifted his lids. There's green blur n his chest, and its warm..almost too comforting, he grunted. Planting his plams on the floor, trying to pull himself up, only to get slammed down once again.
"Don't. Move." Stern yet soft, almost too familiar.
Maybe he's dreaming, and why the hell is he dreaming of something pink.
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He finally woke up, eyes fluttered open, his hand rest on his torso.
Bandages…
He looked further at the other side of the flame, still processing the informations as to where, and who he's with, the first was easy. He's in a cold cave, slightly lit by a bonfire, and the latter was eerie…
"That's a harsh injury." Her soft voice spoke, she emerged to the other side of the flame. Her eyes floated against it's burning color, almost made them surreal.
"So you took him out huh, the eight –tails…" She continued testing how deep she can get with his waters.
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"I expected that…" She hollered, his gaze pierced the ground, Sasuke refused to look at her, there's just something different with those stares.
The time she last saw him was that encounter at Orochimaru's stronghold, back then…her stares were more desperate, shocked, and pleading. And somehow; everything shifted.
Her eyes spoke words her mouth couldn't speak, it's tensed. But there was something new…something new in those eyes.
Understanding.
Not even when he left her in that bench when he left Konoha did he see that in her eyes.
"So you're planning to destroy Konoha, huh." She spoke again, and this time, he caught her eye-her stare. The first time she dared to meet his glare.
"You don't know anything." He finally answered, more like a hiss.
"Itachi died to save Konoha," She gave out.
Sasuke figured, she knew something.
'For him your life weighed more than the village itself…' Madara's words ran through his head.
"His life weighed more than the village." Sasuke spoke in cold monotonous voice.
Sakura lowered her gaze on the flame, Sasuke…he felt pain. She knows it, she stood up unconsciously. He must have cried when he found out, he must have been lonely, he must have felt responsible, he must have felt so….weak.
Suddenly, she pulled him over her chest, her hands holding his head lightly.
"I don't need your pity." He spoke as he pulled himself away and turned his back.
"He cared for you…I felt miserable, because he didn't even get the chance to make you feel that way." She finished.
When Madara told him everything, Sasuke- for once in his life ever since the massacre happened, he cried a river. Pouring his heart out on the death of his brother by his own hands.
"But you have a home with us…Sasuke-kun," She spoke again, and this time, no matter painful it is for him; he turned to face her with hatred in his eyes.
"You make everything too easy, because you're too ignorant about everything." He spat bitterly, his voice so much stronger now.
"Yeah! I know nothing! That's what you always think! while you're being so childishly emotional! You're making things difficult because you don't think! You're wasting Itachi's death into destroying what he died to protect! Some brother you are! Sasuke!" She yelled at him, her eyes so desperate, so strong. No she won't back down. She came this far.
"I don't care what your version of the story is, go back to YOUR home because whatever you say won't change my mind." He stood up, and took his Kusanagi from the wall.
"Perhaps you still remember your own brother's calligraphy." She spoke, grabbing something from her vest. A neatly folded paper, with a red Uchiha emblem on the front, she opened only half of the letter on his face.
He paused, his brother didn't even told him everything by himself. Had he knew everything would come this far that he had his own back-up plan?
"Who else have you told." He suddenly spoke as he cornered her on the wall.
She shook her head as she lowered them.
Satisfied with what he heard, he turned his back and prepared to leave when she grabbed the back of his shirt making him look at her in the eye.
"He died to protect the world you're living in….Sasuke-kun, listen to me! You still have your chance…leave Akatsuki, come home…come back to us…Sasuke-kun…" She spoke in a whisper, her breath warmed his cheeks, her eyes never left his onyx ones…
How is this he sees fantasy in her eyes, there's hope, there's change…
In her eyes, he saw everything he truly wanted, peace…home…love…
Yet he knew everything just won't come true, he took this path-
"Sasuke-kun…come home" she whispered again, this time her hold against his shirt tightened, his arms locked at the sides of her head, making a good distance between him, her and the cold hard wall.
Something inside of him wanted to accept the offer, the offer of change and happiness…after all there's always a chance. He just couldn't quite figure, there's something in her eyes that furies him when she cries, there's just something that draws them together no matter how big the world is, like they have this common thread that just won't go away…
Maybe, he could try to take a glimpse of that chance… maybe if he looked further, it would become real-
She gasped slightly, it's then he realized what had done, it's a fatal mistake- he wanted to take a look, and never have a taste of it- he always knew that even before, if he dared to have a bit…he will want more of it. And right now… he had lost his sanity, and somehow- for the first time in his wretched life, and after all the wrong decisions he made- this is the PERFECT one out of all.
She didn't resist him, she didn't know how to respond. After all- this isn't something to expect from him in the first place. He held her tightly against the wall, his heart pounding against his ribcage she could almost feel it, her grip against his shoulder tightened, his kiss getting hungrier his hands roamed against her body, she could only moan against it, her eyes shut tightly.
Suddenly she couldn't feel the ground against her feet, only the friction against her leg.
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His eyes roamed against her sleeping figure, his dark cloak covered her. He savored the moment- yes they were seventeen and too young. And maybe this'll be the last time they'll see each other- and perhaps even if they see her, he doubt everything will still be the same.
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X END OF FLASH BACK X
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Her fear grumbled against the pit of her stomach, spare the nausea and dizziness. Tears ran down her face. It's all about her fear, she's too young to be pregnant, for Christ's sake she's only seventeen half-way to legal age.
To think that she's five months pregnant to an Uchiha Heir, who's father is known as a traitor and is plotting against Konoha. Her parent's couldn't bear it! But abortion is never an option. Never, The life she's carrying inside of her is still human…
Sakura had been into hiding since the Council had found out that she knew something confidential, too crucial.
Rations and secrecy were all Tsunade could grant her, after all the Council holds her neck, and if she does something irrational Tsunade might loose the power and Sakura would be in a worse situation.
Naruto had been furious, insisting that he should go into hiding with her so that he could keep her safe as well as the baby. But Sakura refused.
"You're the only hope we have…"
Those words calmed the blonde down, she was right.
Naruto being their only chance to live a normal life in Konoha when he's the Hokage, he can make a change...he has power.
Change
And Sakura is willing to gamble on it, Naruto will never let her down. He never does.
Although the latter had often insisted on the thought, still Sakura refused.
She couldn't blame him, he's worried. After all she's young-and she's pregnant, anything can happened specially now that she's wanted, all the more reason he wanted to stay with her.
Kakashi had more chance of visiting her at least twice a week, he doesn't have that much of work until further news about Akatsuki comes up. He often checks the house if it's in good shape for the weather, Kakashi knew Sakura can't do much of harsh work in her state. The Jounin is always good for talking, Sakura was glad he comes by to visit- it actually feels good to have someone mature enough to talk to.
Sai is a different story, he comes by with Naruto every time, kept asking questions like: 'How did the baby get in there'. Although Sakura find it amusing Sai hadn't called her ugly since he found out that she's pregnant.
The three often keeps her updated about the village, and the recent moves of the ROOT and the Council, Everytime Danzo's into something, Naruto is the first one to come giving intelligence he earned from Kakashi...it'll be days before he leaves and make sure Sakura's not under attack.
It's still a big question what Sakura knew that had the Council at her back, But the pinkette knew she can't tell anybody about this. Specially Naruto-it could cost him his dream and the worse-his life, Sakura didn't want any of those. As for now...she can't let anybody know, not until she can defend herself from anything.
Sakura planted her palms against her lower abdomen, caressing it. Sakura silently swore, out of all the odds, she will protect her child from all of harm. Not even Uchiha Madara or even The Council themselves.
'As long as I am alive, I will never let anybody hurt you…ever.'
Sasuke doesn't have to know, she doubt he can make a change. After all, Sakura knew she didn't change Sasuke's mind one bit.
His aim to destroy Konoha proves it.
She has to be on her guard until the baby's out, she can die right after that.
Sakura has to spare her baby, to see life...to know how beautiful it is to live. The thought made her smile.
Besides, even if she's gone...Sakura's sure her baby would be in good hands. When your Godfather's would be the Copy Ninja, a Jinchuriki and most probably the son of the Legendary Fourth Hokage, and an Emotionless former ROOT Anbu member.
And you're the only heir of an infamous clan.
What could possibly go wrong
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