" Sasuke! Can you grab the brush off the table?" Sakura asked while she held her only daughters hair. How did you get so many knots during the night is a wonder she thought.

Sasuke walked in on a scene he had seen before. His wife sitting on the floor with his daughter who had pitch-black hair with the identical length as her mother, just past the waist. His daughter was tearing up a little as he handed Sakura the brush. He thought she can take kunai and fire jutsu easy, but brush her hair and she hates you for hours. He put his hand on his forehead and smiled at her pitifully.

" Did you have to do that?" the little girl asked with a voice that reminded him of flowers.

" You know I had to."

The child huffed and sat there with an angry and pained look on her face.

Sakura pulled and brushed pulled and brushed for an hour and finally, after all the knots were out, she put the long dark hair in a very tight bun. " There" she said " All done and guess what, you still have your hair."

" It felt like you pulled it all out."

" Rika how does your hair even get like this?"

" Midnight training sessions of coarse."

Both Sasuke and Sakura looked at their daughter dumbfounded. " What?" they both said together.

" Yea, I go out to the training area and practice. You didn't already know that? Kakashi and Itachi train me."

Oh! They are going to get a piece of my mind when they come back from that mission. Sakura thought angrily. Sasuke simply put his hand on his forehead, yet again, and closed his eyes. -sigh- he sat down on the bed and pulled his small child onto his lap and held her tightly as he whispered " Night time is a time for rest not training. Understand?"

Rika nodded she already knew that, but she had a lot to live up to. After all she was an Uchiha. But her father wanted her to stop she knew by the way his voice sounded sweet. He was an evil father he knew the exact way to get her to do things, ok, so he wasn't really evil she knew how to play him too. " Fine" she huffed again and turned away with a sour face. Sasuke smiled and said " Hey now you don't hate me do you?" she turned back around and throw herself on him

" Of coarse not. I only train at night because I feel I have to live up to my name."" You don't have to live up to anything." he squeezed her tight. He felt a little guilty. He was the reason she felt like this. He looked over at Sakura who also looked like she felt guilty she was also part of it as well and she knew it.

" RIKA!" someone outside screamed. Rika jumped out of Sasuke's arms and ran to the front door to open it. When she did she jumped and landed right in the arms of a twelve year old boy with spiky blonde hair, and unnaturally white eyes. Of coarse it wasn't so unnatural sense he was a Byakugan user. He took his shoes off while he still held the girl, and walked to the kitchen. He put her down and examined her while she did the same.

Lets see…nice, black jacket with his father's symbols and flames…orange pants like his fathers…the average ninja shoe…spiky blonde hair like his fathers…man he looks like his father…except the eyes… just the same as always. Rika thought to herself

Hmm…white side buttoned sleeveless shirt, cute, it even had the Uchiha symbol on the back…tight black pants with the pocketed belt like her mothers…knee high flat shoes…arm warmers like her father used to wear…black hair and black eyes like her father…but soft features like her mother…just the same as always. Haku thought to himself

Sakura and Sasuke walked in to see the typical scene for these two particular children. It happened every time they saw each other. They epically hugged and then they would stare each other to make sure neither really changed. It was always funny to see their reactions when they noticed something different. Saskue clapped his hands loudly " OK you two neither of you have changed sense yesterday I promise."

They both snapped their heads towards Sasuke. For a second he saw rage flash in their eyes, but then the miniature Naruto asked what was for lunch. " I hope its ramen." he told Rika with that big goofy grin. Its amazing how much like his father he is Sasuke thought.

After they all ate Rika and Haku left the house.

" So, Rika, what do you want to do today?"

" Don't we have a mission today?"

" Oh yea. Haha I forgot. Its probably just catching another cat."

" Yea." she frowned she hated those stupid D-rank missions.

" Hey, don't be so down. I bet we'll be out or the village soon."

" Thanks for saying that, but I'm not so sure."

" What makes you think that?" he was seriously listening now because he knew that everyone was trying to keep him and Rika in the village. It was obvious.

" Well, think about my father's past. And yours too. I think they want to keep us here because they know people would try to kidnap us or something." her shoulders slouched a little more as she got more depressed about it " We're going to be stuck here forever!" she shouted. " Its just not fair."

Haku put his arm around the sullen girl " I know how you feel." he threw his fist in the air and looked to the sky with a familiar gleam in his eye and said " I promise we will leave this village."

She smiled she knew he had something planned now.