I smiled as I walked up to the gates of Konoha. It had been three years since I had been here and if felt nice to be home. I walked over to the guards who were asleep, much like always. I tapped the desk and laughed as they jerked their heads up and their eyes focused on me.

"Emi Shang. What a pleasure to see you back. The village hasn't been the same without you here" Izumo said smiling.
"Yes even with Naruto around it's been too quit since you left" Kotetsu agreed. I smiled at the both of them.
"It's nice to know I was missed." I said smiling at them before looking through the gate into Konoha. I felt a tug on my shirt, looking down I saw my son his hands in the air as though saying 'pick me up mommy! I wanna say hi too!' I laughed and picked him up before turning back to Izumo and Kotetsu. "Boys this is my son Toshihiro. Today is his second birthday." I said smiling. They looked at each other before turning to look at him and wishing him happy birthday.

"So are you here just to visit or are you staying?" Izumo asked me. I looked at Toshihiro and then behind me to the village before answering with an 'I don't know'. They both nodded and said that I either way should go see Lady Tsunade. I smiled telling them I would, thanking them and walking to the hokages office. It didn't take long before I found myself in front of Lady Tsunade's door. I closed my eyes taking several breaths trying to make myself knock on the door when I heard it open and heard Tsunade's chair squeak as she turned around. I opened my eyes and looked down at my side where Toshihiro SHOULD have been standing. He wasn't standing there; instead he was inside sitting on lady Tsunade's lap talking happily away about how old he was turning today. She looked up as I walked in the room.

"Toshihiro would you please excuse your mommy and I? We need to have a little grown up talk, you can go with Shizune and play alright?" she politely told him. He looked over at me.

"Can I mommy?" he asked happy to have so many people paying attention to him today. I smiled thinking about how much he was like this father before telling him yes he could go. Shizune lead him from the room shutting the door behind her.

"So that's why you left the village" Lady Tsunade said.

"Yes lady Tsunade. I'm sorry for not telling you more at the time… I didn't think it would be this long before I came home." I said. She nodded and placed her elbows on her desk watching me, just like I remembered her doing.
"He looks incredibly like his father though he has your eyes. How long are you staying?" she asked. I sighed 'why is everyone asking me that?' I thought.

"Truthfully ma'am I don't know. Part of my says that I should only stay for a short visit but the other part of me says to stay and raise Toshihiro here…" I finally stated looking out the window as my hand reached into my pocket stroking my headband. She nodded as we heard a knock on the door.

"Come in" she said.

"You wanted to see us ma'am." I heard an all too familiar voice say. I took a breath and turned around to face…

more to come soon ^^