Prologue

"But Sasuke, you can't do this to her… or me for that fact," Naruto protested for the hundredth time that night, his eyes shining with fear and sadness.

"Naruto, please. I don't want her to have a life anything like what you or I had when we were younger! I really do have to go after Itachi."

"Why can't you wait then? Wait until she's a bit older and can understand why you're leaving!"

"That's just it… I don't want her knowing about me, Itachi, or even the fact that she's an Uchiha! You have to understand Naruto….. you're the only one I trust!" I pleaded, my eyes straying to Sakura, my daughter. She was named after my old teammate, Haruno Sakura, whom Naruto and I had gotten to know since we were all on Team 7 together. We had been training under Hatake Kakashi since we were young. When Naruto saw my expression he sighed and said, "I miss Sakura-chan too, teme, especially at times like this or when I go on a mission."

"Whenever I go on a mission I always think of the first task Kakashi-sensei ever but us up to."

"Hmph. 'All you need to do is get a bell from me' was all he said before opening his dumb book…." Naruto mused before looking up and saying, "I really do miss them you know."

"And yet…. somehow Kakashi knew how he was going to die, but he didn't know when." I said thoughtfully.

"….Huh?!"

"I doubt you remember but on our 'first real mission' as you put it, he said that he would die before he let any of us be killed. That's exactly what happened."

"…" After a long, albeit comfortable, silence I got up and walked over to Sakura who had fallen asleep on Naruto's couch and said softly, "Please, Naruto, after all I've gone through thanks to him and now… now he's gone and killed her mother Naruto. Her mother and my wife."

"Sasuke…" Naruto started but when he saw my usually expressionless face twisted in pain, anger, and distrust he stopped, suddenly lost for words. I chuckled and murmured, "I don't want to have to take her with me but I will…"
"Teme…"

"Stop it, dope."

"Fine. But, you will come back, right?"

"Of course I will. But please don't tell her about us, I don't want her knowing until Itachi is gone."

"What about the Sharingan? You first activated yours by accident."

I thought about that for a moment.

"Tell her that it's a bloodline trait and that she can't use it until- until someone teaches her how." He sighed and looked toward Sakura then said, "You know that I don't want to do this but because I know your reasons behind it I guess I will." I smiled faintly at him and said quietly, "Thanks, you have no idea how much this means to me." I leaned down and kissed Sakura's forehead.

"I'll see you again, Sakura. Someday you will know who I am, and I just hope that you'll forgive me for leaving you." I straightened up and walked over to Naruto, who looked like he was about to cry.

"Don't worry about me, I promised you that I'd come back didn't I?" He nodded slightly then hugged me, and I hugged him back.

"I'm sorry Naruto, I have to leave."

"Good-bye Sasuke…" I felt his eyes on my back until I walked out of view and when I had gone I felt like crying because I knew there was no turning back.

A/N: I would like to thank Jizzy for editing this for me and I want to tell you that the main reason I am posting this so early is so that you guys know that I'm not dead… yet…

I don't write extremely quickly and I am working on several things, plus school, so I probably won't put more of this story up 'till maybe Spring break, maybe.

Thankies for reading. 3 Kitty