Field of Innocence

Naruto Fanfiction

Written By: Itachan18

Prologue:

A/n: Yes, I know. I really shouldn't be uploading this when i got other things to work on, but I just had to re-do this. It is a tie-in with my Still Worth Fighting For(Someday) universe, but this can be read competely seperate. Also, for those who have read the book If I stay and the sequel Where She Went, I'm making this sort of the same format. In other words, this story will alternate between the flashbacks, and the present time line because this is at the core Sasuke, and a variant of other people, telling the story. Anyways, I'm warning you now, this does deal with Ocs. So, there's ya warning. Anyways..Here's the story!

Disclaimer: The only thing I own is this story, plot, any and all ocs. Everything else belongs to Masashi-sensei!

"Death leaves a heartache no one can heal, love leaves a memory no one can steal."- From an Irish Headstone

It was another tiring day at the Police Force for Sasuke. Every day just seemed to drag on, and on with no real point. The world seemed almost too at peace, and crime has been always so low. Nothing to do but keep logs, and headcount of the prisoners that were there, or release them. Usually the ones that were in the prison anymore were the usual petty drunk that was kept overnight. A thief being held for a few days. A graffiter that defaced a monument.

But it was work. It was something to do. Something to keep his mind off all his other worries. The only thing he had to look forward to was going home to Hitomu at the end of the day, and even that seemed like a chore sometimes.

Hitomu was getting older fast. Faster than Sasuke would have liked. The older the boy got, the more and more Sasuke was reminded of the one he lost. He didn't think it was possible to love anyone outside his family this much to still feel their absence even as each year, but he could still feel Izami's quiet a bit. It was almost too painful to bear at times, but he stayed strong for the sake of his son. Because his son needed him. And if there was one thing he refused to let down, it was his son...

"Dad, welcome home." Sasuke wondered, for a moment, when Hitomu had stopped calling him "Daddy", but then shook his head as he sighed, and looked around his son. He could sense other people in the house." Uncle Tachi brought over Nobo-kun, and Nakumi-kun over to play. I didn't think you'd mind."Sasuke looked back at Hitomu, and shook his head.

"No. Not entirely." Hitomu nodded, moving out of the way for his father to enter. Sasuke entered without hesitation. Hitomu was closely following his heels.

"Well, would ya look who it is!" Tachi exclaimed, smiling widely as Sasuke entered the room. Sasuke looked at him, and nodded slightly.

"How are you, Tachi?"

"Ya know, we've known each other long enough, I would think that would be enough to get ya to respect me just a little." Sasuke was about to reply, but stopped when it became clear that Tachi's attention had become focused on his nephew."Hey, Little Man, did you talk to your father?" Sasuke raised an eyebrow, and then glanced behind him at his now blushing, suddenly bashful, seven year old son.

"Is there something you want to ask? You can ask me anything." Hitomu looked over at his uncle, and then at his father with a reproachful expression. Sasuke hated when his boy got that expression. It always meant that there was something on his mind that Sasuke probably didn't want to answer.

"I want to know about Mommy." Hitomu said slowly. He had only been able to get so much from his uncle, and it didn't seem like enough.

Sasuke had a visible reaction. He stiffened slightly, and he could almost feel the beginnings of a panic attack. Out of all the questions, this was the last one he expected his son to ask. He knew eventually he would be asked about his mother, but it felt so soon...

"Well...She was...Something else..." Sasuke said simply, straightening out, and sitting down in a near by chair. Out of all the damn questions to be asked...

"Uncle Tachi says she was pretty, and she loved you very much." Sasuke smiled, and half-chuckled slightly.

"I supposed. Don't know why she loved me so much." Sasuke replied without thinking.

"Why do you say that, Dad?" Sasuke looked over at Hitomu, his eyes shining with curiosity. Sasuke sucked in a breath, and looked away with a furrowed expression.

"Because...I brought your mother nothing but trouble since the day we met until she died. If we had never met-"

"You know, If Izami-chan heard you talkin' that way, she would slap you into next week." Tachi said as if he were talking about the weather. Sasuke felt a wave of irritation, and then looked over at the older Sato man, who just smiled at him care freely."It's true." He said with a shrug. Sasuke scoffed, and rolled his eyes.

"He's not completely off, ya know." Sasuke felt another wave of irritation as he heard Kakashi's voice call out to him. Sasuke looked up, scowling.

"You're here too?" Kakashi nodded, taking a seat next to Sasuke."Why?" He questioned in a hard tone. Kakashi looked at him, and shrugged.

"I was bored, and I was in the area." Kakashi explained, as if there was nothing wrong with him just randomly dropping by. Sasuke wanted to open to his mouth, and say something, but his son beat him to the punch...

"Daddy?" Hitomu called out to his father in annoyance, his eyebrows furrowed.

Sasuke looked back at Hitomu the moment he spoke to him in that voice. The moment he called out to him in that childish way he missed much more than he ever thought he would miss it.

"Hitomu?"

"I want to know about Mommy. I want to know what you can tell me." He said impatiently.

"I wouldn't know everything..."Sasuke voiced apologetically. Kakashi looked at him.

"Well, it's a good thing I'm here. I can fill in the blank spaces." He could almost hear the smugness in Kakashi's voice. Sasuke sighed, and looked at Hitomu, who was smirking up at him. Why did he feel like this was all going to be one big mistake.

"Besides, it'll be good to talk about her. It's Hitomu-kun's mother. He needs to know about her."Kakashi said simply, and Sasuke knew he was right. It was just hard to re-visit the past. The past that was so filled with mistakes. Recounting all that would just remind him of what he could have done differently...

"You really want to know?" He questioned, looking at Hitomu who nodded with a wide grin."Everything? Even the bad parts?" He questioned, to which Hitomu just nodded, and grinned again.

"I want to know everything." Sasuke sighed slightly, looking at the ceiling for a moment, and then looking at Hitomu with a slight smile, landing a hand on top of his head, and ruffling it slightly.

"Alright, for you, I'll tell you everything. Right from the beginning..." Hitomu grinned. Sasuke just sighed, looking up at the ceiling as he thought of where to properly begin...