So, I've decided to write another Naruto fanfic after the first few shrivelled up and died on me...

Anyway, I own nothing but my OCs, the rest belongs to Masashi Kishimoto~!

Prologue

(Himawari's POV)

I was so tired. She always cried. Two and a alf years and my poor baby still awoke every night and wept for reasons she could not even understand yet.

As I sat across from my good friend Mikoto and my brother in law, I could hear her clumsy little feet making their way towards me. My little Akiko stumbled in. She was so small. Just a delicate little thing. I blamed myself and her father for it.

Standing up, I scooped my daughter up in my arms, quietly soothing her as she cried and muttered terrified words in my ear. She was a smart little thing, although it was to be expected, and she picked up the language when she was very young.

"Why? Why he do it?"

Feeling eyes on me, I looked over my shoulder. Mikoto looked on in adoration, but concern was clear on her face as well. She loved my daughter just as much as I did. Fugaku on the other hand looked quite unamused. He was annoyed.

I tried not to show my dislike for the man. I had never liked him. Even when we were academy students I still thought his ego was too much for him. I was just glad I hadn't been in the same class as him for most of it. We hadn't been in the same room until a month or so before the graduation exam.

The toddler in my arms recaptured my attention as she nuzzled into my shoulder and gripped me tightly. She continued babbling, but everyone could hear her words even as they faded in and out of audibility.

"Ita'...why Ita'...bloo...stop. Ita' stop..."

"Shush." I cooed to her, rocking the rambling toddler to sleep, "It was just another dream...go to sleep Akiko."

After a few minutes of this, she slowly faded back to sleep.

I turned to the people in the room and became serious. I was hear for a reason, besides letting Akiko-chan play with Sasuke-kun.

"Fugaku-san, Mikoto-san...would you do us the honour of being Akiko's god-parents? I would understand if you said no."

Mikoto stared at me in pure delight. Her onyx eyes lit up and a rather un-Uchiha like grin found its way to her face. I could understand. She had two sons, but Mikoto had always wanted a daughter as well. She wanted someone she could be a girl with. She already did that with Akiko.

My little girl was nothin short of an angel, despite the nightmares. I was scared she would become traumatized in the end, but for now, she was always happy. In the morning, I knew she would give me a brilliant smile and giggle happily.

Mikoto took care of Akiko from time to time, and she knew just how good my daughter was. And the boys loved her just as much. She was the sister they never had, although she was close enough already. She was their cousin. But only by law.

It seemed like everyone knew that my little girl was not an Uchiha by blood. It was rather obvious, if the chocolate brown eyes and the orange hair were anything to go by. It certainly didn't help that I was blond and blue eyes, and most Uchiha were black eyes and black haired. It was clear she wasn't my late husband's daughter.

I watched Mikoto look hopefully at her husband. My brother in law tried to remain stern, but if there was one thing that could make him change his mind, it was when Mikoto looked so happy and hopeful about something.

Fugaku did not approve of me, or my daughter. I wasn't an Uchiha by blood, and neither was my little girl. It was only his reputation that stopped him from kicking us out. I knew that, but I hoped over time he would grow to love my daughter. She deserved only the best...and there was no way I could honestly say the Uchiha clan weren't the best at many things.

But Fugaku also had the clan to think about. While a small few knew me and got along with me, I knew a large portion would disapprove of him taking her in, should anything happen to me.

His eyes were flickering from me to Akiko and to his wife, who was giving him a pleading look even the Hokage himself would be hard pressed not to give into. I could see the gears working in his mind. Mikoto wanted my daughter, and my little one had promise. She was half Saisei after all. Her blood was good, and it almost always promised good results.

As much as I hated the thought, she would be valuable to the clan.

Finally, after a few tense minutes, Fugaku shifted his eyes away from all of us and nodded once. Mikoto all but squealed in delight, and I felt my own grin appear as I hugged my daughter just a little tighter. Relief flooded through me. This was good. She would be safe, and I wouldn't have to worry about her becoming an orphan, left in the orphanage as I had been when I was seven.

I noticed Mikoto's smile drop, "Himawari-san...why are you looking for god-parents for little Akiko?"

I took a calming breath, ready to tell the secret I had kept since my pregnancy with Akiko, "My health is failing me."

Mikoto looked at me in concern, but she remained quiet so I could continue speaking. So few people knew, most of them being the ones who accompanied on the mission that changed everything for her.

"I have at least another year...year and a half. I intend to have everything ready for Aki-chan...which is why I will let you back out of this decision after I explain a few things to you."

"Why would we back out?" Mikoto asked, "We'd love to take care of her."

I shook my head, feeling my yellow hair swaying from side to side, "No...You'll think about it. I want to tell you about her nightmares."

Closing my eyes, I began to speak, and hoped that she would forgive me for lying. It was to protect my clan's greatest secret, after all.

Please review and tell me what you think! This was just a spur-of-the-moment-had-way-too-much-time-on-my-hands-kinda-thing, but I hope to keep it alive!

Updated 10/01/2016