lostmoonchild: Okay, I've got a new computer so I'm happy and that means my updates might be a little more predictable. Of course with hunting season around the corner, I make no promises. Anyway, I'll probably lose a reader or two but this story may or may not contain a bit of incest. Right now I'm not entirely sure but looking back at Hari's reactions with others being in her brother's life kind of points towards that. Anyway, with that taken care of I'd like to thank everybody for being so patient and for your reviews. Enjoy!

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto or anything else unless I say otherwise.

Chapter Two

This is a dream. This is only a dream. I'm safe in my bed next to Sanyu who happens to be pregnant with our baby.

If this is a dream… then why does it hurt?

With each beat that my heart makes, another wave of pain rushes through my veins. With each breath that's forced past my lips, my lungs feel as if they're being torn apart. Every time my skin touches the chains that hold me or the cloth that covers me, it feels as if my flesh is being torn away from my muscles.

I can hear someone enter the room but I don't dare open my eyes. If there's a light on, surely it'll burn. "My poor Haku," a familiar voice murmurs as cold hands cup my cheeks.

My eyes shoot open and I find myself staring into my sister's beautiful face. She looks older now but she's still beautiful. It's as if the darkness that consumed her hadn't warped her looks, but increased them.

Including the insanity that's reflected in her eyes.

"Hari." I whisper as she rests her head on my upper abdomen and wraps her arms around my waist.

"I miss you so much, big brother."

I don't answer for a moment, trying to take in my surroundings. I can't tell exactly where we are but the room looks like it's an operating room. "Hari, what have you done?" I ask when I see the blood pooled on the floor.

Hari's eyes close as she holds me tighter, one of her hands slowly moving. "Humans are flawed. I making us better. I'll make it so you and I live on forever and ever. You'll see, just you wait." Hari answers.

I jerk when her hand rests over my butt, successfully forcing her away from me. "I don't want to live forever!" I shout at her.

Hurt flashes in her eyes for a moment. "It's because of her, isn't it?" Something dangerous flashes in her eyes. "That wretch from Suna?" Her fingers start to tangle themselves in her dark hair. "I'll make her go away."

"If you touch her then I'll never forgive you." I snarl. "I'll kill you myself if you so much as lay a hand on her!"

If Hari heard my threat she didn't make any acknowledgement towards it. If I told her that I'd leave Konoha just to be with her again, would she listen? I don't know and that's what makes her so dangerous. I watch as she talks to herself, planning how to take me back from everybody that's ever cared about me. "I can lock you up and destroy Konoha with the Bijuu. I know where to find them. Capturing Naruto and taking away the Kyuubi should be easy enough." Shit! She's talking about killing Naruto?

"Hari! My Hari, listen to me." I tell her quickly.

She stops and looks at me, her eyes now dull. "Yes, my Haku?" She responds softly.

"Don't kill the Hokage." I will the chains that bind me to vanish and they do. "If you do that then every single one of the Kages will want to kill you. Gaara especially."

The look on her face tells me that she had forgotten about Gaara. "I need all nine to get the tenth." Hari says softly. "I need them for what I want to do."

Suddenly a look of fury crosses her features and a scream escapes her lips. With fear pounding through my veins, I run over to the door and throw it open to find-

The sour taste of acid and vomit fill my mouth as I throw myself out of bed, unable to make it to the bathroom. Sanyu hurries up and kneels beside me, rubbing my back as I finish. "Haku? Haku, what happened? Are you okay?" Sanyu asks with worry in her voice.

My entire body trembles as the acid burns the back of my throat. "She's going to kill the Hokage." I whisper as I quickly get up. "I need to warn the Hokage."

She doesn't move as I dress, her eyes remaining focused on me. "Haku, are you sure?" There's an undertone of fear in her voice that makes me stop and look at her. "Are you absolutely positive?"

"It was through our bond." I answer.

The vomit on the floor is bothering her but the knowledge that my sister's going to attempt to kill Naruto is bothering her even more. That damn nesting urge can be held off for a little while but immediate danger to a village leader's life is more important. "Go tell him." Sanyu answers. "I'll take care of this."

Even if I had cleaned up the vomit myself, she would have gone after it a few minutes later apparently seeing something that I couldn't see. Women's pregnancy habits were really weird but thankfully I had some experience with that thanks to Sakura. May Sasuke have help the next time he gets her pregnant.

There was something in the cool night air that made me more anxious. Hari wanted to get Naruto because of the Kyuubi but she needed to get the first eight first and that couldn't be done alone. It took two Akatsuki members just to get Ichibi from Gaara and the same number was required to take the rest of the Bijuu. Only Naruto escaped and now it seemed that his luck would run out if Hari got her way.

But how could she get Naruto without setting foot within Konoha? Did she have followers yet or was she working alone? Either way I knew that Naruto needed to be told. Measures needed to be taken to protect the Hokage from the insane monster known as Hari Uchiha.

Even Sanyu would need to be protected from my sister. She was pregnant with my child and I knew full well that Hari's furious. Mix her insanity in with her fury then there'd be no stopping her for very long.

When I arrived, Naruto was waiting for me as if he knew full well that I'd be coming to see him. "One our shinobi was located and brought back here." Naruto tells me with a solemn look. "Hari had him held prisoner for some time."

"I need to talk to you about Hari. She wants the Kyuubi for some plan that deals with a tenth Bijuu. She said that she couldn't get the tenth without the first nine."

Something flickers in Naruto's eyes and for a moment I'm curious about what's going on in his mind. "Come inside. We'll discuss what you know compared to what we've been told." Naruto explains with a sigh. "You know, Haku, I never imagined that it would be your sister that betrayed Konoha."

"Thanks for the vote of confidence." I mutter knowing full well he could hear me.

"You were a solemn and angry boy. Now we all know and see the reason why." Naruto takes a seat at his desk and motions for me to sit down. Instead of sitting, I choose to stand as a shinobi should before his Kage. "Haku, what I'm about to tell you is confidential. Very few people alive today know what I'm about to tell you."

"Sir?"

The blonde Hokage leans forward, his eyes deathly serious. His face tells me that lives are counting on my silence. A single word to anybody could get somebody killed. No. A single word will get everybody in the world killed and all by my sister's hand.

lostmoonchild: Okay, I'm listening to "Once Upon a December" and I got to thinking that maybe I should leave the chapter here to get you guys wondering what I'm planning. What is it that's so important that lives depend on Haku's silence? To find out, you're gonna have to leave a review so I'll get my butt moving to post the next chapter. Ja ne!