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Funny Love Drabble

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In-Laws

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Heels clacked sharply against cement, she was accompanied by the light pitter-patter of feet behind her as they came up to rusty black gate. Sakura sighed as she peered down at her small children coming to a halt near her feet. Saizo exchanged a look with his mother, comfortingly tugging at the hem of her black dress, the toddler's wide dark eyes watching her attentively with an expression of intrigue at his mother's sudden melancholy demeanor. She tightened her grasp on the hand of her daughter, Azula, the small girl watched her mother take in a shallow breath and blow it out uneasily, seeing the visible strain on her mother as she tried to muster the courage to continue. The oldest, Jun said nothing as he move to be near his mother for comfort and support, being old enough to understand the situation, he attempted to alleviate the burden off his mother for this day by being the big boy and helping watch his little siblings so they wouldn't get into mischief and cause trouble for his mother.

Today was a hard day for everyone.

Sakura forced a smile as she tried to lighten the mood around them, walking with an involuntary pep in her step through the gates. "You guys ready to meet your grandma and grandpa?" She asked.

"Where is daddy?" Azula muttered as she clung close to her mother, startled by her surroundings as they passed unfamiliar buildings and houses, all collecting dust or beginning to deteriorate with time.

"He must be already with grandma and grandpa, he left a little earlier to meet up with your uncle, Sasuke." She replied. They walked through the shrine house, paying respects to the statue before heading into a familiar yard. Jun urged his siblings to keep quiet as Azula and Saizo became uneasy with the long silence that swelled around them. The tension was insufferable and they were beginning to grow restless with their mother's eerie silence.

Sakura came up to a long piece of granite slab stone. It had Kanji chiseled deeply on the surface with intricate designs decorating the frame of the rock. It appeared it was already cleaned and swept.

'Looks like Sasuke's already been here to clean up.' She thought, smiling to herself at the thought of Sasuke and Naruto cleaning the grave, probably before dawn broke. She knew Sasuke had a thing for weakness and he was probably still too stuck up to even show emotion around his own friends, the exception for Naruto who stuck by his side almost like glue.

The pinkette decided the time was right and set down the weaved basket she had been carrying and laid out a blanket and a spread of various dishes. It was Mikoto, Fugaku, and Itachi's favorite foods and she had hope to run into Sasuke because she made a lunch just for him and Naruto as well. From the corner of her eye, she could spy a dark figure standing two stones down from her, his figure tall and lean and unmistakeable. The pinkette stood and brushed her dress off, grateful for Jun taking order for the moment.

Sakura moved to stand next to her husband who stood stones down from his parent's grave, in front of another familiar name. He didn't look over at her but could feel his wife's presence as she opened her mouth to speak.

"He would've loved them." She whispered comfortingly. She felt a pang in her chest as she watch a sad smile spread across his face as he shook his head.

Uchiha Shisui

"No..." He said.

"He would've found each and every one of them a pain in the ass."

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Thank you to all who R&R!

This author's note is simple and sweet; this drabble is not all canon, so you may disregard this chapter,

I have many chapters in mind that consist of the Uchiha household alive and well

That includes the ever eccentric, Shisui!

~Tessela