Okie, dokie. Yes, It's been way too long since I updated. Forgive me, I have part of a life. Not that you don't or anything! (just realized how rude she sounded) Gomen nasai! Ok, to the chappie! Onward!
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Sakura shifted, yawned. She paused when she felt the movement against her stomach. She prayed for the child to slip back into deep sleep.
Every shinobi in the room was instantly up and crowding around Sakura's bed when she screamed.
"Shut her up!" Neji growled. "She's going to attract undue attention."
"That kid is way too troublesome." Shikamaru murmured.
"Natural." Tenten said. "Expected."
Sakura bit her lip, trying to calm the child. She was laying on her back with her arms up and trying to shield her face. Sakura had her arms on the child's arms, trying to coax them from her face, but it was impossible to with her flailing them. She shreiked again.
"Give her to me." Sakura bit her lip and shook her head. "Sakura." Sakura looked at Sasuke and pulled Niya as close as she could.
"Sasuke, please no. I can calm her down! Don't hurt her!"
"Give her to me now or I'll take her, Sakura." Neji touched her back warningly. If Sasuke wanted that child, he'd take her. Against her better judgement, Sakura pulled her arms away from the small child. She changed her mind, though, when Sasuke roughly hooked his hands beneath Niya's armpits and pulled her up from the bed. Sakura cried out and reached for her, but someone took her arms from behind, holding them back. "Saskue, NO! I can stop her! I can calm her down!" she pleaded.
Sasuke looked at her, then placed the small child against his chest. He held her against him, his arms around her. He brought his lips close to her ear and spoke softly, even though Niya was struggling and crying. Slowly, though, her struggles became less violent. Her tiny nails bit into Sasuke's skin desperately. "They're coming for me! They'll kill me!"
"They won't. We won't let them."
"They'll kill me. They'll kill you too!"
"There isn't a person in this world that could kill all of us. We're the best there is."
"There's no one under the bed, Niya. It's safe." Tenten said gently, agter checking under the bed. Niya wasn't comforted.
"The closet!" she was breathless. "They're in the closet!" Niya pressed her face into Sasuke's shoulder, staring over his shoulder with her little dark eyes.
Neji stood and walked towards the closet. Niya gasped as Neji opened it. The shinobi barely registered the movement when Neji's arm flew to his shin, then back up. He moved aside and a body fell into the room with a thump. It layed motionless on the ground. Neji flicked his kunai clean of the blood and slid it into the bindings around his calves.
"Impossible..." Tenten breathed. Shikamaru walked over and checked his pulse.
"Dead." He decided. "Looks like a mercenary."
All eyes turned to Niya. She had buried the rest of her face in Sasuke's shoulder and was now trembling and clutching him once again.
"How did she know?" Tenten asked the question on everyone's mind.
There was a long silence, in which Niya stopped trembling. She simply clung to Sasuke. "Momma." she whimpered and was quickly handed to Sakura. Sakura cradled and rocked the little girl., who clutched her tightly. She wouldn't sleep, though. She refused. So they did the only thing they could. They packed up and got ready to leave the village.
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Ok, yes it's short but I have to fill in time! I hate fillers. I'm so terrible at them. Oooo, what's going on now? Heh? How did Niya-kun know?
