A whole year passes after that and finally the Haruno's pack up and abandon their home dropping off the face of the earth erasing all traces of themselves and head to the Hidden Leaf Village, where a small house had been set aside for them.
The other members of the clan would scatter to the winds much like flower petals and soon no one would remember the true legacy of the mighty Haruno clan and their special bloodline limit that very few possess in fact no one in the clan held the ability.
Mebuki sighed and glanced back at her home of many years, then to her sleeping two year old daughter, ultimately all of this was to protect Sakura and no one would stand in the way of a woman trying to erase all threat to their child.
"Don't worry dear soon Sakura will be safe and we won't have to worry Shisui will protect her" Kizashi rubbed his hand along his wife's back as they headed out into the world, the sun was just cresting over the mountain bathing the lands in a yellow light.
Feeling the sun on her face, Sakura stirred in her mothers arms and opened her emerald eyes to take in the scenery with the pure untainted eyes a child could only possess before "Mama pretty" she smiled wide showing off her teeth.
Features losing their sharpness, Mebuki sent a loving smile at her only daughter and brought her to her chest hugging her tightly and warmly "Yes, it is" she lifted her head to the sky before focusing her own emerald eyes on the distance, the distance that would become their new future.
Chuckles filled the air and Sakura's attention shifted from the scenery to her father "Love Papa" she murmured cuddling back into her mothers arms "Love Mama" Sakura grinned craning her neck around to peer into equally green eyes.
Kizashi's lips quirked up in amusement, they sure had an interesting daughter, at least for the most part she grew up slowly like other children and didn't learn things any quicker, they had both feared that Sakura would be a prodigy but that wasn't the case, instead the pinkette spent most of her time staring at of all things kami forsaken flowers.
He shuddered then and Mebuki sent him a knowing smile, Sakura missed the interaction between her parents as her attention was once again riveted to the scenery, she couldn't help it, the landscape was just so pretty and she loved watching it all the time.
Mebuki shifted her eyes down to her pink haired daughter, that hair of hers was going to get her in trouble someday but there was nothing she or Kizashi could do except prepare Sakura for the problems ahead of her and there were sure to be plenty of them.
"Ah there you are, I was just coming to visit Lord and Lady Haruno and hello Princess" Shisui body flickered before them and Kizashi nearly drew his weapon on the boy, he seemed to realize that his appearance had been unexpected and he hurriedly bowed low before them in apology.
Sakura clapped her hands and reached for the boy she adored "Sui-kun" she butchered his name but Shisui didn't mind, instead he encouraged it whole heartedly, Mebuki relaxed and Kizashi pulled his hand away from the hidden weapon on his arm.
Shisui leaned forward and got a cheek pinch from the pinkette it was something she always did and that was something he would encourage as well "The manor was empty so I feared for the worst" he told the pinkette's parents but kept his eyes on Sakura so she would know he was still paying her attention.
"Be more careful next time that's the only warning you'll get from me" Kizashi rumbled letting out a sigh of relief, for one tiny millisecond of a moment he had feared someone had come to steal his daughter, he would have died before anyone touched Sakura.
Regret clear in his onyx eyes, Shisui bowed his head low keeping his eyes locked with Sakura's "Forgive me, I was just worried for you're safety and the princess's" he apologized full heartedly, it wouldn't do to have the parents of his charge angry with him for an accident.
Mebuki yawned behind her hand and rolled her shoulders, Shisui popped back up upon seeing this and before anyone could speak "I'll carry the princess if you'd like Lady Haruno, it looks like you could use some rest from carrying her" he offered.
Smiling gratefully at the boy, Sakura was quickly transferred to Shisui's arms and together the four of them continued walking in the direction of the Leaf Village, for the entirety of the three days, Shisui carried Sakura never once complaining about the two year old being heavy.
Instead he spent his time chattering away to the pinkette and pointing out things as they passed by them keeping her entire attention on the scenery before them, both Mebuki and Kizashi were deeply impressed with the boy and knew Sakura was in better hands than either of them had imagined.
When the quartet arrived in Minato's office, even he was surprised to see Shisui with them as the boy had only asked six days ago for a two week vacation to go visit Sakura, but he cleared his throat and stood "You're home has been prepared and all traces of your presence here will be erased" he stated.
"Thank you Lord Minato, we would do anything to protect our precious daughter" Mebuki threw the sleeping pinkette a fond smile, it was the early morning hours after all and Sakura hardly woke early on good days, though bad days she was up at the crack of dawn screaming her head off.
Minato cast a furtive glance in the pinkette's direction and smiled fondly "She's much like my own son, he rarely wakes early" he chuckled softly determined not to wake her in case she became fussy, then his blue eyes trailed up to meet with onyx.
Shisui hadn't set Sakura down once since her mother had handed her to him, and he wasn't about to now not until he knew they were safe and sound within their new home, then a thought came to him and Shisui's face twisted into a frown.
Kizashi saw this and wondered what had the boy so disturbed "Lord and Lady Haruno, if I may set up some traps around your home to make it more safe for the princess" Shisui spoke up as they trailed from the office following after Minato who was leading them personally to the house he had given them.
Blue eyes snapping back to lock with onyx Kizashi had to applaud Shisui for thinking ahead "Please do, it would give me and my wife some extra relief, to know that Sakura is protected even while in her home" he said calmly and got a nod from Shisui.
"Thank you, I admit it would put me at greater ease to know that there were protective traps set up around you're home" Shisui added in a moment later before falling silent, if he kept talking he risked waking Sakura and he wasn't willing to deal with a cranky princess right now.
Mebuki craned her neck around to peer at Shisui, he really went above and beyond to make sure Sakura was safe everywhere she went, she remembered a couple months ago when he had been by and he had caught that one maid who liked to piss her off scolding Sakura for just sitting there on the deck.
Shisui had jumped right in without skipping a beat and sent the woman crying from the manor, when she had asked why he had done such a thing, his exact words were "Princess wasn't doing anything, but she however had not so good intentions" and that was the end of that conversation.
Mebuki snorted softly and rolled her green eyes upwards, whenever Shisui was around they hardly ever had need to worry because he always took care of Sakura no matter if it was the smallest of things, he was there by her side.
She had a feeling though that someday down the road Shisui was going to fall in love with her daughter and Sakura in love with him, when that day came, she had no idea what she was going to do or how she would handle it but that was a long ways off.
Kizashi caught his wife glancing back at their daughter several times and bit his cheek to stop himself from smiling, he could take a wild guess and say he knew exactly where Mebuki's current thoughts were because he was thinking the same thing only his thoughts were most likely a little different.
He thought perhaps that maybe it wouldn't be so bad if Sakura ended up falling for her guard at least that way she would be protected long after she married, but Kizashi wasn't willing to tell that to his wife at least not yet, not when Sakura was still a toddler, maybe several years later then he would but not now.
Suddenly his attention was captured by a man wearing an eye patch over one of his eyes appearing in front of Shisui and started chattering away loudly, it was inevitable as Sakura sat up with a ear piercing shriek to begin crying.
Obito blinked before scratching the back of his head in confusion "Hey cousin who's pinky" he asked and getting a glare in return, he had no idea what he had done, Shisui heaved a long suffering sigh and turned the pinkette around in his arms.
When Sakura spotted one of her favorite people, she instantly reached forward and pinched his cheek "Sui-kun m'ning" she mumbled burying her face in his neck and sniffling softly as her tears abated, Shisui chuckled warmly drawing a giggle from her as well.
"Good morning Princess did you sleep well" Shisui smiled brightly as Sakura pulled away from his neck and nodded her head eagerly, at the affirmation he sighed in relief before settling his eyes on his much older cousin and sent Obito a little scowl for causing him trouble.
Face settled in a mask of anger, Mebuki charged forward and prepared to deck the man in the back of the head for scaring the daylights out of her daughter, Kizashi intervened "I want to see how Shisui handles the situation" he said simply before shifting his eyes to rest on the trio.
"Okay what did I do this time cousin" Obito sighed, he hadn't the foggiest why the little boy was angry with him, and unless Shisui started talking then there was no way he could go about fixing whatever it was he had done.
Shisui rolled his onyx eyes dragging another giggled from the pinkette "Hang on a minute princess so I can deal with my dorky cousin" he smiled getting more laughter "And you woke the princess, that wasn't very nice Obito and you better apologize" Shisui smiled a dangerous smile.
Obito leaned back before glancing at the little girl in his younger cousins arms and then back to Shisui "Very sorry" he murmured cheeks going red when the pinkette let out peels of laughter, it kind of stung to be laughed at by a little girl.
Seeing as that was the best he was going to get, Shisui moved around his dorky cousin "Sorry about the hold up Lord and Lady Haruno, Lord Hokage" he apologized bowing his head as low as he could without jostling Sakura to much.
Kizashi waved the apology off and Mebuki turned around that little spat had just further reinforced her beliefs that Shisui was going to end up falling in love with her daughter and so with a long suffering sigh the five of them continued on their way to a small home in the center of town.
It had a backyard that was filled with flowers, the minute Sakura saw them her attention was captured just as it always was "Sui-kun flower" she jerked her stubby arms as they settled in the backyard so that her parents could scope out the house alone.
"Yes princess pretty flowers for the pretty princess" Shisui smiled down at his young charge as she toddled forward on wobbly legs to get a closer look at the new flowers, these were ones she had never seen before so her fascination was to be expected.
He realized belatedly that he was going to have to limit his use of calling Sakura princess lest others find out about her true background, Shisui sighed softly and the pinkette turned worried emerald eyes on him, she just had this feeling he was upset about something.
"Sui-kun" Sakura toddled forward and fell forward as her legs failed her, Shisui was quick to his feet and caught her just before she hit the ground, she flashed him a smile filled with wonder and reached up to pinch his cheek as she always had.
Realizing that Sakura was trying to cheer him up, Shisui set the pinkette on her feet properly before sitting down, she didn't hesitate and crawled into his lap wrapping her little arms around his neck and squeezing as tightly as she could but not to tightly because she didn't want to hurt him.
"Spoiled" Shisui teased and got a toothy smile in return for his troubles, despite their wishes, Sakura had gotten extremely spoiled but the pinkette was also very humble and most often times would disregard her status and act as a commoner would, it bugged the hell out of her parents but they didn't say anything for fear of making her cry.
Her job done, Sakura removed herself from Shisui's arms and went back to watching the flowers, a few minutes later, Mebuki and Kizashi trailed from the house into the backyard of their new home "Alright Shisui-san if you would mind setting up the protective traps" Kizashi called.
Shisui turned around taking his eyes from Sakura for but a moment and nodded then he went right back to gluing his eyes to the pinkette before she even realized he had taken his taken off of her for even a second, then Shisui stood and gathered Sakura into his arms.
"I'll be right back princess" he murmured when she let out a cry of dismay and began reaching for him, Shisui smiled apologetically before heading in and working quickly it only took him twenty minutes to set up every single trap he could think off for added protection and head back to Sakura.
When she saw him, Sakura harrumphed, she was most displeased that Shisui had left her side "She's been huffing up a storm" Mebuki eyed her daughter with mirth in her green eyes, Shisui winced before moving forward to receive what Sakura had deemed as his punishment.
A sharp pinch to his cheek welting it easily, "I'm very sorry Princess that I didn't hurry" Shisui apologized taking the pinkette into his arms one last time before he head home for the night, he would be back around the next morning since Sakura lived in the same village.
Satisfied that Shisui had learned his lesson this time around, Sakura wrapped her chubby arms around his neck and squeezed him in a hug, she was quickly handed off to her mother and Shisui gave her one last wave and disappeared out the gate.
Later that night in the Uchiha compound, "So who was that little girl and don't give me that crap about how she's a real princess, she didn't look like one" Obito was drilling his little cousin, they lived in the same house after all since the both of them didn't have parents any longer.
Grumbling and shoving his plate away no longer feeling hungry and feeling much like his charge, Shisui glanced up into the lone onyx eye of his older cousin, the one that drove everyone up the damn wall in the Uchiha compound.
"I assure you cousin that Sakura is a real princess, the reason she doesn't look like one is because her whole family has gone undercover to integrate themselves in an average lifestyle all to protect Princess" Shisui ground out from between his clenched teeth, he was usually more happy go lucky but dealing with this particular cousin always left him feeling more than a little angry about everything.
Obito blinked and dropped the subject all the together, even he had the sense to stop pestering his little cousin, though he did have one last question "What were you doing with her in the first place, did aunt Mikoto arrange a marriage between you or something" he snorted derisively.
Eye twitching in agitation as his irritation level went through the proverbial roof, Shisui pinched the bridge of his nose and breathed evenly to calm himself down "I am Princess Sakura's personal guard, it's my job to protect her as she grows into a child, teenager, adult and so on" he stated.
It was then after his little speech that Shisui jumped from his chair and fled from the dining room up the three flights of stairs to his room, slamming the door shut for effect so that Obito would know to leave him alone, Shisui flopped down onto his bed and fell into a dreamless sleep the moment his head touched his single pillow.