AN: So here I am again, with the seventh chapter :D

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Legend: "Talking" 'Thinking' Dreaming/Flashback

Disclaimer: If cream pie that half eaten by birds after laying on the window sill to cool off is replaced by a jar of honey by a bear, than I do not own Naruto -_-

Chapter Seven~

It was a dark night when Sasuke had decided to go back and take a visit to the Sakamoto residence, and his reason was a very good one. The day's event had led him back to the secluded household which he had left just weeks before, and this is what happened:

"Tou-san?" Kazuko called to her father.

"Hn," Sasuke stated, allowing his daughter to continue.

"Can I get some ice cream?" She asked, pointing to a store just a few meters away.

"But you just had this morning," he said. "Too much can make you sick." The four year old pouted.

"Daddy! Please! Please please please please please!" It annoyed him how that stupid trick always got him to give in, but it happened.

"Fine, but this is your last ice cream for the day." He walked towards the store and when he got in, he ordered vanilla for his daughter. While sitting idly, waiting for his daughter to finish since Kazuko was very clumsy and if she moved while eating, it would all drop, he noticed a poster on the wall across.

"Whatchya looking at, tou-san?" The raven haired girl asked, swinging her legs back and forth. Sasuke kept watch on the poster, than pointed it out to the four year old.

"Who does that man look like?" He questioned. Kazuko blinked.

"That man with the red hair?" She asked. "I don't know him." Sasuke shook his head.

"No, the one with the black hair, on that piece of paper on the wall." Kazuko squinted and looked at it quietly, vanilla smudged on her nose and lips. Her eyes than opened wide.

"That looks like Sakamoto-san!" She stated in glee. "What's he doing up there, tou-san?" Sasuke read the print underneath the amber eyed man.

Name: Sakamoto Tadashi - Age: 43 - Height: 1.77 m (5'10") - Weight - 73.2 kg (161 lb) - Crime: Murder of 4 squads of three Iwagakure Shinobi - Reward: 15,000,000 ryos - Brought in dead or alive

The only thing going through the old Uchiha's head after reading the post, is that the Sakamoto household is in trouble.

It was late at night, and the moon was near full. As Sasuke spread out his search for the Sakamoto family, no traces of them could be found. Wandering the forest, he took a different approach to finding them. He retraced his steps.

When the hunter-nins had search for the Sakamoto's, they tried chakra detecting, and nothing came back as a result. They tried sniffing out scents, but the all came to dead end. They even tried a blind search in hopes of even a little clue of the whereabouts of Sakamoto, but their journey as fruitless. The only way to find them was to have already been there before and retrace your steps.

It was a long search, and though Sasuke was patient, the panic of Kazuko took a toll on him and made him very edgy.

"Daddy," she cried. "It's dark." her tone was high pitch and whispered loudly. Sasuke tightened his hold on her and her grip around his neck did so, just to make her feel better.

"We're almost there," he whispered back. At night, these forests were crawling with dangerous predators, not that Sasuke can't take them on. Every animal is no match for his strength and skills, it's just the fact that there were also hunter-nins around, and if they heard Kazuko screeching because of the intimidating animal, they surely would be exposed. Not to mention, he didn't really want to waste time and chakra on the loathsome creatures.

Just as the Uchiha predicted, they made it to the house. It was surprise that he remembered the way at all, as he wasn't really paying attention to it, but his Sharingan had made out his faint traces of chakra he left behind. After two weeks, it nearly disappeared so much that even a Hyuga wouldn't be able to pick it up.

Jumping on to the wall of the house with his chakra enhanced feet, Sasuke walked up the wall as Kazuko buried her head in his shoulder. Her breathing was intense as each breath hit his neck, gently fanning over the nape. Hurriedly and quietly, the Uchiha made his way into an open window, which he knew was the entrance to Minori's room as he heard her slight snoring and felt her familiar chakra. He never forgot a person's chakra.

Suddenly, her breathing quickened and a kunai was thrown at the Uchiha, causing the younger of the two to squeal. He heard the amber eyed girl's heart rate slow.

"Kazuko-chan?" She called out.

"Minori!" The four year old replied. Getting out of bed, the Sakamoto approached them.

"Sasuke-san, what are you two doing here?" She asked. The seventeen year old handed her a piece of paper. When she opened it up, she gasped after a moment, recognizing the picture.

"Where'd you get this?" She asked.

"A near by village. It was posted up all over the place. This is why your family can't leave the area. Your father would be killed," Sasuke answered. He turned and was about to jump out the window when he felt a hand grab at his sleeve.

"Wait, why would you come back to tell me this?" She asked. Sasuke took a deep breath. He was wondering that himself. Was it because he knew what it was like to lose his family, and didn't want that to happen to the Sakamoto family who had helped him? Or was it just pity, pure sympathy?

"I felt you deserved to know," he stated. Again, he was about to jump out the window, and again, the girl stopped him.

"Wait, take me with you," she stated. He turned and looked at her with his bloodline activated.

"No."

"Why not?" His daughter asked him. "I want Minori-chan to come with us!" The four year old protested. Sasuke turned around and ignored their comments as he finally left, yanking his sleeve away from the older of the two girls. "But daddy-" Kazuko started as he ran from the house at an inhuman speed.

"No, and that's final." He could nearly see her pouting at the direction of the house as they ran, though he never looked back to watch her small rounded face.

AN: Okay, so this chapter wasn't too good either... It's been rather dull lately, and I don't have much of an inspiration . So people, please, don't judge me!