Chapter Seven; The Prophecy
Hebi ran inside a dark room where a pair of dark glowing green eyes stared back at her from the distance. "What happened to the Nine-Tails?" a low hissing voice asked her. "Naruto escaped master, it was by Sasuke Uchiha's doing." She explained. "Hebi, if I'm going to get my revenge on the hidden leaf village to avenge our father, I need that boy alive so I can drain his chakra and become the most feared inside the land. Once Naruto and that Anbu black Op Sasuke are dead, then nobody will be there to protect them. It's funny, I never thought I would have to kill Sasuke because I didn't think that he would end up being back on their side." He said with another hiss.
"Need I remind you that there is more than just Naruto and Sasuke you have to worry about." Hebi told him. "You're right, there's that irritating prophecy." He said. "Akuma, you really don't think that Sasuke's and Sakura's children are the ones do you?" she asked. "Don't be ridiculous Hebi, the prophecy specifically states that three young Uchihas, one from the mother and two from the father will be the ones to destroy me in the end.
Sasuke and Sakura have two sons and one daughter, they are indeed the ones. That it is why we must destroy them when they still are week." He explained. "Find me the triplets and bring them to me alive, then I'll deal with Naruto and Sasuke." Akuma demanded as Hebi simply nodded at him, or rather his shadow. "Yes master." She said as he gave one last loud hiss and an evil smirk gradually grew onto his face before the glowing green eyes disappeared back inside the darkness.
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Naruto finished placing the bright blue banner up on top of the doorframe before stepping back to examine his work. It read; "Welcome Back Sakura" in light pink letters. "So what do you think? I would have written Sakori's, Mizu's, and Sasame's name up there too but I ran out of room." He told Sasuke who simply just placed his hands upon his hips and grinned proudly while Takeo pawed the back of his leg and barked loudly. "It looks great, I'm sure she'll love it." He said as Takeo continued his protest out of hunger. Sasuke groaned and rolled his eyes. "Alright, alright, hold your horses." He told him as he started walking towards the kitchen and Takeo chased after him wagging his tail.
That's when suddenly the door swung open and Sakura came inside holding three car seats by their handles. "It's alright, don't anybody help me or anything." She said sarcastically as she started breathing heavily. "Here Sakura I'll give you a hand." Naruto told her as he took Sasame's car seat from her and set it down on the couch. That's when she slowly opened her eyes and began to cry. "Ah nuts." Naruto muttered. "It's alright Naruto she's just hungry. You can feed her if you want to while I go put the boys down for their nap." Sakura explained before she carried them upstairs.
"Well okay, as long as it's only the top half of you that I need to take care of." Naruto said as he unbuckled his niece and lifted her inside his arms. "Gee you're kind of heavy for someone whose supposedly starving to death." He said as he carried her into the kitchen. "Hey Sasuke can you give me a hand?" he questioned as he finished filling Takeo's food and water dish and sat them on the ground while the puppy started to eat. "Here." Sasuke began with a reluctant sigh. "Give her to me and then you can heat up her bottle." He told him before he placed the baby inside his arms.
Sasame continued to cry while Naruto got her bottle from the fridge. "Shh, it's alright Sasame. Uncle Naruto is going to get your bottle ready for you." He reassured her soothingly before gently bouncing her up and down and kissing the top of her head. "Uh what exactly am I supposed to do?" Naruto asked him. "Just stick it in the microwave!" Sasuke shouted over the constant crying. "Alright! Alright!" Naruto answered back as he quickly opened it and placed it inside before slamming the door and starting to heat it up.
A few moments later it beeped and Naruto quickly took it out and tried to give it to Sasuke. "You have to test it first to make sure it's the right temperature." He told him. "And what makes you such an expert on babies?" Naruto questioned. "Because I've spent the last nine months with Sakura telling me every little thing about it from the magazines that she read!" he exclaimed as the baby continued to cry. "Alright fine!" Naruto shouted as he shook a little of the milk onto his wrist before popping it into her mouth. "There, it's fine. Now maybe that'll shut her up so I can go and get an aspirin, because she gave me a migraine." He said before he walked out of the kitchen and headed towards the bathroom.
That's when suddenly Sakura came downstairs and entered the kitchen. "Is everything alright down here?" she asked him before starting to look around. "Where's Naruto?" she asked. "I'm surprised that you left Naruto in charge of our daughter and you expected that he would actually follow through with it." Sasuke said with a grin as Sasame grabbed ahold of the bottle and continued suckling on it before letting out a tiny belch after she had finished. Then she gave out a tiny yawn and started closing her eyes. Sasuke smiled down at her still in awe about how cute she was. "Well I better take her upstairs with her brothers so she can take her nap." Sakura said before she gathered the baby inside her arms before kissing her wide little forehead, (although it wasn't as wide as hers) and carried her away.
After Sakura had rushed back downstairs there came a petrified scream outside the door before Hebi inside her serpent form crashed inside the house. Then it was Sakura's turn to let out a scream as she became petrified with fright. "SASUKE!" she yelled as her eyes grew as large as saucers. "Sakura!" Sasuke cried with an astonished gasp as he and Naruto ran over to see what was wrong. Hebi let out a large hiss as she opened her mouth wide at Sakura before wrapping around her body tightly and dragging her out the door. "NO!" Sasuke yelled on the top of his lungs as the babies started crying upstairs.
"Naruto stay here and watch over the babies." He told him before he quickly dashed outside. "Sakura!" he cried as he ran after her. He hadn't even had time to think about what he had just done with Naruto, all he knew is that he had to go save his wife and protect her. "I got Sasuke's wife." Hebi began as she appeared back inside the hideout and transformed back into her regular form. "She'll be the perfect bait for Naruto and Sasuke." She said as she held onto Sakura tightly. "Let me go!" Sakura cried as she struggled with all her might while she tried to get away from her.
That's when suddenly Akuma stepped out of the shadows for the first time. He had long black hair like his father's and sister's, but on the one side of his face was a brightly red colored mask. "Well done, little sister." He told her when suddenly Sakura gasped as her eyes widened up at him. "You're Akuma." She realized. "That's right Sakura you truly are a bright young ninja." He told her. "What do you want with Naruto and Sasuke!?" she demanded angrily as she clenched her teeth at him.
"If I want to take over the hidden leaf village, I'll have to get Naruto's chakra. Besides he and Sasuke are in the way. Oh and once the mother and father are out of the picture, your precious babies will be history." He said before he gave out a low and malicious laugh. "No! NO!" Sakura yelled as she finally gathered up enough strength and broke free. "After her."
Akuma told his sister with a point as Sakura gathered speed and ran out of the hideout faster than she ever had in her life until she ran into Sasuke. "Sakura!" he began before he quickly embraced her. "Sasuke," she began as she started breathing heavily. "Thank God you're alright." He told her when suddenly she broke into tears. "Sakura, what's wrong, what happened, are you hurt?" he asked her worriedly touching the sides of her face and running his fingers through her hair. "I'm fine, but Akuma said that he's going to get rid of you and Naruto, he said he's going after Naruto's chakra and he's going to kill the babies!" she cried frantically.
Hey, hey,.. shh,.." he whispered. "Don't worry, I'm not going to let him get anywhere near us or the babies. Everything will be alright I promise." He reassured her. "But what does he want with them anyway!?" she cried. "I remember a story that Itachi used to tell me about three young Uchihas but I didn't think that it was us or that it even existed." Sasuke told her. "What do you mean?" she questioned. "There is a prophecy that two boys and one girl will destroy the son of Orochimaru once and for all." He explained.
"So that's why he wants to destroy the babies." She realized as she looked back up at him and blinked away her tears. "Yeah but I'm not going to let him, we'll run away if we have to and take Naruto with us to somewhere that he won't find us." He told her. "Alright." Sakura agreed as Sasuke touched her cheek and rubbed away her tears. "As long as you're sure that it's going to work and they'll be safe." She said. "I already told you, it's going to work. I love you, the babies, and Naruto more than my own life and I won't stop at anything to protect my clan." He told her.
