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Ryo's fears came to pass only a couple days afterwards, Ryo helping Ino to one of the shelters before he rushed to the Hokage's office in full ANBU uniform. She nodded to him.

"Kitsune, it's good that you're here. Your skills are what we need to try and repel the intruders."

"Hokage-sama, where should I help? The defenders or at the hospital?"

"We're short-handed on both sides, but I would appreciate it if you were able to defeat at least a couple of intruders while you're headed to the hospital."

"Of course, Hokage-sama."

He used Body Flicker to get to the nearest of the enemy ninja, slipping his mask to the right and unleashed Amaterasu on the enemy, using Body Flicker before he could be noticed. He did the same to a second before heading to the hospital, his chakra one-third down because of the consecutive Mangekyo techniques. He arrived at Konoha Hospital in record time, entering and beginning to heal many of the wounded without being asked, lightening the work that the others had to do, including his second wife.

Sakura only noticed him after he'd stopped healing and recognized his mask. "Oh, Kitsune-san, are you here to help with the wounded?"

He nodded and began tending to the wounded the old-fashioned way, applying bandages, splints and other such things. She nodded in acceptance and continued with her own work. But when she checked on most of the patients around her, she noticed that they'd been healed to the point that all they needed was rest to cure themselves. She stared in amazement, wondering who had done this, since she knew that she was the best medical ninja present, unless—

Her eyes landed on "Kitsune", watching him as he worked without any fumbling and at twice the speed the other medics were. She watched him as she continued working, suspicious as to his identity because of his skills. Who else besides Tsunade was this skilled and had the rank of ANBU? It did make sense, considering that she'd seen "Taka" turn into "Kitsune" after the failed mission to retrieve Sasuke. At that, she smiled and concentrated more on her patients.


Once things were taken care of at the time being, Ryo stood and nodded to Sakura before leaving to go and report back to the Hokage. He appeared in front of her and found her on her last legs.

"Hokage-sama."

"Kitsune, you have to help the wounded out there now or else there will be more casualties than there are right now! How much chakra do you have left?"

"About half, Hokage-sama."

"Good, now go!"

He nodded and went out into the battlefield again, searching for any wounded and stabilizing them, which was all he could do with how many injured there were throughout the village. He was on the very outskirts of the village tending to the grievously hurt there, when an enormous shockwave made him fall on his back, his eyes wide as he got up, seeing that there was now a large sinkhole in the place of most of the village.

If this is the power that Pain had, all he had to say was—

"We're toast."


After Naruto disposed of Pain, he spotted Sakura approaching the ANBU Kitsune, who he had heard was the best healer besides his teammate and a powerhouse ninja all around, at full tilt, when he saw a glitter from her left hand. He smiled a little when he figured that she must've married Ryo while he was gone. He'd have to congratulate her right now. He blinked when she stopped in front of Kitsune and bowed to him.

"Thank you for helping so much with the battle and at the hospital," she said with a smile as she raised herself back up. "If not for you, many good ninjas would've died."

Kitsune placed a hand on her shoulder and nodded to Naruto. The pink-haired young woman beamed at the sight of her teammate, running over to him.

"Naruto! I'm so glad you came out okay!"

"Hey, Sakura-chan. So you finally tied the knot with Ryo? I'm glad."

"Thanks, Naruto."

"Where's Ryo right now? I haven't seen him in forever."

"He's around, I'm sure you'll—"

Ryo, now unmasked because everyone was safe, ran over to Naruto. "Naruto!"

The blonde young man grinned. "Ryo! It's good to see you, buddy! You're now married to Sakura-chan! I'm thankful you both survived this battle."

"Me too—"

"Uchiha-san! Uchiha-san!"

A Chunin came over and whispered in the young man's ear. Ryo's eyes widened before he nodded.

"I'm sorry Naruto, I have to cut this reunion short. Someone's in trouble and I need to attend to her with Sakura. Come."

Sakura rushed with him to the safe house where he shouldered through the people to get to Ino, who was gasping for breath and holding her stomach. He went to her and placed a hand on the baby, his chakra probing through his first wife's womb to see what was wrong. Sakura held her friend's wrist, checking her pulse. The pair worked flawlessly together before Ryo sighed. "We have to get you to the hospital, Ino. If we don't stop your labor soon, you could lose the baby. Sakura, where's the Hokage?"

"She's not well after the battle, she won't be able to assist me."

"All right, let's go." He lifted the blonde woman with ease, even with her added weight. "Ino, can you breathe slow, deep breaths for me?"

She looked up at her husband and nodded. "I'll try my best, even if it hurts so much."

"Be calm and you'll get through this."

He wanted to reassure her more, but could not because it was forbidden for his relationship with her to be made public for obvious reasons. His very existence couldn't be found within Konoha if he was unmasked by the Akatsuki. The shadow leader of the organization hadn't made his move to capture him, so it must be because he had Sasuke in his clutches, despite that Ryo had told his brother the truth about what had happened. It made him feel as if he didn't work hard enough to get him back. But then again, he couldn't have gone off by himself against the Hokage's orders and perhaps gotten himself gravely injured before Sasuke killed Itachi.

Sakura led the way to the maternity ward, which had few rooms to spare, because so many pregnant mothers had become distressed like Ino during Pain's attack. The pink-haired medical ninja closed the door behind him as Ryo laid her on the bed and placed his hands on her heaving stomach. He closed his eyes and concentrated on calming her body, even though she was already in the late stages of labor. He gritted his teeth as her body refused to relax. He sighed and checked the baby to see it was mature enough to be delivered.

"Sakura, you'll have to assist me in the delivery. Let's just hope it's born with blonde hair and blue eyes."

Sakura snorted. "I doubt it. Your genes are much stronger than hers. It's gonna be a dark-haired, pale, onyx-eyed baby, and it's much too late to get some amniotic fluid."

Ino took Ryo's hand and whispered, "I want our baby to look just like you, Megane-kun."

"But it isn't safe, even though the Sharingan genes will more than likely dominate over the Mind Transfer genes. Please, it would be a blessing if it's your child through looks, but mine through genes."

"Let's just find out when it's born, shall we?"


After a difficult delivery, Ino rested while Ryo held their new daughter, Rin. The little girl was more like him in appearance, even though her face was a perfect blend of both her parents.

"I think she'll be a knockout Ryo," Sakura whispered, since Rin and Ino were fast asleep. "She's such a pretty baby."

"She's all right, even though she's eight weeks early. Four pounds, ten ounces."

"I hope this doesn't happen with our first baby."

Ryo stroked her hair, drawing her close while holding his firstborn with his other hand. "I won't let it, even though almost no one knows you're pregnant."

"I'm so thankful my symptoms have been mild so far."

Ryo handed the little girl to his second wife and murmured, "I'll be back."

He used Body Flicker to get to the Hokage's office and stole all records of himself, thus wiping his existence from Konohagakure no Sato's records, since he feared who would become the next Hokage should Tsunade not recover. He hid them into a storage scroll he put into a storage seal somewhere on his body. He put his mask on and drew in a deep breath.

He would keep his wives and children safe from his enemies, in and outside of Konoha.


Three days later, Ino was fully recovered from giving birth to Rin, and both mother and baby returned home (Rin was put in a transformation so she wouldn't be discovered as an Uchiha child) and Ryo spoke to both his wives.

"I'm going to leave Konohagakure no Sato for a while to go look for Sasuke."

Ino, who was nursing Rin, cried, "He's going to hurt you! He's obviously never coming back! Nii-chan can't see reason, like you said!"

"I'm coming with you, Ryo!" Sakura insisted.

"No, I'm not going to risk you getting injured and miscarrying, no matter how early in the pregnancy you are, Sakura. If I can't convince him to come back, I'm going to kill him."

His blonde wife looked down, her lips pressed in a worried line. "You were so depressed when Ani-ue died, are you sure it won't break you to lose your only other brother, no matter how evil he's become?"

Ryo kissed her cheek and assured her, "I'll come back here and will be around to raise our daughter and any other children we have." He turned to his green-eyed wife and gave her a quick peck on the lips before vowing, "I'll be back before you deliver this baby. I promise."

Both young women stared after their husband with tears running down their cheeks.


Ryo sought Sasuke and found him only a few weeks afterwards, in the company of his squad. Since he was alone, he used surprise to kick his twin in the back of the head, his team jumping back before rushing forward, only to see that Ryo had him pinned and a sword against his throat.

"Sasuke-kun!" a teenage girl around their age cried, although she didn't move.

Sasuke asked flatly, "Who are you? An assassin?"

"Perhaps," Ryo replied just as emotionlessly.

"It's an ANBU of some kind," the white-haired man of their group informed the elder Uchiha. "I don't know which village he's affiliated with, though."

"If you're not sure, why have you immobilized me?" Sasuke inquired.

"That was the only way to get you to stop without attacking me," Ryo answered. "Why have you abandoned your home village?"

"It betrayed me, destroyed my elder brother, and murdered my entire clan."

"Only some of that is true, but you seem very convinced to have vengeance. That doesn't seem to be a very logical way of thinking."

"How would you know about the Uchiha Clan, unless you're—"

Ryo slid his ANBU mask off, the three others of Sasuke's team stepping back at the sight of a face just like their leader's. "Yes Sasuke, it's me."

"It's another Sasuke-kun!" the glasses-wearing female exclaimed.

"Sasuke, who is this?" the fourth member of the team, a bulky, orange-haired man, asked.

"This is Ryo, my twin brother," Sasuke evaluated, before asking Ryo, "I noticed you haven't changed your affiliation with Konohagakure no Sato Ryo, since you're an ANBU with a sword at my throat."

"Yes, but only as long as its leader is to my liking. Right now, I'm not sure," the younger twin revealed. "But I won't join Akatsuki as you have done. My true enemy is within it."

"I'm only working for them as long as it's beneficial for me, and then I'll abandon it."

"I have no need to capture tailed beasts for an evil organization. I suppose you don't know why I don't join you on your quest."

"You were unclear as to why."

"Madara clearly wants me because he forced me to have Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan ever since my existence began. He wants to make me become his successor."

Sasuke snorted. "With how you act, why would he choose you?"

"He and I haven't met since that fateful day, and it was only because of Nii-san that I haven't turned into a worse version of you. I knew the truth from the beginning, that is why I'm here now."

Black flames suddenly engulfed the both of them, Sasuke's team shouting his name as Ryo kept his hold on his brother, whispering, "Sasuke, you might feel the need to avenge our clan, but I can't. The path of revenge is something you'll have to walk alone."

At the very last second, Ryo vanished within the flames, just as Sasuke disintegrated.


THE! END! Kidding, kidding! This story is almost done, but there's still a few things to wrap up first!

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